US64952A - Improvement in hoops foe skiets - Google Patents

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@nitro 'tutr latmt @ffice L. DE -FOREST, OF BIRMINGHAM, CONNECTICUT."- Letters Patent No. 64,952: dated Jlcty 2l, 1857.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOOPS FOR SKIRTS.

'lO ALL WIIOM I'I MAY CONCICRN:

Be it known that I, L. DE Font-1ST, of Birmingham, in the county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Hoop-Skirts; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of th'e same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Iiigure l, a side view of a portion of the lower part of the skirt, and in Figure i2 a transverse section of a hoop enlarged,

'lhis invention relates to an improvement in the protection for the lower hoop or hoops, the object being to. prevent the wear upo'the covering consequent upon Vthe dragging of the hoop, and consists in a succession of metallic clasps or spangles placed near together around the hoop or hoops, and clasped over the covering so that a metallic surface onlyT is presen ted to receive the wear; and in order to the bet-ter understanding of my invention, as well as to4 enable others to construct the saine` I will proceed to a description thereof, as illustrated in thc accompanying` drawings. l

'l'he general construction of the skirt is the same as for ordinary hoop-skirts. A represents thc tape, I3 the hoops, and C the spangles or device for securing the hoop to the tape. The hoops are cut to their proper length, and either Abefore or after so cutting are passed through the common spangling or tacking machine, in which are placed the spaugles a, of any desired form or configuration, and as the hoop is passed through the machine ntproper intervals, preferring about three to the inch, I strike the spangles on to the hoop, closing the `spangles iirmly therein, as denoted in'red, -iig. 2. 'Ihen the hoop or hoops are introduced into the skirt in the y usual manner; or ifprefcrred the hoops may be first placed in the skirt and the spangles afterward placed upon the hoop. By this arrangement the hoop is considerably strengthened without impairing thelexibilty, and the covering is protected from wear in the most perfect manner and if, perchance, the covering is worn or broken at any point, the clasps or spangles prevent the covering from further wear or slipping upon the wire. More or less numbers of the hoops maybe thus protected, yet I think practically that three is all-sucient.

I have stated that I place the spangles about three to the inch. This of course depends upon their size; and in making this statement I refer to spangles of common size, believing such size to be practically the best, yet larger or smaller spanglcs or clasps may bc employed, but should not bc so long as to impair the flexibility of the hoop.

Having thus fully described my improvement, what I claim as new 'and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Protecting the hoops of hoop-skirts by a. succession of metallic clasps or spanglcs, in the manner and for purpose substantially as herein set forth.

L. DE FOREST.

Witnesses:

A. J. Trurrs, J. H. SnUMwAY.

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