An Improved Label or Indicator for the Corks of Bottles Containing Poisons and Dangerous Substances
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 8th May, 1894
Complete Specification Left. 8th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 6th Apr., 1895
PROVISIONAI SIECIFICATION.
An Improved Label or Indicator for the Corks of Bottles Containing
Poisons and Dangerous Substances.
WILLIAM ROBERT MAUD Chemist and Dentist Pontefract do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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It consists of a guard or tablet made of tin, brass or other material, and of
suitable shape, upon which shall be distinctly written, printed or stamped, the word
Poison or any other word or words indicating that caution is necessary, and which
guard or tablet it is intended to fix upon the cork or stopper of any bottle or vessel
containing poison or dangerous ingredient, by means of a peg, staple, screw or
other fastner.
1 claim that when the poison guard is fixed it would be impossible for any person
to inadvertantly give or take a dose of poison from the said bottle or vessel, either
in the daylight or during darkness; as not only would the word poison be distinctly
shown, but the position of the guard would by the touch, indicate to any person
attempting to draw the cork, that it contained a dangerous compound.
Dated this 7th dee of Mar 1904
W. R. MAUD.
An Improved Label or Indicator for the Corks of Bottles Containing
Poisons and Dangerous Substances.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT MAUD, of The Beeches, Pontefract, in the County of
York, Chemist, 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 relates to an improved label or indicator for corks or stoppers of
bottles containing poisons and dangerous substances, and consists of a guard, label,
or tablet of any convenient size and shape, made of tin, brass, metal, or other
suitable material upon which is distinctly written, printed, stamped, or embossed
the word "Poison," or other word or words indicating that caution is necessary.
The said guard, label, or tablet is fixed or attached by means of a peg, staple,
screw, or other fastener upon the cork or stopper of any kind of bottle or other
vessel containing poison or dangerous ingredients.
In the drawings I have shown my invention applied to a cork, in which :-
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of cork, and guard, label, or tablet fixed thereon.
Fig. 2 a front elevation.
Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are respectively elevations and a plan of guard, label, or tablet.
Like parts in all the views are marked with the same letters of reference.
a is the cork, b the guard, label, or tablet, having holes c, c cut or punched
through its face, the pieces c¹, c' being kent inwards for entering the cork. d is the
staple which may or may not have serrations a portion of its length on its periphery.
The guard, label or tablet is securely held in position on the cork or stopper by
means of the pieces c', c' and staple d.

page_text: When the guard or tablet 6 is fixed upon the cork or stopper of the bottle it
would be impossible for any person to inadvertently give or take a dose of poison
either in the daylight or during darkness, as not only would the word poison be
distinctly shown but the position of the guard would at once indicate to any person
attempting to draw the cork that such bottle contained a dangerous compound.
Whilst giving the necessary protection against accident the cork or stopper a can
be withdrawn from the bottle or other vessel without causing pain or injury to the
hands, and also when the guard, label or tablet is fixed or attached to the cork it
can be much more easily withdrawn from the bottle than in the case of an
ordinary cork.
I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact form or
configuration of the guard, label, or tablet as described and shown, as it may be
made in various other forms without departing from the nature of my invention.
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 :-
1. The combination with a cork or stopper, of a guard, label, or tablet having
pieces cut or punched therefrom and bent inwards for entering the cork, also having
two holes formed therein to permit of a staple or the like passing through, the said
guard, label, or tablet being so formed as to be a means for helping the withdrawal
of the cork or stopper substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. The combination with the guard, label, or tablet of a staple or the like with
or without serrations on its periphery, said staple passes through the holes in the
guard, label or tablet and into the cork or stopper thus securely fixing the guard to
the cork or stopper substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Seventh day of February 1895.