Specification of Marie Josephine Elisabeth Julienne : bath belts.

  • Jullienne, Marie Josephine Elisabeth.
Date:
1867
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of Marie Josephine Elisabeth Julienne : bath belts. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Julliennes Improved Bath Belts to be Applied in Bathing Vessels. not the branching on the seat armature or brace. The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the Figures. A is the armature or the belt circle, it is of unoxidable metal; B, back or main body of the belt moving in all directions and forms allowing to bathe in either the seated or reclined position, and liable to fit bathing vessels of 5 any description; C, hinge, more or less straight or inclined, being limited by the plates shown in Figures 22, 23, & 24 ; D, hinge opening the back of the belt and stopped by the screw, Fig. 35; E, hinge serving to incline the said back and stopped by the plates shown in Figures 22, 23, & 24 ; F, back slide serving to impart movements to the circle or armature A ; G, set screw, 10 Figure 34, serving to fix the said circle to various points or degrees in the slide; H, inside belt, Figure 7, attached to the belt A by means of runners, strings, or thongs provided with clasps, Figure 28, or other hooking devices; I, straps provided with eyelets or rings to be attached to the belt H & serving to maintain the person in the bath; J, runners or other devices serving to fix 15 the inside belt; K, hammock-like seat made of network, strings, or any suitable fabric provided with its bands L, and its metal hooks serving to support the hammock on the edge of the bath vessel in suitable number, according to the length of the hammock from the adult’s belt to that of the new born baby and provided with either buckles or other connecting devices; M, plain 20 cushion pillow provided with connecting ribbons, it is stuffed with hair, varec, or other stuff, and covered with wool, cotton, india-rubber, or other tissue with or without varnish on and liable to change its position on the back of the apparatus according to requirements. N, set screw securing the T-shaped back part of the bath belt, Figure 31 ; 0, hooks on the bands L of the 25 hammock ; P, cross branching of the hammock, Figure 36 ; Q, wire for toys being hooked to R, kirb, rope, and pails, S, slotted or notched board. Figure 32; T, brace cushion, Figure 7, to assist the baby in walking, Figures 6, 1, & 2; U, small head holding net liable to be folded or coiled upon itself, and provided with strings and hooks 0 which fit on the edge of 30 the bath vessel ; V, small hammock-like seat for the baby to sit upon securely, and liable to extension or contraction at will by means of buttons, ribbons, buckles, or otherwise, and provided with two small flaps W connecting together on its belly so as to prevent its slipping off the seat; X, small ring screw, being one of the connecting means for the pillow ; Y, shoulder and wrist 35 pieces for preventing the articulation of the elbow, Figure 15, and knee pieces for preventing that of the knee, both made of the same material and in the same manner as the hammock, both alike provided with connecting means in connection with the branchings of the seat armature and with the seat, Figure 15,