Device for nebulizing and dispensing fluent materials, particularly powders

Claim 1

A NEBULIZING DISPENSER COMPRISING A CONTAINER ADAPTED TO RECEIVE FLUENT POWDER MATERIAL TO BE DISPENSED, AN OUTLET FOR SAID CONTAINER, SAID OUTLET ADAPTED TO RECEIVE FLUENT MATERIAL NEBULIZING MEANS INCLUDING AN ELONGATED NEBULIZATION CHAMBER, SAID CHAMBER HAVING A DISPENSING OUTLET AT ONE END AND AN INLET FOR AIR UNDER PRESSURE AT THE OTHER END, AN AIR PASSAGE COMMUNICATING AT ONE END WITH THE AIR INLET TO SAID NEBULIZATION CHAMBER AND COMMUNICATING AT THE OTHER END WITH THE UPPER END OF THE INTERIOR OF THE CONTAINER REMOTE FROM THYE FLUENT MATERIAL TO BE DISPENSED, THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF BOTH SAID AIR PASSAGE AND SAID AIR INLET BEING DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID CHAMBER, A FLUENT MATERIAL INLET TO SAID CHAMBER, SAID FLUENT MATERIAL INLET BEING DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THE THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS TO SAID CHAMBER AND SUBSTANTIALLY INTERMEDIATE THE DISPENSING OUTLET AND THE AIR INLET THEREOF, A FURTHER PASSAGE COMMUNICATING AT ONE END WITH SAID FLUENT MATERIAL INLET TO SAID CHAMBER AND COMMUNICATING AT THE OTHER END WITH THE INTERIOR OF THE CONTAINER ADJACENT THE BOTTOM THEREOF TO PROVIDE A PASSAGEWAY FOR THE FLOW OF FLUENT MATERIAL FROM THE CONTAINER TO THE NEBULIZATION CHAMBER, SAID NEBULIZATION CHAMBER HAVING A VAULTED SPHERICAL WALL ADJACENT SAID AIR INLET TO DIRECT THE AIR FLOW AXIALLY OF SAID CHAMBER TO STRIKE THE INFLOWING FLUENT MATERAIL SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULARLY, AND SAID CONTAINER BEING RESILIENTLY DEFORMABLE INWARDLY TO SIMULTANEOUSLY FORCE AIR THROUGH THE AIR PASSAGE INTO THE NEBULIZATION CHAMBER AND FLUENT MATERIAL THROUGH SAID FURTHER PASSAGE TO SAID NEBULIZATION CHAMBER.