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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
HUBERT TOLER, OF SWEETWATER, TEXAS.SAFETY MEDICINE-SPOON:'-
Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 13, 1921.
Application filed May :24, 1920. Serial. No. 383,864.To alU-whom:it may concern:
Be it known that I, 'HUBERT ToLER a citi-
zen of the:United States, residing at Sweet-
water, in the county of Nolan and State of
5 Texas, have invented new :and useful Im-
provements in. Safety Medicine-Spoons, of
which the following is a specification.
This invention relates to improvements
in medicine spoons,, and more particularly
10 to a type of the same adapted- for the pur-
pose of administering medicine.
The primary object of the invention is .to
provide for a comparatively simple and in-
expensive construction of the character men-
15 tioned, and one : provided with a means
whereby .the spobn may _be carried for: a
distance, as from a table or cabinet in a
room to the bed of a patient, after the same
has been filled, or partly filled, in safety,
20 and without possible loss 'of: the contents, or
part thereof.
Another: object off .the invention is to
provide a spoon of the type mentioned and
one of a nature particularly adapted for
25 use in hospitals and the like for the admin-
istering of medicine to infants or weak, bed-
ridden patients, means being provided for
the confining of the medicine in the spoon
until after the same has been inserted into
30 the mouth of the person being dosed, and
in a manner to eliminate the necessity of
unduly disturbing the patient, and, conse-
quently, reducing the chance of loss or spill-'
ing of the medicine to a minimum.
35 A further object of the invention is to
provide for a spoon of the type specified,
and one which is so constructed as to be
readily cleansed, disinfected, and kept in
a sanitary condition at all times. -
40 With the foregoing and other objects. in
view, the invention resides in the certain
novel construction as will be hereinafter
more fully described, set forth in the ap-
pended claims, and illustrated in the ac-
45 companying drawing, in which--
Figure 1 is a side elevation,
Fig. 2 is a top plan, and
Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section
on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.
50 - Referring to the drawing, in which sim-
ilar characters of reference designate cor-
responding parts in the several views there-
of, the numeral 10 indicates the bowl por-
tion of the spoon and 11 the handle portion
55 thereof, the bowl being of any desired sizeand shape as - may correspond with either
of the usual forms of common tea-spoons,
dessert-spoons or table-spoons.
Conforming to the shape of the bowl 10
is a substantially flat' cover plate, 12 ar- 60
ranged .to snugly contact the edge of the
bowl in a mannerto preclude all possible es=
cape of even.the thinnest of liquids from
the latter . when in closed position. The
material, of which the spoon is made is. re- 65
cessed, to provide a shoulder, as at '13, at
the junction of the bowl 10 'with :the handle
portion 11, so that 'the horizontal wall of
the shoulder is continuous 'with the top
edge of the .bowl and provides for' a sup- 70
porting surface for the cover plate 12 to
further prevent the escape of any' of the
liquid contents at this point.
A two-part hinge is provided for pivot-
ally mounting, the cover plate 12 in position 75
on the bowl.'10,"and one part of this hinge,
as at .14, is permanently secured on the ad-
jacent handle portion immediately in rear
of the recess 13, while the other portion of
the hinge, as at 15, is permanently secured 80
to the cover plate 12 and has its connecting
portion projecting rearwardly of the latter
and is secured in engagement with the por-
tion 14 by means of a removable pin or
pintle 16. 85
An operating handle 17 is provided for
actuating the cover plate 12 to and from
closed position, and the same is provided
with a depending leg portion 18 .having a
foot portion 19 which is secured perma- 90
nently to the cover plate 12 immediately in
advance of the hinge portion 15. The
handle 17 extends rearwardly from its point
of connection with the cover plate 12 in
alinement with respect to the handle portion 95
11 of the spoon, and spaced above the lat-
ter for a desired distance, for the proper
opening .and closing of the cover plate 12.
For maintaining the cover plate 12 in
normally closed position and firmly in con- 100
tact with the top edge of the bowl 10, a
coiled spring 20 is positioned between the
handle portion 11, of the spoon, and the
operating handle 17, of the cover plate 12,
and preferably at a point immediately in 105
rear of the hinge, or, as shown, the lower
end of the coiled spring is held in position,
in any desired or suitable manner, on the
hinge portion 14. The upper end of the
coiled spring 20 is retained in position 1101,390,475:
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Toler, Hubert. Safety Medicine-Spoon, patent, September 13, 1921; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258112/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.