Specification of Walter Arthur & William Arthur : truss.

  • Arthur, Walter.
Date:
1868
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of Walter Arthur & William Arthur : truss. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    W. &f W. Arthur's Improved Truss. Eig. 8 is a full-sized front view of a right inguinal truss, in which the arms c, c, have a sliding action through the eyes m, m3 m, m, in which Eigs. n, n, are the springs composed of elastic bands. Eig. 9 is a full-sized front view of an inguinal truss shewing the arrangement of the curved bar or lever o revolving in eyes my mt and 5 suspended superiorly by the elastic hand n. Eig. 10 shews the application of the truss last described. We claim as our Invention a truss balanced as described and retained in its position as described by the lateral attachment of a strap round the pelvis alone. 10 We claim the arms of the same, both fixed and sliding, as before described. We claim the curved lever with its mode of adjustment, as before described for carrying an improved crutch strap. We claim the combination of the various parts herein-before described or illustrated in the Drawings, together with their modifications. In witness whereof, we, the said Walter Arthur and William Arthur, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Fourteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. ^0 WALTER ARTHUR. (l.s.) WILLIAM ARTHUR, (l.s.) Witness, Thomas Moy, 1, Clifford’s Inn. • 25 LONDON: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queens most Excellent Majesty. 1868.