US1537464A

US1537464A - Ointment chirapractor

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Publication number: US1537464A
Application number: US628794A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jr Oliver H Hummel
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1923-03-30
Filing date: 1923-03-30
Publication date: 1925-05-12
Anticipated expiration: 1942-05-12

Description

May 12, 1925.

- O. H. HUMMEL, JR

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OINTMENT CHIHOPRACTOR Filed Ma rch so. 1923 :5 Sheets-Sheet 5 0.55am me Patented May 12, 1925.

UNITED STATES OLIVER H. HUMMEL, JIL, 0F HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.

OINTMENT GI-IIRAIPRACTOR.

Application filed March 30, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that OLIVER H. HUMMEL, J12, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hot Springs, in the county of Garland and State of Arkansas, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ointment Chiropractors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a machine for applying and rubbing in ointment, liniment, etc., to the body of a patient, particularly the back of the patient and other parts of the body which cannot be conveniently reached by the individual efforts of the patient.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a machine adapted for applying and rubbing in ointment, liniment, etc, to the body of a patient by the individual efforts of the patient, thus dispensing with the use of a nurse or other attendant to apply ointment, liniment, etc., to the back of a patient.

A further object of my invent-ion is to provide a machine of the above stated character comprising a frame having a seat rest on which the patient sits and levers pivotally mounted on the sides of the frame adapted to be connected to suitable means with a rubbing arm positioned on the rear of the machine, which not only enables the patient to fully rub and massage his back, but also enables the patient to secure a certain amount of exercise by the operation of operating the handles carried by the sides of the frame, the patient going through an exercise quite similar to that which would be necessary as in the act of rowing a boat, and as is a well known fact said form of exercise is considered most beneficial, as all muscles are brought into play when in the act of rowing a boat.

A still further object of my invention is to provide an automatic ointment applying and rubbing machine of the above stated character which is simple in construction and operation, durable, eficient for the purpose intended and one that can be manufactured and placed on the market at a relatively low cost.

With these and like objects in View, my invention will be better understood as the description proceeds and as is specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification and Serial No. 628,794.

which clearly illustrates the operation and construction of my automatic ointment applying and rubbing machine, 1

Figure 1 is a perspective view of same.

Figure 2 is a rear end elevation.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of therear end of the machine.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail view of the ointment applying arm and rubber carried thereby.

Figure 5 is a detail view of a slightly modified form of buffer.

Figure 6'is a sectional view of the modified form of buffer.

Referring to the drawing in detail, like numerals will be used to designate like parts in the different views.

The numeral 1 indicates a frame comprising a pair of side boards 22 adapted to be closed at one end by ahead bar 8, and head posts 4: 4. are attached in any suitable manner to the side boards 22 at the front end of same. The rear end of the frame is adapted to be supported in a rigid position by use of any suitable bracing means, and has positioned on the top edge of the board 2-2 a seat rest 5. The side boards 22 are provided with rollers 6 at each corner of the frame so that the -machine as a whole can be moved to any desired point.

Secured to the edges of the boards 2-2 at the rear ends are brackets or bearings 7 adapted to support therein a shaft 8 on which is adjustably mounted the lower portion 9 of an ointment and rubbing arm 10. The arm 10 is'adapted to be connected with the lower half 9 of same by means of the pivot 11. The upper portion of the arm 10 is formed with a recess indicated by the numeral 12.

An ointment buffer 13 is pivotally connectedas at 14 to a staff 15, which is provided with a reduced portion 16 adapted to be received in the hollow recess 12 in the arm 10, and to be securely locked therein by means of a set screw 17. The upper end of the upper staff 15 is provided with a pair of arms 18, one positioned above the pivotal connection 14 and one below same. The ends of the arms 18 are formed with eyes and are adapted to be connected with. the buffer 13 by means of coil'springs 19, said springs being adapted to hold the buffer in adjusted position to apply an ointment or liniment to the back of a patient, and at the The shaft 8 projects beyond each side of the.

boards 2, and has keyed on each end a crank arm 23 adapted to be pivotally connected as iii) at 24 with a rod 25 that extends forwardly on each side of. the machine and is pivotally connected as at 26 with operating handles 27 said handles adapted to be mounted on each end of the shaft 28 that is supported by the boards 2'2. Coil springs 29.29 are each connected at one end to the said handle 27 and at their opposite ends as at 30 to the head posts 4. Brackets '31 are keyed on the shaft 8, one of said brackets being positioned on each side'ofthe, lower half 9 of the arm 10 and coil springs 32 are connected at one end to ane e formed in thebrackets 31 and the opposite ends of each springare secured as at 33 to the inner wallsof the side boards 2. 7 'As it will be necessary to changethe cover of the buffer as same becomes soiled or a new" kind of ointment or liniment is used, I have provided a detachable cloth 34 that fits over'the buffer "13, and is secured on same by means" of a ring 35, so that as one clo'thbecomes soiled or unfit for use, the ring 35 can be removed, the old cloth taken off and anew one replaced and then same locked in position by moving the ring over the buffer 13.

hen desiring to use my machine, the arm 10 is moved back into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, after which the ointment or liniment is applied to the buffer 13 or cloth 34 as the case may be, and after the patient has taken his seat within the machine, the arm 10, is brought back to the position shownin full lines in Fig. 1, until the buffer 13 rests against the back ofthe patient. Thus it will be seen that; as the patient or operator of the machine draws the handles towards the rear as shown 'indotted lines, the buffer 13 will be causedto movedownwardly under the influence of the spring 20, and by the patient slightly shifting his position in the machine and allowing the

coil springs

29 and 32 to return the operating handle and arm 10 back to its normal position that the buffer 3 in returning to said normal position will travel upwardly on the back of the'patient on a line of part of the body different from that covered on the downward'stroke:thus is can be seen that the machine not only fully applies an ointment to the back and massages same, but also affords the patient a certain" amount of exercise 'by moving the handles 27 towards the rear against the tension of the

springs

29 and 32.

- In view of the foregoing description of my invention taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it is thought that any further information as to the operation and construction of same are unnecessary.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, I realize that various minor changes may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed; therefore, I do not wish to limit myself to the exact details of construction shown, nor to the combination and arrangement of parts.-

by Letters Patent is r 1. In a device of the above described character comprising a frame having a seat rest on top of same, a shaft rotatably journaled' to the rear end of the frame, a sectional arm fixed to said rotatable shaft, an ointment applying .bufling member and rubber supported by said arm, handles journaled on the sides of the frame, means for connecting the handles with the rotatable shaft and means to cause the bufling memher to move downwardly on the back of a patient upon backward movement of the handles.

2. In a device 'of the above described character comprising a framejhaving a seat rest thereon, a rotatable shaft journaled to the rear of said frame, a sectional arm fixed to said rotatable shaft, a bufling member and rubber supported by the upper. portion of the sectional arm, handles journaled on each side of the frame and connected with the rotatable shaft and spring means connecting the middle portion of the buffing member with the middle portion of sectional arm to move the buffer in a downward direction on the back of a patient when the handles of the device are moved rearwardly.

3. In a machine of the above described character comprising a frame having a seat rest thereon, a rotatable shaft journ'aled to the rear end of said frame, a sectional arm fixed to said rotatableshaft, a billing member carried by the upper portion of the sectional arm, a spring connecting the middle portion of the said buffing member with the middle portion of said sectional arm to hold the buffer in engagement with the back of a patient, operating handles positioned on each side of the frame and adapted to be moved rearwardly topermit the aforesaid spring to move the buffer downwardly on the back of the patient, spring means connected with the frame and handles, and additional spring means between the rotatable shaft and said frame to return the elements to their initial positions.

4. In a device of the class described, a frame having a seat thereon, a shaft in the What I claim as new and desire to secure Ill rear of said frame journaled for oscillation thereon, crank arms carried at the ends of said shaft, handle members pivotally connected to the sides of said frame and adapted to be operated by the occupant of the aforesaid seat thereon, connecting means between said handles and said crank arms, a sectional arm adjustably mounted on said shaft, a buffer arm pivotally connected at its lower end to the upper end of said seetional arm, a buffer movably mounted on the outer end of said buffer arm, a coil spring connecting the intermediate portion of said buffer arm to the middle portion of said sectional arm, coil springs between the forward ends of said frame and said handles, normally tending to draw the latter forwardly, brackets adjustably secured to said shaft on opposite sides of the sectional arm, and coil springs connecting the outer ends of said brackets to said frame normally tending to draw the bracket and correspondingly the shaft toward the normal position of said handles, as and for the purposes described.

In testimony Whereof I alfix my signature.

OLIVER H. HUMMEL, JR.