An Improved Stand or Frame for Holding Bottles containing Poison.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 19th Dec., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Stand or Frame for Holding Bottles containing
Poison.
We, GEORGE LESTER RANDS of 26 Trinity Street, Borough, in the County of
Surrey, Commercial Traveller, and ZEBULON MENNELL of 1 Royal Crescent,
Notting Hill, in the County of Middlesex, Surgeon, 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 our invention relates to an improved stand or frame for holding a bottle
containing poison and the object of our said invention is to devise a frame or stand
for the purpose mentioned in which the bottle containing poison may be placed
when not in use and from which it cannot be readily removed without releasing a
retaining device as will be hereinafter described.
It frequently happens that a medicine bottle or phial containing poison is allowed
to stand about in hospitals, dispensaries, nurseries, sick rooms and other places
where liniments and disinfectants are in use, and such bottles are a source of danger
if the contents be taken in error. Adhesive labels are apt to become detached or
obliterated, thereby rendering it difficult to distinguish the contents of the bottle.
Our improved stand is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like
letters indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures, and in which
Figure 1 is a front view of the frame and bottle therein.
Figure 2 is a cross section of the same taken on the line
Figure 3 is a modification of my invention.
I y in Figure 1.
The stand which may be made of any suitable material consists of a base A,
vertical side posts B and top C being open at the back and front.
The bottle is inserted in a cradle a which may be made of twisted wire, metal or
other suitable material, the said cradle a being provided with laterally projecting
trunnions or pivots a¹. The said trunnions a' are adapted to engage with aperture b
formed in the sides B of the frame. In an alternative form the upper part of said
cradle may consist of an india rubber or other band of flexible material attached to
trunnions in the side posts.
Stops D D' are affixed to the top and base of the stand respectively for the
purpose of limiting the oscillations of the bottle. A soft cushion of india rubber,
felt or other suitable material may be fitted to each stop to prevent injury to the
bottle, if desired.
The bottle and cradle a oscillate around the trunnions a¹ and are adapted to be
swung so as to permit the bottle to be removed or the contents poured out of the
same.
A hinged stop E is suspended from the top of the frame and is arranged so as to
prevent the neck of the bottle being swung outwards in order to remove the bottle
or its contents without first displacing the stop as indicated by the dotted lines in
Figure 2. The said stop E, however, allows the bottle to swing inwards without
impediment.
In the modification illustrated in Figure 3 the base A is formed with a recess A'
in which the lower portion of the bottle drops, the trunnion holes b being formed
with a vertical slot 6 so that the bottle may be raised when required, the bottle in
its vertical position resting in the before-mentioned recess.
Instead of having the fixed stops D D' as before described, two wooden keys or
pins may be passed through a suitable aperture in the base or side frame and one
withdrawn when required to remove the bottle.
A bar and lock may be affixed to the frame as an additional security if required.

page_text: Various other modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of
our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. A stand for bottles containing poison consisting of suitable base sides and top
and having stops fixed thereon in any desired position in combination with a cradle
for the insertion of the bottle, the said cradle being suspended or hung upon
trunnions mounted in the side framing. the whole being constructed and operating
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. A stand for bottles containing poison consisting of base, sides, top and stops
upon the said framing, the said base having a portion recessed or cut out, in com-
bination with a cradle for the insertion of the bottle, the said cradle having
trunnions by means of which it may be suspended in key-hole shaped apertures.in
the side framing the whole being constructed and operating substantially as described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. The combination with a stand for bottles containing poison consisting of base,
sides and top and the fixed stops thereon, of a hinged stop adapted to allow the
swinging in of the bottle but arranged so as to prevent the removal of the bottle
without first displacing the stop, substantially as described and illustrated.
4. The combination with a stand for bottles containing poison consisting of base,
sides and top, and pins in the base or side frame so arranged to prevent the removal
of the bottle without withdrawing one of the said pins, substantially as described.
Dated this 26th day of October 1891.
GEORGE LESTER RANDS.
ZEBULON MENNELL.
By their Agents, Horn & Son.
GEORGE LESTER RANDS.
ZEBULON MENNELL.
By their Agents, Horn & Son.