Improvements in apparatus for giving off currents of electricity for curative or other purposes.

  • Bellingham, Archer
Date:
1886
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Improvements in apparatus for giving off currents of electricity for curative or other purposes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Date of Application, 21st Oct, 1886. Specification Accepted, 7th Jan., 1887. A.D. 1886, '2\st October. N° 13,471. COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. Improvements in Apparatus for Giving off Currents of Electricity for Curative or other Purposes. We Archer Bellingham and Mortimer Justin both of 447, Strand W.C. in the County of Middlesex Gentlemen, do hereby declare the 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:— 5 This invention relates to an apparatus for automatically giving off currents of electricity for curative or other purposes and has for object to provide means for automatically setting in operation the various mechanisms and parts contained in the apparatus to be hereinafter described by dropping in a coin or the like. In carrying this invention into practice there will be provided a casing preferably jO of an oblong shape. In the top part of this casing there will be placed a suitable battery, coils, and armature usual in this kind of apparatus, and in the lower half there will be provided a clockwork mechanism for the purpose of making and breaking the circuit when the said mechanism is put in motion by a coin dropped • ■ 11 -J— -1-Mt provided for the purpose in the front plate of the n the front plate mere is to be also placed a face on which figures or units irked and a hand or pointer to be operated as will be hereinafter more fully described. Two handles are also provided at a convenient distance from the ground for the person or persons being operated upon to catch hold of. In order that the said invention may be more readily understood there is annexed on hereto drawings whereof Fig. 1 is a front view of an apparatus constructed according to this invention ; Fig. 2 is a front view but with the front plate removed. Fig. 3 is cross section at line x, x Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows on enlarged scale the clockwork mechanism employed. Fig. 5 is section at line y y. Fig. 4 and Fig. 6 is side dew of the circuit maker and breaker. ok The construction of the apparatus will be now more fully described with reterence 1 to the Figures and letters marked upon the accompanying drawings. A is the casing containing the various parts, B the battery placed upon the shelf or