An Improved Inhaler also applicable as a Fumigating or Atomizing Device.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 11th Mar., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Inhaler also applicable as a Fumigating or Atomizing
Device.
I, JAMES MONROE MUNYON, of 1505, Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
United States of America, President, 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 an atomizer or inhaling device, which is provided
with a vessel adapted to contain a medicament, the vapour of which may unite
with that of the fluid in the bottle and so be inhaled by the patient.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 represents a side elevation of an atomizer embodying the invention.
Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same and
Figure 3 represents a horizontal section on line - Figure 2.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.
A designates the bottle or body of an atomizer and B designates the stopper
thereof.
C and D designate tubes which pass through said stopper B into the bottle and
are open at both ends, the tube C also passing through the stopper E of the
medicament containing vessel F, which is suspended within the bottle, in the
present case by said stopper E and tube.
G designates a bent pipe or goose neck which is connected with the stopper E
and forms a communication between the vessel F and the bottle A.
H designates the mouth-piece of tube, the same being passed through the
stopper B and opening into the bottle.
The operation is as follows:-
The bottle is supplied with a proper liquid or medicament, as is also the
vessel F. The tube H is applied to the mouth and the patient draws air therein,
whereby vapours are passed off from the liquid and the same commingle in the
bottle and are inhaled by the patient.
As the air is displaced in the bottle, it is replenished or supplied through the
tubes C and D and as the latter dip into the respective fluids, the vaporization of
the same is readily occasioned and the withdrawal of the vapours through the
mouth-piece easily accomplished.
The tube C also serves as a medium for replenishing the vessel F from without
and the portion of said tube within said vessel is somewhat reduced in diameter,
thus occupying less room and producing better results.
As the several tubes C, D, H are connected with the stopper B and the vessel F
and goose-neck G are connected by the stopper E with said tube C, all of said
parts may be removed as one, by displacing the stopper from the bottle.
It will be understood that the device can be used as a fumigator or atomizer
by blowing air into the same through one or both of the pipes C, D.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1st. An inhaler or fumigator having in the bottle or body thereof, a vessel,
separate from the same but in communication therewith.
2nd. An inhaler or fumigator having in the bottle or body thereof, a vessel,
separate from the same but in communication therewith and means for admitting
air to said vessel.
3rd. An inhaler or fumigator having in the bottle or body thereof a vessel,
separate from the same but in communication therewith and means for admitting
air to said vessel and bottle.
4th. An inhaler or fumigator having a separate vessel in the bottle or body
thereof, tubes entering said bottle and vessel and open to the atmosphere and a
mouth-piece leading from said bottle.
5th. An inhaler or fumigator having a separate vessel in the bottle or body
thereof, a tube for supplying air to said vessel and supporting the latter and a
stopper for the bottle carrying said tube.
6th. An inhaler or fumigator having a separate vessel in the bottle or body
thereof but in communication therewith, a tube for supplying air to said vessel
and supporting the latter, an air-supply tube for the bottle, a mouth-piece and a
stopper for the bottle.
7th. An inhaler or fumigator having a separate vessel in the bottle or body
thereof but in communication therewith, a tube for supplying air to said vessel
and supporting the latter, an air-supply tube for the bottle, a mouth-piece and a
stopper for the bottle, said stopper carrying said tubes and mouth-piece and said
vessel being in communication with said bottle.
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1541 Jon of Ontalon 1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.