A Combined Inhaler and Medicator.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 28th May, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Inhaler and Medicator.
I, JOHN JACOB SENCENBAUGH, of 209 State Street, Chicago, Cook County,
Illinois, U.S.A. Gentleman, 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 :-
This invention relates to certain improvements in what are known as medicators
or inhalers; the former name being the better for the reason that in some of these
medicators, as in the one hereinafter described, the prepared air with which the
affected parts are treated is forced into contact therewith, instead of drawn past
the same, by the act of inspiration.
In these devices the air is commonly passed through either solid or liquid remedies
in order that it may take up certain portions of these remedies and carry them to
the parts to be treated. The most common solid used for this purpose is menthol.
In the use of the same there is ordinarily great difficulty in replacing the menthol
when exhausted, and the operation of so doing ordinarily amounts to the recon-
struction of the medicator. Again, it is desirable to use certain liquids in connection
with the menthol and to pass the air through said liquids as well as through the
menthol in order that it may take up part of the same.
The purpose of my invention is, first, to provide means whereby the menthol or
similar substance may be easily removed and replaced, and also means for holding
the liquid out of contact therewith and isolated therefrom.
Referring to the drawings for the preferred construction of my invention,
Figure 1 is a perspective of the complete device;
Figure 2, a cross-section;
Figures 3 and 4 respectively, side views and perspective of the separate portions
of the device, taken apart.
Applying reference letters to the drawings A and B are two bowls fitting together
to form a hollow receptacle; the bowl A, extending upward in the form of two
tubes, a, adapted to enter the nostrils, and the bowl B, having a pipe or mouth
piece b, through which air may be forced into and through the chamber within the
receptacle. A cup C, fitting snugly within the portion A, and having a perforated
bottom, is provided with a bail c, curved inward at c', and small enough to project
into the portion, B. The menthol or similar material is placed. within the cup, and
a sponge c³, pressed down over it, where it is held in place by the inward bends c',
of the bail c. Another sponge b', is placed in the bowl B, the cup C, placed
bottom upward in the portion A, and the two parts then pressed together, when
the bail c, extending downward, will rest upon the sponge 6', and hold it securely
in place, preventing it from touching the sponge, c³.
Whatever liquid it is desired to use is placed in the sponge, b, where it will
be perfectly isolated from the menthol as well as the sponge, c', resting thereon.
When it becomes desirable to replace the menthol, it is obvious that the device
need merely be taken apart and the cup C, withdrawn, when it becomes an easy
matter to clean the same and refill it.
A great many variations in the particular form and arrangement of my device
might be made without departing from the principle thereof. The bail c, is not
absolutely essential, although exceedingly convenient in removing the cup C, for
the inner portion of the bowl B, could be made so small and the sponge b', fitted so
tightly therein or in an enlargement in the bottom thereof, that it would be impossible
for the two sponges to come into contact.

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, I declare that what I
claim is:
1-In a device of the class described, the combination of two bowls separably
connected to form a chamber, a cup removably secured in one of said bowls and
adapted to contain a suitable drug, a sponge secured in the other of said bowls and
adapted to be moistened with a suitable liquid, and means for maintaining a space
between said cup and sponge; substantially as shown and described.
2-The combination with the portions A, B, of the cup, C, having the bail, c,
adapted to receive and retain a suitable drug, and the sponge b', isolated therefrom
by means of the bail, c; substantially as described.
3-The combination with the portions A, B, of the cup, C, having the bail, c, a
suitable drug within the cup, the sponge e, holding the same in place and itself
retained by means of the bend c', and a second sponge b', within the interior, held
away from the sponge, c³, by means of the bail, c; substantially as described.
Dated this 25th day of April 1892.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.