Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 23rd Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1887.
I, EDWARD GEORGE SIM of 42a Cloth Fair, Smithfield in the City of London,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to remove the creases caused by wear in the sleeves
of coats, and the invention consists in the application to the coat sleeves of apparatus
for stretching the same.
In carrying out my invention, I employ what is known as a coat hanger, to which
I adapt a stretching apparatus for each sleeve of the coat.
The hanger may consist of a shaped board, or a framework of wood or metal, of
suitable size, to the upper edge, and on either side of which, is hinged, pivotted, or
otherwise suitably attached, so that it may fold over, one branch of the stretching
apparatus. The other branch of this apparatus I prefer to so connect to the hanger,
that it will accommodate itself to the size of the arm hole of the coat, and at the same
time allow for the folding up.
The stretcher proper may consist of two shaped bars or branches of wood or metal
forced apart by springs or other suitable or convenient means for producing pressure,
so that when inserted in the coat sleeve, the same will be stretched to such an extent
as to remove the creases formed by wear.
The stretching apparatus, in its simplest form, may be made in one piece from
spring steel of suitable gauge.
I prefer to hinge, pivot, or otherwise suitably attach, the stretchers to the hanger,
so that the sleeves may be folded over onto the front of the coat, which will permit of
the coat being laid flat in an ordinary drawer.-The folding over will also render the
apparatus more portable when out of use.
If desired, the hanger may be made in two parts, adjustably connected together,
so that its length may be increased or diminished, as required, to suit different sizes
of coats.
Dated thin 02-d dow of November 1886
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I EDWARD GEORGE SIM of 42a Cloth Fair, Smithfield in the City of London,
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:-
The object of this invention is to remove the creases caused by wear in the sleeves
of coats, and the invention consists in apparatus for stretching the sleeve, to be applied
inside the same.
The apparatus for stretching a coat sleeve may consist of two shaped bars or branches
of wood or metal forced apart by springs or other suitable or convenient means for
producing pressure, so that when inserted in the coat sleeve, the same will be stretched
to such an extent as to remove the creases formed by wear.
The stretching apparatus, in its simplest form, may be made in one piece from
spring steel of suitable gauge.
If desired, the stretchers may be hinged, pivotted, or otherwise secured to a hanger,
which may be made in two parts adjustably connected together, so that its length may
be increased or diminished, as required, to suit different sizes of coats.
In the accompanying drawing I have shown a plan view of the simplest form of
my improved coat sleeve stretcher made of one piece of spring steel.
"A A' represents the two bars or branches shaped to correspond to the form of the
sleeve, and B B¹ the two springs employed to force the bars apart, and thus give
the requisite pressure on the sleeve. The springs nearly meet at the centre, where
the two ends are secured together by a Clip C, or in any other convenient manner.
The general form of the stretcher is that of a double outline of the letter H.
:-
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 :-
The means substantially as herein shown and described for removing the creases
from coat sleeves.
Dated this 32nd da
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