APPARATUS TO PRODUCE A DOUCHE OR JET OR JETS OR SPRAY OF WATER OR OTHER FLUID FOR INJECTIONS OR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, WASHINGTON NATHAN, of 38 Norton Road, West Brighton in the County of
Sussex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "APPARATUS
TO PRODUCE A DOUCHE OR JET OR JETS OR SPRAY OF WATER OR OTHER FLUID
FOR INJECTIONS OR OTHER PURPOSES" and in what manner the same is to..be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention has for object to produce a simple cheap compact easily portable
and efficient apparatus for producing a douche or jet or jets or spray of water or
other fluid for injections or other purposes such as eneinas and the like.
With my apparatus a continuous stream or streams of water or other fluid may
be obtained at will by very simple manipulation and in such manner that air will
not be injected with the fluid when the apparatus is used for injecting.
My apparatus comprises a reservoir or containing vessel formed of flexible,
elastic and impermeable material such for example as vulcanized india rubber and
provided at its upper part with a flexible collapsible wide mouthed or funnel
shaped neck or inlet. To the lower portion of the reservoir or containing vessel
there is connected one end of a flexible tube (or there may be more than one) of
any required length and to the other end of the said tube various appliances or
implements may be secured for various purposes as for example;-for vaginal
injections, nasal injections, injections for the bowels, known as enemas, clysters or
lavements; for producing sprays; for cleansing wounds or injuries, or for other
similar purposes. The flexible tube is provided with an appliance such as I will
presently describe whereby the flow outward of fluid from the reservoir or
containing vessel may be regulated or arrested at will. If the apparatus is to be
used for producing jets of gaseous fluid an air tight closure must be provided to the.
neck or inlet.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings Fig 1 is a side-view
of apparatus according to my invention and Fig 2 is a vertical section of the same
in the line x. x Fig 1. Fig 3 is a section of a portion of one side or edge of the
reservoir or containing vessel in the line y, y Fig 1. a represents the reservoir or
containing vessel formed. conveniently of two side portions a¹ a¹ of india rubber
united by an edge portion a² in such a manner that when not charged the vessel
will be flat. b is a nozzle piece of india-rubber secured to the lower portion of

page_text: the reservoir or containing vessel a and provided with a metal nozzle pipe c secured
in its end portion b¹. d is a length of tubing of flexible material such as
vulcanized india rubber one end of which is fitted over the projecting portion c¹
of the nozzle pipe its other end receiving the appliance or implement to be used.
e is the flexible neck or inlet formed conveniently by lapping and securing the edge
of the opening round a spring or ring formed of spirally coiled wire f as represented
more clearly in Fig 4. ¹ is a loop or eye of metal preferably hinged to the ring
of coiled wire f, for the purpose of suspending the reservoir or containing vessel
when desired. g is a clamping device upon the flexible pipe d for regulating the
flow of fluid therethrough. This clamping device g is shown more clearly in
Figs 5, 6, and 7-g is a metal frame to which is pivotted at ³ a compressing plate
or device g³ provided with two three or more notches grooves or indentations gor
teeth into which takes the end h¹ of a lever or finger piece h pivotted to the
frame gat. The clamp thus constructed being placed upon the flexible tube so
that the said tube rests between the compressing plate or device g² and the
portion g of the frame g and the end of the lever or finger piece h being in the
position represented in dotted lines in Fig 7 it will be readily understood that
upon depressing the end of the lever or finger piece h more or less so that its
part shall take into one or other of the notches grooves or indentations, g* the
flexible pipe will be more or less compressed so as to partly or entirely close the
passage and thus the flow of fluid therethrough will be retarded or arrested. It
will be evident that the apparatus may be constructed in various shapes without
departure from the characteristic features of my invention.
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 wliat
I claim is :-
1. The combined apparatus constructed arranged and operating substantially as
hereinabove described for the purposes set forth.
2, In apparatus for producing a jet or jets or spray of fluid the use of a reservoir
or receptacle such as a with a flexible wide-mouthed neck normally kept opened
out or extended by a spring or springs but capable of being compressed into
a comparatively small space to render the apparatus compact and portable
substantially as described.
3 The use for regulating or arresting the flow of fluid through a flexible tube of
apparatus constructed arranged and operating substantially as described with
reference to and illustrated in Figs 5, 6, and 7 of the drawings.
D
this 11th
د
1001