An Improved Smoke-clyster Apparatus.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Oct., 1892-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1892
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Smoke-clyster Apparatus.
A communication to me from HEINRICH ALBIN DITTMANN, of Glauchau, in the
Kingdom of Saxony, Germany, Merchant.
I, EDMUND EDWARDS, of the firm of Edwards and Co., Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 35, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, 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 and accompanying drawing, that is to say :-
This invention relates to an improved smoke-clyster apparatus for applying
smoke-clysters to men or animals in cases of stoppage or colic, which smoke-clysters
will relieve immediately.
In order that the invention may be more fully understood, reference is given to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a side view, and
Figure 2 a plan of the improved apparatus,
Figure 3 is a vertical section through the cylinder and valve mechanism on the
line 1-1 (Figure 2).
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
The apparatus which is fixed on a suitable base plate A consists mainly of a
double acting cylinder B provided with a piston C which can be moved upwards
and downwards by means of a handle E attached to the piston rod D.
Near the bottom of the cylinder B are arranged the valve boxes F and F
containing each a suction valve and a delivery valve. The valve box F com-
municates directly with the interior of the cylinder by means of the opening G,
while the valve box F¹ is connected to the upper end of the cylinder by means of a
connecting pipe or passage H.
By pulling the handle E the piston C is drawn upwards, sucking air through the
suction valve of the valve box F and the opening G into the cylinder B. At the
same time the air above the piston C will be forced out through the pipe H and
the delivery valve P¹ of the valve box F' (Figure 3). By moving down the
piston C air will be sucked in through the suction valve S₁ of the valve box F¹
(Figure 3) and the pipe H whilst the air below the piston will be forced out
through the opening G and the delivery valve of the valve box F, and so on, so
that a continuous jet of air is forced through the flexible pipe or hose K, which is
connected with the two valve boxes F, and F1 by means of the flexible pipes M, M³,
and the coupling L. The other end of the hose K is brought in connection with a
tobacco pipe or bowl N, fixed upon the base plate A. and provided with a sufficiently
long flexible pipe or hose O, having a suitable mouth piece, which is to be inserted
into the rectum.
For using the improved apparatus the tobacco pipe N is first filled with tobacco.
Having then placed a little burning tinder upon the latter, the tobacco pipe is
closed again by screwing down the cover N¹. After this the pump cistern C is
operated by means of the handle E, so that a continuous jet of air is forced through
the burning tobacco and together with the tobacco smoke into the rectum.
In cases where help was apparently impossible, the results obtained with the
smoke-clyster have been surprising.
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 improved smoke-clyster apparatus consisting of a double acting air pump B

page_text: provided with valve boxes F, F', having each a suction valve and a delivery valve
in combination with flexible tubes M, M', and K, through which is forced a
continuous jet of air, which by passing through a tobacco pipe N filled with
burning tobacco, takes the smoke and carries it by means of a pipe or hose Q into
the rectum, substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 10th day of October 1892
EDWARDS & Co.,
35, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.