Improvements in Side Steels for Corseta.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in Side Steels for Corseta.
1, PETER WILLIAM Ziegler, of Cannstatt, Wurtenberg, Germany, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements for side steels for corsets and my inven-
tion consists in making said side steels of two parts or layers so that the said two
parts will slide upon or on each other with the movements of the body.
I prefer that said two side steels shall be interlocking by forming one with
a slot or slots into which corresponding narrow parts of the other spring fit.
I do not confine myself to any particular construction of said spring.
Improvements in Side Steels for Corsets,
I, PETER WILLIAM ZIEGLER, of Cannstatt, Wurtemberg, Germany, Inventor,
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 has reference to improvements in side steels for corsets and my
invention consists in the improved construction of side steels for corsets whereby
their flexibility is increased and the risk of their breaking while being worn
minimised.
In order that my invention may be readily understood reference is made to the
accompanying drawings wherein like letters of reference indicate corresponding
parts throughout the several figures and in which
Fig. 1 shows a part of a corset provided with my improved side steels.
Figs. 2 and 3 show one form of the two parts of which my improved side steels
are composed.
Figs. 4 and 5 show in plan view and side elevation one form of my improved
side steels.
Figs. 6 and 7 show two parts of alternative form to the parts shown in Figs. 2
and 3 and
Figs 8 and 9 show my improved side steel in plan view and side elevation
respectively said side spring being made up of the parts shown in Figs. G and 7,

page_text: In carrying my invention into practice I construct my improved side spring of
two parts ab adapted to be superposed and joined together so as to be capable of
a sufficient amount of movement the one on the other substantially as hereinafter
described whereby the flexibility of the complete steel is considerably increased
and the risk of breaking considerably reduced as compared with side steels con-
sisting of a single thickness of metal.
In order to join the two parts ab together while permitting a sufficient amount
of longitudinal movement between said parts when so joined I form one end of
each such parts with a slot 61 and I cut away a portion each side at the corres-
ponding other ends of said parts so as to leave a neck or equiva-
lent a the arrangement being such that I slip. the end at a¹ of the
part through the slot 61 in the part 6 and similarly I slip the end at a of the
part b through the slot 6 in the part a when said two parts will have become fixed
together although capable of sufficient sliding movement on or over each other
when said complete steel is being bent, the parts and 6' serving also to guide
the parts a and b.
Instead of fixing both ends of the parts ab together as described and shown in
Figs. 1 to 5, I may only fix such parts together at one end as shown in Figs. 6
to 9.
My improved side steels may he fixed into position in any suitable manner and
I prefer that the parts ab be of unequal length.
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 :-
An improved side steel for corsets which side steel consists of two superposed
parts such as b which are fixed together by means of a slot or slots b¹ and a
narrow part ¹ said part a¹ having shoulders at each end so as to permit limited
longitudinal movement between said parts and also to guide said parts in their
movement over each other when being bent, the said side steel being rendered
more flexible and less likely to he broken, all substantially as described and
illustrated.
Dated this Oth day of December 1890.
P. W. ZIEGLER,
By his Agents, Horn, Son & Co.,
151, Strand (next to Somerset House), London.