IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR ADDI VING DWOOD CITY TOD CURATIVE AND OTHER DIDDASES L
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Norman Aronson of Old Broad Street, in the
City of London for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
ADDI VING DWOOD CITY
TOD CURATIVE
AND OTHER DIDDASES
L
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by ther said: Joseph, Norman Aronson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th July 1883.
JOSEPH NORMAN ARONSON of Old Broad Street in the City of London,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING ELECTRICITY, FOR CURATIVE AND
OTHER PURPOSES
"
One part of my invention has reference to electrical brushes of the kind
described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to me on the 21st day of
December A.D. 1881 and numbered 5601 and wherein there are combined a battery,
an induction coil, sets of wire bristles or contact plates and a circuit closer and
push piece.
With a brush as therein described the secondary circuit is completed by applying
the bristle like or equivalent operating parts of the brush to the head or body and
the current passing through the head or body is thus localized.
.
Now according to my present invention the battery or generator of electricity
is external of the brush and the arrangement is such that in order to bring the
apparatus into full operation not only must the primary circuit be closed through
the medium of a push piece or equivalent, but also in order to complete the
secondary circuit through the body to be operated upon a part of the apparatus
away from the brush proper must be held or applied to the body in addition to
the bristle like or equivalent operating parts of the brush, thus causing the current
to be less localized than in my previous arrangement and therefore to pass more
effectually through the body operated upon.
In such an arrangement of apparatus, the battery external to the brush body
has its poles connected to the primary wire of an. induction coil arranged within

page_text: the brush body or backing and the battery itself is surrounded by, or enclosed in,
a casing of material that is a good conductor of electricity, to which one of the
terminals of the secondary coil is connected, the other terminal of the same coil
being connected in some convenient manner as for example through the medium of
a metallic plate or by wires within the brush backing to devices of metal or other
conducting material having the form of bristles, bent strips, bars plates or other
shapes suitable for acting upon the head or body.
A push piece is provided at the back of the brush or in some other convenient
situation to enable the primary circuit to be completed.
To use the brush as thus arranged the operator takes the encased battery in one
hand and the brush body in the other, he presses the push piece thus completing
the primary circuit and he applies the bristle like or equivalent operating parts of
the brush to the desired part of his body; thus the current from one terminal of
the secondary coil is caused to flow through the bristle like or equivalent operating
parts of the brush and through the operator's body and the metallic casing of the
battery to the other terminal of the secondary coil.
It will be evident various modifications of brushes may be constructed to operate
on the principle of my invention as above set forth
To enable the current to be intensified when desired I provide a condenser in
connection with the induction coil.
Also for the purpose of regulating the current a regulator is introduced in
connection with the induction coil and is worked by a pinion and rack or sliding
or other motion
Brushes according to my invention may be made with ordinary bristles in
addition to the bristle like or equivalent parts included in the secondary circuit as
above set forth
For curative, and remedial purposes I construct an appliance wherein the bristle
like portions above referred to are dispensed with. This appliance is formed with
a handle and with removable portions of various forms that can be introduced into
the secondary circuit so that by placing such projecting portions in contact with
the body where required, and also closing the primary circuit by a push piece and
the secondary circuit through the body currents of electricity will be caused to
pass through the body as required

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Joseph Norman Aronson in the Patent Office on the 11th January
1884.
JOSEPH NORMAN ARONSON, of Old Broad Street in the City of London
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING ELECTRICITY, FOR CURATIVE AND
OTHER PURPOSES
One part of my invention has reference to electrical brushes of the kind
described in the specification of Letters Patent granted to me on the 21st day of
December. A.D. 1881 and numbered 5601, and wherein there are combined a
battery, an induction coil, sets of wire, bristles, or contact plates and a circuit closer
and push piece.
With a brush as therein described the secondary circuit is completed by
applying the bristle-like or equivalent operating parts of the brush to the head or
body and the current passing through the head or body is thus localized.
'
Nów according to my present invention the battery or generator of electricity is
external of the brush, and the arrangement is such that in order to bring the
apparatus into full operation not only must the primary circuit be closed through
the medium of a push piece or equivalent, but also in order to complete the
secondary circuit through the body to be operated upon, a part of the apparatus
away from the brush proper must be held or applied to the body in addition to the
bristle-like or equivalent operating parts of the brush, thus causing the current to
be less localized than in my previous arrangement, and therefore to pass more
effectually through the body operated upon.
In such an arrangement of apparatus, the battery external to the brush body
has its poles connected to the primary wire of an induction coil arranged within
the brush body or backing and the battery itself is surrounded by, or enclosed in,
a casing of material that is a good conductor of electricity, to which one of the
terminals of the secondary coil is connected, the other terminal of the same coil
being connected in some convenient manner as for example through the medium of
a metallic plate or by wires within the brush backing to devices of metal or-other
conducting material having the form of bristles, bent strips, bars, plates or other
sbapes suitable for acting upon the head or body.
J
A push piece is provided at the back of the brush or in some other convenient
situation to enable the primary circuit to be completed.
To use the brush as thus arranged the operator takes the encased battery in one
hand, and the brush body in the other; he presses the push piece, thus completing
the primary circuit, and he applies the bristle-like or equivalent operating parts, of
the brush to the desired part of his. body; thus the current from one terminal of
the secondary coil is caused to flow through the bristle-like or equivalent operating
parts of the brush and through the operator's body and the metallic casing of the
battery to the other terminal of the secondary coil.
でわ
It will be evident various modifications of brushes may be constructed to operate
on the principle of my invention as above set forth.
To enable the current to be intensified when desired I provide a condenser in
connection with the induction coil. Also for the purpose of regulating the current
a regulator is introduced in connection with the induction coil and is worked by a
pinion and rack or sliding or other motion.
Brushes according to 'my invention may be made with ordinary bristles in
addition to the bristle-like or equivalent parts included in the secondary circuit as
above set forth...
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For curative and remedial purposes I construct an appliance wherein the bristle-
like portions above referred to are dispensed with. This appliance is formed with
a handle and with removable portions of various forms that can be introduced
into the secondary circuit so that by placing such projecting portions in contact
with the body where required and also closing the primary circuit by a push piece
and the secondary circuit through the body currents of electricity will be caused to
pass through the body as required.
1. f ..
Referring to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings;-Fig. 1 is a back
view of a brush with the enclosing cover partly removed, the induction coil and
connections being shewn.
Fig. 2 is a cross section with the induction coil in end elevation.
Fig. 3 is a partial back view, the enclosing cover and the piece of wood or
intermediate backing to which the coil is fixed being removed, and
Fig 4 is a face view of the brush.
In Figs 2 and 4 the brush is shewn as made for a flesh brush. It is however to
be noted that a similar arrangement of electrical apparatus may be employed in
connection with brushes designed for other uses such as hair brushes. . a is the
induction coil; it is fixed on a wooden or other intermediate backing b fastened to
the stock or backing c in which the bristles etc are secured. The primary circuit
of the induction coil is connected to the terminals à d¹, projecting through the end
of the enclosing cover or back e wherewith the handle is in this, instance formed.
The primary circuit includes a spring contact maker f provided with a push piece g
which projects through a hole in the enclosing cover e which hole may conveniently
be at the side as shewn, but may be otherwise situated so long as the push piece is
in position to be depressed by the finger in order to close the circuit only when
the brush is held in the hand for use.
The primary circuit also includes the usual vibrating circuit breaker h of the induc-
tion coil. In the brush illustrated a. regulator kis shewn. This regulator is for
regulating the intensity of the current.. It may be of any well known or suitable
construction. As shown it consists of a brass tube sliding over the core of the
induction coil a and provided with a projection and knob passing through a
longitudinal slot in the enclosing cover e. One terminal of the secondary coil is
connected to a third terminal d² and the other, terminal is connected with the
rounded metal strips. m, as shewn clearly in Fig :2. The terminals d dare
connected respectively to the poles of a suitable battery n, and the terminal d² to
a metal casing p enclosing or partially enclosing the battery n, the three insulated
wires by which the connections are made being twisted up together to form a
flexible connection and each terminating in a plug or other suitable device for
electrically coupling the connection to the brush. Plugs are shewn, and they take
into the terminals d d d² respectively, so that when out of use the brush and
battery can be disconnected.
The brush is shewn provided with ordinary bristles o.
In the modification shewn in cross section in Fig. 5 the rounded metal strips, are
replaced by wire bristles m. The electrical apparatus is not shewn as its
application. will be readily understood from the description already given with
reference to preceding figures.
Fig 6 illustrates an arrangement of apparatus wherein the coil and other parts
are enclosed within a box or casing q which serves as a handle and is constructed
with an extension or prolongation q¹ to receive various appliances.
It will be observed that in Fig 6 the secondary coil is dispensed with and the
terminal d² is connected to the primary circuit just before it enters the coil and
the operating parts of the apparatus that act electrically on the body to the
circuit just after it leaves the coil or vice versa; thus the primary coil will serve the
twofold purpose of primary and secondary coil as is well understood.
The casing of the battery is in the secondary circuit, but that circuit, instead of
being arranged as in the previously described brush is in the present arrangement
made to pass along within the extension or prolongation q¹ and is connected, to a

page_text: metallic terminal at the end of q¹ to which terminal removable portions of various
forms, such for examples as at A. B. C. DE or F can be electrically connected so
as to be applied to the different parts of the human body as may be required.
Having described the nature of my said invention and the manner of carrying it
into practical effect, I hereby declare that what I consider to be novel and original
and therefore claim as secured to me under the Letters Patent first hereinabove in
part recited is :-
1. Arranging apparatus of the kind hereinabove referred to for applying
electricity for curative and other purposes with a battery or generator of electricity
external of the casing containing the coil or coils, and so that in order to bring the
apparatus into full operation, not only must the primary circuit be closed through
the medium of a push piece or equivalent, but also in order to complete a circuit
through the body to be operated upon, a part of the apparatus away from the
brush proper (or its equivalent for acting upon the body) must be held or applied
to the body in addition to the bristle-like or equivalent operating parts substantially
as described for the purposes set forth.
2. The improved apparatus for applying electricity for curative and other
purposes, constructed, arranged and operating as hereinabove described with
reference to and shewn in Figs 1 to 4 inclusive of the drawings.
3. The construction and use of apparatus substantially as hereinabove described
with reference to Figs 6 of the drawings, for the purposes set forth.
In Witness whereof I, the said Joseph Norman Aronson have hereunto set my
hand and seal this tenth day of January in the year of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-four.
PANOR
JOSEPH NORMAN ARONSON (L.S.)