US120816A - Improvement in inhalers - Google Patents

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urren S'rrrres PATENT @Errea l `RUSH B. HEINTZELMAN, 0F NE\V YORK, N.AY.,ASSIGNOR OF'ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO AWZI S. DODD, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT iN INHALERS.

Speeilieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,816, dated November 14, 1871 antedated October 27, 1871.

To all whom lit muy concern:

.Be it known that 1, RUSH B. HEINTZELMAN, M.l l ot the city, county, and State, ot' New York, have invented a certain new and improved lnbaling Instrument; ,and I doberebyT declare the following` to be such a fulll clear, and exact descrip'tion of the same aswill enable any one bebereinafter explained.

The iiieetotmy invention is to t'acilitatethe effectual introduction into the chest, throat, or head ot' the patient such curative vapors, eases, or atmospheres as the practitioner ma)v desire in treating,` the diseases to which the organs ot these parts ot' the human or animal body are liable. This object I accomplish by the`use ot' an instrument constructed substantiallyas hereinafter descril-)ed-tha-t is t0 say, the instrument consists of a reservoir, A, in which the material or slibsl'ance-the Vapor, gas',- or atmosphere ot' which i.' to be inhaled-'is placed.` In thetop of this reservoir a. tube7 I3, is screwed in the manner substantially as shown. rlhe upper end ot' thisI tube is fitted with a cap, cymade somewhat inl the/form ot a dome and fitted with nipples F, to which flexible tubes l) are attached, theends whereotA are litted with suitable tips E t-o g'o into the mouth or nose of the patient, and may, of course, be made ot' an)r t'orm best adapted t'or that purpose. Now,'it will beseen thzltt'belower end ol' the tube .Il is smaller than theapcrture ot' the reservoir into which it scie-wm, leaving a vaa valve, c, istitted, in the form of aring slipped down over the neck o the reservoir before the tube'll is screwed on." Now the object of this vacant space (t and these pert'orations b is toadmit the nefahssa'r)Y supplyot'atmospheric air, and the object ot' the ring-valve is to regulate the qualit of air admitted, the valve being made to' turn on the neck ot' the reservoir so Yas to partially or wholly close the pert'orations, as the case may require. To prevent anything but vapor, atmosphere, or gas from passing; through the tubes l) into the mouth or nose ot' the patient the upper end of the tube B is fitted with a tiirely-porterated cap, as shown in Fig. 4, to stop the ascentot' any concrete substance; or the perforated plate may be iitted into the bottom of tube D, as at l1, Figs. l and 4.

When itis desirous to introduce atmospheric air, either hot or cold, in limited quantities, the reservoir ibis taken oii" and the chamber shown in Fie'. 3 is put in its place. And when it is desirous to use an ethereal inhalation, the sponge I-I the purpose ot the invention without material inodilcation. l claim`as my inventionlbe described inhaling instrumpnt, consisting ot' the reservoir-A fitted with the Valve and perlbratious as described, the tube B made and applied to the reservo' as set forth, and a flexible tube or tube, l), ltted with suitable tips and applied to the tube P over a perthrated cap, all

substantially as shown and described.

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