US382113A

US382113A - Inhaler

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Publication number: US382113A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-05-01
Anticipated expiration: 1905-05-01

Description

(No Model.)

0. '0. SHARP.

INHALER;

Patented May 1, 1888.

can]srornnn c. SHARP, or nniAnaromsinnmnn.

' iNHALER.

SPECIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,113, dated May 1, 1888.

Application filed Setembcr1-7.-1fl87. Serial No. 249,9l7. (No model. To aZZ whom it may concern: The substance, B, is simply any substance, Beit known that I, CHRISTOPHER G. SHARP, such as a sponge, (which I prefer,)-cotton, or a citizen of the United States, residing at Inanysubstance adapted to absorb and hold the dianapolis, in the county of Marion and State chlorofprm which is placed thereon. Said subof Indiana, have invented certain new and stance is mounted in thechamber A around usefullmprovcments in Inhalers. of which the I the extended portion of the handle A, being following is a specification, r placed therein by unscrewing the parts of said lhe object 'of'my said invention is to prochamber, fitting it therein, and then closing. vide an improved construction of, instrument said'chamber by screwing the parts together, ro foradministering chloroform and otheranas will be readily understood. i

' aesthetics by which all-the fumes of the antes The operation of my said invention is as fol-- thetic may be confined and administered to lowsz' The several parts being put together as the patient without waste, and which will also l described, the chloroform or other anaesthetic permit free access of pure air to the breathused. may be dropped onto thelsponge B,

r5 ing organs'of the patient; and it consists in through the tubes by removingihe tips a, 6

the constructiowherein shown" atwirl-aimed. r (which-is the manner I prefer;') or the chamber I accomplish this object by providing a holitself may be separated, if desired, as will be low chamber adaptedto'inclose the sponge or' readily understood. The instrument,;being other substance upon which the chloroform is thus chargedwiththe anzesthetiecan be placed 2 placed, and providing said chamber with apin the pocket of the physician or in a conveno propriate tubes to conduct the fumes to the nostrilsvof the patient, and also with a hollow ient case and carried with him wherever desired. It being. desired to administer the chloroform to the patient, it isonly necessary andconducting the same to near the mouthfof 'to take out the instrument and place the tubes 2 said tubes, as willbe hereinafter more particn- I a to the nostrils, when enough of the fumes 7 i will be quickly inhaled to place the patient Referring to the accompanying drawings, I under the influenceof the medicine, the tube which are made a part hereof and on which A" allowing free circulation of pure air at all similar letters of -reference indicate similar times and preventing any liability of the paparts, Figure l is a general perspective view tient being caused any suffering from a want illustrating theuse of my invention; Fig.2, a of this supply. I i side elevation of 1 the-invention by itself, and Gaps or plugs may be provided for the sev- Fig. 3 a longitudinal central section of the oral openings for use when the instrument issame. carried aromidcharged, if desired; butto wrap 5 In said drawings, the portions marked A t 1n paper or inclose it in a case is usually all represent the instrument, and B the sponge, that will be necessary to properly confine the; cotton, or other substance upon which the an- ,medicine, the air being thus cut ofifrom a aesthetic is placed. The main body of the in circulation through the instrument. strument A is preferably aneggshapedmetal- It will be readily understood, of course, that lic'chamber of a convenient size formed'in two the instrument may beused for, inhaling many 0 50 shown.

parts adapted to screw together, as shown, other medicines than those mention'ed,if de and has on its front end two projecting tubes sired. of a convenient size and construction to enter Having thus-fully described my said iuven aiiersons nostrils, which are alsoformed"intion, what I claim as new, and desire to se- 5 two parts or with tips a,- adapted to be screwed cure by Letters Patent, isr on or ofi. It is also provided with a handle, 1. Aninhalerfor use in administering medi A, which is formed with a longitudinal per: cines, consisting of a hollowchamber'provided foration, a, which extends into the chamber with tubes adapted to enter a persons nos- .A, to a point near the mouth oi the tubes, as trils, a substance in said chamber for holding the medicine, and an air-tube extending from xoothe outside and terminating in the chamber In witness whereof I have hereunto set my near the entrance tothe tubesfor the nostrils, hand and sea], at Indianapolis, Indiana, this I substantiallyas set forth. 12th day of September, A. D. 1887. i 2. The combination of the chamber A for l 5 holding the anmsthetic, formed in two parts CHRISTOPHER O. SHARP.- ;[L. s]

and screwed together, and provided with tubes having removable tips a, and-a handle, A, Witnesses:- perforated longitudinally and extending into I E. W. BRADFORD, said chamber to near the entrance of said CHARLES L. THURBER.

1o tubes, substantially as set forth. 1