Name/Title
AtomizerDescription
3 atomizers; consisting of clear glass jars as base; metal top of silver color plated metal screws on jar; 2 small parallel pipes extend horizontally from tops and attach to a nozzle at far end, 1 nozzle is brass other two match silver color of rest of top.
Tops are stamped "DeVilbiss/Toledo, O. U.S.A" one also stamped "Pat. Dec. 7, 09"
Ohio physician Dr. Allen DeVilbiss developed a spray atomizer to provide an easier way to apply medicines to patients' throats. His invention was so successful that by 1890 he had retired from medical practice and established a company, DeVilbiss Manufacturing Company, to produce the atomizers. This item carries patent dates from 1907 to 1916. - The #15 model is shown in the DeVilbiss 1918 issue catalog. The metal parts are made of a plated brass and both the nasal attachment (on the long end) and the attachment for the rubber tube and bulb are tapered for press on fitting. The rubber tube and bulb were discarded due to age deterioration. The jar is mold-pressed glass.
-- In 1970 the DeVilbiss Company was merged into Champion Spark Company and then purchased by Illinois Tool Works in 1990.
Donor was sorting through material left in his Uncle John Duffy's & found this & other items.Collection
Jack WarbleAcquisition
Accession
1989.032Source or Donor
Jack Wesley WarbleAcquisition Method
DonationMade/Created
Date made
circa 1910Notes
Made: DeVilbissCreate Date
September 5, 2002Update Date
April 9, 2025
