AN IMPROVED PHYSIOLOGICAL OR 'BUTTON' BATTERY
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Bristow Hunt, of No. 1, Serlo Street, Lincoln's
Inn, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of
"AN IMPROVED PHYSIOLOGICAL OR 'BUTTON' BATTERY." -A communica-
tion from abroad by Alfred Charles Garratt, of Boston, Massa-
chusetts, United States of America.
Scaled the 28th January 1873, and dated the 21st August 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Bristow Hunt at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
21st August 1872.
I, BRISTOW HUNT, of No. 1, Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn, in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVED PHYSIOLOGICAL OR 'BUTTON" BATTERY," (a com-
munication to me from abroad by Alfred Charles Garratt, of Boston,
Massachusetts, United States of America,) to be as follows :—
This Invention relates to an improved physiological or "button"
battery, and has for its objects the attainment of greater elasticity in
application, and the production of a simple "one element battery" as a

page_text: whole; the result of the improved construction being that the equivalent
of a copper and zinc pair of plates is utilized.
The Invention consists in adjusting buttons or discs of copper or silver
and of zinc or alloy (or their equivalents in dissimilar metals) upon a
flexible insulation as a base, with metallic connections upon the back,
the whole being arranged and constructed so that the battery is made
pliable and durable, and capable of being worn upon any uneven surface
of the body or limbs.
The copper or silver and the zinc or zinc and magnesium buttons or
discs are attached to the flexible base by means of metal cycs rivetted :
or soldered into a metal plate, and connected upon the back of the
battery by copper wires in all directions, such as crosswise, diagonally,
& lengthwise, making the metallic connections between the buttons
perfectly sure. Or the buttons may be connected in pairs, so that if
one or more wires break the action is not interrupted. Between the
flexible back and the front rubber or other suitable insulation is applied
for protection against outside influences.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Bristow Hunt in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 20th February 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, BRISTOW
HUNT, of No. 1, Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of August, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Bristow Hunt, Her special licence that I,
the said Bristow Hunt, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Bristow Hunt, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED PHYSIOLOGICAL OR 'BUTTON",

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BATTERY" (a communication to me from abroad by Alfred Charles
Garratt, of Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America), upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Bristow Hunt, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or
5 one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and, in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
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NOW KNOW YE, that'I, the said Bristow Hunt, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement in writing, and on reference being had to the
accompanying Drawing, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to an improved physiological or "button"
battery, and has for, its objects the attainment of greater elasticity, and.
the production of a simple "one element battery" as a whole; the result
of the improved-construction being that the equivalent of a copper and
zinc pair of plates is utilized.
The improved battery is illustrated on the accompanying Drawings in
Figures 1 and 2, being a front and a back view respectively.
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The Invention consists in adjusting buttons-or discs of copper or silver
and of zinc or alloy (or their equivalents in dissimilar metals) upon a
flexible insulation as a base, with metallic connections' upon the back,
5 the whole being arranged and constructed so that the battery is made
pliable, durable, and capable of being worn upon any uneven surface of
the body or limbs.
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a represents zinc or zinc and magnesium, and c copper or silver
buttons or discs which are attached to a flexible base A by means
) of metal eyes rivetted or soldered into metal plates 6, see Figure 2,
.and connected upon the back of the battery by copper wires & in all
directions, such as crosswise; diagonally, and lengthwise, -making the
metallic connections between the buttons-perfectly sure. Or the buttons.
may be connected in pairs thus, a', aª, a³, with c², c², c³, or-with c³, c³, c³,
5- so that if one or more wires break the action is still uninterrupted.
Between the flexible back B and the front rubber or other suitablo
material is applied for protection against outside influences. The

page_text: superior flexibility of this improved battery renders it. the most con-
venient and effective in the treatment of old indolent ulcers, and for
wear upon uneven bony surfaces or projections of the body and limbs,
.as upon the spine, ankles, or wrists, which results cannot be attained
with any other form of battery.
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These advantages are secured by the use of the connecting wires at
the back, which allow of the buttons or discs being used upon a base, the
whole being flexible.
The use of the single element of zinc and copper is valuable, and well
known to the medical profession, but the batterics have hitherto been
made of stiff and uncomfortable materials, and so far impracticable that
they could not be adapted to the parts desired with a surface large
enough to effect a cure; but according to the present Invention the
single element battery is made-very available and more fitted to perform
its functions properly.
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· Having now described the nature and object of the said Invention for
." An Improved Physiological or 'Button' Battery," together with the
manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical effect, I would remark in conclusion that I claim as the Inven-
tion (communicated to me by the above-named Alfred Charles Garratt,).
the improved construction and application of a well-known form of
physiological battery substantially as above described, and is illustrated
on the accompanying Drawings, whereby such battery is-rendered much
more advantageous and available in its application and reliable in its
use for the purposes above set forth.
:
In witness whereof, I, the said Bristow Hunt, have hereunto set
my hand and scal, this Twentieth day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.