An Improved Bronchitis Kettle.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 21st June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 17th Oct., 1890-Accepted, 14th Feb., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Bronchitis Kettle.
I EMMA JANET PIKE Gentlewoman of 3S Trebovir Road Earls Court London
in the County of Middlesex England do hereby declare the nature of my invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to bronchitis kettles for rendering the atmosphere moist
or salutary for cases of croup bronchitis inflamation of the lungs and similar diseases
& has for its object the construction and arrangement of such a kettle so that the
necessity for removing the kettle from the stove or fireplace to replenish the fire
is obviated & the danger of upsetting & trouble of removing for refilling with water
avoided.
carry out my invention by forming a kettle of tin copper or other metal
preferably rectangular in shape and of such size as to be readily attached to the
front bars of the grate.
This attachment is conveniently made by binding the box or kettle with bands
of iron or other metal, such bands being provided on the side next to the grate
with suitable hooks which can engage over the bars so that the kettle hangs in
front of the grate. A cross handle from one band to the other can be conveniently
arranged to provide means for lifting the kettle.
A funnel or aperture closed by a screw plug is provided for refilling the kettle
with water or any desired medicament.
The vapours from the kettle can be conveyed into the room through a funnel
preferably screwed into the top of the kettle, or an elastic tube of gutta percha or
length as
similar material may be attached to the kettle the tube being of such a
to reach the patients bedside or any convenient position to which it is desired to
convey the vapour.
D
11
P
1000
EMMA J. PIKE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Bronchitis Kettle.
EMMA JANET PIKE of No. 38 Trebovir Road, Earls Court, Gentlewoman, 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 improvement consists in the addition of a hook or hooks so fixed as to
allow the kettle to hang on the bars of the grate, in front of the fire, instead of
being placed on the fire as now, so obviating the drawbacks of kettles at present
in use, which frequently topple over, the kettle itself is fitted with usual tubes for
filling and escape steam and may be made of tin copper or any suitable material and
of any shape, preferably construct an oblong box 10 inches by 6 inches, by 4 inches
and fix the hook or hooks so that when hung its greatest surface is exposed to the
heat. I also put an ordinary tap in lower part of side farthest from the fire, by
which hot water may be drawn off for poultices a convenience not found in any
kettle at present used for bronchitis.
In the accompanying drawings the part marked "a" is the hook, and the part
marked "is the tap.
Fio 1 is a side view.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
claim is
1st. The attachment of a hook or hooks to bronchitis or other kettles for the
purposes named.
2nd. The tap as used in combination with the above.
Dated this Fourteenth day of October 1890.
EMMA JANET PIKE.