A NEW AND IMPROVED PAD FOR TRUSSES, ADAPTABLE TO ANY SPRING WAIST BAND
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Gedge, of No. 11, Wellington Street,
Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "A
NEW AND IMPROVED PAD FOR TRUSSES, ADAPTABLE TO ANY SPRING WAIST
BAND." A communication from abroad by Cimon Corneille Schoevers, of The
Hague, Holland, Doctor of Medicine.
Sealed the 29th December 1877, and dated the 6th July 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Gedge at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th July 1877.
WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County
of Middlesex, Patent Agent. "A NEW AND IMPROVED PAD FOR TRUSSES, ADAPTABLE
TO ANY SPRING WAIST BAND." A communication from abroad by Cimon Corneille
Schoevers, of The Hague, Holland, Doctor of Medicine.
By the use of the new pad, herein-after described, all the inconveniences and
dangers attending the use of ordinary trusses disappear.
The most disagreable and most dangerous defect of the pads hitherto generally
used is unquestionably the displacement of the pad itself, and consequent shifting
of the entire truss.
It is evident that directly the pad of a truss or bandage is displaced, the effect of
the truss is destroyed, and that the danger which the wearer seeks to avoid by the
aid of the truss, that is to say, strangulated hernia, is imminent; wherefore it may
be said that the ordinary case of the trusses hitherto used is that of complete
inutility, inasmuch that by their incessant shiftings they cannot ward off the danger
to which persons affected with hernia are exposed, whereas any truss provided with
this new petal pad will be perfectly adherent at the spot to be covered by the pad.
This adhesion is produced by the petals, which form the base of the spherical cap or
cup of this pad. Thus prevented from shifting, the trusses fulfil the useful purpose
for which they are made, that is to say, that they effectually obstruct the protrusion
[Price 6d1

page_text: of the intestines by the inguinal canal, and consequently prevent the strangulation
of any hernia.
The accompanying Sheet of Drawing shows a pad embodying this Invention.
The actual body of this petal pad is a little more than semi-spherical in form,
of variable diameter, and made preferably of hardened vulcanized india-rubber.
The part in excess of the semi-sphere B is cut out denticulated; these denticu-
lations or cut out parts & take the form of petals, from whence the name given to
this pad (see Figures 1 and 2). The number of these petals is optional, and according
to requirement.
As shown in Figure 2, which is a vertical section of the pad, there is in the centre
of the petals d, and resting on the diametrical plane of the semi-sphere B; forming
the envelope or casing of this pad is another semi-sphere B¹ of less diameter than
the first, and connected therewith by two elbowed parts, so that these two semi-
spheres B and B' form but one whole, upon which is the ring or crown of petals d,
see Figures 1 and 2.
Figure 2 shows that this pad has within it a helical spring C, one of the ends of
which is soldered or otherwise secured to a screw A of copper or other suitable
material; this screw carries a plate of copper, which rests on the outer pole of the
hemi-sphere B, and this plate is itself surmounted by a copper ball intended to fasten
The other end of
the pad to the circular spring which it is to be provided with.
the spring C is soldered to a small segment of a sphere a made of copper, which rests
in the cavity formed by the small semi-sphere B₁, so that by the action of the
spring C the lower sphere B¹ is made to act upon the intestine as a compresser, and
resists its tendency to protrude.
The petals d, Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, which are arranged in a ring on the circum-
ference of the large semi-sphere B, and have in their centre the small sphere B',
cause the pad to cling to the spot which it is to cover.
Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of this pad; in the centre of this Figure is the
small semi-sphere B¹ inserted in that B, and on the circumference of this latter is
shown the ring of petals d.
Figure 4 is a top plan view of the pad; in the centre of the semi-sphere B is seen
the head of the screw A, which carries the spring C.

page_text: 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
January 1878.
"
WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County
of Middlesex. A NEW AND IMPROVED PAD FOR TRUSSES, ADAPTABLE TO ANY
SPRING WAIST BAND." A communication from abroad by Cimon Corneille
Schoevers, of The Hague, Holland, Doctor of Medecine.
By the use of the new pad, herein-after described, all the inconveniences and
dangers attending the use of ordinary trusses disappear.
The most disagreable and most dangerous defect of the pads hitherto generally
used is unquestionably the displacement of the pad itself, and consequent shifting
of the entire truss.
It is evident that directly the pad of a truss or bandage is displaced, the effect of
the truss is destroyed, and that the danger which the wearer seeks to avoid by the
aid of the truss, that is to say, strangulated hernia, is imminent; wherefore it may
be said that the ordinary case of the trusses hitherto used is that of complete
inutility, inasmuch that by their incessant shiftings they cannot ward off the danger
to which persons affected with hernia are exposed, whereas any bandage or truss
provided with this new petal pad will be perfectly adherent at the spot to be covered
by the pad. This adhesion is produced by the petals, which form the base of the
spherical cap or cup of this pad. Thus prevented from shifting, the trusses fulfil the
useful purpose for which they are made, that is to say, that they effectually obstruct
the protrusion of the intestines by the inguinal canal, and consequently prevent the
strangulation of any hernia.
The accompanying Sheet of Drawing shows a pad embodying this Invention.
The actual body of this petal pad is a little more than semi-spherical in form,
of variable diameter, and made preferably of hardened vulcanized india-rubber.
The part in excess of the semi-sphere B is cut out denticulated; these denticu-
lations or cut out parts d take the form of petals, from whence the name given to
this pad (see Figures 1 and 2). The number of these petals is optional, and according
to requirement.
As shown in Figure 2, which is a vertical section of the pad, there is in the centre
of the petals d, and resting on the diametrical plane of the semi-sphere B, forming
the envelope or casing of this pad, another semi-sphere B' of less diameter than
the first, and connected therewith by two elbowed parts, so that these two semi-
spheres B and B₁ form but one whole, upon which is the ring or crown of petals d,
see Figures 1 and 2.
Figure 2 shows that this pad has within it a helical spring C, one of the ends of
which is soldered or otherwise secured to a screw A of copper or other suitable
material; this screw carries a plate of copper, which rests on the outer pole of the
semi-sphere B, and this plate is itself surmounted by a small copper ball intended to
fasten the pad to the circular spring which it is to be provided with. The other end
of the spring C is soldered to a small segment of a sphere a made of copper, which
rests in the cavity formed by the small semi-sphere B¹, so that by the action of the
spring C the lower sphere B¹ is made to act upon the intestine as a compresser, and
resist its tendency to protrude.
This spring may be dispensed with, as shown, Figure 5, but in order that the
pressure and the elasticity may remain the same the semi-spherical part B will be
replaced by a small cylindrical pad E, slightly curved or bulging outward, which is
held to the main pad F by the screw pin A¹. This small inner pad, by reason of its
cylindrical form, possesses all the elasticity required to ensure that the pressure
exercised upon the ruptured part shall be always constant.
The petals d, Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, which are arranged in a ring on the circum-
ference of the large semi-sphere B, and have in their centre the small sphere B¹,
cause the pad to cling to the spot which it is to cover.

page_text: Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of this pad; in the centre of this Figure is the
small semi-sphere B¹ inserted in that B, and on the circumference of this latter is
shown the ring of petals d..
Figure 4 is a top plan view of the pad; in the centre of the semi-sphere B is seen
the head of the screw A, which carries the spring C.
Figure 5 is a vertical section showing the pad without the spring C, and Figure 6
is a plan view of same.
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Having now described and. ascertained the nature of the said Invention com-
municated to me as aforesaid, I claim as secured to me by the herein-before in part
recited Letters Patent,-
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Firstly. The application of the petals to any kind of truss or spring waist band,
substantially as and for the purposes herein-before set forth.
Secondly. The combination of the semi-spheres B and B¹ and of the spring C
with its sphere a and screw A, substantially as and for the purposes herein-before
specified.
Thirdly. The combination of the pad E with the main pad F, operated by the
screw A¹, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Gedge, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord On
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
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