Produce a Magnetic Bath or Medium.
Year: 1885

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Produce a Magnetic Bath or Medium.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE of No 46 Lincoln's Inn Fields in the County of
Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature
of said invention for "NEW OR IMPROVED APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRO-MAGNETISM
TO ARM CHAIRS, SEATS, CARPETS OR OTHER ARTICLES OF FURNITURE TO PRODUCE
A MAGNETIC BATH OR MEDIUM" (a communication to me from abroad by Guillaume
Edard of 22 rue Duban Passy Paris, France, "Industriel ") to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to the application of electro-magnetism to carpets,
arm chairs, beds, couches, seats or other articles of furniture for subjecting sick
persons to the influence of a magnetic medium the composing elements of which
are excited by the passage of a current proceeding from a generator of electricity
of any suitable nature.
In order that the nature of this invention may be fully understood, I illustrate
in the accompanying sheet of drawings by way of example a convenient mode of
carrying it into effect.
Fig. 1, shows in perspective an articulated arm-chair according to this invention.
Fig. 2, shows the same in plan or top view.
Fig. 3, is a vertical longitudinal section of the chair and Fig. 4 illustrates the
arrangement of the electro-magnets.
It is to be understood that the number and the arrangement of the above
mentioned electro-magnets may be varied according to their various applications
or to suit different cases that may arise in practice.
According to this invention there is produced upon and around the arm chair a
-magnetic medium in the following manner viz: in the frame of the chair, that is
to say below the seat a and the back b and underneath the trimmings thereof are
mounted two series of electro-magnets c The electro-magnets of each series are
connected either in tension or in quantity; in the first case the two series are con-
nected together in quantity and in the second case they are connected together in
tension.

page_text: As more particularly shewn in Fig. 4 the soft iron core d of each of the bobbins
terminates in a disc e of the same metal; a plate f of any suitable material pro-
vided with perforations having exactly the same diameter as that of the discs e
corresponds accurately to the position the latter occupy in the box g and is fixed so
as to be slightly above the upper surfaces of the said discs.
A small recess or space is thus formed above the upper part of each bobbin and
is enclosed partly by the discs e and partly by the plate f; in this space is spread
a layer of magnetic ore of suitable thickness.
A current supplied by a powerful battery is caused to flow in the electro-
magnets of the arm-chair entering the latter at the terminals h and passing
first through the series of electro-magnets of the back and then through that of
the seat.
The arm chair rests upon cups of glass or of any other suitable insulating
material. The floor upon which the chair is placed is provided with a sort of
carpet having a series of parallel sheaths i formed by a series of parallel seams
or rows of stitches (See Fig. 2). These sheaths are filled with magnetic ore
of a similar kind to that placed upon the bobbins; this ore being likewise excited,
in each one of the sheaths containing the same, by an electric current proceeding
from a Holtz machine or from a machine of some kind capable of developing a
strong current. The series of sheaths is insulated from the flooring by means of
several thin layers of gutta-percha.
The current enters at one extremity, passes through the ore contained in each
sheath which it thus excites and leaves at the opposite extremity.
.It will be understood that when the current passes with sufficient energy in the
bobbins of the arm chair and through the ore of the carpet, the surrounding
atmosphere or medium is strongly influenced by the magnetism thus developed
and acts under determined conditions. upon the person occupying the arm chair.
As will be evident this invention may be applied in conjunction with any other
seat or article of furniture such as a divan, couch, bed or the like.

page_text: New or Improved Applications of Electro-magnetism to Arm
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Chairs, Seats, Carpets, or other Articles of Furniture to
Produce a Magnetic Bath or Medium.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE, of N° 46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention (a communication to me from abroad by Guillaume Edard, of:
22, Rue Duban, Passy, Paris, France,, " Industriel,") 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 reference to the application of electro-magnetism to carpets,
arm chairs, beds, conches, scats or other articles of furniture for subjecting sick.
persons to the influence of a magnetic medium the composing elements of which
are excited by the passage of a current proceeding from a generator of electricity
of any suitable nature.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings Fig. 1 shews in
perspective an articulated arm chair according to this invention. Fig. 2 shews
the same in plan or top view. Fig. 2 is a view partly in section of the floor or
support on which the chair stands. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the
chair and Fig. 4 illustrates the arrangement of the electro-magnets.
It is to be understood that the number and the arrangement of the above
mentioned electro-magnets, may be modified according to their various applications
or to suit different cases that may arise in practice.
According to this invention there is produced upon and around the arm chair
a magnetic medium in the following manner viz: in the frame of the chair, that is
to say, below the seat a and the back b and underneath the trimmings thereof are
mounted two series of electro-magnets c. The electro-magnets of each series are
connected either in tension or in quantity; in the first case the two series are con-
nected together in quantity and in the second case they are connected together in
tension.
As more particularly shewn in Fig. 4 the soft iron core d of each of the bobbins
terminates in a disc e of the same metal; a plate f of any suitable material, pro-
vided with perforations having exactly the same diameter as the discs e corresponds
accurately to the position the latter occupy in the box g and is fixed so as to be
slightly above the upper surfaces of the said discs.
A small recess or space is thus formed above the upper part of each bobbin and
is enclosed partly by the discs c and partly by the plate f; in this space is spread
a layer of magnetic ore of suitable thickness..
A current supplied by a powerful battery is caused to flow in the electro-
magnets of the arm-chair entering the latter at the terminals and passing
first through the series of electro-magnets of the back and then through that of
the seat.
The arm chair rests upon cups or castors of glass or of any other suitable
insulating material. The floor upon which the chair is placed is provided with
:

page_text: a sort of carpet having a series of parallel sheaths i formed by a series of parallel-
seams or rows of stitches (See fig. 2). These sheaths i are filled with magnetic
ore of a similar kind to that placed upon the bobbins, this ore being likewise
excited, in each one of the sheaths containing the same, by an electric current
proceeding from a Holtz machine or from a machine of some kind capable of
developing a strong current.
The series of sheaths is insulated from the flooring by means of several thin
layers of gutta-percha.
The current enters at one extremity, passes through the ore contained in each
sheath which it thus excites and leaves at the opposite extremity.
It will be understood that when the current passes with sufficient energy in
the bobbins of the arm chair and through the ore of the carpet, the surrounding
atmosphere or medium is strongly influenced by the magnetism thus developed
and acts under determined conditions upon the person occupying the arm chair.
As will be evident this invention may be applied in conjunction with any other
seat or article of furniture such as a divan, couch, bed or the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The use of an electro-magnetic medium or bath consisting of an arm chair
or other article of furniture provided with one or more series of electro-magnets
and a layer of magnetic ore in combination with a surface formed of sheaths or
receptacles containing a magnetic ore, the whole arranged to be excited by an
electric current or currents substantially as above described.
2. The use of a magnetic device, consisting of an electro-magnet having a soft
iron core d terminated by a disc e in combination with a plate f perforated in such
a manner that there is formed a space over the magnet for the reception of magnetic
ore substantially as described with reference to Fig. 4 of the accompanying drawing
and for the purpose specified.
3. The improved electromagnetic bath or medium constructed arranged and
operating substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of December 1885.