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S. 8v E. TAUSSIG.

DISINPBGTING DEVICE.

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vUNITED STATES PATENT Gratien.

SALOMON TAVSSIH ANI) HMH. 'VAUSSUL ill" NNW Ytilih, A\'. Y

DISINFECTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.522,863, dated July 10, 1894.

ftpplicationiiledMarch12, 1394.

To (all whom. it may concern'.-

le it known that we, sALouoN TAU ssio and EMIL ltussua hoihoi New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Disinfecting Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in portable devices for the disinfection of piaces subjected to contaminating exhalations that are liable to produce disease; and has for its object to provide a novel, simple and effective apparatus, that is of compact form and inexpensive construction, which is adapted to coutinuously supply a proper amount of the disinfeetiug fiuid to a porous medium of considerable area, which by exposure to air currents, that pass through the device, will impregnato the air with the vaporized disinfectant, and thus effectively' sterilize disease germs that may pervade the air.

A further object is, to conveniently com bine in a vaporizing disinfecting device, a liqnid dropping device, whereby air currents will be disinfected, and a liquid disinfectant be periodically deposited in a cess-pool, water closet, or other place requiring disinfection at the same time, from the same device.

To these ends, our invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, as are hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views shown.

Figure l is a side view of the devicein complete form. Fig. 2 is a sectional side view taken through the centerof the device. Fig. 3 is a detached side view of an essential part of the improvement. Fig. 4: is a sectional plan view, on the lirici-4in Fig. 2; and hig. 5 is a sectional plan view, on the line 5-5 in Fig. 2.A

The external casing l0of the improved disinfecting apparatus, is preferably given acylindrical form, of proper dimensions to receive other parts, avoiding too great bulk, as it is designed to provide a conveniently portable and light device for the indicated purpose, having its side wall numerously perforated, as shown at 10k 'lhe betteln l1, of the casing i0 is itat, and at a suitable distance Serial No. 503,?32. No moihld above it an annular bracket shelf li, is secured on the inner surface of the case, as shown in liig. 2. 'lhere is a cover lil, furnished for the casing lil, having a preferably foraminated convex ventilator cap formed on, or secured to the apertu red top wall of said cover, which piece may be removably secured on the upper open end of the casing.

'lhe disinfectingliquid holder l-i, is an important feature of the invention, and consists of a preferably cylindrical receptacle, formed of sheet metal for the sake of lightness, although it may be otherwise produced.

On the lower end portion of the holder il, au annular dripchamher l5 is formed or se cured, which is open at the top, and projects from the wall of the holder snlliciently to be adapted for the reception nf a sponge tilling '16.

()n the top wall of the holder l l, two filler apertures are oppositely located, which are inclosed by a separatelyv projecting circular flange secured around each linie, thcscbeing preferably threaded externally for the reception of the screw caps 1T, that serve to measurably seal the apertures, the tops of the caps being perforated for the introduction of a fibrous feeder wick 1S, in cach, that are of such a length as will allow portions to hang within and on the outside of the holder, as shown in Figs. and l.

There is a series of pcrforations in thebottom wall of the drip chamber l5, which may be arranged opposite a similar row of holes in the annnlarbraeket shelf l2,other concentric rows of holes l2 being formed in the shelf wall as shown in liig. 5, for the free escape of fluid that enters the drip chamber.

The compartment 10" formed below in the casing 10, by the introduction of the shelf 12, is partly filled with sponge 20, rows of perforations 10, being produced in the side wall of the compartment along with those formed in the side wall of the casing above the coinpartment, and near the side edge a small tube 2i is downwardly projected from the bottom wall l1 of the casing l0, for the graduated discharge of disinfecting liquid from the compartment 10i.

The liquid holder li is furnished with a looped handle ll, that is secured on the top wall of the same between the filler holes, this IOO bein;|- utilized for lin` introdnrtiou or moval of the part l1.

Atene .sideof the rasint;A llt, the hanger loops lll are secured, which project ing' in the .same vertical plane are` so spared from the wall of the rasing, tllat their looped portions may be placed over two verticali)v aligned nails or ,seri-ws, that are projected from an upright wallorotherslahlcsupport,al a polllt above thi` locality that is to receive a drippingdisrharoeot disinfeeting liquid from tho :ipp-tratas.

When the device is pnt into service, thc liquid holder ll, is supplied with a charge of any preferred disinl'ccting liquid, and then it is introduced within the casing ll), restinor on the shelll l2, the holder beingT centered by the laterally projecting cars lt", that extend from it at the bottom of the drip chamber l5.

'l`hc feeding,r wicks 1S, by their relative arrangement, hang above the drip chamber 15, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, so that by capillary attraction, and the force of gravity, they will raise liquid from the holder 1l, and discharge it by drops into thc drip chamber below the outer ends of said wicks.

When the sponge Iilling1G,in the chamber l5, becomes super-saturated with the volatile disinfeeting liquid, it will discharge the surplus into thc compartment 10, the Sponge 2O absorbing it, and after the latter named material is suilicicnllycharged with the liquid, it, will exude a suilieicnt amount to permit a droppingr discharge from the tube 21, that hy a constriction of its free end may be adapted to deliver a desired number of drops in a eiven period of time. If desired the device may hc seated on a shelf orother stable sup port.

It will be seen, that the permeation of surroundingY air within the casing 10, through the perforations l0", will permit the atmosphere to be charged with the vaporized disinfectant, at the same time the liquid is beingr dropped from the apparatus, so that disease germs that may not be killed by the liquid application, will be neutralized by the vaporized disinfectant if a proper material is employcd.

HavingY thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to Secure bylictA ters latcntM l. in adisinl'ectiue'dcvicc,the combination with a foraminatcd cylindrical ch.'unhcr,a perforated cover therefor, and an annular shelf within tin` chamber, nl a cylindrical liquid holder in said chamber seated on the annularshelf, wicks feeding from the liquid holder, an annular drip chamber below the wicks, a compartment below the shelf havinga |`oraminatcd sidewall a sponge Iilliir;r in said drip chamber, and a sponge filling' in the compat-t ment below, Suhstantiall)v as described.

2. lu adisinfectingdiivicc,thecombination with a cylindrical casing havinfo'l itsl wall numcronsly perforated a rcliculated cover thereon, hanger loops on the casing, a discharge pipe at the base of the easing, an air nular perforated bracketshelf within the casingnearits bottom,andasponge lillinijr within the compartment formed by the shelf, of a cylindrical liquid holder in the casing, an annular drip chambcr concentric with the base of the holder, feedingT wicks engaging,r perforations in caps over filler apertures in the top wall of the holder, sponge Filling in the drip chamber below the outer ends of the wicks, and means to hang' the device on a stable support, substantially as described.

3. In adisinfectingdevice, the combination with a foraminated casing provided with an outlet at the bottom, and an internal shelf above the bottom, forming a chamber, and having openings, of a removable holder for the disinfectant, Said holder being seated ou thc shelf and havingr an exterior trough-like dripa'eccivcr, the bottom of which is formed with openings leading,- outward from said receiver to the shelf openings, and capillary wicks arranged substantially as shown and described.

et. A disinfccting device, comprising a caso, having a drip spout near the bottom, the ease above said drip spout being foraminat'ed,a holder for liquid disinfeetants within the case, capillary wicks arranged substantiall)v as dcscribed, and an absorbent in the bottom of the ease, adapted to receive the drip from the wicks, substantially as described.

SALOMON TAUSHIG. EMIL 'l`AUSSlti- Witnesses:

Taos. SHULTZ, WALLACE Roses! i mi i1.

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