USRE1646E - Improvement in shirt-collars - Google Patents

Description

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON GRAY, QF BOSTON, MSSAGHISEITS.

IMPROVEMENT lN SHIRT-COLLARS.

Speeilieation forming part of Letlers Patent No. 38,961, dated June Q3, 15H3; Reissue o. 1,616, dated l March T29, ISU-l.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, SOLOMON S. Girar, ot' Boston, in the county of Sut't'olh and State ot' l\lassachusetts, have invented certain new and usetul Improvements in Turn-Over Shirt- ()ollurs; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in Which Figure l represents the outlineof the collar bet'ore it is turned over, with lines dotted thereon to illustrate the mode and manner of folding it over and the ett'ect produced thereby. Fig. 2 represents a perspective View of the same turned over andbrought into a circular form as it would be on a persons neck.

The same letters indicate like parts in both of the drawings.

In the making of turnover shirt-collars of paper, or of cloth and paper combinedit is exceedingly difficult to fold the material so that when turned over on the arc ot'a circle it Will present a regular line. This cannot be done by the eye, but must be done by a gaged line made in the material, or by a former ot' suitable shape laid on the material as a guide to turn it over by.

The tirst part of my invention consists in turning over the collar by a line pressed into the material by a die, or by drawing a pointed instrument over it beside a pattern, and then following the indented line, or by turning it over the edge ot the pattern or block of the proper curve or line.

Another defect or diiiiculty in turn-over collars made of paper, or of paper and cloth combined,- consists in the wrinlrling or puckering .of the inner part when bronghtinto a circular form, as it is when on the neck of the wearer,

vand which is occasioned bythe inner part otf necessity occupying a smaller circle than the outer part.

The second part of my invention consists in turning the collar over in a curved line or in a series ot' straight lines and slight angles, by which means the Wrinhling or puckering is entirelyr obviated.

In a paper, or a cloth and paper combined, collar, it' turned over on a straight line, in addition to the wrinliling and puckering there 1s another objection, viz., the diiticnllty ot' inserting` aneclttieunderneath the turned-down -portion and the' band, and when inserted it @inside to wrinkle increasesthc tendency o1 and packer, but by tnrnug over the collar on a curved line, or on a series ot` straight lines that elongate the liuc by which it is turned over, there is a space formed between the turned-down portion and the band portion in which the necktie can be laid without the least tendency to Wrinkle or puclier.

The third part of my invention consists in so turning over a collar made of paper, or ot paper and cloth combined, on a curved or arched line as that a space shall be left between the turned-over portion and the band portion, which space may he occupied by a. neclit-ie of any ordinary description.

To enable others skilled in the art to malte and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

My invention is not confined to any partieular style ot turn-over colla-r, but I regard it as more particularly applicable to collars made ot' paper, or ot' paper and cloth com- Lined.

H itherto collars have been turned over in a straight line, as represented by the dotted line Y in Iiig. l, and the practical objection to all such collars has been mentioned above. The line X, however, as will be seen in said Fig. l, is an arc ot a circle, and on this line the part B is turned over onto the part A. rIhe best mode of doing this is to make in the collar an impression ot' the curve or line on which it is to be turned over either by means of a die pressed upon it or by drawing' a pointed instrument over it beside or along a. pattern. 'Vhen this is done,the.collar can he readily turned over on or following the indented line, or the collar may be turned over the edge of a pattern or block ot the proper curve or line.

The line X, instead of being in a curve or arc ot' acircle, might be composed of a series otstraight lilies with an angle at the center ofthe collar and accomplish the desired object about as well. I pre1"er,howevcr, to make the folding line on the arc of a circle.

ln turning the collar over on` a curved line, as at X, instead ot` astraight line, as at Y, the corners b b of the turn-over part B will be n BEST AvAiLABLE COPY over the points X X instead ofthe points Y Y', where a straight line would bring them, by which it is evident that the longer space l'roin Y to Y (1i. c., from b to b) has only to cover the shorter space'froin X to X on the part A, forming the inner circle, and thus the inner circle will not be wrinkled or puckercd by the tension of the outer` one. Besides, by turning the colla-r on a curved line so far from the outer portion crowding upon the inner portion and thus Wrinkling it, the por tion B will actually stand oi'from the portion A a distance corresponding:r somewhat to the spaceshown between thelinesbYandbX,and varying only with the extent of curvature of said folding or turn-over line. This space between the two porti ns A B when the folding over is done is availa le for a neektie if one he worn, but the space itself prevents the two parts from pressing against each other, which pressing tends to wrinkle one or the other.

d, e, and frepresent the button-holes, which are punched in the material in the usual way. p The drawings are about the size of a medium collar, and the greatest distance from the straight line Y to the curved line X is about one-fourth of an inch. It may, however, be more or less and still accomplish the object required. Collars thus constructed never wrinkle or pucker, and may be even rolled up into a circle of not more than an inch or so in diameter (as is often convenient iortrausportation) without the slightest injury, as the ditference in length ofthe outer and inner portion and the fact that the outer portion stands off from the inner portion so as to leave clear space between them admits of such rolling.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The turning over of a paper, or of apaper and cloth, collar by a delined line, whether pressed into the material by a die or pointed instrument or by bending it over theedge of a pattern or block ofthe proper curve or line, substantially as described.

2. Turning the partB of a paper, or a paper and acloth, collar over, onto, or toward the part A in a curved or angular line instead of a straight line, substantially as and for thc purpose described.

3. So turning over the part B onto or to ward the part A in the manner above described as that a space shall be left between the two parts for the purpose and substantially in the manner herein described.

SOLOMON S. GRAY.

Witnesses:

A. B. S'roUGHToN, JAMES A. WoonBURY.

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