Improvements in electric galvanic belts.

  • Lake, Henry Harris
Date:
1902
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Improvements in electric galvanic belts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lake's Improvements in Electric Galvanic Belts. Fig. 21 is a detached view of the twisted plug. Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings. 1 represents the casing or cover, which is constructed of a size to carry out the *_1. « ^1* i h ^ am n rl n if h A n to n v» A rn o n ltr l r» n v*n nrl i n f h a Avrl i v«tf 30 ports different attachments. The belt or cover 1 may be provided with any desired number of electrodes, which are constructed substantially as hereinafter described; but to carry out the objects of 10 my invention it is not necessary to provide the cover 1 with any electrodes inasmuch as they may be attached to separate bandages or attachments and properly connected to the batteries by means of suitable wires as hereinafter described. For the purpose of attaching the belt 1 together with its different parts to a horse or other animal, straps such as B may be provided, which straps have suitable 15 electrodes arranged at any desired point or points thereby providing a means for locating electrodes upon different parts of the body. When it is desired to attach electrodes to the legs or arms, bandages such as 2 are provided, which bandages are provided with suitable straps such as 3 and 4, said straps being connected together by means of buckles or their equivalents. 20 For the purpose of providing an electrode that will have the proper amount of ventilation, the face of the electrode is formed convexo-concave and perforated sub¬ stantially as shown in the drawing. For causing the electrode to be active when placed upon a dry surface the felt 5 is placed between the convexo-concave plate 6 and the attaching or connecting plate 7 25 as illustrated in Fig. 7, and said felt moistened preferably with water. It will be understood that by providing the convexo-concave plate 6 and perforating the same, I am enabled to provide proper ventilation and thereby prevent the electrode from blistering or burning the parts coming in contact with said electrode. When it is desired to more securely protect the body from injury by a strono- current, the plate 6 may be covered with felt such as 8. For the purpose of insulating the cell-plates 9 and 10 the thimbles 11 are pro¬ vided, which thimbles are preferably formed of hard rubber or other insulating material. The thimbles 11 are provided with collars 12, which collars are for the purpose of over-lapping a portion of one of the cell plates. nected together by means of the split pins 13, which split pins are j assed through the thimbles 4 as illustrated in Fig. 13. ° 40 Between the cell plates 9 and 10 are located rubber frames or jackets 14 within which jackets are located the absorbent pads 15. The object of the jacket 14 is to form a cell that will, be perfectly insulated and do away with other transverse fastenings for connecting the plates except the insulated pin 13 and also when decomposition of the zinc plate 10 takes place a new one may 45 be replaced without mechanical skill or disarranging the battery; the new plates le ng attached by simply removing the pins 13 at which time the old plates are free to be removed and new ones applied. The frame or jacket 14 is provided with the notches 1G, which notches are located upon opposite sides of the frame or jacket as illustrated in Fig. 10, said notches be in 50 for the purpose of receiving the hooked extended portion 18 of the plates 9 and 10 said hooked extended portions being open to form eyes which eyes are for the purpose of hinging the battery cells together by means of the open coiled hiuaJ or The object and purpose of hinging the cells together by means of the open coiled 55 hinges ID is to provide room for easily attaching the plug 20 having an open eve 20*, 35