IMPROVEMENTS IN STRETCHERS FOR TROUSERS AND OTHER ARTICLES." PROVISIONAL SPATION
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Henry Harris of Moorgate Street in the City of
London, for an invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STRETCHERS FOR TROUSERS
AND OTHER ARTICLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Henry Harris at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th April 1882..
THOMAS HENRY HARRIS of Moorgate Street in the City of London.
MENTS IN STRETCHERS FOR TROUSERS AND OTHER ARTICLES "
IMPROVE-
This invention consists essentially of a central rod screwed at one part and
provided with a suitable handle or equivalent to turn it by, preferably in the form
of a loop so as to serve as a hanger.
A pair of clamps or stretchers which open to receive the trousers or other article
to be stretched and can be closed up again and screwed or otherwise fastened up
tight, are employed; one of these is threaded so as to work upon the screwed part
of the rod, the other has simply a hole in it and fits upon the end of the rod which
turns freely in the hole. In use the clamps are opened, the trousers placed within
them so that one clamp is at or near each end of the leg, the clamps closed and
secured and the rod turned so that the screwed clamp is drawn away from the
other and the desired degree of tension thus obtained.
The whole can then be hung up by the handle or laid away in a draw &c.
The same result may be attained by screwing the rod at each end, one a left
handed and one a righthanded thread, and tapping the clamps to suit. I generally
prefer not to fasten the clamps on, in order that they may be removed and bundled
for conveinence of packing; nevertheless it is evident that they may be permanently
attached to the rod if preferred.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the suid Thomas Henry Harris in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
18th October 1882.
THOMAS HENRY HARRIS, of Moorgate Street in the City of London
MENTS IN STRETCHERS FOR TROUSERS AND OTHER ARTICLES."
" IMPROVE-
This invention consists essentially of a central rod screwed at one part and
provided with a suitable handle or equivalent to turn it by preferably in the form
of a loop so as to serve as a hanger.
A pair of clamps or stretchers which open to receive the trousers or other
article to be stretched and can be closed up again and screwed or otherwise
fastened up tight are employed; one of theso is threaded so as to work upon the
screwed part of the rod the other lins simply a hole in it and fits upon the end
of the rod which turns freely in the hole.
In use the clamps are opened, the trowsers placed within them so that one clamp
is at or near each end of the legs, the clamps closed and secured and the rod turned
so that the screwed clamp is drawn away from the other and the desired degree
of tension thus obtained. The whole can then be hung up by the handle or laid
away in a drawer &c.
The same result may be attained by screwing the rod at each end one a right
handed one a left handed thread and tapping the clamps to suit I generally
prefer not to fasten the clamps on in order that they may be removed and bundled
for convenience of packing; nevertheless it is evident that they may be permanently
attached to the rod if preferred.
This invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Two clamps or stretchers A A' hold each one end of the trowsers leg or other
article; these clamps may be of any suitable construction such for instance as the
form shown in the drawing. This consists of two bars B and C one of which B
carries a jointed and threaded pin E at each end upon which works a thumb nut;
the other bar C has a hole D at one end which slips over one of the screwed pins
which thus acts as a hinge, but allows the distance between the two bars to be
adjusted. The other end of the second bar is formed into a jaw F into which the
screwed pin is placed and the nut being screwod down upon it causes the bars to
firmly grip the trowsers placed therein.
The rod G screwed as at G' screws into the clamp A' while its end G' is roduced
so as to leave a collar and fit into the central hole As of the clamp A. It will bo
readily understood that by turning the rod G and screwing it through clamp A' its
other end will force clamp A away from clamp A' and thus stretch the trowsers
to any required degree. The end G is by preference formed into a loop which
serves as a handle to turn the rod by, and also to hang the stretcher up by.
It is sometimes desirable to divide the rod G in two parts as at G* so that it cani
be taken apart and the whole packed in a small compass and for the same purpose
the clamps are by preference, not fastened upon the rod C but can be removed at
pleasure. When the rod is divided, the two parts may be screwed together at G‘
or simply pin-jointed.

page_text: Having now described my invention, I wish it to be understood that I claim
The combination of the clamps A and A¹ with the screwed rod G, or their
respective mechanical equivalents, constructed and operating substantially as and
for the purposes set forth.
In witness whereof I the said Thomas Henry Harris have hereunto set my
hand and seal this fifteenth day of October in the Year of Our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
THOMAS HARRIS. (L.S.)