Improvement in Inhalers, also applicable as Nasal Douches.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Jan., 1899-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Inhalers, also applicable as Nasal Douches.
I, JAMES MONROE MUNYON, of 1505, Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
United States of America, President, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention consists of an inhaling device which may be converted into a
nasal douche which latter may be self-operated by the holder of the device.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 represents a vertical section of an inhaler embodying my invention.
Figure 2 represents a perspective view of said device converted into a nasal
douche.
Figure 3 represents a horizontal section on line - Figure 1..
Figure 4 represents a vertical section of a portion on line yy Figure 2.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.
A designates a bottle and B the stopper thereof. C designates a mouth piece
which is held in the stopper B and has one end in communication with the bottle,
and the other end adapted to be engaged by the lips so that the operator can
inhale from the bottle.
D designates a medicament-containing vessel which is suspended within the
bottle A by means of the tube E, which is passed through the stopper F of said
vessel and through the stopper B of the bottle and forms a communication for
said vessel with the atmosphere.
G designates a bent pipe or goose neck, which has one limb connected with
the stopper F, and opening into the vessel D, and the other limb projecting
downwardly into the bottle so as to dip into the liquid or medicament in the
latter and form a communication between said bottle and vessel.
It will be seen that when the patient inhales, the vapor in the vessel D is
directed by the pipe G into the bottle A where it is impregnated with the medica-
ment therein and the resultant combined vapor is then drawn from the bottle
through the pipe C and so inhaled.
The tube while admitting air into the vessel D, is also adapted to supply
the latter with medicament as required.
The upper end of the tube E has a screw-threaded collar H for attachment of
the flexible tube or pipe J, whose lower end has a screw-threaded sleeve L therein
to engage said collar H, whereby said tube J may be conveniently and firmly
connected with the tube E. The upper end of the tube J has secured to it the
nose piece K, which may be readily inserted in either nostril.
It will now be seen that the patient may blow into the bottle and so cause
the combined vapors of the bottle and vessel to enter the tube J, whose nose piece
being in a nostril directs said vapor into the latter, it being noticed that a nasal
douche is thus provided which is self-operated by the holder of the bottle and
ander his own control.

page_text: 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: :―
1st. A bottle with a stopper, a mouth piece in said stopper, a medicament
vessel in said bottle, a stopper in said vessel, a tube in said stopper, forming a
communication for the atmosphere with said vessel and providing the means for
suspending the latter in the bottle, and a pipe in the stopper of the medicament
vessel in communication with the latter and said bottle.
2nd. A bottle, a stopper therein, a mouth piece in said stopper and an air-
supply tube passing through said stopper into said bottle, in combination with
a pipe having a nose piece, and means for connecting it with said air-supply
tube.
3rd. A bottle and a mouth piece, and an air-supply tube connected with the
stopper of said bottle, in combination with a flexible pipe having a nose piece
at one end and a screw-threaded sleeve at the other end, said air-supply tube
having a screw-threaded collar thereon for engagement with said pipe.
4th. A bottle, a mouth piece therefor leading thereinto, a flexible pipe pro-
vided with a nose piece; and a pipe connected with the stopper of said bottle
and having on its upper end a screw-threaded collar for connecting said flexible
pipe therewith.
5th. A combined inhaler and nasal douche consisting of a bottle, with a stopper
therein, a mouth piece in said stopper, a separate medicament vessel in said
bottle, with a stopper therein, a tube passing through both stoppers and respec-
tively enter said vessel and open to the atmosphere, a goose neck fitted in the
stopper of said vessel and opening into the latter and said bottle, and a flexible
pipe connected with said tube and provided with a nose piece.
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