Improvements in Means and Appliances for Imparting Electricity to Various Parts of the Human Body.
Year: 1885

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Improvements in Means and Appliances for Imparting Electricity
to Various Parts of the Human Body.
I, CASPIER BRUST, Teacher, of Munich in the German Empire do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in means and appliances
for imparting electricity to various parts of the human body, such improvements
being especially, though not exclusively applicable to spectacles, the inner soles of
boots and shoes, bandages and other articles to be worn on the person.
In applying my invention to spectacles, I make the frame of copper.
The ends
of the two arms are flattened out, and made rather larger than usual in order to
accommodate two small plates of zinc which are fitted in such flattened ends, spaces
being punched out of the same for that purpose. Within the curve of the nose piece
a small strip of zinc is also soldered, and the spectacle frame is protected against
oxidation by means of lacquer, varnish, or other suitable application.
In applying my invention to the inner soles of boots and shoes, I place two thin
plates, one of zinc and one of copper, together; the zinc plate being the upper one,
next to the foot. This plate is perforated in numerous places, to allow the warmth
of the foot to penetrate the metals. Both the top of the zinc plate and the under-
side of the copper plate, are covered, externally, with a thin light material, to
protect the skin against actual contact with the metal.
I also form electro-magnetic discs, manufactured in the same manner as the
soles last described, and of any desired shape, and which are suspended by suitable
bands, so that one of them may lie upon the chest and the other upon the back of
the person.
In the same manner I manufacture bandages, which may be applied to any other
parts of the body, as, for example, the leg, abdomen, &c.
The piercing of the apparatus with holes is effected in order that the metals
may be quickly warmed from the heat of the body.
It is obvious that instead of copper and zinc, other suitable materials may be
used.
וללני.n
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GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Means and Appliances for Imparting Electricity
to Various Parts of the Human Body.
I, CASPAR BRUST of Munich in the German Empire, Teacher do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLIANCES FOR IMPARTING
ELECTRICITY TO THE HUMAN BODY and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in means and appliances
for imparting electricity to various parts of the human body, such improvements
being especially, though not exclusively, applicable to spectacles, the inner soles of
boots and shoes, bandages and other articles to be worn on the person.
In order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings.
In applying my invention to spectacles Fig. 1, I make the frame of copper. The
ends a¹ of the two arms a are flattened out, and made rather larger than usual in
order to accommodate two small plates of zinc a' which are fitted in such flattened
ends, spaces being punched out of the same for that purpose. Within the curve of
the nose piece b a small strip of zinc b¹ is also soldered, and the spectacle frame
is protected against oxidation by means of lacquer, varnish, or other suitable
application.
In applying my invention to the inner soles of boots and shoes Fig. II & Fig. III,
place two thin plates, one of zinc z and one of copper k together; the zinc plate
being the upper one, next to the foot. This plate is perforated in numerous
places, to allow the warmth of the foot to penetrate the metals. Both the top of
the zinc plate and the underside of the copper plate, are covered, externally, with
a thin light material, to protect the skin against actual contact with the metal.
I also form electro-magnetic discs Fig. IV, manufactured in the same manner as
the soles last described, and of any desired shape, and which are suspended by
suitable bands, so that one of them may lie upon the chest and the other upon the
back of the person.
In the same manner I manufacture bandages Fig. V, which may be applied to
any other parts of the body, as, for example, the leg, abdomen &c.
The piercing of the apparatus with holes is effected in order that the metals may
be quickly warmed from the heat of the body.
It is obvious that instead of copper and zinc, other suitable materials may be
used.
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:-
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1. The construction and application of a spectacle frame of copper with the two
arma a and the inserted small zinc plates a³, the nose piece b, with the inserted

page_text: strip of zinc b', substantially as hereinbefore described and shown in Fig. I of the
drawings.
2. The construction and application of soles as shewn in Fig. II and Fig. III;
or of discs as shewn in Fig. IV; or of bandages as shewn in Fig. V of the drawings,
consisting of a copper plate k and a perforated zinc plates covered externally with
a thin light material substantially as hereinbefore described.
3. The application of any other suitable materials instead of copper and zinc for
the purpose hereinbefore described.