Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 25th May, 1887
Complete Left, 1st Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 6th Jan., 1888
I, GEORGE TEMPLEMAN, Whitehall's Factory, Wollaton Street, Nottingham,
Hosiery Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows:-
Heretofore hose and half hose have been made on straight bar knitting machines
with the same thread or threads from selvage to selvage, my improvement consists
in producing stronger selvages by splicing each selvage for a width of three or more
needles, commencing at the top or bottom of the welt and continue such splicing to
the commencement of the usual splicing above or at the heel.
This I effect by employing the two splicing thread carriers usually employed for
splicing the heel, in addition to the thread carrier usually employed to make the leg,
the traverse inwards of each splicing thread carrier bar is stopped by a catch attached
to the inner end of a short bar which is secured to and carried by the bracket which
is operated by the narrowing screw at each end of the machine.
When such spliced selvages are seamed together either by hand or machinery, a
much stronger seam is produced than heretofore, consequently the hose or half hose,
will last considerably longer than the selvages heretofore made.

page_text: and by the following statement :-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a side view of an improved hose.
Figure 2 shows a front view of the outer ends of two splicing thread carrier bars,
two catch bars and two narrowing brackets severally referred to hereafter.
Heretofore hose and half hose have been made on straight bar knitting machines
with the same thread or threads from selvage to selvage. My improvement consists
in producing stronger selvages by splicing each selvage with an extra thread for a
width of three or more needles, commencing at the top of the hose or half hose at A
as shown by a dotted line at Figure 1 and continue such splicing to B at the com-
mencement of the usual splicing above or at the heel.
This I effect by the employment of extra threads each supplied by the two splicing
thread carriers C and D usually employed for splicing the heel in addition to the thread
carrier which supplies the thread to make the leg, the traverse inwards of the front
carrier bar C¹ provided with carriers C, for the right selvages is stopped by a catch E
which is hinged to a bar E¹, secured to the bracket F, which is operated by the usual
narrowing screw at the right end of the machine, the catch E engages with a catch
piece E² secured to the top of the carrier rod. And the traverse inwards of the back
carrier bar D¹ provided with carriers D for the left selvages is stopped by a catch E³
engaging with a catch piece E' secured to the top of the carrier rod, the catch E³
being hinged to a bar E³, secured to the bracket F operated by the narrowing screw
at the left end of the machine. When the selvage splicings are finished the catches E
and E³ are turned up and outward as shown by the dotted lines at the right of
Figure 2.
When hose or half hose having their selvages spliced as above described are
seamed together either by hand or by machinery, one of the weakest parts is considerably
strengthened making the selvage sides and seam more durable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
:-
The improved hose and half hose, substantially as described.
Dated this Thirtieth day of November 1887.
Witness
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Nottingham.
GEO. TEMPLEMAN.

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This Specification was, upon the 2nd day of May 1888, amended under
-Sections 18 to 21 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1883.
I, GEORGE TEMPLEMAN, Whitehall's Factory, Wollaton Street, Nottingham,
Hosiery Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows:-
.
Heretofore hose and half hose have been made on straight bar knitting machines
with the same thread or threads from selvage to selvage, my improvement consists
in producing stronger selvages by splicing each selvage for a width of three or more
needles, commencing at the top or bottom of the welt and continue such splicing to
the commencement of the usual splicing above or at the heel.
This I effect by employing the two splicing thread carriers usually employed for
splicing the heel, in addition to the thread carrier usually employed to make the leg,
the traverse inwards of each splicing thread carrier bar is stopped by a catch attached
to the inner end of a short bar which is secured to and carried by the bracket which
is operated by the narrowing screw at each end of the machine.
When such spliced selvages are seamed together either by hand or machinery, a
much stronger seam is produced than heretofore, consequently the hose or half hose,
will last considerably longer than the selvages heretofore made.
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Agent.

page_text: I, GEORGE TEMPLEMAN, Whitehall's Factory, Wollaton Street, Nottingham,
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 :-
Figure 1 shows a side view of an improved hose.
Figure 2 shows a front view of the outer ends of two splicing thread carrier bars,
two catch bars and two narrowing brackets severally referred to hereafter.
Heretofore hose and half hose have been made on straight bar knitting machines
with the same thread or threads from selvage to selvage. The object of this Inven-
tion is to apply apparatus to straight bar knitting machines, that are worked by steam
power so as to provide for the splicing of each selvage of hose and half hose for a width
of three or more needles from the welt to the commencement of the splicings of the heel
right through the narrowings in the calf without stopping. My improvement consists
in producing stronger selvages by splicing each selvage with an extra thread for a
width of three or more needles, commencing at the top of the hose or half hose at A
as shown by a dotted line at Figure 1 and continue such splicing to B at the com
mencement of the usual splicing above or at the heel.
This 1 effect by the employment of extra threads each supplied by the two splicing
thread carriers C and D usually employed for splicing the heel in addition to the thread
carrier which supplies the thread to make the leg, the traverse inwards of the front
carrier bar C¹ provided with carriers C, for the right selvages is stopped by a catch E
which is hinged to a bar E¹, secured to the bracket F, which is operated by the usual
narrowing screw at the right end of the machine, the catch E engages with a catch
piece E2 secured to the top of the carrier rod. And the traverse inwards of the back
carrier bar D¹ provided with carriers D for the left selvages is stopped by a catch E³
engaging with a catch piece E³ secured to the top of the carrier rod, the catch E'
being hinged to a bar E, secured to the bracket F¹ operated by the narrowing screw
at the left end of the machine. When the selvage splicings are finished the catches E
and E are turned up and outward as shown by the dotted lines at the right of
Figure 2.

page_text: When hose or half hose having their selvages spliced as above described are
seamed together either by hand or by machinery, one of the weakest parts is considerably
strengthened making the selvage sides and seam more durable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
Dated this Thirtieth day of November 1887.
Witness
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Nottingham.
GEO. TEMPLEMAN.