Improvements in massage and ear instruments / [Benjamin Franklin Hutches].

  • Hutches, Benjamin Franklin.
Date:
1901
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Credit: Improvements in massage and ear instruments / [Benjamin Franklin Hutches]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A.D.1900 N° 18,419 Date of Application, 16th Cct190C~-Accepted, 19th Jan.,1901 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. Improvements in Massage and Ear Instruments. I, Benjamin Franklin Hutches, Jr., of No. 165, West 78tli Street, New York City, County and State of New Yrork, United States of America, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to he performed, to he particularly described and ascertained in and by the follow- 5 ing statement; — This invention relates to a massage instrument adapted to he moved by hand over the parts of the face or body requiring massage treatment. The instrument is provided with a rapidly vibrating hammer which delivers a series of rapid taps upon the skin, and with a guard which is held against the skin and serves lb to locate and equalize the taps. In the accompanying drawing:—- Fig. 1 is a top view, partly in section, of my improved massage instrument, showing the casing open. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on line 2, 2, Fig. 1. 15 Fig. 3 illustrates a modification of the guard and hammer. Fig. 4 is an elevation, partly in section, of the instrument, showing it connected to the piston of an ear pump, and Fig. 5 is a section on line 5, 5, Fig. 4. The letter a, represents a casing which contains the operating mechanism of 20 the instrument, and from which projects the rapidly vibrating hammer b. This hammer may be of any desired shape, and is preferably removable, so that hammers of different shapes adapted to give different treatments to the body may be fitted to the instrument. In Figure 1, I have shown the hammer pro¬ vided with a flat end as at c, to constitute a paddle, while in Figure 3, it is pro- 25 vided with a ball d. In order to guide the instrument over the body at a uniform distance and to thus locate and equalize the hammer-blows, I employ a guard e, which projects from the casing a, some distance belowr the hammer (Fig. 2) and surrounds the same when the latter is depressed. Thus, by holding the guard e, in contact 30 with the body and drawing the instrument slowly over the surface to be treated, all the taps of the hammer will be located and a uniform treatment will be ensured to the patient. The guard is also, preferably, removable as shown, so that guards of various configurations may be employed. In Figure 1, the guard is shown to be of 35 and in Fierure 3, it is shown to be first partly contracted and then expanded into a ring. It is obvious that the shape of the guard is subject to infinite variations. In order to impart a rapid reciprocating movement to the hammer, I mav employ either a mechanical or an electric motor, the drawing showing the latter 40 construction, which is preferred. Here the hammer b, is secured to the arma¬ ture f, of a pair of electro-magnets g. The armature is free to vibrate on the pivot //, and is provided with a detracting spring i. The wires k, and I, leading \ Price 8d.}