US794641A - Inhaler. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED JULY 11, 1905.

A. H. RAMEY.

INHALER.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.6,1905.

. gmc@ red AUNITED STATES Patented July 11, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

INHALER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,641, dated July 11, 1905.

Application filed March 6,1905. Serial No. 248,599.

To all witch/1, llt nur/y concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED I-I. RAMEY', a citizen of the United States, residing at Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inhalers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improved inhaler adapted for use in treating diseases of the nasal passages, throat, bronchial tubes, and lungs by inhalation; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an inhaler embodying my improvements. Fig.l2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide a container 1, of suitable size and shape, adapted to contain a sponge or other fabric saturated with a medicament, and said con- V"tainer is provided at one end with a closure 2, which is here shown as ascrew-cap. From one side of the container projects a pair of discharge-tubes 8, which are of such size and at such distance apart as to enable their upper ends to be readily placed in the nostrils of the patient. In one side of the container is an opening 4. A pipe 5 projects from a ring or band 6, which encircles the container at a point midway between the discharge-pipes 3 and which is provided with an opening 7 at the inner end of the pipe 5, which opening is adapted to register with the opening 1 in the container when the pipe 5 is turned at about right angles with reference to the pipes 3, as shown in full lines in Fig. 3. When the said pipe 5 is turned to a position between the pipes 3, it is out of register with the opening 4, andlience does not communicate with the interior of the container. Suitable stops 8 are provided to limit the movement of said pipe 5.

In operation a suitable medicament is placed in the container, and if the nasal passages are to be treated the patientinserts the pipes or nipples 3 in his nostrils, places the pipe 5 in his mouth, and blows through the same, thus forcing out the warm air through the medicament in the container, whereby it becomes charged therewith, the warm air thus treated lthen passing' up into the nostrils. Vhen the bronchial tubes, throat, or lungs are to be treated, the pipes or nipples 3 are not placed in the nostrils; but the pipe 5 is placed in the mouth of the patient` and in breathing through the same the air carried into the lungs Ais caused to pass through the medicament in the container, and hence becomes medicated. When the device is not in use, the tube 5 is turned Ato a position between and in line with the pipes or nipples 3, where it is out of the way, and thus communication between the said tube andthe interior of the container is cut off to prevent loss of the medicament.

Since the pipe 5 may be turned to any desired angle with respect to the pipes or cables 3, it will be understood that the inhaler may be adjustedto iit any person.

It will be understood that my improved inhaler may be made of wood, metal, glass, rubber, or any other suitable material.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the device will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An inhaler comprising a cylindrical body portion open at one end and having a closure therefor, said body portion having an opening in one side and also provided with a pair of discharge-tubes projecting from one side thereof and adapted for insertion in the nostrils, a mouth-tube pivotally connected to the In testimony whereof I have hereunto set said body at a point between the nostril-tubes my hand in presence of two subscribing Witand adapted to be moved into and out of regnesses.

ister with the opening on the side of the body ALFRED H. RAMEY. 5 portion, and means to limit the angular move- Witnesses:

ment of the said mouth-tube, substantially7 as JOHN RAYMOND,

described. E. E. HINCKLEY.

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