Improvements in and connected with Shirts, and in the Cuffs used therewith.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 30th July, 1895-Accepted, 12th Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Shirts, and in the Cuffs used
therewith.
We RICHARD GEORGE KNOWLES of 28 Villa Road Brixton in the County of
Surrey Comedian and NELSON PINGREE COOK of 57 Guildford Street Bloomsbury
in the County of Middlesex Journalist, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
:―
As is well known from accidental and other causes the cuffs attached to shirt
sleeves are frequently soiled in such a manner that either a pair of loose cuffs must
be worn over the dirty ones or an otherwise clean shirt must be discarded and
a clean one substituted.
Also loose cuffs lap over at the edges and do not present so smart an appearance
as cuffs which merely meet at the edges and are fastened with links.
These defects in shirts and loose cuffs we propose to obviate as follows the
object of this invention being to provide shirts with loose cuffs which may be
readily attached to the sleeves and as easily detached therefrom the said cuffs being
made to lap over at the edges or with the edges merely meeting at the will of the
wearer.
Now according to this invention we forin the sleeves of linen, cotton, or
cambric shirts in two pieces one portion of the sleeve being attached to the shoulder
of the shirt and reaching to the elbow or thereabouts the other portion of the sleeve
having the cuff' attached thereto.
The two portions of the sleeve may be secured to each other by means of
clips, books and eyes, buttons and button holes, eyelet holes and laces, button holes
and studs or by other suitable means. The two meeting portions of the sleeve
being formed with deep hems or bands if necessary to receive the holes, buttons, or
the like.
For use with woollen shirts we form the liner cuffs with a portion of a sleeve
attached in the same manner as the lower portion of the above described sleeves
for starched shirts are made and the said portion of a sleeve may be secured
to the sleeve of the woollen shirt by any suitable means safety pins for instance.
For clerks and others these cuffs and sleeves will be of great service as they are
easily detached from the shirt or the cuffs may be secured high up on the fore-
arın by means of a second set of buttons or studs while the wearer is at work
thus avoiding the unsightly pieces of paper so often used to protect the cuffs
from being soiled.
Cuffs attached to shirt sleeves as herein before described will not fall down over
the hands of the wearers thus obviating a well known source of discomfort to
wearers of woollen shirts.
Should the wearer of a starched shirt constructed as herein before described
accidentally soil a cuff while the rest of the shirt is clean it is only necessary to
detach the portion of the. sleeve attached to the soiled cuff from the shirt and
to substitute a clean one the change being effected in a few seconds.
Dated this 20th day of October 1894.
T. E. HALFORD,
11 Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in and connected with Shirts, and in the Cuffs used
therewith.
We RICHARD GEORGE KNOWLES of 28 Villa Road Brixton in the County of
Surrey Comedian and NELSON PINGREE COOK of.57 Guildford Street Bloomsbury
in the County of Middlesex Journalist 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:-
As is well known from accidental and other causes the cuffs attached to shirt
sleeves are frequently soiled in such a manner that either a pair of loose cuffs
must be worn over the dirty ones or an otherwise clean shirt must be discarded
and a clean one substituted. Also loose cuff's lap over at the edges and do not
present so smart an appearance as cuffs which merely meet at the edges and are
fastened with links.
These defects in shirts and loose cuffs we propose to obviate as follows the.object
of this invention being to provide shirts with loose cuffs which may be readily
attached to the sleeves and as easily detached therefrom the said cuffs being made
so as to lap over at the edges.or with the edges merely meeting at the will of the
'wearer.
Now.according to this invention we form the sleeve of linen cotton or cambric
shirts in two pieces one portion of the sleeve being attached to the shoulder of the
shirt and reaching to the elbow or thereabouts the other portion of the sleeve
having the cuff secured thereto.
The two portions of the sleeve may be secured to each other by means of clips
hooks and eyes buttons and button holes eyelet holes and laces button holes and
studs or by other suitable means the two meeting portions of the sleeve being
formed with deep hems or bands if necessary to receive the holes buttons or
the like.
For use with woollen shirts we form the linen cuffs with a portion of a sleeve
attached in the same manner as the lower portion of the above described sleeves
for starched shirts are made and the said portion of a sleeve may be secured to the
sleeve of the woollen shirt by .any suitable means safety pins for example.
Clerks.and others will find shirts.and.cuffs.made as hereinhefore described most
useful as the cuffs.are easily detached from the sleeve.
Or the cuffs.may be secured (by means of a second set of buttons.or studs) high
up on the fore-arm while the wearer is at work thus doing away with the unsightly
pieces of paper so often used to protect the cuffs from being soiled.
Cuffs attached to shirt sleeves as herein before described will not fall over the
hands thereby obviating a well known source of discomfort to wearers of woollen
shirts.
Should the wearer of a starched shirt made according to this invention
accidentally soil a cuff while the shirt is still clean it is only necessary to detach
the soiled cuff and portion of sleeve attached thereto from the shirt and substitute
a.clean cuff and portion of sleeve the change being effected in a few seconds.
And in order that our said invention may be fully understood we will proceed to
explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in
which:
Fig. 1 represents a shirt cuff made according to this invention.
Fig. 2 represents a portion of a shirt sleeve made according to this invention.
The same letters denote the same parts in both figures.
a is the portion of the sleeve attached to the shoulder of the shirt and reaching
to the elbow or thereabouts.

page_text: b is the portion of the shirt sleeve reaching from the elbow or thereabouts to
the cuff.
c is the cuff d d the usual holes in the cuff to receive the links is a button.
and g a button hole to secure the edges of the portion b.
hh are button holes is a tab with a button-hole therein to prevent overlapping
of the edges of the portion b. kk are button holes in the sleeve a corresponding
to the holes in the portion b.
Both portions of the sleeve are provided with deep hems as shewn and the
button holes are formed in the hem.
In the sleeve shewn in the drawings studs are used to secure the portion 6 to the
portion a but buttons laces or any other suitable fastening may be used.
Shirts made as above described are more easily ironed and will pack into a
smaller compass than ordinary shirts as the cuffs are ironed and packed flat.
Travellers and others who have to carry several clean starched shirts with them
will find the saving in space occupied by half a dozen of our improved shirts very
considerable even when two pairs of cuffs are allowed to each shirt and there is no
risk of the cuffs being creased in packing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is-
1. A shirt having the sleeves made in two portions one portion of each sleeve
baving the cuffs attached thereto substantially as specified.
2. A shirt having the sleeves thereof made in two portions detachably connected
to each other substantially as specified and for the purpose stated.
3. Constructing shirts substantially in the manner herein before specified and
shewn by the accompanying drawings.
4. Loose cuffs or "wrists" constructed as herein before specified and shewn by
Fig. 1. of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 30th day of July 1895.
T. E. HALFORD,
11 Furnival Street, London, E.C., Agent for Applicants..