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US106570A
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    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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  • My truss is an instrument for wearing on the human body, for the purpose of aibrcling relief and assistance in cases of rupture;4 and Theohject of the invent-ion is to produce a truss morev readily adj ust-able than any at present known.
  • Figure 1 is a front view.
  • Figure. 2 is a side view.
  • the part b is of metal, and upon either side of' the central part b the parl; l1 is covered with leather or. the like.
  • the pad with its immediate accompaniments, are r

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THGMAS M.FELL, -F GLASTONBURY, CQNNEGTICUT.
Letters Patent N0.'1o6, 57o, dated August 23, 1870.l
IMPRovBMENT IN TRUsAsns.
The Schedule referred to in these Letters Paten@ and mking part of the same -I, THOMAS M. FELL, of' Glastonbury, in the county of Hart-ford and State of Connecticut., have invented in Improved Truss, of which the following is a specification.
Nature and Objects of the Invention.
My truss is an instrument for wearing on the human body, for the purpose of aibrcling relief and assistance in cases of rupture;4 and Theohject of the invent-ion is to produce a truss morev readily adj ust-able than any at present known.
Description of the Accompanying Drawings.
Figure 1 is a front view. Figure. 2 is a side view.
Generl Description.
The letter b indica-'tes the from: part of the band which encirclest-he body. This band is open ab lche rear, ns is common in trusses.
The part b is of metal, and upon either side of' the central part b the parl; l1 is covered with leather or. the like. I
At t-wo. places in' the part', b are holes x, in which the parts immediately supporting the pad g can be adjusted. y
rlhis pad gis attached 1.o the screw-pin o, which fits in a slot in the pad-'nger a, which pad-nger is pivoted, at its upper end, to a small piece of metal,- i, which is secured to the part bby means of the screw 'e running,l through one of the holes z.
YThe same screw esecurcs to the opposite side of the part b the finger f, in which turns a. thumb-nnb,
d, through which runs the screw c, pivoted, at its in`- ner end, to the pad-uger a, and by turning tlns thumb-nut d the pad can be moved in or out, as desired.
seen in fig. 1 as being in the left-hand holle at, but, as will be readily understood, these parts are adjustable' in the righthand hole x.
Claims.
I claim as my invent-ionv -1 l. The combination of the thumb-nut d, Working through thc part f, the pad-finger a., secured to the Apiece/i, which piece i is adj ustably secured to the part b hy the same screwwvhich secures the piece f2 2. A truss, having the pad g, adjustable back and 'v forth upon a pad-finger, d, pivoted to the pari; b, and governed by t-he screw e, substantially-ns described.
3. The combination ot' the pad g, attached to the y screw-pin o by a balland-socket joint, with Athe padinger d, the screw-pin o being adjustable in a slot in said pad-finger, substantially as shown Dated at Glastonbury this 20th day of January,
THOMAS M. lELL.
Witnesses:
WILLIAM TAYLOR, WILLIAM S. GosLnE.
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