US94522A - Improved truss - Google Patents

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'tout sara HENRY SPILLMANN, OFl NEW ORLE ANS,5LOUISIANA.

Letters .Patent No. 94,522, dated September 7, 1869.

IMPROVE!) TR'U'SS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all 'whom it 'may concern:

v, Be it known that I, HENRY SPILLMANN, of the city of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, have invented a certain new, useful, and improved Truss;'and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of this specification, on which it is shown in connection with theends ,.ferring to the drawing, ou which all that [claim as of my invention is clearly shown.

On the drawing- A.v is the metallic frame, to which I have referred, to which the pads B are secured, as shown. This frame should be made as light as is compatible with a due regard to strength, and covered 'with linen, or other proper material, in order to prevent chafing or irritation of the parts of the body vof the wearer, with which it may come in contact. It is curved according to the size ot' the person for whom it is intended. lhe pads B are rnade of red cedar, or other nonabsorbing wood, or of glass, china, or ivory.

At the extremities of the frame A are pivoted the two` notched levers, O C', in suoli manner that they will articulate freely at the points of conuectiorr a a.

These levers are provided with three notches, each as shown, so that they can be adjusted on the pins b b', and regulate the pressure on the pads B according to the nature of the hernia or orifices against which they inrpinge.

The pins b b project from plates D D', which are respectively xed on the'ends of the body-band, and in which the elongated slots c c' are made of the form as shown, to receive the pins d d', that project from the frame A.

The body-band is composed of leather at its e'X- trernities, in order the better to secure the plates D D thereto, `.but elsewhere, that is to say, in its central portion, of Inda-rubber cloth, or some other equally elastic fabric.

In he use of my truss, if a very considerable pressure is necessary, the levers C C are adjusted on the pins b b by slipping the outer notches in the former over the latter. Ii' a less pressure is required, the adjustment'is as shown ou thc drawing, thatis to say, the pins b b' are placed in the central notches; and if only a moderate or gentle pressure is neededthen the inside notches are brought into connection with` said pins, for it will'be observedthat the relation and tyran.

action of the levers 05C' on the frame A, is su'cb that the latter is thrown out at its upper edge, and brought toward the body of the wearer at its lower edge, to which the pads B are` secured, to a greater or less extent, accordingly as the said levers are adjusted on the pins b bf through the agency of the outer or inner notches in the foimerr The total disconnection of the levers C C from the pins b b', takes oii nearly ally the pressure of the pads, or, in other words, reduces it to such extent as to make it almost rrappreciable to the Y There are no springs in it, no back pads, no straps around the legs, uo metallic or other hard part crossing the spine, butin its back sections, consisting ot an elastic belt or band,which, yielding easily to every4 movement of the body of the wearer, is scarcely felt It completely prevents any pressure except through I the pads, where the pressure is regulated and controlled, at the pleasure of the wearer, by a simple adjustment ofthe levers O 0,'.

It is so constructed that the metallic portion of 'it does not lie over any bone that is near the skin, and hence no irritation can possibly occur, but only over the lower portion oi the abdomen, to which itis fitted before it is put on. r

It does not require to be rnade'of costly tempered steel, but is as eiective when constructed of one metal as another, provided always the same possesses suicient strength to sust-ain the slight strain to which it is necessarily sometimes subjected.

-It maintains itself in proper position better' than any other truss of which I have any knowledge.

It can be used for a single rupture on the right or the left, or with twopads, as shown, for a double rup ture.

When used for a single rupture, the frame A protects the unruptured side by a gcrrtlepressure, which is of great in rportance.

Finally, when properly fitted to the wearer, it gives less .trouble in every way than anyother in existence, is more easily worn,and will last longer.

Having thus describedy my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The' metallic frame. A, when provided with thenotched levers G C', and otherwise fitted and constructed-as herein described, in combination with an elastic body-band or belt, to which the plates D D' are secured, when these plates are provided with the pins In b' and the elongated apertures c c', substantially as herein described, for the purpose set forth. H. SPILLMAL'N. Witnesses: g

Runes R. RHoDns, H. N. Jnnrmrs.

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