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Application filed January 19,1897. Serial No, 619,790. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Henry Altshul, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, county of New York, and 5 State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Indicators for Medicine-Bottles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part io thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to improvements in indicators for medicine-bottles or other receptacles, the object thereof being to supply 15 a medicine-bottle with a means for indicating a predetermined time to administer a dose of medicine to a patient, whereby a nurse can be supplied with a reminder ivhich will avoid mistakes regarding the hour for administer20 ing specific doses of medicine.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described, and spe0ifically set forth in the annexed claims.

In tlje accompanying drawings, forming 25 part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper portion of a bottle, showing the connection of my improved indicator thereto; and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional elevation taken on a line x x of Fig. 1.

In the practice of my invention the body of the bottle is provided with a projected disk A, having a clock-dial marked or formed thereon. This said disk forms an integral part of the bottle-body, and it may be used 35 in combination with either one or two hands.

The disk A forms an integral part of the bottle-body. A glass spindle A' is projected outwardly from the center thereof and the hand a pivotally secured thereto, and to pre40 vent lateral motion of the said hand or to prevent the removal thereof from the spindle a washer C is secured to the outer end of the said spindle. This said washer is preferably composed of glass and is welded to the spin45 die by means of a blowpipe or other suitable means, whereby the hand cannot be removed or lost. To prevent accidental rotation of the hand on its spindle after it is set for indicating a specific hour, projections a² are formed upon 50 the face of the dial, the spaces between them being arranged upon radial lines coincident with the numbers and graduations of the dialface. An announcement A² is also placed upon the face of the dial or adjacent thereto 55 for guidance of the nurse using the bottle.

In the use of the invention a nurse, having delivered a dose of medicine to a patient,will set the hands on the indicator to show the time when the next dose should be adminis- 60 tered, and it is obvious that should the nurse be required to deliver a number of different medicines at varying hours the addition of the indicator to the bottles containing the medicine will supply an efficient guide to 65 prevent mistakes.