IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL FOR CORSETS, CRINOLINES, AND OTHER ARTICLES."
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Stuart Wortley Whitehead of Halifax in the
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County of York for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF STEEL FOR CORSETS, CRINOLINES, AND OTHER ARTICLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Stuart Wortley
Whitehead at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd August
1882.
JAMES STUART WORTLEY WHITEHEAD of Halifax in the County of York.
" IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL FOR CORSETS, CRINOLINES AND
OTHER ARTICLES."
The object of my invention is to produce steel that shall be an efficient substitute
for whalebone that shall combine lightness with strength and that may be readily
joined at the ends without clips or rivets and that will provide for ventilation.
I roll the steel to the desired thickness and width and then pass the steel between
a pair of rollers on one of which I form or fix a number of punches or projections
and in the other roller I form a corresponding number of recesses to receive the
said punches as the steel is passed between these rollers it is perforated by the
punches. Instead of the revolving punches I use a vertical or reciprocating punch
or punches to perforate the steel.
:
The steel thus made is strong, light, and pliant and it affords numerous passages
for the circulation of air: it may also be secured with a needle and thread at any
desired point.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said James Stuart Wortley Whitehead in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 20th February 1883.
JAMES STUART WORTLEY WHITEHEAD of Halifax in the County of York.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL FOR CORSETS, CRINOLINES, AND
OTHER ARTICLES."
"
The object of iny Invention is to produce steel that shall be an efficient substitute
for whalebone, that shall combine lightness with strength and that may be. readily
joined at the ends without clips or rivets and that will provide for ventilation.
I roll the steel to the desired thickness and width and then pass the steel
between a pair of rollers on one of which I form or fix a number of punches or
projections and in the other roller I form a corresponding number of recesses to
receive the said punches: as the steel is passed between these rollers it is perforated
by the punches.
Instead of the revolving punches I use a vertical or reciprocating punch or
punches to perforate the steel.
The steel thus made is strong, light and pliant, and it affords numerous passages
for the circulation of air: it may also be secured with a needle and thread at any
desired point.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will proceed to describe the accompanying sheet of drawings reference
being had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figs. 1, 4 and 5 are front views and Figs. 2, 3 and 6 are edge views of pieces of
steel for corsets made according to my improvements. Figs. 7, 9 and 11 are front
views and Figs. 8, 10 and 12 are edge views of strips of steel made according to
my improvements for crinolines, crinolettes, and other like articles.
In Figs. 1 to 6a a are the pieces of perforated steel suitable for corsets: 6 bare
holes punched or cut in the pieces of steel a a to ensure lightness and also for
ventilation. These holes may be of any desired size or shape. cc are small holes
which may be made in any position to enable the cloth or other covering material
to be stitched over the steel. The fasteners for the two front pieces of steel in
corsets are not shown in the drawing as they may be of the ordinary or any suitable
kind.
In Figs. 7 to 12-d d are the strips or pieces of perforated steel suitable for
crinolines, crinolettes, and other similar articles: e e are holes punched or cut in the
pieces of steel & d. By means of these holes ee the cloth or covering material may
be stitched to the steel and the ends of the pieces of steel may be drawn together
and secured at any desired point by needle and thread or in other convenient
manner.
It is obvious that the size, shape and number of the holes or perforations in the
pieces of steel and also in the strips or rolls of steel may be varied without
departing from my Invention-my object as previously pointed out, being to make
pieces or strips of steel strong, light, and pliant affording numerous passages for the
free circulation of air and which may be connected or spliced by needle and thread
at any given point.
Having stated the nature of my Invention and described the manner of performing
the same.

page_text: 1 цестаге вас 1 claim.
1. The manufacture of the improved steel for corsets, crinolines and similar
articles, substantially in the manner as herein shown and described.
2. The use of perforated strips of steel in the manner and for the
hercin set forth.
purposes
In witness whereof I the said James Stuart Wortley Whitehead have here-
unto set my hand and seal this seventeenth day of February One thousand
eight hundred and eighty three.
J. S. W. WHITEHEAD. (L.S.)