Improvements in Trusses for Hernia.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 26th May, 1896-Accepted, 4th July, 1896
Improvements in Trusses for Hernia.
I, WILLIAM GABRIEL, of the Old Post Office, Wood Road, Pontypridd, in
the County of Glamorgan, Builder, do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in trusses for hernia, which are
much easier to put on and take off and while possessing sensitive elasticity are
sufficiently firm to render all the support required with facility for easy
adjustment.
The main spring or band which carries the pad or pads according to my invention
is jointed at the front by two eyes and a pin or other equivalent joint which would
of itself allow the back ends to open out to any desired width so as to pass on
and off the body. Over this front joint I fasten a thin spring so that it is
close thereto and gives the necessary pressure or stiffness while it also allows of
being bent back on opening the truss to allow it to pass around the body.
The bends for the pads or pad are formed at any desired position at each side the
joint upon which the front pads are mounted." The back pads are mounted at
the end of the spring and are connected by a strap capable of proper adjustment.
The pad or pads are common ones but with a cavity in the back to receive one
end of spiral spring united to the pad by a plate and the other end fastened to
the carrier by a screw which may also serve to fasten the carrier to the band or a
second screw may be used for this purpose. The spring is adjustable in regard to
its length by a plate at the back. There may be two front and two back pads or
only one.
Dated this 31st day of October 1895.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Trusses for Hernia.
I, WILLIAM GABRIEL, of the Old Post Office, Wood Road, Pontypridd, in the
County of Glamorgan 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 :-
My invention has for its object improvements in trusses for hernia which are
much easier to put on and take off and while possessing sensitive elasticity are
sufficiently firm to render all the support required with facility for easy
adjustment.
The main spring or band which carries the pad or pads according to my invention
is jointed at the front by two eyes and a pin or other equivalent joint which would
of itself allow the back ends to open out to any desired width so as to pass on and
off the body. Over this front joint I fasten a thin spring so that it lies close
thereto and gives the necessary pressure or stiffness while it also allows of being
bent back on opening the truss to allow it to pass around the body. The bends
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page_text: for the pads or pad are formed at any desired position at each side 'the joint upon
which the front pads are mountell. The back pads are mounted at the end of the
spring and are connected by a strap capable of proper adjustment. The pad or
pads are common ones but with a cavity in the back to receive one end of spiral
spring united to the pad by a plate and the other end fastened to the carrier by a
screw which may also serve to fasten the carrier to the band or a second screw may
be used for this purpose. The spring is adjustable in regard to its length by a
plate at the back. There may be two front and two back pads or only one.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I have illustrated the
same on the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the truss complete.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of part of the band A showing another method of
constructing the same.
Figure 3 is a cross sectional elevation of the pad a³.
The main spring or band A which carries the pads a¹, a², a³, is jointed at the
front by the hinge a* or its equivalent so as to allow the back ends to open out in
passing on and off the body. I may if required fasten a thin flat spring over the
outer side of the hinge at so as to give extra pressure or stiffness. The back
pads a¹ a' are connected to the ends of the band by a set screw or its equivalent
which screws into the shoe as or its equivalent in which the said end of the band
are mounted. The foundation of the front pad as is formed with a cavity' in the back
in which the loose sleeve a rests and the plate a which is secured over the cavity by
the screws a forms a bearing for the coiled spring a over which the padding a¹0 is
then placed and the screwed shank all of the socket pin a" passed through a hole
in the said padding down the centre of the coiled spring and then screwed into the
loose sleeve which is tapped to receive it. The socket a¹ is formed sufficiently
large so as to slide over the band A and also with a tapped hole to receive the
set pin as which holds it firmly in any desired position on the said band. The
tension of the spring can be adjusted by screwing the socket pin either further in
or ont of the loose sleeve. I may have two front pads or only one as shown.
In the modification shown at Figure 2 the spring band is formed in two pieces
the front ends of which slide into the socket band B and are held in position by the
set screws b¹.
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:
1st. Forming the main spring or band of a truss in two or more parts hinged or
connected together in the manner substantially as herein before described and
shown at Figures 1 and 2 or their equivalents.
2nd. The improvements in trusses for hernia consisting essentially of the main
spring or band such as A and the pad or pads such as a substantially as described
and shown.
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GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.