US1653901A - Therapeutical heating and steaming instrument - Google Patents

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Dec. 27, 1927. 1,653,901

L. J. HAESSLY THERAPEUTICAL HEATING AND STEAMING INSTRUMENT Filed May 14. 1923 2$heets-Sheet 1 Suva-n10:

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.L. J. HAESSLY THERAPEUTICAL HEATING AND STEAMING INSTRUMENT Filed May 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 27, 1927.

UNITED STATES LEO J. nAEss or'cLEvELANn, omo.

THEBAPEU'I'ICAL HIE AGEING AND STEAMING INS!!!RU.ltIIENT,

Application filed May 14,

The present invention has been devised to provide a convenient hand device for applying heat, especially heat and steam, to the face or body of a person. The conception involves the use of an electrical heater within a relatively small hollow body supported upon a handle and preferably provided w th an electrical switch intermediate the main body and the handle, together with an absorbent pad detachably secured to the heating body contiguous to the electrical heater therein. Asarranged and mounted the pad may be dipped or immersed in a llquld without injury to the electric heater and the abl5 sorbed liquid may be heated to anydes1red degree or quickly converted mto steam and applied locally to the face or body of a person. The pad is readily detached and may be substituted by another in operatmgon different persons, and a separate enclosing cover is provided for the pad, which may be washed and sterilized and ironed fiat.

In the annexed drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective View of my improved electr cal heating and steaming device aslt appears when held in the hand and applied to the face. Fig. 2 is a side view of the device placed within a saucer containing water. Fig. 3 is a top view of the quilted absorbent pad itself, and Fig. 4 is a side or edge .view of the pad; Fig. 5 is a top view of the shirred cover for the pad and Fig. 6 is a cross section of said cover online 6 6 of Fig. 5. Figs. 7 and 8 are top. and side vlews,

- respectively of the device without the pad and its cover. Fig. 9 is a vertical .sectlon longitudinally through the device, and 10 is a cross section on line 10-10 of F1 11, showing the hollow body and the electric heater therein and also the pad afiixed there to. Fig. 11 is a horizontal section on bus- 1111 of Fig. 9, showing a face view of the electric heater, and also show ng a hollow handle portion containing an electric switch.

The device comprises a hollow round body- 1923. Serial No. 638,812.

may be fastened together in any other suitable way. The handle has a central longitudinal bore or opening 10 to permit an electrical insulated conductor 11 to extend therethroughand intohollow body 2 where the twowires 12 and 13 comprising said conductor are separated and attached to independent binding screws 14.- and 15 respectively. These binding screws are mounted upon a disk of insulating material, for example, a. disk shapedbody 16 of porcelain of approximately the same diameter asend flange 3 ofbody 2, to permit end seating engagement therewith. The opposite ends of a relatively long coils ofresistance wire 17 are attached to the heads of bindingscrews 14 and 15 at diametrically opposite points of the disk, and the resistance coil is wound back and forth or in a serpentine or circuitous form transversely of the disk. The windings or folds extend on straight parallel lines betweenparallel ribs 18 formed on the bottom face "of the disk. The base of the grooves between the adjacent ribs is preferably round ed to seat the round wire co l, and alternate ribs are undercut at opposite ends or provided with an over-hanging'lip orextension 19, (seeFig. '10) to confine and hold the coil in place where bent reversely.Ribs 18 also.

project beyond the horizontal plane of thewire coil 17 to permit a th n disk of insulating material such as amica disk 20 to be seated upon all the ribs, and a circular flanged.cap 21 having a dishedbottom 22 is adapted to confine and hold the porcelain and mica disks and the heating coils removably at the bottom side ofbody 2. Any suitable means may be used to securecap 21 tobody 2; for example,screws 23 maybe used to fasten the flange portion of the cap to theflange portion 3 of body 2' as shown, and it is desirable that a snug and water-tight fit be made at the joint, inasmuch as it may occur that this heating end of the device may be immersed or become submerged in liquid during 'use. Thus the device is designed to be used with anabsorbent pad 24 which is shown in the drawings as composed of several layers a, b and c, of quilted cotton, each layer'being in the form of a disk and the superposed disks being of different d1- ameters. The top layer a, is made to fit within the dished portion or recess 25 at the bottom ofcap 21, and the middle disk I) is made of slightly larger diameter to overlap the round beaded corner'26 ofcap 21, whereas the larger bottom layer 0 is of sufiicient size to completely envelop the flanged side ofcap 21, substantially as seen in Fig. 10. The pads are compressed and held in place in the enveloping position as stated by means of acover 27 made of duck or other suitable woven textile material. Thecover 27 is made of a flat piece of woven material in the form of a disk having a shirred orhemmed edge 28 to confine adraw string 29 and it is of ample size to completely envelop the pad and alsobody 2 at its base wherechannel 4 is provided to receive and hold thehem portion 28 when thedraw string 29 is tightly drawn and fastened. A

" relatively thick absorbent pad is thereby provided at, the bottom ofcap 21 andthe metal parts completelyenclosed so that,full and ample protection is obtained in use.Cap 21 is made of sheet copper orsome other relatively thin sheet metal of good heat conductivity, andbody 2 is provided with elongated openings orperforations 29 at its top or in its handle portion to keep this part of the body cool.v In F gnll I show a cylindrical enlargement (if at the end oftubular extension 5 topermit anelectricswitch 30 of any suitable kind to be mounted therein intermediate thehandle 8 andbody 2; As shown this switch has opposedpush members 31 to turn the electric current on or ofi, by pressure of the thumb and finger of the hand which grips the handle.

In use the device is held in the hand and the padded heating end is dipped into water or other liquid contained in a shallow vessel such as a saucer =32. If desired the electric current may be switched on at this time to heat the li uid in the saucer, or the electric current may e turned on after the pad has absorbed suflicient moisture or liquid as desired. This liquid may be water or oil, such as camphor oil or any liquid medicament used in the therapeutical treatments or in massaging or treating the face or body, especially where the ap lication of steam and heat is particularly eneficial in a specific place or spot in a continued heating operation. The pad if saturated'with water will produce steamat usable temperatures and "the device may be used beneficially in treating neuralgia and rheumatimpaili's locally,

toothache, ear-ache, abdominal pains, in congested places, and in fact in innumerable places and in a variety of ways where steam and heat constantly applied will beneficial. The heating temperature may be readily regulated by the push button switch without removing the hand from the handle. As shown the electrical conductor 11 is provided with anattachment plug 33 which permits an electrical connection to be made wherever an electrical lamp socket or electrical plug connection may be found. The device isfmade and sold with the cord and its attachment plu together with the movable pad and its clamping and holdingcover. The present showing represents my preferred construction, but it will be readily understood that the device may be changed and modified in many respects without de parting materially from the spirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim is:

1. A therapeutical heating and steaming instrument, comprising an electric heater, a handle memberhaving a removable fluid tight metal cap enclosing said heater, and an absorbin covering pad for said cap.

2. A t erapeutical heating and steaming instrument, comprising an electric heater, a hollow enclosing body for said heater having a handle, an electrical conductorconnected with said heater, an enveloping pad of soft absorbent material and means'for detachably securing said pad to said body opposite said heater.

3. A therapeutical heating and steaming instrument, comprising a main body havin a hollow lateral extension and handle, a fluidtight bottom removably afiixed to said body, an electrical heater mounted within said bottom, a covering of absorbent material for said bottom, and means for securing said covering detachably to said body.

4. A therapeutical heating and steaming instrument, comprising a main body having a hollow extension and handle, an electric heater removably secured at the bottom oi said body having electrical connections extending through said handle, a dished heatconducting plate removably secured in fluidtight connection with said body opposite said heater, and a removable covering of absorbent material'enveloping said plate and the sides of said body.

5. A therapeutical heatingand steaming instrument, comprising a main body having a hollow extension and handle at one side thereof, a disk of insulating material seated atv the bottom of said body having an electrical heating coil mounted thereon and provided-with electrical connections extending through said handle, a thin metal cap detachably secured to said body in insulated enclosing relation to said heating coil, and a removable pad of absorbent material detachably secured in enveloping position upon said cap.

6. A therapeutical heating and steaming instrument, comprising a.. hollow body haw ing a tubular extension and handle and proing a handle at one side and an electrical vided with an open bottom, a disk of insulatheater mounted at its bottom, a paid of abing material enclosing said bottom having sorbent material of larger area than said .an electrical heating coil mounted thereon," body, and means to secure said pad at its a dished metal cap enclosing said coil and edge Within the groove in said body and in disk, an absorbent pad enveloping said cap, enveloping position around the sides and botand means detachably securing said pad in tom of the body. place. In testimony whereof I hereby affix my 7 A therapeutical heating and steaming signature hereto. W instrument, an annularly-grooved body hav- LEO J. HAESSLY.

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