Untitled record

Application filed January 12, 1882. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, John Livor, of New York, in the county of New York, and in the State of New York, have invented certain new 5 and useful Improvements in Combined Label, Guide-Slip, and Wrapper for Bottles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and io to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a combined label, guide-slip, and wrapper for bottles containing medicines; and it has for its object to provide 15 a device that may be expeditiously attached to the bottle, the portion attached constituting a label, a portion being left free and unattached, and forming a guide-slip upon which areindicated the names of thediseasesfor which 2o the medicine should be prescribed, as well as a wrapper for the bottle, while the label portion contains directions as to the proper doses, as more fully hereinafter specified. These objects I attain by the device illustrated in the accom. 25 panying drawings, in which—

Figure 1 represents a front view of my improved label and slip; and Fig. 2, a view showing the method of attaching the label to the bottle, the slip being left free and unwrapped 30 from the bottle.

The letter A indicates a strip of paper or other fabric of suitable length aud width. One end of the said slip constitutes the label B, and is suitably printed and ornamented upon 35 its face by printing or otherwise, as shown, the other and greater portion of the strip constituting the guide-slip 0. Within the border of the label are printed the directions in regard to the proportions of the doses, and on the 40 guide-slip are printed the names of the diseases for which the medicine is to be prescribed, the said slip forming a perfect key to the label, and indicating to those not particularly skilled in medicine the diseases for which the medi45 cine is intended and the proper doses to be employed. The guide-label, being loose, may be wrapped around the bottle, forming a protective wrapper therefor. The label portion of the strip at the back may be gummed, like the ordinary postage-stamp, or such portion 50 may be pasted or cemented at the time it is attached to the bottle. The side of the border of the label adjoining the guide-slip forms a convenient guideforapplying the label when it is done by pasting. 55

The improved device is not intended to be confined in its application to any particular medicine or class of medicines, but to all that are at present known or may hereafter become known. 60

The advantages of my invention are that, the label and slip being in one piece or connected together, when the label is attached to the bottle the slip is not liable to be lost or destroyed, as would be the case with a loose 65 wrapper, and the slip can be made long enough to contain the names of the various diseases to which the medicine is applicable, no matter how numerous, aud the doses, being printed on the label, can be conveniently observed in connec- 70 tion with the guide-slip when the same is unrolled, without detaching such slip.