Patent GB-425796-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to measuring instruments for the use of tailors and to the method for drawing garment patterns
IPC: A41H1/10
Filed: 1934-04-17
Abstract: 425,796. Tailors' measuring apparatus. BRANCHINI, L.; 77, Largo Fontanella Borghese, Rome. April 17, 1934, No. 11588. [Class 141] An apparatus to be applied to the trunk of the person for obtaining measurements for garment patterns comprises four sections A, B, C, D, A and the sections B and C corresponding to the front halves and the sections D and A to the back halves of the person, and each section comprises adjustable graduated members 4, 5, 6, arranged to give the circumferential measure of the chest, waist, and abdomen, respectively, the members 5, 6, being carried in vertical slotted bars 1, 1<1>, so as to be adjustable in height relatively to the member 4. The upper portion of each of the front sections B, C comprises an element 8 adapted to be detachably secured to the vertical bar 1 and to which is pivotally connected a neckband element 10 having pivoted thereto an element 14 corresponding to the top line of the shoulders and which is pivotally connected to an element 19 having a pin and slot connection with an angular extension 12 of the neckband element 10, an obliquely arranged element 22<1> which is secured at its lower end' to an extension of a band 24 underlying the circumferential band 4, two elements 26, 31, pivotally connected to the element 22<1> and to the bands 4, 8 respectively, and an element 28 having a portion 29 which is arranged tangentially to the contour of the arm. The back sections D and A comprise similar elements to the front sections B and C except that the element 7 is fixed to the vertical bar 1, and the obliquely arranged element 22 is detachably connected to the circumferential band 4, the members 24 and 31 being dispensed with. To obtain the desired measurements, the adjacent sections are connected to each other on the person by means of press studs 9, 23 and 32, or other suitable fastening devices. The element 4 is tightened in position around the chest, and the members 5 and 6 are adjusted respectively around the waist and abdomen, care being taken that the vertical bars 1 follow the central lines of the front and back of the person. The elements 10 are tightened around the neck, and the element 29 is brought tangentially to the contour of the arm, an index 16 being moved on to each end of the shoulders. The apparatus is then withdrawn from the person and the difference between the lengths of each of the members 5, 6, and the member 4, noted. To enable the upper portions of the sections A, B, C, D, to be developed on a plane, the elements 8 and 22 are detached from the circumferential band 4, the amount of the displacement of these elements from the band 4 giving an indication of the amount of surplus cloth required at the corresponding parts of the garment. When the front sections B, C are developed on a plane, the obliquely arranged element 22<1> preserves its angular relationship with respect to the band 4 owing to the fixed connecting elements 24 and 31. In the case of trousers, a subsidiary apparatus, Fig. 3, (not shown), is used to obtain a measure of the distance between the most prominent part of the back of a person and the corresponding part of the abdomen, and also the position of two other points on the outline of the person. This data, together with the measures of the waist and abdomen obtained previously, enables the design of the trousers to be drawn.