US136046A

US136046A - Improvement in uterine supporters

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Publication number: US136046A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1873-02-18
Anticipated expiration: 1890-02-18

Description

4M. moro-umoawmc ca Anwesen/fusie mams) Witness UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GERRIET DIRKSEN, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT `IN UTERINE suvPPoRTERs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,046, dated February 18, 1873.

a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making-ia' part of this specification, j

My present invention is intended as an improvement upon the uterine t supporter for which Letters Patent were granted to me November,.l2, 1872 and it consists in the con-i structionof the hinge with small projections upon one part and corresponding recesses on the other part, so as to hold the hinge permanent while being worn.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceedvto describe its constructionand operation, referring to the annexed "wing, in which- Figurelggs a perspective view, showing the belt and supporter; and Fig'. 2 shows the hinge in sect-iemand detached. Y

A A represent the slotted arms of my uterine supporter, the lower ends of which form the two-,laws a a ot' the hinge. B represents the cupf with stem C, and on the lower end of this steinis formed Vthe `jdiskrb, to be inserted between the jaws a a, and the whole-secured by a single bolt, d, through ,the center, as shown. On one side of "the disk b are formed a series of projections, e e, at equal distances apart from each other and from the center hole, through which the center-screw d passes. In one of the jaws a on the inner side are formed corresponding recesses 'i i', in which Y t the projections e` e iit, so that the stem can be set at any angledesired, and when thescrew d istightened the .hinge will be held perma` nent vwhile being worn.' D represents the belt so that their upper ends will be further apartvv than the lower.` From each plate f projects forward a screw or bolt, h, and upon these `two screws the slotted arms A A ot' the sup porter are placed and adjusted, and then secured by nuts mm, as shown. The projection E in the front of the belt has a tendency to relieve the womb from the pressure of the bowels resting thereon, and at the same time has a tendency to keep the supporter steady,

-each arm of the same being attached to one of the plates.

I make no claim to the special form of belt described, but'prefer to use such form of belt with my uterine supporter.

By my form of adjustment above described the cup may readily be set at any angle desired, and there secured rigidly by means of l*the projections and recesses in the disk and jaws and the later-ail screw.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'- The arms A A with jaws a a at their ends, one of the jaws having smalhrecesses fi t on its inner face, when used in combination with the stem C having a disk, b, at its lower end provided with small projections c e on one face, the parts secured together by the lateral adjustingscrew d, all substantiallyas setV forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day-of December, 1872.

GERRIET DIRKSEN.

Witnesses :1

JOHN Comas, Gno. WOLF.