Improvements in Indicators, applicable for Medicine Bottles and for other purposes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 4th Aug.. 1894-Accepted, 15th Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Indicators, applicable for Medicine Bottles and for
other purposes.
ALFRED ROOM. of 47 Cannon Street in the City of London Manufacturers
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has reference to a dial or tablet upon which any given time for the
performance of a duty or function can be conveniently indicated.
My invention is particularly applicable for use in connexion with medicine
bottles for the purpose of indicating at what time the next dose of medicine is to
be taken, and consists essentially in a dial or tablet upon which figures or letters
to correspond with the figures or letters on a clock face are placed and a hand or
finger capable of being turned upon a centre pin or rivet, but so arranged that
when moved to point to any required time it is retained in that position.
When my invention is applied in connexion with medicine bottles, I form on the
back of the dial or tablet a clip or fastening for attaching it to the neck of the
bottle. The said clip is hinged so that the dial or tablet can assume a vertical
position when attached to the bottle.
I form the dial or tablet of metal, cardboard, or other suitable material & I
print, write, emboss or cut upon the face the necessary figures or letters.
I form the indicator finger preferably of metal, and attach the same to a rivet or
centre spindle or eyelet in such manner that whilst the finger can be moved by
hand to any required position it is retained by friction and will not move from the
point to which it is set. To ensure this I may form the finger longer than the
radius of the dial and bend or curve the extremity over so as to form a clip to
press against the back of the dial.
In some cases I form instead of or in addition to the clip or fastening a pointed
pin or pins for the purpose of attaching the dial or tablet to any soft material.
Some part of the dial or tablet can be conveniently employed for the purposes of
advertisement.
Dated this Fourth day of November 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Indicators, applicable for Medicine Bottles and for
other purposes.
I, ALFRED ROOм of 47 Cannon Street in the City of London, 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:
My invention refers to a dial or tablet upon which any given time for the
performance of a duty can be conveniently indicated.
My invention is particularly applicable for use in connexion with medicine
bottles for the purpose of indicating at what time the next dose of medicine is to
be taken.
1 will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
of which:-
Fig. 1 is a front view of my dial shewing it attached to a bottle.

page_text: Fig. 2 is a side view of same.
Fig. 3 is a top view shewing the clip for attaching to the neck of a bottle.
Fig. 4 is a sectional view shewing the eyelet for attaching the pointer.
a is bottle. b is a dial which may be formed of metal, cardboard, or other
suitable material, or metal back and face of cardboard paper or other material.
In the drawings I have shewn the latter arrangement being a metal back and ba
.card or paper dial which is retained in its place by the flanging h. of the metal
back. In some cases however I form the dial entirely of metal and emboss, stamp
or enamel the necessary figures or words thereon.
c is a pointer or hand formed preferably of metal and capable of being turned
around the dial, the pointer c can be carried by a spindle or rivet or by an eyelet f
as shewn, the said pointer terminates with a hook part g which is capable of
clipping the edge of the dial for the purpose of preventing the pointer from moving
from the position to which it is set. The friction of the hook part g is sufficient
for this purpose but the pointer c can be readily moved by hand to any required
position.
d is a clip formed of wire or sheet metal and so shaped that it can be sprung
around or partially around the neck of a bottle, the said clip is hinged at e so that
when it is attached to a bottle, the dial will hang in as nearly a vertical position as
the shape of the bottle will allow.
In some cases instead of, or in addition to the said clip, I employ a pointed pin
so that the said can be inserted in a cork or in any other soft material.
The application of my invention will be obvious from the drawings, its object
being to supply an economical and effective means of aiding the memory of the
user by indicating the time at which a duty is to be performed.
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:
1st. In an apparatus by which can be indicated the time for the performance of
a duty or function, the use of a dial combined with a pointer which can be retained
in position by friction, and a spring clip for attaching the dial to a bottle,
substantially as described.
2nd. The improved indicator applicable for medicine bottles and other purposes
substantially as described.
Doted this 4th da LA
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