Improvements in and connected with Inhalers.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 5th May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Inhalers.
I, FREDERICK SCHUTZE, of No. 36A, Aldersgate Street, in the City of London,
Druggists' Sundriesman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to inhalers and has for its object to combine the advantages
of a menthol cone with an inhaler so that the menthol cone can be applied externally
to the afflicted part it is desired to treat, or the menthol vapours may be inhaled
either alone or together with the vapours of valuable remedial agents, such as
camphor, eucalyptus, terebene, creosote, for the treatment of neuralgia, headache,
colds, coughs, relaxed throats, lung catarrhs and other like ailments.
To this end I employ a receptacle or holder advantageously formed in three
parts, the lower part or base being recessed to receive the menthol cone and formed
with an air opening; the central part is connected to the base by suitable means
such as screw-threads and consists of a chamber formed with air openings and
provided at its upper part with a recess communicating by openings with the
interior of the said central part and adapted to hold a piece of cotton-wool or the
like saturated with camphor, eucalyptus, terebene, creosote or other suitable
remedial agent. The upper part consists of a cup, dome or other suitably shaped
perforated cap screwed or otherwise suitably connected to the central part and
through which the vapours may be inhaled. Should it be desired to use the
mentbol cone externally by rubbing it on the affected part, the upper parts are
disconnected from the base and the menthol cone can then be applied. To inhale
the menthol vapours alone the saturated cotton-wool is removed from the middle
chamber.
I propose to call my improved inhaler "The Eddystone Menthol Cone Inhaler."
Improvements in and connected with Innalers.
I, FREDERICK SCHUTZE, of No. 364, Aldersgate Street, in the City of London,
Druggists' Sundriesman, 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 and has for its object to combine the advantages
of a menthol cone with an inhaler so that the menthol cone can be applied externally
to the afflicted part it is desired to treat or the menthol vapours may be inhaled
either alone or together with the vapours of valuable remedial agents such as
camphor, eucalyptus, terebene, creosote, for the treatment of neuralgia, headache,
colds, coughs, relaxed throats, lung catarrhs and other like ailments.

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elevation:
Figure 2 a plan of my improved inhaler:
Figure 3 is a vertical section of the inhaler; and,
Figure 4 is a plan with the cap removed.
My improved inhaler is constructed of a receptacle or holder advantageously
formed in three parts a, b, c the lower part or base a being recessed as shewn to
receive a menthol cone d and formed with an air opening e; the central part b of
the receptacle is connected to the base a by suitable means such as screw threads
and forms a chamber provided with air openings fand having at its upper part a
recess communicating by openings h with the said chamber. The recess g is
adapted to hold a piece of cotton wool or the like saturated with camphor,
eucalyptus, tercbene, creosote or other suitable remedial agent. The upper part c
of the receptacle forms a cap, in the form of a dome perforated at i, and formed to
screw on the central part the vapours from the saturated cotton wool and the
menthol being inhaled through the said perforation i. Should it be desired to use
the menthol cone externally by rubbing it on the affected part the parts b and c of
the receptacle are disconnected from the base a and the menthol cone can then be
applied. To inhale the menthol vapours alone the saturated cotton wool is removed
from the middle chamber b.
I propose to call my improved inhaler "The Eddystone Menthol Cone Inhaler."
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 :-
1. An inhaler consisting of a receptacle a, b, c forming chambers to receive a
menthol cone and cotton wool saturated with remedial agents and provided with
air passages and also with a perforation to allow of vapour from the menthol and
the saturated cotton wool being inhaled, substantially in the manner and for the
purposes hereinbefore described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved inhaler herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 5th day of February 1897.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.