Improved Appliances for Medically and Curatively Treating the Human Feet.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 26th June, 1899-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 199
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Appliances for Medically and Curatively Treating
the Human Feet.
I, ALFRED BENTZEN, 5, Westminster Road, Birmingham, Cycle Press Repre-
entative, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
ame is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
he following statement:-
My invention relates to improved appliances for medically and curatively
treating the human feet. It is particularly intended for use by those suffering
from tender and sore feet, gout, chilblains, rheumatics or any other ailment to
which the foot is subject. Even to those whose feet are in normal condition
In carrying my invention into
the use of the appliances is very beneficial.
effect I proceed in or in about the following manner making reference to the
accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 a plan of a
single roller appliance, and Fig. 3 a plan of a double roller one. Referring to
The roller a may be
Figs. 1 and 2, 1 provide a roller a preferably having a flange b at each end and
an axle c running in bearings d. supported above a base e.
of pliable felt, rubber or any suitable material covered or not with other
material and in either case is impregnated with medical compounds such as oils
of a remedial character. For instance I use ammonia or other liniments and
But instead of all or any of these I may use any
even carbolic oil alone.
medicine or mixture suitable for the treatment of the feet. If desired the rollers
may be free without any supporting parts as d and c and simply placed on the
ground and rolled about by the action of the users foot. There may be more
than one roller to each appliance as shown in Fig. 3 in the case of two rollers
be is
and I sometimes make the rollers detachable and the stands foldable on hinges f
for convenience in packing. The appliance whatever its form may
employed by the user placing his foot on the roller or rollers & causing it or
them to rotate while the foot is kept in contact therewith.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is performed I declare that what I
claim as my invention is:-
1. For the medical and curative treatment of the human feet a preferably
flanged roller or flanged rollers free to rotate on the ground or other surface
or rotatably supported on axles running in bearings rigidly or foldably supported
above a suitable base the said roller or rollers being made of pliable felt, rubber,
or other suitable material covered or not with other material and impregnated
35 with medicinal substances alone or in combination, the whole substantially as
described in the above sepcification and exemplified in the accompanying
drawings.
2. The method substantially as described of medically and curatively treating
Luman foot the said method consisting essentially in causing the foot to

page_text: rotate a free or suitably and rotatably held roller or more than one such roller
made of pliable material impregnated with any suitable curative or medical
substance or combination of substances.
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HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents.