Improvements in Maid-servants' Caps and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 30th Jan., 1891-Accepted, 14th Mar.,
1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Maid-servants' Caps and the like.
I, ELIZA THOMSON, of 1, Marlborough Place, St. John's Wood, London, N.W.,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :—
This invention relates to certain improvements in maid-servants' caps or service-
head-coverings and the like the object being to enable a cap to be made so that
the same may be, after wear, conveniently washed and ironed-up for reuse.
The means adopted for carrying out this invention are substantially as follows.
The material of the cap is to be of a body piece, flat and trimmed as desired with
edging, lace or such like. At a certain distance from the edge of the main material
and in the body part thereof is formed a pocket, double fold on the same combined
with loops extending round the body of the material through which a tape cord or
ribbon will be passed.
In the pocket or double fold extending as aforesaid around or partially around
the body piece there are interposed croswise openings limiting certain spaces of the
body piece between which spaces, is or are to be formed gathered or plain portions
of the body. This gathering will be effected by the running tape, cord or ribbon
of the pocket or double fold of the cap aided by certain stops such as stitching, or
buttons and button holes between the body and the tape at the cross openings of
the pocket. By these means any part of the body piece may be gathered and be
held so and other parts may be less so or be left flat and so forth so as to afford the
desired configuration of caps or head dress according to design required.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1890.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Maid Servants' Caps and the like.
I, ELIZA THOMSON, of 1, Marlborough Place, St. Johns Wood, London, N.W.,
lo hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same
s to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This invention relates to certain improvements in maid servants caps or service
head coverings and the like the object being to enable a cap to be made so that the
same may be, after wear, conveniently washed and and ironed up for reuse.
The means adopted for carrying out this invention are substantially as follows.
The material of the cap is to be of a body-piece, flat and trimmed as desired with
edging, lace or such like. At a certain distance from the edge of the main material
and in the body part thereof is formed a pocket or double fold on the same combined
with loops extending round the body of the material through which a tape cord or
ribbon will be passed.
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In the pocket or double fold extending as aforesaid around or partially around the
body piece there are interposed crosswise openings limiting certain spaces of the
body piece, between which spaces is or are to be formed "gathered or plain
portions of the body. This "gathering" will be effected by the running tape cord
or ribbon of the pocket or double fold of the cap aided by certain stops such as
stitching, or buttons and button holes, between the body and the tape at the cross
openings of the pocket. By these means any part of the body picce may be

page_text: gathered and be held so and other parts may be less so or be left flat and so forth
so as to afford the desired configuration of caps or head-dress according to design
required.
In order that said invention may be well understood I have hereunto annexed a
sheet of drawings illustrative thereof, wherein Fig. 1 represents a portion of under-
side of a cap made up according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the cap with
the tape or ribbon drawn for use.
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a is the body-picce of the cap shown circular, b is the pocket or double fold, c, are
loops which may be used in greater or less number and with or without the pocket
when the pocket or fold is not continuous, d are crosswise openings of the pocket
or fold for limiting the spaces of the body piece between which are to be formed, at
option "gathered or plain portions of the cap frilling or edge, e is the tape or
ribbon or it may be cord for drawing the body portion into shape for use. fare
stops formed by stitching the tape or ribbon e, to the body material a, so limiting
plane space of the cap-body when tape e is drawn f¹, are buttons to engage with
button holes, for like purpose; either of these means or hooks and loops or cres
may be employed for this purpose.
a
When the tape d, is drawn the ends will be tied or otherwise secured together,
g is a button and loop or hole on the outside upper portion (or it might be at a side
portion) of the cap body to "gather or crimp back a portion of the cap body.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improvements in maid servants caps and the like, having the body part a,
pocket b, or loops c, and crosswise openings d, limiting the spaces together with
and between the attachments f, or f¹, and f, as and for the purpose herein set
forth.
Dated this 50th day of January 1891.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for Applicant.