Year: 1885

page_text: I, JOHN CASS of No. 9 Huntingdon Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Cap
shape 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 :-
My Invention relates to the manufacture of what are known as mob cap shapes
and it has for its object the improvement of the method of forming and making
such shapes whereby the shapes may be produced more quickly in a given time and
of a superior shape or finish than has been possible heretofore.
Hitherto in making mob cap shapes it has been customary to form each shape
upon a mould or by hand separately and the creases or folds to make the shape are
fixed by pins to enable the shape to be stitched. The creases or folds on account
of the dryness and stiffness of the fabric, do not remain or at least are not strongly
defined or at least unless pinned they do not remain after the fabric has been
removed from the mould or block. By employing my Invention a number of
pieces of fabric to form shapes may be formed with the usual creases or folds, at
once, this being effected by first damping the fabric and pressing the folds or creases
with a hot iron while on a wooden block or mould. By employing my Invention
the rate of production of the shapes is considerably more than doubled and even
quadrupled whilst the shapes themselves are more uniform and of a superior finish.
In carrying out my said Invention the muslin or fabric from which the shapes
are made is slightly damped by means of a fine spray of water or a jet of steam of
low tension or in any other suitable and convenient manner before the creases or
folds to form the shape are made. It is only necessary to damp the fabric round
the edges. The whole of these say-24-pieces of fabric to form the shapes are
placed over a mould formed similar to those commonly in use except that it is of
wood. The well known folds or creases usually made in each separate piece of
fabric to make the required shape, are next formed in the whole number of pieces
of fabric at once just as though it were only one single piece. When these folds or
creases are made the fabric on the mould is then ironed by a hot iron with a firm
pressure. This fixes the several creases or folds usually made in the fabric for
forming the required well known shape, and on removing the pieces of fabric from
the mould and separating them it will be found that each piece of fabric retains the
impression of the creases or folds, sufficiently defined that on fitting a band round

page_text: the edges preferably outside it may be stitched in a sewing machine or otherwise
fixed with little further manipulation. This band is according to my Invention
preferably attached to the edge outside instead of being inside as formerly and is
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preferably formed of only one thickness of material but it may be of more.
arrangement gives the shape a better appearance and makes the shape more
comfortable to wear.
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. In the making of mob cap shapes the forming of the required creases or folds
in a number of pieces of fabric at once the fabric being first damped or moistened
and the folds or creases pressed on a wooden block or inould with a hot iron
substantially as herein before described.
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2: The stitching or placing of a band outside a cap shape substantially as herein-
before described.