US1614532A - Means for applying liquid medicaments under pressure action - Google Patents

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Jan. 18 1927 L. K. MOBLEY MEANS FOR APPLYING LIQUID MEDICAMENTS vUNDER PRESSURE ACTION Filed Feb. 26, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 A NTIS EPTEI 1,614,532 Jan. 18, 1927. L. K MOBLEY MEANS FOR APPLYING LIQUID MEDICAMENTS UNDER PRESSURE ACTION Filed Feb. 26, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2,

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ANTISEPTI Patented 1a, 1921,

-. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS xnurron MOIBLEY, or new YORK, n. Y nssrenon or one-m1- To .rosnrn REED LITTELL, or new 203:, n. Y.

MEANS FOR APPLYING LIQUBJ, IEDIGLHENTB D'KDER PRESS m ACTION.

' Application mm m as, 1021. semi Io. 448,218.

This invention relates to means for applying liquid medicaments under pressure action, and it has for its object to, provide an improved means of this character which will possess advantages in point of convenience, economy, safety, facilit of operation, effectiveness, and general e ciency.

Thejinvention has particular relation to the conditions of the application of me dicinal solutions according to'the improved methcd'as set forth in my application for patent Serial No. 311,947, filed July 19,1919, and the means for carrying out said method as comprised in my application for patent Serial N 0. 313,371, filed July 25, 1919; but it will be understood that my present invention and improvements are adapted for employ ment and eflective service under any circumstances and conditions in which it is desired .to discharge in a jet or atomized spray a meare particularly related, as above mentioned,

involve the placing of a liquid medicament in combination with a volume of carbonic acid gas suflicient to carbonate the liquid medicinal olution to the desired degree of pressure in the reservoir chamber of a normally hermetically-sealed container, discharging a volume of the combined solution from said container under the said pressure whereby the liquid medicament isapplied by action of the gas, and simultaneously with said gaspressure discharge converting the combined solution at the point of ejection into the outer air and by the pressure action of the combined gas into a medicated carbonated Spray- In: thus applying liquid medicinal solutions under the inherent pressure action of the,

combined carbonic acid gas according to the conditions of the said method as comprised in my precedin inventlon, 1f the means for strict and render inconvenient a wider range of use. I

The improved means as comprised in my present inventionprovide primarily a main permanent entity embodying all the control mechanism for effecting the discharge of the combined solution or fluid under'its inherent pressure action and adapted for employment 1n successive temporary operative connection with separate normally hermeticallysealed cartridges orcontainers carrying the llquid medicinal solution or fluid under the inherent pressure action of the combined gas.

The invention thus enables a wide latitude and unlimited range of convenient use and service under the conditions. as related to the application of liquid medicaments or fluids as above set forth, the permanent dischargecontrol-unit or entity being adapted for successive and variable employment with different temporary cartridge containers respectively carrying all desired characters or formulas of liquid medicaments or solutions or other fluids which it is desired to apply as a spray or jet under inherent pressure action. Important economic conditions and commercial advantages are also attained, in that the normally hermetically-sealed cartridge containers can be placed upon the market in a wide variety of contents, to supply any desired antiseptic, liquid medicament, solution. or fluid, under pressure action, and attached by the user to the permanent discharge-control entity for operative service and thereafter detached and set aside for repeated use or discarded when the contents are exhausted.

My improvements are adapted for a wide range of convenient usage, but are especially related to the use of a small hand spraying-device for convenient service and operation by Individual users in the applicatlon of antiseptics or medcmal solutions or fliuds under pressure to affected parts or desired points, and enable the employment with one permanent device of various medicaments or fluids of different character or formula supplied in respective attachable and detachable cartridges or containers under inherent pressure conditions, and the improved means also afiord serviceable conditions of enhanced effectiveness and efficiency and convenience in dental and medical practices when a simple and easily-handled medium is desired for the effective treatment of cavities or other parts by a liquid medicament discharged as an atomized spray under high pressure.

In the drawings v 1 Fi 1 is a side view of the main operative member which constitutes as an entity the outlet-control and spraying means and is adapted for permanent use.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the permanent outlet-control member.

Fig. 3 is a side view of one of the attachable and detachable cartridges or containers in which the liquid medicinal solution or fluid is supplied under inherent pressure action.

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section of the temporary cartridge or container.

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section, on an enlarged scale, showing the complete operative means with the permanent outlet-control member and the temporary cartridge container in assembled and attached operative position.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail cross-section on the line 6-6, Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail cross-section on the line 77, Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a side view of a set of cartridges or containers as supplied with various different solutions or fluids and adapted for respective use in connection with the permanent outlet-control member.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are denoted by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, 1' designates the permanent discharge-control entity which is ada ted foroperative connection attachably an detachbly with the temporary cartridges or containers. The member 1 carries all the control mechanism for effecting the discharge of the medicament or fluid under its inherent pressure, and in the preferred construction herein illustrated comprises'a cap piece, 2, carrying the dischargecontrol mechanism and serving as a top closure for a tubular body or casing, 3, which isadapted to enclose and carry the temporary cartridge container, the cap-piece 2 and ,casing 3 being detachably connected as by a bayonet-joint, 4, as herein shown, or other suitable means, in whlch relat ve construction the cap-piece has a depending circumferential bottom flange, 5, corresponding to and firmly hold the latter to its seat with relation to the outlet-control cap-piece 2.'

The ermanent cap-piece entity comprises a tubu ar bod having within its bottom portion a charm er, 14, opening downwardly, the base ortion of which chamber forms a seat for t e outlet to of the temporary cartridge container un er the pressure action of the controlling spring 8, for which purpose said base portion, in the preferred construction is conical in contour, converging upwardly, and has its walls cushioned by a gasket or washer, as at 15, of rubber or other suitable material. Above the top portion of the initial chamber 14 and open- 1ng thereto is a supplementary chamber, 16, the closure of which is controlled by a valve 17.

In the particular class of devices or means to which my invention especially relates, it is desirable that said supplementary chamber 16 be of relatively small dimensions and that its area under operative conditions be slight or limited, for the reason that when the valve 17 is suddenly closed an after-flow of the solution or fluid would result if the chamberafforded any substantial degree of space or area after the valve-is operated to shut oif further passage of the solution or fluid under its inherent pressure to said outlet chamber 16. The desired operation is best efi'ect'ed by the preferred construction which is herein shown, in which the supplementary outlet chamber 16 is of conical shape, converging upwardly, and the valve 17 is of corresponding conical shape and adapted to entirely close the space area of the chamber. when it is at the limit of its upward movement, and to open up only a slight chamber space between the walls ofthe chamber and the surface of the valve when the latter is operated in the opening movement downwardly.

The conical valve is controlled by any suitable operating means, but in the preferred construction its body has a bottom lateral flange, 18, adapted to bear upwardly against the topwall of the top portion of the initial main chamber 14 and carrying at its top surface a cushion or gasket, 19, to cffecta tight-joint closure when the valve is at the limit of its upward movement, the valve body being carried by a stem, 20, extending upwardly through the tubular body of the cap-piece 2 and. slidably bearing in a bore, 21, in the body of the latter just above the supplementary outlet chamber 16, and a tubular chamber, 22, being provided above said bearing 21 and housing a coiled spring, 23, surrounding the valve stem and operative to hold the valve up in normally closed position. At the base of the spring chamber 22, a cushion or packing, 24, is provided beneath the spring, to eifect a tight closure at the stem-bearing 21, and above the s 'ring the valve stem carries a fixed latcra flange or disc, 25; operative to depress the spring when the valve stem is operated downwardly as a plan er, the preferred convcnient Lunger operation of said valve stem being 0 ected by an extension of the stem through a guide bearing, 26, in a removable plug, 27, forming a closure for the spring chamber 22, at the top of the cap-piece 2, the extermllly-projective end, 28, of said extension being adapted to be readily depressed by the thumb or finger. The outlet control in the special class of devices here referred to re ours but a delicate or slight movement, and the operation of the Small valve, 16, may be effected by any other suitable or convenient constructional means.

An outlet nozzle, 29, extends laterally from the tubular body of the cap-piece 2 and consists of a tube of desired length having a longitudinal bore, 30, communicating with the supplementary outlet chamber 16 at a point in the wall thereof which Will be coincident with the closure surface of the valve 17, as indicated at 31, the bore being preferably of small or minute diameter relative to tie small-area chamber 16 for cooperation therewith in precluding an afterfiow as hereinbefore mentioned. The tubular outlet nozzle is preferably detachable in its connection with the cap-piece 2 and constituted of plural sections separably connected by a threaded joint, as at 32, or other suitable constructional means. At its outer end, said nozzle is provided with means for retarding the 'et of ii uid passing under pressure from t e outlet ore 30 and for deecting the jet and impartingto it a spiral whirling motion and convert ng it into an atomized spray at the point of ejection into the outer air. Said conversion and deflecting and retarding means, in the preferred construction as herein shown, comprises a blockartition, 33, having its inner face abutting t is outer end of the nozzle-tube 2t) immediately in front of the bore thereof and of large or increased diameter with relation to said hole, the partition bein seated and retained in position by a terminal thimble, 34, mounted detachably upon the outer end of the nozzle-tube by a threaded connection, as at 35. or otherwise, and havin an internal shoulder, 36, hearing against tile peripheral edge of the outer face of the block-partititgi. The block-partition is thus interposed between the bore of the nozzle member 29 and the terminal chamber- 40 of the nozzle, and in its inner face which abuts the end of the nozzle tube it is provided with a spiral channet, 37, extending from an inlet end, 38, at the center or axis of the partition and intersecting the end of the nozzle-tube bore 30, to an outlet orifice, 39, formed by a channel through the partition-block and terminating at the outer face thereof adjacent its periphery. The channel 37 thus forms a gradually widenin spiral from the centered inlet orifice 38 to t e peripherally-located outlet orifice 39, and in the preferred construction as described the longitudinal extent of the gradually-widening spiral is located in the same plane transversely of the body of the nozzle and thus at true right angle to the longitudinal nozzle-bore 30. The terminal thimble-end 34 of the nozzle has an interior chamber, 40, beyond the block-partition and preferably of small ,area or dimension, the diameter of said chamber transversely of the nozzle member being substantially reater than the diameter of the bore 30 and c iannel 37 and intersecting the outlet orifice 39 of the latter adjacent the circumferential plane of the chamber at the circular wall thereof, and in the outer wall of said chamber, which s constituted by the end of the thimble 34, is formed a small orifice, 41, centrally or axially of the circular chamber.

ln operation, the pressure jet entering from the relatively small nozzle-bore 30 to the inlet orifice 38 of the interposed blockpartition 33 is retarded by the spiral clumnel 37 of the partition and is deflected and converted by the gradually-widening spiral into a spirally-rotating jet of high speed under pressure, which passes from the outlet orifice 39 of the conversion partition into the circular chamber 40 of the end-thimble 34, in which it passes forwardly at high speed, in a spiral whirlin motion guided by the circular wall of said chamber, and is ejected at the final terminal orifice 41 of the nozzle-tube into the outer air in a fine whirling atomized spray.

WVi'thin the generic scope of my present invention and improvements, in their general character relating to the employment of a main permanent entity embodying all the control mechanism for effecting the discharge of a solution or fluid under inherent pressure action and co-operative in successive temporary connection with respective individual cartridge containers carrying the solution or fluid, any suitable and adapted outlet-nozzle means and valve control mechanism, and any desired and effective relative construction for the operative attachment successively of the temporary cartridge containers in connection with "the permanent outlet-control entity, may boomployed in the practical embodiment of the device or means for carrying-out the invention.

The cartridge containers for carrying the solution or fluid under the inherent pressure action of the combined gas are of a normally hermetically-sealed construction, and are of comparatively inexpensive character, as they are designed to be supplied commercially as carriers or packets res ectively containing a wide variety of meicinal or antiseptic solutions or other fluids as used in dental or medical or other practices or in personal use, and alternately or variably employed in connection with the permaagainst the conical base portion of the bottom chamber 14 of the member 1, under action of the bottom spring 8 within the lat ter, and internally carrying valve means normally operative to hermetically seal the content of the reservoir body. Said conical neck has a small outlet-orifice, 44, at its apex, and in the commercial marketing of the cartridge containers a tubular temporary cap-closure, 45, is provided to cover and enclose said orificed neck and is first removed when the cartridge is applied to the permanent member 1 for service.

A siphon action is afl'orded in the cartridge container by an outlet tube, 46, depending longitudinally within the reservoir chamber of the closed body 42 of the c011- tainer and terminating at its lower end a short distance above the bottom thereof, said tube being open at both its top and bottom ends and being mounted preferably by a threaded connection, 47, between its top end and the wall of the base portion of the tubular neck 43.

The valve means of the cartridge con tainer preferably consists of a conical valve, 48, seating upwardly within and securely against the wallsof the conical top portion of the tubular neck 43, the valve being normally closed by action of a coiled spring, 49, interposed within the neck between the bottom of the valve body and the top of the siphon tube 46. Said valve body is preferably of elastic or cushion material, as rubher, to effect a tight closure action, and to retain the elastic body against buckling or distortion it is provided with metallic or rigid plates, -51, respectively at its top and bottom surfaces and connected rigidly by a rod or pin, 52, extending longitudinally through the valve body. When the temporary cartridge container is in operative connection with the permanent outlet-control entity 1, the contents of the cartridge under inherent pressure action of the combined gas are hermetically sealed by the cartridge valve 48, and in the discharge operation said valve is actuated by downward pressure exerted by a small pin, 53, extending from the bottom of the valve 17 of thecap-piece member 2 and projective through the orifice 44 of the neck 43 of the cartridge container to contact with the valve 48.

From the foregoing general description, the operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. The cartridges embody comparatively few mechanical features and can be inexpensively manufactured in their entirety, the tubular body elements being adapted to be produced simply from drawn metal, and they thus all'ord a couunercial container analogous to a packet. or bottle in which various medicaments or antiscptics or fluids can be supplied and marketed in conditions of inherent pressure under the action of combined carbonic acid gas and used as desired in connection with the permanent outlet-control means.

I do not desire to be understood as limit-' ing myself to the detail features of construction and arrangement as herein illustrated and described, as it is manifest that modifications and variations therein may be resorted to in the adaptation of the construction to varying conditions of use, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and improvements. I therefore reserve the right to all such variations and modifications as properly fall within the scope of my invention and the terms of the following claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In means for applying liquid medicaments under pressure action, a permanent outlet-control member constituting a separate and detachable entity for effecting a spraying action and comprising a tubular body having an internal chamber, a spray nozzle in communication with said chamber,

a controlling valve operative in said CllflIYlher, and means for operating said valve, said permanent entity member having means for operative attachment in temporary connection with a separate and detachable normally hermetical y-sealed cartridge container carrying a liquid medicinal solution or fluid under the inherent pressure action of a combined gas and means extending from its internal chamber for seating the outlet terminal end of the cartridgecontainer with its hermetically-scaled outlet-orifice in operative relation to said valve-controlled chamber, and means for controlling the outlet. discharge from the normally hernietically-scaled outletoriticc of the cart ridge container, whereby said permanent outlet-control member is adapted for successive ten'iporary operative employment in conjunction with various attachable and detachable normally hermetically-sealed cartridge containers.

2. In means for applying liquid medicaments under pressure action, a permanent outlet-control member constituting a separate and detachable entity for efie'ctin a] 6 a controlling valve operative in said chamber, and means for operating; said valve, said permanent entity member aving means for operative attachment in temporary connection with a separate and detachable normally hermetically-sealed cartridge container, carrying a liquid medicinal solution or fluid under the inherent pressure action of a combined as and means extending from its internal c amber for seating the outlet terminal end of the cartridge container with its hermetically-sealed outlet-orifice in operative relation to said valve-controlled chamber, and su plementary means carried by the control, va ve of said permanent entity member and operative to control the outlet discharge 7 from the normally hermetically-sealed outlet orifice of the cartridge container, whereby said permanent outlet-control member is adapted for successive temporary operative. employment in conjunction with VBJ'IOUS' attachable and detachable normally her metically-sealed vcartridge containers. 3. In means for applying liquid medicaments under pressure action, a permanent outlet-control member constituting a separate and detachable entity for effecting a spra ing action and comprising a tubular b0 y having a conical internal chamber, a, spray nozzle in lateral communication with said chamber, a conical controlling valve conformin to and seated in said chamber, means %or operating said valve, and a supplementary chamber opening to said comcal chamber, said permanent'entity member having means for operative attachment in temporary connection with a separate and detachable normally hermetically-sealed cartridge container carrying a liquid medicinal solution or fluid under the inherent pressure action of a combined gas and means extending from its said supplementary internal chamber for seating the outlet terminal end of the cartridge container with its hermetically-sealed outlet-orifice in 0 erative relation to said'supplementary c amber, and means for controlling the outlet discharge from the normally hermeticallysealed outlet-orifice of the cartridge container, whereby said permanent outlet-control member is adapted for successive -temporary operative emplo ent iii conjunction ,with varlous attachable and detachablenormally tainers.

4. In means for applying liquid medicahermetically-sealed cartridge conments under pressure action, a permanent outlet-control member constituting a separrate and detachable entity for effecting a spraying action andcomprising a tubular body having an internal chamber, a spray amuse Q extendm charge from the norma nozzle in communication with said chamber, i

a controlling valve operative in said chamber, and means iorfoperating'saidvalve, a supplementary bodylor-casing for tem 'rarily carrying a separateand detacha 1e normally hermetically-sealed cartridge container carrying a liquid medicinal solution orzfiu d' under the inherent pressure action of a combined gas means for the detachable connection of sai tubular body as a cappiece for said supplementary casing means from said internal v ve-oontrolled c amber for seating the outlet terminal end of the cartridge container with its hermetically-sealed outlet-orifice in o 'erative relation to said valve-controlled c amber, and means for controllin the outlet discharge from the. norma y hermetically-v sealed. outlet-orifice of the cartrid e contamer, wherebysaid permanent ou et-control member is adapted for succesive temporary operative employment in con'un'ction with various attachable and detacha le normally hermetically-sealed cartridge -containers. 5; In means for applying liquid medica-. ments under. pressure action, a permanent outlet-control member oonstitutinga separate and detachable entity for eifecting a'spra 1ng action and comprising a :tubular bo y having an internal c amber, a spray nozzle 1n communication with said chamber, a controlling yalve operative in said chamber, and means for operating said valve, a supplementary body or casing for temporarilycarrying a separate and detachable normally hermetically-sealed cartrid e container carrymg a liquid medicinal solution or fluid under the inherent pressure action of a combined gas, means for the detachable connection of sa d'tubular body, comprising a. cap-piece for said supplementary casing, said cap-piece member having a seat constituting an extension from its valve-controlled chamber and adapted to receive a corresponding outlet terminal end of the cartridge container with its hermetically-sealed outlet-orifice in oper ative relation to said valve-controlled chamber, means for controllin y hermeticallysealed outlet-orifice of the cartridge contamer, and means carried b said sup lementary casing for forcing t e norma y her-- metlcally-sealed outlet-orifice end of the enclosed cartridge container to said seat, whereby said permanent outlet-control member is adapted for successive temporary operative employment in conjunction with various attachable and detachable normally hermetically-sealed' cartridge containers.

6. In means for applying liquid medicaments under pressure actlon, a ca -piece member comprising a tubular body having an internal chamber, valve means controlling the discharge fromvsaid chamber, said capthe outlet dishavingfits norm let-orifice in operative relation to said cham-. ber and a discharge tube in communication the container and convert the discharge into.

wit said chamber and operative to check the mally hermetically-sealed outlet-orifice of a jet, said discharge tube having interposed intermediately of the inlet and outlet ends of its bore means operative in a simultaneous action to retard the jet in its passage from the container under the pressure action of the combined gas and convert said retarde'djet of the-com ined solution at the point of ejection into the'outer, air by pressure action of 'the gas, into a carbonated spray. 7.

tubular bod having'an internal chamber, a

spray nozz e in communication with said chamber, valve means-controlling the d1s-- charge from said "chamber, and a sup le-. mentary chamber opening to said va ve- 'controlled chamber and having at its base a seat recessconforming to and adapted to I receive the corresponding'outlet neck ,of a

container, said cap-piece entity having means for operative attachment in tempo- I rary connection with a separate and detachsable normally hermetically-sealed container I {.fcarryin a liquid medicinal solution-or fluid.

under t e inherent pressure action of a combined gas and conforming at its normally hermetically-sealed outlet-orifice end to said plementary chamber.

8. In means of the class. described, a cappiecemember comprising as an entit a tubular body having an internal cham er, a spray nozzle in communication with said chamber, valve means controlling the disseat-recess :inthe base portion of the supcharge from said'chamber, and a supplementary chamber opening to saidvalvecontrolled chamber and having at its base a seat portion'conforming to and adaptedto .receive the corresponding outlet neck of a container, said cap-piece entity having means for operativeattachment in tempo rary connection with; able normally hermet -sealed container carryin a liquid medicinal solution or fluid under t e inherent pressure action of a combined as and conforming at its normally hermetically-sealed outlet-orifice neck to said base seat portion of the supplementary chamber, and said control-valve of said cappiece member havin means operative in said supplementary c amber for operatively .cap-piece,'.. I l v a w y l '10. In meansfor applyingfluids underv v In means of the-elass' described, 'a cap--- piece member; comprising as an. entity a a separate and detach-\ ical 9. In means for applying ;-fluids underpressure action, a ca precefmember comprising a tubular .bo y having an internal.

valve-controlled chamber and a spray nozzle i'n communicatlon with said cham er, in combination with a casing body for carrying I a separate and; detachable normally'hermetivolume of flow under pressure from the norcally-sealed'cartridge container, and means forv the operative attachment of said cappiece 111. temporary connection with said casingbody, whereby the cap piece and easing tion to said valve-controlled chamber of the pressure action, aea p1ece member comprising a tubular bo y having an internal combination'with a casing body for carryinga separate and removable normally hermetically-sealed cartridge container, and means for the operative attachment of said cap-piece in temporary connection with said' casing body, whereby the cap-piece and. leasing body may be detachably separated for the insertion or removal of the separate cartridge containers, said cap-piece having aseat-recess constituting an extension from .its valve-controlled chamber and adapted to receive a corresponding outlet terminal end of the cartrid e container with its hermeticallysealed out et-orifice in operative relation to said valve-controlled chamber, and said casing-body having means for retaining said outlet terminal end of the normally hermetioally-sealed cartridge container in the seat-recess of said cap-piece.

' 11. In means for applying fluids under pressure action, a cap-piece member comprising a tubular body having an internal chamber, a controlling 1 valve operative in said chamber, and aspray nozzle in communication with said chamber, in combination with a casing body for carrying a separate and removable normally hermetically-sealed cartridg'econt'ainer, and means for the operative attachment of said cappiece in temporary connection with said casing body, whereby the cap-piece and casing body maybe detachably separated for the insertion or'removal of the separate eartridge containers, said valve of the cappiece carrying means operative to control the outlet discharge from the normally hermetically-sealed outlet-orifice of the cartridge container.

12.\In means for applying liquid medicamcnts under inherent pressure action, an outlet-control member constituting an entity and carrying all the means for efl'ecting the discharge and application of the desired solution or fluid, in combination with a separate and removable normally hermeticallyscaled cartridge container carrying a liquid medicinal solution'or fluid under the inherent pressure action of a combined gas, and means for the temporary attachable connection of the hermetically-sealed cartridge container with the outlet-control entity member under operative conditions in which the normally hermetically-sealed outlet-orifice of the hermetically-sealed cartridge container is operated by action of the outlet-control means of the permanent entity member, whereby various attachable and detachable normally hermeticallysealed cartridge containers may be successively and temporarily employed in connection with said permanent member and operated thereby.

13. In means for applying liquid medicaments under inherent pressure action, an outlet-control member constituting an entity and carrying all the means for effecting the discharge and application of the desired solution or fluid, in combination with a normally hermetically-sealed cartridge container carrying a liquid medicinal solution or fluid under the inherent pressure action of a combined gas and having a valvecontrolled outlet, and means for the temporary attachable connection ofthe hermetically-sealed cartridge container with the outlet-control entity member and with its valvecontrolled outlet seated hermetically with relation thereto under operative conditions in which the valve means controlling the outlet of the hermetically-sealed cartridge containers is operated by action of the outletcontrol means of the permanent entity member, whereby various cartridge containers may be successively and temporarily employed in connection with said permanent member and operated thereby.

14. In means of the class described, a temporary normally hermetically-sealed cartridge container carrying a liquid medicinal solution or fluid under the inherent pressure action of a combined gas and having a normally hermetically-sealed outlet orifice and means for controlling the normally-closed action thereof, said outlet being so positioned that it will open to the chamber of an attachable permanently-usable outlet-control entity device having means for actuating the control means of said cartridge outlet and directing the discharge therefrom, and means for effecting the hermetically-sealed operative temporary connection of said separate and detachable cartridge container with the permanent outlet-control device.

In testimony whereof I have signed the foregoing specifications.

LEWIS KEMPTON MOBLEY.

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