Improvements relating to Muscular Exercisers.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
Improvements relating to Muscular Exercisers.
I, EUGEN SANDOW, of 9, Sackville Street, Piccadilly, London, Athlete, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to such apparatus for exercising the muscles of the human
frame as are provided with handles attached to weighted or elastic cords, and the
object of the invention is to cause an electric current to pass through the body or
limbs at the same time that the muscles are being exercised and developed.
For this purpose I connect each handle to one pole of an electric battery, or other
suitable generator or source of electricity, by a suitable wire or wires in such a
manner that a current of electricity can be applied to the body or limbs as the
exerciser is being used.
In applying my invention to exercisers of which the handles are fitted to elastic
cords such as described in the Specification accompanying my application for Letters
Patent No. 3,242, dated February 8th, A.D). 1897, I propose to pass a wire or wires
from the battery or other source of electricity along the cord in connection with each
handle in such a manner as not to interfere with the elasticity of the cord, say by
weaving it or them in the elastic cover or coiling it or them around the elastic
strands (or among them) inside the covering; but I do not wish to limit myself
to such arrangement as it can evidently be varied in many ways.
Dated this 23rd day of December 1897.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
Improvements relating to Muscular Exercisers:
I, EUGEN SANDOW, formerly of 9, Sackville Street, now of 32, St. James's Street,
Piccadilly, London, Athlete, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer
tained in and by the following statement:---
This invention relates to such apparatus for exercising the muscles of the human
frame as are provided with handles attached to clastic cords, and the object of the
invention is to cause an electric current to pass through the body or limbs at the
same time that the muscles are being exercised and developed.
For this purpose I connect each handle to an electric battery, or other suitable
generator or source of electricity, by a suitable wire or wires in such a manner that
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page_text: a current of electricity can be applied to the body or limbs as the exerciser is bei g
used, without interfering with the elasticity of the cord to which the said hanc é
is attached.
The annexed drawings illustrate one or two ways of applying my invention
exercisers of which the handles are fitted to elastic cords such as described in te
Specification of Letters l'atent No. 3,242 dated February 8th, A.D. 1897, granted
to myself.
On the drawings, Fig. 1 is a front view of such an exerciser, and Figs. 2, 3, 3,
4, 5 6 and 7 show how the electric wires can be connected to the handles thereof.
I propose to pass a wire or wires a from the battery 6 (or other source of
electricity) along the cord c in connection with each handle h which are partly or
entirely made of metal or other good conductor of electricity, in such a manner as
not to interfere with the elasticity of the cord c, say by weaving it or them in the
elastic cover c¹ in the form of a coil or coils (Figs. 2 and 3) or zigzag (Figs. 4
and 5) or coiling it or them around the elastic strands (see Fig. 3^) or running it or
them along the said strands (see Fig. 6) inside the covering c¹.
Or the wire may
be covered and strong enough in its coiled or zigzag form to take the place of other
elastic strands, and form the elastic cord itself (see Fig. 7).
The ring or part e to which the coils c are connected is made of or covered with
insulating material; but I do not wish to limit myself to such arrangement as it
can evidently be varied in many ways.
The wires a can both be led from one pole of the battery the other pole being
connected to a metal plate x (as seen dotted at Fig. 1) the user standing on the said
plate or one pole of the battery can be connected to one handle, and the other
pole to the other as seen by the full lines on Fig. 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The combination with the handles of an elastic cord exerciser of wires leading
from a battery to the said handles part of the wire being extensible and so connected
to the handles as to form part of the cords and not to interfere with the elasticity
thereof, substantially as set forth.
Dated the 2nd dow of
1000
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22nd day of September
1000
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GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicant, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.