Improvements in Bottles or Receptacles adapted for Holding Poisons, and especially for Preventing Accidental Poisoning.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Mar., 1899-Accepted, 13th May, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles or Receptacles adapted for Holding Poisons,
and especially for Preventing Accidental Poisoning.
FREDERICK ROBINSON, of Naseby House, Wellington Road, Dewsbury, in the
County of York, Physician, 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:
As a means of lessening the possibility, at any time, of making a mistake in
the selection of the required bottle, and thus getting hold of the bottle containing
poison, or vice versa, make my bottle or receptacle of a peculiar shape, so that
when it is light the bottle is readily distinguished from ordinary shaped bottles
by its peculiar appearance, and when it is dark, it is instantly recognised by its
peculiar formation.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I have appended hereto a
sheet of drawings and hereinafter refer to said sheet of drawings.
Fig. 1. Shows a front view of my bottle.
Fig. 2. Shows a view of the sides of my bottle.
Fig. 3. Shows a back view of my bottle.
The bottles or receptacles may be made of any size or holding capacity, and also
of any desired general shape or contour, but must always have the surface made
with one or the other or all the peculiarities I now proceed to describe.
with
It may be at once said that almost the whole of the surface of the bottle,
instead of being smooth as with an ordinary bottle, is covered
series of lumps or nodules, or with raised or sunk
moulded at the time of making the bottle.
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or cast
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letters
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reason
for this is that I desire it to be instantly perceptible either to the sense of sight or
the sense of feeling or to both combined, that the bottle in question is not a bottle
of an ordinary kind but a special bottle used only for poisons.
On looking at Fig. 1 the part "A" is the lip of the bottle neck and I make
this part of a different color to the remainder of the bottle. If it is thought de-
sirable to use a stopper instead of a cork to secure and close up the contents of
bottle I shoald use a stopper also colored like the part
The shoulders or upper part of bottle is encrusted with nodules, and I place
around the bottom portion of surface a row of nodules "G." The part "C"
shows the smooth surface having letters forming the word POISON. The letters
may be either in relief or cameo, or letters sunk or intaglio. For certain bottles
to be used for certain kinds of contents, the sunken or intaglio letters could be
filled with a cement or other suitable material but of a different color to the
remainder of bottle so as to show up clearly and in contrast. The space "C"
occupied with the word "poison" is divided by a row of nodules from the
space D" which is a smooth surface for fixing the prescription label on to.
The space "D" is also divided by nodules from part E." The word "poison" is
again placed on bottle in portion "E" either with letters formed of nodules or
raised or sunk letters or a combination of them, or this space may have a number
of nodules placed either in a design or promiscuously as required.
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Fig. 2, is a view of one of the side portions of bottle part "F" having the
word poison either of raised letters on surface, or sunk into surface of bottle.
If when making the bottle the letters are left sunken or intaglio, the depression
may be filled with a cement or other suitable material as before mentioned.
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Fig. 3, represents a view of the reverse or back part "H" of bottle. On this
side I propose to put any suitable legend as required by the nature of the contents
such as Not to be taken," "For outward application only," "Not for human use.
and the like mottoes, when the contents consist of embrocations or liniments for
outward application; or with the words "With great care" and the like mottoes or
legends, when the contents of the bottle are for careful consumption.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the saine is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is—
1. The combination in one bottle of (a) a different colored lip or neck to the
remainder of bottle, (b) nodular projections (c) raised or sunken letters for the word
POISON such sunken letters being left either sunk or intaglio or having the
sunken portion filled with cement or other suitable material of a different color to
bulk of bottle.
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