US285753A

US285753A - James keck

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Publication number: US285753A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-09-25
Anticipated expiration: 1900-09-25

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(No Model.)

J. KEOK.

NASAL INHALER AND IRRIGATOR. No. 285.753.. Patented Sept. 25, 1883.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JAMES KECK, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

NASAL INHALER. AND IVRRIGAIY'OR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,753, dated September 25, 1883.

Application filed July 14, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom itmay concern 7 Be it known that I, JAMES Knox, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nasal Inhalers and Irrigators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specificaton, and in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View of my improved nasal inhaler and irrigator. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the same through line A B in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front View, and Fig. 4 is a plan or top View.

Like letters of reference indicate corresp 0nding parts in all the figures.

My invention appertains to nasal douches of the class known to the medical profession as irrigators, although it is adapted for use also as an inhaler; and it consists in the improved construction of the same, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the'claim.

My improved nasal irrigator ismade of glass in a single piece, and consists of a cylindrical body, E, having a flat bottom, 6, so that it can be set upon a table or other horizontal support when not in use without spilling the contents. At one end the body It is provided with an opening, F, through which the apparatus is filled withthe fluid that is to be used for irrigation, said opening being adapted to be closed by a cork or rubber plug when the apparatus is not in use. At the other end gans, and again expelled back into the apparatus without removing it from the nose.

I am well aware that it is not new to make a nasal douche of glass in one piece and pro- Vided with a pear-shaped nozzle adapted to be inserted into the nostrils; but I am not aware that an irrigator-douche has ever been made before of the precise construction herein shown.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let- .ers Patent of the United States, is, therefore The improved nasal irrigator herein shown and described, consisting of a cylindrical glass body, E, having a flat bottom, 6, and provided with the top opening, F, bent neck 9, flush or on a level with the flat bottom, and pear-shaped nozzle G 71, all in one piece, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES KEOK.

\Vitnesses:

WM. GULLEN Gn'rson, W. S. NEWBURY.