US60028A - Improvement in apparatus foe obtaining the measures for ladies deesses - Google Patents

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SPECIFICATION.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, CURRAN E. MCDONALD, of the city of Indianapolis,`county of Mari'omand State `oil Indianmhave invented a new and useful Instrument for more accurately Measuring and Fitting Ladies Dresses, and other Garments; and I'do hereby declare the following Yto be a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and the` letters and gures of reference marken thereon.

The-invention consists in the construction and the mode of operation and application of said instrument. To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my said invention, I` will proceed to describe its: construction and operation. i

Said instrument is to be made of brass,.German silver, or any other suitable sheet metal.` A B and C D, of tig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, represent two graduated strips of sheet metal, `each from half anA inch to threequarters of an inch Wide, and from `eight inches to eleven inches long, held together by the clasps represented by u u and o v, of fig. `1 and iig. 2 of'` the accompanying drawings, in such a manner that they will slip upon each other lengthwise. 'The end D of the upper slip C D is provided with a convenient index, to be` used in connection with the graduated facel of A B, Whichsaid index is represented by I, of said iig. 1. `Each of the said graduated strips A B and C D is provided at one end with a suitable knob, which said knobs are,` respectively represented byE and G, of said tlg. 1. In thel space between the two clasps 'u u and vv, aforesaid, is' a. sliding stage, represented by S, of the said iig. 1, and held to the instrument by suitable clasps, represented by w and of the said iig. 2, so that it will slide lengthwise on the said A B and C D. The said sliding stage S is also provided with an index, represented by I', 4of said iig. 1, to be used in connection `with the graduatedv face of C D. The said stage `Sy carries a knob, represented by Fjof said Iig. 1, in` all `respects similar tothe knobs E and G, aforesaid; all of which,wl1en in their proper places, are as represented` by their respective letters in the said Iig. 1. V Said instrument is provided on the under side with two suitable hooks, one at each end, as represented by hand K, of said iig, V2, for the purpose of securing it Whenit is being used, as hereinafter described. In order to use'the said instrument, it lis so adjusted that when the end C is laid on the back middle of the neck hem, the knob G will just reach the back middle of the waist seam; `and the knob F so adjusted that it will be about midway between the knob E andthe knob G, vas represented by ,C E F G, of iig; l3,

ofthe accompanying drawings the said instrument, being held rmly in its place by the hooks H and K, afore-` t said, being rmly fastened in the dress at E and G. The ring of an ordinary `'tape measure is then placed on the knob" E, and the distance to a, of said iig. 3, the top end of the shoulder seam,measured in the `direction of the dotted line E a. The distance to ZJ, the lower end of the shoulder seam, is next measured in the direction of the dott-ed lineE b. Ihe distance toc, the back side of the arm-hole; is new measured in the directionof the dotted line E e.

The ring ofV the tape measure is nowv placed on the knob F, aforesaid, and the distances Fa, b, and F c successively measured. The distance to d, the top end of the side seam, is then measured in' the' direction of the dotted line F d, andthe distance to e, the bottom of the side sam, measured in the direction of the dotted line F e. The ring of the said tape measure is now placed on the knob G, and the distances G oZ-and G e snccess-` ively measured. This gives the measure of one side of the back of the form to be iitted. If the form bewell proportioned no other measure is necessary to t the back; but if vthe form be crooked or misshapen, the` other side must be measured in the same manner. The operator having now noted the position of the tivo indices, I and I', and 'the various measures aforesaid, proceeds to transfer them to the cloth. In drder to accomplish this, the indices Il and I must be placed in the same position whichthey occupied when the measure was taken. The instrument is then laid on the cloth, as represented by C E F G, of fig. 4, of the accompanying drawings. The ring of the tape measure, aforesaid, is then placed on the knob E, and the distance E a, aforesaid, taken up on the tape measure. With that distance for a radius, a small arc4 of a circle is described, as represented by f j', of said hg. 4. The ring of the tape measure is then placed on the knob F, and taking`F .a,` aforesaid, as a radius, another arc of a circle, represented by g g, is described, s oas to intersect the arc ff;

then the point of intersection will be the original point a, the upper end of the shoulder seam. In the same Way b, the lower end of the shoulder seam, may be found by describing the 'intersecting arcs'Z l and mmwith E b and F b, for their respective radii, the point of intersection being the original point b; c, the back side of the arm-hole, is found by using E c and F c for the radii of the intersecting arcs n 'n and o o, respectively. For d, the top end of the side seam Fcl and G dare used for the radii of the intersecting arcs p p andra', respectively. Lastly, e, the lovverl end of the side seam, is fonndbyusing F e and G e for the radii of the intersecting arcs s s and tt,

respectively. The centre of the end, C, of the instrument will be the back middle of the neck hem, and the, centre of the knob Gr the back middle of the waist seam. With all these points established, respectively, it only remains to trace the figure C a Z c d e Gr C, which will be the true outline of one-half of the back of the intended garment. The other half of the back mziy be leid out in the same wey. The-front is measured and laid off in the same Way, except that, in the distance G e, proper allowance is made for the darts or gores, as

represented by G c e2, of fig. 5, of the accompanying drawings, so that when the said darts or gores have been properly arranged, the distance Gr e will be as originally measured.

What I claim, :rnd desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The within-described instrument, when the same is constructed es aforesaid, in` its said several parts, and operated for the purpose and in the manner substantially :its set forth.

CURRAN E. McD ONALD.

Witnesses:

I. S. BiGELoW, JOHN C. SPooNER.

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