Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 29th July, 1886.
Complete Left, 14th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 15th Apr., 1887.
ALFRED GEORGE SPEIGHT of No. 3, Forston Street Shepherdess Walk Hoxton in the
county of Middlesex, Label Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
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My invention has for its object an improvement in the manufacture of neckties,
cravats, and bows and fastenings for same for personal wear and consists in a novel
mode of combining therein of paper or vegetable parchment with linen or other
textile fabric sheet metal and card-board whereby a necktie cravat or bow and fastenings
for samo of an effective appearance and suitable character may be produced with con-
siderable economy in the cost of production for this purpose I take a sheet of paper
or vegetable parchment and paste together with a sheet of linen or other textile fabric
or cardboard so as to form one solid body the whole thus pasted is then put under
pressure and afterwards dried I then cut or punch out with cutters or dies peices from
same of the required shape or form so as to form the body or foundation of a necktie
cravat or bow and I form as a separate peice (the inside) or the back top portion of
the necktie cravat or bow of sheet metal either of tin, brass, copper or other suitable
metal plates, for the purpose of producing greater strength or firmness and for keeping
the necktie cravat or bow in its proper shape or form when in wear these latter peices
of sheet metal I fix or otherwise attach with paste or other adhesive agents or stitch
or fasten the same by any other well known means to the top back portion which
forms the body or foundation of the necktie cravat or bow, as before described in some
cases I form as a separate peice the outside or the front portions of the necktie cravat
or bow of paper, vegetable parchment or with cloth combined these latter peices I
connect or otherwise attach the same by turning the edges or margins over the corre-
sponding edges of the portions forming the body or foundations as before described
and there pasting or otherwise attaching them together whereby a better and smoother
edge is obtained I then force or press the whole portions thus pasted, cemented, or
stitched together into dies or moulds made suitable for the purpose for producing the
shape form or figure of a necktie cravat or bow as desired in some cases I prefer to

page_text: slightly damp the materials before moulding the same the top or what is called the
male portion of the die or mould I make of Iron or other suitable metal and made
hollow so as to allow of the heating of the said top portion of the die or mould with
gas or other means for the purpose of fixing or securing the shape form or figure of
the necktie cravat or bow while being taken or removed from the die or mould. For
the purpose of forming the bands and fasteners which secures the necktie cravat or
bow round the neck of the wearer I cut from a sheet of paper or vegetable parchment
and cloth or other textile fabric combined strips of suitable widths and lengths and I
form a crease or groove down the centre of the same by passing the strip through a
pair of fluted or grooved rolls which allows the strip to be readily folded the bands of
neckties cravats and bows are usually made fast round the neck of the wearer by the
aid of what is known as a spike and sometimes with a clip these two latter articles are
fastened in the knot or top portion of the necktie, cravat, or bow and with the view
of dispensing with the spike or clip and producing a more ready and simpler means
of fastening the necktie cravat or bow when in wear and for this purpose I take the
band allready folded as before described and cut off from one end a portion about
three inches long in this latter peice 1 insert a thin strip of steel between the fold and
I fix in the same one or more metal hook oilets, I then connect these two portions
of the band together with a strip of elastic web or india-rubber either with metal
oilets or by any other well known means, I sometimes dispense with the elastic web
and india-rubber and fix a greater number of the metal hook oilots at certain distances
apart and for the purpose of fixing the same bands to the necktie cravat, or bow, I
cut or punch out a piece of sheet metal or cardboard of the desired shape or form and
to this latter piece I fix or attach one end of the band with metal oilets or by any
other well known means, I then fix the same to the back top parts of the necktie,
cravat, or bow either by pasting or otherwise attaching them together with thread or
wire, In describing the paper or vegetable parchment I wish it to be understood that
I refer to imitation parchment which is in reality a paper and upon this same paper or
vegetable parchment I print patterns figures or designs either before or after the sheets
have been pasted together as before described.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
The Manufacture of Neckties, Cravats, and Bows, and Fastenings
for same for Personal Wear.
ALFRED GEORGE SPEIGHT of No. 3 Forston Street, Shepherdess Walk Hoxton in the
county of Middlesex Label Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object an improvement in the manufacture of neckties,
cravats, and bows and fastenings for same for personal wear and consists in a novel
mode of combining therein of paper or vegetable parchment with linen or other textile
fabric sheet metal and cardboard whereby a necktio cravat or bow and fastenings for
same of an effective appearance and suitable character may be produced with con-
siderable economy in cost of production for this purpose I take a sheet of paper or
vegetable parchment and paste together with a sheet of linen or other textile fabric
or cardboard so as to form one solid body the whole thus pasted is then put under
pressure and afterwards dried I then cut or punch out with cutters or dies peices
from same of the required shape or form so as to form the body or foundation of a
necktie cravat or bow and I form as a separate peice the inside or the back top portion
of the necktie cravat or bow of sheet metal either of tin brass copper or other suitable
metal plates for the purpose of producing greater strength or firmness and for keeping
the necktie cravat or bow in its proper shape or form when in wear these latter peices
of sheet metal I fix or otherwise attach with paste or other adhesive agents or stitch
or fasten the same by any other well known means to the top back portions which
form the body or foundation of the necktie cravat or bow as before described in some
cases I form as a separate peice the outside or front portions of the necktie cravat or
bow of paper vegetable parchment or with cloth combined these latter peices I connect
or otherwise attach the same by turning the edges or margins over the corresponding
edges of the portions forming the body or foundations as before described and there
pasting or otherwise attaching them together whereby a better and smoother edge is
obtained I then force or press the whole portions thus pasted cemented or stitched
together into dies or moulds made suitable for the purpose for producing the shape
form or figure of a necktie cravat or bow as desired in some cases I prefer to slightly
damp the material before moulding the same the top or what is called the male portion
of the die or mould I make of Iron or other suitable metal and made hollow so as to
allow of the heating of the said top portion of the die or mould with gas or other
means for the purpose of fixing or securing the shape form or figure of the necktie
cravat or bow while being taken or removed from the die or mould. For the purpose
of forming the bands and fasteners which secures the necktie cravat or bow round the
neck of the wearer I cut from a sheet of paper or vegetable parchment and cloth or
other textile fabric combined strips of suitable widths and lengths and I form a crease
or groove down the centre of the same by passing the strip through a pair of fluted

page_text: or grooved rolls which allows the strip to be readily folded The bands of neckties
cravats and bows are usually made fast round the neck of the wearer by the aid of
what is known as a spike and sometimes with a clip these two latter articles are
fastened in the knob or top portion of the necktie cravat or bow and with the view of
dispensing with the spike or clip and producing a more ready and simpler means
of fixing the necktie cravat or bow when in wear and for this purpose I take the band
already folded as before described and cut off from one end a portion about three
inches long into this latter peice I insert a thin strip of steel between the fold and I
fix in the same, one or more metal hook eyelets I then connect these two portions of
the band together with a strip of elastic web or india rubber cither with metal eyelets
or by any other well known means I sometimes dispense with the elastic web and
india rubber and fix a greater number of the metal hook eyelets at certain distances
apart and for the purpose of fixing the same bands to the necktie cravat or bow I cut
or punch out a peice of sheet metal or cardboard of the desired shape or form and to
this latter peice I fix or attach one end of the band with metal eyelets or by any other
well known means I then fix the same to the back top parts of the necktie cravat or
bow either by pasting or otherwise attaching them together with thread or wire in
describing the paper or vegetable parchment I wish it to be understood that I refer to
imitation parchment which is in reality a paper and upon this same paper or vegetable
parchment I print patterns figures or designs either before or after the sheets have
been pasted together as before described.
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
First. The improved necktie cravat or bow herein before described in so far as
regards the combination therein of portions of paper or vegetable parchment with
linen or other textile fabric card board and sheet metal.
Second. The mode of obtaining an improved edge by turning the edge or margin
over the paper or imitation parchment over the corresponding edge or margin of the
linen or other textile fabric or cardboard as described or by turning the edge or
margin of the linen or other textile fabric over the corresponding edge or margin of
the paper vegetable parchment or cardboard in the latter case I should print patterns
figures or designs on the linen or other textilo fabric instead of on the paper or
vegetable parchment as before described.
Third. In forming the necktie cravat or bow in or with dies or moulds either with
or without a folded edge.
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