A NEW OR IMPROVED INSTRUMENT TO INSERT IN THE HUMAN EAR TO PROTECT IT FROM THE EFFECTS OF LOUD NOISES AND EXPLOSIONS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I JOHN WARD COUSINS M.D. of Riversdale Kent Road Southsea in the County
of Hants do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "A NEW OR
IMPROVED INSTRUMENT TO INSERT IN THE HUMAN EAR TO PROTECT IT FROM
THE EFFECTS OF LOUD NOISES AND EXPLOSIONS" to be as follows:--
This new or improved instrument consists of a hollow instrument in the form
of an air cushion made of india rubber or other suitable elastic material and of
suitable form or shape to insert in the human ear in order to deaden the sound
and protect the ear from the injurious effects of loud sudden and continuous noises
caused by artillery and other explosions, noisy machinery, railway trains and other
causes. It also serves as an ear protector against cold or other injurious influences.
The cushion may be formed with a small projection to be taken hold of by the
finger and thumb to insert or withdraw it from the ear.
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This improved ear cushion is adapted for the use of travellers workers in
manufactories soldiers and others exposed to the injurious effects of loud noises
cold or other injurious influences.

page_text: I, JOHN WARD COUSINS M.D. of Riversdale Kent Road, Southsea, in the
County of Hants do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "A NEW OR
IMPROVED INSTRUMENT TO INSERT IN THE HUMAN EAR TO PROTECT IT FROM
THE EFFECTS OF LOUD NOISES AND EXPLOSIONS" and in what manner the same
is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:―
This new or improved instrument consists of a hollow instrument in the form of
an air cushion made of india rubber or other suitable material and of suitable
form or shape to insert in the human ear in order to deaden the sound and protect
the ear from the injurious effects of loud sudden and continuous noises caused by
artillery and other explosions noisy machinery railway trains and other causes.
-It also serves as an ear protector against cold or other injurious influences.
The cushion a may be formed with a small rim or projection a¹ to be taken hold
of by the finger and thumb to insert or withdraw it from the ear as represented
by Figure 1 of the Drawings hereto annexed which shows a side view an end
view and a section of a sound deadener or instrument a suitably formed of india
rubber or other suitable material in accordance with my Invention. Figure 2
shows a similar instrument differing slightly in form.
This improved ear cushion is adapted for the use of travellers, workers in
manufactories, soldiers, and others exposed to the injurious effects of loud noises
cold or other injurious influences.
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:
The construction and application of the new or improved hollow instrument or
cushion a to insert in the human ear for the purpose of deadening sound
substantially as described and represented by the Drawings hereto annexed.
Dated this 10th day of September 100T.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings,
Agents for the Patentee.