IMPROVEMENTS ON STAY-BUSKS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, ROBERT HINRICHSEN, of the firm of Adolph Hinrichsen & Co, Merchants,
of Hamburgh, Germany, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS ON STAY-BUSKS, to be as follows:-
:-
My invention relates to stays or busks for corsets.
Each busk consists of two halves connected in hinge-fashion by metal-plates and
springs coiled around pins. Instead of coiled springs arranged perpendicularly to
the busk (crosswise) leaf springs may be used placed parallel with the busk (length-
wise) and attached to it with one extremity, while the other end rests loosely on
the same, in which case (as with the employment of elastic tapes) the halves of the
stays or busks are joined together by hinges.
The object is to form busks which in front can be completely bent together
towards the outside without breaking, while preserving the required stiffness on
that side which is turned towards the body of the wearer.

page_text: I, ROBERT HINRICHSEN of the firm of Adolph Hinrichsen & Co Merchants of
Hamburgh, Germany, 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:—
These improvements have for their object to construct corset-busks and stays in
such a manner, that the busks may be freely bent forward at the waist, without
breaking, while the stays or bars possess an amount of pliability on all sides, not
found in ordinary stays._
For this purpose the busks and stays are made of two rails or narrow plates A
and B, which are connected by hinges and peculiarly wound springs; or by hinges
and ties of rubber or other elastic fabric.
Figs. 1 to 11 of the annexed drawings shew various kinds of joints, Figs. 12 to 15
the peculiarly wound springs, applied thereto, and Figs. 16 and 17 the joint of the
rails, bands, or halves, forming a hip spring; fare the springs, made of one piece of
steel wire and coiled round the pins s; p are thin metal plates for securing the
same to the extremities of the rails; c are hinges, and g ties or bands of indiarubber
'or other elastic material. In Figs. 1 and 2 the pins s are connected hinge-like with
the rails A and B by short distance-pieces d of wire, while in Figs. 3 to 9 the
hinges are formed by correspondingly shaped extensions of the extremities of the
rails. The springs in Figs. 16 and 17 are thinned towards the extremities for
the purpose of more convenient fastening in the metal tubes p.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that, what
I claim, is
1.) A corset busk, composed of two rails or plates A and B, connected by springs f
of.a single piece of steel wire coiled round pins s in the manner illustrated by
Figs. 12 to 15, or by bands or ties g of elastic material, the springs or bands being
secured to the rail ends by means of metal plates p with or without hinge c, in such
a manner, that the busk may be bent at the joint towards the outside only.
2.) A corset hip-spring, composed of two rails or plates A and B, connected by
a pair of helical springs f placed longitudinally and reduced in diameter towards
both ends, and by means of two metal tubes p, in such a manner, that the hip-
spring or stay may be bent in all directions.
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