US1479365A - Vapor-treatment apparatus - Google Patents

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Jan. 1, 1924 T 1,479,365

T T. BUCK v VAPOR, TREATMENT APPARATUS Filed Sept. 4, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 2 Ban wanker,

VT. BUCK VAPOR TREATMENT APPARATUS Jan. 1,1924

2 Shets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 4, 1923 Patented Jan. 1, 1924.

THOMAS BUCK, 0F CASPER, WYOMING.

VAPOR-TREATMENT APPARATUS.

Application filedSeptember 4, 1923. Serial No. 680,827.

T 0 aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS BUCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Casper, in the county of Natrona and State of Wyoming, have invented a new and useful Vapor-Treatment Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for use in generating medicated vapor and utilizing it in the treatment of persons having various ailments.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an apparatus of this character which, when not in use, can be stored compactly in a case of such size as to be convenient to carry.

Another object is to provide apparatus that can be readily set up for use and which, when thus arranged, includes a hood or enclosure for receiving the entire body of a patient or a portion of the body to be treated, there being means for supplying medicated vapor to the said hood or enclosure.

With the foregoing andother objects in view which will appear. as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without, departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device set up for use, a part of the closure being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2, Fig. 1.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates the body portion of a casing to one end of which is hingedly connected a cover 2 which, when in use,

covers the body as shown by broken lines in Fig. 2.

When the casing is opened, however, this cover can be extended away from the end of the body 1 as shown in Fig. 1.

Pivotally mounted within the body 1 close to one side thereof is a crooked upper end 3 of a leg 4. Two of these logs are provided and when in their upper positions, straddle the upper edge of one wall of the upwardly and laterally and then downwardly into the body 1 of the case as shown. by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Pivotally connected to the body 1 close to the opposite wall thereof are L-shaped strips 5, which, when extended from the body 1, rest on the upper edge of the adja-' cent wall thereof and are held against movement relative to the body by any suitable means, such as pins 6, inserted transversely through the strips and into the end walls of the body 1. To the outer ends of each 5 is secured one end of an L-shaped plate 7, the point. of connection being indicated at 8. Side strips 9 are pivotally connected to the angle portion of each of the plates 7 as shown at 10 and additional sides 11 are pivotally connected to the upper end of the strips 9 as shown at 12. .Pins 13 are insertible transversely through the several parts close to the pivots 8, 10 and 12 for the purpose of preventing these parts from swinging relative to each other about their pivots. The pins can be removed, however, when it is desired to fold the structure. When these pins are moved it will be apparent that the strip 11 will be folded beside strip 9, strip 9 will then be folded beside the plate 7, and all of said strips then folded to one side of strip '5 and subseqyiliently swung into position in the body 1 as s own by dotted lines.

Two of the strips 5 are provided and members 7, 9 and 11 are also provided, it being understood that the 11 are connected by an integral top bar14: as shown in Fig. 1.

A hanger 15 having supporting hooks 16 extending from the cross bar 14 and secured to and extending from this hanger is a hood or enclosure 17 of any suitable material provided in one wall close, to the top thereof with a slot 18. A portion of this hook orenclosure 17 can be transparent as shown at 19 and said hood or enclosure preferably is of such length as to extend through or adjacent the surface on which the structure is mounted. A frame made up of the parts 7, 9 and 11 is sufiiciently high to enable a hood or enclosure to be used that is sufliciently long to hold a person.

of the strips upper supports Supported under the hangers and within the upper portion of the hood or container 17 is a nozzle 20 the bottom or small end of which opens into one end of a flexible tube 21 which extends through one wall of the hood or container 17 and thence downwardly through the dome 22 of a generator 23 which generator includes a burner 24 above which is supported a boiler 25 from which the dome 22 extends. A filling opening is provided in the top of the boiler and is normally closed by a cap 26. This gen erator is positioned within the body 1 and is fixedly connected thereto in any manner desired.

When the structure is not in use the va rious parts are folded in thebody 1 as described and indicated by dotted lines and the flexible hood or enclosure 17 and the tube 21 which have been removed from the cross bar 14:, are al o folded in place in the body. The cover 2 can then be closed as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 and the entire structure carried from place to place.

When it is desired to set up the apparatus for use the casing is opened and the legs 1 are moved to the position shown by full lines in Figs. 1 and 2. The connected parts 5, 7, 9 and 11, are swung to positions indicated in Fig. 2 and fastened by means of pins 13. The hood or enclosure 17 is then suspended from the bar 14 and medicated liquid is placed in the generator 23. The fuel which can be alcohol or any other suit able material is ignited at the burner 2e and the steam as generated will flow from the dome 22 through tube 21 to the nozzle 20 from which it will be discharged into the upper portion of the hood or enclosure 17. A. person can be seated within the enclosure with the head extending through the slit 18 or if desired, the patient can be located outside of the hood or enclosure with the head extended through the slit into the enclosure. Thus it will be seen that various medicated liquid treatments can be given by means of this apparatus and such treatments will be inexpensive because the use of large expensive apparatus is not necessary. Instead the compact apparatus described can be conveniently carried from place to place and set up for use.

What is claimed is V 1. A vapor treatment apparatus including a portable casing, a foldable frame adapted to be carried within the casing, means for holding the frame in set up position outside the casing to support said casing at one side, legs movably connected to the casing for supporting the opposite side thereof, a vapor generator within the casing, a flexible enclosure detachably supported by the frame and foldable into the casing, and means for conveying vapor from the generator into the enclosure.

2. Vapor treatment apparatus including a portable casing, a foldable frame normally housed therein, said frame being adapted to be set up outside the casing, means for holding the members of the frame against relative movement when set up, a hanger detachably supported by the frame, a flexible enclosure connected to and extended from the hanger, said enclosure being foldable for insertion into the casing, there being an opening in one wall of the enclosure, a vapor generator within the casing, and means for conducting vapor fromthe generator into the upper portion of the enclosure.

3. Vapor treatment apparatus including a portable casing, a foldable frame normally housed therein, said frame being adapted to be set up outside the casing, means for holding the members of the frame against relative movement when set up, a hangerdetachably supported by the frame, a flexible en closure connected to and extended from the hanger, said enclosure being foldable for insertion into the casing, there bein an open ing in one wall of. the enclosure, a vapor. generator within the casing, and means for conducting vapor from the. generator into the upper portion of the enclosure, said means including a flexible tube and a nozzle in the tube and supported within the enclosure.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed by signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS BUGS.

Witnesses CHRIS. WALKER, GLAms Moonnve.

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