Year: 1899

page_text: We, ARTHUR NICHOLSON and JOHN HALL, both of the Firm of Brough, Nichol-
son and Hall, of Leek, in the County of Stafford, Braid and Trimming Manu-
facturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
Our invention relates to an improved collar stiffener and the objects of our
invention are to make a collar stiffener of a graduated shape that is narrower at
the ends than in the middle, and also to bind and protect both edges of the
stiffener to enable the cloth or other material to be sewn with equal facility to
either side of the stiffener.
Our improved collar stiffener is woven in a loom in the form of a suitable
curved web of the width of the middle or widest part of the stiffener and we
obtain the graduated shape by cutting away portions of the selvedges on the
outer side of the curved web, the web is then divided into lengths to form
graduated collar stiffeners.
The rough edge made by cutting away portions of the selvedge has no injurious
effect as both edges of the stiffener are finished with a binding as described in
our Application for Patent No. 25688 of 1898.
1000
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Patent Agents, 17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
An improv
We, ARTHUR NICHOLSON and JOHN HALL, both of the Firm of Brough, Nichol-
son and Hall, of Leek, in the County of Stafford, Braid and Trimming Manu-
facturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
Our invention relates to an improved collar stiffener and the objects of our
invention are to make a collar stiffener of a graduated shape that is narrower at
the ends than in the middle, and also to bind and protect both edges of the
stiffener to enable the cloth or other material to be sewn with equal facility to
either side of the stiffener.
Our improved collar stiffener is woven in a loom in the form of a suitable
curved web of the width of the middle or widest part of the stiffener and we
obtain the graduated shape by cutting away portions of the selvedges on the

page_text: outer side of the curved web, the web is then divided into lengths to form
graduated collar stiffeners.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings-
Figure 1 is a plan of our improved collar stiffener, Figure 2 is a transverse
vertical section taken on the plane of the line A A, Fig. 1, and Figure 3 is an
elevation showing the collar stiffener bent into the form it assumes when
attached to a dress.
In these views, a designates the curved web of buckram or other foundation
material which is divided and cut into the graduated shape shown by removing
portions of the selvedge on the outer side of the curved-web, and the binding
with which we finish both edges as described in the Specification to our Patent
No. 25688 of 1898. By the use of the binding 6 the injurious effect of the rough
edge made by cutting away portions of the selvedge on the outer side of the
curved web is avoided, and further, the bindings serve as a means for attaching
the dress material as also described in our aforesaid specification.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
The improved collar stiffener woven in a loom in the form of a curved web of
the width of the widest part of the stiffener, and graduated in shape by cutting
away portions of the selvedge on the outer side of the curved web and subse-
quently binding both edges all substantially as herein described and as illustrated
by the drawings.
Dated this 29th day of December 1899
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicants, 17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.