IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WATERPROOF OVERCOATS AND OTHER GARMENTS
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Barnard Wartski, of No. 1, Swan Street, Bethnal
Green, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WATERPROOF OVERCOATS AND OTHER
GARMENTS."
Sealed the 3rd August 1869, and dated the 15th June 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Barnard Wartski at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
15th June 1869.
I, BARNARD WARTSKI, of No. 1, Swan Street, Bethnal Green, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WATERPROOF OVERCOATS AND OTHER
GARMENTS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object to ventilate parts of waterproof
overcoats and other garments. In order to ventilate waterproof over-
coats over the shoulders and upper parts of the coat and under the arms
I remove from such parts of the coat the waterproofing material, and to
prevent rain passing through such parts of the coat I place over them

page_text: a cape of waterproof material fixed to the coat around the neck,
hanging down so as to overlap, the ventilated portions of the coat. In
the case of waterproof coats made of what is known as double texture
material, where the india-rubber or waterproofing material is contained
between an outer and an inner fabric, I first cut out the several parts
of the coat from such fabric, and where the parts are to be ventilated I
remove the india-rubber or waterproofing material by first moistening
one of the fabrics, by preference the inner fabric or lining, with solvent,
and then stripping such moistened fabric from the waterproof material,
which will be left adhering to the other fabric, which is then cut away,
and in place of it a piece of cloth of the same texture as the piece cut
away, but with no waterproof material upon it, is sewn on its place.
The coat is then made up in the ordinary manner. By this means the
waterproof material is removed from such parts of the coat as it is
desired to ventilate without making any seams or joins on one side of
the coat.
For waterproof overcoats of single texture fabrics, where the water-
proof material is applied on one surface of the fabric, the waterproof
material may be stripped from the portions of the coat which it is
desired to ventilate, or such portions may be out away and unwater-
proofed fabric substituted in place of them.
Parts of other garments may be ventilated in a similar manner by
removing the waterproof material from them, and such ventilated parts
may be similarly protected from rain by overlapping flaps of waterproof
fabric.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Barnard Wartski in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 15th December 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, BARNARD
WARTSKI, of No. 1, Swan Street, Bethnal Green, in the County of Mid- 3
dlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of June, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-

page_text: second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Barnard Wartski, Her special licence
that I, the said Barnard Wartski, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Barnard Wartski, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF WATERPROOF OVERCOATS AND OTHER GARMENTS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Barnard Wartski, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my,
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Barnard Wartski, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
This Invention has for its object to ventilate parts of waterproof
overcoats and other garments. In order to ventilate waterproof over-
coats over the shoulders and upper parts of the coat and under the arms
I remove from such parts of the coat the waterproofing material, and to
prevent rain passing through such parts of the coat I place over them
a cape of waterproof material fixed to the coat around the neck, and
hanging down so as to overlap the ventilated portions of the coat. In
the case of waterproof coats made of what is known as double
texture material, where the india-rubber or waterproofing material is
contained between an outer and an inner fabric, I first cut out the
several parts of the coat from such fabric, and where the parts are to be
ventilated I remove the india-rubber or waterproofing material by first
moistening one of the fabrics, by preference the inner fabric or lining,
with solvent, such as naptha, and then stripping such moistened fabric
as quickly as possible from the waterproof material, which will be left
adhering to the other fabric, which is then cut away, and a piece of
cloth of the same texture as the piece cut away, but with no waterproof

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material upon it, is stuck or cemented on its place. The coat is then made
in the ordinary manner. By this means the waterproof material is
removed from such parts of the coat as it is desired to ventilate without
making any seams or joins on one side of the coat.
Figure 1 shows a front view and Figure 2 a back view of a ventilated
overcoat constructed as above described.
The shape of the parts from which I prefer to remove the waterproofing
material from the waterproof fabric of which the coat is made is
indicated by the dotted lines, and these parts are marked a, a; b is the
cape of waterproof material fixed to the overcoat around the neck, and
hanging down loosely all round the coat so as to cover the parts a, a,
from which the waterproof material has been removed and prevent rain
from coming upon them; but as the cape fits loosely around the coat
In addition to removing
air is free to circulate about the parts a, a.
the waterproofing material from the parts of the coat marked a, a, I
also prefer to similarly remove it from the parts of the coat under the
arm-pits. To obtain a piece of cloth of the same texture as the parts of
the cloth removed, as above described, I prefer to strip it off from a
piece of the same waterproof fabric as that of which the coat is made,
and to strip it off I moisten it, as above described, with a solvent, and
then strip it off as quickly as possible from the waterproof material.
For waterproof overcoats of single texture fabrics, where the water-
proof material is applied on one surface of the fabric, the portions of the
coat which it is desired to ventilate may be cut away and unwaterproofed
fabric substituted in place of them, and such parts of the coat may be
protected, as shown in the Drawing, by a cape b of waterproof material
fixed to the coat around the neck, and hanging down loosely all round
the coat so as to cover the ventilated parts a, a.
Parts of other garments, such as ladies' cloaks, may be ventilated in
a similar manner by removing the waterproof material from them, and
such ventilated parts may be similarly protected from rain by over-
lapping capes of waterproof fabrics.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
of performing the same, I would have it understood that what 1
claim is,―
First. The removing the waterproofing material from double texture
waterproof overcoats and such like garments at such parts as it i
desired to ventilate, in the manner herein described.

page_text: Second. Removing the waterproof material of waterproof overcoats
and such like garments at parts where it is desired to ventilate them, and
covering over such parts by a cape of waterproof material fixed to the
coat around the neck, and hanging down so as to overlap the ventilated
portions of the coat, substantially as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Barnard Wartski, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of December, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.