US419263A - Collar or cuff - Google Patents

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v (Nomdel') J. W. HYATT.

GOLLAR 0R GU'FF. No. 419,263. Patented Jan. 14, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

`JOHN WV. HYATT, OE NEVARK, NEI/V JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE CELLULOID MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.`

COLLAR OR CUFF.

SPECIFICATION forming part vof Letters Patent No. 419,263, dated January v14.-, 1890. Application filed November 13, 1888. Renewed :December 18, 1889. Serial No. 334,145. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, JOHN IV. HYATT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in Essex county, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Composite Collars and Cuffs, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same. A j

The object of this invention is to furnish 4a collar or cuff that has a greater elasticity than one composed Wholly of textile fabrics, and provided with a water-proof and ldirt-resisting surface and a woven grain of textile fabric upon its exterior, so as to imitate closely a starched linen article.

The invention consists in an imitation of starched linen collars and cuffs, consisting in two layers of textile fabric having an out-er surface grained like starched linen, an intermediate stiffener of wood veneer cemented between the same, and a coating of waterproof varnish upon the whole exterior of the article to present a dirt and moisture resisting medium. In this composite article the sole function of the Wood is to impart elasticity to the product, while the textile fabric presen-ts the desired Woven grain upon the surface, and the water-proof varnish affords the dirt and moisture resistingr medium. The article is thus adapted for cleansing by a sponge with soap and water, and possesses the advantages of a Celluloid collar or cuff at a small fraction of the cost.

Heretofore collars and cuffs have been formed of india-rubber and enameled cloth, and by various combinations of paper and woven fabrics of vegetable iber; but lsuch constructions have been deficient in elasticity and durability if made of cheap materials, or have been very expensive if formed of elastic materials, and adapted, like celluloid collars and cuffs, for cleansing with soap and water by the application of a brush or sponge.

The object of my present invention is tofurnish an exceedingly cheap collar and cuff having a water-proof surface and an elastic body adapted to retain its shape and appearance for a long time. I secure the desired elasticity and durability in the articlelby forming the body of the same of a layer of thin split Wood or veneer, preferably using for such purpose a bass-wood veneer about a 4and I impart the desired water-proof quality to the same by coating, the surface of such fabric with pyroxyline varnish or its equivalent. into blanks of suitable size and shape to form the desired article, as a collar or cuff, and the muslinis made large enough to fold over the edges of the same when cemented thereon, for the double purpose of concealing the edge of the veneer and for thickening the edge of the article in imitation of a hem.

To avoid the cracking and injury to the veneer which would result from the frequent handling of the same if the veneer were first formed in large sheets and thencut into the desired blanks, the blanks are preferably cut from ablockof the exact shape required. The blanks then require nothing but the necessary treatment and application of the woven fabric to convert them at once into the finished article.

The invention will be understood by reference to the annexed drawings, in which Figure l is a diagram of a cuff with four buttonholes. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through two of the button-holes on line a: e in Fig. l, with the proportions exaggerated to clearly show the different layers. Y

The grain of the wood in the veneer blanks would be preferably extended lengthwise 0f the blank, so as to impart its elasticityk in the direction in which the collar or cuff would be bent when in use. Y

- e represents in section t-he veneer blank, covered upon opposite sides by muslin coatings f and g. One of the coatings, as g, would be formed of the same size as the veneer blank, and the other coating f wouldbe made sufficiently large to turn over the edges of the cuff and cement upon the opposite side of the same, thereby thickening the edge in imitation of a sewed hem.

The veneer blank is preferably, before the woven fabric is applied to its surfaces, coated with a waterproofing material, as dammar, copal, or pyroxyline varnish, mixed with zinc oxide or other white earthy material to The wood veneer is preferably cut IOO different function, being made exclusively to impart elasticity to the product, and it istherefore studiously concealed, and if the outer woven fabric is not thick enough to hide it entirely a composition of suitable color is applied between the veneer and the fabric to effect such concealment. I there`y fore disclaim the constructions referred to.

I have claimed herein an intermediate stiffener formed of wood veneer only; but I have in another application, Serial No. 290,674, filed November-13,1888, claimed a stiener or water-proof body made of any fibrous matel rial, and I therefore disclaim herein the matter described and claimed in my said appliv cation, Serial No. 290,674.

Having thus set forth my invention, what I claim is l. An imitation of starched linen collars and cus, consisting in two layers of textile fabric having an outer surface grained like starched linen, an intermediate stiifener of wood veneer cemented between the same, and a coating of water-proof varnish upon the whole exterior ofthe article to present a dirt and moisture resisting medium, substantially as herein set forth. Y

2. An imitation of starched linen collars and cuffs, consisting;4 in two layers of textile fabric coated upon their outer sides with waterproof varnish, an intermediate stiifener of wood veneer cemented to the inner sides of the said fabrics, and a composition applied between the veneer and the fabrics to conceal the color of the veneer, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J OI-IN `W. HYATT.

Witnesses:

L. LEE, Trios. S. CRANE.

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