Atomizer
date: label: patent date
content: 1909-12-07
name: label: maker
content: DeVilbiss
notes: label: Description
content: Allen DeVilbiss (1840-1917), a physician specializing in diseases of the nose and throat, devised a spray atomizer for medical purposes, and established the DeVilbiss Manufacturing Company in 1888. His son, Thomas A. DeVilbiss (1878-1928) joined the firm in 1905, and expanded the line to include perfume atomizers and, eventually, spray guns for paint. One inscription on this glass atomizer reads “PAT. DEC 7, 09.” Another reads “DEVILBISS / NO.15 / TOLEDO O. U.S.A.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Allen DeVilbiss and Thomas A. DeVilbiss, “Closure for Atomizer Bottles or the Like,” U.S. Patent 035,094 (Sept. 28, 1909).
label: Description
content: Thomas A. DeVilbiss, “Atomizer,” U.S. Patent 938,648 (Nov. 2, 1909), assigned to the DeVilbiss Manufacturing Co.
label: Description
content: Allen DeVilbiss and Thomas A. DeVilbiss, “Closure for Fluid Receptacles,” U.S. Patent 13,049 (Dec. 7. 1909); this is a reissue.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Toledo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN82820X13
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Atomizer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass, transparent (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall as stored: 2 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in x 7 in; 5.715 cm x 10.795 cm x 17.78 cm