Improvements in Antiseptic and other Absorbent Pads for Absorbing Natural and other Discharges, and in the Manufacture of the said Pads.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 13th Dec., 1893—Accepted, 20th Jan., 1894
Improvements in Antiseptic and other Absorbent Pads for Absorbing
Natural and other Discharges, and in the Manufacture of the
said Pads.
I, ROBERT DARTON GIBBS, of 19 Easy Row, in the City of Birmingham,
Surgical Dressing Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention has reference to those antiseptic and other absorbent pads for
absorbing natural and other discharges which pads consist of a portion of cotton
wool or other suitable absorbent material enclosed in a cotton gauze or other like
covering the whole being impregnated with some antiseptic material or not so
impregnated.
Heretofore in making the said pads it has been customary to make each pad
separate and complete in itself that is to say the portion of cotton wool or other
suitable absorbent material to form the interior of the pad has been covered by a
separate piece of gauze cut to the proper size for one pad and folded around the
same and fixed by sewing or by cement or other means.
This method of manufacture is comparatively expensive as considerable time is
occupied in performing the various processes.
According to my invention instead of making the said pads separate from each
other I make a lot of them together in long lengths each of the said lengths
consisting of several of the inner portions of cotton wool or other absorbent
material arranged in a row at short distances apart enclosed in a long strip of the
cotton gauze or other like material which also forms the connecting portions
between the pads. The pads as required for use are cut off the end of the
strip.
By making the said pads in this way there is a very great saving of labour and
moreover several pads in a length as above described can be folded or rolled together
and are in a more handy form for use than are the said pads when separate from
each other.
Iu making a length of the said pads above described I prefer to proceed as follows:-
I take a roll of the cotton gauze or like material of the proper width when folded
to form the strip of pads. A length of this gauze is unrolled on a long table and
the inner portions of cotton wool or other suitable absorbent material to form
the various pads are placed upon the gauze at short intervals apart. The sides
of the strip of gauze are then folded over the said inner portions and there secured
by suitable cement or by sewing or other means.
When cement is used it may be
fed on to one edge of the strip by a roller from a trough as the strip is being
unwound from the roll and to properly secure the folded cemented edge of the
outer gauze covering the length of pads may be passed between rolls.
The pads thus formed can either be sold as a length of several pads as above
described or the strip may be cut across between the pads and the pads sold
separate from each other.
The lengths of pads are impregnated with any antiseptic material in the usual
way or not so impregnated.
Dated this 11th day of March 1893
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Antiseptic and other Absorbent Pads for Absorbing
Natural and other Discharges, and in the Manufacture of the
said Pads.
I, ROBERT DARTON GIBBS, of 3, Duchess Road, in the City of Birmingham,
late of 19, Easy Row, in the City of Birmingham, aforesaid, Surgical Dressing
Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention has reference to those antiseptic and other absorbent pads for
absorbing natural and other discharges which pads consist of a portion of cotton
wool or other suitable absorbent material enclosed in a cotton gauze or other like
covering the whole being impregnated with some antiseptic material or not so
impregnated.
Heretofore in making the said pads it has been customary to make each pad
separate and complete in itself that is to say the portion of cotton wool or other
suitable absorbent material to form the interior of the pad has been covered by a
separate piece of gauze cut to the proper size for one pad and folded around the
same and fixed by sewing or by cement or other means.
This method of manufacture is comparatively expensive as considerable time is
occupied in performing the various processes.
According to my invention instead of making the said pads separate from each
other I make a lot of them together in long lengths as I will describe by referring
to the accompanying drawing on which Fig. 1 is a plan and Fig. 2 is a side
elevation of a portion of a length of pads made according to this invention and
Fig. 3 shews one of the said pads cut off ready for use; Fig. 4 is a portion of the
strip of cotton gauze or other like material with the portions of cotton wool
arranged upon the gauze ready to be enclosed thereby and form the pads; Fig. 5 is
a plan and Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation on a small scale of a table with a strip of
gauze and pads upon it showing how I may make the pads from the roll of cotton
gauze or the like material as hereinafter described.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawing.
Each length of the said pads formed according to this invention consists of several
of the inner portions of cotton wool or other absorbent material marked e arranged
in a row at short distances apart as shown by Figs. 1 and 2 enclosed in a long
strip of the cotton gauze or other like material which also forms the connecting
portions between the pads a. Whilst the strip of gauze or other like material is in
its flat state as shewn by Fig. 4 wide enough to enclose the pads of cotton wool or
other absorbent material a these pads a are laid upon the strip bat certain distances
apart as shewn in Fig. 4; the sides of the cotton gauze strip b are then folded over
the pads a so as to enclose the same as shewn by Figs. 1 and 2 and the gauze is
there secured by cementing or by sewing or other means so as to form the length
of alternate pads a and cotton gauze connecting portions as shewn in Figs. 1
and 2.
By making the said pads in this way there is a very great saving of labour and
moreover several pads in a length as above described and shewn in Figs. 1 and 2
can be folded or rolled together and thus are for some purposes in a more handy
form for use than are the said pads when separate from each other. The pads as
required for use are cut off the end of the strip one of these pads thus cut off being
shewn separately by Fig. 3 the cotton gauze end portions 6 forming a means for
holding the pad in place when in usc. When making those pads which have the
gauze portion forined into a loop at each end of the pad for connecting to the

page_text: tape or band by which the pad
held in place on the person the inner portions a
of the pads have to be placed in the gauze covering far enough apart to leave each
of the gauze end portions b long enough to be folded into a loop and secured by
sewing.
In making the said length of pads I prefer to work direct from the roll of cotton
gauze or like material as I will now describe by referring to Figs. 5 and 6; that is
to say I take a roll 6 of cotton gauze or like material of the proper width when
folded as above described to form the strip of pads. This roll of cotton gauze is
arranged on a mandril or spindle c mounted in bearings such as d' d' upon a long
table e.
A length of this cotton gauze is unrolled on the table e and the inner
portions a of cotton wool or other suitable absorbent material to form the various
pads are placed upon the gauze at short intervals apart as shewn in Figs. 5 and 6
and in Fig. 4. Immediately in front of the roll & the strip of cotton gauze passes
between two rollers and g of which the roller dips into a trough of thin paste or
other suitable cement so that as the strip is being unwound from the roll it takes
up along one edge a proper amount of cement or paste from the roller fto serve for
securing the sides of the strip when folded over the pads as above described, and at
the other end of the table e I provide a pair of wooden or other rollers marked h¹²
between which the strip of cotton gauze b with its enclosed pads a is drawn after
the sides of the strip have been folded down so as to properly secure the folded
cemented edge of the gauze covering strip b at the same time pulling along on to
the table from the roll b another strip of cotton gauze b ready for enclosing another
lot of pads a.
The said pads formed as above described can either be sold as a length of several
pads as shewn by Figs. 1 and 2 or the strip may be cut across between the pads
forming separate pads as shewn by Fig. 3 which can be sold separate from each
other.
The lengths of pads are impregnated with any antiseptic material in the usual
way or are not so impregnated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
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1. The manufacture and sale of antiseptic and other absorbent pads of the kind
herein referred to in lengths each length consisting of several pads of cotton wool
or other suitable absorbent material enclosed at short distances apart in a cotton
gauze or other like covering which also forms the connection between the various
pads substantially as herein before described and illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 of the
accompanying drawing.
2. The method of making lengths of antiseptic and other absorbent pads of the
kind denoted under Claim 1 consisting in laying the pads of cotton wool or other
suitable absorbent material in a row at certain distances apart along the strip of
cotton gauze or other like outer covering and then folding and securing the sides of
the covering over the pads so as to form a length of alternate pads a and cotton
gauze or like connecting portions between the pads as herein before set forth.
3. The method of making separate antiseptic or other absorbent pads consisting
in laying the pads of cotton wool or other suitable absorbent material in a row
at certain distances apart along the strip of cotton gauze or other like outer
covering and then folding and securing the sides of the covering over the pads
so as to form a length of alternate pads a and cotton gauze or like connecting
portions between the pads and then separating the pads by cutting through
the portions so as to form the said pads with a cotton gauze or like portion
at each end as hereinbefore set forth.
4. The method of making lengths of antiseptic and other absorbent pads of the
kind denoted under Claim 1, or separate pads, consisting in unrolling from a roll a
length of cotton gauze or other like outer covering on a table and cementing
one edge of the same, laying the pads of cotton wool or other absorbent material

page_text: in a row at certain distances apart along the strip of cotton gauze or other like
outer covering and then folding and securing the sides of the covering over the
pads so as to form a length of alternate pads a and cotton gauze or other like
connecting portions between the pads and finally passing the length of pads
between rolls to press and secure the outer covering substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by Figs. 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 12th day of December 1893.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.