An Improved Portable Appliance for Temporarily Converting an Ordinary Kettle or other Vessel Used for Boiling Water into a "Bronchitis Kettle" or Appliance for Conveying and Distributing Steam Vapour.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 10th June, 1896--Accepted, 25th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Portable Appliance for Temporarily Converting an
Ordinary Kettle or other Vessel Used for Boiling Water into a
"Bronchitis Kettle" or Appliance for Conveying and Distributing
Steam Vapour.
HENRY RAITHBY PROCTER Chemist and Druggist, 113 The Grove, Hammer-
smith in the County of London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
My invention consists in applying to ordinary kettles and other vessels used for
boiling water an adjustable appliance whereby the steam can be conveyed and
distributed into a room in a manner similar to that of "bronchitis kettles."
My adjustable appliance is made as follows:-I provide a long tapering tube or
spout, made telliscopic or in one length, which can be temporally attached to-
ordinary kettles or other vessels used for boiling water by means of a round, oval
or other shaped disc or plate of tin or other suitable metal or material, on the under-
side of which is fitted an adjustable wire loop or spring in such a manner that it
will catch under the edge of the lid aperture of the vessel and so by the leverage
weight of the tube hold my appliance firmly but temporally in position. Larger
discs or plates are provided for use on large vessels, which can be secured to the
smaller permanent disc of my appliance over the lid aperture of the vessel by means
of the adjustable wire loop or spring. These discs or plates have a central orifice
for the steam to pass through into the spout over which is secured a short upright
tube, on the top of which is secured at an obtuse angle the long tube or spout for
conveying the steam vapour and on the end of which can be placed when required.
a suitable funnel for distributing or medicating the steam vapour.
Dated this Tenth day of September 1895.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Portable Appliance for Temporarily Converting an
Ordinary Kettle or other Vessel Used for Boiling Water into a.
'Bronchitis Kettle" or Appliance for Conveying and Distributing
Steam Vapour.
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1, HENRY RAITH BY PROCTER, Chemist and Druggist, of 113 The Grove,.
Hammersmith, in the County of London, 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 consists in an improved appliance for temporarily converting an
ordinary kettle or similar vessel used for boiling water into a bronchitis kettle
or a kettle for distributing steam vapour. The appliance or diffuser consists of a
telescopic tube or spout made of tin, or other suitable material, at one end of which.
is attached a flange which by means of a catch fitted underneath takes the place of.
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page_text: the ordinary lid of the kettle. The attachment underneath the flange, which is
adjustable, may be made of either wire or a spring fixed in such a manner as it will
catch in the lid aperture of the kettle. At the other end of the telescopic tube is
fixed a nozzle or diffuser.
To better illustrate my invention, I attach drawings, of which :-
Fig. 1. shows a representation of the appliance attached to an ordinary kettle
with the telescopic tube A. expanded, and the nozzle B. fixed in position.
Fig. 2. is a representation of the appliance when not in use, and with the nozzle
attached, the telescopic tube being closed.
Fig. 3. is a representation of the nozzle to be used at the end of the tube.
Fig. 4. shows one arrangement of fastening underneath the flange C. with
wire D. in position, so as to slip under the aperture of the kettle when required.
The tube shown in the drawings as telescopic, may, if desired, be in one piece,
and may be round or oval, as most convenient.
The wire attachment D. catching at the rear part of the kettle is held in position
by the weight of the tube, the balance of which is in the opposite direction. The
short upright piece E. direct from the centre of the flange covering the opening in
the kettle serves to create a draught, so that the steam will rise through the tube
and not escape from the spout which it would otherwise do if the tube went direct,
without the angle, to the lid of the kettle.
Where the lid of the kettle exceeds in size the flange C. it is only necessary to
attach a circular piece of tin or other metal which I supply with each of my
appliances, and which obviates this difficulty.
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
claim is :-
An appliance for attaching to ordinary kettles or other vessels for diffusing
vapour, substantially as described and set forth in the foregoing specification and
drawings.
Dated this 10th day of June 1896.