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ungovnun'r nr vIm.='..o::*rruo noon-wanderte' 4 1 Beit kuownthat LOALEB Y; LTTLEPAG'E, of Anstin, in the county of Travis and State ,of Texas, have invented anew and improvedElectrlc Foot-Warmer; and I do hereby" declare-that the following is a full,

i clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled inthe 'art to make and use the same,

i referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings,v

forming part of this specification;

This inventionrelas to electric foot-warmers, and

consists in-a detachable voltaio sole, ot' suitable form,

v to -be located-inthe holloi'vof the foot.

AFlfgure` 1 representsa sectional elevationf a shoe out, showing tho application. otf` one of the pairs Figre 2 isa transverse sect-ion through one of the Figure 3 is aplan view of the same. Similar letters oil-'reference indicate con-espondng .-j It is found by practical experiment that a' small vol-4 'metal' worn in` the shoe,'will, vby the chemical action of theacid arising" from the perspiration, generate galtao pair of plates o f zin9ind,copper,or othersuitable -vanictcnrrents, which, being given off to the feet, will intensify theoircnlation, and warm and-invigorate the feet, lower limbs, and Vother parts of the body; and I thereforepropose tomake use of such batteries in this way for the pnrposeofwarmingf the vfeet cold vreatheiufv l I cover. them on one side with Vthin cloth, or other vand broken. in walking.

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substance, to prevent the feet from directcontact with the' metal, and I use them either under the Vstocking oi' inside of it, and at lthe `hollow pmt between the heel andtheball. i L @y I halve'found that, when worn in this way, intermittent currents will he given o tothe feet and legs, as the connections of the 'feet vwith the plates are ciosed The sti'ength'of the currents maybe varied by varying the size of the plates or number in the battery. f` Either the zinc or 'copper plates ,may be worn uppermost, and goed results kmay be obtained by wearing one of each kind uppermost or against. the foot.

In making these plates, I connect them together by Vturning the edge of one over ythe other, and, at the same time, securethe-cloth covering by folding the a edge thereof under the edge ofthe plate .turned over Haring thus-described my invention,

I claim as new 'and desire` to secure` by .Letters Patent- Y A detachable electric sole plate, of the form shown infigs. 2 and 3 of drawing, the plates and cover being V connected and attached together, and the article being shaped to titv beneath .thefhollowof the foot, all as specified. l s v Y' The above specification of my invention signed by me this 4th day of November, 1869.l l

0,- Y. LITTLEPAGE. Witnesses: v

GEO. W.

' ALEX. F. Rename.v

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