US343903A

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Publication number: US343903A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-06-15
Anticipated expiration: 1903-06-15

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(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 J. G. JARVIS.

COLLAR 0R GUFP.

No. 343,903. Patenteuune 13, 1333.

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No. 343,903. Patented June 15, 1886.

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NITnD STATES PATENT Ormea..

JOHN G. JARVIS, OF ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN ZYLONITE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

COLLAR OR CUFF.1

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,903, dated June l5, 1886.v

Application filed December 14, 1F85. Serial No. 185,630. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.'

Beit known that I, JOHN G. JARVIS, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Adams, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collars and Cuffs, of which the following is a specication.

In collars and cuffs made Wholly or in part of a pyroxyline compound 1t is usual to stamp or cut out the button-holes after the articles havebeen formed from sheets ofthe compound. According to such method considerable difficulty is experienced in buttoning and unbuttoning the articles,owing to the stiffness of the pyroxyline material, which frequently results in the edges of the button-hole being cracked or ruptured, which is more noticeable in cold temperatures, and, besides, the body of the material about the button-hole will be :rumpled, broken, or bent by the force necessarily employed to button and unbutton the article, thereby causing it to present an undesirable and unsightly appearance and destroying its usefulness. Another objectionable feature in such class of collars and cuffs is the noise or rattle occasioned at the button-hole by the contact of the sleeve-button with the hard pyroxyline material.

To preserve the neat and smooth appearance of pyroxyline collars and cuffs, provide them with iiexible and inelastic button-holes, which can be easily, rapidly, and conveniently buttoned and unbuttoned, and to avoid the aforesaid noise or rattle are the objects of my invention, which I accomplish by providing a pyroxyline collar or cuff with an opening larger than the button-hole desired,and uniting to the article about such opening a piece or pieces of textile material containing the button-hole proper, which latter is located within the aforesaid opening, and is isolated or separated from the edges thereof by a flexible body of textile material, thereby placing in the opening of the stiff pyroxyline collar or cuff a flexible fabric containing the button hole, so that such flexible fabric only is manipulated by the fingers in buttoning and unbuttoning the ar ticle,whereby all liability of splitting, cracking, breaking, or rupturing the pyroxyline material is avoided.

The invention also consists in a pyroxyline water-proof collar o1' cuff having an opening larger than the button-hole desired and provided with a buttonhole composed as here shown of two pieces of textile fabric united at the edges of the button-hole only and united to the opposite sides of the sheet comprising the article, such textile fabric extending inwardly into the opening in the collar or cuff,

so that the button-hole proper is located en- (30 tirely Within the said opening, andl is isolated or separated from the edges thereof to constitute a flexible button-hole,thereby permitting a pyroxyline collar or cuff to be buttoned and unbuttoned with easev and convenience and without liability of breaking or cracking the pyroxyline material.

The invention also consists in a pyroxyline water-proof collar or cuff' having an attached flexible button-hole composed of textile fabric coated or impregnated with a solution of collodion to render such button-hole also waterproof.

The invention also comprises other features which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is illustrated by the acoo1npanying drawings, in which Figure l is an inside plan view of a pyroxyline collar provided Y with my improvedllexible button-hole, Fig.

l, a plan view of one end of a collar, showing the enlarged opening therein; Fig. 2, a sectional view on the line a b, Fig. l; Fig. 3, an inside plan View of a cuff provided with my invention; Fig. 4, a transverse sectional view on the line c d, Fig. 3; Fig. 5, aninside plan view of a cuff, showing a modication of the invention; Fig.6,asectionalview on the line ef ofFig. 5; Fig.7,a plan view ofa cuff, showing another modication; Fig. 8, a sectional view on pieces of textile fabric prior to their being connected at the buttonhole, and Fig. 12 a detached sectional view of a modification.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe the same in detail, reference being first roo made to Figs. l and 2 of the drawings, where the numeral 1 indicates a collar, which may be either a standing or turndown one, having at each place where a button-hole is to be provided an opening, 2, Fig. la, of a size considerably larger than the button-hole. The button-hole 3 is formed in two pieces of textile fabric united by stitching or otherwise only at the edges of such hole 3, leaving the remain ing parts 4 and 5, Figs.`9, 10, and l1, of the fabric free and disconnected. One of these parts, 4, is passed through the enlarged opening 2, and then the two parts are cemented .to ,the pyroxyline body of the article around the said enlarged opening,'this cementing being accomplished in the presence of a solvent, such as alcohol, which will soften the pyroxyline material and cause it to become sticky; but this union of the parts can be effected by high heat and considerable pressure without the presence of a solvent. is isolated or separated from the edges of the y opening 2 by the intervening body 6 of textile'fabric in such manner that the button-hole and a surrounding part of the fabric containing the same are located entirely within the opening 2, thus providing a perfectly flexible and inelastic button-hole, so that such flexible fabric only is manipulated by the fingers in buttoning and unbuttoning the article. The collar` or cuff can by this means bc buttoned and unbuttoned with ease and convenience without liability of cracking, splitting, or otherwise breaking the edges of the opening 2 in the stiff pyroxyline material comprising the article, and without danger of rumpling or breaking the body of the material about the button-hole.

In order to render the textile fabric water.- proof, I saturate or coat it on one or both surfaces with a solution of collodion, sothat it may be cleansed when` the collar or cuff isv wiped off with a damp sponge or cloth, as is ordinarily practiced by those Wearing this class of goods. I also for the same reason prefer to stitch the button-hole 3 by means of thread coated or saturated with a solution of collodion. The collodion can be applied either before or after the textile fabric comprising the button-hole proper isceinented in place.

In Fig. 3 I show a cuff, 7, having buttonholes made in the same manner, such cuff being strengthened at the ends, as usual, by an attached strip, 8, of zylonite or other pyroxyline material.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I show a cuff, 7, of the same construction as that illustrated by Figs. 3 and 4, except that the textile fabric comprising the button-hole proper is united in place between the body of the article and the strengthening-strip 8.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I show a cuff in which the button-hole proper is in a sheet of textile fabric united between two sheets of z ylonite or other pyroxyline material.

In all the forms described there are features common to each, in that the collar or cuff is provided with an oblong or other shaped openrIhe button-hole 3 ing, 2, of a size considerably larger than the button-hole 3. The button-hole is formed in a piece or pieces of textile fabric, and an extended flexible body, 6, isolates or separates the button-hole 3 from the edges of the opening 2 in the pyroxyline body comprising the collar or cuff. The collar or cuff may be made wholly or partly of zylonite or other pyroxyline compounds as ordinarily practiced, except as to the flexible button-holes, which constitute my invention.

I would here state that, except as to the size of the button-hole proper and its flexible `isolation from the edge of the enlarged opening in the collar or. cuff, the parts are magnified in some parts of the drawings to more' clearly illustrate the invention.

, Instead of employing two layers, 4 and 5, one layer, 4 or 5, Fig. l1, of the text-ile fabric may be cemented about the enlarged buttonhole in the collar or cuff, as in Fig. l2. This single layer may be attached to the inside or the outside ofthe article, or it may be inserted between the strip 8, Figs. 3.and 4, and the body of the article. Where a single layer of textile fabric is used, as in Fig. l2, it must be ofsuficient thickness to provide the requisite strength.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. A zylonite or pyroxyline collar or`cuff having an enlarged opening and an attached piece or pieces of textile fabric connected thereto, and provided with a button-hole and extending into the opening, said button-hole being isolated fromthe edge of the enlarged opening by a surrounding exible body of the textile fabric, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a zylonite or other pyroxyline collar or cuff comprising sheets of the material, and. having a flexible piece or pieces of textile fabric cemented between such sheets and containing a button-hole, which is isolated from the edges of an enlarged openingin the article, substantially as described.

3. A zylonite or other pyroxyline collar or cuff having an enlarged opening and a button-hole formed of two pieces of flexible textile fabric united at the button-hole and cemented to the body of the article, with the button-hole isolated from the edges of the enlarged opening by intervening thicknesses of the textile fabric, substantially as described.

4. A zylonite or other pyroxyline collar or cuffhaving an attached piece or pieces of flexible textile fabric containing a button-hole and coated or impregnated with collodion, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my sig-y nature in presence of two Witnesses.

J. G. JARVIS.

Witnesses:

ELMER E. LEONARD, 0. A. WILBUR.

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