US1114569A - Laminated fabric for garments. - Google Patents

Description

N. ZUGK & F. G. PFISTNER.

LAMINATED FABRIC FOR GARMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19. 1913.

Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

Application filed September 19, 1918. Serial 10,790,701,

" To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, NIcKoLAs ZUcK and FRANK G. PFIs'rN of Rochester, in the countyof Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvemtnts in-Laminated Fabrics for Garments; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

The invention relates to garments, more. particularly to coats and jackets, and it has shaped to accord with the detail differences between several garments of a standard SlZe.

Still another and very important object of our improvement is to be found in the fact that it prevents the hairs of the ha1rcloth from loosening and pulling from the,

garment, as is now the case, especially with ready-made clothing, the result being that the front of the coat will hold its original shape indefinitely.

A further feature of the invention resides in the construction of the haircloth employed, and the manner in which it is treated to obtain the results just referred -to.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view showing a portion of a coat front or stiffening section; Fig. 2 is a sectional view show.- ing a preferred construction of coat front, .and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the stiffening fabric or haircloth. 7

Similar reference numerals in the several -figures indicate the same parts.

in the following description, we will employ the term coat front, it being. understood that by this is meant the stifienin section usually employed in garments, an consistmg of pieces of canvas-and haircloth suitably secured together andcut toconform to the shape of the garment, such as is the generally accepted understanding of the term coat front in the'trade.

consisting entirely of hairs and to attach the canvas covering to the haircloth by a series of parallel rows of stitching, extending over substantially every part of the coat front. One chief objection to a garment manufactured in this manner hasbeen that the hairs readily pull out, particularly after the cloth has been pressed and worked several times. Another disadvantage is that a coat front thus made can not be shaped to accord with slightly different conformations, and therefore must be made in the first instance in more or less exact accordance with.

the figure. Both of these disadvantages have been overcome by the present construction, additional advantages of which will men more clearly from the following detailed explanation.

We proceed in the first instance by employing, preferably, a specially constructed stiffening fabric which consists of 'a series of. hairs a arranged in spaced relation to each other, and held together by a series of threads, which may be of cotton, indicated at b, the latter also being arranged in spaced relation to each other. At one edge, there is provided a lurality of securing threads 6 disposed ad acent to each other to form a Heretofore, the usual practicehas been 'to employ a -closely woven stiffening fabric marginal portion, the free ends 0 of the cured to the canvas to orm the coat front,

preferably by placing a sheet of canvas against the haircloth and applying a heated surface thereto while pressing the sheets to-- gether, to liquefy the cement which has been previously applied to the hair-cloth, and cause it to permeate the interstices of the canvas sufficiently to effect a close adherence between the layers. In the resent construction, we have shown a sti eningfabric se-- cured between two layers of canvas, thelaitter being designated at all while e designates the cementitious attaching medium. In addition to securing a close union between the canvas and the haircloth fabric, the cement performs an additional function in holding the hairs in engagement with the threads I) and also with the canvas, so that it is practically impossible for the hairs to loosen and pull out.

In Fig. 1, there is shown at f a marginal line of stitching which it may be desired to employin some cases, to preclude the loosening of the cement at the edges, although this is not to be considered a necessary feature of the invention. 1

It is also within the scope of our improvements to em loy a single sheet of canvas with the sti ening or haircloth fabric, although we have found that the best results are obtained where the haircloth is attached between two canvas layers.

In addition to holding the hairs of the stiffening fabric securely, the cementitious attaching medium has a further advantage in that it affords a pliable and more or less flexible coat front that can be shaped both at its edges and centrally so as to conform to the figure to which the garment is being fitted, in a manner that can not obtain when I the canvas and haircloth are attached by longitudinal or horizontal rows of stitching, and where thehaircloth consists only of hairs secured in close proximity to each other, forming a closely woven fabric, which is too stiff for the purposes in view.

Where we refer throughout the specification to canvas, it is to be understood that we intend to cover the use of any protective covering such as canvas, cheese cloth, silesia, or similar material.

We claim as our invention:

1. laminated fabric for a garment stiffener, comprising a layer of haircloth, said haircloth embodying a series of hairs arranged in spaced relation to each other, a layer of protective material, and a cementitious attaching medium between the haircloth and protective material.

2. A laminated fabric for a garment stiffener, comprising a layer of haircloth, said haircloth embodying a series of hairs arranged in spaced relation to each other, a layer of protective materialon each side of the haircloth, and-a cementitious attaching medium between the haircloth and protec tive material. 1

1 NICKOLAS ZUCK. FRANK G. PFISTNER.

Witnesses: H. E. STONEBRAKER,

RUSSELL B. Gmr'nrn.

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