Improvements in Means of Ventilation for Waterproof Garments and other Articles requiring to be similarly Ventilated.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 30th July, 1896-Accepted, 10th Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means of Ventilation for Waterproof Garments
and other Articles requiring to be similarly Ventilated.
We COOPER Box & Co. LIMITED, of 7 Love Lane, Wood Street, in the City
of London, Hat Manufacturers and Outfitters, and GEORGE WILDMAN, of
13 Rebecca Terrace, Gomm Road, Rotherhithe, in the County of Surrey,
Warehouseman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
follows:-
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This invention relates to the improvement of the means of ventilation for
waterproof garments and articles of a character to require similar ventilation.
According to our invention the means of ventilation are so arranged in. the
waterproof article that fresh or cool air can be allowed to enter the garment, or
article on the body, whilst at the same time rain is excluded.
Our invention mainly consists of a chamber, or compartment formed of the
material of the garment or of other suitable waterproof material, wholly, or in
part, and from this middle part lead away openings, or passages for air for
ventilation the entrances thus constituted being guarded both on the outside of the
garment, or article and on the inside by guard plates inclining downwardly and
outwardly so as to throw off rain, or wet, whilst admitting air.
The inner opening with its guard plates we place above the level of the outer
opening similarly guarded to facilitate the operation of the air entering and mixing
with the moisture laden air next the body of the wearer, the lowering of the
temperature and the removal of the perspiration especially under and around the
arms.
These ineans of creating with the aid of the movements of the body of the
wearer and of the garment, or article, a natural draught, or exchange current of
air by means of internal and external protected openings as described, may be
applied below the arm pits and at other parts as found desirable, and the protecting
Bloping plates, or slips, we prefer to arrange in series after the nature of a
"louvre" ventilator.
Or the one side of the ventilating passage may have a louvre opening and the
other (say inner) side be protected by a corrugated sheet or plate.
Dated the 1st day of November 1895.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56 Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Means of Ventilation for Waterproof Garments
and other Articles requiring to be similarly Ventilated.
We COOPER Box & Co. LIMITED, of 7 Love Lane, Wood Street, in the City
of London, Hat Manufacturers and Outfitters, and GEORGE WILDMAN, of
13 Rebecca Terrace, Gomm Road, Rotherhithe, in the County of Surrey,
Warehouseman do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertain
in and by the following statement :—
This invention relates to the improvement of the means of ventilation for
waterproof garments and articles of a character to require similar ventilation.
According to our invention the means of ventilation are so arranged in the
waterproof article that fresh or cool air can be allowed to enter the garment or
article on the body, whilst at the same time rain is excluded.
Our invention mainly consists of a chamber, or compartment formed of the
material of the garment or of other suitable waterproof material, wholly, or in
part, and from this middle part lead away openings, or passages for air for
ventilation the entrances thus constituted being guarded both on the outside of the
garment, or article, and on the inside, by guard plates inclining downwardly and
outwardly so as to throw off rain, or wet, whilst admitting air.
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in and by the following statement :―
This invention relates to the improvement of the means of ventilation for
waterproof garments and articles of a character to require similar ventilation.
According to our invention the means of ventilation are so arranged in the
waterproof article that fresh or cool air can be allowed to enter the garment or
article on the body, whilst at the same time rain is excluded.
Our invention mainly consists of a chamber, or compartment formed of the
material of the garment or of other suitable waterproof material, wholly, or in
part, and from this middle part lead away openings, or passages for air for
ventilation the entrances thus constituted being guarded both on the outside of the
garment, or article, and on the inside, by guard plates inclining downwardly and
outwardly so as to throw off rain, or wet, whilst admitting air.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of our improved ventilating chamber.
Fig. 2 is an outer side view of the same; and
Fig. 3 is an end view.
Fig. 4 shows an outer side view of a modification.
Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing the chamber applied to a portion of the fabric
of a garment.
Fig. 6 shows a side view of the same as it would appear when looking at the
outside of a garment, and
Fig. 7 shows how it would appear when looking on the inside of the garment.
1 a is a ventilating chamber or compartment which may be of hard or soft
rubber or other suitable material, 6 is a middle chamber or air passage, cc are
passages leading to the outer air, and d d are passages leading to the inside of the
garment.
The bars or guard plates e may be made straight, as shown in Figs. 2, 6 and 7,
: or curved as shown in Fig. 4, or they may be made inclined, corrugated or of
: other suitable form.
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f shows the outer fabric of a waterproof garment and g shows the inner lining of
the same.
The ventilating means may be solutioned or otherwise suitably attached to the
fabric of which the garment is made, and to avoid any risk of the exposed portions
of the "louvres" chafing the adjacent surfaces of the garment which in use may
come in contact therewith the "louvre" ventilator may be recessed or countersunk
relatively to the surface of the garment, on the outside more especially.
The inner opening with its guard plates we place above the level of the outer
opening similarly guarded to facilitate the operation of the air entering and mixing
with the moisture laden air next the body of the wearer, the lowering of the
temperature and the removal of the perspiration especially under and around the
arms.
:
These means of creating with the aid of the movements of the body of the
wearer and of the garment, or article, a natural draught or exchange current of
air by means of internal and external protected openings as described, may be
applied below the arm pits and at other parts as found desirable, and the
protecting sloping plates, or slips, we prefer to arrange in series after the nature
of a "louvre" ventilator. Or the one side of the ventilating passage may have a
louvre opening and the other (say inner) side be protected by a corrugated sheet
or plate as shown in Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11.
Fig. 8 shows this modification by an outer side view, and Fig. 9 by a vertical
sectional view, the section being taken on the line - Fig. 8.
Fig. 10 is an inner side of the same, and Fig. 11 a. horizontal sectional view
taken on the line, Fig. 10.
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Air passages h communicate with the inside of the garment and the outer air.

page_text: The fabric of which the garment is made is solutioned, or otherwise attached, to
the face of the ventilating chamber. Bars, or guard plates k, formed with, or
On the inner side of
attached to the bars h¹, prevent the entrance of rain, or wet.
the ventilating chamber is formed a corrugated sheet, or plate which allows the
air to pass freely inside the garment through the open ends 1. Holes may be
provided to aid in the circulation.
In Fig. 8 two of the bars k are omitted for the sake of clearness.
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Although we have shown the invention applied to a portion of a garment such
as a waterproof coat the like arrangement of means of ventilation by means of
the "louvre openings and dividing parts may be applied to other articles of
wearing apparel such as leggings, hats, helmets, or other articles requiring like
ventilation.
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 :-
The construction and arrangement or combination with a garment, or other
article requiring to be similarly ventilated of means of ventilation consisting of a
chamber or compartment of waterproof material, such as india rubber, having
entrance and exit opening arranged louvre fashion, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56 Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicants.