Improvements in means or Apparatus for Filling and Closing " Cachets."
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Mar., 1898-Accepted, 14th May, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in means or Apparatus for Filling and Closing
" Cachets."
We, ALBERT COOPER and ALBERT JOHN BULLEN COOPER, Trading as Cooper
and Co., both of 80, Gloucester Road, South Kensington, in the County of Middle-
sex, Pharmaceutical Chemists, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, (a
communication to us from EMMANUEL FINOT, of 43, Rue Traversière, Asnières
(Seine), in the Republic of France, Chemist,) and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the fol-
lowing statement:-
The invention relates to a simple apparatus to be employed for filling and
closing "cachets."
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a plan and Fig. 2 is a sectional view
of the base plate. Fig. 3 is a plan and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the funnel-
the top half
shaped part used for filling and closing the "cachet." In Fig.
of a "cachet" is shown held therein by friction. Fig. 5 shows the funnel-shaped
part applied to one side of the base plate with the lower half of a "cachet" in
position for filling, and Fig. shows the funnel-shaped part applied to the other
"cachet
of smaller diameter in
side of the base plate with the lower half of a
position for filling.
As seen in Figs. 1 and 2 the base consists of a piece of wood or other suitable
material a formed with an irregularly shaped perforation through its centre.
This perforation consists of four parts, a¹, a², a³, a. The part a forms a seat
upon which may be placed the flange of the lower part of a large sized "cachet,"
the body of said "cachet" partly filling the part a³, as shown in Fig. 5.
The funnel-shaped part b, which is made of any suitable material, is then
placed in position, as shown in Fig. 5, resting on the rim of the "cachet" and
holding it in position for filling.
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The medicine or other substance, which is usually in the form of a powder, is
inserted through the upper end of the funnel shaped part 6 and falls into the
When necessary it may be slightly
recess in the lower part of the "cachet."
compressed through the aperture of the part b. The part 6 is then removed and
cachet" and, as the cachet."
is pressed on to the rim of the upper part of a
is a tight fit in the interior of the part b, it is firmly held by this latter, as repre-
cachet
sented at Fig. 4. The underside of the rim of the upper part of the
is then damped in any convenient manner and the upper part of the "cachet "
is firmly pressed upon the lower part containing the medicine or other substance,
which is still resting on the seat a¹, the two parts of the "cachet" thus becoming
firmly united.
The part 6 is lifted carrying the completed "cachet," and in
order to remove this latter, a finger is pressed through the aperture of the part b.
cachet" of smaller diameter, the base a
When it is desired to fill and close a
is turned upside down and the funnel-shaped part 6 is also reversed, as shown
in Fig. 6, the operation being exactly the same as hereinbefore described, the
part a forming the seat and the part a³ forming a recess for the body of the
cachet."

page_text: It will be noticed that the large end of the part 6 fits the seat a¹, and the smaller
end fits the seat at.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
1. An apparatus for filling and closing "cachets" consisting of a perforated
base plate having two seats of different diameters, one at each end of the perfora-
tion, and a hollow filling and closing device, each end of which fits one of the
said seats, substantially as herein shown and described.
2. An apparatus for filling and closing "cachets" consisting of a base plate
having an irregularly shaped perforation therethrough forming two seats of dif-
ferent diameters and two corresponding recesses, and a funnel-shaped part to be
used therewith, each end of which fits one of the seats in the base plate, substan-
tially as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.
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3. A double-ended funnel-shaped device to be used for filling and closing
"cachets
of different diameters, substantially as herein shown and described.
4. A base plate to be used for filling and closing "cachets" having a single
perforation with a seat at each end thereof of different diameters, substantially
as herein shown and described.
5. The combination and arrangement of parts forming a filling and closing
device for "cachets," substantially as herein shown and described.
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1000
HARRIS & MILLS,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.