Preventing Sea-sickness.
Year: 1885

page_text: Preventing Sea-sickness.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of No 46 Lincoln's Inn Fields in the County of
Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature
of said invention for "MAGNETIC APPLIANCES DESIGNED TO BE WORN CHIEFLY FOR
PREVENTING SEA-SICKNESS (a communication to me from abroad by Guillaume
Edard of 22 rue Duban, Passy, Paris, France, "Industriel ") to be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to magneto-electric appliances designed to be worn chiefly
as preventatives of sea-sickness.
The appliances comprise a belt and a sole. Examples of them are illustrated in
the accompanying sheet of drawings;
Fig. 1 shews a belt in perspective. Fig. 2 shews it open. Figs. 3 and 4
illustrate the arrangement of a sole constructed on the same principle and for a
like purpose. The belt is formed with two sides or thicknesses of suitable material
such as a silk or flaxen fabric and is divided longitudinally throughout its length
by parallel seams a thus forming a number of sheaths or receptacles. These
sheatha are filled with titanic ore dust or powder which is naturally magnetic,
and, thus charged, they operate as reservoirs of magnetic influence, that will endure
as long as the fabric serving as an envelope for the dust or powder withstands the
usage to which it is subjected.
The two extremities of the above belt are of unequal width, the wider forming
the positive pole and the narrower the negative pole.
When applying the belt so that its two extremities are joined upon the body of
a person, by means of buckles, and straps b, or by other fastenings, the current is
developed naturally by reason of the contact of the two poles.
The body may thus be said to be placed in an electric bath or medium kept
constant by its own electricity.

page_text: The apparatus by its action will prevent, in the pitching and rolling motion of a
ship, the intestines from pressing upon the diaphragm and compressing the liver,
The duplex action of the belt is thus to electrify and to support.
By operating electrically, on the one hand upon the nervous and sanguineous
systems, and, on the other hand, by keeping the abdominal viscera in their normal
state, the improved belt will promptly check the progress of sea-sickness.
The improved arrangement of the sheaths of the belt, that is to say, their being
provided throughout the length of the belt, enables the current to be diffused under
the most favorable conditions, its action extending over a larger surface and having
a greater penetrating power, for reaching the viscera, than that of a current
concentrated in a single sheath.
Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate in plan and in vertical cross section respectively, a sole
manufactured according to the principle above set forth and designed to serve a
like purpose.
This sole comprises a first cork sole a upon which rests the foot of the wearer,
a layer of magnetic ore b, a fabric c of any suitable material which envelopes the
said ore, a second cork sole d, and, lastly, a fabric c¹ which covers the greater part
of the sole, and for which any simple border or edging may be substituted.

page_text: Preventing Sea-sickness.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of N° 46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention (a communication to me from abroad by Guillaume Edard, of
22 Rue Duban, Passy Paris, France, "Industriel") and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This invention relates to magneto electric appliances designed to be worn chiefly
as preventitives of sea sickness. The appliances comprise a belt and a sole.
Examples of these are illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings
Fig. 1 shews a belt in perspective. Fig. 2 shews it open. Figs. 3 and 4
illustrate the arrangement of a sole, constructed on the same principle and for a
like purpose,
The belt is formed with two sides or thicknesses of suitable material such as a
silk or flaxen fabric and is divided longitudinally throughout its length by parallel
seams a thus forming a number of sheaths or receptacles. These sheaths are filled
with titanic ore dust or powder which is naturally magnetic, and thus charged
they operate as sources of a permanent magneto-electric influence, that will endure
as long as the fabric serving as an envelope for the dust or powder withstands the
usage to which it is subjected.
The two extremities of the above belt are of unequal width, the wider forming
the positive pole and the narrower the negative pole.
When applying the belt so that its two extremities are joined upon the body of
a person, by means of buckles, and straps b. or by other fastenings, the circuit is
completed naturally by reason of the contact of the two poles.
The body may thus be said to be placed in an electric bath or medium kept
constant by its own electricity.
.
The apparatus by its action will prevent in the pitching and rolling motion of a
ship, the intestines from pressing upon the diaphragm and compressing the liver.
The action of the belt is thus duplex, namely, electrical and supporting.
By operating electrically or magnetically, on the one hand upon the nervous and
sanguineous systems and on the other hand by keeping the abdominal viscera in
the normal state, the improved belt will promptly check the progress of sea-
sickness.
The improved arrangement of the sheaths of the belt, that is to say, their being
provided throughout the length of the belt, enables the influence or current to be
diffused under the most favorable conditions, its action extending over a larger
surface and having a greater penetrating power, for reaching the viscera, than that
of a current concentrated in a single sheath.
Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate in plan and in vertical cross section respectively a sole
manufactured according to the principle above set forth and designed to serve a
like purpose.

page_text: This sole comprises a first cork sole a upon which rests the foot of the wearer;
a layer of magnetic ore b, a fabric c of any suitable material which envelopes the
said ore, a second cork sole d and lastly a fabric c¹ which covers the greater part of
the sole and for which any simple bordering or edging may be substituted.
Having now particularly described- and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The use for checking or preventing sea-sickness of a belt containing titanic
ore substantially as described.
2. The use for checking or preventing sea-sickness of a sole containing titanic
ore substantially as described.
3. The use of a magnetic belt provided with longitudinal sheaths or receptacles
containing magnetic ore substantially as above described with reference to the
accompanying drawing.