An Improved Method of Fastening Removable Linings to Midwifery Bags.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 31st May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 29th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 30th May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Fastening Removable Linings to
Midwifery Bags.
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ERNEST ELIAS TIDBOALD BADCOCK GREVILLE Surgical Instrument Manu-
facturer 12 Teviot Place Edinburgh do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
:-
The said improvement consists in skewering the linings to the bags by passing
rods or skewers from the outside of the ends of bags, next through the linings then
out through the other ends of the bags-the order may be altered, for instance a
rod may be passed first through the lining then through the bag from the inside &
80 on. The result is that the linings are thus supported on a rod or skewer in such
a manner that by pulling out the rod the lining may be readily removed for
cleaning purposes. This I consider a much better method than (a) that of
supporting linings by rods from the inside only such as I formerly used for in the
new plan the rod is much more readily inserted and withdrawn. (b) that of
fastening movable linings on frames 1st because the rods can be much more readily
inserted and withdrawn from the linings than can frames 2nd because the linings
can in this way be more easily & securely attached to the bags than linings secured
by frames, 3rd when the rods are withdrawn from the linings the latter are detached
from the bags in a condition to be readily & conveniently sterilised by boiling or
by other methods whereas when a lining fastened on a frame is detached the lining
has afterwards to be taken off the frame otherwise the frame is a difficulty in the
way of cleaning the lining properly.
Dated this 30th day of May 1895.
ERNEST ELIAS TIDBOALD BADCOCK GREVILLE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Fastening Removable Linings to
Midwifery Bags.
I ERNEST ELIAS TIDBOALD BADCOCK GREVILLE of 12 Teviot Place
Edinburgh, Surgical Instrument Manufacturer 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 :-
This invention relates to a new or improved method of or means for fastening
removable linings to midwifery bags the same being effected by means of rods
passing through the bag and the lining. Eyelet holes or loops may be provided
upon either or both the bag and the lining [through which the rods may be passed
and the fastening be effected.
The object of the invention is to reduce the number of internal parts to a
minimum all capable of being rapidly detached for effectual sterilising by boiling
liquids to thereby avoid contamination.

page_text: That my improvement may be more clearly understood, I will now describe the
same by reference to the drawings hereunto annexed, wherein
Fig. 1, shows a bag, a, having a detachable lining, b, secured in position by
rods, c, the head of one rod being shown slightly projecting..
Fig. 2, represents the bag after the lining has been removed, the two locking
rods or bars still partially remaining in the bag. While
Fig. 3, shows the lining detached for purification.
In carrying my invention into practice, I take a suitably formed bag, say of
leather, and in each end, in or close to the metal frame, form holes or insert eyelets
to receive rods which extend internally the whole length of the bag, said rods
being preferably formed with a knob or head on one end to facilitate removal. To
the inside of such a bag I fit a loose lining made of any suitable material which
may be readily sterilised by exposure to a boiling temperature, and along the
upper edges or lips of this lining I form, by seaming or other well known means,
an opening or space for the rods to pass through on being pushed home to the ends
of the bag.
When desired eyelets may be inserted near the upper edges of the lining in lieu
of the slotted seam; in like manner loops may be formed in or attached to the
lining to receive the rods which in any case constitute the necessary fastenings.
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 :-
In midwifery or surgical instrument bags having removable linings the method
of securing such linings by locking rods, substantially as herein described and
illustrated.
Dated this 29th day of February 1896.
ISAAC BECK,
65 Brown Street, Sheffield, Agent for the Applicant.
ISAAC BECK,
65 Brown Street, Sheffield, Agent for the Applicant.