A new device designe to help in preparing bandages
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A new device designe to help in preparing bandages
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A Mechanical Helper for the Red Cross
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MILLIONS of bandages of dif-
ferent length and width are re-
quired in the hospitals for dressing
wounds. Miss Lulu H. Miller, of
Brooklyn, N. Y., has invented a device
for unwinding gauze for surgical dress-
ings from the bolt and folding it into
even layers, to be cut into suitable
lengths. She has patented her in-
vention, and will donate the receipts
to the Red Cross.
A substantially built table, about
two feet wide and
from eight to ten
feet long, has mark-
ed along its longi-
tudinal edges co-
inciding scales in
inches and frac
tions of inches.
‘Two strips of wood,
equal in length to the width of the
table, are provided each with a row
of equidistant and sharp-pointed pins
extending over their entire length.
‘They have also at each end a clamp
by means of which the strips can
be securely fastened to the table.
Another strip, also provided with
‘clamps for fastening it to the table,
has standards at its ends, which
form the support of a roller or spindle,
intended to guide the material as it
unwinds from the bolt and is fed to
the folding contrivance.
In operating the device, the gauze
is unwound from the bolt or roll at
one end of the table and drawn over
the roller. Near the end of the gauze
a thread is drawn to make sure that a
straight start is made. The material
is folded at the thread line, and
fastened to the strip farthest from the
feeder by pushing the folded part down
on the pins. Then the material is
stretched evenly to the other strip,
which has been clamped to the table
at a distance depending upon the de-
sired length of the bandages. Then
the material is folded, again allowing
half an inch margin, and the fold,
which must be square to the edge,
is pushed down upon the pins. Then,
the material is drawn to the
other strip, and the operation of
measuring, folding, and fastening
down the fold of the material is
repeated. This is continued until
the entire bolt has thus been folded
between the pin-racks.
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Lingua
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eng
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Data di rilascio
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1919-02
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pagine
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74
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Diritti
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Public domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by
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Davide Donà
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Marco Bortolami (editor)
