Appliances for Imparting Electricity and Heat to the Body.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Appliances for Imparting Electricity and Heat to the Body.
I, IGNAZ TIMAR, of 14, Kommandantenstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Ger-
many, Manager, 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 has reference to an appliance for imparting heat and elec-
tricity to the body, and has for its object an appliance which enables the body
to be electrified, and heat to be introduced at the same time.
The invention is illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which, Figure 1 is
a side elevation, and Figure 2 a plan viewed from underneath, of one form
of appliance; whilst Figures 3 and 4 are modifications of same.
Referring to the drawings, and more particularly to Figures 1 and 2, a is
an india-rubber bag of any suitable shape; on the upper side of which is a
neck-shaped opening b, closed by means of the stopper c, the neck b serving
as a handle for the appliance, and allows the bag to be filled with a thermo-
phoric substance d, which may be crystallized acetate of sodium, crystallized
hyposulphite of sodium, or crystallized barium hydroxide.
These three chemical substances are well known to possess the quality of
melting in their own water of crystallization, and, in so doing, to absorb a
large amount of latent heat; when re-crystallizing, the latent heat is appli-
cable for heating objects, or parts of the body brought into contact with the
india-rubber bag. The thermophoric substances mentioned may be melted by
suspending the bag in warm water, or in any other suitable way.
The bag a is laid on a piece of metallic netting, or a perforate or imper-
forate plate, e, in such a manner as to fit into the turned up edges e¹ of the
metallic netting, or plate, e. The metallic netting e at its edge e¹ carries a
terminal f, to receive a wire for the electric current.
It is evident that, in using the apparatus represented in Figure 1, it is
necessary to have a kathode or carrying-off plate, (not shewn in the drawings)
so as to provide a closed circuit for the current. The electrical current spreads
from the terminal ƒ over the wire netting e, and circulates to the above
mentioned kathode or carrying-off plate.
Figures 3 and 4 shew modifications of the electrifying and heating device.
In Figure 3, a second terminal is attached to the metallic netting, in
place of the kathode or carrying-off plate, so that the current will circulate to
a large extent directly from f through the wire netting e, to g; whilst a
smaller portion of the current will pass through the body, from f to g. By
this means, and according to the form given to the electrifying body heater,
it is possible to vary the course of the electric current through the body, and
also to enable the electrifying and body heater to fit well to the various parts
of the body.
In Figure 4, the arrangement is similar to that of Figure 3, but in this case,
an insolating layer his arranged in the metallic netting, so that the current
is forced at the part to pass in its entirety through the body; in this manner

page_text: that part of the body which is under h forms part of the circuit, and the current
must pass through it in its full strength.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:―
1. An appliance for heating, and simultaneously electrifying various parts
of the body, comprising a divided or undivided perforate or imperforate plate
to be plated upon the body, and provided with one or two terminals for the
electric wires, and carrying on the side which lies away from the body, an
india-rubber bag filled with substances which will melt in their own water of
crystallization; substantially as described.
2. An appliance for heating, and simultaneously electrifying various parts
of the body, particularly as shewn in and set forth with reference to the draw-
ings.
Dated this 9th day of October 1899.
IGNAZ TIMAR.
By Cheesbrough & Royston,
Agents for the Applicant, 15, Water Street, Liverpool.