IMPROVEMENTS IN MAGNETIC GARMENTS OR CLOTHING FOR THE PREVENTION, RELIEF AND CURE OF DISEASE OR [OTHER] COMPLAINTS OF THE HUMAN BODY ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE BODIES OF ANIMALS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Grantham Carron at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 29th October 1883.
GRANTHAM CARRON of Clapham Common in the County of Surrey Medical
Electrician "IMPROVEMENTS IN MAGNETIC GARMENTS OR CLOTHING FOR THE
PREVENTION, RELIEF AND CURE OF DISEASE OR [OTHER] COMPLAINTS OF THE
HUMAN BODY ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE BODIES OF ANIMALS"
My invention has for its object improvements in magnetic garments or clothing
for the prevention relief and cure of desease or other complaints of the human
body also applicable to the bodies of animals such as horses, dogs cows and other
animals by which I am enabled to convey stronger currents with a given weight
of metal as well as to make the garments more elastic with a given weight than
as hitherto been attainable and further by so arranging the magnets in such
garments or clothing as to obtain a continuous current or or currents through the
garment or garments
The first part of my invention relates to the strengthening of magnets i.e. for
the production of a stronger current with a given weight of metal with also
increased elasticity. This I accomplish by forming the magnets of a number of
thicknesses or layers of metal whether they be bar, tubular wire, ribbon or other
magnets, i.c. I take pieces of magnetized steel with their poles placed upon each
other thus building up a compound magnet with its north poles at one end and its
south poles at the other. The flexibility of magnets used in clothing is a most
important matter and I by this means not only increase the magnetic power of
magnets but also obtain maximum flexibility as say a compound magnet of four
thicknesses will be much more flexible than a solid magnet as thick as three such
layers.
The second part of my invention has reference to the manner in which either
solid or compound magnet would be used in the manufacture of various garments
of clothing. The steel plates magnetized are cut out in a number of various
shapes so as to work up into various shaped garments with the greatest advantage
the object always being to obtain and maintain a continuous and circuitous
current in such garments. Some of these plates are cut in an oval shape others
with circular sides and flat ends others rectangular others having parallel sides and
rounded ends, others parallel sides of unequal length others with the edges curved
inwardly thus being narrower at the centre than the ends, others are the segmental

page_text: pieces of two concentric circles others have parallel sides and angular ends others
circular ends and sides hollowed inwardly. Some of these shapes are pierced with
circular, oblong diamond or other shaped holes. These magnetized plates are then
made up into various shaped garments the magnets being so placed as to give the
maximum effect to each particular garment. Take for instance a bandage. The
magnets may be formed into alternate diamonds with a narrow neck between
each formed by two rectangular magnets which would give general flexibility to
the bandage and also stiffness crosswise which would, require several different shapes
of plates in its construction. Then the magnets may be formed into one or more
triangles with in some cases the middle filled in with supplimental magnets of
various shapes. Or the magnets may be formed into round figures or one two or
more circles of magnets or squares of one two or more lines of magnets but in
each case
one important point is that the magnetized plates compound or
solid would be placed with the north pole of the one to the south pole of the
other in forming the various garments. Alternate circles formed of segmental
pieces made by two concentric curves and radial ends alternated with rectangular
pieces also offer many advantages in making easy flexible garments.
I also protect the magnets from oxidation from contact with the moisture of the
body by coating them with a resinous compound made with spirit in combination
with (when necessary) a disinfecting ingredient which may be applied by inixture
with the resinous compound to the magnets end thus forming an anti-oxide also an
anti-infectious coating or by itself to woollen or other materials. The magnets
thus preserved are place between sheets of cloth felt, flannel or other suitable
material and formed into various garments, trusses, boots, shoes and other garments
and parts of such for the human body and the bodies of animals.