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` Boston lUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VASLOM'ON IS. GRAY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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I Specilication forming part of 4Letters Patent No. 43,401, dated July 5, 18,64; Reissue No. 1,835, dated December 20, 1864.

Division' A.

.To all whom it may concern: y

Be it known that 1, SoLoMoN S. GRAY, of in the county of Su'olk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful improvement in machinery for molding shirt-collars made of paper or other materialof. which pulp is an essential component; and

I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making apart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents an elevation of the molding-machine, and Fig. 2 represents a vertical section `through the same.

Similar letters of reference, where theyloccur in the separate figures, denote like parts of the machine in both of the drawings.

y In making shirtcollars out of paper or its equivalent, whether they be stand-up or turnover collars, and whether they be made of one piece or of two or more pieces, they will not,

without molding or stretching some portion thereof, or elongating one edge more than the other'in some'way orother, comfortably and neatly tit the neck of the wearer. lI have already patented'namely, by patent dated 23d of June, 1863, reissued-29th-of March, 1864, and by patent dated 14th April, 1863, respectively-the plan of turning over a collar on a curved line, which practically lengthens one edge and prevents wrinklin g, and also-a stand- -up collar molded at its top to make it stand out;

and Iv have also obtained av patent,

dated 5th of July, 1864, for a shirt-collar molded at its lower edge or portion. But my present invention consists in a machine for molding or stretching a paper or a paper and cloth combined shirtcollar, either to make it more accurately lit the neck of the wearer, or to make it capable of being turnedover on a straight line without puckering or wrinkling.

To enable'others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to de scribethe same with reference to the drawings.

A is a base upon which the uprights B are placed, sustaining upon their tops a horizontal piece, 0, the center of which is open to allow a block, D, to move up and down through it.

The margin ofthe circular opening through the, piece C is furnished with a metal or other suitable ring, a, extending above ther-plane of the piece or table C, said extended portion being slotted, so that it maybe expanded by the descent of the block o plun gerD. Around man G, connecting the block or former D to said crank. The crank-shaft may be turned by a winch, H, or by belt and pulley, or any other well-known mechanical appliance for such purpose.

I is a stationary tongue-piece, it being secured to the table C, and a groove is made in the block, plunger, or former D, so that it may move past this tongue-piece. 0n the tongue-piece I there -is a clamp, c, which has a handle, d, affixed to it, by means of which the two ends of the collar that is to be molded or stretched are caught and held while it isl brought down to hold the ends of the strip firmly. The plunger or former D is now caused to descend, and in descending it forces outward the slotted or split ring a and the interposed rubber band b against the paper or paper and cloth strip, and stretches or molds its edge, which causes the finished collar to nicely t the neck of the user.

collar, then the lower edge or part only need be stretched'or molded. 1f, however, it be for a turned-down collar, then the upper portion of the collar may be subjected to this stretching or molding process, Vso as to elongate the -lf it be a stand-up upper or fold-over edge or part thereof, which will admit of the collar being turned over'on a straight instead of a ycurved lline, and yet avoid wrinklin g even when a necktie is placed between the turned-over portion and that not turned over. To mold the upper portion for 4a. turn-over collar the strip need only be placed around the band b, with that part which is to constitute the folded-over portion uppermost and the neck or band portion below. By this -machine two important results are attained irstfa paper strip' may be stretched upon either o f its edges to mold or fit it to the neck of the wearer; and, secondly, the upper poilVv tion of a strip of paper may bev stretchedor v elongated so that it may be turned over on a straight line without wrinklin g,and the turn edover portion stand oli` from the neck or band lportion to admit a necktie` between them.

The shape of the paper strip is immaterial, as when bent around the form or mold the upper line'or portion will be most stretched, whether that portion is to constitute the neck portion or the turn-over portion of the finished article. By uppermost77 portion I mean.V

that portion nearest the most expansible part ofthe rings a b:

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new', and desire to secure by Letters Patent, iii-V 1. The combination of the formerD with the elastic band or its equivalent, when operating substantially as herein described.

2; Holding the strip or collar by its two ends while the former/is being forced into or through it, to mold it to the desired form, substantially .its described. i

3. Leaving that portion of the strip or collar that is to be kmolded unclamped or free, while the other portion is firmly held, so that a former moving past it may mol'dl-or stretch said free portion, as'described. s SOLOMON S. GRAY.

Witnesses: A. B. S'roUGHToN,

HAVER FENDRICH.

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