A Combined Writing Instrument and Pulse Glass or like Medical Appliance.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Feb., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 14th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 18th Nov., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
A Combined Writing Instrument and Pulse Glass or like Medical
Appliance.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM TOMKINS TURTON, Managing Director of Fredk. W.
Turton Limited, of Frederick Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturing
Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of a combined writing instrument and pulse glass,
clinical thermometer or the like, to be used by nurses and others engaged in
hospitals and elsewhere, and the object of it is that a pencil or writing instrument
shall always be at hand for use by the nurse for recording on the usual tablet
the state of the pulse of a patient or the temperature which has been ascertained
by the glass or thermometer.
The combination instrument may consist of a cylindrical case closed at one
end and having opposite sight holes or slots cut into the sides, whilst within the
interior of the said case or barrel, a loose sand glass is located with the con-
tracted or throttled part coming at the middle of the sight holes. Or instead of a
pulse glass the casing may contain a thermometer. Fitting into the open end
which has a collar or rib adjacent to it and is fitted with a suspension ring through
which a cord, ribbon or the like may be passed is an attachable and detachable
socket or tip for receiving a writing instrument, and if it is to receive a cedar
pencil, the inside mouth of the said socket may be wormed so that the pencil
can then be screwed into place.
Dated this 2nd day of Wo 1809
FREDERICK WILLIAM TOMKINS TURTON,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
A Combined Writing Instrument and Pulse Glass or like Medical
Appliance.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM TOMKINS TURTON, Managing Director of Fredk. W.
Turton Limited, of Frederick Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturing
Jeweller, 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:-
This invention consists of a combined writing instrument and pulse glass,
clinical thermometer or the like, to be used by medical men, nurses and others
engaged in hospitals and elsewhere and the object of it is that a pencil or writing

page_text: instrument shall always be at hand for use by the nurse or other person for
recording on the usual tablet or chart, the state of the pulse of a patient or the
temperature, which has been ascertained by the pulse glass or thermometer.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents a combined pulse glass and
pencil case constructed or arranged in accordance with my invention. The
pencil, in this view, is shown drawn into the case.
Figure 2 is a view showing the upper part of the combined instrument in
section, exposing the pulse glass, and the pencil in its position of use.
Figure 3 represents a cross section of Figure 2 upon the dotted line a.
Figure 4 shows the pencil case part of the instrument with the screwed-on
end of the same detached, whilst Figure 5 is a separate view of the pulse glass.
The same letters of reference indicate corrsponding parts in the several figures
of the drawing.
This form of combination instrument (as represented in the drawings) consists
of a cylindrical case a, closed at one end by a screwed-on cap a¹, and having
opposite sight holes or slots b, cut into the sides whilst within the interior of the
said case or barrel, and so arranged as to be visible through the sight holes, a
loose sand glass c is located with the contracted or throttled part c¹, coming at
the middle of the sight holes. The screwed-on cap by which the pulse glass is
retained in position, is fitted with a suspension ring d, through which a cord,
ribbon or the like, may be passed. The other end a², of the casing is open and
is fitted with a sliding socket or holder e for a writing instrument, and if it is
to receive a cedar pencil such as e, the inside mouth of the said socket may be
wormed so that the pencil can then be screwed into place.
Instead of carrying the pencil in a sliding socket, it may be fitted to an attach-
able or detachable tip or holder, or I may combine a pen with the pulse glass
in a single instrument, or instead of combining a pulse glass with a writing
instrument, the case may be fitted with a small clinical thermometer or kindred
medical instrument or appliance.
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:-
First: A combined instrument for medical uses, consisting of a pencil or
pen case, containing within it, a pulse glass, which is visible through gaps or
sight holes in the sides of the case, substantially as described and set forth.
Secondly-A combination instrument for medical uses, consisting of a casing
provided at one end with a pencil or pen, and containing in the other end, a
clinical thermometer or kindred small medical instrument or appliance.
Dated this 13th day of October 1899.
FREDERICK WILLIAM TOMKINS TURTON.
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.