Improvements in Rain-proof Garments.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 30th Nov., 1898-Accepted, 14th Jan., 1899
Improvements in Rain-proof Garments.
I, JOHN MARTINDALE THOMPSON, of 70, Market Street, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Merchant Tailor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to rain proof garments of that class in which the material
of which the garment is composed is treated with a wax or with a waxy com-
pound, and one of its objects is to improve the method of applying such a com-
pound to the material.
In carrying out this part of my invention I spread the wax or waxy compound,
as, for example, a mixture of a suitable wax and viscid indiarubber containing a
small proportion of sugar of lead and alum, upon a sheet of paper, smooth linen
or the like, and transfer it to the garment or the material of which the garment
is to be made. This may be accomplished by laying the spread surface of the
paper or the like upon the cloth and pressing with a hot iron, or passing it through
hot rollers.
The lining of the garment may be similarly rendered rain proof.
Those parts of the garment which are especially exposed to driving rain, such
as the shoulders and sleeves, may be additionally proofed by the insertion of a
piece of indiarubber proofed material, finely perforated at suitable points to allow
of ventilation.
In the case of a lined garment the lining may be secured to the bottom of the
garment by means of a strip or band of a suitable material cemented into place.
This band serves the purpose of preventing the lining bagging down below the
edge of the garment.
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W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Rain-proof Garments.
I, JOHN MARTINDALE THOMPSON, of 70, Market Street, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Merchant Tailor, 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:-
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This invention relates to rain proof garments of that class in which the material
of which the garment is composed is treated with a wax or with a waxy com-
pound, and one of its objects is to improve the method of applying such a com-
pound to the material.

page_text: In carrying out my invention, I prepare a transfer by spreading coating or
impregnating a suitable sheet or piece of smooth linen, paper or the like with the
wax or with the waxy compound. This transfer is then laid in contact with the
material to be proofed and the two are pressed together under sufficient warmth and
heat to ensure the transference of the proofing material or a sufficiency of it, from
the transfer to the garment or the fabric of which the garment is to be made.
A suitable composition for the purpose of this invention consists of the follow-
ing materials in about the proportions given;-
Paraffin wax or ozokerit
Indiarubber dough
Sugar of lead in powder
Alum in powder
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128 parts.
16 parts.
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1 part, and
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1 part.
The paraffin wax or ozokerit may be melted and worked up with the indiarubber
dough, and the powders may be worked in at the same time. The indiarubber
dough specified consists of indiarubber softened with benzole or other suitable
solvent and is used in about the condition in which it is commonly employed for
proofing garments, but it is not sulphurised.
The transference may be effected by laying the transfer sheet upon the cloth or
garment and pressing with a warm iron. Or, if the transference is made to the
cloth in the piece, the transfer and fabric may be placed in contact and be passed
between warmed rollers. After the transference has been made, the transfer may
be stripped off and may be used again after having been re-coated or recharged.
The linings of the garments or the fabrics from which the linings are to be made
may be similarly treated.
Those parts of the garments which are more exposed to driving rain, or which
are exposed to rubbing action when worn in rain, such as the shoulders and sleeves,
may be additionally proofed by the insertion of a piece or pieces of indiarubber
proofed material, finely perforated at suitable parts or all over, to allow free
ventilation.
In the case of a lined garment, the lining may be secured to the bottom of the
garment by means of a strip or band of a suitable material cemented upon both the
lining and the garment by rubber solution or its equivalent. This band serves
the purpose of preventing the lining from bagging down below the edge of the
garment.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The hereinbefore described method of rain-proofing garments which consists
in coating or impregnating a suitable tissue or fabric wth the proofing material
and then transfering the proofing from the said tissue or fabric to the garment
or to the cloth or fabric from which the garment is to be made, substantially as
and by the means hereinbefore described.
2. As a new article of manufacture, a rain-proofing material for garments,
which is composed of paraffin or similarly waxy material, indiarubber dough, sugar
of lead and alum, substantially as hereinbefore described.
3. As a new article of manufacture, a rain-proof garment which has been
rendered rain-proof by the transfer to its material of a wax or waxy compound, and
which is additionally proofed in exposed parts by the insertion therein of finely
perforated rubber proofed fabric, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 29th day of November A.D. 1898.
UITIS
OL November A.D. 1898.
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.