IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU- FACTURE OF SHIRT COLLARS AND FRONTS, WRISTBANDS OR CUFFS, NECKTIE OR OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Arthur Granger, of Holborn, in the County of
Middlesex, Stationer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF SHIRT COLLARS AND FRONTS, WRISTBANDS OR CUFFS, NECKTIE
OR OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL."
Sealed the 21st February 1862, and dated the 28th August 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Arthur Granger at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
August 1861.
I, ARTHUR GRANGER, of Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Stationer, do
hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF SHIRT COLLARS AND FRONTS. WRISTBANDS OR CUFFS, NECKTIES OR OTHER
SIMILAR ARTICLES OF WEARING APPARAL," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the application of certain materials
herein-after described for the manufacture of shirt collars, shirt fronts,
wristbands or cuffs, neckties or other similar articles of wearing apparel.
For these purposes in place of making such articles of linen, cotton, or other
woven fabric, paper, cloth or paper as heretofore practised, I manufacture
such articles from the following materials, the first of which is generally
known by the name of label, forril, or book binders' cloth or cotton sheepskin,
the surface of which is prepared with French chalk, starch, and a solution
of buffalo hide to thicken and impart a white glazed or enamelled surface
thereto, or a preparation of size and chalk may be employed for this purpose.
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page_text: Another material from which I manufacture collars, cuffs, and other similar
articles of wearing apparel according to my Invention consists in employing
a thin woven fabric, the surface of which is japanned, painted, or prepared
with certain pigments to varnish and render the same waterproof, and so as
in texture to resemble linen or other woven fabric, or a material of this
character known by the name of American leather cloth may be employed
for these purposes; or I employ a material called "asses skin" painted
and prepared as is well understood and similar in character to that which
is employed in pocket books for writing upon; or thin loather or parch-
ment may be employed for the purposes of my Invention coated with paper,
or pulp, or other suitable materials, the surface of which may be finished
by varnishing, glazing, or burnishing the same suitable for being applied
to the purposes of my Invention; or I coat or combine any of the before-
mentioned materials with paper or paper pulp to render them suitable for
being manufactured into shirt collars,cuffs, or other similar articlos of wearing
apparel according to my Invention.
Another part of my Invention consists in manufacturing the articles above
mentioned from paper cloth, parchment, or other materials which have been
chemically treated or acted upon by acids to collodionise the same, or
collodian in sheets may be employed in combination with other materials for
the purposes of my Invention.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Arthur Granger in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
25th February 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, 1, ARTHUR
GRANGER, of Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Stationer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of Angust, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
eign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Arthur Granger, Her special licence that I, the said Arthur Granger,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,the said Arthur
Granger, iny executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,

page_text: and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF SHIRT COLLARS AND FRONTS. WRISTBANDS OR CUFFS, NECK-
TIES OR OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Arthur Granger, my executors or
administrators, 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 Arthur Granger, 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 :-
This Invention has for its object the application of certain materials
herein-after described for the manufacture of shirt collars, shirt fronts,
wristbands or cuffs, neckties, or other similar articles of wearing apparel.
For these purposes in place of making such articles of linen, cotton, or other
woven fabric, paper, cloth or paperas heretofore practised, I manufacture such
articles from the following materials, the first of which is generally known
by the name of label, forril, or bookbinders' cloth or cotton sheepskin (a
material well known and employed for other purposes) the surface of which
is prepared with French chalk, starch, and a solution of buffalo hide to
thicken and impart a white glazed or enamelled surface thereto, or a pre-
paration of size and chalk may be employed for this purpose. Another
material from which I manufacture collars, cuffs, and other similar articles
of wearing apparel according to my Invention, consists in employing a thin
woven fabric, the surface of which is japanned, painted, or prepared with
certain pigments, such as are well known and employed for producing a
white glossy or enamelled surface to such and similar materials for other
purposes in order to varnish and render the same waterproof, and so as in
texture to resemble linen or other woven fabric; or a material of this character
known by the name of American or leather cloth may be employed for these
purposes, the manufacture of which is well known for other purposes; or I
employ for the purposes of my Invention a material called "asses skin,"
painted and prepared as is well understood and similar in character to that
which is employed in pocket books for writing upon; or thin leather, or parch-
ment may be employed for the purposes of my Invention alone or in

page_text: combination with other materials. The above materials may if desired be
coated with paper or pulp, or other suitable materials, the surface of which
may be finished by painting, varnishing, glazing, or burnishing the same,
suitable for being applied to the purposes of my Invention; or I coat or
combine any of the before-mentioned materials with paper or paper pulp
to render them suitable for being manufactured into shirt collars, cuffs, or
other similar articles of wearing apparel according to my Invention, and for
some purposes I combine the above materials by attaching thein to foundations
of brass or other metal (except iron and steel) to give support and to preserve
the forms of the articles made therefrom according to my Invention.
Another part of my Invention consists in manufacturing the articles above
mentioned from paper cloth, parchment, or other materials which have been
chemically treated or acted upon by acids to collodionize the same, or collodion
in sheets may be employed in combination with other materials for the
purposes of my Invention. In carrying out this part of my Invention the
collodionized materials may be attached to or laid ou metallic foundations,
which would thus have glazed or euamelled surfaces imparted thereto, or fine
wire gauze or other suitable material may be employed to support and
preserve the form of the articles inade according to this part of my Invention.
In witness whereof, I, the said Arthur Granger, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of February in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.