Year: 1886

page_text: I; HENRY GOODWIN, of 32, Albany Road, Old Kent Road, in the County of
Surrey, Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to the construction of an improved trousers stretcher in
which a pulling power is exerted to restore the garment to shape.
I construct a framing having parallel sides which may telescope or be made in
parts fitting each other for convenience of transport.
I join the parallel sides at one end by a bar, rail or bars or rails and over this
I pivot a moveable bar or rail capable of being secured to one of the parallel sides
opposite to its pivot by screw, catch or otherwise.
The other ends of the parallel sides I connect by a bar, rail or bars or rails, and
I form slots or guides in the parallel sides in which I place a moveable bar or rail
capable of moving in either or both slots or guides by means of screws or
equivalent devices.
To use the apparatus the garment is first folded in the ordinary way, then
placed in the apparatus and doubled over, the upper part of the garment and the
bottom of the same being clamped by the pivotted bar or rail, the other part of the
garment passing over the sliding bar or rail.
By means of the screws or equivalent devices, a pulling power is exerted, so
stretching the garment and tending to restore or maintain its proper shape.
POPPLEWELL, COLTON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I HENRY GOODWIN, of 32 Albany Road, Old Kent Road, in the county of
Surrey, Surveyor 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:-
My invention relates to the construction of an improved trousers stretcher in
which a pulling power is exerted to restore the garment to its proper shape after
use of the same.
I construct a framing having parallel sides which may telescope or be made in
parts fitting each other for convenience of transport.
I join the parallel sides at one end by a bar, rail, or bars or rails and over this or
these I pivot a moveable bar or rail capable of being secured to one of the parallel
sides opposite to its pivot by screw, catch or otherwise.
The other end of the parallel sides I connect by a bar, rail or bars or rails and
1 form slots or guides in the parallel sides in which I place a moveable bar or rail
capable of moving in either or both slots or guides by means of screws or equivalent
devices.
In using the stretcher the garment is first folded in the ordinary way then
placed in the apparatus and doubled over the moveable bar the upper and lower
parts of the garment being clamped by the pivotted bar or rail.
By means of the screws or equivalent devices a pulling power is exerted so
stretching the garment and tending to restore or maintain its proper form and
shape.
In order that my invention may be understood and carried into practical effect
I have caused to be annexed to this specification the accompanying two sheets of
drawings and now refer to the figures and letters of reference thereon indicated.
Fig. 1. Sheet 1. shews an elevation of my apparatus.
Fig. 2. a vertical section.
Fig. 3. a vertical section on the same line but modified as to the folding
arrangement.
Fig. 4. Sheet 2. is a perspective view of my apparatus with the trousers placed
thereon.
Fig. 5. elevation of same with the trousers stretched thereon.
A. A¹ are parallel bars rods or standards which may be made of wood, metal or
other suitable material, these can be in one piece and of suitable shape or can be
made in sections as in Fig. 2. where I provide joints B. B¹ fitting sockets C. C¹ so
that the apparatus can be taken to pieces and packed for transport or otherwise.
D is a bar, rail or rod joining the bars rods or standards A. A¹ and I may connect
their upper ends by another bar rail or rod D'.
E is a moveable bar or rail which I pivot to the bar rod or standard A by the
screw or pivot F so that while it can swivel thereon it can also approach to or
recede from the bar or rail D to meet the various thicknesses of garments to be
kept in shape.

page_text: I form a slot G in its end to engage with a screw in the other bar rod or
standard A¹ when required, fly nuts or other nuts H. H can clamp the bar or
rail E when required against the rail D on the material confined between D and E.
I form slots or guides I. I' in the parallel bars, rods or standards A. A¹ and in
these, slides the moveable bar, rail or rod J carrying screwed bosses K. K' in
which work screws L. L' passing through holes in the end of the bars, rods or
standards A. A¹.
Or in place of screws, equivalent devices may be used whereby the bar rail or
rod J may be placed with its ends in the same plane or with one end at an angle
to the other in the slots I. I'.
In Fig. 3.
may construct the bars rods or standards A. A' in two three or more
sections (as shewn in three) united by clamp screws whereby I can by loosening
such clamp screws fold the apparatus.
Or, I might make the bars, rods or standards A. A¹ telescopic and capable of
being clamped when opened or I may otherwise construct my apparatus so as to
occupy less space when not required for use.
The method of using the stretcher may be seen in Figs. 4 & 5.
I first fold the garment in the ordinary way and then place it in the apparatus
with the seat end resting on the rail, bar or rod D the legs being carried over the
bar, rail or rod J, drawn tight and then laid on the seat end, the moveable bar or
rail E is then brought over all and clamped by the nuts H. H¹ which are screwed
up so as to secure the seat and leg ends of the trousers against the bar or rail D.
By means of the moveable rail J I can exert a pulling power on the garment by
operating the screws L. L¹ or equivalent devices and I can operate the ends of the
rail J equally or unequally according to the pressure required to be applied to both
sides or ends equally or to one side or end more than the other and so maintain
the shape of the garment as the rail J is pulled away from the bars or rails D. E
between which the ends of the garment are clamped.
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
First. In apparatus for stretching trousers, the combination of parallel bars, rods
or standards such as A. A¹ joined at one end by a fixed bar or rail such as D
having a moveable rail such as E pivotted over the, same and capable also of a to
and fro motion from the said fixed bar or rail D and a travelling bar rail or rod
such as J at the other end of the parallel bars rods or standards for stretching the
garments when the ends thereof are confined by the bars or rails D. E substantially
as described.
Secondly. The apparatus for stretching trousers substantially as described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings,