US48352A - Improved apparatus for impregnating the air of rooms with antiseptic vapors - Google Patents

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A. VJ. SAX. A Apparatus for lmpregnatng the Air of Rooms with AntseptioVapors. No. 48,352. Patented June 20, 1865.

i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTOINE JOSEPH SAX, OE PARIS, EuANoE.

IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR IMPREGNATING THE AIR 0F ROOMS WITH ANTISEPTIC VAPORS.

l Specification forlningpart ot' Letters Patent No. 48,352, dated June 20, ISGS.

To all whom 'it muy concern.'

Be it known that I, ANTOINE JOSEPH SAX, alias ADOLPHE SAX, ot' Paris, in the Empire ofFrance, have invented Improvements in Apparatus for Impregnating the Air ot' Rooms,

hospitals, or other contined places with the` emanations or vapors arising from tar, creosote, or other suitable antiseptic or `anti-.putrid substances; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The invention relates to improvements in apparatus for impregnating the air of rooms,

hospitals, churches, theaters, or other confined places with the emanations or vapors arising from tar, creosote, or other suitable antiseptic A or anti-putrid substances, with the object ot i oil of turpentine, or other analogous more or less volatile liquid hydrocarbons were long since known, these emanations or vapors arising from them, either in the cold state or when suitably7 heated, had not hitherto been employed as au easy means of rendering more wholesome the air impregnated therewith, pre- Venting the spreading of contagious diseases, curing pulmonic diseases,\or for other hygienic purposes.

The apparatus oi' which hereinafter a description will be given is intended to Otter an easy and effectual means for disseminating the said emanations or vapors in the air of rooms, hospitals, churches, or other space intended for mento breathe in for a longer or shorterlength of time.

In the annexed drawings are shown three arrangements of apparatus which may serve for the said purposes; but I want it to be understoodthat I do not intend to restrict or restrain myself to these arrangements, as many other devices might be resorted to for obtainin g similar effects, as will be explained; neither do I intend to limit myself to any particular shape or size tobe given to them, or to any special metal or material of which they may be coustrueted; but what i'orms the conspicuous object aimed at in the construction of these arrangements is to obtain with an apparatus ot' comparatively sm all hulk a powerful spreading or disseminating` in the air of the vapors or emanations arising trom the antiseptic orantiputrid liquid contained in the apparatus.

Figures l and 2,3 and4,5and 6,respectively, represent elevation, Jiront, an'll side views ot' the apparatuses.

In these figures the same letters refer to cori responding parts.

The apparatuses consist ot' a sort of trough, A, or vessel, of tiu-plateor other suitable metal or material, which trough serves forholding the tar, creosot e, or other suitable antiseptic or an tiputrid liquidtheemanations or vapors of which are to be disseminated in the air of the room or other place where the apparatus is put up. In the trough Amaybe introduced and kept at any required height amovable part, B, Or what I call the impregnator;7 also made of tin-plate or other suitable metal or material, and consisting of a series of blades, plates, or leaves, C, connected together and kept parallel to each other, at the required distances apart, by means of the cross-plate D, which .latter at t-he same timeserves as a lid for the trough, and is provided with a handle, E, for lifting the iinpregnator at any required height, for which purpose, in the apparatus shown in the Figs. l and 2, a tongue or blade, F, fixed to the plate D, glides in a slot, Gr, fixed to the side P of the trough. On the blade F is soldered a rod, H, provided at suitable distances apart with notches or openings h, in which may be introduced a small bolt, I, gliding in a guide, K.

In the arrangement represented in Figs. 3 and 4 a stout wire or rod, L, is soldered to the ends of the cross plate or lid D, and rises above this latter toward the middle part, so as to form a handle. Each of the two free ends M of the rod L enters vertically into a correA sponding tube, N, soldered to the narrow slide P of the trough. In these ends M are perfo rated, at suitable distances apart, a series ot holes, p, in which may be entered a sort of small bolt, q, formed merely of a'piece ot' stout wire, and gliding in a guide, r, fixed to the side P of the trough, thus allowing to keep the 'impregnator lifted more or less high out of the upper end of each of the two tubes N is sol-` dered a split ring, S, which may be tightened more or less by means of the set-screws R, and consequently the ends M of the rod L, and consequently the entire' impregnator be fixed at anyrequired height.

Various other devices for setting the impregnator at will at any desired height might be resorted to. If required, also, the trough may be provided With any suitable arrangement for suitably heating the liquid contained therein and causing the vapors or emanations to be evolved more rapidly and more abundantly, as in the cold state.

I also intend to have apparatus in which a series of blades or plates hinged together endwise, in the manner as the links of a chain or of a lazy-tongs, mighthe allowed either to clasp together,and thus apply themselves tlaton each other in a shallow trough containing` the tar or other suitable antiseptic liquid,or allow the blades or plates to be lifted up and kept stretchedbyastandard orothersuitable means, so asin that case to ofieralarge surface covered 'with tar or other liquid for the air to act on; or a series of plates might be connected in the manner as the leaves of a book, so as to permit of either folding them together, so as to lie on the bottom of the trough, or have the leaves kept extended for allowing the air to pass freely between them, and thus become impregnated with the liquid in which the plates have been dipped, while, if required, an artiticial draft ot'air may be caused to circulate between the leaves or plates by means of a ventilator or fan-blower; or a. sort ofpaddle-wheel might be made to turn with its paddles inthe liquid in the trough for the purpose of continually stirring the said liquid, and thus promote the evolution ofthe emanations or vapors arising therefrom. I also intend to make use of a similar apparatus or of a fan-'blower for dis Vsemiuating in the air flowers ot' sul phur or other suitable nely-pulverized substances possessing anti-putrid, antiseptic, or hygienic properties, while motion may be transmitted to the paddle-wheel or to the blowing apparatus by hand, by clock-work, or any other suitable prime mover.

I also intend to ,have small apparatus consisting of a series of finely-perforated thin plates or pieces of wire-cloth provided with tar or other suitable antiseptic liquid, which apparatus may, by a string, tape, or other means,

be kept applied or worn before the mouth, so as to cause the airfbefore entering into the lungs, to pass through the holes or meshes of the perforated plates or wire-cloth, and `thus become impregnated with the emanations or volatile parts evolved from the tar or other suitable antiseptic liquid made `use of.

I further intend to provide the bell of trumpets, horns, saxophones, or other similarmusical instruments actuated by human insufliation with an interior double jacket or other analogous arrangement containing tar'o'r other suitable antiseptic liquid, or having fits sides coated therewith in such manner that the'air inhaled through the bellof the instrumentis forced to become impregnated with the emanations evolved from the said antisepticliquid.

I finally wish it to be observed that the 'antiseptic substances to be made useV7 of may be employed either in the liquid or in asemi-liqu'id or clammy state, and, if required, be 'diluted with'or dissolved in any suitable mcnstruu'm.

Having thus made known the nature o'f'my invention and described the manner'or various means of putting the same into effect, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secure vby Letters Patent, is

An apparatus composed of the reservoir A and movable and adjustable impregnator B, substantially as herein described, for the purpose of impregnating the air of rooms, hospi- Atals, and other buildings with the vapor of antiseptic substances, as herein described.

A. J. lSAX.

Witnesses:

A. G. WADE, E. SHERMAN GOULD.

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