Year: 1886

page_text: I WILLIAM HENRY SYMINGTON, of the firm of R. and W. H. Symington and C
of Market Harborough, in the county of Leicester, Stay and Corset Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to improvements in what is known as the "cornering "
of stays and corsets, that is to say, the finishing off of the ends of the binding.
Hitherto "cornering" has been effected by means of sewing; my invention has
for object to do away with the necessity of sewing and to produce a stronger, better
and neater corner and at a less expense.
.
In carrying out my invention instead of leaving. sufficient binding for the
purpose of turning in to make a finish to the corner as hitherto I cut the binding
off close and apply to the corner a metal clip of suitable size and shape and fixed
in any suitable manner such as by means of a press; whereby I obtain a corner of
neater finish, which is of greater strength and produced at less cost of 'labor and
material than by the method hitherto in use.
G. F. REDFERN,
Agent for the Applicant..
I WILLIAM HENRY SYMINGTON of the firm of R. and W. H. Symington and Co
of Market Harborough, in the county of Leicester, Stay and Corset 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
following statement :——
This invention relates to improvements in what is known as the "cornering
of stays and corsets, that is to say, the finishing off of the ends of the binding.
"

page_text: Hitherto "cornering" has been effected by means of sewing; my invention has
for object to do away with the necessity of sewing and to produce a stronger,
better and neater corner and at a less expense:
In carrying out my invention instead of leaving sufficient binding for the
purpose of turning in to make a finish to the corner as hitherto I cut the binding
off close and apply to the corner a metal clip of suitable size and shape and fixed
in any suitable manner such as by means of a press, whereby I obtain a corner
of neater finish, which is of greater strength and produced at less cost of labor and
material than by the method hitherto in use.
In the accompanying drawing figure 1 represents the lower front part of a stay
or corset and figure 2 the lower back part of the same "cornered" by means of
metal clips according to my invention'; figure 3 is a plan view of the blank from
which the metal clip is made; figure 4 is an elevation; figure 5 a plan and figure 6
an edge view shewing one of the metal clips detached. Similar letters in all the
figures represent similar parts.
a, a, in figures 1 and 2 represent the metal clips which can be made from blanks
such as those shewn in figure 3; the two parts b, b, of the blank having teeth or
serrations c, c, formed therein by stamping or otherwise are turned up to form the
front and back and the narrow parts d, d, are turned up to form the two edges as
shewn in figures 4, 5 and 6; the metal clips made in this manner are then applied
to the corners of the stays or corsets as shewn in Figures 1 and 2 and pressure
being applied in any suitable manner such as by means of a press the teeth or
serrations c, c, will be caused to enter the binding e, which binding does not extend
beyond the edges of the parts of the corset, and the metal clips a, a, will be thereby
securely fixed to the corners.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1. "Cornering" stays and corsets by the use of metal clips substantially as and
. for the purpose hereinbefore described.
2. The manufacture and use of stays and corsets "cornered" by means of metal
clips substantially as herein before described and represented in the accompanying
drawing..
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