Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 19th May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 22nd June, 1888
I, RICHARD LONSDALE, of No. 447, Strand, in the City of Westminster, in the
County of Middlesex, Medical Electrician, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to improvements in magnetic appliances to be employed for
medical purposes, and consists in employing strips of magnetised soft iron and of
magnetised steel.
In some cases, I form the said strips into a compound magnet, by fixing or
arranging at each side of a strip of magnetised soft iron a very thin strip of plated
hard magnetised steel.
When the strips are not connected as lastly described, the strips of iron and steel
are arranged alternately within the case.
In some cases, in order to avoid the oxidation of the plated steel strips and to
protect the same against the chemical action of exudation from the skin, I coat the
same with a specially prepared solution of india-rubber, but the preparation of the
said solution is not considered to form any part of the present invention.
The covers of the appliances are of cloth or other suitable material, as will be well
known, and the strips or magnets are arranged longitudinally or transversely with
the south pole of each magnet opposite the north pole of the next.
Dated this 21st day of August 1887.
VAUGHAN & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, RICHARD LONSDALE, of No. 447, Strand, in the City of Westminster, in the county
of Middlesex, Medical Electrician, 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 :-
My said invention relates to improvements in magnetic appliances to be used for
medical purposes, and consists in employing strips of magnetised soft iron and of
magnetised steel arranged as hereinafter described.
In some cases, I form a compound magnet of such strips, by fixing or arranging at
cach side of a strip of magnetised soft iron a very thin strip of plated hard magnetised
steel.
When the strips are not connected as lastly described, I arrange the strips of
iron and steel alternately within the cover or case, at a short distance from each
other.
Sometimes, in order to avoid the oxidation of the plated steel strips and to protect
the same against the chemical action of exudation from the skin, I coat the said strips
with a specially prepared solution of india-rubber, but the preparation or use of such
solution is not considered a part of the present invention.
The covers or cases of the appliances are of cloth or other material of suitable nature,
as will be well known and understood, and the strips or magnets are arranged within
the same longitudinally or transversely or in any other desired position with the south
pole of each magnet opposite the north pole of the magnet or magnets at the side or
sides thereof.
I will now proceed to refer to the accompanying drawings from which the nature
of my said invention will be more clearly understood. Figure 1. is a view of a belt
for females in which the magnetised strips of soft iron and steel or the compound
magnets are arranged longitudinally, and Figure 2. is a view of a belt for males in
which a number of the strips of soft iron and steel are arranged longitudinally and the
remainder transversely. In the above figures, a. are the strips of magnetised soft iron
and b. the strips of magnetised steel, or, when the compound magnets hereinbefore
described are used, both a. and b. would represent such magnets. N. are the north
poles and S. the south poles. Figure 3. is a front view of a compound magnet
formed of a strip of magnetised soft iron with a thin strip of plated hard magnetised
steel on each side, and Figure 4. is a sectional view of the same. In these Figures
c. is the strip of soft iron and d. are the strips of steel, N. and S. are the poles.

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 :-
In magnetic appliances for medical purposes, the arrangement within covers or
cases, as hereinbefore described, of strips of magnetised soft iron and of magnetised
steel either in the form of compound magnets or in alternate positions, substantially
as hereinbefore described.