Improvements relating to Inhalers and to Compounds to be Used therein.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Sept., 1889-Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Inhalers and to Compounds to be Used
therein.
1, JOHN HENRY PECK, of 2 Museum Chambers, Bury Street, Bloomsbury, in the
County of Middlesex, 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 inhalers of the kind or class adapted to be carried upon the
person and usually composed of a glass tube containing absorbent material to receive
and hold the substance to be inhaled.
The improved tubular inhaler or smelling-tube is provided with an absorbent core,
preferably of asbestos, secured to a wire and surrounded by a filling of copper and
zine granules, the said wire being supported between two fibrous heads.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a vertical central section, partly in elevation of one form of my improved
inhaler.
Figure 2 is a section on the line a, a, Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a section on the line a, a, Figure 1, and
Figure 4 is an elevation partly in section illustrating another form or modification
of my said inhaler.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawing.
The tube a is made of glass or other suitable material and, by preference, one end is
made taper, as at 6, in order to concentrate the flow of the fumes or vapors at the
outlet. c is a core or mass of suitable bibulous material, stiffened by a wire d and
arranged between fibrous heads e, the said wire being fastened into or upon the said
heads and thus serving to hold and keep the core and heads together.
In the space
between the core and the interior surface of the tube is a filling, composed of
granules of copper and zinc.
The core c is by preference made of a sheet of asbestos bent about or wound upon
the wire, asbestos heing preferred because of its indestructibility, its superior absorbent
and retentive qualities, and also because of its not being liable to swell or expand upon
absorbing liquid.
The heads e are made of fibrous material, such as rattan, in order to permit the free
passage of air or vapor; and to further facilitate such passage, the rims of the said
heads may be provided with grooves e'. These heads are of such diameter that they
fit into and do not readily move in the tube.
As shewn in the modification Figure 4, the walls of the tube may be made parallel.
And as also shewn in the said modification, corks o may be provided to close the ends
of the tube to prevent evaporation.
The wire d may be dispensed with in some cases, but in that event the heads e, e
should be made to fit the tube tightly.
I prefer to employ, in my improved inhaler, an aromatic compound consisting of a
mixture of the following substances in or about in the proportions stated, viz. :
Oil peppermint pure
Oil Wintergreen pure
Oil Mustard Essential
Oil Horse Radish pure-
Alcohol pure, quantity sufficient
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31
drs. IV
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drs. IV
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drs. IV
от
If oil "Horse Radish" cannot be procured, double the amount of "Oil Mustard
essential" may be employed in the above mixture.

page_text: The filling of metallic granules not only adds to the appearance of the inhaler, but,
in addition, it maintains the liquid to be inhaled in a free state.
In some cases, the inhaler is provided at one or both ends with two taper outlets in
a convenient position for applying to the nostrils.
Other filling material may be used in place of the metallic granules, or filling may
be dispensed with altogether.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it understood that
I claim
First-
-An inhaler comprising a tube of glass or other suitable material and an
asbestos or other bibulous core arranged therein between fibrous pieces or heads, with
or without a stiffening wire, substantially as, and for the purposes, set forth.
Second An inhaler consisting of a tube of glass or other suitable material, a
bibulous core
arranged therein between fibrous pieces or heads and a filling surrounding
the core, substantially as described.
Third The improved inhaler constructed substantially as described with reference
to the accompanying drawings.
Fourth The improved aromatic compound comprising the above mentioned
ingredients nixed in or about in the proportions stated, for the purpose specified.
Dated this 21st day of September 1889.
JOHN HENRY PECK
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.