A combined massaging and magneto-electric machine.

  • Burks, Fred
Date:
1909
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Credit: A combined massaging and magneto-electric machine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    N° 16,405 A.D. 1909 Date of Application, 14th July, 1909 Complete Specification Left, 14th Jan., 1910—Accepted, 14th July, 1910 10 15 25 30 35 40 20 PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. A Combined Massaging and Magneto-electric Machine. I, Fred Burks, of 3T, Port Street, Manchester, Electrician, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as follows : — _ » ■ This invention refers to and consists of a combined, self-contained and portable massaging and magneto-electric machine, the combination being such that simultaneously with the use of the machine for massaging electric currents are generated and caused to pass through the part being treated. According to the invention use is, by preference, made of a magneto-electric machine similar to that covered by Application No. 8489 A.l). 1909, or of a like machine, and use is also, by preference, made of a roller, the axis of which is carried by extensions of the plates or bearings of the armature axis. To one of the poles of the magnet is applied two spring contact plates, one of which extends to and presses upon the periphery of the roller and the other of which is bifurcated and presses upon the commutator and circuit breaker of the armature. The roller is insulated from its axis. Upon the roller axis is a large gear wheel, and upon the armature axis is a small gear wheel. Meshing with the two wheels is a further and medium sized wdieel carried by a stud on the armature and roller bearing plate. In using the improved machine the magnet part of the machine is taken hold of in one hand and the roller applied to the part to be massaged. The roller is then simultaneously pressed and rolled to and fro over the affected part, thereby causing the roller to revolve and through the gear wheels rotate the armature of the machine and generate the desired electric current. Owing to the roller being in circuit with the commutator and circuit breaker the pressing of the roller against the body and the grasping of the magnet in the hand completes the circuit. With the machine thus made and used the current is felt in the hand as well as in the part being treated. To cause the current to be felt only in the part under treatment the roller may be made in'two parts which although fastened together are insulated from each other. One part is also insulated from the roller axis, whilst the other part is in contact with the axis. The spring contact blade presses upon the insulated part of the pulley. To the magnet is applied a wood or other non-conducting handle. With the machine thus modified the electric current does not pass through the hand, the circuit being completed when the two portions of the roller come against the part to be treated. To protect the gear wheels the machine may be covered in, except for a small portion of the roller periphery, by a sheet metal or other suitable housing. The magnet will preferably be made of cast iron rendered magnetic according the invention covered .by Application for Patent No. 5o60 A.l). 1909. to Whilst preferring the arrangement of gear wheels aforesaid for driving the armature, other and suitable means may be employed. Also in place of a metal roller any other and suitable massaging device may be used. There may also be more than one roller to one machine, or igore than one mao-net to one roller. It will now be seen that by this invention a magneto-electric massaging [Price 8<U]