IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TRUSSES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I CHARLES LEA residing at The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank,
Silverdale in the County of Staffordshire, Iron Worker,. do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TRUSSES”
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in the manufacture or making or
adapting of Trusses and has for its object to improve there usefulness, comfort and
adaptability and it has this great advantage that it works with the body and the
pads therefore keep on the rupture.
I have discovered that by a combination of a movable slide spring or in some
cases the spring without the slide, the above stated improvements can be effected,
one of the differences between the working of this truss and others is this, that it
has a swival motion but combined with a spring.
screw
The description of the above slide spring and swival motion is as follows:-
A plate of Iron or anything of about equal strength, has attatched to it by
and in such a manner as to leave it loose to go one way or the other a spring or series
of springs as the strength may require, the said springs having a slott cut in them
at one end to allow a pad to be fastned to them and to have sufficient play so as
to give an up and down motion, one or more of the above are fixed to a belt which
does not require anything between the legs to keep the pads in there place. Tho
spring consists simply of a half rounded piece of thin iron or steel or something of
the sort that will answer the purpose.
This movable slide spring, or spring without the slide, is placed in such a position
and in such way as to render the use of it very agreeable and not in any way
inconvenient to the wearer, and is rendered more workable by a belt to the which
it is attatched, the belt assists the usefulness of the spring or slide spring very
materially.
The "belt" can be made in belts or bands as the case may be.
I also make a large pad for a very severe case, which acts in the place of two
small pads and the two same class of spring or slide spring (has mentioned) act for
this.
By the use of this truss there is no galling and by wearing the same it is a
preventative against rupture. The springs are not stationary.

page_text: It will also answer for one, two or three or four ruptures as the case may be, for
it is only the addition of more slide springs as the wearer may need, the truss can
be altered in a very short time for a left or right side rupture and the same belt
will act by having this spring or slide spring for either one or four ruptures as the
case may require.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
† CHARLES LEA residing at the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank
Silverdale in the County of Stafford, Iron Worker do hereby declare the nature of
my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TRUSSES," and in
what manner the same is to be performed;. to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention consists in a combination of a movable slide spring, or in some
cases the spring without the slide and this gives the truss when worn a swival
motion but combined with a spring; and a belt to the which the same is attached.
The description of the manufacture of the same is as follows:-I take a requisite
size piece of Sheet Iron, Steel, or anything of about equal strength that can be
made useful for the purpose and this has attached to it by means of a screw or
what would answer the purpose (the only thing needful is that it is left loose and
not fastened tightly) a slightly rounded spring or series of springs one on the top of
the other as the strength is required for the case to be delt with; these spring or
springs having cut in and through them at the other end than the one that is
attached to the sheet iron by the screw as already described a slott, and this allows
the pad to be attached to the spring by means of a screw which passes through
the slott and the head of the same being larger than the slott it does not pass
through. The screw part then enters a receptacle already placed on the back of
the pad to receive the same which can have .in connection with it if wished a
swival ball and this can be screwed up tight or allowed to move up and down with
the movement of the body of the wearer as may be wished. One or more of these
spring or springs and attatchments fully fitted together as described above are fixed
to a belt which does not require anything to pass between the legs to keep the pads
in there place, the belt assists the usefulness of the spring or slide spring very
matterially, the one pad can in some cases be so placed on the belt as to answer for
a left or right side rupture without any alteration of the same. The belts can be
made in bands or belts as the case may be. The great advantage of all this is
that everything works with the body and the pads keep on the rupture as the
body moves in any and every direction and is rendered very agreeable and not in
any way inconvenient to the wearer, the wearing of the same is also a preventative

page_text: of rupture. Another advantage is that you have only to place the necessiary slide
spring or springs on and it will answer for more than one rupture, the truss can bo
altered in a few minutes for almost any rupture in any part.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1st I claim the swival motion but combined with the spring or spring's
2nd I claim the addition of the springs placed one on the top of the other as the
strength of the rupture may require.