CHANIK
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 1st Feb., 1896
A communication by THE ACTIEN GESELLSCHAFT FÜR FEINMECHANIK,
vormals JETTER & SCHEERER, of Tuttlingen, in the Empire of Germany,
Surgical Instrument Makers.
1. WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of The Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool and 6 Bank Street,
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster, 118 New Street, Birmingham in
the County of Warwick and 31 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
Civil Engineer, 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 for its object improvements in platinum cauterising apparatus,
to enable the operator to use the apparatus with only one hand.
In the canterising apparatus hitherto employed, the bellows or blast apparatus
had to be operated by one hand whilst the other hand held the apparatus and
directed the cauterising operation.
The improved apparatus is so modified, that the cauter and the bellows or blast
ball are mounted on one handle so that by gripping the same with only one hand
the blast can be set in action by means of one finger whilst the cauter is suitably
directed.
In order to further complete the apparatus, the cauter is furnished with an
adjustable protective cover or sheath formed of asbestos, or other suitable
incombustible substance, such for instance as silicious sinter, or the like, so that the
operator may take hold of the cauter with the free hand by means of the protective
cover or sheath, and exactly direct the same.
The bottle of benzine is adapted to hang from the button-hole or button of the
operator's coat, so that all the parts of the cauterising apparatus lie conveniently at
hand, and in a suitable position adjacent to one another, and may be suitably used,
and generally speaking only one hand is required for the apparatus.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is an elevation and
Figure 2 a plan of the whole apparatus ;
Figure 3 an elevation of the benzine bottle;
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The movement of the protective case or sheath is limited by means of a stop m
fixed on the burner pipe D, and engaging in a slot 6 of the cover.
The burner pipe-D is revolubly attached to a curved support or bracket E
by means of a screw d, said bracket E being firmly connected with a partially
open egg-shaped holder G, containing a bellows or blast ball F, and forming with
the latter a handle by which the instrument is held.
A push pin e passes through the bracket E, or the holder G, and has at
its inner end a small disc e' which bears against the blast ball or bellows bag F.
If the pin e be pressed against the ball F, the latter is compressed, the
suction valve of the same is thereby closed and air is forced through the
connecting pipe to a pressure regulating ball H, and from this latter through
a tube to the benzine bottle K and from there as benzine gas to the burner.
A forked hook k is attached to the benzine bottle K, and said hook is passed
over a button, or into a button-hole of the coat of the person operating, and the
bottle is carried thereon.
The egg-shaped holder G, in which the blast ball is placed, and the bracket E,
have such a form that the holder G lies conveniently in the inner surface
of the hand, whilst the front side and the bracket E may be enclosed by the
fingers, and the pin e be operated by one finger, the thumb lying at the side over
the holder G in proximity to the suction valve f.
In the drawing, the burner tube D is so represented that the handle G lies
behind the same. As the tube D is revolubly attached to the bracket E, the
handle G, as shown in dotted lines, for instance in Figure 2, may also lie
sideways to the burner-pipe D either to the left or right hand of the same;
in all positions however the handle G may be conveniently taken hold of, and the
blast equally simply operated by one finger.
The advantage of this improved arrangement of cauterising apparatus consists
essentially as before stated, in that the operator has one hand entirely at liberty,
and any accidental injury is avoided by means of the protective cover or sheath.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A platinum cauterising apparatus capable of being operated by one hand,
characterised by a revoluble burner tube and a bellows or blast-ball being so
arranged in one suitably shaped handle, that the apparatus may be held thereby in
one hand, and the blast ball be simultaneously operated by one finger of the same
band, whilst the benzine bottle is provided with a hook and is adapted to be
attached to and carried by a button or button-hole of the coat; substantially as
herein before described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
2. In a cauterising apparatus such as described, a cover adjustably arranged on
the burner pipe, and coated with a sheath or covering of asbestos or other suitable
material, whereby the cauter may be directed by the hand which is at liberty,
thus dispensing with the special handle hitherto required, substantially as
described.
Dated this 24th day of December 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents.