Improvements in Apparatus for Fumigating, Disinfecting, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 28th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left. 28th Feb.. 1898-Accepted, 9th. Apr., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Fumigating, Disinfecting, and
the like.
1, GEORGE STRETTON SPURRIER, of The Stott Company, Bridge Street,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to apparatus for fumigating, disinfecting and the like,
which is especially applicable for use with flowers or plants in greenhouses and
enclosed spaces.
An apparatus constructed to embody these improvements is provided with a suit-.
able receptacle or reservoir to contain a liquid the vapour of which will act as a
disinfectant or the like. Combined with the receptacle, which may be open or
almost completely closed, is a suitable source of heat by means of which vaporisa-
tion of the liquid is effected when the apparatus is in use.
In one form the apparatus consists of a cup or pan mounted in a convenient:stand
and provided with a lamp adapted to burn spirits or the like. When the lamp.is
lighted the liquid contained in the cup is vaporised. In another form the lamp.is
dispensed with and the receptacle is furnished with a recess or similar part in which
a piece of heated metal or other heated substance. may be placed so as to be close up
against the liquid. This latter form of apparatus: may conveniently consist of two
cylindrical concentric vessels both closed at their bottom ends. The desired liquid.
is, placed in the annular space between the two and the heated iron or other sub-
stance is placed within the inner one. The annular space may be closed at the top
with the exception of one or more small openings for introducing the liquid' and
allowing the escape of the vapour.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
Improvements in Apparatus for Fumigating, Disinfecting,, and,
the like.
I, GEORGE STRETTON SPURRIER, of The Stott Company, Bridge Street,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to apparatus for fumigating, disinfecting and the like,

page_text: which is especially applicable for use with flowers or plants in greenhouses and
enclosed spaces.
An apparatus constructed to embody these improvements is provided with a suit-
able receptacle or reservoir to contain a liquid the vapour of which will act as a
disinfectant or the like. Combined with the receptacle, which may be open or
almost completely closed, is a suitable source of heat by means of which vaporisa-
tion of the liquid is effected when the apparatus is in use.
In one form the reservoir consists of a cup or pan mounted in a convenient stand
and provided with a lamp adapted to burn spirits or the like. When the lamp is
lighted the liquid contained in the cup is vaporised. In another form the lamp is
dispensed with and the receptacle is furnished with a recess or similar part in which
a piece of heated metal or other heated substance may be so placed as to be close
to the liquid. This latter form of apparatus may conveniently consist of two
cylindrical concentric vessels both closed at their bottom ends. The desired liquid
is placed in the annular space between the two and the heated iron or other sub-
stance is placed within the inner one. The annular space may be closed at the top
with the exception of one or more small openings for introducing the liquid and
allowing the escape of the vapour.
In order that my invention may be more readily understood I have hereto
appended a sheet of drawings to which I will hereinafter refer, and which illustrate
two forms of apparatus constructed according to this invention.
Figure 1 represents in section an apparatus consisting of a pan or cup A mounted
upon a suitable stand B. Combined with the stand and cup is a spirit or other
suitable lamp C, which, when lighted, effects the vaporisation of any liquid
contained in the cup.
Figure 2 shows, also in section, another form of apparatus in which the source of
heat is a piece of heated metal or the like. Two concentric and approximately
cylindrical vessels D and E are both closed at the bottom, and the liquid to be
vaporised is placed in the annular space between them. The annular space may
also be closed at the top if desired with the exception of one or more openings G, G¹
through which the liquid may be admitted and through which the vapour may
escape. A piece of heated metal or other substance H is placed within the inner
cylinder so as to vaporise the liquid in the space F.
It will of course be evident that a recess for heated metal may be formed in
another part of a vessel containing a liquid than that shown without departing from
this invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:―
1. A disinfecting, fumigating or similar apparatus, consisting of a pan or cup
for containing a suitable liquid and a lamp for effecting the vaporisation of the
liquid, constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore described and as
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. A disinfecting, fumigating or similar apparatus, consisting of a vessel for
containing a suitable liquid and provided with a recess or chamber for the recep-
tion of a piece of heated metal or other substance, substantially as hereinbefore
described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
3. A disinfecting, fumigating or similar apparatus, constructed and arranged
substantially as herein before described and as illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
Teted this 26th day of February 1898