Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1886.
Complete Left, 30th Mar., 1887
Complete Accepted, 3rd May, 1887.
DCECOVE
I, HARRY GLANVILLE SOUTHWELL, of Rothwell Rectory, Caistor, in the County of
Lincoln, Clerk in Holy Orders, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
In trousers-stretchers as ordinarily constructed, the opposite extremities of the
garment are respectively secured between clamps which are then forced apart by
means of a screw. Apparatus of this typo is expensive to construct, troublesome to
manipulate and liable to derangement.
Apparatus constructed according to one mode of carrying out my invention consists
of two uprights arranged at a short distance apart. These may be connected together
by tie-rods, extending between their upper and lower parts, and may be provided with
feet extending laterally to offord stability. In the upper part of the apparatus is
arranged a bipart cross-bar carried on pins inserted in holes in the standards. This
cross-bar passes through a vertical slot in each of the standards, the extremities of the
cross-bar extending a sufficient distance outside each standard to permit of their being
grasped by the hand, as also to enable a ring to be slipped over each of these projecting
portions of the bipart cross-bar. These extremities are slightly taper, the effect of
forcing the ring thereon being to close the two members of the cross-bar laterally
together. Or, the two members of the cross-bar may be hinged together at one end
and tapered at the opposite extremity for the reception of the jamb-ring.
One extremity of the trousers is passed between the two members of the bipar
cross-bar. The opposite extremity of the garment is received between the two
members of a bipart cross-bar of a similar description; the latter being, however,
arranged to work as a vibrating lever pivotted in one of the standards. Either the
upper or the lower cross-bar may be adjusted in height according to the length of the
trousers to be stretched.

page_text: Instead of the members of the lower cross-bar being forced together by means of
jamb-rings applied to their taper extremities, one end of the cross-bar may be mounted
on a pin in one of the standards, the other extremity passing through a wedge-shaped
slot in the opposite standard, the wide end of the slot being towards the top. When
the vibrating extremity of the cross-bar is in the upper or wide portion of the slot,
the two members of the cross-bar may be separated a sufficient distance to enable one
-preferably the lower-extremity of the trousers to be inserted between them. Upon
the free end of the lever being forced downwards into the narrow portion of the slot,
the two parts constituting the lever are brought laterally together and firmly grip the
garment, the tension on the latter being maintained by means of a locking-pin applied
above the cross-bar in the slot.
The upper portion of the apparatus may be furnished with hooks and rendered
applicable for use as a clothes-rack.
Dated this 25th day of June 1886
G. G. M. HARDINGHAM,
191, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, HARRY GLANVILLE SOUTHWELL, of Rothwell Rectory, Caistor, in the County of
Lincoln, Clerk in Holy Orders, 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 :-
In trousers stretchers as ordinarily constructed, the opposite extremities of the
garment are respectively secured between clamps which are then forced apart by
means of a screw. Apparatus of this type is expensive to construct, troublesome to
manipulate and liable to derangement.
Apparatus constructed according to one mode of carrying out my invention is
represented in the accompanying, drawings, whereof Figure 1 is an elevation and
Figure 2 a vertical section, and consists of two uprights a a arranged at a short distance
apart. These are connected together by tie-rods bb extending between their upper
and lower parts and are provided with feet c c extending laterally to afford stability.
In the upper part of the apparatus is arranged a bi-part cross-bar d the extremities
whereof work in vertical slots e e formed in the standards and rest on pins ff which
are inserted in transverse holes g g. The two members of the cross-bar d are pressed
laterally together by means of screws h h. Other means may however be employed
for this purpose. For example, both members of the cross-bar may be prolonged in
each direction beyond the standards a a, the projecting portions being tapered for the
reception of a jamb-ring. Or screws such as h h may be applied to such projecting
portions instead of at points intermediate to the standards, as indicated in Figure 1.
According to a further modification, one member of the cross-bar is hinged at one
extremity to the other member whilst the opposite extremity of the former is secured
to its fellow member by means of an adjustable screw or jamb-ring. Or the two
members may be pressed together by being forced into the narrow portion of a wedge-
shaped slot or slots formed in the standard or standards.
The lower portion of the apparatus is provided with a bi-part cross-bar d' which may
be constructed and mounted in either of the modes hereinbefore referred to with
reference to the cross-bar d. In the present illustration, the cross-bar d¹ works in
slots ee in the standards a a; f f being locking pins for insertion in holes g¹ g¹,
and being screws for pressing the two members of the cross-bar d¹ firmly
together.
In using the apparatus, the trousers are passed between each pair of cross-bars d
and d' respectively; the screws hh, h² ², are sufficiently tightened to firmly grip the
material and the cross-bar d' is then pressed downwards at each extremity until the
garment is subjected to a moderate tension, the locking pins f¹f being then applied.
By depressing one extremity of the cross-bar to a greater extent than the other
extremity, the tension applied to the respective sides of the garment may be varied.
Instead of lowering the cross-bar d', it will be obvious that the same effect may be
produced by raising the cross-bar d..

page_text: The upper portion of the apparatus may be furnished with hooks k and rendered
available for hanging clothes.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I claim :-
The improved apparatus, substantially as herein described, for stretching trousers
by means of a manually applied tension; the same comprising a pair of standards
carrying two bi-part cross-bars adapted for gripping the garment and capable of being
forced apart and there locked.
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