An Improved Apparatus specially adapted for Disinfecting, Heating, Fumigating, and generally for Sanitary Purposes in Dwelling Houses, Hospitals, and other Buildings.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 9th May, 1895-Accepted, 22nd June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus specially adapted for Disinfecting, Heating,
Fumigating, and generally for Sanitary Purposes in Dwelling
Houses, Hospitals, and other Buildings.
I, MATTHEW WILSON, of 25 Wrigglesworth Street, New Cross, South
London, Sanitary Expert, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
The invention consists of a tray for a lamp, carbon and chlorate of potash or
other heating medium, a casing for enclosing same, a barrel for liquids or powders,
a tapered tube in liquid filling bole, an absorbent on ring shaped appliance to sit
on barrel, a perforated dome and an outside casing wholly perforated, the whole
being so combined or arranged as to constitute with its ventilating base or support an
article which can be placed in any desirable position without danger to life, or to
wearing apparel, the steam, odour, or gases emanating or thrown off from the
contained material or ingredients being thoroughly disseminated and distributed as
to be scarcely observable by occupants or patients.
Dated this 9th day of August 1894
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Matthew Wilson.
An Improved Apparatus specially adapted for Disinfecting, Heating,
Fumigating, and generally for Sanitary Purposes in Dwelling
Houses, Hospitals, and other Buildings.
I, MATTHEW WILSON, of 25 Wrigglesworth Street, New Cross, South
London, Sanitary Expert, 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 an improved apparatus specially adapted for disinfecting,
heating, fumigating and generally for sanitary purposes in dwelling houses, hospitals,
and other buildings.
The invention is illustrated in half sectional elevation in the annexed drawing
and consists of a tray A holding a carbon and chlorate of potash, or other heating
medium B, a casing C for enclosing same, a vessel or barrel D for liquids or
powders, a tapered tube E in liquid filling hole, an absorbent Fon ring shaped
appliance to sit on barrel D, a perforated dome G, and an outside casing H with
or without a cover J, the whole being so combined or arranged as to constitute
with its ventilating base or support K, an article which can be placed in any
desirable position without danger to life or to wearing apparel, the steam, odour,
or gases emanating or thrown off from the contained material or ingredients being
thoroughly disseminated and distributed as to be scarcely observable by occupants
or by patients in a sick room.

page_text: The heating material B is preferably of slow combustion but it may be a heated
piece of iron placed into the tray and be then inserted through the door L
previous to dropping the vessel D into the outer casing H.
The vessel D is sufficiently. large to hold, say a pint of the disinfecting liquid,
if liquid be used such as eucalyptus oil which is preferable for the purpose, and
this can be poured down the tube E to a certain level, some of the oil rising up
the outside of the tube E and partially filling the chamber of the vessel D. The
absorbent material, say flannel rolled round wire rings M, M, at intervals as
indicated first attracts the rising.steam or.vapour and becomes moist and from
which the odour escapes gradually even for a long time after the heater has
cooled down.
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The steam escapes only from the tube E, so that the consumption is slow, the
liquid in the vessel descending in proportion like that of a bird fountain.
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The apparatus when charged can be placed in any position, say under a piece
of furniture for the odour to mix with the inflowing air of an apartment by which
a thorough dissemination of a pleasant fragrance could be set up and maintained.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in..what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The apparatus represented in the annexed drawing constructed and arranged as
"The 9th day of May -1895.
H. GARDNER,
Patent Agent, 166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said Matthew Wilson.