An Improved Construction of Collars, Cuffs, and similar Articles Usually Made of Linen.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1896-Accepted, 1st May, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Construction of Collars, Cuffs, and similar Articles
Usually Made of Linen.
I, JOSEF ANGERMEYER, of Mannheim, in the Empire of Germany, Practising
Physician, 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 :-
The present invention relates to improved substitute for linen collars cuffs and
the like, and consists essentially in making the same of metal, such as an alloy of
aluminium or the like and providing means for the circulation of air.
The invention is shown in the following drawings for an example.
Fig. 1. Side view of stand up collar.
Fig. 2. Section on line - of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3. Perspective view of turned down collar.
Fig. 4. Part of a stand up collar.
Fig. 5. Section on line y-y of Fig. 4.
Fig. 6. Front view of a front.
Fig. 7. Back view of same.
Fig. 8. Section on line - of Fig. 6.
Fig. 9. View of a cuff.
Fig. 10. Arrangements for ventilation.
The linen substitute shown in this invention consists of two separate sheets of
metal a b of which the inner sheet a is provided with holes al against which the
outer sheet b offers a plain surface. These two sheets a and b are either placed
together formed out of two pieces as shown in Fig. 2, or bent directly out of one.
piece as shown in Fig. 5. By the perforations in the iuner sheet a a constant
circulation of air is kept up so that care is taken with regard to health. After
the completing of the article the same is coated or covered with white Japanese-
varnish so that no difference is apparent between it and linen collars etc. The
appearance of the article can be still further improved by providing the coating.
with designs in imitation of weaving and sewing. At the edge c and also at the
tab piece intended for the button hole, the two sheets a and b are pressed together
and joined to one another. Iu. this kind of arrangement of collar the sheet 6 is
cut away a little at the back button hole as this button hole is only in the inner-
sheet a. Directly above the back button hole the outer sheet 6 is provided with a
projecting tab which serves to hold in position the back band of the necktie or
cravat. By folding over the edges an addition or deepening is formed which
resembles the ridge capable of being produced by the smoothing iron when ironing.
newly washed linen.
In fronts and cuffs ventilation is produced by providing the inner surface, which
is therefore the surface nearest to the wearer, with ribs arranged at certain
distances whereby little channels are formed which ensure a good circulation of
air. Instead of the ribs d enclosed channels as shown in Fig. 10 can be employed
which are arranged at certain distances apart.
The channels fare provided with perforations f¹ which are arranged either as
shown on one side of Fig. 10 in parallel rows, or as shown on the other side of
Fig. 10 alternately over one another. These perforations serve to lead away.

page_text: the perspiration of the wearer into the channels f from the outer surface and thereby
promote thorough ventilation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Improved substitute for linen collars cuffs and the like made of metal such as
an alloy of aluminium or the like in the manner shown comprising two sheets a b
separated one from the other by a space and coated with a covering of varnish to
give the appearance of linen the inner one a being perforated to permit of a free
circulation of air, substantially as described.
2. In the linen substitute described in Claim 1 the arrangement of ribs d or
channels by which circulation of air is produced.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1896.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.