US1158382A

US1158382A - Therapeutic cabinet.

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Publication number: US1158382A
Application number: US1141115A
Authority: US
Inventors: Bonnaford Leslie
Original assignee: S D ZAPHYRIADES
Current assignee: S D ZAPHYRIADES
Priority date: 1915-03-01
Filing date: 1915-03-01
Publication date: 1915-10-26
Anticipated expiration: 1932-10-26

Description

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IBONNAFORI) LESLIE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIG-NOR 0F ONE-HALF TO S. D. ZAPI-IYRIADES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

THERAPEUTIC CABINET.

Application led March 1, 1915.

To all wit/0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, BONNAFORD LESLIE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Therapeutic Cabinets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in therapeutic cabinets of that kind in which a heated medium and a medicated vapor are applied to the body of the patient while 'reclining therein so as to induce perspiration and facilitate the penetration of the medicated vapor through the pores of the skin.

Among the objects of the invention is to produce an improved cabinet of this char; acter so constructed and arranged as to provide for the direct application of the medicated vapor and heated medium to the body, and also provide for a thorough and uniform admiXture of the vapor and heated medium throughout the cabinet and a free circulation of the material through the conducting ipes. p Further objects of the invention are to improve and simplify cabinet constructions of this character, and the invention consists m the matters hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings z-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a therapeutic cabinet embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a partial end view and partial transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the general line indicated at 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section view of one of the distributing pipes. Fig. 5 is a cross section 0n the line 5--5 of Fig. 3.V

As shown in the drawings, 10, 11 designate the front and rear walls, respectively, of the cabinet boX or inclosure and 12, 12 'designate the end walls thereof. The cabinet is open at its top and isadapted to be closed by a swinging lid or coverl hinged to one side wall. A portion of the front wall 10 comprises a drop door 15 to facilitate entrance to and exit from the cabinet. 16 designates a foraminated or open work support on which the patient reclines during Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Oct.. 26, 1215.

Serial No. 11,411.

the treatment, and upwardly through which rear end wall of the cabinet is provided withv an opening through which the head and neck of the patient extends and with a head rest 17 to support the head of the patient while reclining in the cabinet.

rranged within the cabinet beneath the Said support 1G are two

pipes

18, 19, respectively, through the first of which is adapted to be circulated a medicated vapor, and through the latter of which is adapted to be circulated a heated medium. Each of said pipes extends from the front end of the cabinet to a point near the rear end thereof and is connected by a return bend (20, 21) to the return portion of the pipe,

giving a U-shape to each of the pipes. The

terminal 22 of the return portion of the vapor pipe is directed laterally through the rear wall 11 of the cabinet and, in practice, the out-turned terminal is connected with an vexhaust pipe located outside of the apartment in which the cabinet is contained. No means are herein shown for supporting the pipes in the cabinet, but it will be understood that they may be supported in a generally horizontal suitable manner.

The induction end of the vapor pipe is connected by a iiaring mouth piece or funn nel section 24 with a receptacle or retort 25 in which a medicated solution is heated to vaporize it, as by means of a suitable gas burner therebelow; the vapor rising through the funnel section 2d and upwardly through the external vertical portion 26 of the induction end of the vapor pipe to circulate backwardly through the cabinet and thence forwardly to the outlet terminal 22. The said vapor pipe is perforated to permit the escape of vapor into the cabinet, the perforations being` preferably at the bottom of the pipe.

rIhe induction end 28 of the dry air pipe, exterior to the cabinet, is formed with a Haring or funnel-shaped intake 29 which is located over a suitable burnerin such manner as to direct the air heated by the burner into the dry air pipe, the heated air circun lating backwardly and forwardly through the continuous dry air pipe and escaping position therein in any ico through a terminal 30, which may exhaust through the front end wall of the cabinet.

The 'said exhaust terminal of the dry air pipe is provided with a valve 8l whereby the volume of air circulated through the pipe may be varied, and thereby the temperature to which the air is heated regulated. The dry air pipe is also perforated, preferably at its lower side, so as to permit the escape of dry air into the cabinet.

The bottom wall 33 of the cabinet tapers or inclines from both ends and from both sides thereof toward the central portion, at Which is located a'valved drain pipe 35, whereby moisture which accumulates in the cabinet may be drained or drawn off therefrom.

In the operation of the device the receptacle 25 is charged with a medicated solution, as a sulfur solution,V and the receptacle Ais placed over a burner of a suitable stove 36, which stove may support the receptacle. The burner beneath the receptacle and also Vthe burner beneath the flaring induction end 29 of the dry'air pipe are thereafter lighted. VThe air heated by the burner is circulated through. the dry air pipe, and the vapoiwhich rises from the receptacle 25 is circulated through the vapor pipe. The air and Vvapor are distributed uniformly through the cabinetby the perforated dry air and vapor pipes and mix with each other as they rise from the pipes towardV the lsupport 1G. The volume of dry air passing through the pipe 19 is regulated by the valve 31 and, thereby the temperature of the air delivered to the cabinet is varied. The volume of vapor circulating through the pipe 18 may be varied by regulating the burner flame below the receptacle r25. Thereby I am enabled to closely regulate the temperature and the amount of medicated vapor delivered into the cabinet. The passages through the pipes fromV the y induction ends to the outlet terminals thereof are direct, so that the regulation maybe effected without being influenced by eddying or counter currents in the pipes. Thereby I am enabled to elimiate or avoid local excessive temperatures, such as would be uncomfortable to the patient. Moreover,by reason of the delivery of the dry air and the vapor into the cabinet and its thorough admixture before it rises into contact with the body of the patient, I am enabled to secure a uniform mixture of the air and vapor, so as to apply as strong or as mild a treatment of the vapor tothe patient as desired while, at the same time, I am enabled to regulate the temperature of the resultant mixture without varying the proportions as to vapor and dry air. f

The location vof the perforations of the pipes on the lower sides thereof contributes to a more efficient mixing ofthe heated air and vapor, inasmuch as the air and vapor rise-0n both sides of the pipes from their points of discharge through the perforations` so that the rising streams of air and vapor cross each other in larger areas of contact than ifA the air and Vapor escaped wholly through perforations at the tops of the pipes.

Preferably the dry air pipe is placed between. the members of the vapor pipe. A practical advantage of this arrangement is that it is usually desirable to shut oil' the dry air before the vapor is shut olii. and tlu` arrangement of the vapor pipe adjacent to the sides of the cabinet, especially when provided with bottom perforations, allords superior distribution of the vapor to the body of the patient.

It is preferable to arrange the outlet terminal of one pipe adjacent to the inlet of the other pipe. In this way, the hottest air is brought into contact with the coolest vapor and vice versa, thus contributing to the maintenance of an approximately uniform'temperature throughout the cabinet.

In practice. it is preferable to arrange the perforations in the pipes 1S, 19 olf the center lines of the pipes, with the perforations of adjoining limbs of different pipes located on the sides of the pipes adjacent to each other, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3 and in full lines in Fig. This relative arrangement of the perforations directs the vapor and dry air which issues from the adjoining limbs of the pipes toward each other so as to thereby assist in the proper admixture thereof.

I claim as my invention l. A therapeutic cabinet comprising an elongated inclosure, a foraminated support stretched across the same, non-communicating heated medium and vapor pipes arranged side by side within the inclosure beneath said support and extending from end to end thereof and perforated throughout their lengths at their lower sides in a inanner to interiningle the material escaping from the pipes in a plane below the pipes. said pipes extending through one wall of the inclosure, with separate means exterior to said wall to supply heated medium and heated vapor to the respective pipes, and the pipes being arranged to provide free and unhampered passageways for the material therethrough whereby the heated medium and vapor are distributed uniformly to the inclosure throughout the length of the inclosure and intermixes and rises upwardly through the foraminated support, and separate exhausts for said pipes extending outside the casing.

2. A therapeutic cabinet comprising an elongated inclosure, a foraminated support suspended thereacross, a U-shaped heated medium pipe within the inclosure below said support with its induction end extending through one wall of the inclosure, means to supply a heated medium to said pipe, a separate U-shaped vapor pipe within the inclosure with its limbs lying between the limbs of the heated medium pipe and the side walls of the inclosure, and with its induction end extending through the wall of the inclosure, and means to supply a heated vapor to the induction end of the vapor pipe, said pipes being perforated throughout their lengths in a manner to inter-mingle the heated media discharged therefrom in a plane below the pipes whereby the mixed heated medium and vapor rise upwardly through the foraniinated support.

3. A therapeutic cabinet comprising an elongated inclosure, a foraminated support suspended thereacross, a U-shaped heated medium pipe within the inclosure below the said support with its induction end extending through one wall of the inclosure and with the eduction end extending outside the inclosure, means to supply a heated medium to said pipe, a U-shaped vapor pipe within the inclosure with its limbs lying between the limbs of the heated medium pipe and the side walls of the inclosure, and with its induction and eduction ends extending to the exterior of the inclosure, means to supply a heated vapor to the induction end of the said vapor pipe, said pipes being perforated throughout their lengths, whereby the heated medium and Vapor escaping therefrom intermingle within the inclosure and rise upwardly through the foraininated support, the induction end of the said heated medium pipe being located closely adjacent to the eduction end of the vapor pipe, and Vice Versa.

4. A therapeutic cabinet comprising an elongated inclosure, an elongated support therein for the patient, non-communicating pipes within the inclosure below the said support and arranged side by side throughout the length of the inclosure and provided with separate outlets and separate means to supply material to the induction ends of the said pipes, said pipes being provided within the inclosure with escape openings to direct the different material downwardly and toward each other whereby the materials are intimately interiningled before they rise to said support.

In testimony that I Aclaim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this 26th day of August, A. D. 1914.

BONNAFORD LESLIE.

Witnesses:

S. D. ZArHYRIADns,

W. L. HALL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, VI). C.