US2829A - Tettss - Google Patents

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EDMUND LANDIS, or LANoAsTEarENNsYLvANIA.

'muss Specification of Letters Patent No. 2,829, dated October 22,1842.- Y

To all whom t may concern Y Y which- Be it known that I, EDMUND LANDis, of the city and county of Lancaster, in the `State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Dresses for the More Eectual Relief and Cure of the Disease called Hernia; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specicatio-n, in

Figure l, is a' perspective view; Fig. 2,

blocks detached; Fig. 3, geometrical top lan.

The nature of my invention consists, in the addition of a slight spring or springs to the main spring of a truss which passes around the body as hereafter described.

The main spring A is formed of steel,` of

suitable dimensions for the purpose required, and is so constructed as to extend horizontally around the body from the extreme end of the Spino-us processes of the lumbar vertebra, across the spine, aroundland across the abdomen nearly'to the inguinal canalof the side on which it commenced; it is bent to lit thebody as nearly as practicable, and on its anterior end a button (a) is attached to fasten the strap to, as in the commontruss. To the spring AI affix another spring B, of the same width, and about one third its length extending from the ante-` rior end of the spring A, back along its inner face, the other end of the spring BV, being its point of attachment; this spring is about one half the strength of A, it being made thinner.

To the loose end of spring B I attach an iron (b) about 2 inches longA more Vor less, flattened atA each end, and contracted at the center, the end which is riveted tothe spring is of the same form as the end ofthe` Vspring and about twice its thickness the other end is formed to t the block and holdv it steady, and to it the block is screwed. The block should be of the proper form to tthe parts f as the nature of the case requires. Fora double rupture consisting of a descending hernia on both-s1des,'aspr1ng' (c). oftthe sameJ width and thickness as spring B, is at Y tached Vto that spring, :just-behind the end of theA iron (b) this spring extends baclron the inside of 'spring B, about t-Wo fths its length, nearV the loose en'd of C. A long-iitudinal slot (c) is made for the purpose of D, to; the end of this iron whichis attached to the spring C, is' somewhat longer than the iron b, otherwise itis similar in form-g twoscrews (e, e,) pass thro-ugh theslot (c) Aattaching an iron (0') Ythatholds the block into the iron (c) and conne it theretogvby y this construction the block D, is made to appreach or recede from the other block as desired. By the elasticity and independent action ofthe springs B andC, the blocks ture Vduring the most varied, motions' 'of the body, in a simple and eh'icient manner, and a,

speedy and permanent cure is thus eected.

What I claim as my invention and" desire 'to secure by Letters Patent is- Vl. The combination of the 'long slender spring B, with the main spring A, of Vthe truss to maintain an equal pressure on the rupture during-.every motion of the body, in'

the manner and for the purpose herein set forth. Y.

Y are keptequably vand firmly against the rup- 2.V I also claim in combination with: the

above springs Aand B the spring C, ad-

justed by screw (f) constructed and varranged as abo-ve described.

3. I further claim the combination lof the blocks placed obliquely on the abdomen over the inguinal canal with the horizontal spring for giving a perpendicular Vpressiff'e 'upon the part-sfeected-as above speciiiedn,E

f ,EDMn munis,

' Witnesses: l i

GEORGE'VR. WEST, f J. J. GREENOUGH.

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