Year: 1885

page_text: I WILLIAM ABBOTT of Dod Street Limehouse in the County of Middlesex India
Rubber manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to the preparation of a new garment or covering for
overcoats cloaks wrappers and other like purposes whereby the substantial advan-
tages of the ordinary waterproof garments is obtained whilst at the same time the
objection that such garments retain the perspiration from the body is avoided. In
carrying out my Invention I cause the cloth from which the garments are to be
subsequently made to be treated with what is known as the rain proof or water
repellent process that is the cloth is rendered nonabsorbent in fibre and will allow
the perspiration from the body to pass freely off. I then take the cloth or fabric.
so prepared and spread India rubber in the usual way over a certain width or
portion of the cloak or fabric; the garments are then made by being cut across the
piece that portion which is to form the shoulders and upper portion of the Garment
having been treated only so as to make it water repellent whilst the lower portion
of the garment is rendered absolutely water proof having been coated with india
rubber. The same result that is to say the production of garments the upper
portions only of which are rain repellent whilst the lower portions are preferably
waterproof may be obtained in other ways such for example as using the separate
materials or fabrics joined together or by making the water proofing process
intermittent by raising and lowering the guage at intervals during the manu-
facture.
This Invention is applicable to double and single textures such as are well known
in the Trade.

page_text: Improvements in Overcoats and other Coverings of a
similar Nature.
I WILLIAM ABBOTT of Dod Street Limehouse in the County of Middlesex India
Rubber Manufacturer 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 preparation of a new garment or covering either in
the form of an Overcoat a cloak or wrapper or other form in which garment or
covering the substantial advantage of the ordinary waterproof garment or covering
is obtained whilst the objection that such ordinary garments or coverings prevent
the free perspiration from the body of the wearer is avoided.
In carrying out my Invention I take cloth or material (from which the garments
or coverings are to be subsequently made) which has been treated by what is
known as the rain-proof or water-repellent process whereby the cloth or material
is rendered non absorbent in the fibre and will allow the perspiration to pass freely
off from the body of the wearer. I then spread or otherwise apply to the cloth or
material so prepared india rubber in the usual or any convenient way over a certain
width or portion only of the cloth or material. The garments or coverings can be
made from the cloth or material so treated by its being cut if required so that that
portion which is to form the shoulders and upper portion of the garment or
covering is the portion which has been only treated so as to make it water repellent
whilst that portion of the cloth or material which is to form the lower part of the
garment or covering is the portion which has been rendered absolutely waterproof
by being coated with india rubber. The waterproofing process may be made inter
mittent by raising and lowering the gauge of the spreading machine at intervals
during the process of applying the India rubber thus leaving spaces at suitable
intervals of the cloth or material in its repellent condition only to form the upper
portion of the garment or covering instead of leaving it in that condition all along
one side or selvedge of the cloth or material.
This Invention is applicable to double and single texture fabrics or materials such
as are well known in the trade and can be used for the manufacture of garments
and coverings generally such for example as overall leggings and other like
articles. I do not limit myself to the making of the precise parts described of the
respective qualities as it will be evident that any desired part or parts of
the cloth or material or the garments or coverings produced therefrom can
be made water repellent in combination with any other part or parts made
absolutely waterproof.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
In and for the manufacture of garments or coverings a material for making or
constituting the garment or covering wherein a part or parts is or are repellent
only and other part or parts is or are perfectly waterproof substantially as and for
the purposes hereinbefore described.