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- D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
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- This invention -relates to bullet proof shields, and more especially tof an improved composite elastic fabric jadapted to 'resist penetration of projectiles by cushioning'or absorbing the impact of the same:
- the figure of the drawing represents ina perspective view a section of the fabric constructed inaccordance with my invention.
- A designates the outermost layervof the fabric or that against or: covering which the projectile strikes, said outer layer thicknesses of ,a ,closely-woven relatively 4heavy strong fabric,such, for example, as
- This layer B is relaand may be -tively a thick layer, as shown,
- the vhair of this-animal having the desirable characteristics of strength, straightness, and iineness of staple and being, therefore; susceptible of being formed into a very compact mass.
- the composite fabric thus formed I may make into jackets or shields, since it possesses v lsl'ufcient flexibility for that purpose and is lof such weight as to permit it to be worn without serious discomfort.
- the fabric when it is made into jackets, shields, or other forms of Wearing-apparel it will be covered or lined with any suitable cloth, in order that it may have a more presentable appearance, but as this is obviously a non-essential feature I have not seen fit to illustrate it.
- the fabric thus constructed is adapted to successfully resist the penetration of project iles, such as bullets fired from ordinary re- -f A'bullet-prooffalbrc consisting of'l'louter '-'Icovering'of canvas, a-Iayer of unwoven hair orwool, and afplulalityof innerlayers, egtoh composed 01E-*strong strands orord's laid lside by sido-compaitlyftogetherythe cords Of tho dierent layers'being arranged at' am4 angle 'to eaoh othe'r,the Whole' fabric .being comf pactly' bound together b'yfsttchng, substan- 'tially as des'c'r'ibd.
- project iles such as bullets fired from ordinary re- -f A'bullet-prooffalbrc consisting of'l'louter '-'Icovering'of canvas, a
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Description
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- C. ZBGLEN.
BULLET PROOF FABRIC.
No. 578,000.A Patented Mm.y 2, 1897.
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UNITED STATES CASIMIR ZEGLEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
BULLET-PROOF FABRIC.
sPnoIFI'cA'rIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,000, dated Marcha, 1897. l
riginal application filed April 24, 1896, Serial No. 588,874. Divided and this application filed J' une 8, 1898. Serial No.
594,657. (No specimens.) y
Y To all whom t may concern:
ence being had to the accompanying drawing,
-a-nd to the letters of reference marked thereon, 1
which forms a part of this specification. l
This invention -relates to bullet proof shields, and more especially tof an improved composite elastic fabric jadapted to 'resist penetration of projectiles by cushioning'or absorbing the impact of the same:
The object of the invention 1s to providea relatively light and more or less exible fab-l ric which may be worn without serious inconvenienee to protect' the body4v of a person and which may alsobe used for various other 'analogous purposes.
ThisI application is a division of, anapplication,- Serial No. 588,874, filedY bym'e April inafter described, and vmoref'l'iarticularly pointed out in the appended claim.' It' will be readily comprehended by reference to the accompanying drawing.. p'
The figure of the drawing represents ina perspective view a section of the fabric constructed inaccordance with my invention.
Referring to the drawing, A designates the outermost layervof the fabric or that against or: covering which the projectile strikes, said outer layer thicknesses of ,a ,closely-woven relatively 4heavy strong fabric,such, for example, as
canvas. After experimentationl have ascertained that the most. satisfactory results are obtained by lmakingthis outer covering of linen canvas of a qualityr commonly known as Aberdeen canvas, and hence while I recommend the same I do .not desire to be limited thereto. V
Next inside of the canvas cover A, I provide a layer B of fine strong 'animal hair,
which is either naturally straightl or which may be combed so that Ithe fibers thereof lie substantially parallel with each other and The invention consistsin the mattersliereconsistingof tweor moreplies or p thus :veryv compactly. This layer B is relaand may be -tively a thick layer, as shown,
' I have composed of various kinds of hair.
obtained the best results, however, by the use of the'hair or what is more commonly called the wool of the Angora goat, the vhair of this-animal having the desirable characteristics of strength, straightness, and iineness of staple and being, therefore; susceptible of being formed into a very compact mass.
Next to the layer of, hairB, I provide a plurality of layers-of strong flexible cords, threads, or strands C C',
of each layer being laid side by side or parallel'with each other and directly in contacty with each other. The several layers C Q of parallel-arranged strands are superposed 011e upon each other in such position that the sevi eralstrands of one will lie in a direction trans- -versely to or diagonally to the direction of the strands of the other layer,'that is, at an r angle to each other, as clearly shown Ain the drawing. In practice I have found that these woven inner layers are best constructed of silk cord, which, owing to the i'neness of the fiber and its relatively great strength and also,
doubtless, to the peculiar characteristics of silk, aord the most satisfactory results, al#A though I do not 4 The several layers thus formed are ar ranged, as shown, very compactly and are secured together, preferably, by through-and-u desire to be limited theretol the cords or strands I through stitching with silk thread, as indi-l l cated at a c, so that the wholebecomes a relatively hard exceedingly compact mass having peculiar characteristics.
The composite fabric thus formed I may make into jackets or shields, since it possesses v lsl'ufcient flexibility for that purpose and is lof such weight as to permit it to be worn without serious discomfort. Preferably when the fabric is made into jackets, shields, or other forms of Wearing-apparel it will be covered or lined with any suitable cloth, in order that it may have a more presentable appearance, but as this is obviously a non-essential feature I have not seen fit to illustrate it. f
The fabric thus constructed is adapted to successfully resist the penetration of project iles, such as bullets fired from ordinary re- -f A'bullet-prooffalbrc consisting of'l'louter '-'Icovering'of canvas, a-Iayer of unwoven hair orwool, and afplulalityof innerlayers, egtoh composed 01E-*strong strands orord's laid lside by sido-compaitlyftogetherythe cords Of tho dierent layers'being arranged at' am4 angle 'to eaoh othe'r,the Whole' fabric .being comf pactly' bound together b'yfsttchng, substan- 'tially as des'c'r'ibd.
In testimony that Lol'aim the Aforegoing as .my'inventio-n Il afx my*sig'nature, in presence of twqwitnossos, this 14tl1day fof Aug'us-A. TD. 1189-6.. v 1
' CASIMIR"ZEGLEN; Witnesses AN'lpl'zEW SPLTZ,v
W. .Lf' HALL
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| US6899009B2 (en) * | 2001-06-26 | 2005-05-31 | The United States Of America As Represented By The Administrator Of The National Aeronautics And Space Administration | Flexible multi-shock shield |
| US20080017020A1 (en) * | 2006-07-18 | 2008-01-24 | Sonoco Development, Inc. | Rapidly Deployable Barrier for High-Speed Projectiles |
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| US6899009B2 (en) * | 2001-06-26 | 2005-05-31 | The United States Of America As Represented By The Administrator Of The National Aeronautics And Space Administration | Flexible multi-shock shield |
| US20080017020A1 (en) * | 2006-07-18 | 2008-01-24 | Sonoco Development, Inc. | Rapidly Deployable Barrier for High-Speed Projectiles |
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