Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Knitted or Cardigan Jackets.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 5th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 26th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 29th Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Knitted or
Cardigan Jackets.
I, BENJAMIN WALTER RUSSELL of the firm of Benjamin Russell and Sons, Wolford
Place, Leicester, Hosiery Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to the manufacture of what are known in the hosiery
trade as Cardigan jackets, and the object is to render the various parts of the jacket
which are subjected to the greatest wear, more durable than are similar parts in jackets
of ordinary manufacture.
According to my invention I provide for thickening the parts referred to, which
may be effected either by the introduction of an additional or "splicing" thread into
the fabric during the manufacture of same or by forming such parts of multiple loop
stitches.
When thickening the various parts of the fabric by splicing I may employ a thread
carrier adapted to lay two threads on the needles simultaneously, or two separate
thread carriers or other suitable apparatus or mechanism; and when thickening
the fabric by multiple loops 1 provide that the needles instead of drawing each
successive loop through that one last formed may be allowed to accumulate two
or more loops upon a needle prior to drawing them through a loop to form a
stitch:
KAL 1
CT 1000
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
A gents
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Knitted or
Cardigan Jackets.
I, BENJAMIN WALTER RUSSELL, of the Firm of Benjamin Russell & Sons, Welford
Place Leicester, Hosiery Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :--
This invention has reference to knitted jackets, especially such as are known in the
trade as "Cardigan" jackets and the object thereof is to effect a certain improvement
in the manufacture of such goods by which the parts subjected to the greatest wear
are strengthened and their durability thereby increased.
It is well known that the elbows of such goods are generally the portions of the
garments which give the earliest indications of wear and according to my invention
I increase the wearing capacity in the parts referred to by increasing the substance
or thickening the material.
This is effected preferably by what is technically termed "splicing" i.e. during the
course of the manufacture of the garment an additional or auxiliary, thread is
introduced on to those needles of a knitting machine whereon the elbow portions of
the fabric are being produced, and the fact of two threads, (the principal thread and
the additional thread) being fed onto such needles necessarily results in such
portions of the fabric being made stouter and thicker than the other parts of the
garment.
In order to introduce the splicing thread onto the needles of a knitting machine,
one or more additional thread carriers may be employed according to the construction
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page_text: of the frame; or any ordinary splicing apparatus adapted for feeding the thread
on to about one half of the needles of a circular knitting machine while the latter is
in operation will also effect the same result.
Having now 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 "Cardigan" jacket the elbows of which are knitted of a thickness greater
than the other parts of the said jacket, substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
BENJAMIN WALTER RUSSELL.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.