Improved Case or Holder for Lunar Caustic and other Curative Substances.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 25th July, 1893—Accep'ed, 26th Aug., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Case or Holder for Lunar Caustic and other Curative
Substances.
A communication by PAUL HENGER, of 20, Kronprinzstrasse, Stuttgart, in the-
Empire of Germany, Surgical Instrument Maker.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool and 6 Bank Street,.
Manchester both in the County of Lancaster and 323 High Holborn in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, 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 :-
The improved case or holder shown on the accompanying drawing is arranged
for serving simultaneously to keep and fix a lunar caustic pencil or for sublimate or
iodoform powder or which may be employed in a somewhat modified form for holding
sublimate and iodoform powder. Figures 1-3 show a holder A for lunar caustic
and sublimate, in which the lunar caustic pencil is inserted in one part of the holder
between two spring vulcanite arms a, which are pressed together by a ring ƒ also
made of vulcanite, which is slipped over them, and thus the pencil or rod is held
firm. The lunar caustic holder together with its contents is covered by a screw
cap B, in such a way that it is exposed when the cap is screwed off. On the other
side of the case which is divided by means of a partition into two parts, an
intermediate piece C with a perforated bottom is arranged between the cap D, which
can also be screwed off, and the case A, and is screwed onto the latter. The cap is
screwed onto this intermediate piece.
If the case is intended to serve simultaneously for holding sublimate and jodoform
powder, the case A' shown in Figures 4 and 5, which is also provided with a
partition, has at both ends an intermediate piece C¹ provided with a perforated
bottom and cap D¹.
The various parts of both kinds of holders are entirely made of vulcanite and
thereby are protected against any action of the lunar caustic, sublimate or iodoform
powder.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is-
A case entirely constructed of vulcanite for holding sublimate and iodoform
powder, or one of these curative substances and a lunar caustic pencil, in which
case there are two chambers separated from one another by means of a partition in
the case and closed to the outside by removable screw caps, an intermediate piece,.
which also may be screwed off and which has a perforated bottom, being placed
between the case and cap of the parts of the case serving for containing the curative
substances, whilst in that part of the case where the lunar caustic is contained, this
latter is held by spring jaws over which a ring engages, both being made of
vulcanite, substantially as herein before described and shown.
Dated this 24th day of July 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.