1747, French engineer Franois Fraineau made the world's earliest raincoat. He used latex obtained from rubber wood to soak cloth shoes and coats in this latex solution to make them waterproof.
In a rubber factory in Scotland, England, there was a worker named MacIntosh. 1823 One day, MacIntosh accidentally dropped the rubber solution on his clothes at work. After he found it, he quickly wiped it with his hand. Who knows, this rubber solution seems to have penetrated into the clothes, and it has not been wiped off, but has been painted into a piece. However, McIntosh is a poor worker.
Soon, MacInthus found that the rubber part of the dress seemed to be coated with a layer of waterproof glue. Although it looks ugly, it is impervious to water. He had a brainwave and simply coated the whole dress with rubber, which turned out to be a rain suit. With this new dress, MacInthus is no longer worried about rain. The novel soon spread, and colleagues in the factory followed suit. Made a waterproof tape raincoat. Later, the reputation of adhesive tape raincoat became more and more famous, which attracted the attention of British metallurgist Parks. He also studied this special dress with great interest. Parks thinks that although the clothes coated with rubber are waterproof, they are hard and brittle, and they are neither beautiful nor comfortable to wear. Parks decided to make some improvements on this dress. Unexpectedly, this improvement took more than ten years. Parks invented the technology of using carbon disulfide as solvent to dissolve rubber and make waterproof products, and applied for a patent. In order to make this invention quickly applied to production and turn it into a commodity, Parks sold the patent to a man named Charles. Later, farmers began mass production, and the firm "Charles raincoat company" quickly became popular all over the world.
However, people have not forgotten the contribution of MacIntosh, and everyone calls the raincoat "MacIntosh". Until now, the word "raincoat" is still called "Mackintosh" in English.
After entering the 20th century, the appearance of plastics and various waterproof fabrics made the styles and colors of raincoats increasingly rich. There is a waterproof raincoat on the market now, which also represents a high level of technology.