An Improvement in the Manufacture of Gloves.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 14th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 27th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Manufacture of Gloves.
I, GEORGES MATHIAS CLUZE of 4, Ruc des Poissonniers, Saint Denis (Seine)
France, Glove Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
My improvement in the manufacture of gloves, whether made of leather, cloth,
or other fabric, relates essentially to the mode of cutting out and joining the thumb
piece to the body of the glove, whereby the strain is brought lengthwise of the
thumb-piece and the usual curved seam over the ball of the thumb is avoided,
which seam owing to its want of elasticity in a transverse direction is very liable
to tear and exerts a pressure on the hand which renders the glove uncomfortable
This construction of the thumb piece also renders the glove much easier
to put on and affords greater freedom for the movements of the hand, while
retaining the appearance of an ordinary glove.
in wear.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
Specification, wherein
Figure 1 represents a glove blank, having the thumb aperture made to receive
the improved thumb piece, the dotted lines shewing the ordinary form of the said
aperture.
Figure 2 shows a separate view of the thumb piece in the flat, cut of the
improved form and also shewing the ordinary shape in dotted lines.
Figure 3 shews a complete glove, provided with a thumb piece of the improved
construction.
As shown in Figure 1 the thumb aperture, instead of being rounded as shewn
in dotted lines at «, is continued in nearly parallel lines c c out to the usual
slit & while the thumb piece b instead of being rounded off, as shewn in dotted
lines at a Figure 2, is similarly prolonged so as to fit the aperture comprised
between the edges cc of the body of the glove to which it is stitched, the one
seam c extending to a point a little below the first and the other seam c to a point
a little below the second button, so that the first button may be placed on the thumb
piece itself, between the two seams c c.
Dated this 1st day of September 1892.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Manufacture of Gloves.
I, GEORGES MATHIAS CLUZE of 4, Rue des Poissonniers, Saint Denis, (Seine)
France, Glove 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 :-
My improvement in the manufacture of gloves relates essentially to the mode of
cutting out and joining the thumb piece to the body of the glove whereby to avoid
the usual curved seam around the base of the thumb which owing to its want of
elasticity is very liable to tear under the transverse strain to which it is subjected
and exerts a pressure on the ball of the thumb which renders the glove uncom-
fortable in wear. By this construction of the thumb piece the strain of the button
is brought directly on the thumb piece itself, the glove is much easier to put on,

page_text: and affords greater freedom for the movements of the hand while retaining the
appearance of an ordinary glove.
Reference is to be had to the drawings accompanying my Provisional Specifi-
cation wherein
Figure 1 represents a glove blank having the thumb aperture made to receive
the improved thumb piece, the dotted lines shewing the ordinary form of the said
aperture.
Figure 2 shews a separate view of the thumb piece in the flat, cut of the
improved form and also shewing the ordinary shape, in dotted lines.
Figure 3 shews a complete glove, provided with a thumb piece of the improved
construction.
As shewn in Figure 1, the thumb aperture, instead of being rounded as shewn
in dotted lines at a, is continued, in nearly parallel lines c, c¹, so as to open out into
the usual button slit d, while the thumb piece b, instead of being rounded off as
shewn in dotted lines at a Figure 2, is similarly prolonged so as to fit the aperture
comprised between the edges c, c', of the body of the glove, to which it is stitched,
the one seam c extending to a point a little below the first button e and the other
seam c¹ to a point a little below the second button e' so that, the first button being
placed on the thumb piece itself, between the two scams c, c', the strain which
comes on said button e will be transmitted directly to the thumb piece itself without
passing across any seam. is the quirk.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
A glove having the thumb-piece made of the form described stitched into an
aperture of corresponding form by seams e c¹, extending to the button slit d, the one
button and button hole connection being applied directly to the thumb-piece
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Matexpr 1595.
G. M. CLUZE,
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.