IMPROVEMENTS IN CIRCULAR FRAMES FOR MANUFACTURING GLOVE AND OTHER FABRICS, AND IN APPARATUSES FOR STITCHING AND FINISHING THE FINGER ENDS OF GLOVES, AND FOR "BOARDING GLOVES
Year: 1860

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Pape at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 27th November -
1860.
I, THOMAS PAPE, of the Town and County of Nottingham, Glove Manufac-
turer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN CIRCULAR FRAMES FOR MANUFACTURING GLOVE AND OTHER FABRICS, AND IN
APPARATUSES FOR STITCHING AND FINISHING THE FINGER ENDS OF GLOVES, AND FOR
"BOARDING GLOVES," to be as follows:-
My Invention, as far as it relates to circular frames, is for improvements on
an Invention for which Letters Patent for Great Britain were granted to me
the 17th January 1858, No. 45.
In order to produce a "tuck" or "knotted" fabric for gloves and other
purposes I apply to the head which carries the hooks a cam, which, upon
every revolution of the head, acts upon a pin wheel and causes it to turn to the
extent of one pin or tooth, whereby one of two rollers or pulleys is made to act
upon one set of levers round the head and throw every alternate tooth out of
work, while on the next revolution of the head the other roller acts upon
another set of levers and throws the alternate hooks which were out of work
into operation, while those which acted during the preceding revolution of the
head are put out of work.
Another improvement consists in the construction of a loop wheel. Hitherto
the loop wheels have been formed in one piece; now, I construct them in two

page_text: parts and press the parts together by a spring; I also use a slide, which can
be driven forward when necessary to cause the separation of the two parts to
allow of the work being run on.
Another improvement consists in a means of driving the "taking-back
wheels." For this purpose I fix a ring of angular teeth round the head, and
cause a set of teeth on the spindle of the taking-back wheel to gear into the
angular teeth, so that on the head revolving the necessary motion is imparted
to the taking-back wheel through the teeth on its spindle.
My improvements in apparatuses for stitching the ends of the fingers of gloves
consist in the employment in stitching machines of a plate furnished with
points, on which the ends of the fingers are to be held while being stitched,
and terminating at top in a circular toothed rack, a toothed quadrant works
into the rack. Thus while the stitching machine is at work the toothed
quadrant causes the glove finger end to move round in a curved direction with
the rack plate, and have the requisite curved stitching applied to unite the
ends; after being stitched, the glove finger ends pass on and come under the
action of a pair of curved shears which remove all the material beyond
the curved line of stitching.
My improvements in apparatuses for "boarding" gloves consist in adapting
round a wheel or ring a series of frames, each frame being intended to hold a
single glove stretched on its board. I place a stove at or about the centre of
the wheel or ring, open all round, the frames are all caused to travel round
the ring and keep the same side of the glove towards the centre until they
arrive at about one half of the circumference of the ring, when the frames
are caused to turn, and for the remainder of their course they present the
opposite side of the glove towards the centre.