Pneumatic Internal Supports for Displaying Garments, and Valves for the same.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 19th May, 1899-Accepted, 24th June, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Pneumatic Internal Supports for Displaying Garments, and Valves
for the same.
I, MINNIE WILLIAMS, the wife of Thomas Joseph Edward Williams, Silk
Mercer, of Ravenshaw, Carlton Road, Dorridge, Knowle, in the County of
Warwick, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows;-
This invention relates, in the one part, to pneumatic supports for displaying
garments to be used by tailors, drapers, costumiers and others, and particularly
for displaying the armis or sleeves and like parts of coats, jackets and bodices,
although the same may be used as an internal support for the body parts of
coats and dress bodices: and also to valves for such pneumatic supports.
According to my invention, as applied to a pneumatic support to be placed
within the sleeve of a coat for displaying the same in shop windows and the
like, I make an inflatable sack, bag or enclosure from india rubber, rubber and
canvas or other air tight material, having closed ends and being of approxi-
mately the same shape as the inside of the sleeve to be supported. This sack is
provided with an inflating and deflating valve of a special or any known con-
struction, which is fitted in any convenient part of the article and by which it
is filled with air to distend into the required form for supporting the part of a
garment, and emptied when the support is not required for use. When deflated
the support can be folded up into small compass and thereby economises space.
In use, the deflated support is placed inside a sleeve or the like and then
inflated by a pump or otherwise to the required shape and size for efficiently
displaying the part of the garment within which it is placed.
If necessary, this sleeve support may be combined with a part which may
serve as a support for a part of the body or bust of a coat or dress bodice.
The internal support may also be made in a permanently inflated form and
unprovided with a valve for inflation and deflation.
The body part of the valve for such pneumatic supports may be made of metal
of a tubular form with a bottom foot and may be externally screwed to receive
a cap or cover and also the nut or washer by which the material of the article
to be inflated is clamped to the foot and the said nut in securing the valve in
position.
The body part is bored out vertically and internally screwed at parts to receive
a partially threaded deflating stem adapted to impinge at the lower end upon
a loose ball which lies within a chamber or seating formed at the lower end of
the said bore, whilst bearing against the underside of the said ball is a coiled
spring located between the ball and a suitable abutment in the foot and tending
always to keep the said ball up to its seating and close the valve. When the
valve is thus closed the deflating stem is clear from the ball and the screwed
part of it lies within a plain part of the bore, but when the valve is required to
be opened for deflating purpose, the said stem is screwed inwards and by its

page_text: lower end impinging against the ball, the same is taken from its seating against
the pressure of the spring and a sufficient air clearance made.
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MINNIE WILLIAMS,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
Pneumatic Internal Supports for Displaying Garments, and Valves
for the same.
I MINNIE WILLIAMS, the wife of Thomas Joseph Edward Williams, Silk
Mercer, of Ravenshaw, Carlton Road, Dorridge, Knowle, in the County of
Warwick, 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;-
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This invention relates, in the one part, to pneumatic supports for displaying
garments to be used by tailors, drapers, costumers and others, and particularly
for displaying the arms or sleeves and like parts of coats, jackets and bodices,
although the same may be used as an internal support for the body parts of
coats and dress bodices; and also to valves for such pneumatic supports.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents an elevation of a pneumatic
support, adapted to be placed inside the sleeve of a jacket, dress bodice or other
article displayed in a shop window and constructed in accordance with my
invention.
Figure 2 is an end view of the said sleeve support.
Figure 3 is a section of a part of the inflatable support showng the construc-
tion of the improved non-return air valve with which the same is fitted.
Figure 4 shows the article in use..
In carrying out my invention as applied to such a pneumatic support for
placing within and distending to its proper shape the sleeve of a coat for dis-
playing the same in shop windows and the like, I make an inflatable sack, bag
or enclosure a, from india-rubber, rubber and canvas or other air-tight material,
having closed ends and c, and being of approximately the same shape as the
inside of the sleeve to be supported. This sack is provided with an inflating
and deflating valve d, of a special or any known construction, which is fitted in
any convenient part of the article and by which it is filled with air to distend
into the required form for supporting the part of a garment, and emptied when
the support is not required for use. When deflated the support can be folded
up into small compass and thereby economises space.
In use, the support is placed, in a deflated condition, inside a sleeve or the
like and then blown up or inflated by a pump or otherwise to the required shape
and size for efficiently displaying the part of the garment within which it is
placed.
If necessary, this sleeve support may be combined with a part which may serve
as a support for the shoulder or a part of the body or bust of a coat or dress
bodice.
The internal support may also be made in a permanently inflated form and
unprovided with a valve for inflation and deflation.
The body part d', of the valve for such pneumatic supports may be made of
metal of a tubular form (such as shown in Figure 3) with a bottom foot, and
may be externally screwed to receive a cap or cover and also the nut or washer d³,

page_text: by which the material of the article to be inflated is clamped the foot and the said
nut in securing the valve in position.
The body part is bored out vertically and internally screwed at d, to receive
a partially threaded deflating stem e, adapted to impings at the lower end upon
a foose ball f, which lies within a chamber or seating, formed at the lower
end of the said bore, whilst bearing against the underside of the said ball is a
coiled spring g, located between the ball and a suitable abutment 6, in the foot
and tending always to keep the said ball up to its seating and close the valve.
When the valve is thus closed the deflating stem is clear from the ball and the
screwed part of it lies within a plain part , of the bore as shown in the figure,
but when the valve is required to be opened for deflating purpose, the said stem
is screwed inwards and by its lower end impinging against the ball, the same is
taken from its seating against the pressure of the spring and a sufficient air
clearance is made to permit of the air escaping.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
FirstA pneumatic internal support for displaying sleeves and other parts
of coats, jackets, bodices and the like in shop windows and elsewhere, substan-
tially as described and set forth.
Secondly: A self-closing air-valve for pneumatic or inflatable internal sup-
ports for garments, constructed, arranged and operating substantially as herein
described and set forth.
Dated this 18th day of May 1899.
MINNIE WILLIAMS,
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.
MINNIE WILLIAMS,
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.