Bands or Tapes for Suspending Coats and other Garments.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1893-Accepted, 20th July, 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Bands or Tapes for Suspending Coats and other Garments.
We, ERNST RICHTER, Master Tailor, of Merseburgerstrasse, Plagwitz-Leipzig,
and RICHARD SINGER, Merchant, of Emilstrasse, Leipzig, both in the Kingdom
of Saxony, 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 :-
This invention relates to the cords or strings, which are commonly sewn on to
the collars of coats or to other articles of wearing apparel, in order to suspend
them from clothes hooks or pegs.
The object of the improvement is, to produce a clothes holder, which combines
the necessary strength with flexibility, and to replace the primitive method of
attachment by surer and more durable means.
In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal elevation of a clothes holder attached to the collar,
Fig. 2 an elevation of a clothes holder, on a larger scale,
Fig. 3 a horizontal section of the same corresponding to Fig. 2.
Figs. 4 and 5 are cross sections of the same in different stages of manufacture.
The improved clothes bolder chiefly consists of linen tapes a, b, which are placed
one upon the other and rendered elastic and more durable by impregnation with
suitable substances, said linen tapes being then covered with a sheathing of woollen
or other suitable woven fabric, in order to hold the said tapes together tightly and
give them a smooth surface.
The cord or string thus formed is then armed at the ends with sleeves h (slid on
end ways as at A, Fig. 2), the latter are pressed flat, as at B, Fig. 2, (together with
the extremities of the string) and provided with metallic eyelets i inserted into
them with the hammer, as indicated by Figs. 2 and 4.
These eyelets facilitate the sewing of the string on to the collar, inasmuch as the
needle can be freely inserted through the opening of the eyelet, while the rounded
edges of the same give a good support to the sewing thread, without tending to cut
or damage the same.
Instead of linen, other woven fabrics may be used, for the core or tapes a, b, of
the string, and the said tapes may be formed of one piece folded upon itself.
If it is desired, to impregnate the linen or other woven fabric with cellulose, we
mix finely divided vegetable fibre with a milky emulsion of potato meal, heat the
mixture thus obtained to the boiling point, and use it for impregnating the fabric,
by pressing it on to the latter by means of rollers. Subsequently we dry the
fabric slowly in heated rooms.
Or we dip the fabric to be impregnated into a liquid obtained by dissolving
indiarubber and naphtaline in a mixture of alcohol and carbon disulphide. Into
this solution we introduce hydrochloric acid gas, for the purpose of clarification,
and drive out the excess of hydrochloric acid by heat. The impregnated fabrics
are afterwards slowly dried.
Or we dip the fabric into a mixture of caseo-gum, (a binding substance commonly
used by joiners) soap and water, and pass them through a wringer, after they have
been sufficiently impregnated. Subsequently, we dip the fabric into a solution of
alumina-acetate heated to about 50 or 60° C., so as to render the caseo-gum
insoluble, while forming insoluble alumina soap which is fixed on the fibre by the
caseo-gum. Finally, we dip the fabrics into water which is nearly boiling, dry and
iron the same.
Or we may subject the fabrics to a fulling process in a soap bath, by means of

page_text: rollers, through which the fabrics are passed after they have been folded into long
strips. This process renders the fabric elastic and soft. From the soap fulling
mill, we bring the fabric to a soda fulling mill, in order to remove the soap
which might be injurious during the subsequent dyeing process. The fabric, when
still soft, is then fixed by steam, and may subsequently be dyed in the usual
manner.
These processes may be applied to various kinds of woven fabrics.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is ;-
1. A clothes-holder chiefly composed of impregnated linen tapes a, b, and an
envelope d, the string thus formed being armed at the ends with metallic sleeves h
which are flattened and provided with metallic eyelets i, substantially as described
and for the purposes specified.
2. The manufacture of a clothes holder by folding a suitably impregnated linen
tape upon itself, applying an envelope d, arming the ends of the string thus formed
with metallic sleeves h, h, pressing the same flat, and inserting metallic eyelets i,
substantially as described.
Dated this 20th day of July 1893.
E. RICHTER,
R. SINGER,
By Fairfax & Wetter,
433, Strand, London, Agents.