US465093A

US465093A - Electric belt

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Publication number: US465093A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1891-12-15
Anticipated expiration: 1908-12-15

Description

A. BRIKSON.

ELECTRIC BELT.

(No Model.)

Patented Deo. 15,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREVr ERIKSON, OF IIAIVLEY, MINNESOTA.

ELECTRIC BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,093, dated December 15, 189] Application filed Tune 25, 1891.

Serial No. 397,514. (No model.)

`provide a simple, inexpensive, and effective device for applying an electric current directly to the body, and to arrange the different parts in such relation that the number of contact-plates can be readily adjusted and the current increased or diminished without removing` any of the cells of the battery.

lVith these and other ends in view my invention consists of the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, which will fully appear hereinafter.

To enable others to readily understand my invention, I have illustrated the same in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure I is aperspective view of my improved electro-galvanic belt, showing the dit'- ferent parts connected and in position for use. Fig. Il is a detail view, partly in section, showing one end et' the battery and a portion of the belt. Fig. III is a sectional view of one end of the battery. Fig. 1V is a detail view of the hook for connecting the conductor in the belt to the battery, and Fig. V is a view showing one of the contact-platesand the pin thereon. y

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the ligures, A designates the belt, which may be made of any desired material, preferablyof strong textile fabric. This belt is provided with any suitable clasp for securing it on the person, and a series of holes or openings care provided in the belt at suitable intervals apart and alternating at the upper and lower edges of the belt, said holes being provided with metallic protection-eyelets.

The contact-plates B are concavo-convex in cross-section, and each plate is provided with a clasp h, which is secured on the back in any suitable manner. The pin of each clasp is passed -through the fabric opposite one of the openings a, and the hook on said clasp is arranged to lit in said opening. The clasp is then hooked in the usual manner, and the electrode is thereby rigidly and firmly secured in place on the belt. By this meansthe contact-plates can be readily adjusted to any position on the belt, and any number of the plates can be used, as desired. The contactplates are connected with the battery by the conductors C, which are arranged on either side of the belt, and consist of coiled wire thereof and above the battery. These conductors are arranged to pass over and in contact with the pins which fasten the contactplates on the belt, and said conductors are held in place and in engagement with the pins bya tape or ribbon c, which is wound around the conductors. These tapes or ribbons hold the conductors close against the pins, and they are sewed or otherwise secured to the belt at the point where the ribbon is crossed on itself, which is arranged directly opposite the opening on the other side of the conductor, as at c. It will be readily seen that each pin which is passed through the belt to hold the contact-plate in place thereon will pass over the sewed portion of the ribbon and under the conductor, thus holding the conductor in a rigid position.

The battery D is arranged at or about the middle ot the belt and is inclosed in a sheath or case d, (shown partly broken away-in Fig. 1,) which is secured to the lower portion of the belt in a suitable manner. This sheath is preferably made ot' a silk outer cover and a lining of oil-cloth or other impervious material, and the battery hangs or is suspended in said sheath and is entirelyinclosed by the same.

The battery consists of a series of cells E, each cell having' an exterior shell, which is substantiallyoval-shaped in cross-section and is closed at its bottom. The copper Wire c runs from the bottom of one cell, forming the nected together in this manner, and to prevent them froln becoming loose and moving springs secured to the belt at or near the ends loopfon the bottom, up through the cell on too much the cells are fastened together at their bottoms bya cord or a series of cords F, which are secured to the loops f, formed by the copper wire e on the bottom of each cell. Each cell is also provided with a strip or piece of copper g, which is bent around the end portion of the wire e in the cell, or otherwise arranged, and a suitable packing g is .placed inthe cells around the elements to absorb the exciting-fluid which is put into the cells. These cells are provided with the closed bottoms in order to retain as much of the exciting-iuid as possible without allowing it to drip out and injure the sheath inclosing the battery. The ends of the copper wire e are extended some distance above the end cells of the battery and bent into hooks c.

To attach the battery to the belt, I provide suitable hooks H, (shown in Fig. IV,) which yss are adapted to engage the hooks c on the copper wire e and spring tightly a-cross each other to firmly clasp the same. These hooks are bent ath, and they are passed loosely overV the conductors C, and adapted'to slide easily thereon to adjust the battery to its proper place. These hooks II may engage the ends of the copperwire c; or if the current is too strong and it is desired to diminish it one or more of the cells on either end of the battery may be disconnected by simply adjusting the hooks and engaging them with the loops e, formed by the wire e between each cell at the top thereof.

I am aware that changes in the form and proportion of parts and details of construction can be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of my invention, and I therefore reserve t-he right to make such changes as fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent` is- I l. The combination, with an electro-galvanic belt, of the contact-plates secured on the inner side of the belt, the spring-clasps on said plates being on the outer side of the belt, the metallic flexible conductor extending entirely around the belt and arranged above the spring-clasps, the ribbon fastened to the belt and running over the conductor, and the series of cells loosely connected together and to the conductor, substantially as described.

2. In an electrogalvanic belt, a met-allie Hcxible conductor extending around the belt on the outer side thereof, and the ribbon fastened to the belt above the conductor to secure it in place on the belt, substantially as described.

3. In au electro-galvanic belt, a battery consisting of a series of oval-shaped cells, a copper wire forming a loop on the bottom of one cell and passing up through said cell on one side thereof and down close to the bottom of the next adjoining cell, the plates on the free end of said Wire, and the cord fastened in the loops and connecting the cells together, substantially as described.

Ll. In an electro-galvanic belt, the flexible metallic conductor extending around the outer side of the belt, the series of cells loosely connected together, the copper wires connecting said cells, the loops on said wires at either end of the series of cells, and the spring-hooks having their bent portion arranged to slide on the flexible conductor and adapted Lto engage with the copper wire, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with an electrogalvanic belt', of a flexible conductor, a ribbon which fastens said conductor to the belt, al

series of cells loosely connected to said conductor, and the electrodes in contact With the conductor, substantially as described.

6. In an electro-galvanic belt having the series of openings arranged alternately on opposite sides thereof throughout its length, the combination of the flexible conductor, the ribbon securing said conductor on the belt, the electrodes having spring-hooks secured in the openings in the belt and contacting with the conductor, and the battery loosely connected to the conductor, substantially as described.

7. In an electro-galvanic belt, abattery consisting of a series of ovalshaped cells having closed bottoms, the wire passing through each cell on opposite sides thereof and forming a loop below the bottom of said cells, all of the cells being connected together and the copper element 6, interposed between the bent portions of the wire, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW ERIKSON. lVitnesses:

ARCHIE WHALEY, Jr., OLE L. ANWORTH.

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