Improvements in Goffering or Crimping Appliances.
Year: 1896

page_text: I, MARY ELLEN BRACEWELL, of 3, Highfield Place, Manningham, Bradford, in
the County of York, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
. This invention relates to improvements in apparatus or appliances for goffering
or crimping frills, ruffles, or the like particularly frills or ruffles in situ and frills
and ruffles which are fuller along their free edge than the one by which they are
attached or are intended to be attached. For this purpose I employ a bed piece
or iron the upper face of which is fluted or corrugated in the form of a goffered
frill and I employ a goffering iron the underside of which is curved and is fluted
or corrugated in a similar way from side to side. Instead however of the flutes of
both of the said irons being parallel they diverge or radiate so that each flute
gradually increases in size, that is to say, commencing at their minimum size at
one edge they gradually become wider and deeper until they reach the other edge.
One or both of these two edges may be formed to a curve struck from the centre
or point where the flutes or corrugations would meet if extended in that direction.
Dated this 4th day of September 1896.
DRACUF & NOWEL
Bradford, Patent Agents.
Improvements in Goffering or Crimping Appliances.
I, MARY ELLEN BRACEWELL, of 3, Highfield Place, Manningham, Bradford, in
the County of York, 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 improvements in apparatus or appliances for goffering
or crimping frills, ruffles, or the like particularly frills or ruffles in situ, that is
to say fixed to a garment, a "hanging" or its equivalent; and frills and ruffles
which are fuller along their free edge than the one by which they are attached or
intended to be attached.
For this purpose I employ a bed piece or iron the upper face of which is fluted
or corrugated in the form of a goffered frill and I employ a goffering iron the
underside of which is curved and is fluted or corrugated in a similar way
from side to side. Instead however of the flutes of both of the irons being
parallel they diverge or radiate so that each flute gradually increases in size,
that is to say: commencing at their minimum size at one edge they gradually

page_text: become wider and deeper until they reach the other edge. These two edges are
preferably formed to a curve struck from the centre or point where the flutes or
corrugations would meet if extended in that direction.
To fully describe my invention reference is made to the accompanying sheet of
drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures.
Figure 1, represents a side elevation of my improved appliance.
Figure 2, represents a similar view of the other side of said appliance in which
the upper iron is shown rocked over to one side.
Figure 3, is a plan view of figure 1 and Figure 4, is a plan view of the fluted bed
alone.
The bed A is made with radial flutes B on its upper face and it is preferably
made hollow beneath and is fitted with a suitable gas burner C underneath to
heat it.
The underside of the goffering iron D is curved and is also fluted with radial
fintes E. It is provided with a holow handle F and is preferably more or less
heated in any convenient way preparatory to use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A radially fluted goffering appliance, substantially as herein shown and
described.
Dated this 3rd day of June 1897.
DRACUP & NOWELL
Bradford, Patent Agents.