Specification of Andrew Kurtz : invalid beds and couches.

  • Ball, Ancell.
Date:
1872
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Specification of Andrew Kurtz : invalid beds and couches. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    BalVs Improvements in Invalid Beds and Couches. when required for use, the said lever being hinged by means of straps X, X, to one side of the frame D, corresponding straps x^, x^, on the opposite end of the lever serving when engaged on to buttons in the side of the main frame to hold it in its elevated position and maintain 5 the spring pad in its place. When the bed pan is to be introduced the lever N and pad are lowered, and the pad should be detached from its lever by turning it partly round when the small cross pin y in the stem z will be brought in line with the slot in the lever, thus admitting of the removal of the pad. 10 The dorsal ” mattress E (as shown in Eigures 3 and 12) is made in several separate parts or sections in order that it may be arranged to suit the various adjustments of the parts constituting the adjustable portions of the frame D. The facial mattress E^, shewn in Eigures 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15, is 15 made in one piece and provided with an opening O for the reception of the face of the patient when applied, and another aperture P for the reception of the toes. This mattress is secured by webbing and buttons 1, 1, to its supporting frame Eb the sections composing the dorsal ” mattress being secured to the frame D by tapes or otherwise. The 20 supporting frame of the facial ” mattress is like the frame E com¬ posed partly of wood and partly of webbing ; an adjustable frame or support Q hinged at 2 is fitted into one end of the frame H, and is raised or lowered more or less to any desirable inclination by moving the adjustable sliding support E along the guiding grooves 3, 3, in the 25 frame Eb the said support E being fitted with dovetailed guides on its surface which take into and slide along corresponding grooves in the under side of the adjustable frame Q, the support E being moved for • adjustment by the loops at 4, 4. The object of the adjustable frame Q is to enable the facial ’’ mattress to be adjusted with accuracy over the 30 chest of the patient. When it is required to turn the patient on to his face so as to afford free access to the back, the ‘‘facial” mattress E^ and frame E^ are laid upon him and then secured in the position shewn in Eigure 1, by shooting the bolts 5, 5, (Eigure 17), attached at each corner to the under side of the frame E^ into one or other of two or more 35 corresponding holes made in the projecting ledges 6, 6, on the inner faces of the head and foot boards. Before adjusting the “facial mattress however, the side rest or support S (Eigures 18 and 19) must be fitted into its place between the head and foot boards, secured to the