AN IMPROVED BATH BELT TO BE APPLIED IN THE BATHING VESSELS, AND IN ELECTRICAL APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Marie Joséphine Elisabeth Jullienne, of 29, Boulevart
St. Martin, Paris, in the Empire of France, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED BATH BELT TO BE APPLIED IN THE BATHING VESSELS, AND IN
ELECTRICAL APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH."
Sealed the 24th August 1860, and dated the 10th March 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Marie Joséphine Elisabeth
Jullienne at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with her Petition,
on the 10th March 1860.
I, MARIE JOSEPHINE ELISABETH JULLIENNE, of 29, Boulevart St. Martin,
Paris, in the Empire of France,, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVED BATH BELT TO BE APPLIED IN THE BATHING
VESSELS, AND IN ELECTRICAL APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," to be as
follows:-
'My Invention relates to an improved belt for bathers, termed the "Helene
Jullienne belt," which possesses the advantage of supporting in. aibath in the
most agreeable manner and without the least fatigue, either children of all.
ages or sick adults, which it has hitherto been difficult to effect.
This improved belt is composed of a band of iron or steel, coated either with
paint, varnish, enamel, or with a metal not acted on by the water. It is

page_text: enclosed in horsehair covered with serge, and is furnished with straps for
attachment to the body of the bather. To this belt is rivetted a back piece,
which may be curved or not, serving to attach the belt to the side of the
bath, by means of screws or otherwise.
My improved apparatus is further rendered completo by the addition of
braces for holding the bather, and a pillow or cushion fixed to the back
piece.
Lastly, a small board may be adapted to the apparatus, on which may be
placed different kinds of playthings for amusing a child.
The apparatus is further arranged so that electric shocks may be com-
municated to the bather in certain proportions of either static or dynamic
electricity or magnetism. I have devised a certain arrangement of electric
chain; when the apparatus is intended for conveying electricity, which will
produce the dynamic fluid. This arrangement, as applied to my improved
apparatus, also constitutes one of the features of my Invention.
All kinds of stuffs or leather, india-rubber, gutta percha, vulcanized or
other material may be used as a covering for the stuffing of the belt or for
the braces; also, various matters may be employed for the stuffing, such as
horse-hair, varec, or other similar matter. For the purpose of giving solidity
to the back piece which connects the belt to the sides of the bath, I have
adapted a T-iron and cross piece to form a cramp. This arrangement is
especially applicable to belts used for adults.
When the bathing belt is to be adapted to furnish static electrical effects,
for the sake of economy, the metal in the cloth should be of magnetised steel,
and if it is to furnish dynamic electricity it should be of iron, steel, or any
other conducting metal, which is to be connected with a current from a a
chain or other pile suitable for industrial applications. The two conducting
wires which are covered with gutta percha, india-rubber, or other impervious
coating, abut at one end of the belt, and thus the electricity may be casily
communicated at the centre of the bath. For cases where it is required to
communicate electricity to the bath without contact with my apparatus,
I have invented a chain and other galvanic pile, the conductors of which
are furnished with an impervious muffle or cover, preserving them from
communication with the water, and terminating in contact pieces, which
may be applied to the part requiring the electricity; any other galvanic pile
may be used instead of a chain pile.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Marie Joséphine Elisabeth Jullienne in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 6th September 1800.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MARIE
JOSEPHINE ELISABETH JULLIENNE, of No. 29, Boulevart St. Martin, Paris,in
the Empire of France, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Marie Joséphine Elisabeth Jullienne, Her special licence that I, the said
Marie Joséphine Elisabeth Jullienne, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Marie Joséphine Elisabeth Jullieune,
my exccutors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED BATH BELT TO BE
APPLIED IN THE BATHING VESSELS, AND IN ELECTRICAL APPARATUS CONNECTED
THEREWITH," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Maric
Joséphine Elisabeth Jullienne, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Marie Joséphine Elisabeth Jullienne,
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, reference being had to the Sheet of.
Drawings hereunto annexed, & to the letters & figures marked thereon
(that is to say):-
This Invention relates to an improved belt for bathers, termed the "Hélène
Jullienne belt," which possesses the advantages of supporting in a bath in
the most agreeable manner and without the least fatique either children of
all ages or sick adults, which it has hitherto been difficult to effect.
This improved belt is composed of a band of iron or steel, either coated with
paint, varnish, enamel, or with a metal not acted upon by the water. It is

page_text: enclosed in horsehair covered with.serge and is furnished with straps for
attachment to the body of the bather. To this belt is rivetted a back piece,
which may be curved or not, serving to attach the belt to the sides of the
bath by means of screws or otherwise.
My improved apparatus is further rendered complete by the addition of
braces for holding the bather, and a pillar or cushion fixed to the back
piece.
:
Lastly, a small board may be adapted to the apparatus, on which may
be placed different kinds of playtlings for amusing a child.
The appararatus is further arranged so that electric shocks may be com-
municated to the bather in certain proportions of either static or dynamic
electricity or magnetism. I have devised a certain arrangement of electric
chain when the apparatus is intended for conveying electricity, which will
produce the dynamic fluid. This arrangement, applied to my improved
apparatus,.. also constitutes one of the features of my Invention.
All kinds of stuffs or leather, india-rubber, gutta percha, vulcanised or
other material may be used as a covering for the stuffing of the belt, or for
the braces; also, various matters may be employed for the stuffing, such as
horse-hair, varec, or other similar matter. For the purpose of giving
solidity to the back piece, which connects the belt to the sides of the bath,
I have adopted a T-iron and crosspiece to form a cramp. This arrangement
is especially applicable to belts used for adults.
When the bathing belt is to be adapted to furnish static electrical effects,
for the sake of economy, the metal in the belt should be of magnetized
steel, and if it is to furnish dynamic electricity, it should be of iron, steel,
or any other conducting metal, which is to be connected with a current
from a chain or other pile suitable for industrial applications. The two
conducting wires which are covered with gutta percha, india-rubber, or any
impervious coating abut each at one end of the belt, and thus the electricity
may be easily communicated at the centre of the bath.
For cases where it is required to communicate electricity to the bath
without contact with my apparatus, I have invented a chain and other
galvanic pile, the conductors of which are furnished with an impervious
muffle or cover, preserving' them from communication with the water, and
terminating in contact pieces, which may be applied to the part requiring
the electricity; any other galvanic pile may be used instead of a chain pile.
I have illustrated in the annexed Drawing my improved bathing belt
with its different parts and appendages.
Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of a bathing belt provided with all its appen-

page_text: dages,as applicable to a bath; Fig. 2.also a perspective viewof the bathing belt
applicable to baths with upright back, or to tubs; Figs. 3 & 4 show a perspective
view of the mode of attachment of the back part to the bath; Figs. 5 & 0, an
elevation and a plan showing a mode of attachment of the belt, each part to the
bath; Figs.7 & San elevation showing another mode of attachment of the belt,
back part to the bath; Figs. 9 & 10, front and side views of a jointed back
for bathing belts; Fig. 11,a side view of a beltback, the degree of inclination
of which may vary at will; Figs. 12, 13, & 14, front and 'side views of the
different inclinations; Figs. 15 & 16, sectional front views of a belt, back of
variable height; Figs. 17 & 18, front and plan views of another back part
of variable height; Fig. 19, a detail of a plaything, which may be fitted to
the board; Figs. 20, 21, & 22, views of the attachment.buckles, the straps,
and other appendages; Fig. 23; the compressing screw with gutta percha nut
for not damaging the bath, which nut serves to fix the belt back to the sides
of the bath; Fig. 24 represents the electric chain with its conductors, for
supplying electricity to bathers; Fig. 25, the model of a belt jointed and
moveable; Fig. 26, the sliding part of the back; Fig. 27, one of the two
parallel parts of the circle, which unite by sliding into one another; Fig. 28,
the sliding part, provided with set screw and gear screw; Fig. 29, one of the
two parallel parts of the circle, with gear and rack; Fig. 30, the open part in
the belt back; Fig. 31, the joint screw on the back part;. Fig. 32, the gear
by which the circle is lengthened or shortened; Fig. 33, the set screw by
which the movements of the circle are controlod; Fig. 34 represents a small
seat or hammock in network, strap, drill, or any suitable material which can
widen or lessen according to the requirements for a child to sit on when in the
bath without causing any fatigue to the person who is bathing. Similar
letters and figures of reference indicate the same parts where they recur.
a, belt metal brace rendered unoxydable. The belt is properly stuffed, and
then covered with serge or other cloth, and may be provided at bottom with a
seat for the child or sick person to sit on; b,iron back fitted by screws or other-
wise on the belt a, terminated at one of its branches by a T-iron c, as shown.
At each end of the head of this T-shaped piece are two holes. d for receiving
two screws, serving to fix the belt to the back of the bath. In Figs. 9 & 10 the
back 5 is made of two parts, connected by hinges e; the lower part has two
segments pierced with holes, and the upper part has a segment ?, also
pierced with holes. The two parts are given the inclination required by means
of a pin h inserted through the holes of the three segments. The back b, at
Fig. 4, is also in two parts, connected by iron knees, shown at Figs. 12, 13,
& 14, with various inclinations; the said kuees are fixed by screws. The

page_text: back b, at Figs. 15 & 16, is of a single piece, and is fixed on the back at
variable required heights by the brace a, which is fixed thereon by means of a
screw bolt.made to slide in the slot j formed in the back b. At Figs. 17 & 18,
the back. is also of a single piece, and is fixed by the brace a at variable
required heights by means of a screw bolt i passing through holes in the
back, instead of the curved back b, which fits the belt to the bath. Tho
following modes of attachment may be made use of:-1 (Figs. 5 & 6), a plate
rivetted or fastened otherwise to the interior of the bath m, two guides fitted
by their side to the plate i, and provided with opposite holes. n, slide piece
working between the guides m; it is pierced with holes, and has the brace a
secured to it at variable heights between the two guides m, by means of a
pin o. At Figs. 7 & 8 the guides m are formed by two half cylinders which
gives a better support to the pin,and allow of an easier working of the slide n.
At Fig. 3.&.4 the brace a is fastened on a tenon P, which, by means of a
pin o, is secured on a bracket ? on plate l. By this mode of attachment,
which is more simple, the back cannot be fixed at variable heights. The
back b may be provided witli a cushion for holding the bather's head,and with
suitable straps for supporting it, said straps being terminated by buckles and
eyelets fitting together, as shown at Fig. 20, 21, & 22. y, a small board
fitted in the interior of the bath,and provided with a toy z,here representing a
kirb, the wires, as may be seen, forming part of the said kirb, are made to fit
in two grooves on the board, and pass afterwards horizontally under a slide in
the belt. 1, electric chain, consisting of picces of zinc and copper joined
together. In order to form each element, two blades, zinc & copper, are
united by solder throughout their length, and then divided so as to produce
elements formed of two metals, zinc and copper, which are connected after-
.wards end to end,and chaplet-like, by conducting wires. (The blades may be
20 inches long by half an inch broad, and one line thick); such piles need be
excited by either vinegar or other acid. 2, conductor; 3, india-rubber,
gutta percha, or other impervious matter muffle; 4; contact piece applied on
the parts which are to receive electricity; 5,metal brace, rendered unoxydable
by any suitable coating; it is stuffed and covered afterwards with sergo,
impervious leather, gutta percha, or other substance. The belt may be pro-
vided with a seat or hammock for the child or sick person to sit on, as shown
at! Fig. 34; 6, main body of the belt; the brace 5 may be set at variable
heights at will on the back, by means of the set screw 10, which can slide in
the groove on the back; 6, 7, hinge, controlled by a set screw (Fig. 31),
serving to widen and lessen at will, the back of the belt for baths having a
large flange; b, T-iron provided with its two set screws for fixing the belt to

page_text: the bath, as represented at Fig. 9; 10, set screw, serving to secure the.circle
5 to back 6; 11, set screw, serving to connect and fix the three parts of
the circle (Figs. 26 & 27), and being moved by means of a gear and rack,
(Fig. 29); 12, slide at the back of circle, (Fig. 26); 13, groove; 14, open part
in the back, shown at Fig. 30; 15, set screw of the hinge; 16, tenon, serving
to slide in groove 13; 17, groove on the two parallel parts of the circle
(Fig. 27); 18, small tenon, soldered or rivetted to main body 6 for supporting
the cushion; 19, gear screw by which the circle, (Fig. 28), is moved.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be carried into effect, I desire it to be distinctly under-
stood that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein described, nor
to the strict form of the apparatus shown, as such may be varied or modified
without departing from the principle of action thereof; but I claim as new
and of my Invention,―
First, the new or improved bathing belts, as described, adaptable either to
baths or to the different backs described, and also the arrangements by which
electricity or magnetism is supplied to bathers.
Secondly, the property of the new electric chain, which I have contrived in
order to produce the dynamic fluid as applied to the apparatus, termed
Hélène Jullienne belt.
In witness whereof,I, the said Marie Josephine Elizabeth Jullienne, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of August, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
M. J. E. F. JULLIENNE. (L.S.)