Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 17th June, 1886.
Complete Left, 17th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 4th Mar., 1887.
I JAMES M GEARY of No. 37 Upper Baker Street in the County of Middlesex
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
The object of my Invention is to manufacture an improved description of Inhalers,
in which atmospheric air is impregnated by passing through a medical compound, for
immediate use; my inhalers being adaptable to all temperatures, and not necessarily
requiring the increased temperature usually applied to such articles.
In carrying out my Invention I form the outside of the neck of the bottle with a
screw thread, and fit thereto a tightly-fitting metallic cap, having a corresponding
screw thread formed therein-A curved metallic tube is formed in one with the cap,
to which the usual flexible suction tube is attached, fitted with a mouth piece or nasal
nozzle.
At the side of the metallic tube, and close to the cap, an inlet opening is formed for
admitting air; which air is conducted nearly to the bottom of the bottle, by means of
a glass tube attached to the inlet-air hole by a flexible rubber joint.
An annular space between the circumference of the cap and the inlet tube, com-
municates with the suction tube, whereby the medicated vapour can be drawn from
the bottle and conveyed to the surface of the diseased parts of the human organism,
by inhalation, either through the mouth or nostrils-The suction causes a partial
vacuum above the surface of the medicated compound, which partial vacuum causes
the entering air to pass upward from the lower end of the inlet tube, such air thereby
becoming medicated in its passage through the compound or mixture in the bottle.
I prefer to use bottles about 5 inches in length, and capable of holding about
3 ounces of liquid and a suction tube about three eighths of an inch in diameter
and twelve inches in length-But such dimensions may be varied, as well as the
materials of which my Invention is manufactured.
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page_text: JAMES MCGEARY, of No. 37 Upper Baker Street in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This improvement in inhalers, for medical and other purposes, consists in the
construction, in combination with a bottle and stopper and a stop cock, communi-
cations through which form the passages for the inlet of air, to be transmitted through
a fluid, and mechanically mixed in a chamber, and passed out by an opening through
the stopper, and stopcock or valve, of such construction as will permit the opening for
use, and closing when not in use, for the purpose of preventing evaporation or waste
of the fluid or contents of the receptacle when not in use, as the same may be required,
all substantially as hereinafter described.
And in order that my said invention may be more particularly described and
ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is an elevation of my invention."
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Figs. 2 and 3 are elevations drawn to an enlarged scale, of the stopper; Fig. 4 is a
sectional elevation of the stopper, and Fig. 5 is a plan of the underside of the stopper,
drawn to the same scale as Fig. 1.
a is a bottle, 6 the stopper with suitable screw connection ¹ fitting a corresponding
thread in the cap w. c is an inlet hole or opening leading to the tube when the plug
is turned as shewn in Figs. 1 and 4. The tube a extends nearly to the bottom of the
liquid d in the bottle. e is a hole or opening, extending through the tap g and
stopper to the mixing chamber f. 2 is a rubber washer. is the plug or tap,
through the end of which is the opening e, the motion of the plug being controlled by
the guard pin in the slot . By turning the plug a quarter of a revolution between
the thumb and finger, the plug regulates and controls the inlet c to the fluid d, and the
outlet e from the mixing chamber f.
In Figs. 2 and 3 the tap is shewn closed, and in Figs. 1 and 4 it is shewn open.
A mouth-piece or bulb (as shewn in dotted lines in Fig. 1) may be fitted when
required.
In Fig. 5 the inlet tube and outlet passage at the bottom of the stopper bare
shewn.
As this invention is particularly shewn in the drawings, with the passages referred
to, and the valve or stopcock in connection with the contents of the bottle and the
external air by suction at the opening e or at the mouth piece or bulb j air will be
drawn through the liquid contents of the bottle, and impregnated, or mechanically
mixed in the air chamber, and finally discharged through the passage or mouthpiece e
or bulb where the suction is produced.

page_text: The air, instead of being drawn through the liquid contents of the bottle, may be
forced through it, by an elastic bulb applied to the air passages, and otherwise
constructed as is well known in atomizers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The combination of the stopper 6 having passages cand e forming a valve or
stopcock for opening and closing the said passages cand e to the contents of a
receptacle a to which the stopper is applied, substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described and shewn on the drawings.
2. The combination with the stopper 6 having passages c and e to and from the
liquid d and chamber of a valve or plug g for opening and closing the said passages c
and e to the contents of the receptacle a, to which the stopper b is applied substantially
as and for the purposes herein before described and shewn on the drawings.
3. The general construction, combination, and arrangement of the several and
respective parts, together forming my improvements in inhalers, substantially as
herein before described and shewn on the drawings.
GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for Applicant.