Oct. 13, 1936.
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`C. L. WHITTEMORE, JR
`VAPORIZING UNIT FOR THERAPEUTIC APPARATUS
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`Patented Oct. 13, 1936
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`UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
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`WAPORIZING UNIT FOR THERAPEUTIC
`APPARATUS
`Clinton L. Whittemore, Jr., St. Louis County, Mio.,
`assignor to Levering Laboratories, Incorpo
`rated, St. Louis, Mo., a corporation of Delaware
`Application September 2, 1935, Serial No. 42,391
`13 Claims.
`(C. 219-38)
`This invention relates to vaporizing units for
`Such a way that a portion of said wick is always
`therapeutic apparatus of the particular type dis
`in contact or approximate contact with the heat
`closed in U. S. Patent No. 1968,509, to F. E.
`ing element or flament 3, and a portion of said
`Tiffany, dated July 31, 1934.
`wick is always in contact with the medicament
`The object of my invention is to provide a
`in the vaporizing vessel, whereby said medica
`vaporizing unit of the kind mentioned, which is
`ment will be carried by capillary action to a
`of such construction that it will function prop
`point, where it will be vaporized by the heat from
`erly, even though the heating element is spaced
`the filament 3. In the form of my invention
`a considerable distance above or away from the
`shown in Figure 2, the wick D consists of a
`medicament from which the vapor is evolved.
`thread, string or stand of some suitable wick
`Figure 1 of the drawing is a side elevational
`material doubled intermediate its ends so as to
`view of a therapeutic apparatus equipped with
`form a Substantially inverted V-shaped device
`a vaporizing unit constructed in accordance with
`whose side portions are encased in . and sur
`my invention.
`rounded by colled or looped portions of the fila
`Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view
`ment 3, the lower ends or free ends of the side
`of said unit; and
`pieces of the wick projecting downwardly into
`Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional
`the medicament, and terminating at or in close
`view, illustrating another form of my invention.
`proximity to the closed bottom 6 of the vessel A.
`In the drawing A designates the vaporizing
`With such a unit it is not necessary that the
`vessel of my improved unit, said vessel being
`level of the medicament be maintained in close
`preferably constructed in the form of a hollow
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`proximity to the heating element of the ap
`glass container adapted to hold a liquid medica
`paratus, but, on the contrary, the unit will op
`ment ac and provided with an electrically-oper
`erate properly so long as there is sufficient med
`ated heating means comprising two electrical
`icanent in the vaporizing vessel. A to engage or
`conductors and 2 and a flament or heating
`contact with a portion of the wick D.
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`element 3 combined in such a way that when
`Figure 3 illustrates another form of my in
`said conductors are energized by an electric cur
`vention, in which the filament or heating element
`rent, the filament 3 will become heated. Sim
`3 is constructed in the form of a single vert
`ilarly to the vaporizing unit disclosed in said
`ically-disposed coil atached to the electrical con
`Tiffany patent, the vaporizing vessel A is pro
`ductors
`and 2, and arranged so as to sur
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`vided with an air inlet orifice 4 disposed at a
`round a wick D' whose lower end terminates in
`point below the upper end of the vessel, a vapor
`close proximity to the inner face of the bottom
`outlet 5 formed preferably in the top wall of
`6 of the vaporizing vessel up through which the
`the vessel A, and a Solid or substantially imper
`conductors and 2 project.
`forate bottom portion 6 up through which con
`· Having thus described my invention, what II
`ductors and 2 extend and project upwardly
`claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
`into the interior of said vessel, the said con
`Patent is:
`ductors being sealed in the bottom portion 6
`1. A vaporizing unit for therapeutic apparatus,
`of the vessel. The vessel A is carried by and
`consisting of a vessel or container adapted to
`permanently connected to a terminal plug B of
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`hold a medicament, electrical conductors pro
`any preferred construction, that is adapted to
`jecting into said vessel through the bottom of
`be plugged into or positioned in a terminal socket
`same, a heating flament carried by said conduc
`forming part of an electric circuit, such, for ex
`tors, and a wick directly engaged by the heating
`ample, as the receptacle or socket of an ordinary
`flament and extending from said flament to a
`flashlight C. As shown in Figure 2, the con
`point in close proximity to the bottom of said
`ductor i is soldered to the inner surface of the
`WeSSel.
`metal shell 7 of the plug B, and the other con
`2. A vaporizing unit of the kind described in
`ductor 2 is soldered to the inner surface of the
`claim 1, in which said vessel is carried by a ter
`center conducting button 8 of the plug.
`minal plug that is rigidly attached to the bottom
`In order that the unit will function properly,
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`portion of Said vessel.
`even though the heating element or filament 3 is
`spaced a considerable distance above or away
`3. A tiltable vaporizing unit of the kind de
`from the medicament ac, the unit is equipped with
`Scribed in claim 1, in which said vessel is pro
`vided with an air inlet and a vapor outlet.
`a wick D made of any suitable material and com
`bined with the heating element or flament 3 in
`4. A vaporizing unit of the kind described in
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`through that portion of the vessel adapted to
`claim 1, in which the heating flament is colled
`around a portion of said wick.
`contain the medicament and terminating in a
`5. A vaporizing unit of the kind described in
`flament slightly above the bottom of the vessel,
`claim 1, in which the wick comprises a plurality
`said terminal plug being adapted to be plugged
`of strands that extend downwardly from the
`into a conventional terminal Socket of an electric
`heating filament and terminate in close proximity
`circuit and carrying contacts to complete the
`circuit through the flament, and a wick asso
`to the bottom of said vessel.
`6. A vaporizing unit of the kind described in
`ciated with the flament and in direct contact
`claim 1, in which the wick consists of a substan
`therewith whereby heat generated by the fla
`tially inverted V-shaped device whose side por
`ment causes vaporization of the medicament en
`tions are surrounded by colled portions of the
`trapped within the wick.
`heating flament.
`11. As a new article of manufacture, a vaporiz
`7. A vaporizing unit comprising, in combina
`ing unit for therapeutic use, comprising a plug
`tion, a liquid reservoir, a heating flament and
`terminal adapted to be plugged into a conven
`a wick extending from said reservoir to said
`tional socket terminal of an electrical circuit, a
`filament, said latter-named element being con
`vessel for a medicament mounted upon said plug
`structed and arranged to provide the sole support
`and having inlet and outlet openings to the at
`for said wick and being in direct contact there
`mosphere, flament wires extending from the
`plug through the bottom of the vessel and termi
`with.
`8. A vaporizer of the class described, compris
`nating therein, portions of the flament wires
`ing a vessel having an outlet open to the atmos
`extending from the plug being located in that
`phere and a closed bottom adapted to receive a
`part of the vessel adapted to contain the medica
`vaporizable medicament, electric conductors hav
`ment and other portions extending above the level
`ing portions thereof extending through and above
`thereof, and a wick carried by the filament wires
`that portion of the interior of the vessel adapted
`for lifting the medicament by capillary attraction
`to receive the medicament, and a wick associated
`to those portions of the wires extending above
`with said conductors also having portions there
`the liquid level of the vessel.
`of extending through and above that portion of
`12. As a new article of manufacture, a vaporiz
`the interior of the vessel adapted to receive the
`ing unit for therapeutic use, comprising a plug
`medicament so that a portion of the wick will
`terminal adapted to be plugged into a conven
`be submerged in the medicament and other por
`tional terminal socket of an electrical circuit, a
`tions will extend above the level thereof, the Con
`vessel for a medicament mounted upon said plug
`struction being such that when an electric cir
`and having an Outlet for vapors at its upper por
`cuit is completed through the conductors to heat
`tion and an air inlet at a point lower down, elec
`the same and the medicament entrapped within
`trical heating wires extending from the plug
`the wick, a stream of vapor will be formed and
`through the bottom of the vessel into the Space
`projected upwardly within the vessel.
`adapted to contain the medicament and terml
`9. A therapeutic vaporizing unit adapted to be
`nating above the normal liquid level thereof, and
`plugged into a conventional socket terminal of
`a wick surrounded and Supported by the electrical
`an electric circuit, comprising a plug terminal
`heating wires for carrying the medicanent by
`having a plurality of insulated circuit contacts,
`capillary attraction above the liquid surface level
`a vessel mounted upon said plug, said vessel hav
`thereof.
`ing an outlet open to the atmosphere and a
`13. As a new article of manufacture, and in
`closed bottom to receive a medicament, conduc
`combination with a portable casing having an
`tors extending through the plug and into the
`electric battery cell and a conventional socket
`vessel containing the medicament, said conduc
`terminal, of a vessel for a medicament associated
`tors terminating in a filament adapted to become
`with the portable Casing, said vessel carrying
`heated upon completion of an electric current
`Conductors extending through that portion of
`therethrough, and a porous wick entwined with
`the botton of the vessel in which the medicanent
`in the filament for lifting the medicament by
`is to be placed and provided with portions ex
`capillary attraction whereby the liquid becomes
`tending above the level of the medicament, a
`vaporized upon the flament becoming heated.
`wick associated with the conductors and adapted
`10. A therapeutic vaporizer of the class de
`to be heated thereby, and a manually operable
`scribed, comprising a vessel having an outlet at
`switch carried by the casing and adapted to make
`its upper end open to the atmosphere and a closed
`and break the circuit at will leading from the
`bottom adapted to receive a medicament, a ter
`battery through the plug terminal and the said
`minal plug permanently attached to the bottom
`flament.
`of said vessel and having Conductors extending
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