US526741A

US526741A - Atomizer

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Publication number: US526741A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-10-02
Anticipated expiration: 1911-10-02

Description

H. C. REBS.

(No Model.)v

ATOMIZER.

No. 526,741. Patented Oct. 2, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EFICE.

H. CLAY EEES, or wAco, TExAs.

ATOMIZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 526,741, dated October 2, 1894.

Application ist December 15,1893. semina. 493,725. trommel.)

ToV all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, I-I. CLAY REES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waco, in the county of McLennan and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Atomizers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Ihe present invention relates to atomizers or instruments for distributing liquids, powders, and vapors, and has for its object, among others, the provision of a device of this character of such construction as to admit of ready change of parts to adapt it to different uses and of perfect access for cleaning, non-liability to get out of order and withal efficient in operation, and to these ends said invention consists in the device having the construction and combination of parts hereinafter specified and` claimed.

In the drawings,Figure lis avertical section of my invention arranged to spray or atomize liquids; Fig. 2, a like view when arranged for blowing powder, but with the air valve shown as detached and with the upper body portion or cap shown in dotted lines; Fig. 3, a horizontal section on line .fr-m of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a detail of a different form of atomizing tube from that shown in Fig. l.

In the drawings, A designates the body or box of the device which is cylindrical in general shape and has its lower end closed with the exception of its central portion from which rises a pipe or tube B whose upper end is carried to a point somewhat above the top of the body A. Secured within the tube B at its lower end is the upper portion of a short tube C whose lower end is normally closed by a ball D resting on a seat form ed by turning the edge of the tube inward. `Above the ball a distance equal to about its own diameter is a partition c in the tube C and in the side ot the latter is a slot or slots C extending partially, above and below the partition, while encircling the slotted portion of said tube is a shell E whose sides from its center toward both ends incline inward where they engage the tube C and thus form around the latter a space which through the slot C establishes communication between the portions of the tube above and below the partition c. To the upper portion of the double tapered shell E is attached the neck of a bulb or air compressor F in conjunction with which the valve mechanism just described is to operate. When said bulb is compressed the ball D rises high enough to uncover the lower end of the slot C and thus air is permitted to pass into the tube B, while when pressure is relaxed `on the bulb the ballimmediately seats itself and prevents back suction into the bulb. The tube C is detachably connected to the tube B and preferably the connection is simply a frictional one, although they may be `united by screw thread.

The upper portion of the body A is reduced in diameter and threaded extern ally to receive a threaded cap Gr that serves to secure the proper part to the body according to the use to which the device is to be put. In Fig. l the arrangement is for atomizing a liquid, there being provided for this purpose a tube H that closely` ts around the upper end of the tube B and has its end above the lattercontracted or tapered inward and perforated with a small opening h and an inverted U-sl1aped tube I that is perforated in line with the opening h and has its legs extending well down into the receptacle or box A. The tubes H and I are both attached to a plate .I that is clamped at its outer edge between the top of the body A andthe flange g of the cap G, and thus closes the upper end of the box or body A around the tube B. A blast of air through the openings in the tubes H and I will draw the liquid through the tube I and atomize the same at its opening and eject the spray from the instrument.

Instead of the short tubes H and I shown in Fig. l longer ones may be employed to reach parts inaccessible to the short ones and they may be curved or straightaccording to the necessities of the case. For use in the mouth and throat, Iprovide at the end of the tubes a dat plate K as shown in Fig. 4 for use as a tongue depressor.

For distributing powder or vapor the tubes H and I and their plate .I are removed and for the latter a plate J is substituted and clamped in the same way as the former, which has two openings j, j', corresponding in position to t, those inthe plate J through which the legs of the tube Ipass. Upon said plate J isplaced another plate L from which rise two tubes Z, Z that by the rotation of the plateL. are adapted to be placed in or out of alignment or registration with the openings j, j. t Said plate is held so as to be capable of rotation by having its edge engaged by an inwardly projecting flange g on the cap Gr. The tube Z is in communication at its upper end with the upper end of the tube B, while the tube Z' com;

municatesat its upperfend with avd-ischarge' pipe M, theA air thus being compelled to pass through the upper end of the body orbox,"At. When the tubes Z, Z, and openings'j, j', are out of registration it will be seen that the-box A is closed andv there can be no lescape or dfeteriorationof its contentsbythe admission o air. l

I preferably place over the upper end ofthe body A a cap or cover N thatfis-holl'ow and is perforated at its upper end which is rounded to correspondv with lower end of the body, `to give a symmetrical Vshape to the instrument; and as well form a nasalplug. lSaid cap may be screwed to the body'Avor simply held-in place by friction. 'By providing the cap with tranverseA rods n, n to engage the `tubes Z, Z on opposite sides, said cap may-be employed as a means to rotate said tubes into and out of line with the openings j, j. The motion of theplate L may be limited by providing it with a short slot O, to co-operatewithapin O on the plate J.

By dispensing with the bulb, which ycan be readily detached, my instrument can be used as an inhaler, or simply asa 'receptacle for uids, powders, &c., which can be kept'therein safely and without impairment.

Instead of using the rods n, fn., a diaphragm may be employed perforated so as to pass over -a-seoond ange g thereon, substantially as specified. Y v

'2. In combination with the body or box, having an upwardly extending valved air tube, the U -shaped air tube whose legs extendinto the boxon either side of. the latter, agplate to which the U-shapedtubeis attached -resting onthe upper edge ofthe box,andthe threaded flanged cap engaging said plate, substantially as shown.

3. In combination, the'body or box, the tube rising from the bottom thereof,the partitioned tube secured to the lower end of the latter, and having a slot extending above and below the partition the shell inclosing the slotted portion, and the ball in thetube below-the partition, substantially as specified.

t 4..In combination the partitioned tube having a slot extending above and below'the partition, the ball below the latter, and the shell inclfosing the vslotted portion of the tube, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

H. CLAY BEES.

Witnesses:

J. H. BARTON, WM. DAvIs.