US548630A

US548630A - Truss

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Publication number: US548630A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-10-29
Anticipated expiration: 1912-10-29

Description

L. A. DEBT-HER.

(No Model.)

TRUSS.

No. 548,630. Patented Oct. 29, 1895.

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TRUSS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,630, dated October 29, 1 895.

' pp n fil d November 23,1393. Serial No. 491,728. (NomclieL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORENZ A. DEUTHER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hernial Trusses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in hernial trusses, whereby the construction of the truss is greatly simplified and is made easily adjustable to fit difierent forms, all of which will be fully and clearly hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a truss, showing a single truss before being formed into shape for use. Fig. 2 is a top view of Fig. 1, showing the truss formed or bent into shape for use as a single truss for one side. Fig. 3 represents a plan or top View of a double truss made in accordance with my invention. Fig.4 represents a front perspective view of the truss shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a central crosssection through one of the hollow pads forming a portion of the truss, all parts beyond the section being omitted. Fig. 6 represents a similar section through a pad of a slightly-different form. Fig. 7 represents a front perspective view of a single truss adapted for use on one side only, somewhat similar in shape to that shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is an enlarged cross-section through. the body of a truss in or about line a (1, Figs. 1 or 4, all other parts beyond the section being omitted. Fig. 9 represents a modified con struction of the pad end of the truss for receiving and holding an elastic pad.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 represents the body of the single truss, 2 the front pad, and 3 the back pad. It will be noticed the rear pad is made in the form of a circle, but an elliptical or any other shape may be used. The front pad is made in a very different shape from the back pad, although they may sometimes be constructed both alike. I therefore do not confine myself to any particular shape for the pads, as they must be made to conform to the position and shape of the rupture and the form of the person to which the truss is applied. The truss body and pads are all formed of one piece of sheet spring metal or other suitable material, being first out out in a die and then stamped to the desired shape.

The body of the truss is slightly rounded or convex on the inner side or concave-convex, substantially as shown at 4 in Figs. 4 and 7, also in section, Fig. 8. This construction leaves the entire body of the truss hollow on the outside '7, the object being to round the inner sides of the body of the truss, so it will fit easily on the person to which it may be applied. It also materially increases the strength of the spring, so that considerably-lighter metal can be used, thereby producing a very light and comparatively strong truss, a very important advantage in a device of this kind. The pads are also hollow on the outer side, but are made deeper than the body of the truss, thereby making them sufficiently convex on the inner side. I have shown a section through two different forms in Figs. 5 and 6.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 7 I have shown what may be termed a single truss, adapted to fit over one hip of a person, so as to cover and hold a rupture on one side only. In a single truss like this the truss itself fits over the hip on one side of a person only, the front pad pressing and holding the rupture in place and the rear pad pressing against the back of the person. To keep this truss on and in place a strap 5 is attached in any well-known way to the back pad. For instance, it may be connected by means of a small button 6 project ing outward, substantially as shown, a hole in the end of the strap allowing it to be fitted onto the button, the opposite end of the strap being provided with a series of small holes 8, substantially as shown in the strap 5 in Fig. i, so that the end of the strap can be secured by passing any hole 8 over the button 6, as shown in Fig. 2; but any other well-known device adapted for the purpose for either attaching or fastening the strap may be used. The truss thus secured, it will be seen that while it is adjusted on one side or hip of the wearer the strap passes around the opposite side or hip, and. its ends are secured to the truss, as above mentioned.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown a double truss constructed in the same way of one piece of spring metal. In this instance the truss-body 1 passes around both sides of the body of the person wearing it and is provided with two front pads 2 only. At the back is a short outward bend 9, which passes over the spine without touching it.

Another object in hollowing the body of the truss longitudinally is to insure lightness, with a sufficient strength of spring. A hollow body, substantially as above described, will give a much stronger spring than a fiat one of the same thickness or even thicker metal.

The truss as I have shown it is adapted to be worn either with a covering of leather put on in the usual well-known way or without a covering of that kind. It is very light in its construction, and being made of spring sheet metal adapted to be bent without breaking it maybe easilybentto any shape that will adapt it to fit nicely to the form of the wearer. In this way a truss of the proper size can be readily adjusted to suit the varying forms or ruptures of different persons.

It will be noticed by referring to Fig. 1 that the truss before it is formed into the required shape for use is out in a curve, so that when formed the sides of the body will taper inward from the lower edge upward. This construction gives it the proper form to fit and lie against the inclined sides of the hips of the wearer and makes the truss fit the person more easily.

In Fig. 9 I haveshown a modified construction of the front pad end of the truss, showing a suitable means for securing an elastic pad thereto, if required. 10 represents a narrow nearly-surrounding flange, within which an elastic pad of any well-known construction may be set and the flange l0 turned over the outer edges of the elastic pad and thereby cause it to be rigidly and securely fastened in place. In this instance the pad-holding portion is provided with an opening 12, the object being to leave an opening at the back of the elastic pad, so as to leave it free from any obstruction or any unyielding portion at the back. This construction is only necessary when a water-cushion or other soft or elastic pad is required to be attached to the truss.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the metallic pads provided with a series of fine perforations 13. If desired, the whole face of the pad may be thus covered with fine perforations. In some cases this construction may be required, but the plain concavo-convex sheet-metal pad, substantially as heretofore shown and described, answers a good purpose.

I claim as my invention- A hernial truss having concavo-convex pads and a connecting band curved in cross section so as to present along its entire length a transverse hollow outside and a rounded surface on its inner side, the whole formed of one integral piece of sheet metal substantially as described.

LORENZ A. DEUTIIER. Witnesses:

CHARLES STODDART, JENNIE M. CALDWELL.