Improvements in Belts and other Wraps for the Body.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd May, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 4th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 9th Mar., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Belts and other Wraps for the Body.
I, IRA ICKRINGILL, of Laurel Mount, Keighley, in the County of York,
Worsted Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object the construction of belts and other body wraps,
of an elastic fabric so composed that when made into under garments and worn
next to the skin, possess certain healthful advantages, such as for example, the
prevention of chilliness after perspiring, the encircling of the portion of the body
covered with a warm chamber in a manner as to admit of the circulation of air
through or between the fabric and body, and to reduce abdominal disturbances to a
minimum.
I accomplish my object by making belts or other wraps for covering various
parts of the body, of plush, or pile fabric, the plush made of wool, silk or other
suitable fibre either separately or combined, and woven into a ground or backing
cloth of suitable material, into which is introduced and secured cords of india
rubber, in a manner that when the material is made into belts or other garments,
will stretch and adapt itself to the varying movements of the body; and by placing
the pile next the skin, provision is made for the passage of air and ventilating the
portion of the body covered.
Dated this 20th day of Å nril 1801
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.
Improvements in Belts and other wraps for the Boaу.
I, IRA ICKRINGILL of Laurel Mount, Keighley, in the County of York,
Worsted Spinner, 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 :-
This invention has for its object, the construction of belts and other body wraps
of an elastic fabric, so composed that, when made into garments and worn next to
the skin, possess certain healthful advantages, such as for example, the prevention
of chilliness alter perspiring, the encircling of the portion of the body covered
with a warm chamber in a manner as to admit of the circulation of air through
or between the fabric and body, and to reduce abdominal disturbances to a
minimum.
I accomplish my object by making belts or other wraps for covering various
parts of the body of plush or pile fabric, the plush being made of wool, silk, cotton
or other suitable fibre either separately or combined and woven into a ground or
backing cloth of suitable material, by a loom of the usual construction suitable for
weaving pile fabrics.
Into the plush fabric is introduced and secured by the interlacing of the weft,
cords or threads of india rubber, supplied to the fabric from a beam or the like in a
similar manner as the warp threads, but in a stretched condition, so that when the
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page_text: material is woven, it will contract and when made into belts or other garments, will
stretch and adapt itself to the varying movements of the body; and by placing the
pile next the skin provision is made for the air to flow between the body and
ground cloth, thus ventilating the covered portion by allowing perspiration to pass
off freely and thereby keep the ground cloth comparatively dry, as the latter by
the intervening pile does not come in contact with the body and absorb the
perspiration as would be the case if in contact therewith.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inveu-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
An elastic belt formed of non-elastic warp threads and stretched elastic threads
bound by weft threads, said belt having a separate or combined fibre pile of wool,
silk or cotton on the inner surface, bound by the said weft threads substantially as
described.
Dated this 1st dor of February 1895
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.