IMPREGNATING AIR FOR HYGIENIC OR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES WITH THE VAPOURS OR EMANATIONS ARISING FROM TAR, CREOSOTE, OR OTHER SUITABLE LIQUID, ANTISEPTIC OR ANTIPUTRID SUBSTANCES, OR DISSEMINATING IN THE AIR FOR THE SAID PURPOSES SUITABLE PULVERIZED SUBSTANCES
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to. Antoine Joseph Sax, trading under the Firm of
"Adolphe Sax, of Paris, France, Musical Instrument. Maker, for the,
Invention of IMPREGNATING AIR FOR HYGIENIC OR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES
WITH THE VAPOURS OR EMANATIONS ARISING FROM TAR, CREOSOTE, OR OTHER
SUITABLE LIQUID, ANTISEPTIC OR ANTIPUTRID SUBSTANCES, OR DISSEMINATING
IN THE AIR FOR THE SAID PURPOSES SUITABLE PULVERIZED SUBSTANCES,"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Antoine Joseph Sax at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
13th January 1865.
I, ANTOINE JOSEPH SAX, trading under the Firm of Adolphe Sax, of Paris,
France, Musical Instrument Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPREGNATING AIR FOR HYGIENIC OR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES WITH
THE VAPOURS OR EMANATIONS ARISING FROM TAR, CREOSOTE, OR OTHER SUITABLE
LIQUID, ANTISEPTIC OR ANTÍPUTRID SUBSTANCES, OR DISSEMINATING IN THE AIR FOR
THE SAID PURPOSES SUITABLE PULVERIZED SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
Theobject of the Invention is impregnating atmospheric air, for hygienic or
therapeutic purposes, with the vapours or emanations arising from tar,
creosote, or other suitable liquid, antiseptic or antiputrid substances, or
disseminating in the air for the said purposes suitable finely pulverized
substances, such as flowers of sulphur for instance.

page_text: The antiseptic or antiputrid powers of tar, creosote, phenic acid, benzol,
chloroform, or other analogous substances are long since known; my Invention
consists in disseminating the vapours or emanations arising from such sub-
stances, or finely pulverized substances, such as flowers of sulphur, for instance,
in the air of rooms, hospitals, churches, theatres, or other places, with the
object of rendering the said air more salubrious, for curing diseases of the
respiratory organs or other hygienic or therapeutic purposes. For the pur-
pose of impregnating the air of the said places with the vapours or emanations
arising from such antiseptic liquid substances Imake use of suitable apparatus
presenting a series of surfaces to be coated by immersion or other suitable
means with tar or other suitable antiseptic or antiputrid liquid substances
or suitable mixtures of them, which substances may, if desired, be suitably
heated.
The apparatus consists by preference of a sort of trough or vessel for con-
taining the tar or other suitable liquid antiseptic substance with the vapours
or emanations of which the air is to be impregnated, and of an impregnating
arrangement consisting of a series of partition plates, blades, or shelves, pre-
senting a large surface, and which by immersion or other means may be
coated with the tar or other suitable liquid antiseptic or aptiputrid substance,
and which impregnating arrangement is afterwards kept in such position as
to allow the air in passing between the said partition plates of becoming duly
impregnated with the vapours or emanations arising from the antiseptic sub-
stance made use of. Or the impregnating arrangement of the apparatus may
consist of a sort of small paddle wheel, caused to revolve in such manner tha
its paddles alternately become immersed in the tar or other liquid in the trough
and thus duly stir this liquid, and at every revolution of the wheel presen
fresh parts of the liquid to the air; by means of a pair of bellows, a fa
blower, or other suitable arrangement, the air might be blown between th
partition plates, or between the paddles of the wheel, or caused to imping
on the surface of the tar or other antiseptic liquid made use of.
For disseminating finely pulverized substances, such as flowers of sulphu
for instance, in the air of rooms, hospitals, churches, theatres, or othe
suitable places, for hygienic or therapeutic purposes, the said substance
reduced to an almost impalpable state are projected in the air by means o
any suitable blowing apparatus, whilst the impregnating of the air with th
above-mentioned vapours or emanations may be combined with that of th
disseminating therein of the said pulverized substances.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Antoine Joseph Sax, in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
13th July 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ANTOINE
JOSEPH SAX,trading under the Firm of Adolphe Sax, of Paris, France, Musical
Instrument Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Antoine Joseph Sax, Her special licence that I, the said Antoine
Joseph Sax, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Antoine Joseph Sax, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "Im-
PREGNATING AIR FOR HYGIENIC OR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES WITH THE VAPOURS
OR EMANATIONS ARISING FROM TAR, CREOSOTE, OR OTHER SUITABLE LIQUID ANTISEPTIO
OR ANTIPUTRID SUBSTANCES, OR DISSEMINATING IN THE AIR FOR THE SAID PURPOSES
SUITABLE PULVERIZED SUBSTANCES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Antoine Joseph Sax, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and im-
mediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Antoine Joseph Sax, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The object of the Invention is impregnating atmospheric air for hygieni,
or therapeutic purposes with the vapours or emanations arising from tar,
creosote, or other suitable liquid antiseptic or antiputrid substances, or dis-
seminating in the air for the said purposes suitable finely pulverized
substances, such as flowers of sulphur, for instance.
The antiseptic or antiputrid qualities of tar, creosote, phenic acid, benzol,
chloroform, or other analogous substances are long since known. My Invention

page_text: consists in applying the vapours or emanations arising from the said liquid
antiseptic or antiputrid substances to hygienic or therapeutic purposes, by dis-
seminating in the air of rooms, hospitals, churches, theatres, or other confined
places the said vapours or emanations arising from or evolved by the said
antiseptic or antiputrid substances, whether in the cold or in a suitably-heated
state,or disseminating in the air of confined places suitable finely-pulverized
substances, and with the object of rendering the said air more salubrious, or
for the purpose of curing diseases of the respiratory organs, or for other
hygienic or therapeutic purposes. For the purpose of impregnating the air of
rooms or other confined places with the vapours or emanations arising from
tar or other similar liquid antiseptic or antiputrid substances, I make use of
suitable apparatus presenting aseries of surfaces to be coated by immersion or
other suitable means with tar or other appropriate antiseptic or antiputrid
liquid substances, or suitable mixtures of them, and either in the cold or in
the heated state.
:
The apparatus consists by preference of a sort of trough or vessel, of tin-
plate or other suitable material;for containing the tar or other suitable liquid
antiseptic or anti putrid substances to be made use of. In this trough or vessel
is to be introduced the impregnating arrangement, consisting of a series of
partition plates, blades, or leaves presenting a large surface, and which by im-
mersion or other means may be coated with the tar or other antiseptic
liquid contained in the trough, and which arrangement after having thus
received a coating of the said liquid is then lifted partly out of the trough
and fixed at any required height, so as to allow of the air passing freely
between the coated blades,and thus becoming impregnated with the vapours
or emanations arising from the antiseptic or antiputrid liquid made use of.
In order to make the Invention more easily understood, the annexed
Drawings show an apparatus, which I make use of for the purpose of im-
pregnating the air of rooms or other confined places with the vapours or
emanations arising from tar or other suitable liquid antiseptic or antiputrid
substance. Fig. 1 shows a front, and Fig. 2 a side elevation view of the
apparatus, when in working state, viz., with the impregnating arrangement
lifted partly out of the trough, and fixed at the required height; Fig. 3 is a
front elevation view of the apparatus, with the impregnating arrangement
lowered in the trough. In the three Figures corresponding parts are
indicated by the same letters of reference.
The apparatus consists of a sort of trough A, or vessel of tinplate or other
suitable metal or material, which trough serves for holding the tar, creosote
or other suitable antiseptic or antiputrid liquid, the emanations or vapours o

page_text: which are to be disseminated in the air of the room or other place where the
apparatus is put up. In the trough A may be introduced and kept at any
required height a movable part B, which I call the impregnating arrangement
or impregnator, also made of tin-plate or other suitable metal or material, and
consisting of a series of blades, plates, or leaves C, connected together and
kept parallel to each other at the required distances apart by means of the cross
plate 1), which latter at the same time serves as a lid for the trough, and is
provided with a handle E for lifting the impregnator at any required height,
for which purpose a tongue or blade F, fixed to the plate D glides in a slot G
fixed to the longitudinal side of the trough. Against the outside of the blade
or tongue F is soldered a rod or tube H, provided at suitable distances apart
with notches or openings h, in which may be introduced a spring I soldered
in & to the side of the trough. The manner of making use of the apparatus
is as follows:-The impregnator B having been lifted entirelyout of the trough A
this latter is partly filled, say for instance, for about of its capacity,
with tar, creosote, or other suitable antiseptic or antiputrid liquid or semi-
liquid; the impregnator is then replaced in the trough and lowered as far as
possible in the liquid in this latter, and is then again raised and set at the re-
quired height by causing the spring I to enter into one of the notches h; a
spring I is provided at each of the two longitudinal sides of the trough, or one
of these sides only may be provided with a spring, and the other side with a
sliding bolt, to be entered in one of the notches h. The impregnator having
thus been set at the required height, the air will in striking between the
blades Cbecome impregnated with the vapours or emanations arising from the
tar or other antiseptic or antiputrid liquid made use of. Various other devices
for setting the impregnator at will at any desired height might be resorted to.
If required, also, the trough may be provided with any suitable arrangement
for suitably heating the liquid or semi-liquid contained therein, and causing
the vapors or emanations to be evolved more rapidly and more abundantly
than in the cold state. I also intend to have apparatuses in which a series of
blades or plates, hinged together endwise in the manner as the links of a chain
or of a lazy-tongs might be allowed either to clap together, and thus apply
themselves flat on each other in a shallow trough, containing the tar or other
suitable antiseptic liquid, or allow the blades or plates to be lifted up and kept
stretched by a standard or other suitable means, so as in that case offera large
surface covered or coated with tar or other antiseptic liquid for the air to
come in contact with. Or a series of plates might be connected in the manner
as the leaves of a book, so as to permit of either folding them together, so as
to lay on the bottom of the trough, or have the leaves kept extended for

page_text: allowing the air to pass freely betwixt them, and thus become impregnated
with the liquid in which the plates have been dipped, whilst, if required,
an artificial draught of air may be caused to circulate between the leaves
or plates by means of a ventilator or fan blower. Or, a sort of paddle wheel
might be made to turn with its paddles in the liquid in the trough, for the
purpose of continually stirring the said liquid and thus promote the evolution
of the emanations' or vapors arising therefrom. I also intend to make use
of a similar apparatus, or of a fan blower, for disseminating in the air of
rooms, hospitals, churches, theatres, or other confined places, flowers of
sulphur or other suitable finely pulverized substances possessing antiputrid,
antiseptic, or hygienic properties; whilst motion may be transmitted to the
paddle wheel or to the blowing apparatus by hand, by clockwork, or any
other suitable prime mover. I also intend to have small apparatuses con-
sisting of a series of finely perforated thin plates or pieces of wire cloth,
provided with tar or other suitable antiseptic or antiputrid liquid,, which
apparatus may, by a string, tape, or other means be.kept, applied, or worn
before the mouth, so as to cause the air before entering into the lungs to
pass through the holes or meshes of the perforated plate or wire cloth, and
thus become impregnated with the emanations or volatile parts evolved
from the tar or other suitable antiseptic, antiputrid, or hygienic liquid or
semi-liquid made use of. I further intend to provide the bell of trumpets,
horns, saxophones, or other similar musical instruments actuated by human
insufflation with an inner double jacket or other analogous arrangement,
containing tar or other suitable antiseptic liquid or semi-liquid, or having
its sides coated therewith in such manner that the air inhaled through the
bell of the instrument is forced to become impregnated with the emanations
evolved from the said antiseptic or antiputrid liquid or semi-liquid. I finally
wish it to be observed that the antiseptic-or antiputrid substance to be made
use of may be employed either in the liquid or in a semi-liquid orclammy state,
and if required be diluted with or dissolved in any suitable menstruum.
Having thus described and particularly ascertained the nature of my
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be carried into
effect, I would observe, in conclusion, that I do not confine or restrict mysel
to the precise details of the arrangements above described, as many variations
may be made therefrom without deviating from the principles or main features
of the Invention; but what I consider to be-novel and original, and therefor
claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part recited
Letters Patent is,―
11y. Impregnating the air of rooms; hospitals, churches, theatres, or othe

page_text: confined places, for hygienic or therapeutic purposes, with the emanations
or vapours arising from tar, creosote, or other suitable liquid, or semi-liquid
antiputrid, antiseptic, or hygienic substances.
2ly. Disseminating in the air of rooms, hospitals, churches, theatres, or
other confined places, and for hygienic or therapeutic purposes, suitable
finely pulverized substances, such, for instance, as flowers of sulphur.
3ly. The general arrangement and mode of working of the apparatusses
above described or referred to for impregnating the air of confined places
and for hygienic or therapeutic purpose with the vapours or emanations
arising from tar, creosote, or other suitable liquid or semi-liquid antiputrid,
autiseptic, or hygienic substances, or for disseminating in the said air and
for the said purposes suitable finely pulverized substances.
In witness whereof, I, the said Antoine Joseph Sax, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Witness,
A. G. BRADE.
A. J. SAX. (L.S.)