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Nstamping rod 34, and subsequent movement i
of the table will be permitted in a down-
ward direction, for instance, by the weight
of the lower portion of the body of the pa-
a tient thereon, owing to the spring 37 and
rod 30 connected to the neutralizing members
24. It will also be seen that the auxiliary
section 15 may be swung laterally through
The medium of the swivel member 17, and in 1
f view, of this range of movement, various
treatments of the human body may be read-
ily accomplished.
The bracket arms 16 project outwardly
from the upper and lower extremities of
a vertically disposed slide bar of adjusting
member 45, held in a channel 46 of the cap
7 by retention plates 47 secured at intervals
.on the cap and along the opposite side walls
of the channel, as clearly shown by Fig. 4,.
20 the said retention plates being of sufficient
width to extend over the opposite side edges
of the bar 45. Loosely extending through]
an opening 48 in the upper bracket arm 16
is an adjusting rod 49, which is shouldered
25 or swiveled in the inner end of the main
table section 13 as at 50. and has an tipper
squared head 51 exposed through an open-
ing 52 in the said main table section and
the upholstery of the latter for engagement
,o by a crank handle 53, the lower extremity
of said rod 49 being screw threaded as at
54 to adjustably engage the lower bracket
arm 16. By operating the rod 49 through
the medium of the crank handle 53, the bar
S5 45 carrying the arms 16, together with the
swivel member 17, bell crank levers com-
prising the short and longer levers 22 and
21, and the neutralizing member 24, may
be vertically adjusted relatively to the main
40 table section, and with these parts the aux-
iliary table section 15 is likewise adjusted
so that its elevation may be modified as de-
sired. The purpose of this vertical adjust-
ment of the auxiliary table section and the
4 parts carried thereby is to accommodate
certain treatments or to place the body of
the patient in such position that., stretching
action or tension relatively to some physical
member or, constituent may be more effec-
Do lively treated and the irregularity thereof
positively rectified..
In the form of the table shown by. Figs.
5 and 6, the pedestal comprising the part
5 and cap 6, the main table section 13, the
r6 auxiliary table section 15, brackets 16,
swivel member 17, tension rod 30, tension
spring 37, adjusting screw rod 38, adjusting
head 39 for said rod, and the crank 43,
are all similar to the parts bearing like
,o reference characters in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4,
and perform the same relative functions.
The brackets 16 are not vertically adjustable.
in this instance. and consequently the rod
49 and coperating .adjusting features are
a5 onmte Bangers 55 depend from tl aux-liary table section 15 and have a Aifferent
form of tension frame 56 secured thereto,
said frame consisting of a single bar with
an outer angular end Sri for supportig the
adjusting head 39. The inner extremity of 73
the frame 56 extends over one side of the
swivel member 17a and is fulcrumned at 58
to said member, the inner end of the frame
being in the form of a depending toothed
segment 59. The outer portion of the 75
swivel ameinber 17 is formed with an exten-
sion 60 having a segmental slot 61. therein
and continuing inwardly throughout a por-
tion of the width of the swivel member.
The lower end of a neutralizing member $0
62 is pivoted to the lower end of the exten-
sion 60, the pivot 63 of the neutralizing
member 62 being the center from which
the segmental slot 61 is described. The
upper end of the neutralizing member 85
62 is constructed as a segmental toothed
head 64- which is in continual mesh with
the depending toothed segment 59, and to
the said member an upstanding biacket arm
65a is fixed and has the inter end of the 90
tension rod 30 movably attached to the Ip-
per end thereof, so that the tension of the
spring 37 is transmitted through the nem-
tralizing member 62 by means of the toothed
segment 59 and frame 56 to the auxiliary 95
table section 15, and to maintain the neutral-
izing member 62 in fixed adjusted position,
a shouldered clamping screw-rod 65 coop-
erates with 'the extension 60 and extends
through the segmental slot G1 and into the 100
neutralizing member 62, as shown, the said
clamping screw-rod being operated by a
crank handle 66.
In the table shown by Figs. 7 and 8. only
the neutralizing devices are illustrated and 105
a portion of the tension spring and pedestal.
As shown by Fig. 7, the brackets 16' piv-
otally support the swivel member 17 'there-
between, and said member has an upper
extension 67 at its outer portion provided 120
with an upwardly directed segmental slot
68 and the inner end of the tension frame
56 in this instance is pivoted as at 58 to
the upper portion of one side of the swivel
member 17b, as in :Fig. 5, but terumirnates 115
in a projection 69 having an upper concave
edge 70 continually engaged by a roller 71
movably carried by-the upper end of an
arm 72 pivoted to the intermediate portion
of a neutralizing member 73 which in this 120
instance has its lower end pivoted to the
swivel member 17b, as at 74, and to the
upper end thereof the tension rod 30 of the
tension spring 37 is movably connected.
The neutralizing member 73 is intermuedr- 125
ately-deflected as shown, and to-this.inter
mediate deflection the arm 72 is movably.
secred Wand by this means the neutralizing
member of this particular form is ren-
dered more effective in performing the raa
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Sherwood, L. Walker. Osteopathic Table, patent, May 20, 1913; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853819/m1/12/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.