Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 21st Oct., 1899
I, PHILIPP LORENZ SCHMIDT, of 11, Lutherplatz, Worms, in the Empire of
Germany, Builder, 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 relates to a device for enabling a galvanic current which in
numerous cases exercises so beneficial an effect upon the human body to be
applied to the body in a simple and practical manner.
A method of carrying out my invention is illustrated by way of example in
the accompanying drawing, in which:-
Fig. 1 is a cross-section of the device, and
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the under or inner side of the same.
The device consists essentially of the parts necessary for the production of the
current which are arranged in a suitable manner and so as to form a bandage.
Upon the upper or outer side is arranged a strip of zinc a which is separated from
a carbon-manganese plate by means of a conductor such as sulphuric acid,
chromic acid, sal ammoniac, nitric acid, etc.-termed " conductors of the second
class." This conductor of the second class which is indicated in the drawing by
letter c is of the nature of that employed in so-called dry cells. The under side
of the bandage is formed by a strip of india-rubber d which is connected with
the zinc strip by means of metallic (zinc) studs e. Metallic studs e which are
provided with heads f upon the outer side of the bandage lead from the india-
rubber strip to the carbon-manganese plate. These metallic studs are embedded.
in the carbon-manganese plate and care must be exercised that they should not
be able to attack the material serving as a conductor of the second class. With
this object those portions of the carbon-manganese plate in which the studs are
situated are provided with a protecting medium, paraffin for example. Upon the
upper side of the bandage are provided admission apertures for the purpose of
enabling the necessary liquid to be introduced from time to time. These aper-
tures may be closed in any suitable manner for instance by means of valves 1.
The device may be covered upon the outer side by means of an appropriate.
material g or the upper layer a may remain uncovered being nickelled or other-
wise treated in order that it may present a better appearance. At each end of
the bandage bands h are fastened.
The device is intended to serve as a body bandage and is fastened to the body
by means of the bands 7. As soon as the bandage is applied to the body com-
munication is established by it between the studs e and e¹f thereby closing the
galvanic circuit in order that the current may exercise its influence upon the
body.
The bodies or substances employed for the purpose of producing the electric
current may of course be varied in any desired manner according to circum-
eteness

page_text: 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:-
1. A galvanic bandage consisting of a device arranged after the manner of dry
cells in the form of a bandage and provided with a soft or elastic material upon
its underside which is connected by means of metallic studs e with one of the
battery elements and also by means of metallic studs e with the other element
of the battery in such a manner that upon applying the device upon the body
this latter form the connection between the two sets of conductors thereby closing
the electric circuit substantially as and for the purposes herein before described.
2. A galvanic bandage constructed combined and arranged to act substantially
in the manner and for the purposes herein before described and as illustrated in
the drawings hereunto annexed.