IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STOCKINGS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF HOSIERY.
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Owen, of Albert Terrace, Islington, in the
County of Middlesex, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STOCKINGS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF HOSIERY.".
Sealed the 8th July 1862, and dated the 23rd January 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Owen at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
23rd January 1862.
I, HENRY OWEN, of Albert Terrace, Islington, in the County of Middle-
sex, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for " IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STOCKINGS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF HOSIERY,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements upon an Invention for
which Letters Patent were granted to me, bearing date the 24th day of
January 1859, and numbered 222, and which consisted in the construction
of selvedges or seams across articles of hosiery, so that the worn parts of an
article might be cut away and removed wholly or in parts, leaving the remain-
ing portion secured by a selvedge from ravelling, and so that a corresponding

page_text: selvedge of a new piece might be seamed to the article securely, without the
necessity of overlapping.
The present Invention consists of the insertion at each seam or selvedge,
constructed for such purposes as before mentioned, of a course of thread,
either of silk, flax, worsted, or other suitable material, such thread passing
through the loops forming the respective seams or selvedges, and being ren-
dered elastic by being taken up in length in its course across the "wale" so
as to stretch in common with the other courses of the material composing the
articles so constructed. The thread thus inserted, although so incorporated
with the other material as to form a part of the article, can be withdrawn
therefrom, without disturbing the remainder of the fabric, the worn parts
being separated by such withdrawal. The article can be then repaired
with new parts manufactured for that purpose, and which can be inserted by
connecting the two seams or selvedges by the ordinary process of sewing.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Owen, in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
23rd July 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
OWEN, of Albert Terrace, Islington, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Henry Owen; Her special licence that I, the said Henry Owen,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Henry Owen, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and on others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF STOCKINGS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF HOSIERY," upon the con-.
dition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Owen, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their

page_text: hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry. Owen, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My said Invention relates to certain improvements upon an Invention for
which Letters Patent were granted to me, bearing date the Twenty-fourth
day of January, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and numbered 222,
and which last-mentioned Invention, consisted in the introduction and con-
struction of selvedge courses or seams across articles of hosiery, so that worn
portions of such articles might be cut away and removed wholly or in part,
leaving the remaining portion secured from ravelling by a selvedge, and so
that a corresponding selvedge of a new piece, (manufactured expressly for
such purpose,) might be securely seamed to or properly inserted into the
article to be repaired without the necessity of overlapping the edges.
My present Invention consists of the insertion in, or at the time of the
manufacture of such articles of hosiery as aforesaid, at each selvedge course
or seam, constructed for such purposes as before mentioned, of a course of
thread, either of silk, flax, worsted, or other suitable material, such thread
passing through the loops forming the respective seams or selvedges of the
main portion of the article and of the removable pieces, and being rendered
elastic, by being taken up in length in its course across the "wale," so as to
stretch in common with the other courses of the material composing the
articles so constructed. The thread thus inserted, although so incorporated
with the other material as to form a part of the article to which it is applied,
can be withdrawn therefrom, without disturbing the remainder of the fabric,
the worn parts being separated by such withdrawal, without the risk of injury
to the article, which would otherwise attend the operation of cutting out the
injured portions.
These improvements are applicable to all articles of hosiery, to which my
former Invention is capable of being applied.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which it is to be performed, I would observe in conclusion, that what I con-
sider novel and original, and therefore claim as my Invention, is, the
introduction, use, and arrangement of removable threads, in the manufacture

page_text: of articles of hosiery, to which my said former Invention is applicable, in the
manner and for the purposes herein before stated and set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Owen, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-third day of July, in the year of our Lord One:
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
Witness,
E. P. H. VAUGHAN,
15, Southampton Buildings.
Agent for the Patentee.
HENRY OWEN. (L.S.)