New Method of Securing in Holders Menthol Cones and similar substances.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 26th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 4th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
New Method of Securing in Holders Menthol Cones and similar
substances.
I THOMAS DICKINSON VINT of 2 Palace Avenue, White Rock, Hastings,
Chemist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
For inserting in substances which are solid at the ordinary temperature but can
be liquified by heat (such as menthol in cones or other shapes, sticks of lip-
salve &c.) hair, feather-tips, down thread silk, wool, or other soft filaments,
for the purpose of giving tenacity to the substance and securing it to the holder in
which the ends of the feather stems, or of the hair or fibrous material have first
been tightly wedged or otherwise clamped, the penetration of the feathers &c. being
effected by dipping them into the melted menthol contained in the usual mould
whereby they are caused to ramify through the mass when solidified and whilst
allowing it to be applied by friction without injury to the skin lessen the liability to
snap or break off from the holder.
DAL: L
A-11000
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
T. D. VINT,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New Method of Securing in Holders Menthol Cones and similar
substances.
I, THOMAS DICKINSON VINT of 2, Palace Avenue, White Rock, Hastings,
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 means of securing in holders, menthol cones or sticks
and other similar substances to be applied externally for curative or other
purposes.
The invention is more particularly designed for menthol cones or sticks and will
be described with reference thereto, although I would have it understood that my
invention is not limited in this respect and may with equal advantage be applied to
securing in holders other materials, such for example as the substance known as
camphor-ball.
Sticks or cones of menthol are very liable to break off in use, particularly at the
base where they are affixed to their holders, and this invention remedies this
objection by providing means whereby the stick or cone is not only firmly secured
to its holder, but is strengthened throughout its length, the said means being such
as not to interfere with the use of the menthol in the ordinary way.
The invention consists in securing the menthol stick to the holder by means of
feather tips, down, badger-hair, india-rubber, silk, wool, or other threads or
filaments which ramify through the mass of the menthol cone or stick and the ends
of which are first tightly wedged or otherwise secured in the holder.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
Specification, in which
Figure 1 is a vertical central section of the holder with the feather tips inserted,
but before the menthol is applied.
Figure 2 is a similar section of the finished article.

page_text: Assuming feather tips (which I find the best for the purpose) to be used, the ends
of their stems are wedged in a hole made in the holder a by means of a plug b (of
cork for example) and then the feathers are dipped into the mould containing the
melted menthol, so that they penetrate and ramify through the mass when it is
solidified, as shewn in Figure 2, and thus firmly hold the menthol cone c to its base
or holder a. Being of soft material the feathers admit of the menthol cone being
applied by rubbing in the usual way, without injury to the skin, as the feathers
wear away along with the menthol.
In the case of threads, they would be fixed to the holder a in the same way and
"may if necessary be stiffened by being first impregnated with paraffin-wax so as to
cause them to penetrate the molten menthol.
The holder may, however, be dispensed with, in which case it would be replaced
by the feather tips, the ends of which would project, as illustrated in Figure 3, from
the base of the cone or stick. In this case the feather tips ramify, as before,
throughout the mass, which they strengthen, and their projecting ends can be
grasped when the cone is in use, so that no holder is necessary.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is―
1st. The herein described means of securing sticks or cones of menthol and other
similar substances to their holders, consisting in first fixing feather tips, down,
badger-hair, or fibrous threads, to the holder and then causing them to penetrate
the mass of melted menthol or other substance when in the mould, as described.
2nd. A cone or stick of menthol or other similar substance, strengthened by
feather-tips ramifying through the mass and projecting from the cone or stick, for
the purpose specified.
DAL: AL 1-8 T 1902
Dated ship 9CAL 1.–
January 1902.
T. D. VINT,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.