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STAYED COMPOUND. 



This is a description of vulcanized gum-elastic fabric, of 

 various thicknesses, combined with inelastic stays. When the 

 alternate coats of gum are spread to form the sheet of stayed 

 compound, stays, or strips of coated cloth, silk knit goods, or 

 vellum, of suitable widths, are cemented either in the middle or 

 upon the outside of the sheet, at such distances apart, that when 

 the sheet is cut up between the stays, it will form springs of the 

 size and length desired, which may be attached by means of 

 button-holes, or stitched in the stays, to other articles ; for it is 

 a defect of gum-elastic, when uncombined with other sub- 

 stance, that it will not hold stitches. This defect is obviated 

 by these stays, and the goods are thereby adapted to a great 

 variety of uses, such as suspender ends, shoe springs, corset 

 springs, shoulder braces, &c. Another description of stays 

 is found to be well adapted to other purposes, as follows. The 

 stays are made of small hose, of India rubber canvas, cloth, or 

 knit goods, which are cemented between the sheets of com- 

 pound, as before stated, at suitable distances for the articles 

 or which the goods are designed. When the springs are cut 

 apart, a cord may be passed through the hose, whereby they 

 may be attached to other articles. For gate, door, or cupboard 

 springs, and other like uses, the hose is to be slipped over a pin 

 or staple attached to the door, gate, &c. When these springs 

 are to be attached to webbing for girths, circingles, stirrup 

 leathers, &c., the hose is to be cut open at the end of the 

 spring, and the web or leather stitched in between the two parts. 



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