Improvements in Medicine Dose Indicating Cabinets.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 20th Feb., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Medicine Dose Indicating Cabinets.
I, NARCISSA SMITH SPRINGER, of Bridge Street, Cleveland, State of
Ohio, U.S.A., Authoress, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statenient :-
The medicine dose indicating cabinet of this invention is more especially designed
for use in hospitals and the like. It is shewn in the accompanying drawing in
which Fig. 1 is a front view of the same opened. Fig. 2 a cross sectional view.
Fig. 3 a top view of the shelf rack.
A is a shelf removably secured to the ends of the cabinet in cleats a. A. suitable
distance above the shelf A is provided a bottle supporting rack B also removably
secured by means of a groove or cleats so that it may be slid in and out. Rack B
may be constructed of a single piece of metal formed or bent laterally so as to
provide a top and a side. In the top are holes for bottles and on the downwardly
projecting side are numbers or characters corresponding with, or indicating, those
borne by the bottles so as to prevent these being misplaced upon being returned to
the rack. C is a dial rigidly secured to the cabinet and preferably located
centrally or approximately centrally below the rack.
The dial is provided with numbers or characters corresponding with those on the
rack or on the bottles therein. Names of medicines such as pills, powders, etcetera
may also be placed on the dial. C' is a pointer pivotally mounted on the dial and
is adapted to be turned to indicate a particular medicine in the rack, thus if it is
necessary that, at a stated time, medicine contained in bottle 4 be given to a patient
the pointer is turned to 4 on the dial. At the bottom of the cabinet are arranged
two or more drawers D to hold powders or pills. In the upper left hand corner
are provided supports of any suitable material for spoons or the like. A shelf E
is also provided upon which may be placed a clock, or this may be attached to the
cabinet in any other preferred manner. F are the hinged doors of the cabinet of
any suitable transparent or other material. The clock may have an alarm device,
to sound at the time to which it is set, for the purpose of calling the attention of
the attendant when medicine has to be given.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A medicine cabinet comprising in its construction the following elements:-
A bottle rack consisting of a horizontal and vertical portion, the horizontal portion
being provided with apertures for the reception of bottles, and the vertical portion
adapted to have characters formed or printed thereon to designate the bottles or
their contents, and a lower sliding shelf to support the bottom of the bottles,
substantially as described and shewn.
2. In a medicine cabinet, the combination with a bottle rack and shelf, the said
rack being provided with a horizontal portion provided with holes for receiving
and retaining the bottles and a vertical portion for receiving the necessary characters

page_text: to designate the bottles or their contents, of an indicator having characters corre-
sponding with the characters on the rack, said indicator being provided with a
movable pointer, for the purpose specified substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 8th day of December 1896.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.