A NEW AND IMPROVED MEDICAL INJECTING OR IRRIGATING APPARATUS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henri Adrien Bonneville, of the British and
Foreign Patent Offices, 18, Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris,
France, and 6, Piccadilly, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
Agent, for the Invention of " A NEW AND IMPROVED MEDICAL INJECTING
OR IRRIGATING APPARATUS."-A communication from Adolphe Gache,
residing at Neuilly in France. Civil Engineer.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henri Adrien Bonne-
ville at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 30th April 1872.
I, HENRI ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent
5 Offices, 18, Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, France, and 0, Piccadilly,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "A NEW AND IMPROVED MEDICAL INJECTING OR

page_text: IRRIGATING APPARATUS," communicated to me by Adolphe Gache, a person
residing at Neuilly, in France, Civil Engineer, to be as follows:-
This Invention communicated to me relates to a new and improved
medical injecting or irrigating apparatus without springs or piston called
neoclyse, by means of and from which liquids are forced out by the
action of compressed air.
This apparatus consists of a vessel of any required shape, but in
preference cylindrical, and made with any suitable material, but in
preference with glass, which is filled with the liquid to be injected and
employed for irrigation, and of which the top is terminated by a nozzlo
provided with tapped metallic collar, in which a metallic plug is screwed.
This tubular shaped plug is provided with two valves made of indin-
rubber or any suitable flexible material; by one of these valves placed
at the top of this plug opening in the atmosphere to admit the entrance
of the outer air whilst the other valve placed at the lower inner part of:
tubular plug opens to admit the passage of the air forced in the vessel.
On the top of this plug a hollow india-rubber ball is fastened by means
of a collar or other contrivance. By alternately pressing and relaxing
this hollow ball by hand the air is alternately drawn through the upper
valve from the atmosphere and forced through the lower valve into the
vessel until a sufficient pressure is obtained on the liquid contained in it,
and the liquid so compressed is driven out through a discharge pipe
connected with a tap adjusted to the lower part of the vessel by a slotted
bayonet joint (raccord à bayonnette).
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, 25
filed by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 25th October 1872.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRI
ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Forcign Patent Offices, 18,
Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, France, and 6, Piccadilly, in the 30
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth of April, in the year of
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page_text: our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in thirty-sixth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Henri Henri Adrien Bonneville, Her special
licence that I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, my executors, admi-
5 nistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henri Adrien
Bonneville, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and 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
"A NEW AND IMPROVED MEDICAL INJECTING OR IRRIGATING APPARATUS," com-
municated to me by Adolphe Gache, a person residing at Neuilly, in
France, Civil Engineer, upon the condition, amongst others, that I, the
said Henri Adrien Bonneville, my executors or administrators, by an
; instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, 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 immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, do hereby
declare the nature of the said 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 communicated to me relates a new and improved
› medical injecting or irrigating apparatus without springs or piston called
neoclyse," by means of and from which liquids are forced out by the
action of compressed air.
GE
This apparatus consist of a vessel of any required shape, but in
preference cylindrical, and made with any suitable material, but in
O preference with glass, which is filled with the liquid to be injected or
used for the purpose of irrigation, and of which the top is terminated by
a nozzle provided with a tapped metallic collar, in which a metallic plug
is screwed. This tubular shaped plug is provided with two valves made
of india-rubber or any suitable flexible material; by one of these valves
placed at the top of this plug opening in the atmosphere to admit the
entrance of the outer air, whilst the other valve placed at the lower inner
part of tubular plug opens to admit the passage of the air forced in the

page_text: vessel. On the top of this plug a hollow india-rubber ball is fastened by
means of a collar or other contrivance. By alternately pressing and
relaxing this hollow ball by hand, the air is alternately drawn through
the upper valve from the atmosphere and forced trough the lower valve
into the vessel until a sufficient pressure is obtained on the liquid 5
contained in it, and the liquid so compressed is driven out through a
discharge pipe connected with a tap adjusted to the lower part of the
vessel by a slotted bayonet joint (raccord a bayonnette).
Having thus briefly described the said Invention, I will proceed to
explain the same more particularly, reference being had to the annexed 1
Drawings, in which Fig. I. is an elevation of the apparatus, and Fig. II.
a central section of the arrangement for closing the orifice of the said
apparatus.
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A is the vessel containing the liquid; B, the metal collar, for which
tin is used in preference; C, the tube which closes the orifice of the 1
vessel; D, an india-rubber washer to make the joint, air-tight; E, the
sucking valve; F, the forcing or stop valve. The valve F is composed
of a washer of india-rubber or other suitable flexible material fixed at
one edge by a screw to the flange or annular projection formed inside the
lower end of the tube, and opening downwards. The valve E is com- 2
posed of a piece of india-rubber fixed inside the tube C, and covering an
aperture formed in the same, as shown in the Drawing. This valve is
held against the inner surface by a split ring G forced into the tube or
other contrivance, and opens inwards. H is the hollow india-rubber ball
fixed to the upper end of the tube; I is the collar connecting the ball 2
with the said tube; and J, the discharge pipe provided with the tap L.
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Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and the
manner of carrying the same into operation, which necessarily admits of
an endless variety of combinations of form and design without departing
from the principles above referred to; what I claim and desire to secure 3
by Royal Letters Patent is,-
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Firstly. The application of atmospheric compression to liquids in
hygienic apparatus known as irrigators, injectors, and used for such
purposes.
Secondly. The complete avoidance of contact between the liquid and 3
the hollow india-rubber ball used for obtaining the required
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page_text: Thirdly. The general combination and arrangement of the tube and
he sucking and forcing valves with the hollow india-rubber ball.
Fourtly. The arrangement of the tap and connecting joints.
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In witness whereof, I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of October,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
two.