Improvements in trusses for hernia / [William Gabriel].

  • Gabriel, William.
Date:
1896
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Improvements in trusses for hernia / [William Gabriel]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    i\° 20,657 A. D. 1895 Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1895 Complete Specification Left, 26th May, 1896—Accepted, 4th July, 1898 PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. Improvements in Trusses for Hernia. I, William Gabriel, of the Old Post Office, Wood Road, Pontypridd, in the County of Glamorgan, Builder, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows :— My invention has for its object improvements in trusses for hernia, which are 8 much easier to put on and take off and while possessing sensitive elasticity are sufficiently firm to render all the support required with facility for easy adjustment. The main spring or band which carries the pad or pads according to my invention is jointed at the front by two eyes and a pin or other equivalent joint which would 10 of itself allow the back ends to open out to any desired width so as to pass on and off the body. Over this front joint I fasten a thin spring so that it is close thereto and gives the necessary pressure or stiffness while it also allows of being bent back on opening the truss to allow it to piss around the body. The bends for the pads or pad are formed at any desired position at each side the 15 joint upon which the front pads are mounted. The back pads are mounted at the end of the spring and are connected by a strap capable of proper adjustment. The pad or pads are common ones but with a cavity in the back to receive one end of spiral spring united to the pad by a plate and the other end fastened to the carrier by a screw which may also serve to fasten the carrier to the band or a 20 second screw may be used for this purpose. The spring is adjustable in regard to its length by a plate at the back. There may be two front and two back pads or only one. Dated this 31st day of October 1895. GEORGE BARKER, 25 77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for xApplicant. COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. Improvements in Trusses for Hernia. I, William Gabriel, of the Old Post Office, Wood Road, Pontypridd, in the County of Glamorgan do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what 30 manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:— My invention has for its object improvements in trusses for hernia which are much easier to put on and take off and while possessing sensitive elasticity are sufficiently firm to render all the support required with facility for easy ff5 adjustment. The main spring or band which carries the pad or pads according to mv invention is jointed at the front by two eyes and a pin or other'equivalent join: which would of itself allow the back ends to open out to any desired width so as to pass on and off the body. Over this front joint I fasten a thin spring so that it lies close 40 thereto and gives the necessary pressure or stiffness while it also allows of being bent back on opening the truss to allow it to pass around the body. I he bends | Price