Year: 1898

page_text: I, HERBERT WAIDE REYNOLDS, of Upper Brown Street, Leicester, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to fabrics specially applicable in the manufacture of
corsets and the like.
In the production of these goods two fabrics are sometimes employed viz: a
back or ground fabric and a facing fabric, the latter forming the front of the
corset and being of a different and superior quality, the two separate fabrics
being connected together by sewing during the manufacture of the corset.
The chief object of the present invention is to produce a compound or single
thickness fabric each side of which is of a different quality, colour or material
and one side of which is applicable for the facing or front of corsets and the
other side for the back or rear part of same.
In carrying out this invention I take two fabrics of suitable thickness, quality
and kind for the purpose named and coat one or each of the adjacent or meeting
faces of the two fabrics with adhesive material, then submit the two fabrics to
pressure so as to compress them and subsequently submit them to heat to drive
off the moisture in the adhesive material so that when dry the two fabrics will
be found to be united and form a compound fabric suitable for the purpose
named.
One process of making a compound fabric such as described may consist in
taking two rolls, one each of the facing and backing fabrics, and lead the said
fabrics over adhesive coated rollers so that the adjacent face or faces of one or
each of the said fabrics may be evenly spread over or coated therewith.
These two fabrics may then be compacted or pressed and partially dried by
passing between other rollers, one or more of which may be heated.
It (the compound fabric) may afterwards be led over steam pipes or through a
drying chamber to completely dry the fabric and drive off the superfluous moisture
in the adhesive material.
When thoroughly dry the fabric may be cut up and used in the manufacture of
corsets in the usual manner.
More than two thicknesses of fabric may be compacted together to form the
compound fabric and the process of applying the adhesive material, pressing and
drying, may be slightly varied without departing from the main lines of the
invention.
Dated this 23rd day of March 1898.
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, HERBERT WAIDE REYNOLDS, of Upper Brown Street, Leicester, Manufacturer,
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 follow-
ing statement:—
This invention relates to fabrics specially applicable in the manufacture of
corsets and the like.
In the production of these goods two fabrics are sometimes employed viz: a
back or ground fabric and a facing fabric, the latter forming the front of the
corset and being of a different and superior quality, the two separate fabrics
being connected together by sewing during the manufacture of the corset.
The chief object of the present invention is to produce a compound or single
thickness fabric each face of which is of a different quality, colour or material
and one face of which is applicable for the facing or front of corsets and the
other for the back or rear part of same.
In carrying out this invention I take two fabrics of suitable thickness, quality
and kind for the purpose named and coat one or each of the adjacent or meeting
faces of the two fabrics with adhesive material, then submit the two fabrics to
pressure so as to compress them and subsequently submit them to heat to drive
off the moisture in the adhesive material so that when dry the two fabrics will
be found to be united and form a compound fabric suitable for the purpose
named.
One process of making a compound fabric of the character and for the purpose
described consists in taking two rolls, one each of the facing and backing fabrics
respectively, and leading the fabric from one of the said rolls over a revolving
roller maintained continuously covered with the adhesive material contained in a
bath in which the said roller revolves, so that the fabric passing over the latter
receives a coating of and is evenly spread over with such adhesive substance.
This fabric then passes with its coated face downwards between two other
rollers where it meets and passes in contact with the other fabric which is arranged
to travel through these rollers at the same time.
The pressure exerted by these latter two rollers compacts the two fabrics and
causes them to adhere the one to the other and if one of the rollers is steam
heated the fabric is partially dried at the same time.
The drying of the fabric may be completed by leading it over steam heated
pipes or through a drying chamber and subsequently winding it on to a roller
after which it may be cut up and used in the manufacture of corsets in the usual
manner.
More than two thicknesses of fabric may be compacted together to form a
compound fabric and the process of applying the adhesive material, pressing and
drying may be slightly varied without departing from the invention.
The facing and backing fabrics instead of being of different materials may be
of the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. In the manufacture of corsets and the like the use or employment of a com-
pound fabric the front and back respectively of which is of a different kind,
colour or quality of material substantially as described.
2. In the manufacture of corsets the use or employment of a compound fabric.

page_text: consisting of two or more separate layers or thicknesses of fabric of the same
or different materials treated with an adhesive composition and compacted together
by pressure for the purpose described.
3. A corset or the like comprising in its construction a compound fabric sub-
stantially as described.
Dated this 22nd dox of December 1800