One day, Maxinto was picking up a big basin of melted rubber juice and pouring it into a large row of models. He accidentally slipped and fell. He quickly stabilized himself, but fortunately, the glue didn't spill. Although he was lucky not to be burned, his clothes and chest were covered with rubber paste. Helpless, he had to wipe the rubber liquid on his clothes with his hands in an attempt to wipe it off. But the stains on the clothes stick so firmly that they can't be wiped off at all. Because he was busy at work that day, he didn't go to change clothes.
It was getting late after work, and Masintosh left the factory in a hurry without changing clothes. On my way home, it suddenly rained heavily. The downpour soaked Masintosh. When he got home, he quickly changed his clothes. At this time, he found that the place where the rubber juice was watered was not soaked by rain. This is really an unexpected discovery. Masintosh, who is good at capturing inspiration, seized this opportunity. He thought: if you deliberately pour a layer of rubber liquid on your clothes, isn't it a drop of water?
Masintosh immediately began to trial-produce the ideal waterproof raincoat. However, it is difficult to evenly coat rubber on clothes. Apply glue to the cloth before making clothes. This still won't work. Rubber wears off easily. After some research, Masintosh came up with a way. He used two layers of cloth, first poured a layer of rubber liquid on one layer of cloth, and then covered the other layer. In this way, no rubber can be seen on the cloth. He made a coat with this double-layer fabric and rubber. He tried it on himself first and felt quite comfortable. On rainy days, he deliberately wore it for a walk in the wilderness. When he got home, he took it off and saw that the clothes inside were not wet at all. He was so happy that he immediately went to the patent office to apply for a patent.
With the decline of ancient Chinese clothing, Masintosh raised funds and wanted to set up a factory to produce raincoats himself. A shrewd capitalist took a fancy to this profitable new invention and funded him. In this way, the first raincoat factory in the world was born in Scotland.
Rubber raincoats were very popular after they were put on the market. Masintosh became the inventor of the raincoat. After continuous improvement, many novel raincoats have appeared in the market, such as plastic raincoats and nylon plastic-coated raincoats, but Ma's contribution to the initial invention of rubber raincoats is indelible. People have not forgotten his contribution. Everyone calls raincoats "Masintosh". Until now, the word "raincoat" is still called "mackintosh" in English, which is horse language.
China's ancient rags.