IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FINISHING. OF SOANE ATO VERANO OD ADDADATING EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edwin Izod, of Grocers' Hall Court, in the
City of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FINISHING.
OF SOANE ATO VERANO OD ADDADATING EMPLOYED THEREIN
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edwin Izod at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
2nd January 1868.
I, EDWIN IZOD, of Grocers' Hall Court, in the City of London, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE FINISHING OF STAYS AND IN MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN,"
to be as follows:-
The Invention has for its object improvements in the finishing of.
stays and in means or apparatus employed therein, and relates to
that class of stays known as stitched or sewn stays.
I make the stays as heretofore with gores or gussets to produce
the various fulnesses at the various parts, and with "bones" to assist.
in retaining the stays in shape, but according to the first part of my
Invention I place the stays after they are sewn together and the.
"bones" are inserted on suitable moulds, shapes, or blocks which
are heated by steam, hot water, or other suitable means, starch or
other suitable stiffening material being previously applied to the stays;

page_text: as will be well understood. The stays are retained in position on
the moulds, shapes, or blocks until they and the "bones" therein are
set to the desired shape. By these means the appearance of the stays
is greatly improved, and they retain their shape better than when
finished in the ordinary manner.
The moulds, shapes, or blocks may be of sheet copper or other suitable
material, but according to the second part of my Invention I construct
them of glass, earthenware, china, or cast metal, thereby obtaining
great cheapness in the construction of the moulds, shapes, or blocks;
and in order to cheapen and facilitate the manufacture of such moulds,
shapes, or blocks, I obtain a model or pattern of the stays in the
following manner :-I first fasten the stays together and apply a top
and bottom thereto so as to form a bag, into which I press sawdust,
bran, or other suitable material. I then apply a coating of plaster
of Paris or other suitable cement to the outside of the stays, and when
such cement has sufficiently set I remove the sawdust or other material
from the inside of the stays, and I then pour in a semi-fluid compo-
sition of plaster of Paris or other suitable cement which, when set
and separated from the stays, serves for a model from which moulds
are prepared in the usual manner of preparing moulds for the manu-
facture of articles of glass, china, earthenware, or cast metal; or, if
desired, models or patterns may be made in other suitable manner.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Edwin Izod in the Great Seal Patent Office, on
the 1st July 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWIN
IZOD, of Grocers' Hall Court, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and succcessors,
give and grant unto me, the said Edwin Izod, Her special licence
that I, the said Edwin Izod, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Edwin Izod, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any tinie agree with, and no others, from time to:

page_text: AND
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FINISHING OF STAYS
IN MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Edwin Izod, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edwin Izod, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement thereof, that is to say:-
The Invention has for its object improvements in the finishing of
stays and in means or apparatus employed therein, and relates to that
class of stays known as stitched or sewn stays.
I make the stays as heretofore with gores or gussets to produce the
to assist
requisite fullnesses at the various parts and with "bones"
in stiffening and retaining the stays in shape, but according to the first
part of my Invention instead of finishing such description of stays by
ironing as heretofore, I place the stays after they are sewn together
and the "bones" are inserted on suitable moulds, shapes, or blocks
which are heated by steam, hot water, or other suitable means, starch
or other suitable stiffening material being previously applied to the
stays as will be well understood. The stays are retained in position
on the moulds, shapes, or blocks until they and the bones therein are
set to the desired shape. By these means the appearance of the stays
is greatly improved, and they retain their shape better than when
finished in the ordinary manner.
The moulds, shapes, or blocks may be of sheet copper or other
suitable material, but according to the second part of my Invention I
construct them of glass, earthenware, china, or cast metal, and in order
to cheapen and facilitate the manufacture of such moulds, shapes, or
blocks I obtain a model or pattern of a pair of stays in the following
manner I first fasten a pair of stays together and fix a top aul

page_text: bottom thereto so as to form a bag into which through an aperture left
for that purpose I press sawdust, bran, or other suitable material,
until the stays are caused to assume the shape of the bust to which it
is desired to finish the stays, I then apply a coating of plaster of Paris
or other suitable cement to the outside of the stays and to the top and
bottom fixed thereto to such a thickness that when such cement has
set the stays and the cement thereon will be retained in the desired
shape. When this coating of cement has set I remove the sawdust
or other material from the inside of the stays, and I then pour in a
semi-fluid composition of plaster of Paris or other suitable cement,
which when set and separated from the stays and suitably smoothed
over, serves for a model from which moulds are prepared in the usual
manner of preparing moulds for the manufacture of articles of glass,
china, earthenware or cast metal. If desired models or patterns may
however be formed in other suitable manner.
Figure 1 is a sectional front view, Figure 2 is a sectional side view,
and Figure 3 is a sectional plan of a mould shape or block formed of
earthenware according to my Invention, and which may be heated by
steam or hot water as desired.
a, a, is the body of the block, and b and c are two passages into one
of which the steam or hot water may be caused to pass into the interior
of the mould, shape, or block whilst it is caused to pass away therefrom
by the other of such passages. The pipes or tubes for conducting the
steam or hot water to and from the moulds, shapes, or blocks, may be
fixed thereto in any suitable manner. Figure 4 is a sectional front
view of another mould, shape, or block, constructed of earthenware
according to my Invention, and suitable to be heated by means of a
ring gas burner as shewn, the products of combustion being caused
to pass off therefrom by the opening d. The stays are kept on the
mould, shape, or block until they and the bones are set to the various
curves or shape desired to be given thereto.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the mode
in which I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that
I do not confine myself to the precise details herein shewn and
described, but what I do claim is,-
First. The mode of finishing that class of stays known as stitched
or sewn stays by means of moulds, shapes, or blocks substantially as
herein described.

page_text: Secondly. I claim the manufacture of moulds, shapes, or blocks, for
the finishing of stays and the mode of preparing the models or patterns
therefor substantially as herein shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edwin Izod, have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Twenty-ninth day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
Witness,
FRED. HARRIS,
Patent Agent,
35, Southampton Buildings,
Chancery Lane.
EDWIN IZOD. (L.S.)