An Improved Bandage Roller.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 27th June, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 25th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 2nd May, 1896
An Improved Bandage Roller.
I, CHARLES ALEXANDER HENDERSON of No. 13 Walker Street Edinburgh,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A hollow cylinder of vulcanite, celluloid, wood, metal or other suitable material,
to be used for the purpose of winding up or rolling and applying bandages of all
sorts; the cylinder to be of the length corresponding to the width of the bandage
to be used, diameter and thickness varying according to the material and size of
the baudage; the cylinder has a longitudinal slot by which the end of the bandage
may be inserted and held while the bandage is being wound or rolled upon the
cylinder and applied; the bandage ties may be packed in the hollow of the
cylinder.
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I, CHARLES ALEXANDER HENDERSON, of 13 Walker Street, Edinburgh,
Scotland Engineer, 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 an improved bandage roller to facilitate the winding or
rolling and applying of bandages of all sorts.
I employ a hollow cylinder or roller of xylonite, vulcanite, celluloid, wood,
metal or other material (which may be impregnated with an antiseptic substance)
upon which to wind or roll any bandage.
Figure 1 is a side view of the bandage roller into which a bandage is partially
inserted, and Figure 2 is an end view of a portion of the bandage roller.
The bandage roller is made of a length corresponding to the width of the
bandage to be used, its diameter and thickness varying according to the material
and size of the bandage.
The bandage roller has a longitudinal slot or slit a by which the end of the
bandage b and bandage ties are inserted within the bandage roller and held while
the bandage is being wound or rolled.
In order to use the bandage roller I take the end of a bandage with the bandage
ties (if there be any) and draw them inside the bandage roller in the direction of
the arrow in Figure 1 leaving the bandage projecting through the slot or slit with
the bandage ties packed inside the bandage roller. I then wind or roll the bandage
upon the bandage roller, apply the bandage to the limb or joint requiring treat-
ment, and, when the end with the ties (if any) is reached, withdraw the bandage
roller and secure the bandage.
The bandage roller simplifies the winding and applying of bandages, as, by using
it, a bandage can be wound more firmly and evenly, can be kept from twisting or
warping, can be wound into less bulk, can be gripped more firmly in the hand and

page_text: can be applied more rapidly and smoothly than when the roller is not used, the
bandage roller giving a bandage a solidity it does not otherwise possess.
The bandage roller is particularly suitable for using with a wet bandage owing
to the increased tendency in a wet bandage to twist, warp and get out of shape.
It is also useful in order to renovate an old bandage which has become shapeless.
The old bandage may be thoroughly damped, wound carefully upon the bandage
roller and then left upon it to dry.
In the event of large numbers of bandages requiring to be wound or rolled, a
winding machine may be used with the bandage roller, to which a bandage roller of
any size may be adjusted automatically; the notches at one end of the bandage
ruller shewn in Figure 2 being used for fixing to this winding machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
| claim is :-
The bandage roller or cylinder substantially as hereinbefore described and
shewn in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of March 1896
JOHNSONS,
115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents..