Improvements relating to Telephones.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 10th Oct., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Telephones.
1, WILLIAM HENRY BROWN of 64 Chorley Street, Bolton in the County of
Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 refers to improvements relating to telephones and consists in
providing the receiver with a portable ear shield of paper, card board, or other
suitable material or substance to prevent contagion when placing the receiver to
the ear of the listener. Owing to the receivers of telephones being used by
various persons they are liable to become affected in case a person with a diseased
ear or skin has employed the same, which may be transmitted to anyone using the
same subsequently. My invention is designed so that each person can be provided
with a shield, which can be carried about in the pocket or otherwise to allow of
the same being placed on the outer end of the receiver when using the telephone,
and removed therefrom when dispensing with the same.
This invention does not
interfere with the hearing facilities of the telephone but rather improves the
same.
Fig. 1 is an outside elevation of the outer end of the receiver of a telephone
with my improvement mounted thereon.
Fig. 2 is a back side elevation of my car shield.
Fig. 3 is another modification of my improved ear shield and the means for
securing the same on the outer end of the receiver of a telephone, and Fig. 4 is a
front view of Fig. 3.
A is the outer end of the receiver of a telephone on which I mount the ear
shield B composed of either paper, card board, or other suitable substance or
material. The shield B is provided with the flanged ring C to fit on the outside of
the end A as shown.
The web of the shield B is provided with the hole or opening D, through
which the sound passes when placed against the ear of the listener. After the
latter has finished with the telephone the ear shield can be removed from the end A
and placed in the listener's pocket or otherwise until required again at the
telephone.
The paper or other shield B can be made in the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4
without the flanged ring C. In lieu of the latter the ends of the ear shield B
are made sufficiently long to lap over the side of the receiver A, being held in
position by the springs or clips E secured to the receiver by the screws G.
This invention allows of each person using telephones to be provided with an
ear shield, thereby preventing contagion and its detrimental results.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In combination with the receiver of a telephone the use of an ear shield for
the purpose specified, substantially as described.
2. In combination with the receiver of a telephone the use of the springs or
clips E for the purpose specified, substantially as described.
Dated the 3rd September 1891.
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent.