DER An Implement for Use in Massage.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1896
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COMIDELE DER
An Implement for Use in Massage.
I KARL RATH of 14 Kärntnerstrasse Vienna in the Empire of Austria,
Masseur, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an instrument for the rubbing
of the skin to improve the functions of the muscles and preserve them in health
and vigour, and to favorably influence the condition of the skin by removing the
outer dead cuticle and so promoting the growth beneath. The nature of the
material used for the rubber operates also in a similar manner to the application
of powder to the skin.
The annexed drawing shows three forms of the improved rubber.
Fig. 1 shows a form for the light massage of the cheeks and forehead and for
the drying of the skin in the same manner as by the application of toilet powder.
Fig. 2 shows a form suitable for more energetic massage or for deeper lying
parts and
Fig. 3 shows a form for the light massage of the eyelids nose and lips.
Each of these implements consists of a wooden handle A to which is fastened
the rubber C by means of the ring B. The rubber C is of round or oval cross
section and made of a mixture of caoutchouc, chalk, and almond pollard.
Caoutchouc forms the principal part and by its softness and elasticity enables the
rubber to act painlessly. The chalk takes up the fatty matter on or from the skin
and dries it serving thus as a substitute for powder. The almond pollard gives the
skin smoothness. The following is a convenient mixture of these three substances.
Caoutchouc
Almond pollard
Chalk
70 to 80 parts by weight.
-
15 to 20
8 to 15
do.
do.
There may be added also powdered talc, voilet roots (iris) or other cosmetics.
The implements are used as follows;-The skin is first rubbed with clean white
vaseline so that the muscles can be worked upon without abrading the skin and to
loosen the dirt from the pores of the skin. The skin is then massaged with one or
other of the said implements. When this is done the fatty matter is removed
from the skin with a cloth, and the massage implement is also cleaned to remove
the grease by rubbing it with pumice stone. The skin is then again rubbed with
the implement in a dry state; this action removes the perished over layer of skin
which thus assumes a healthy appearance. This use of the implement will obviate
the application of toilet powder.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is ;-
1. An implement for use in massage consisting of a handle to which is attached
a rubber consisting of caoutchouc to which chalk, almond pollard, talc, iris root,
or other cosmetics have been added, the form of said rubber corresponding to the
part to be treated therewith.

page_text: 2. The implements for use in massage constructed of the materials as herein set
forth and of the forms indicated in the annexed drawings.
Dated this 6th day of October 1896.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18 Buckingham Street, Strand, W:C., Agents to Applicant.