US1362698A - Plaited dress goods and method of manufacturing the same - Google Patents

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W-. W. HIGGONS. PLAITED DRESS GOODS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME.

- APPLICATION FILED AUG.27,1919.

1,862,698, Patented Dec. 21, 1920.

l 1 I ammmbo c it ZZ/ 725% 1 1 llwalu WARREN W. HIGGONS, OF PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK.-

PLAITED amiss Goons AND METHOD or MANUFACTURING THE SAME.

\ Application filed August 27, 1919. Serial No. 320,169.

7 To all whom it mayconcern Be it known that I, WARREN W. HrceoNs,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of Port Chester, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Plaited Dress'Goods' and Methods of Manufacturing the Same, of which the following is a specification.

A draw-back to the use of dress goods plaitings, ruchings and similar fluted. or plaited dress goods trimmings formed from strips of fluted or plaited fabric, is that when dampened or wet by atmospheric conditions the folds, flutes or plaits tend to open or-flatten out, thereby destroying the artistic effect of the trimming. I

It 'is the object of my invention to so manufacture this type of dress trimming that it will retain its folded or plaited shape in all kinds of weather, as more fully hereinafter set forth. I

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a fragmentary vertical sectional View of a fluting machine illustrating one form of apparatus for performing the process; and

Fig. 2 a detail View showing a strip of the completed trimming.

I apply to one or both sides of the fabric, preferably during the plaiting, fluting, or

folding operation, a very thin film of transparent moisture-proofing material, such as parafiin, so that the fabric will not absorb moisture. One way of doing this isto run through the corrugated or fluted plaiting rolls of the usual vcloth-fluting machine, the strip of textile fabric-to be fluted and a strip of commercial paraflin paper in superposed relation, the rolls being heated in any suitable or known manner. As the superimposed strips of fabric and paraflin paper pass between the rolls they are, pressed closely together and formed with permanent flutes or lines of fold, and at the same time the paraflin is softened or melted by the heat from the rolls and most of the paraflin is transferred to the textile fabric, as the fabric is more highly absorbent than the paper. The parafiin, ofcourse, impregnates the textile fabric more or less, but it isonly essential that asuflicient quantity of the paraffin be extracted from the paper by the textile.

fabric to form a thin fllm which will revent absorption of moisture by the fabrlc, particularly along the lines of fold.

Any suitable moisture-proofing material or composition other than paraflin may be used, since it is only necessary that the material employed shall be transparent, or substan tially transparent, and preferably colorless, so as toavoid in any way affecting the appearance of the fabric to the eye. 7

In view of the fact that the moistureproofing material is transparent there will be no necessity for any great degree of nicety in grading the quantity of material appliedtothe goods. I have found in'prac- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented De 21 1920. i

tice that by heating the fiuting rolls-and running through with the strip of textile fabric a strip of commercial paraffin paper, the fabric .will take up enough of the softened paraffin to accomplish the desired purpose. Of course, the strip of paper-will be fluted or plaited in the same manner as the fabric, but the paper will not adhere to the fabric and may be readily separated from the same after it passes through the rolls. It will be understood that this transparent moisture-proofing material maybe applied to the fabric in other ways than by transferring the same to the fabric from strips of paraffin paper. An advantage 1n employing paraflin or analogous moisture-proofing material resides in the fact that it serves to slightly stiffen the fabric as well as to'moisture-proof the same.

Apparatus of various constructions may be employed in the manufacture of the improved trimming. Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, 1 designates the two hollow, longitudinally corrugated, grooves or fluted plalting rolls of the well-known cloth-plaiting machine, said rollers being driven in the direction indicated by the arrows and being heated by the usual gas burners 2. The strip or web 3 of textile fabric is passed over the usual feed table 4: and fed between the rolls 1 underneath and simultaneously with the strip or web of commercial paraffin 2. As an article of manufacture, a plaited piece of textile fabric having applied to it a transparent moisture-proof stifiening matcrial, said stiffening material being paraffin and being applied in the form of a thin film substantially throughout the area of the goods.

3. The method of rendering permanent the folds of a piece of plaiting, etc., consisting in applying to the goods at the time of forming the folds therein a heated transparent material which is adapted 'to harden when cooled. v

4;. The method of forming permanent plaits in fabric consisting in plaitinga piece of fabric and simultaneously impregnating the fabric with a transparent moistureproofing and stiffening material.

5. The method of forming permanent plaits in fabric passing pieces of fabric and paraffin paper in superposed relation between a pair of fluted rolls, one or both of which rolls are heated.

6. A trimming for garments or the like comprising a piece of plaited textile fabric having its threads coated with a colorless translucent material insoluble in water.

7. A trimming formed of textile fabric fluted and impregnated with parafiin.

In testimony-whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

WARREN W. HIGGONS.

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