US1059291A - Garment-stay. - Google Patents

Description

S. H. PLEMING.

GARMBNT STAY.

APPLIOATION FILED DBO. 26. 1911.

Patented Apr. 15,- 1'913.

cLUMnlA PLANOORAPN CO.. WASHINGTON. nA c.

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STEPHENH. FLEMING', OF CHICAGO,` ILLINOIS."

, GARMENT-STAY.

Specication of Letters Patent.

T0 all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, STEPHENH. FLEMING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, county of 1 Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new `and useful Improvements in Garment-Staysf of which the following is a full, clear,and eX- aot description.`

The invention relates to garment; `stays and seeks toprovide an `improved stiifening stay for garments, neckwean and lthe like, which can be subjected tolaundry` processes without losing its` shape, stiffness or" resili ency. At the present time, `iti isusual to remove such stays from a garment before the latter is laundried, but the present invention provides a stay which can be subjected with out injury to thehotliquids and irons employed in ordinary ilaundryprocesses.

Theinvention consists in the features of improvement hereinafter set forth, illustrated in theipreferred form in the accompanying `drawing `and more particularly pointed` out in the zap ended claims.`

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan; view of the improved stay. Fig. 2zis a longitudinal section thereof on the line 2 2 ofFig. `l.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on the` line 3-3 of Fig.2. Figs. t and 5 are planviews illustrating parts of the stay during the process of manufacture.

The improved stay comprisesa stiifening body formed of a bundle ori layers of fibers,

such as stiff hairs or bristles.` Hog bristles are preferably employed :and the best results have been attained with those known to the trade as Russian hog bristlesa` The bundle or layers of `hogbristles are loosely assembled within anlinclosing, water tight envelop. In the preferred embodiment `of the invention, the envelopjis formed of vulcanized india rubber reinforced with fabric.

As shown in the drawing, the improved stay strip of `fabric which` forms the reinforce-` ment of the envelop is covered lon one side with a thin film or coat of raw india rubber. Preferably, the fabric strip is calendered on one side with a thinsheet of raw rubber compound containing sulfur or other `suitarrangecl straight and parallel to one `an-` other in bundles or layers and their `ends are evenly trimmed." To facilitate the handling land assemblin of a thinisolution of raw rubber may be ap` j plied thereto and particularly to the ends of` the bristles to hold them together. The `rubber solution thus used toloosely hold thel layers of bristles together should not, however, contain any vulcanizing agent.

arranged in a layer as indicated in Fig. 4. The layer is divided upon the longitudinal line X-X, and the two portions superposed with the thick ends of the bristles of one portion overlving the` thin ends of the bristles;

of the other. The superposed layers are then placed upon a thin sheet of raw rubber:

compound or upon a strip of fabric coated with raw rubber compound, as indicated in Fig. 5.` The sheet of rubber or rubberi coated fabric is then` folded upon the line y-y and is of such size that portions `thereof will extend beyond the ends and beyond` one side of the inner stiifening` body of bristles. These extending edge portions; c will overlap and be cemented together by the raw rubber coat or film. The stay thus formed is then subjected to heat sufficient1 vulcanizedabout the separate bristles, butI instead, will tend, during the vulcanizing lprocess, toi part from the bristles and adere to the body of the inclosing envelop,

since it will be taken up by the vulcanizing elements 1 in the envelop. The separate bristles, inithe finished product, are therefore not embedded ,in the vulcanized rubber portion of the stay and, for the most part, are not cemented together or to the envelop.

On the contrary, they are loosely assembled within the inclosing envelop and this `are` rangement has been found to materially increase the life and resiliency of 3the stay, since the bristles are free to move relatively to one `another to some extent as the stay is bent. Thewater tight inclosing envelop of l 1110 the boilinglwater and hot alkali used ,in the vulcanized rubber protects the bristles from laundry.` When so protected and kept dry,

p PatentedApr. 15, 1913.1 l Applicationled December 26, 1911. j Serial No. 667,936.

of the bristles duringI the process of manufacture, a small amount able vulcanizing agent. The bristles `alare Thel bristles used to form a stay are preferablyf the heat used in ordinary laundry processes will not affect the bristles andthe natural resiliency thereof Will be maintained. It is therefore unnecessary to remove the improved stays from a garment before'subjecting `the latter to vvashingand ironing processes. The projecting portions c of the envelop form sewing edges byJ which the stay may be secured to the garment Withoutfperforating the main body of the stifening body of bristles loosely assembled. `Within an inclosing, Water-tight envelop Wat-er tight envelop.y The improved stay is particularly Well adapted foruse upon neck bands, collars andthe like, but, by arrang` ing the groups of bristles end to end' and `overlapping,longer stays can be formed for other garments.

- Itis obvious that the details of construc-V tion and manufacture set forth may be vai ried Without `departure from the essentials oftheinvention as defined in the claims.

I `claim as my invention: c

` l. A resilient garment stay comprising ka stilfening bodyV `of kfibers `loosely assembled Within an inclosing,l `Water-,tight substantially as described. y

2. A resilient garment stay comprising a stiening body of bristles loosely assembled Within an inclo'singh1envelop of lvulcanized india rubber, substantially `as described'.

3. A resilient garment'stay comprising a-30 formed of vulcanized indiarubber and re'V inforced With a layer of fabric, said envelop having a projecting sewing edge,'substan tially as described.

` STEPHENHQFLEMING ,Y AVpVitnesses: Y

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