Specification of James Arnold : bandages, padding, &c.

  • Arnold, James.
Date:
1874
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of James Arnold : bandages, padding, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A.D. 1873, 22rdjuLv. N° 2516. Bandages, Padding, &c. (This Invention received Provisional Protection only.) 1 - - * J PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Arnold at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd July 1873. I, James Arnold, of the Pirm of Arnold and Sons, of 35 and 5 36, West Smithfield, in the City of London, Surgical Instrument Makers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for “A New or Improved Manufacture of and Material for Bandages, Padding, Bedding Sheets, Padding for Splints, for Splints themselves, and for other Purposes,** to be as follows :— 10 The Invention consists,— Firstly. In the employment of india-rubber or of a composition thereof for the manufacture of bandages, padding, padding for splints, and splints themselves, bedding sheets for invalids, and for any medica], sanitary, or other purpose. 15 The second part of the Invention consists in the manufacture of material for the aforesaid purposes, consisting of a flat surface or surfaces of india-rubber with circular or other shaped ribs or tubes thereon, the said tubes being placed at any convenient distance apart. I prefer to have the flat surface of the rubber perforated, or instead of