and Druggists' Labels and for Analogous Uses.
Year: 1888

page_text: and Druggists' Labels and for Analogous Uses.
I HUGH Moss of Moody House, Congleton in the County of Chester, Doctor.
of Medicine do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows :-
:-
My said Invention relates chiefly to cases for containing chemists and druggists
labels, and is intended to render such labels more easily identified and withdrawn
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and less liable to become disarranged or mixed than is at present the case.
one form of the improved case the compartments to contain the labels are arranged
behind a flat top or side and a copy of the contained label is pasted on the outside of
the said flat top or side and immediately over the corresponding compartiment. The
partitions which form the compartments are placed at distances apart which should
be slightly less than the breadth of the label so that when a number of labels are
placed in a compartment they are held by the partitions on each side of the labels.
The labels are thus so securely held in the compartment that each packet or quantity
of labels cannot be easily disturbed while at the same time the labels can be easily
removed singly by applying a finger to the back label of the lot, and withdrawing it.
To allow of the introduction of the finger the ends of the label compartments
are checked down or recessed or hollowed so as to expose the upper ends of the
labels.
Each of the aforesaid label cases may contain any suitable number of labels and
may be made double so as to deliver right and left. The case could be placed either
in a horizontal, vertical or inclined position and any number of such cases could be
arranged side by side.
Where economy of space is an object as for example where a great number of
labels are kept together, I arrange the label compartments vertically, that is to say
extending from front to back instead of horizontally as described. In this case I
utilise the top of the partitions to carry a copy or indication of the contained label
and check down or hollow out the top of the division which separates one range of
compartments from another so as to permit of the introduction of the finger for the
withdrawal of a label. In this as in the preceding case the partitions forming the
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page_text: compartments are sufficiently close together to touch the sides of the contained labels
thus tending to hold the mass of labels and prevent more than one label from being
withdrawn at a time. Under the latter arrangement a greater number of labels can
be contained in smaller superficial area than in the case of the label holder first
described. The advantages of my invention are that the labels being securely held in
their respective labelled or indicated compartments are not liable to become shaken
loose, disarranged, or mixed, so that the danger of possible misdirection is avoided
while at the same time the labels may be easily withdrawn singly until the supply in
the compartment is exhausted.
In addition to its uses as a chemists label case my invention might also be employed
to contain labels of another description which it might be desirable to classify and
keep distinct from each other and to render easily and singly withdrawable from their
respective compartments in the manner herein before described.
Dated this Tenth day of July 1888.

page_text: Improvements in Cases to Contain Ordinary Dispensary and Chemists'
and Druggists' Labels and for Analogous Uses.
I HUGH MOSS of Moody House Congleton, in the County of Chester Doctor of
Medicine, 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 statement and accompanying drawings:
:-
My said Invention relates chiefly to cases for containing chemists and druggists
labels, and is intended to render such labels more easily identified and withdrawn
and less liable to become disarranged or mixed than is at present the case.
In a
case constructed in accordance with my invention the labels are contained in cells
or compartments each cell being narrower than the width of the contained labels so
that the labels have to be bent into a curved form in order that they may be
introduced into position. When in position the spring of the labels causes the edges
of the labels to be pressed against the sides of the cell the labels being thereby
sustained so that there shall be a free space behind the labels for the introduction
of a finger. The labels are thus securely held by their edges in their cell so that a
packet or quantity of labels contained in a cell is not liable to be disturbed or.
displaced as a whole while at the same time a single label can be easily removed by
applying a finger to the back of the last or bottom label in the series. The cells
may be partly rounded in form but I have found it to be advantageous to apply a
rounded metal holder in each cell. My Invention will be clearly understood when
described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In the said drawings Fig. 1 represents a label case suitable to the requirements of
a physician or Doctor of Medicine. The said case is formed with a number of cells
or compartiments a a which are separated one from another by partitions b b. Each
cell is permanently closed on two sides by the back and end pieces c d and when in
ordinary use is closed on the third or front side by means of a hinged door e. In
the drawing the said door is shown as broken in two one part of the case being shut
and the other open. The cells are permanently open on the fourth side as seen in the
drawing. In the example each cell is provided with a sheet metal holder /. One of
these holders is separately represented by Fig. 2. The use of such a holder facilitates
the insertion of the labels into position within the cells as a holder can be with-
drawn from its cell to receive a packet or batch of labels and be then returned to
its cell. It will be seen that all the labels in a cell are bent into a curved form so
that the back or gummed side of each label is concave. This curvative of the labels.
arising from the comparative narrowness of the cells has the effect of keeping the
labels in position each label being held by the elastic contact of its edges with the
partitions b or with the sides of the cell or of the holder when such holder is used.
Between the bottom or back or outer label in the batch and the back piece c there is
an open space into which the forefinger can be readily introduced. By inserting the
forefinger into such space with a light pressure upon the back of the outer label such

page_text: label can be readily withdrawn endwise from its holder or cell. In the example the
door e would be opened for the insertion of the holders with their contained labels.
When the holders would be in position the door would be closed and be secured
by means of a hook or of a suitable fastener. Labels corresponding with the
labels in the cells are attached to the front of the door as seen in the upper part of
the Fig. so that the contents of the cells are indicated and any required label can
be readily selected. If preferred the indications may be printed or otherwise
marked directly upon the door. In some cases the side of the case corresponding
with the door e may be permanently fixed instead of being hinged as in the example.
Fig. 3 illustrates a variation in the form of the cell which may be adopted when the
holders are not used. In such a case the cells may be cut out of solid wood or be
built up as preferred. The case illustrated by Fig. 1 is well adopted to be secured
to a wall in an upright position. The number of cells may be less or more than in
the example according to the requirements. In some cases the cells. might be
arranged so that the mouths of the cells would be to the front instead of to the side as
in the example especially in cases wherein two or more rows of cells would be
required. In such cases the contents of the cells might be indicated on the front
edges of the partitions as in Fig. 3. In the fitting up of drawers in accordance with
my invention I should arrange for the cells to be vertical so that the ends of the
labels would be upward. A drawer may be fitted with as many rows of cells as may
be required and owing to the labels being arranged end upward less room would be
taken up by each packet of labels so that a drawer may be made to contain a greater
variety of labels than when the labels are face upward in compartments. The contents
of each cell would be indicated somewhat as in the example illustrated by Fig. 3.
Cases may be constructed in accordance with my invention to hold any description of
label or ticket which is capable of being readily bent into the concave forni indicated
in the drawings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
(1) The case adopted to hold labels constructed substantially as set forth and
indicated with reference to the accompanying drawings.
(2) In a case for holding labels the cells or compartments each a little narrower
than the labels to be contained so that the labels when in position are held by their
edges substantially as set forth and indicated.
(3) In a case or receptacle for labels the cells or holders each narrower than the
labels to be contained therein so that the labels are held by their edges and so that the
bottom or back or outer label in the cell can be withdrawn end wise by the insertion
and withdrawal of a finger with pressure upon the back of the label substantially as
set forth and indicated.
This 10th of A1000
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester,
Agents.