An Improved Fastening for Tourniquets and other Elastic Surgical Appliances.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 20th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 7th Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastening for Tourniquets and other Elastic Surgical
Appliances.
I JAMES ERNEST ARNOLD of the Firm of Arnold & Sons Instrument
Manufacturers of West Smithfield London do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
An improved form of grip or fastening made of steel or other suitable material,
which is formed like a tapering hook with eyelet. The eyelet is for securely
attaching the india rubber tubing or other material and which is wound round the
limb or any other part and then firmly secured by simply drawing the tube or other
material through the tapering hook. Another great advantage, if suddenly required
it can be released instantaneously.
Dated this 1st day of June 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastening for Tourniquets and other Elastic Surgical
Appliances.
I JAMES ERNEST ARNOLD of the Firm of Arnold & Sons Instrument
Manufacturers of West Smithfield London 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 :-
Reference being had to the accompanying drawings a part of this Specification
in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figure 1 represents the tourniquet applied to a limb.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the tourniquet.
Figure 3 is a plan of the same.
A represents a stout piece of india rubber tubing having attached to one end a
Hap B of leather or other suitable material and a hook of metal nickel plated or
other suitable material having a turned up and rounded tongue as shewn.
The object of this invention is to facilitate the rapid application of a tourniquet
to allay hemorrhage avoiding all complicated fastening thus enabling any unskilled
person to place the tourniquet in position and as rapidly release it. The method
of applying the tourniquet is to wind the india rubber tube A round the limb, pull
the tube through the hook C and the tourniquet from the nature of the material of
which it is composed and the form of the hook cannot slip or become loose while
it can instantly be released.
The upturned and rounded tongue permits the tubing to be readily pulled into
position whilst the leather flap B protects the Hesh from injury or pain due to the
pressure applied.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner it is applied I declare that what I claim is
1. A tourniquet substantially as shewn and described.
2. The combination of a hook C of form as shewn and described with a flap B
and india rubber tubing A as shewn in the drawings hereto annexed.
Dated this 19th day of February 1894.
JAMES ERNEST ARNOLD.

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 20th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 7th Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastening for Tourniquets and other Elastic Surgical
Appliances.
I JAMES ERNEST ARNOLD of the Firm of Arnold & Sons Instrument
Manufacturers of West Smithfield London do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
An improved form of grip or fastening made of steel or other suitable material,
which is formed like a tapering hook with eyelet. The eyelet is for securely
attaching the india rubber tubing or other material and which is wound round the
limb or any other part and then firmly secured by simply drawing the tube or other
material through the tapering hook. Another great advantage, if suddenly required
it can be released instantaneously.
Dated this 1st day of June 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fastening for Tourniquets and other Elastic Surgical
Appliances.
I JAMES ERNEST ARNOLD of the Firm of Arnold & Sons Instrument
Manufacturers of West Smithfield London 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 :-
Reference being had to the accompanying drawings a part of this Specification
in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding puts in all the figures.
Figure 1 represents the tourniquet applied to a limb.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the tourniquet..
Figure 3 is a plan of the same.
A represents a stout piece of india rubber tubing having attached to one end a
Hap B of leather or other suitable material and a hook C of metal nickel plated or
other suitable material having a turned up and rounded tongue as shewn.
The object of this invention is to facilitate the rapid application of a tourniquet
to allay hemorrhage avoiding all complicated fastening thus enabling any unskilled
person to place the tourniquet in position and as rapidly release it. The method
of applying the tourniquet is to wind the india rubber tube A round the limb, pull
the tube through the hook C and the tourniquet from the nature of the material of
which it is composed and the form of the hook cannot slip or become loose while
it can instantly be released.
The upturned and rounded tongue permits the tubing to be readily pulled into
position whilst the leather flap B protects the flesh from injury or pain due to the
pressure applied.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner it is applied I declare that what I claim is
1. A tourniquet substantially as shewn and described.
2. The combination of a hook C of form as shewn and described with a flap B
and india rubber tubing A as shewn in the drawings hereto annexed.
Dated this 19th day of February 1894.
JAMES ERNEST ARNOLD.