US1974277A - Container for-sterilized articles - Google Patents

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Sept. 18, 1934. E. JOHNSON 1,974,277

CONTAINER FOR STERILIZED ARTICLES Filed Sept. 16. 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR Eowaao JoHMsoA/ BYA TORNEYS.

Sept. 18, 1934. E. JOHNSON 1,974,277

' CONTAINER FOR STERILIZED ARTICLES F iled Sept. 16, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Eoum no douwsofl Patented Sept. 18, I934 PATENT or rice 1974.277 7 I CON A NER- 110R- STERILIZED ARTICLES Edward Johnson; Montclair, N. J., assignor to- Meinecke& Gompany, New- York, N. Y., a-c'or poration of'Nw-Jersey Applicationseptember 16;.19'32',.Seri'al No. 633,416 1 Claim: (C12 31 2 ---70)' ItC is well-known that'in performing: surgical lfl to the siderof the container. The pivot is pref operations. the: surgeonfshandsmust be absoerably in theformofiaset-screw with aknurled lutely; sterilized; In: order to accomplish that headso that whenthescrewis turned, the latch result-,itis-necessary to. use: a hand-brush whioh memberis loosenedv and swung to one-side and hasbeenrthoroughly and completely: sterilized. theglass member inserted; The latch member My invent-ionconsistszofai receptacle fon hold I7 is then swung back to a right-angle position ing a number of? sterilized: brushes and it: is: so with the: side of the. container andthe screw constructed that the container with the brushes tightened; insidezcanabe placed" in; an autoclave or steriliz- The brushesarehel-d:impositionby one endof 1 ing vessel with the brushes inside of it and both the brush resting; on:a stopf-bar 19 at the side of 65 ing the container on the wall.

slotted latch member 17 pivotally connected at the container itself and the brushes can be the container (see Fig. 1). The other end of the thoroughly sterlized. It comprises means for brush rests on an escapement member 20 prefejecting the sterilized brushes one at a time as erably having four vanes as shown in Fig. 1. required by the user by simply pressing a lever This escapement member 20 is contained in a i so that a sterilized brush will drop into his hands semi-circular housing 21 secured by set-screws 22 7-0- Without having previously come into contact with to the front and bottom of the container. The any undesirable and unsterilized material. escapement member 20 is mounted on a shaft 20" The container in its preferred form is built to one end of which is journalled in the casing 21. hold approximately a dozen brushes, although it The other end of the escapement member shaft may be longer if desired. The invention also extends through the contiguous side of the cas- 75 comprises a particular form of brush, means for ing member 21 and has rigidly secured on that visually indicating whether the container reend of it a ratchet 22A (seen in Figs. 4, 7 and 8). quires refilling and means for detachably securing A rocker-arm 23 is mounted at 24 at the side of it to the wall of aroom. the casing 21. To the rocker-arm is pivotally In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 shows connected at 25, a lever 26. The other end of 30. a near-side view of a container with housing the lever 26 is pivoted at 2'? to another lever 28 broken away to show four brushes therein. pivoted at 29 to the bottom of the casing. The Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. lever 28 operates against a coiled spring 30 10- Fig. 3 shows a catch for holding the glass cover cated between a projecting end 31 of the casing of the sight hole. and said lever. 95

Fig. 4 shows one view of a detail of the means The device operates in the following manner. for actuating the device. When the lever 28 is pressed by hand, it throws Fig. 5 shows a far-side view of the container the lever 26 forward and the lower part of the with the cover broken away to show the mecharocker-arm 23 is released from the lower part nism for removing the brushes. of the ratchet, whereas the upper part of the Fig. 6 shows means for securing the container rocker-arm comes in connection with another to the wall. face of the ratchet best seen in Fig. 4 and pushes Figs. 7 and 8 are detailed views of the means it part way around. Complete rotation of the for releasing the brush. ratchet to the desired degree and turning of the Fig. 9 shows a cover for placing over the operescapement member 20 to release the brush 14 ating means. is effected by the wiping of the lower part of the Fig. 10 is a side view of the same to show the rocker arm on the ratchet upon the return movecatch for holding the cover on the container. ment of lever 28 to its inoperative position, as Fig. 11 is a detailed view of the means for holdshown in Fig. 8. As that end of the brush is released there is, of course, nothing to hold it The device consists essentially of a container in the casing, and it slips right off of rod 19 into 12 rectangular in form having one side 13 on the hand of the user. It will, of course, be underhinges, so that it can be opened in order to place stood that the hand-lever 23 may, if desired, be the brushes 14 in the container. As shown in so constructed as to connect with a foot actuated Fig. 2, the device has an opening 15 at one side means for operating the device. The operating near the bottom thereof over which is placed a means just described are hidden from view and piece of glass 16 through which it can be ascerpreve t from Collecting dirt y a Cover 32 etained whether or not the device needs refilling cured to the side of the container by a spring with brushes. In Fig. 3 is shown a swinging catch member 33, clasping the cover over the side of the container and the other end of the 1.10

cover 32 is connected by a set-screw 34 to the casing which holds the escapement member.

The invention also comprises a new form of brush which, as shown by the numeral 14 in Fig. 1, has depressions or indentations 35. The brushes are made with wooden backs and when sterilized have a tendency to swell considerably. It is, of course, necessary to have them held as firmly as possible in position in the container. In order to accomplish that end, the container has a ridge 36 pressed both into the side of the casing and the door, and this ridge 36 engages with the depression 35 in the side of the brush and holds each brush in alignment.

The invention also comprises the following means for securing the receptacle to the wall of a room. At the top andbottom of the back of the container is secured an extension 37 preferably about an inch and a half both above and below the top and bottom of a container. Each of these extensions has a keyhole slot 38 for engaging the head of a screw 39 which is fastened into a member, preferably of wood 40. The strip or member 40 may be nailed or screwed to the wall of a room. At each end of the member 40 is a spring clamp 41 having an aperture 42 through which extends a screw 39. The keyhole slot 38 in each of the extension members 37 fits over the screw head and the tension of the spring clamp 41 holds the container firmly in position.

I claim:-

A container for sterilized articles comprising a casing, an opening in the bottom of said casing, means at the rear of said casing and near the bottom thereof for holding one end of an article, a housing in the opposite side of said casing, a shaft journalled in said housing, an escapement member secured on said shaft for holding the other end of said article, a ratchet mounted on said shaft adjacent the escapement member, an

oscillating rocker arm pivotally mounted at the lower end of the casing, one prong of said rocker arm engaging the ratchet member, a spring controlled lever pivotally'mounted at the lower part of the casing, a link connecting said spring controlled lever and said rocker arm whereby pressure exerted on the spring controlled lever will cause the rocker arm to oscillate sufiiciently to release the lower prong of the rocker arm from the ratchet whereby one end of the article resting on the escapement member will be released'and fall through the opening and. at the same time the upper prong of the rocker arm will advance the ratchet and escapement member one step so that when pressure is released on the spring controlled lever one end of the next succeeding article will rest upon the escapement member.

EDWARD JOHNSON.

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