US753133A - Inhaler - Google Patents

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PATENTED FEB. 23, 1904.

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UNITED STArnsYP-AT-ENT OFFICE.

CYRUS T. GAMBLE, OF DIAMONDYILLE, WYOMING..

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.758,133, dated February 23, 1904.

Application filed Angustfi, 1903.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CYRUS T. GAMBLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Diamondville, in the county of Uinta and State of Wyoming, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inhalers or Respirators; 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.

This invention relates to inhalers or respiand efiective device of this character for treating catarrh and other nasal diseases.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which v Figure 1 is an inner end view of an inhaler embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same, one of the respirators appearing in section and showing the protecting cap or shield applied thereto; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a single form of inhaler.

In carrying my invention into practice I provide a base or bridge plate 1, which carries the respirating devices 2, one for each nostril, each of said devices consisting of inner and outer concentric tubes 3 and 4, fixed at one end to the said base or bridge plate, which forms a septum joining them in parallel relation. One end of the inner tube 3 is closed by the plate 1, except for a small airinlet opening 3' formed in said plate, and the other end thereof is open for the insertion and removal of a wad .or packing 5 of absorbent material, such as cotton or sponge, saturated or treated with a suitable drug or medicine. The outer tube 4: is of such greater diameter than the tube 3 as to provide an air-passage 6, through which the air in the action of respiration passes. The two respirators are designed to fit within the nostrils, and as the patient inspires the air entering through the openings 3 and passages 6 will take up and become impregnated with vapor from the medicament, so that the curative agent will be carried to the seat of the disease in the. nostrils, throat, or air-passages of the lungs and act directly to cure or alleviate the trouble.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a pair of respirators may be coupled by the plate 1 in par-- Serial No. 168,516. (No model.)

allel relation for insertion into both nostrils,

and in such case an elastic band 7 may be at-- tached to the ends of said plate for application to the head to hold the inhaler in place,

or an inhaler consisting of a single respirator, as shown in Fig. 3, may be used and other means employed to retain the respirator or respirators in place. The provision of a rim or head 2' upon the tube i will in most cases be found sufiicient for the purpose.

A cap or shield. 9, of rubber or metal, may be applied to each respirator when the same is not in use to prevent waste by evaporation of the medicament and keep said medicament in a pure or uncontaminated condition.

It will be observed that my improved res-- pirator or inhaler is simple of construction, eificient in use, inexpensive of production, and may be retained in the nostrils for use for any period of time without annoyance or discomfort to the user. By its use medicated air may be thrown directly on the diseased tissues and cure or relief quickly effected. The device may of course be made of any suitable material and of difierent sizes to adapt it for use by children, youths, and adults.

ing an air-opening-therein, an inner tube supported thereon in line with said opening and formingamedicament-chamber, an outer tube supported by the base-piece concentric with the medicament-tube and forming an intervening air-passage, and means upon the outer tube for engaging the wall of the nostril and retaining the inhaler therein, substantially as described.

2. An inhaler comprising a base-piece having an air-opening therein, an inner medicament-tube supported thereby in line with the said opening, an outer tube supported by the base-piece concentric with the inner tube, said outer tube having an outspringing rim portion at its free end to engage the Wall of the nostril and retain the inhaler therein, and a cap adapted to fit over said rim portion and close the free ends of both tubes, substantially as 10 described.

3. An inhaler comprising a base-piece, com-

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