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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
PATRICK HENRY BROWN, OF TEMPLE, TEXAS.
CAPSULE-FILLER.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented July 20, 1909.
Application filed October 31, 1908. Serial No. 460,517.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, PATRICK HENRY
BROWN, a citizen of the United States, re-
siding at Temple, in the county of Bell and
5 State of Texas, have invented a new and
useful Capsule-Filler, of which the follow-
ing is a specification.
This invention relates to capsule fillers.
The object of the invention is, in a novel
10 and practical manner, to facilitate the fill-
ing of capsules by enabling the prescrip-
tionist, with rapidity and accuracy, to fill a
large number of the same or different sized
capsules at one operation.
15 With the above and other objects in view,
as will appear as the nature of the invention
is better understood, the same consists in
the novel construction and combination of
parts of a capsule filler, as will be herein-
20 after fully described and claimed.
In the accompanying drawing forming a
part of this specification, and in which like
characters of reference indicate correspond-
ing parts :-Figure 1 is a top plan view of
25 the filler, one of the funnel carriers being
elevated to expose the capsule holders. Fig.
2 is an end view, partly in section, of the de-
vice.
The device embodies a base 1, which may
30 be constructed of any material suited to the
purpose, such as wood, metal or the like.
Secured to the upper surface of the base are
capsule carriers or holders, which, as herein
shown, are constructed of strips 2 of metal,
35 with which are combined either integrally
or otherwise, the capsule holders 3. By
preference, the strips 2 and capsule holders
3 will be cast from suitable metal, such as
aluminum, or the like, and are secured to
40 the base by screws 4.
Secured to the two opposite edges of the
base are strips or bars 5, either of metal or
wood, and to which are hinged two funnel
carriers 6, the latter being constructed pref-
45 erably of wood. The funnels 7 may be
made of any suitable material, and their
necks 8 are secured in sleeves 9 that are
threaded into the members 6. By prefer-
ence, the funnels and sleeves will be made
5o separately and assembled in any preferred
manner, as by solder; but it is to be under-
stood that the invention is not to be limited to
this arrangement, as the sleeves and funnels
may be made in one piece, and may be held
55 in the members 6 by cement, or any other
manner than by threads as shown. As willbe noted by reference to Fig. 1, all of the
capsule holders beneath the funnel carriers
6 are of the same size-that is to say, those
beneath one of the carriers will be, say No. 60
0, while those beneath the other will be of
No. 1 size, these being the sizes of capsules
most commonly employed. By this arrange-
ment, fourteen capsules of the same size may
be filled at one time on each side of the de- 65
vice, or a less number, as the requirements of
the case may demand. The funnel car-
riers 6 are hinged to move outward from
- the base, thus to expose either of the series
of capsule holders to view. 70
Arranged between the series of capsule
holders 3 are three rows of capsule holders
10, 11 and 12, each of the series in each of
the strips being of the same size, and being
designed to receive capsules of different 75
sizes, that is to say from the smallest to the
largest shells ordinarily used. The funnel
carrier 13 that covers the intermediate series
of capsule holders is hinged to swing at right
angles to the funnel carriers 6, and is pro- 80
vided with a knob or button 14 by which it
may be lifted.
As will be observed by reference to Fig.
2, the upper edges of the strips or bars 5
form stops to limit the outward movement 85
of the funnel carriers, or in other words, to
hold them in a vertical position.
As shown in Fig. 2, the capsule holders 3
are of less height than the length of the cap-
sule, and will be made slightly larger in di- 90.
ameter than the capsule, in order to permit
ready insertion and removal. This latter
feature might tend to cause the capsules to
tilt, and thus not register with the neck of
the funnel, so that loss of the substance to 95
be filled into the capsule might ensue. To
obviate this defect, the under face of each
of the sleeves is provided with a cone-shaped
counter-bore 15, which will operate, when
the funnel carriers are disposed over the cap- 100
sule holders, to bring the capsules into exact
register with the necks of the funnels, thus
to insure a proper discharge of the substance
from the funnels into the capsules.
In using the apparatus, the capsule hold- 105
ers are filled with the required size of cap-
sules, and the funnel carrier is then closed
down. The prescriptionist then divides the
substance to be filled into the capsules, into
as many parts as the prescription calls for 110
and with his spatula supplies the substance
to the different funnels, and should thereNo. 928,356.
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Brown, Patrick Henry. Capsule-Filler, patent, July 20, 1909; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth511753/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.