US442314A

US442314A - William gilfillan

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Publication number: US442314A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-12-09
Anticipated expiration: 1907-12-09

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W. GILPILLAN. SURGICAL BANDAGE WINDER.

No. 442,314. Patented Dec. 9, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

XVILLIAM GILFILLAN, OF STEINVAY, NElV YORK.

SURGlCAL-BANDAGE WlNDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,314, dated December 9, 1890.

Application filed April 16, 1890. Serial No- 348,139. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

3e it known that 1, WILLIAM GILFILLAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Steinway, Queens county, and State of New York, have invented a Device for Winding Surgeons Bandages, of which the following is a specification.

In Windin g surgeons bandages difficulty arises in making the roll firm and uniform, because the edges of the strip of muslin are usually longer than the middle portions in consequence of having been stretched in the tearing operation. To compensate this condition the center portions of the strip require more tension than the edges.

The present invention is for simultaneously spreading the strip WidthWise and applying tension to the middle part of the strip, so that the bandage can be Wound rapidly and firmly and by an inexperienced person.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved device, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.

The base-piece A is adapted to rest upon a table near its edge, and the arm B passes therefrom down beneath the table, and is provided with a clampscrew c for attaching the winding apparatus in position for use.

Upon the base A are the end standards or brackets D, receiving through their upper ends the removable spindle E, having a crankhandle F at one end. This spindle is preferably square at the place Where the bandage is Wound, and it can be pulled endwise out from the roll and from the brackets D, when the bandage has been Wound up.

At the front of the base A there is a frame having a straight cross-piece K and a curved or semicircular guide L, and these parts are either cast with or attached to the base A.

The strip of material to form the bandage is led up over the outer edge of the guide L, down through such guide, and beneath the straightedge K, and up to the spindle, and during the Winding operation the attendant simply guides the material as it passes up over the convex edge of L, and this convex edge spreads the fabric laterally, and the edges of the strip hang loosely. Hence the tension is the most at the middle of the strip, and the bandage is wound equally and closely upon the spindle.

I claim as my invention-- The combinatiomwith the winding-spindle and its supports, of a forwardly-projecting frame having a straight cross-piece R and a curved or semicircular open guide L, the parts being constructed, substantially as set forth, so that the bandage passes up over the convex edge of the guide and down through the opening therein and beneath the straight cross-piece and up to the spindle, and is guided and the tension applied thereto in the manner set forth.

Signed by me this 9th day of April, 1800.

WILLIAM GILFILLAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN V. TEN BEoEcK, ED. CARPENTER.