Sanitary towel / [Paul Hertzberg].

  • Hertzberg, Paul.
Date:
1905
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sanitary towel / [Paul Hertzberg]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    N° 27,892 A.D. 1904 {Under International Convention.) Date claimed for Patent under Patents Act, 1901,) being date of first Foreign Application (/V? > 29th July 1904 Germany), \ Date of Application (in the United Kingdom), 20tn Dec., 1904 Accepted, 19th Jan., 1905 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. » Sanitary Towel. I, Paul Herzberg, of 7 Beutlistrasse, Berlin, in tlie Empire of Germany, do Hereby declare tlie 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: — P The sanitary towels in use at present are made simply of cotton-woof or the ° like, and strengthened by means of a covering made of gauze, muslin, or similar permeable materials. The disadvantage in these towels is that the matters absorbed by the stuffing-material penetrate outwards when the absorb¬ ing material has become saturated, where ny the body-linen is soiled. This invention relates to a slanitary towel, in which these disadvantages are entirely obviated. In addition to the gauze or line-muslin covering, a further covering made of water-proof paper or similar impermeable material is employed, which surrounds the other materials but so as to leave an opening on the side near the body through which the discharge enters. Thus the dis¬ charge is taken up by the towel, but in consequence of the impermeable nature ^ of the enclosing cover, cannot be given oft', so that the soiling of the clothing is prevented. The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 being an elevation, Fig. 2 a section through A—B in Fig. 1, whilst Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2 illustrating a modified form of the towel. As will be seen, in this towel the absorbing material a, which consists of cotton-woof, wood-wool or the like, is surrounded by a covering b made of waterproof paper or similar impermeable material, m such a mannei that an elongated opening is left on the side near the body through which the dis- ‘ ’ chaise passes, whilst the whole is held securely together by means of a per¬ meable substance e, such as gauze, fine muslin or the like. Hie towel may, however be made so that the stuffing material a is first enclosed by gauze, fine muslin or the like e, whereupon the impermeable covering b is pur oil as geen in Fig. 3. These towels may be used not only during the menstrual periods but for any similar purpose as desired. [Price 8^.^