Improvements in or relating to the Repair of Stockings and other Knitted or Woven Articles or Fabrics.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Applica'ion, 8th Aug., 1894
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Date of Applica'ion, 8th Aug., 1894
Conte Spcificatio, Luft, 12. Dec., 1831 Accepted, 19th Jan., 1995
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Repair of Stockings and other
Knitted or Woven Articles or Fabrics.
A communication from CARL GUNST, of Chemnitz, in the Empire of Germany,
Manufacturer.
1, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 323, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
In order to abolish the tedious and troublesome practice of darning stockings and
other articles of wearing apparel the parts most liable to wear into holes, such as
the toes or heels, or the entire stocking-foot, are made removable, and new similar
parts substituted therefor, with the aid of a whipped or overcast seam.
This interchange of parts, however, is only possible with stockings knitted or
woven in the ordinary way, by the aid of great skill and with considerable loss of
time, pre-supposing that the seam must not be puffy and thick.
If a piece be cut out of a stocking, it is not a difficult matter to draw out, for
instance, the mesh shown in Figure 1, and thus first the stitch c, then b, and so on.
Should it be desired to cut any particular part ont of a stocking, so that the top row
of stitches in Figure 1 is to form the edge on which the new or additional piece is to
be sewn, it would be found that when, for example, the stitch c was taken up by the
sewing needle a, the adjoining stitches and d would be drawn in or contracted,
and the continued process of sewing the seam would be rendered as tedious as
darning.
In order to remedy this defect, I form chain stitches ee (Figure 1) inside the
outlines of the parts to be made interchangeable for socks or stockings. These
chain-stitches can be formed by hand, or by machine, either with an independent
thread, as shown in Figure 1, or, as shown in Figure 2, with the thread of the mesh
itself, during manufacture; whereby a long row of guard-stitches is specially
provided before-hand. If now a piece be cut, above or below the chain-stitch, the
severed stitches can only be drawn out as far as the chain stitch, which thus gives a
fast edge or fixed border to the rest.
Should it be necessary, for example, to make the entire sock-foot or stocking-foot
interchangeable (Figure 3) a row of chain-stitch is wrought round the sock or
stocking as shown; then when worn out and to be replaced, the foot part is cut from
the leg below the chain-stitch. The new foot i (Figure 4) which, like all such
interchangeable parts, is made with a fast edge or fixed border i, can then be easily
sewn on with an overcast or whipped seam.
For the heel portion g (Figure 3) or the toe-piece h, chain-stitch rows are wrought
in the stocking-foot at y and respectively; and the corresponding independent
parts are manufactured separately for substitution.
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I do not confine the carrying out of this invention to the precise manner indicate'l
n the drawings.

page_text: The invention may be applied to other articles of wearing apparel besides socks
and stockings.
Dated this 8th day of August 1894.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Of London, Nottingham, Liverpool, and Manchester,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to the Repair of Stockings and other
Knitted or Woven Articles or Fabrics.
A communication from CARL GUNST, of Mühlenstrasse 3, Chemnitz, in the Empire
of Germany, Manufacturer.
I, Alfred JulIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent, 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. :-
The process consists in forming in the body of the fabric or kuitted article as
shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings accompanying the Provisional
Specification, a row of joining or crochet loops or chain-stitches (e-e) which
enables the adjoining piece of fabric to be detached without the parts thus
separated having their loops or meshes damaged or loosened at the edges.
This process enables those parts of articles of hosiery such as socks, gloves or the
like which may require exchanging or replacing, to be formed with edges incapable
of being unravelled and when necessary capable of being removed without
damaging the rest of the fabric.
The row of joining or crochet loops or chain stitches protecting each of the
separated pieces from damage, or from becoming unravelled, in addition to this
permits the various parts to be sewn or stitched together if required.
Chain-stitches (e-e) are also formed inside the outlines of the parts to be made
interchangeable for socks or stockings. These chain-stitches can be formed by
hand or by machine, either with an independent thread, as shown in Figure 1, or,
as shown in Figure 2, with the thread of the mesh itself. The order of succession
in which the various portions herein mentioned are carried out, i.e., whether the chain
loops are first formed and then the continuation or vice-versa, is immaterial for the
purpose of this invention. If now a piece be cut, the severed stitches can only be
drawn out as far as the chain stitch, which thus gives a fast edge or fixed border to
the rest.
Should it be necessary, for example, to make the entire sock-foot or stocking-foot
interchangeable as in Figure 3 a row of chain-stitch - is wrought round the sock
or stocking as shown; then when worn out and to be replaced, the foot part is cut
from the leg below the chain-stitch. The new foot i (Figure 4) which, like all
such interchangeable parts, is made with a fast edge or fixed border (chain-stitches) į
can then be easily sewn on with an overcast or whipped seam. For the heel
portion (Figure 3) or the toe-piece h chain-stitch rows are wrought in the
stocking-foot at and respectively; and the corresponding independent parts are
manufactured separately for substitution.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is:-
1. In knitted or fabric goods forming a row of crochet or other suitable loops or

page_text: chain-stitches next to any desired row of meshes therein after the completion of
which row of loops the ordinary knitting process is continued substantially as
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. Knitted fabrics on or through which extend lines or rows formed of crochet or
other suitable loops or chain stitches following immediately after rows of ordinary
knitting substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. In knitted or fabric goods the employment of substitution pieces in which the
first row of meshes is closed by chain-stitches substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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