Improvements in or relating to corsets / [Joseph Harris].

  • Harris, Joseph.
Date:
1893
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Credit: Improvements in or relating to corsets / [Joseph Harris]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    N° 23,798 A.D. 1892 Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1892—Accepted, 28th Jan., 1893 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. Improvements in or relating* to Corsets. I, Joseph Harris of Woodbourne Grange, Orchard Road, Altrincham* Cheshire, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:— 5 My invention consists of a corset made with gussets of netted or openly woven material to afford ventilation in wear, in lieu of gussets made of closely woven or ordinary textile material hitherto used. My invention further consists in combining with said corset a series of copper and zinc discs or electrodes, connected together by a fine wire cord to produce a galvanic current through the action of moisture or 10 perspiration given off from the body of the wearer. On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 illustrates my improved corset and Figs. 2 and 3 the copper and zinc discs for producing the galvanic current. A, A designate the gussets made of netted material as aforesaid, which is com- 15 posed of wool or other suitable material, by preference, that which is known in the market as “ Haywood’s ventilated fabric ” which is formed or woven with honey¬ comb shaped openings or interstices. Said material is stretched or otherwise secured between the ribs B, B of the corset and one, two or more thicknesses may be introduced to give strength to the corset. A strip of ordinary corset material C 20 is introduced between the ribs B to hold the ribs at their relative distances apart. E, E are the discs of copper and F, F the discs of zinc arranged alternately or in series along the edges of the two portions of the corset and connected together by a fine wire cord G to create the galvanic current as aforesaid. The discs are eyeletted to the corset, as seen more clearly in Fig. 3, the eyelets 25 forming ventilating orifices H and the edges of the discs are turned down so as to prevent them cutting the corset lining. I sometimes employ a steel magnet in place of the zinc and copper discs afore¬ said, or strips of copper and zinc stitched or interlaced into the lining of the corset and connected together by wire. 30 I have found that a corset made in accordance with my improvements is more healthy in wear than a corset made with ordinary materials, as the perspiration given off from the body of the wearer readily escapes, instead of being retained as heretofore, and by reason of said corset being provided with the copper and zinc discs producing a galvanic current the same is thereby rendered beneficial to the 35 wearer. Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven¬ tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is.— A corset provided with gussets of the netted or openly woven material as afore- 40 said in combination with discs of copper and zinc connected together by a wire rod arranged substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing. Dated this 23rd day of December 1892. JOHN JAMES ROYLE, 45 Agent. London : Printed for Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, by Darling & Sen, Ltd.—1893 \Price 8d.]