A BELT AND IMPROVED SANATORY APPARATUS FOR FEMALE USE
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Gedge, of the Firm of John Gedge
and Son, of No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "A BELT AND IMPROVED
SANATORY APPARATUS FOR FEMALE USE."-A communication from abroad
be Lonise Thevenot 15 Passage des Petites Ecuries. Paris, France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Gedge
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th December 1864.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, of
No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A BELT AND IMPROVED
SANATORY APPARATUS FOR FEMALE USE," a communication to me from abroad
by Louise Thevenot, 15, Passage des Petites Ecuries, Paris, France, to be
as follows:-
To an elastic belt or waistband, provided with three buttons in the front
thereof, and three buttons at back, fitted to a pair of knitted drawers, and
which permits these latter to be pulled up or down without unbuttoning, is
fixed apparatus the subject of this Invention, by means of six button holes
corresponding with the six buttons before mentioned.

page_text: This apparatus is composed of a piece of calico, linen, or other analagons
material lined with oil cloth or silk; beneath this are two pieces of deerskin
(or similar material), one of which is placed on the fore and the other on
the hind part, in the middle is placed a sponge intended to receive the
menstrual flux. The calico or linen lined with oil cloth is cut sloping so as
to form a double contiguous plastron or stomacher.
The apparatus is first buttoned by one of its ends or plastrons to the three
buttons on the back of the waistband, the other end is passed between the
legs and buttoned in front to the waistband by means of three button holes.
This apparatus might be so arranged as to fasten at the sides by means of
elastics.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Gedge in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 5th June' 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM..]
EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, of No. 11, Wellington
Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria; by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Edward Gedge, Her special licence that I, the said
William Edward Gedge, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said William Edward Gedge, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, should at any timė agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should'
and lawfully might make, use, exercise,. and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of
Man, an Invention for: A. BELT AND IMPROVED SANATORY APPARATUS POR
FEMALE USE," a communication to me from abroad by Louise Thevenot, 15,
Passage des Petites Ecuries,.. Paris, France, upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the. said William Edward Gedge, my exécutors. or. adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the

page_text: same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Gedge, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
The belt and improved sanatory apparatus for female use, the subject of
this Invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawing forming. part of this Specification, Figures 1,.2, and 3,
illustrating the application of the Invention, and Figures 4 to 8 inclusive the
construction and arrangement of the apparatus.
At Figure No. 1, a female is seen from behind, wearing knitted drawers
and an elastic belt with three buttons in front and the same number at back.
The drawers may be easily lowered without unbuttoning the apparatus, which
is fastened on the drawers by means of three button holes. The apparatus is
passed between the legs, and buttoned at the sides with elastics, the end of
the apparatus is then brought up and buttoned in front by means of three
button holes.
This apparatus is composed of fine linen above and below the button holes,
beneath is a piece of oiled cloth; there is a sheet of amadou behind and a
small one in front; in the centre is a sponge.
Figure No. 2, front view of a female wearing an apparatus composed of
"madapolam" above and beneath the button holes. On the oil cloth is a
piece of deer skin, and a sponge here shewn in her hand.
Figure No. 3, side view of female wearing drawers of which the apparatus
is fastened at the side with an elastic.
Figure No. 4 shews an apparatus composed of fine linen above and beneath
the button holes. The piece which is seen below the button holes is the oiled
cloth on which is the deerskin, a sponge being in the centre; that which is
> seen at the sides is the elastic, which buttons over the thigh.
Figure No. 5 shews the elastic belt of this Invention, clasping at the side
and buttoning on to the improved sanatory apparatus, or unbuttoning from it
at pleasure.
Figure No. 6 shews knitted drawers composed of an elastic belt with three
buttons before and three behind, and having a large opening cut out behind,
and a smaller one in front.
Figure No. 7 shews knitted drawers with a small elastic belt top and
bottom, and with three button holes in front and three behind.

page_text: Figure No. 8 shews an improved sanatory apparatus composed of cotton
above and below the button holes. The square piece seen beneath is of oiled
cloth, with a sheet of amadou to come behind.. On the oil cloth and in the
middle is a sponge, and beneath this sponge is shewn a semicircular piece of
amadou, which is also on the oil cloth; at the sides are the elastics, which
button over the thighs.
Figure No. 8 shews an improved sanatory apparatus composed of cotton
above and below the button holes. The square piece seen beneath is of oiled
cloth, with a sheet of amadou to come behind.. On the oil cloth and in the
middle is a sponge, and beneath this sponge is shewn a semicircular piece of
amadou, which is also on the oil cloth; at the sides are the elastics, which
button over the thighs.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Gedge, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.