A New or Improved Inhaling Apparatus.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Aug., 1895-Accepted, 7th Sept., 1895
[Communicated from abroad by J. H. REED and T. BURY, of 8 Bridge Street,.
Ballarat, in the Colony of Victoria, Manufacturers.]
A New or Improved Inhaling Apparatus.
I, EDWARD HORNER, of Mitre Square, Aldgate, London, Merchant, 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 relates to a new or improved apparatus by which fumes or vapours
may be easily inhaled through the mouth or nostrils, and so into the bronchial
organs and lungs, by persons suffering from asthma, bronchitis, and other affections
in which it is required to apply curative agencies by the process of inhaling.
The accompanying drawing illustrates an inhaling apparatus constructed
according to my invention, in which
Figure 1 represents the apparatus in front elevation with the various detachable
parts separated the one from the other.
Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section on line X-x of Figure 1, but with all
of the parts in place.
Figure 3 is a horizontal section on line Z-Z of Figure 2, and
Figure 4 shews a side view of a detached part to be hereinafter described.
Similar letters relate to like parts in all of the figures of the drawings.
The apparatus may conveniently be made of sheet metal as shewn, but if desired
other material may be employed. A is a metal tray, the sides of which are
perforated as at A¹ for example. B is a plate adapted to rest in the tray A, and
provided with two spring arms or tweezers B' so arranged as to be easily opened
to grasp a tablet G of medicated compound to be burnt. Or if such compound is
not in such a form as to be conveniently held between the arms or tweezers B', it
may be placed in any suitable receptacle, such for example as the gauze dish D
illustrated in Figure 4, which may be held between the arms or tweezers B' by
its central stem D'. E is a hood or cover adapted to pass over the sides of the
tray A as in Figure 2, and provided at its upper end with a nozzle E2 to receive
the funnel or tube F.
As seen in Figure 1, the apparatus is easily taken apart, and can be packed in a
very small space, the funnel or tube F being stowed inside the hood or cover E
and tray A. E¹ are handles by which the apparatus can be carried about or held
when in use.
When it is required to use the apparatus the tray A is removed from the hood
or cover E, the funnel or tube F placed on the nozzle E, the plate B taken out of
the tray A, and a medicated tablet G for example placed between the arms or
tweezers B. Or the medicated preparation may be placed in the gauze dish D,
its stem D' being grasped between the arms or tweezers B¹. The plate B is
then replaced in the tray A, and the medicated tablet or compound, as the case
may be, is fired. The hood or cover E is placed in position, and as the smoke or
fumes rise through the funnel or tube F, they are inhaled by the patient either
through the mouth or nostrils according to circumstances, the holes A' in the sides
of the tray A allowing the entrance of air to support combustion of the tablet or
compound.

page_text: 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 new or improved inhaling apparatus which consists of a perforated tray, a
holder or receptacle for the medicated compound, and a hood or cover provided 5
with a funnel or tube, substantially as herein before described.
E. HORNER,
Per W. H. Beck,
115 Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.