Improved Inhaling Tube or Mouthpiece for Medicinal or other Purposes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left. 11th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 15th Feb., 1896
Date of Application, fot Apr., 1990
Complete Specification Left. 11th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 15th Feb., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Inhaling Tube or Mouthpiece for Medicinal or other
Purposes.
I, RICHARD BRADSHAW, of Bridge Road, Edge Hill, Liverpool, in the County
of Lancaster, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention is designed to provide an inhaling tube or mouthpiece in which
eucalyptus oil or other medicament may be placed and over which air may be drawn
for the purpose of inhalation.
It consists essentially in constructing the tube or mouthpiece with a chamber or
cell placed at one side of it and opening into the tube and at the opposite side is
formed an air hole the mouth of the tube being filled with cotton fibre cammomile
flower or other absorbent material saturated with eucalyptus oil or other suitable
substance.
In carrying out the invention I construct the tube or mouthpiece of glass clay
wood or other suitable material. On the underside I form a cell or chamber
preferably in the form of a bulb and on the upper side above this cell I form
a perforation or aperture to admit air.
The mouth of the tube I fill with cotton fibre cammomile flower or other
absorbent material and I saturate this material and fill the cell with cucalyptus
oil or other substance the vapour or fumes of which are to be inhaled. In addition
to this a medicated or other cigarette may be placed in the tube.
The air passing into the tube through the perforation formed in it impinges upon
the oil or other substance in the cell and agitates or churns it up so that the air gets
impregnated therewith before being inhaled. This has been found a very effective
means both for preventing the spread of and for curing influenza.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Inhaling Tube or Mouthpiece for Medicinal or other
Purposes.
I, RICHARD BRADSHAW, of Ash Grove, Wavertree, Liverpool, in the County
of Lancaster, late of Bridge Road, Edge Hill, Liverpool, aforesaid, Mechanical
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
This invention is designed to provide an inhaling tube or mouthpiece in which
eucalyptus oil or other medicament may be placed and over which air may be drawo
for the purpose of inhalation.
It consists essentially in constructing the tube or mouthpiece with a chamber or
cell placed at one side of it and opening into the tube and at the opposite side is formed

page_text: an air hole the mouth of the tube being filled with cotton fibre cammomile flower
or other absorbent material saturated with eucalyptus oil or other suitable substance.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
as examples several forms of the invention are shown in-section.
The tube or mouthpiece A is made of glass clay wood or other suitable
material. On the underside thereof 1 form a cell or chamber B preferably in the
form of a bulb and on the upperside above the cell B I form a perforation or
aperture C to admit air or discharge spray or vapour.
The cell B forms a receptacle for eucalyptus oil or other medicament and the
"end or mouth forms a receptacle for an absorbent material saturated therewith.
In Fig. 1. the appliance is shown with a straight mouth a with a cell B below
and a small aperture above.
In Fig. 2. it is shown formed with a globular shaped mouth a.
In Figs. 3 and 4 the mouth of the tube is of similar shape to that shown in
Figs. 1 and 2 but the air passage or aperture C is carried down a tube c into the
interior of the cell B to bring the air passing in into more intimate contact with
the liquid therein and to admit of it being forced out in a spray in a vertical
direction to allow of it being inhaled through the nose.
In Fig. 5 a tube c extends upwards from the tube A without extending downwards
into the cell B.
The mouth a of the tube AI fill with cotton fibre cammomile flower or other
absorbent material and I saturate this material and fill the cell B with eucalyptus
oil or other substance the vapour or fumes of which are to be inhaled. In addition
to this a medicated or other cigarette may be placed in the tube.
The air passing into the tube A through the perforation C formed in it impinges
upon the oil or other substance in the cell and agitates or churns it up so that the
air gets impregnated therewith before being inhaled. Or if air is forced or blown
into the small end a¹ of the tube A the oil or liquid may be forced in the form of
a spray out of the tube c (see Figs. 3 and 4) to be inhaled through the nose. This
has been found a very effective means both for preventing the spread of and for
curing influenza.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
An inhaling tube or mouthpiece comprising a tube A a cell B for holding the oil
or liquid and an aperture C with or without the upright tube c substantially as
described and shown.
Dated this 8th day of January 1896.