Patent Calcium Inhalator

[808kaz]

Found this while digging for bottles...I tried google search and could not find anything useful, any help would be appreciated, thanks...

[Bigcypresshunter]

Thats something different. I cant find anything online either. My guess is part of some kind of patented inhalator for medicine.

I found this: "Calcium glycerophosphate is found to be effective in treating and preventing a disease, disorder and/or condition of the respiratory system."

I dont think that type of painted label lettering on glass is very old.

[Bigcypresshunter]

ACL (Applied Color Label), also called the painted label bottle (stenciled lettering) was popular in the 40's, 50's and 60's. This may help date your glass piece.

[gyrogear]

This looks like a piece of laboratory glassware to me. That looks like a ground glass joint at the top, most probably for a stopper, but possibly to connect to other glassware. That is definitely a tubing connector near the top. I can't tell for sure from the photo, but it looks like there is a chamber within the outer glass envelope. Does the tubing connector attach to it or just penetrate to the space between the envelope and the inner chamber? Can you post a photo that includes the bottom section?
Regarding the label: Most older glassware had labels acid etched into the surface rather than painted on.

[Bigcypresshunter]

Regarding the label: Most older glassware had labels acid etched into the surface rather than painted on.

I didnt think of that. It may be etched. Does that make it older? The writing is Old English.


Does anyone know why the glass is heavy and pointed on the bottom?

[808kaz]

This looks like a piece of laboratory glassware to me. That looks like a ground glass joint at the top, most probably for a stopper, but possibly to connect to other glassware. That is definitely a tubing connector near the top. I can't tell for sure from the photo, but it looks like there is a chamber within the outer glass envelope. Does the tubing connector attach to it or just penetrate to the space between the envelope and the inner chamber? Can you post a photo that includes the bottom section?
Regarding the label: Most older glassware had labels acid etched into the surface rather than painted on.

I'm sure it's some kind of laboratory glassware, my friend has the piece now, I emailed him to add additional pictures and for a better description, the letters are etched, and it did come from a old pineapple plantation dump in the hills, from the bottles we where finding I would date it from 1915ish to around the 1940's, thanks for you help...

[Bigcypresshunter]

Maybe its from a clandestine drug lab.

[gyrogear]

I can't say for sure without knowing how the tubing connector is configured internally, but I think this is an early form of nebulizer. If it is configured the way I am imagining, then a calcium substance was introduced through the top opening and a stopper installed. The whole piece was stood in a heated water bath. The weighted bottom would keep it upright. The heat would vaporize the calcium and the tubing would connect to a respirator worn by the patient. This is a "best guess" answer, since I can't make out the internal construction from the photo.

[808beginnerdigger]

Howzit Kaz... The wording looks like it is etched and not painted. There is also markings on the bottom I missed. I cleaned it up and here are the pics.

[808beginnerdigger]

This looks like a piece of laboratory glassware to me. That looks like a ground glass joint at the top, most probably for a stopper, but possibly to connect to other glassware. That is definitely a tubing connector near the top. I can't tell for sure from the photo, but it looks like there is a chamber within the outer glass envelope. Does the tubing connector attach to it or just penetrate to the space between the envelope and the inner chamber? Can you post a photo that includes the bottom section?
Regarding the label: Most older glassware had labels acid etched into the surface rather than painted on.

Thanks Gyrogear... I post more pics.

[gyrogear]

Ok, from these new photos I can see it is a single wall vessel. The top joint is not ground glass, so was designed to accommodate a cork or rubber stopper. The graduations on the lower part are in milliliters.
I can see several impact fractures in the closeup photo of the label. Quite possibly why it was discarded.
The broken part on the bottom would indicate there was probably a base attached.
My best guess now would be a vessel for a chemical rather than a thermal reaction. Most probably a calcium compound was added as a powder, then a liquid chemical was added to react with the calcium and produce a vapor which then flowed to the patient via tubing attached to the bib.
Sort of the same way acetylene gas is generated in a carbide lamp by dripping water into calcium carbide.
One possible use for an apparatus like this would be for treating exposure to hydrogen fluoride. You can read a little about that here.
capsnet.usc.edu/LabSafety/documents/HFEXPOSURE_Treatment.doc

[808beginnerdigger]

Thanks for the info... I know the camp was is existance since 1938, do you how old this actually is?

[gyrogear]

Sorry, I don't know the age. Judging from the type font on the etched label, I would guess mid to late 19Th century through early 20Th century.

[Bigcypresshunter]

Ok, from these new photos I can see it is a single wall vessel. The top joint is not ground glass, so was designed to accommodate a cork or rubber stopper. The graduations on the lower part are in milliliters.
I can see several impact fractures in the closeup photo of the label. Quite possibly why it was discarded.
The broken part on the bottom would indicate there was probably a base attached.
My best guess now would be a vessel for a chemical rather than a thermal reaction. Most probably a calcium compound was added as a powder, then a liquid chemical was added to react with the calcium and produce a vapor which then flowed to the patient via tubing attached to the bib.
Sort of the same way acetylene gas is generated in a carbide lamp by dripping water into calcium carbide.
One possible use for an apparatus like this would be for treating exposure to hydrogen fluoride. You can read a little about that here.
capsnet.usc.edu/LabSafety/documents/HFEXPOSURE_Treatment.doc

Sounds good to me. I would guess early 20th century. http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...m=110677361774 Todays inhalators are plastic.

[HISPAN]

Very similar
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.p...,396512.0.html
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