A New or Improved Fume Producer for Medicinal, Disinfecting, and like Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Aug., 1889-Accepted, 21st Sept, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Fume Producer for Medicinal, Disinfecting, and
like Purposes.
I, ABRAHAM DAVID COHEN of 48 Woburn Place, Russell Square W.C. London,
in the County of Middlesex, Analytical Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this.
invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to produce a convenient device for the making and
diffusing of fumes, that is to say fumes adapted from their nature to be inhaled for
medicinal use as for instance in cases of colds. coughs, consumption and other com-
plaints, or to be diffused in a room etc., for the destruction of Bacteria Germs and
foul gases in sick rooms.
On a suitable stand of metal, wood, china or other suitable material are made
sockets for the reception of bottles containing the chemicals or matters from which the
fumes are to be derived. Over these bottles is placed a globe cover or chimney, which
may be of glass, open above, the space within the globe or cover communicating
below with the air through suitable holes. There may be sockets in the stand for
reception of the stoppers when removed from the bottles so that they may not be
interchanged.
I preferably use two stoppered bottles and in one is placed a sponge saturated with
ammonia and preferably oil of Eucalyptus or oil of camphor or any other suitable
volatile oil or matter having the required qualities for healing or disinfecting.
In the other bottle is placed hydrochloric acid preferably with sand to soak up same
so that the acid may not be spilt.
On removing the stopper the ammonia fumes will combine with the bydrochloric
acid gas and vapours of salammoniac will be formed together with vapours from the
volatile oil etc., in the ammonia bottle.
These fumes will ascend and pass out of the cover and be diffused in the room, or
may be inhaled from over the cover.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Fume Producer for Medicinal, Disinfecting, and
like Purposes.
I. ABRAHAM DAVID COHEN of 77 Oxford Gardens, Notting Hill, W., in the. County
of Middlesex, Analytical Chemist, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to produce a convenient device for the making and
diffusing of fumes adapted from their nature to be inhaled for medical, curative or
other use for instance by persons suffering from catarrhal or bronchial complaints,
consumption or other illness or disease adapted to be cured or ameliorated by such
fumes or fumes to be diffused in a room etc. for the destruction of Bacteria germs or
foul gases in sick rooms or for disinfectant or deoderant purposes.
To this end the invention consists in a device, apparatus or means by which certain
chemicals or matters hereinafter referred to may be so brought into proximity with
each other that the fumes or gases arising therefrom may be commingled to form
fumes, such as those fumes above described these chemicals or matters being ammonia,
hydrochloric acid and a suitable volatile oil or matter having curative or disinfectant
properties to the end desired for instance oil of eucalyptus or oil of camphor.

page_text: The essential parts of the device necessary for this purpose are at least two
receptacles for the chemicals and a chamber or the equivalent thereof for mingling
the fumes.
The invention also consists in the combination of the diverse chemicals or matters
above set forth to produce the end in view.
A convenient device for carrying the invention into practice is illustrated in the
accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a broken elevation of the apparatus and
Fig. 2 a plan view of the same with the covering dome removed.
A is a circular tray, upon a circular upset B in the centre of this tray is made or
fixed an inner horizontal circular tray having an upstanding flange around its edge
to retain the dome or cover D) which is made circular below to rest in the tray C
and is narrowed above-lowards the hole E in its summit. In the trav C are a number
of perforations F for entrance of air. On the tray C are made two sockets G G₁ for
reception of the stoppered bottles H H' and also two sockets J J' for reception of the
respective stoppers of the bottles H H' when the stoppers are removed from the
bottles.
The one bottle is filled with sand saturated with hydrochloric acid, the other bottle
is filled with a piece or pieces of sponge saturated with ammonia (strong liquor
ammoniae) to which is added oil of eucalyptus or oil of camphor or the like as afore-
said in suitable proportions.
When the apparatus is to be set in action the stoppers are removed from the bottles
and placed in their respective sockets, the dome D is replaced, and the gases mingling
in the upper part of the dome issue from the opening E whence they may be inhaled
or allowed to diffuse in the room or atmosphere.
The trays and sockets may be of chinaware, glass or metal ware, say ironware,
painted japanned or enamelled or tinned ware or brass according to taste, the bottles
of glass, the dome D of china, or preferably of glass.
I do not confine myself however to the details of construction mentioned above
nor to the apparatus illustrated although the same is a practical and efficient apparatus
for carrying out the invention but,
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 chemicals or matters, hydrochloric acid, ammonia and
suitable, curative or disinfectant volatile oil or matter adapted to produce fumes
suitable for the purposes set forth.
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2. The combination of a receptacle for and containing hydrochloric acid and a
receptacle for and containing ammonia and a suitable curative or disinfectant volatile
oil or matter in proximity to produce fumes substantially as set forth.
3. The combination of a receptacle for and containing hydrochloric acid and a
receptacle for and containing ammonia and a suitable curative or disinfectant volatile
oil or matter with a chamber or equivalent in communication with said receptacle for
the commingling of fumes therefrom for the purposes described.
4. The apparatus illustrated and described adapted to be filled or supplied with the
chemicals or matters herein set forth or like matters or chemicals for the production and
diffusion of curative or disinfectant fumes.
Dated this 2nd day of August 188Q
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.