US1990420A - Veil and method of forming same - Google Patents

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e 1935. A. s. STAFF- VEIL AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME Filed Feb. 20, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Q... Q... Q.

ATTOR NEY Feb. 5,1935. 1A, TAFF 1,990,429

VEIL AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME Filed Feb. 20, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Hero/7 J 5/01? INVENTOR ATTOR N EY Patented Feb. 5, 1935 FECE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to veils and veiling material and to a method of forming the same.

Veils of arcuate and ring form adapted to be placed on ladies hats, in the position of visors and brims, have prior to my invention been made by cutting these forms out of straight veiling material. This has necessitated the removal of the selvage edge which it is highly desirable to retain, and the same is retained in the veils and veiling material of my invention.

The mentioned method of the prior art was also wasteful of material, such waste being eliminated by my invention. My invention also enables yard goods veiling to be made in helical form, from which an arcuate or ring shaped veil may be readily cut.

Veils made in accordance with my invention have become known in the trade as swirled veils, and when such veils are provided with elastic material adapted to hold the veils on hats, the veils are known as swirled elastic veils. Veiling yard goods made in accordance with my invention have come to be known as swirled yard goods or veiling.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a plan view of straight veiling material from which the swirled veils or swirled yard goods of my invention may be made, the veiling illustrated being indefinite as to length so that it may be regarded as sufiicient to make a swirled veil adapted to go only partly around a hat or to go entirely around a hat of any size, or to be of such length that swirled yard goods may be formed therefrom.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a swirled veil of ring or annular form made from straight veiling shown in Fig. 1.

Figs. 3 and 4 are views illustrating steps in the method of forming swirled veils; and

Fig. 5 is a view showing swirled yard goods in helical form.

Referring to the drawings for a more detailed description thereof, the veiling shown in Fig. 1 comprises cross threads 5 and 6 and selvage edges 7. In order to form a swirled veil or swirled yard goods, the appropriate length of veiling is rolled endwise into the form of a hollow cylinder, the selvage edges being at the ends of the roll. The latter is then constricted intermediate its ends, and usually in the middle, by means of a looped string 9, as shown in Fig. 3. The roll is subsequently folded at the constriction line and is then flattened, as shown in Fig. 4, the veiling then having a sector-like form. The material being sized, as usual, it is desirable to heat the same, preferably by steaming. With the selvaged arcuate edges held in place, the string 9 is pulled to stretch the material to the desired extent. The material is then pressed and subsequently out along the fold line. After cutting, the two parts are opened and each part is then pressed to eliminate the creases. Each part will be found to be curved or arcuate at its inner and outer edge and the cross threads also will be found to be arcuate and to be convergent towards the inner edge, as shown in Fig. 2, and the meshes will be found to diminish gradually in size from the outer to the inner edge, as also shown in Fig. 2. Depending upon the length of the material started with, the swirled parts will extend thru 360 to form a ring or annulus, as shown in Fig. 2, or will extend thru less or more than 360. In the last mentioned case the material may be arranged in helical form with the joining layers contacting. Fig. 5 shows swirled veiling material of helical form with adjacent turns separated.

In the case of the ring shaped or annular veil illustrated in Fig. 2, the ends of the veil are joined, as along the line 10, and an elastic string 11 is secured to the inner edge of the veil for the purpose of holding the same toa hat, the veil then being known as a swirled elastic veil. It will readily be appreciated that the cross threads, being closer together at their inner ends than at their outer ends due to the manner in which the veil is made, will yield with the elastic string, a valuable feature not possessed by ringshaped veils as formerly made. While Fig. 2 shows a veil having an aperture concentric with the periphery, it is obvious that the opening may be cut so as to be eccentric in form and eccentric relative to the periphery.

What is claimed as new is:

1. The method of forming veiling in arcuate form from straight veiling, which comprises forming a roll of the straight veiling, constricting the roll intermediate its ends, folding the roll at the constriction point, stretching the folded roll radially and then cutting it at the fold line.

2. The method of forming veiling in arcuate form from straight veiling, which comprises forming a roll of the straight sized veiling, constricting the roll intermediate its ends, folding the roll at the constriction point, stretching the folded roll radially, heating and pressing the same and then cutting it at the fold line.

3. The method of forming veiling in arcuate form from straight veiling, which comprises forming a roll of the straight sized veiling, constricting the roll intermediate its ends, folding the roll at the constriction point, stretching the folded roll radially, steaming and pressing the same and then cutting it at the fold line.

AARON S. STAFF.

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