Garments.
Year: 1888

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We, NAPHTALI SPIRO of 92 Bridge Street, Burdett Road in the County of
Middlesex Waterproofer and CHARLES ÄCKLAND of 23 and 25 Gresham Street in the
City of London Woollen Merchant do hereby declare the nature of our said invention
to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to effect improvements in the manufacture of
waterproof garments, by providing improved means for the ventilation of the
same.
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In carrying out our invention we provide for the ventilation of the water proof
garments, by stripping certain parts thereof from the outer fabric. The outer texture
of those parts which are prepared for the passage of air are more or less perforated, and
left without waterproofing.
The outside surface is finished in such a manner that its texture is concealed
from view.
Those portions of the outer texture which are so prepared as aforesaid, are
covered on the inside with pockets or inner covers open to the inside at the top.
These inside covers are water proofed to prevent the entrance of water,
and the lower edge of the pocket is provided with an extra thickness of water
proofing material so as to prevent the possibility of any water gaining access to
the inside.
Any number of ventilating pockets may be formed in or upon the garment so as to
ventilate the same effectually. The pockets are preferably placed where perspiration is
most likely to accumulate.
Air enters from the outside and passes upwards through the pockets to the inside
of the garment, thereby keeping the same cool and comfortable.
The lining of the pocket is made in one piece.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Ventilating Waterproof
Garments.
Wo, NAPHTALI SPIRO of 92 Bridge Street Burdett Road, in the County of
Middlesex, Water-proofer, and CHARLES ACKLAND of 23 & 25 Gresham Street in the
City of London, Woollen Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is to effect improvements in the manufacture
of waterproof garments, by providing improved means for the ventilation of the
same.
In carrying out our invention we provide for the ventilation of the waterproof
garments by stripping certain parts thereof from the outer fabric. The outer texture
of those parts which are prepared for the passage of air are left without waterproofing,
or have the waterproofing removed. The outside of the coat retains its original
surface, and the ventilator is concealed from view.
Those portions of the outer texture which are so prepared as aforesaid, are
covered on the inside with pockets or inner covers open to the inside at the top.
These inside covers are waterproofed to prevent the entrance of water, and the
lower edge of the pocket is provided with an extra thickness of waterproofing
material so as to prevent the possibility of any water gaining access to the
inside.
Any number of ventilating pockets may be formed in or upon the garment, so as
to ventilate the same effectually. The pockets are preferably placed where perspiration
is most likely to accumulate.
Air enters from the outside and passes upwards through the pockets to the inside of
tho garment, thereby keeping the same cool and comfortable.
The lining of the pocket is made in one piece.
And in order that our said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts.
The pockets or covered passages for the admission of air, may be formed and
arranged in any convenient portion of the garment, such as those shown at a a in
Fig. 1. which represents the upper part of the back of a coat. The passages are not
visible outside the garment, being carefully made so as to be entirely concealed from
view. b is the ordinary waterproofed material of which the coat is made.
In forming a ventilator the waterproofing material is first removed from the inside,
whereby it is thinned away, as shown in section at c in Figs. 4 and 5. This
operation leaves a sufficiently porous space for the entry of air through the outer
fabric.
A single piece of material is then prepared, as shewn at d d'. This material is
pierced with air holes e e.

page_text: That part of the material marked & which surrounds the perforations e e is cemented
to the fabric, as shown in Figs. 2. 4. and 5. The lower half d of the same piece of
material, is then raised, and the edges of the two sides are cemented with a suitable
solution to the fabric, leaving the upper edge quite open, for the passage of the
incoming air as shown in Figs. 3 and 5.
At the lower part of the pocket the fabric is thickened with an extra thickness of
waterproofing as shown at in order to throw outwards any water which may gain
access to the pocket, and to prevent such water obtaining access to the inside of the
garment.
We provide any requisite number of such ventilators as hereinbefore described, in
various parts of the garment, for keeping the inside of the same cool and free from
perspiration.
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 :-
1. In combination with waterproof coats and other waterproof garments the applica-
tion and use of ventilating openings, consisting of an unwaterproofed portion of outer
fabric c, a lining consisting of a single piece of material d d', having perforations e e,
such lining being united to the garment so as to form a pocket or channel for
the passage of the air, the fabric having an extra amount of waterproofing at f,
substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated by the
drawings.
2. A ventilated waterproof garment composed of waterproofed material 6 having a
porous portion c and the open topped waterproofed pocket or inner lining d d' having
perforations e, over and against the porous portion c, and provided at the lower end
of the pocket with an extra thickness of waterproofing material f substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
3. The general arrangement and combination of the several and respective
parts together forming our improvements in the manufacture of ventilating
waterproof garments, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
drawings.