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How does the kink in a mercury or alcohol work in a clinical thermometer?

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How does the kink in a mercury or alcohol work in a clinical thermometer?

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The kink stops the mercury from falling, giving the user/reader of the thermometer time to read the highest temperature recorded. Shaking the thermometer lets the mercury fall again.

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