Year: 1897

page_text: I, HENRY MONTGOMERIE MCNEILL HAMILTON, of Raploch and Broomhill, in the
County of Lanark, and residing at Broomhill there, Gentleman, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved bandage for horses, but it may be used for
other animals or human beings. The bandage consists of a flat band at the top and
a flat band at the bottom connected together by an inner and outer india-rubber
cloth. The space between the two cloths is formed into an air tight or water
tight chamber, to which is attached a small valve through which the chamber can
be inflated with air by means of an air pump or filled with water. The inner sur-
face is made thin and elastic and the outer surface is made strong and not so
elastic. The size of the bandage is made to suit the size of the leg or other
limb to which it is to be applied. In applying the bandage to a horse's leg for
example, it is put round the leg and the two edges are drawn together by means
of a lace and tags. The pump is then attached to the valve and the chamber is
inflated by air to any desired pressure or filled with water. The bandage thus
formed will acconimodate itself to any projections or indentations in the leg or
other limb and will form a close fitting bandage..
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H. M. MCNEILL HAMILTON,
Bottomley & Liddle,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Patent Agents.
Í, HENRY MONTGOMERIE MCNEILL HAMILTON, of Raploch and Broomhill, in the
County of Lanark, and residing at Broomhill there, Gentleman, 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: →
My invention relates to an improved bandage for horses, but it may be used for
other animals or human beings.
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In order that my invention may be properly understood and readily carried into
effect I have hereunto appended one sheet of drawings shewing one or two forms
of the bandage as it would be applied to different parts of a horse. I have not
however shewn it applied to human beings as the principle is the same, there being
only slight modifications in the construction according to the use to which it is to
be applied.

page_text: Figure 1 is inside view of bandage for fore leg of horse, while Figure 2 is an
outside view.
Figure 3 is an outside view for polo pony guard while Figure 4 is an inside
view.
Figure 5 is view shewing my improvements applied to the hock or hind leg of
a horse.
The bandage consists of a flat band or flange A at the top and a flat band or
flange A¹ at the bottom connected together by an inner and outer india-rubber
cloth B.
The size of
The space between the two cloths is formed into an air tight or water tight
chamber C, to which is attached a small valve 1 through which the chamber can
be inflated with air by means of an air pump or filled with water. The inner sur-
face is made thin and elastic and the outer surface is made strong and not so
elastic and may be covered with leather or other suitable material.
the bandage is made to suit the size of the leg or other limb to which it is to be
applied. In applying the bandage to a horse's leg for example, it is put round the
leg and the two edges H and I are drawn together by means of a lace and tags E
or straps F. The pump is then attached to the valve D and the chamber
inflated by air to any desired pressure or filled with water. The bandage thus
formed will accommodate itself to any projections or indentations in the leg or
other limb and will form a close fitting bandage.
is
In applying the bandage for surgical purposes the same principle is adapted and
is only slightly altered in construction according to the nature of the use to which
it is applied.
In applying my improvements as a polo pony bandage or guard or as a skin
bandage or guard for football or cricket, the construction of the bandage is
reversed in so far as the outer surface is made of canvas or other suitable material,
a certain space being allowed between the inner canvas and the outer canvas, so
that when inflated the outer part is divided from the inner part by air, so that in
the case of a blow being struck the effect will not be felt on the parts over which
the bandage or guard is placed but will be absorbed by the pneumatic cushion.
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:-
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The improved pneumatic bandage constructed, substantially as and for the
purposes herein before described and illustrated on the accompanying sheet of
drawings.
this 4th day Or January 1898.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Patent Agents.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Patent Agents.