Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1888
Specification Accepted, 15th Jan., 1889
We, HEINRICH GERICKE, Merchant, and ALBERT RAMMOSER, Engineer, both of
No. 12 Oranienburger-Strasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, 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:
The object of this invention is an improved adjustable dress stand which is 50
constructed that it can be adjusted for dresses of different sizes.
In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a vertical section of our improved dress
stand, the remaining Figures showing single parts thereof.
This improved dress stand consists of a vertical hollow upright a Figure 1 provided
with feet, and of a frame mounted thereon and designed to receive the dress. The
said frame is composed of the following parts. Upon the upright a are arranged
from the top to the bottom thereof four pairs of sliding pieces or runners b₁ 61 f² f² f³ b³
and . The two top runners 66 are placed at such a height as would
correspond to that of a person's breast the two runners 66 correspond to the
waist, the runners 363 to the abdomen and the two runners 6 b to the calves. The
two runners of each pair 61 62 63 64 are connected together by a rod 601 602 603 for.
These rods are parallel to the upright a, can be displaced at an angle of 90° relatively
to one another, moved up and down and be turned in a common bearing a besides
being also capable of turning upon a bearing a'. Each rod is connected to one of
two corresponding runners by a right hand screw thread and to the other by a left
handed thread, so that by turning this screw threaded rod in one direction or in the
other the two runners of each pair which move upon the upright a with a certain
amount of friction can he brought together or separated.
The runners b¹ 62 63 64 are formed in the same manner as those of an umbrella, that
is to say they are provided on their periphery with a similar number of notches. In
these notches are fixed movable forked pieces which are connected in the following
manner with a ring 60 placed centrally between two runners.-(These rings 60
which are called respectively the breast, waist, abdominal and calf ring are shewn in
dotted lines with the exception of the first which is shewn in full.)

page_text: The free ends of a forked piece 6 of the upper runner 62 belonging to the pair of
waist runners and those of the opposite forked piece of the lower runner 6 of the
same pair are connected together at x after the manner of a crank lever and likewise
directly joined at that point with the waist ring so as to be capable of receiving rotary
motion.
The forked pieces 68 of the pair of breast runners 6' are like those of the waist
pair of runners joined so as to be capable of motion with the breast ring 610 with the
exception that the forked pieces directed towards the back or column are held so
as to be shorter than the front pieces and grip with their free extremities one arm of
a double armed lever. which oscillates upon its central point or pivot fixed to the
ring 60 Out of the forked pieces 6 of the third pair of runners 63 those that are
directed towards the abdomion and the hips are likewise connected together after the
manner of a crank lever and are coupled directly with the abdominal ring while
the forked pieces that are directed towards the hind parts are connected with the said
ring 60 after the manner of a pair of shears. The forked pieces 6 of the lower-most
are connected everywhere with the calf ring 60 in a similar manner as the last
mentioned forked pieces of the third pair of runners.
The rings 60 consist of separate short rails connected together by clips or clasps
which allow them to have a to and fro motion.
The number of these rails for each ring correspond to the number of the pairs of
forked pieces which are connected therewith in such a manner, that each pair of
forked pieces is fastened to a rail of the corresponding ring. In Figure 2 the breast
ring 610 is shewn in section, the contour lines of the other rings are directed towards
the corresponding sections of the body or garment whereby the length of the different
pairs has to be estimated.
The four rings 610 which are connected with either pair of runners are joined
together below by means of longitudinal rails 6° each of which is attached to one rail
of the same rings 610, so as to be free to turn and consists likewise of several
short rails connected by means of clips or clasps which allow to have a to and fro
motion.
Above the breast ring 610, the longitudinal rails & move partly through one or two
neck rings 60 formed like the remaining rings 10 and partly in an arched form
towards the back in order to obtain the shape of the shoulder at a point where the
last mentioned longitudinal rails are joined with other longitudinal rails or form one
piece therewith.
The longitudinal rails assume likewise in consequence of their arrangement the
general appearance or form of a dress.
According as the screw rods 601 603 603 604 which are cut quadrangular at the top
are turned in one direction or the other by means of a suitable key, and hence
according as the runners are brought close together or separated, will the contour line
of the rings 60 and hence the form presented by the longitudinal rails as a whole he
altered as shown in dotted lines in Figures 1 and 2. In this manner, the dress stand
may be adjusted for dresses of various widths.
In order to alter the length of the waist the following arrangement has been
devised.
The hollow upright a which carries the whole skeleton frame is divided at a. a.
between the pair of breasts and waist runners and 62 and the lower part thereof is
provided at this place with a nut a, while a screw rod a' arranged in the upper part
of the upright a engages within the said nut, its upper end being rectangular so
that it can turn but cannot move up and down. When this screw rod a' is turned in
one or in the other direction, the upper part of the upright is brought close to the
lower part or separated therefrom and with the first the pair of runners 6' and the
breast ring 60 are raised or lowered, whereby the longitudinal rails 6° and likewise
the waist are lengthened or shortened.
In order to give more support to the longitudinal rails, the same can be connected
between the abdominal and the calf ring with one or two rings arranged parallely to
the latter and whose diameter may be likewise alterable.

page_text: Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of this in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim, is:
1. A dress stand, in which the shape formed by flexible longitudinal bars or rails 6ª
which can be shortened or lengthened, is capable of being altered in such a manner
that pairs of runners b¹³ ³ 6 placed at heights corresponding to the breast, waist,
abdomen and calves respectively and which are connected by means of the forked
pieces or crank levers and the rings 10 having a changeable diameter, with the
longitudinal bars or rails can be brought in proximity to or separated from one.
another by turning the screw rods 601, 102, 603, 604 provided with right and left handed.
screw threads substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. A dress stand of the kind described in claim 1 in which the pair of breast
runners can be raised or lowered relatively to the other pairs of runners in order to
alter the length of the waist substantially as described and shewn in the drawings
and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 7th day of Dacamber 1888
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C.,
Agents for Applicants.