US560507A - Atomizer - Google Patents

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A. W. KRUMM. ATOMIZER.'

No. 560,507. Patented May 19, 1896.

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ALEXANDER lV. KRUMM, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ATOMIZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,507, dated May 19, 1896.

Application filed March l 8 l 8 9 6.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it kn own that I, ALEXANDER W. KRUMM, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Atomizers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in atomizers or apparatus for ejecting or diffusing liquid medicaments in spray or vapor; and it consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a broken sectional elevation of my invention complete, showing a hand compressing-bulb forming part thereof; Fig. 2, an elevation of an atomizing-tube embodying my improvement proper broken off at its upper portion and omitting the vessel and bulb seen in Fig. l; Fig. 3, a bottom or lower end View of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a transverse horizontal section on dotted line Fig. 2 5 and Fig. 5, a sectional plan on dotted line y J of Fig. 2.

A represents any suitable receptacle or vessel for holding the medicine to be vaporized or atomized. In this instance I show my preferred form of vessel, which is. simply a cylindrical glass bottle having a screw-threaded neck a and a corresponding screw-threaded metal cap a', adapted to removably fit thereon, with a cork or other suitable washer or gasket a2 interposed to secure the desired air-tight joint.

My atomizing-tube is preferably made of hard rubber and suspended within the vessel A, with its upper end tightly fitting within a collar or short tube B, centrally mounted in the cap a and its lower end terminating slightly above the bottom of said vessel. This automizing-tube is composed of a vertical tube or shell C, a closely-fitting plug D within said shell, and a short sleeve or jacket E, fitting over the lower end of said shell.

d d represent a pair of longitudinal grooves readily constructed along the plug D, beginning at its upper end and continuing almost to its opposite lower end and forming passages within the surrounding tube or shell C for the air or steam blast forced into them by means of the bulb or air-supplying device F, which latter has va flexible tube connection f with Serial No. 583,831. (No model.)

the upper end of the atomizer-tube, which projects beyond the cap nipple or collar B.

c c represent short flattened faces constructed along the outer face of shell C within the vertical limits of sleeve E, and b b are small transverse holes made in said shell at a point j ust above the lower ends of the passages formed by the vertical grooves d d aforesaid and in line with the flattened faces c c.

e e are transverse holes made in the jacket E, registering horizontally with the holes b and having their outer portions preferably iared or expanded, as best seen in Figs. l and Il, for the better diffusion of the spray or vapor therefrom.

G represents an upright nipple or vaporoutlet in the cap a', mounted to one side the central collar and provided with a flexible discharge or delivery tube g, having the customary nozzle g.

In the operation of my apparatus the medicinal substance to be vaporized is placed in the vessel to a level below the holes b e in the atomizing-tube. Atmospheric air or other blast is forced by means of the bulb or other suitable pump F down the passages d and across t-he transverse holes @passages c, and exit-orifices e into the vessel, causing a suction of the medicinal fluid up said passages c to charge or impregnate said blast therewith and carrying or forcing it in minute or exceedingly kne spray or vapor from the Haring orifices e to pass upward to the vapor receiving and delivering tube, and thence through the nozzle to the patient or other desired destination.

It is obvious that but one air-passage d, one hole b, one flattened face to form a channel c, and one vapor-exit orifice e could be provided in my atomizer-tube instead of the double set above described and shown in the drawings, or more than two of each could be constructed therein and more discharge-nozzles used to suit the purpose or use desired, a multiple of them being preferable in order to produce a greater supply of vapor to accommodate a number of patients simultaneously or to impregnate the surrounding air to a greater degree.

I claim In an atomizer, a vaporizing-tube composed of a central, internal plug having one or more IOO grooves d; a tube or shell fitting over or surrounding said plug, and having one or more transverse holes D and short, vertical flatten ed faces c constructed at its lower end to coincide with one or more of said grooves d; and a sleeve or jacket surrounding said shell at its lower end, from a point just above the upper end of channels c; and having one or more outwardly-flaring vapor-exit orifices registering with said holes b; the Whole being suspended within a suitable receptacle or vessel,

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