Specification of Joseph Theodose Masbon : apparatus for carrying invalid persons, &c.

  • Masbon, Joseph Theodose.
Date:
1869
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Credit: Specification of Joseph Theodose Masbon : apparatus for carrying invalid persons, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Masbon^s Improvements in Apparatus for Carrying Invalid lersons^ 8fC. free to slide in the side pieces a hut on small supplementary rods a^ as well, thus by disengaging the collars from the rods hy sliding them thereon the end or ends of the apparatus is or are folded pp, and a seat or couch is formed, mounted on wheels, as shown at ^Figures 5 and 6, 5 whereby a single person can convey a sick or infirm person, and even if required a person of very great weight, with comparative ease. To keep and support the apparatus in the position shown at Pigures 5 and 6^1 use struts or supports e in connection with the side pieces a, and so strengthen the hack rest when the apparatus is formed into a 10 couch or chair, and these struts are hinged or jointed to the side pieces, and at their other ends they are provided with hooks which are inserted in sockets in standards f connected to side rails g, and supported by the side frames. The struts or props form arms as in an easy chair, they also are available when the apparatus is used as a stretcher for the sick 15 or wounded person supported thereon to hold by, and to act as a guard to prevent the person from falling off. A strong linen or other bottom forms the reclining surface of the apparatus, it is connected and secured at one end to the cross piece 5, and at the other end it comes under the hoody which is jointed so as to fold up or to move forward sufficiently 20 to protect the head of the wounded or other person from exposure to rain or sun. A pillow placed on the linen cloth which forms the bottom raises the person’s head. There is a strap, hut not shown in the Drawing, near the handle end b of the apparatus to carry it on the shoulders to ascend a staircase, or to assist in drawing a person along. The whole 25 apparatus may he closed up, and in order that the two side pieces may he brought close together, the axle h on which the wheels supporting the apparatus run is made in two or more parts hinged together at h}. The two sides a are also kept at the desired distance apart by stretchers or cross pieces m^ n, and o, which like the axle h are hinged at their 30 middle to allow the sides a to he brought together. The stretcher o has jointed to it two crossing pieces which are jointed at their point of contact, and which are mounted on the axle being also jointed thereto. It will thus he seen that the two sides a may he brought together and secured in this position hy straps, the whole apparatus may therefore 35 he put up into a compact form, which is of great importance when it is not in use, or when it is in transit. Three apparatus of the class before described, each supporting a wounded person, mule, or horse, united together hy straps or other available appliances, may be borne by a sinsrle mule or horse.