Improvements in Stays for Shaping and Stiffening Corsets, Waists, and other parts of Dresses.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1897
Complete Specification Left. 28th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 23rd Apr., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stays for Shaping and Stiffening Corsets, Waists,
and other parts of Dresses.
We, GUSTAV HUHN, and HEINRICH DEPPE, of Elberfeld, both Merchants, and
Owners of the Firm of Huhn and Deppe, of same place, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to an improved stay or spring bar used in dressmaking
in order to give to corsets and waists of a dress a better shape. These dress stays
consist in most cases of flat thin steel bars cut in suitable lengths sometimes
surrounded by a hoselike woven cover, or of flat wire springs which are sewn into
the respective part, of the dress or of the corset. These stays have all the dis-
advantage that they very easily corrode and then break.
Moreover the ordinary stays now in use have also the draw back that the edges at
the sides and at both ends, but especially at the sides are hard and so form a cutting
edge, blunt as it may be, still often acts detrimental upon the surrounding stuff
of the dress.
We avoid these defects by our improved stay, which is made as follows:
Pieces of thin steel bar or steel springs of suitable length are surrounded by a
cover of leather which prevents the passing of the sweat through to the steel and
so hinders its corrosion; along the two edges of the bar the leather covering
strips are sewn together so as to leave two soft leather edges and in order to prevent
the pulling out of the bar of the cover the ends may be secured by rivetting the
bar and covering together, taking care that the leather ends also project beyond
the ends of the steel spring so that the ends of the completed stay are also soft and
tender.
The ends might however also be guarded and armed with nicely rounded
caps.
The annexed drawing shows the improved stay.
Figure 1 is a face view of an improved stay,
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same,
Figure 3 is a cross section,
Figure 4 is a face view of a stay with a leather covering made of one piece
folded double,
Figure 5 is a cross section of the same,
Figure 6 is a face view of an improved stay with end caps,
Figure 7 is a longitudinal section of the same.
In all the three representations A is the steel bar or steel spring; in Figs. 1, 2 & 3
B are the two separate covering strips of leather sewn together along the edge of the
bar as shown at C to form a hose with projecting edges D. at the sides and D' at
the ends; E are the rivets holding the spring bar and the cover together.
The stay shown by Figs. 4 & 5 differs from the foregoing only in that, that the
covering instead of being made of two strips is made of one piece only, a folding
edge F being formed at one side, which however is also soft and tender like the
edge F¹ formed by the two open edges of the cover.

page_text: The stay according to Figs. 6 & 7 may be made like that of Fig. 1 or like that
shown by Fig. 4; it is distinguished by the caps G with which the ends are armed
to prevent the shifting of the spring bar in the cover.
It is evident that instead of steel bars equivalent material such as valebone,
for instance, may be used for the inner. bar..
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GUSTAV HUHN.
HEINRICH DEPPE.
Per Karl J. Mayer,
Agent.
Improvements in Stays for Shaping and Stiffening Corsets, Waists,
and other parts of Dresses.
We, GUSTAV HUHN, and HEINRICH DEPPE, of Elberfeld, both Merchants, and
Owners of the Firm of Huhn and Deppe, of same place, 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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Our invention relates to an improved stay or spring bar used in dressmaking
in order to give to corsets and waists of a dress a better shape. These dress stays
consist in most cases of flat thin steel bars cut in suitable lengths sometimes
surrounded by a hoselike woven cover, or of flat wire springs which are sewn into
the respective part, of the dress or of the corset. These stays have all the dis-
advantage that they very easily corrode and then break.
Moreover the ordinary stays now in use have also the draw back that the edges at
the sides and at both ends, but especially at the sides are hard and so form a cutting
edge, blunt as it may be, still often acts detrimental upon the surrounding stuff
of the dress.
We avoid these defects by our improved stay, which is made as follows:
Pieces of thin steel bar or steel springs of suitable length are surrounded by a
cover of leather which prevents the passing of the sweat through to the steel and
so hinders its corrosion; along the two edges of the bar the leather covering
strips are sewn together so as to leave two soft leather edges and in order to prevent
the pulling out of the bar of the cover the ends may be secured by rivetting the
bar and covering together, taking care that the leather ends also project beyond
the ends of the steel spring so that the ends of the completed stay are also soft and
tender. Instead of holding the leather cover together with the steel bar, the leather
may be glued to it but this also in such a manner that a soft longitudinal edge is
formed, and this is attained in this case by causing the folding edges of the leather
to stand over a little beyond the steel edges; the edges of the leather meet flush
in the middle of the bar.
The ends may be guarded and armed with nicely rounded caps.
The annexed drawing shows the improved stay.
Fig. 1 is a face view of an improved stay;
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same;
Fig. 3 is a cross section;
Fig. 4 is a face view of a stay with a leather covering made of one piece folded

page_text: Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section of the same;
Figs. 8 and 9 show respectively a longitudinal view and a cross section of a stay
with glued leather cover.
In all the four representations A is the steel bar or steel spring; in Figs. 1, 2
and 3 B are the two separate covering strips of leather sewn together along the
edges of the bar as shown at C to form a hose with projecting edges 1) at the sides
and D¹ at the ends; E are the rivets holding the spring bar and the leather cover
together.
The stay shown by Figs. 4 and 5 differs from the foregoing only in that, that
the covering instead of being made of two strips is made of one piece only, a folding
edge F being formed at one side, which however is also soft and tender like the
edge F formed by the two open edges of the cover.
The stay according to Figs. 6 and 7 may be made like that of Fig. 1 or like that
shown by Fig. 4; it is distinguished by the caps G with which the ends are armed
to prevent the shifting of the spring bar in the cover.
The stay shown by Figs. 8 and 9 differs from those shown by Figs. 1--5 in the
manner of fixing the leather cover. Here as in the case of Fig. 4 and 5 we use strips
of leather of such width that at both sides of the steel bar, the folding edges of the
leather H project a little over the edges of the bar so that they form a soft and
elastic border.
In this case the leather, before being put round the steel bar, is provided with
glue or other gummy material and it is moistened a little, so that it can be folded
easily and sticks fast to the bar upon which it is further secured by being passed
under pressure rollers; eyes E¹ may further serve to hold the leather and the steel
bar together.
Instead of steel bars such of whalebone or other equivalent material may be
used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:-
An improved stay for shaping and stiffening corsets, waists and other parts
of garments consisting of an elastic bar A envelopped by a leather covering in such
a manner that soft, elastic longitudinal edges are formed, standing over the
edges of the bar and whereby the leather covering may be made of two strips sewn
together along the edges of the bar, or of one broad strip folded lengthways in its
middle and sewn together along both edges of the bar or finally whereby the leather
covering may consist of one broad strip folded twice in such a manner that its
edges meet flush upon the middle line of the bar, to which the covering is secured
by gluing or gumming it thereon; the whole as described and illustrated and
for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of February 1898.
GUSTAV HUHN.
HEINRICH DEPPE.
Per Karl J. Mayer,
Agent.