Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th June, 1896-Accepted, 15th Aug., 1896
mprovem van NORD
1, CAROLINE BANCK, of Lensahn, Oldenburg i Holstein, in the Empire of
Germany, Married Woman, 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 an invalid-bed provided with an arrangement which allows.
the patient to perform evacuations without changing his or her position thus
avoiding necessity for movement, which for instance for women when lying-in or
for patients who have been operated upon should be prevented.
In the annexed drawing;
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section and Fig. 2 an end view of the bed;
Fig. 3 plan view of Fig. 1 and
Fig. 4 section on line - of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is the longitudinal section of the bed whereby the new arrangement is-
shown in the position of use and
Fig. 6 is a plan view or section on line 2- of Fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is a cross section showing a modification of the device.
The essential feature of this invention consists in the arrangement at a convenient.
place in the mattress of an opening o which ends towards the foot-end in a box like.
channel k into which the cushion, which serves to close the opening o, is movable,.
the opening being closed below by a movable receiver b' provided with a vessel b..
serving for receiving the evacuations.
B is a second mattress which may be connected with the first one and which is
equally provided with an opening of, which corresponds with the opening o of the
mattress A.
The openings o o¹ can be closed by means of a cushion C which consists of an
upper padded or stuffed part m and a bottom-plate m', between which lie springs f
which press the part m up into the position of Fig. 1.
By means of tongs g (or a similar arrangement) fixed to the part m or its under
layer and to the bottom m¹ and projecting out of the foot of the bed, the cushion
can be pressed together and then pulled back into the channel k, so that (as shown
in Figs. 5 and 6) between the body of the patient and the vessel b a free space is.
produced through which evacuations will fall into the vessel b.
On the exterior end of the tongs g is fixed a support or connecting-rod or link c,
in order that the springs of the cushion C may bear no load when in either
place.
After the patient has relieved himself or herself the cushion C is again moved
back and closes by means of the springs fautomatically the openings o, o' and the
receiver can be pulled out and the vessel b emptied, without air draught from
below passing to the patient.
The mattress may be conveniently arranged with the usual supplementary
parts in a bed framing of known construction as will be seen from the drawing.
In the modification shown in Fig. 7 after the cushion is removed from the opening.
as aforesaid, the pan b is raised into the said opening by means of the trellis-like
system of jointed rods d similar to a so-called lazy-tongs and operated by a lever d¹..
After use the pan is lowered by the same means into the receiver b' before replacing.
the cushion as aforesaid.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
Invalid-bed, the mattress of which is provided with an opening oo for the
passage of evacuations or of a receiving vessel therefor, this opening being closed
by means of a spring-operated cushion C movable into and from a channel k of the
mattress and adapted to be compressed by means of tongs 9 substantially as
set forth.
Dated this 24th day of June 1896.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18 Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Agents to Applicant.