Improvements in and relating to devices for distributing odors, disinfectants and the like / [Charles Taws Bradshaw].

  • Bradshaw, Charles Taws.
Date:
1901
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Credit: Improvements in and relating to devices for distributing odors, disinfectants and the like / [Charles Taws Bradshaw]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    10 15 20 25 30 35 40 N” 16,714 A.D. 1901 Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1901 —Accepted, 21st Sept., 1901 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. Improvements in and relating to Devices for Distributing Odors, Disinfectants, and the like I, Charles Taws Bradshaw, of No 2309 South Seventeenth Street, City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, Watchmaker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following- statement,— This invention has relation to an improved device for distributing odors, such as perfumes for the purpose of rendering the air in the living room pleasant, or medicated vapors in the sick-room or hospital either for medicinal purposes or for fumigating the atmosphere. The principal object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described to be used in combination with a rotary fan and so constructed as to distribute the vapors throughout the room as the fan revolves. A further object of my invention is to provide means for preventing the odorous agent from dripping* or being thrown against the furniture of the room or other support which carries the device. Another object of my invention is to provide simple and efficient means for attaching the odorizing device to the fan. With these main objects in view my invention consists in providing a reservoir adapted to hold the odorizing liquid having means connected with said reservoir for spraying or discharging the said odors as the same is revolved, the air currents produced by the gyrations of the fan blades serving to distribute the odors throughout the room. My invention further consists in providing specific means for securing the device to the fan blades and centering the same on the fan shaft. My invention still further consists in providing means for preventing the odorous liquid from dropping from the atomizing tube and in providing a guard adapted to surround the fan blades having a felt or other absorbent material secured on its interior which will catch any sprays or drops of the odorous liquid which might come from the atomizers. Referring to the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a face view of a rotary fan having my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation through the odorizing device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the same illustrating my preferred means for securing the device to the fan blades. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional detail through one of the atomizing tubes. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a section of the outer guard showing means for adjusting the same. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of one form of disk fan showing my device applied thereto. Fig. 7 is a rear elevation of the device showing a modified form of atomizing tube and a different form of means for attaching the reservoir to the fan. Fig. 8 is a ceutral vertical section through the reservoir and tubes shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a sectional elevation showing two compartments in the supply reservoir. '■[Price 8<z.]