Improvements in Bottles for Pharmaceutical Purposes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 24th May, 1892-Accepted, 25th June, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bottles for Pharmaceutical Purposes.
I, JOSEPH ADELARD TROTTIER, a Citizen of Canada, residing at Valleyfield,
in the County of Beauharnois, in the Province of Quebec, do hereby declare the
nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference
being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereon, in which :-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly broken away of my improved bottle.
Fig. 2 is a top view of the striking mechanism.
Fig. 3 is a side view of the same.
Fig. 4 is an end view of the same.
Fig. 5 is a vertical section on line x x Fig. 2.
Fig. 6 is a vertical section on line y y Fig. 2.
Fig. 7 shows a modification of the shape of the bottle and manner of securing
the mechanism therein.
The object of my invention is to provide a device whereby the mistakes liable
to be made by druggists and others, when making up prescriptions, may be reduced
to a minimum. To this end my invention consists in providing the bottle with
an alarm mechanism combined with a spring-actuated winding drum and weighted
cord in such manner, that on lifting the bottle the weight will act both to set the
spring actuated winding drum under tension and operate the alarm mechanism and
thus enable the reaction of the spring actuated drum to be applied wholly in winding
the cord when the bottle is set down.
Referring to the drawings:-
A represents a bottle having a chamber B formed under the bottom of the
bottle proper; this chamber is open at its base forming a stand for the bottle, and
may either be formed integrally with the said bottle, or attached thereto.. In the
chamber B is secured by the arms C the framework D of the striking mechanism.
The arms may be secured by rivets or screws or in a groove b formed in the interior
of the chamber B as shown in Fig. 7. To one end of the framework D is secured
a rod e carrying at its extremity a small gong E, adapted to be struck by the
hammer F, carried on the pallet G, of the escapement, the axle of this pallet is
journalled in the sides of the casing, journalled so as to operate the pallet is the
escapement wheel H carrying on its axle the pinion I gearing with the gear wheel J
on the shaft K journaled in the sides of the casing. This gear wheel J is loosely
mounted on the shaft K and connected therewith by the spring pawl L and ratchet
wheel M secured on the said shaft, a drum N is also rigidly secured to the said
shaft K adapted to receive the band O to the free end of which is secured the
weight P. A guide n is provided to guide the band O on the drum.
The operation of the device as far as described is as follows:-The band O
being wound on the drum N, when the bottle is lifted from the shelf, the weight P
pulls down the band O and the motion of the drum and shaft K is transmitted to the
gear wheel J, by the pawl and ratchet L, M, thus operating the pinion and escape-
ment, causing the hammer to be agitated and ring the gong.
In order to wind the band O on the drum N when the bottle is replaced, the
shaft K projects through one side of the casing, having a square end k, and on this
end is secured the spring drum R, on which is wound the spring S held in place
by the guide s. This spring is just powerful enough to wind the band on the drum
without the weight, but is not powerful enough to prevent the weight from falling
the length of the band. The weight when the bottle is lifted from its place falls
to the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1; when it is put back the weight

page_text: rests on the shelf and the strain thus taken off the band enables the spring to wind
it up on the drum.
By arranging the parts as described so that the gravitating weight when the
bottle is raised will both set the spring under tension and sound the alarm, the
reaction of the spring when the cord is relieved of its weight on setting the bottle
down is wholly and entirely applied in winding the cord upon the drum. This I
deem of importance in that a comparatively feeble spring may be employed with
consequently a small amount of friction on the bearing, and in that the cord will
be promptly and quickly wound immediately upon setting the bottle down, no matter
how quickly it may be done, thus avoiding any derangement or confusion of the
mechanism.
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:-
The combination with a bottle, of a bell and tapper, a drum, a weighted cord
attached to the drum, a spring for winding the cord upon the drum when the cord
is relieved of its weight a pinion, a ratchet, and pawl mechanism connecting the
drum and pinion in such manner that the latter will be turned only when the cord
is unwound, and suitable connections between the pinion and the tapper for actuating
the latter when the pinion is turned; whereby the weight acts both to set the spring
under tension and cause the alarm to sound, thereby enabling the reaction of the
spring to be applied wholly in winding the cord upon the drum, substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated 24th May 1892.
GEO.
DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.