Improvements in Apparatus for Drying Stockings, Socks, and other Knitted or Woven Articles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st June, 1895-Accepted, 13th July, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Drying Stockings, Socks, and other
Knitted or Woven Articles.
I, WILLIAM CARRICK of 10 Grove Street Edinburgh, in the County of
Midlothian Scotland, Mechanical Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows :-
This invention has reference to apparatus for drying stockings, socks, and other
knitted or woven articles.
According to this invention I employ forms or frames of suitable shape, preferably
made of brass, or coated iron or steel wire, or other suitable material, and these
forms or frames may be used for drying knitted or woven articles, other than
stockings, or socks, and such for instance as shirts, pants, vests, and other
garments.
Dated this Third day of October 1894.
Improvements in Apparatus for Drying Stockings, Socks, and other
Knitted or Woven Articles.
I WILLIAM CARRICK of 10 Grove Street Edinburgh, in the County of
Midlothian, Scotland Mechanical Engineer 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 apparatus for drying stockings, socks, and other
knitted or woven articles.
According to this invention I employ forms or frames of suitable shape preferably
made of brass or coated iron, or steel wire, or other suitable material, and these
forms or frames may be used for drying knitted or woven articles other than
stockings or socks, and such for instance as shirts, pants, vests and other
garments.
In the accompanying drawings I have shewn forms or frames for drying two
different kinds of articles, but it is to be understood that the invention extends to
forms or frames for other articles, but the views shewn are sufficient to illustrate
the general principle and construction of the invention.
Fig. 1. is a plan of a stocking form or frame, and
Fig. 2. is a plan of a shirt form or frame.
Each form or frame is constructed preferably of brass, or coated iron, or steel
wire, 7 or 8 wire gauge, and bent in form to suit the article to be dried, the
ends being secured together by a metal, or other socket or clip A. and increased
rigidity is imparted to the forms or frames by strengthening bars of wire B. inserted
at suitable places, and secured to outer frame by hard, or soft solder, or in any
other convenient and well known manner.

page_text: The shirt form or frame is hinged at C in the centre, so as to allow of being
folded, and the arms placed parallel to each other to admit of the garment being
readily placed on, or removed therefrom.
These forms or frames being inserted into the articles to be dried, the articles or
garments are thus distended and retained in shape while drying, and shrinking
entirely prevented; the air passing freely through the fabric.
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:
1. In the application inside,stockings, socks, and other knitted or woven articles
while being dried, of forms or frames, substantially as herein shewn and described
for the purpose set forth.
2. An apparatus that allows the air to circulate freely through such fabrics
while being dried.
3. The particular construction, of such apparatus that shrinking of the..fabric
during the process of drying, is entirely prevented.
Dated this 31st day of May 1895.
WILLIAM CARRICK,
Applicant.