Year: 1887

page_text: I, ROBERT MUNROE KENNEDY of 112 Southampton Row in the County of Middlesex,
Manufacturing Chemist, 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 :-
to me.
This invention relates to improvements upon the form of inhaler described in the
specification of Letters Patent No. 10,607 dated the 8th day of September 1885 granted
In its present form, it consists of a pad or pillow provided near one or both of
its ends with a receptacle to contain and carry medicine such receptacle or receptacles
having a valve or valves, by which the amount of vapour thrown off may be regulated
and governed, the receptacles being also removable for cleaning. When in use the
pad or pillow may be covered by the ordinary pillow case or slip. Such a form
of pillow inhaler will be found of great advantage in cases of consumption, bronchitis,
asthma, catarrh, and throat affections generally, as the medicated vapours are inhaled
unconsciously or without effort while the head of the patient lies upon the inhaler
during sleeping or resting. By placing a receptacle at each end of the pillow, the
face of the patient can always be turned towards one to receive its full benefit.
:-
To clearly explain the nature of my invention reference is made to the
accompanying drawings which form part of this specification and in which :-
Fig. 1 is a plan view of my improved pillow inhaler.
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on an enlarged scale of one of the receptacles.
Fig. 3 is a plan of same, and
Fig. 4 is a view of same from below and on the underside of the pillow.
The pillow or cushion consists of a rectangular or other shaped bag A which is
stuffed with hair or other suitable material and is provided at each end with a hole in
which the receptacle for the drug is sunk. This receptacle consists of a tin or other
metallic casing B, the bottom portion C, of which is stamped up from a disc of metal
and serves to hold a shallow glass tray or bottle D. The bottom C is provided with
projections a, a, for the thumb and fingers by which it may be readily turned, thus

page_text: disengaging the pins b on the rim thereof from the turned up edge of a flange E, so
that the bottom may be easily removed for the filling or replenishing of the glass
receptacle.
In Fig. 4 the projections a, a are shown in full and dotted lines the distance of the
latter from the former representing the amount of turn required to be given to release
the bottom.
The flange E, is secured to the underside of the pillow by means of rivets or
fasteners d. The upper portion of the tin casing B which is stamped up into the form
shown in Fig. 2 is perforated and is provided with a correspondingly shaped and
perforated cap piece F, which can be turned freely by means of the finger pieces a¹ a¹
upon a central stud 9 which action as will be readily seen will open or close the
perforations in the casing B. The edge of this cap piece F, is cut away at the
part so as to allow it to engage with the projection which may be stamped up
from the casing B, thus regulating the amount of turn which may be given.
The finger pieces a¹ a¹ shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 represent the position of
the cap piece F when the perforations in the casing B are closed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
The construction of the pillow inhaler substantially as described and as illustrate i in
the accompanying drawings.