A New Process of Making Combustible Capsules for Medical and Disinfecting Purposes, and a Fumigator for Burning the same.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 7th May, 1895-Accepted, 22nd June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New Process of Making Combustible Capsules for Medical
and Disinfecting Purposes, and a Fumigator for Burning
the same.
I, PHOEBE NUSSBAUM, no profession, of 34, Bath Road Bedford Park,
Chiswick W., do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of a new process of manufacturing combustable capsules
or the purpose of burning medical & disinfecting preparations, used for inhalation
disinfecting rooms.
Capsules according to my invention are made in the following manner: Discs are
ut out from blotting-paper, or any other suitable absorbing material, these discs
re soaked in a strong solution of saltpetre, & partly dried, they are then pressed,
tamped or embossed in such manner that a cavity is formed in the centre of the
isc, surrounded by a flat border. This cavity is then filled with the medical or
lisinfecting preparation. Two such discs are stuck together either with paste
pplied to the borders or simply by pressure, forming thus a single wafer or
apsule having an embossed centre filled with the preparation & hermetically
losed. The wafers may be burned as required on a saucer, or in a special
umigator, by applying a match to the border.
A fumigator of my invention for the purpose of burning the above described
afers is made preferably of china.
It consists of a saucer with raised border preferably of a circular shape. In the
entre of this saucer is a raised portion on which the wafers are placed so that
hey can easily be lighted. A dome shaped cover provided with holes at its upper
art fits into the saucer & at the lower part of the cover is a small aperture to
Amit sufficient air for the combustion of the wafer.
Dated this day 20th August 1894.
A New Process of Making Combustible Capsules for Medical
and Disinfecting Purposes, and a Fumigator for Burning
the same.
I PHOEBE NUSSBAUM, no profession, of 34 Bath Road Bedford Park Chiswick
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 :-
My invention consists of a new process of manufacturing combustible capsules
for the purpose of burning medical and disinfecting preparations, used for
inhalations and disinfecting rooms.
Capsules according to my invention are made in the following manner :-Discs
are cut out from blotting paper or any other suitable absorbing material, these
discs are soaked in a strong solution of saltpetre, and partly dried, they are then
pressed, stamped, or embossed in such manner that a cavity is formed in the centre
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page_text: of the discs surrounded by a flat border. This cavity is then filled with the
medical or disinfecting preparation. Two such discs are stuck together either
with paste applied to the borders, or simply by pressure, forming thus a single
wafer or capsule having an embossed centre filled with the preparation and
hermetically closed Figs. II & III. These wafers may be burned as required on
a saucer, or in a special fumigator, by applying a match to the border.
A fumigator of my invention for the purpose of burning the above described
wafers, is made preferably of china. It consists of a saucer A Fig. I with raised
border B preferably of a circular shape. In the centre of this saucer is a raised
portion C, on which the wafers are placed so that they may be easily lighted.
A dome shaped cover D provided with holes F at its upper part fits into the
saucer, and at the lower part of the cover is a small aperture E to admit sufficient
air for the combustion of the wafer.
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 :-
1. A process of making combustible capsules in the manner described, for
medical and disinfecting purposes.
2. A fumigator for burning the said capsules described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
Dated this 7th day of May 1895.
PHOEBE NUSSBAUM.