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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
FRANZ MARSHALL McCONNELL, OF LONGVIEW, TEXAS.
NASAL EXPANDER.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Jan. 9,1912.
Application filed January 7, 1910. Serial No. 536,919.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, FRANZ M. McCoN-
WNLL, a citizen of the United States, resid-
ing at Longview, in the county of- Gregg
5 and State of Texas, have invented a new
and useful Nasal Expander; and I do here-
by declare the following to be a full, clear,
and exact description of the invention, such
as will enable others skilled in the art to
10 which it appertains to make and use the
same.
The invention relates to a nasal expander,
and has for its object to provide a device
of this character, which is designed to pre-
15 vent the nasal passages from collapsing or
contracting, or closing, particularly while
the patient is asleep, but it will be under-
stood that this invention can be used to ad-
vantage under some circumstances, during
20 waking as well as sleeping hours.
In the drawings :-Figure 1 is a perspec-
tive view, showing my invention applied to
the nose. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the
device. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4
25 is a detail perspective view, on an enlarged
scale, showing the spring applied to one of
the levers.
Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 desig-
nate the two wings of my invention, the
30 inner ends of which are approximately cir-
cular, and which are designed to force the
nasal passages open. The two wings are
connected together by a bridge member 3,
on each side of which is a lever 4 provided
35 with a flattened portion 5 adapted to be
gripped when operating the lever. The
levers are mounted on pivots 6 and the inner
end of each lever is pressed inwardly
against the cartilage of the nose by means
40 of a spring 7, as clearly shown on an en-
larged scale in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The
inner ends of these levers 4 are also flat-
tened as shown at 8 in Fig. 3 of the draw-
ings. These flattened ends which press
45 against the cartilage of the nose, are pro-
vided with openings 9. These openings 9
are for the purpose of permitting a protru-
sion therethrough which serves to some ex-
tent to lock the device in engagement with
50 the cartilage of the patient. This effectively
prevents displacement of the device. When
it is desired to remove the nasal expander,the flattened portion 5 of the levers 4 are
pressed inwardly or together, and thus the
device is released from the nose. 55
It will be seen that my invention is
simple, inexpensive and durable, and is cer-
tain to prove of service in catarrh, and
other ailments caused by diminishing or con-
tracting the nasal passages. 60
What is claimed is
1. A nasal expander, comprising a bridge
member having a central curved portion to
engage the terminal of a nose cartilage and
provided with integral disk portions upon 65
each side of the curved central portion, said
disk portions having laterally extending in-
tegral members arranged approximately
parallel to one another having loops, said
members being of sufficient resiliency as to 70
bear against the inner surfaces of the outer
side walls of a nose to spread the nasal pas-
sages, screw members threaded into the disk
portions and projecting downwardly there-
from, levers having disk members pivoted 75
upon the screw members, coil springs coiled
about the screw members and interposed be-
tween the heads of the screw members and
the disk members of the levers, said springs
having one of their ends engaging the 80
laterally extending integral members, while
the other ends bear against the inner free
portions of the levers, to hold said portions
against the cartilage of the nose, said free
portions terminating in loops, as and for the 85
purpose specified.
2. A nasal expander, comprising a bridge
portion, extending transversely of the nose,
a wing connected with each side of said
bridge and formed integrally therewith, a 90
lever pivotally mounted at the junction of
each wing and bridge, the inner ends of said
levers being flattened and provided with an
opening in the flattened portion for enabling
said levers to lock themselves in engagement 95
with the cartilage of a patient's nose.
3. In a nasal expander, a bridge, wings
connected with said bridge, and designed to
be inserted in the nasal passages, spring
press levers, adapted to extend into the nasal 100
passages, for clamping the nasal expander
to the patient's nose.
4. A device of the class described com-
prising a bridge, wings connected with each1,014,076.
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McConnell, Franz Marshall. Nasal Expander., patent, January 9, 1912; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512610/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.