Improvements in Fishing Stockings and similar Waterproof Coverings for the Feet and Legs.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 7th June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 7th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 11th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fishing Stockings and similar Waterproof
Coverings for the Feet and Legs.
I, JOSEPH MOSELEY, of the Chapelfield Works, Ardwick, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Indiarubber Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows
Fishing stockings trousers and similar waterproof coverings for the feet and
legs are at present usually manufactured from double texture waterproof fabrics,
the seams by means of which the various parts constituting each of the articles are
joined together, being cemented in the same manner as in the manufacture of
ordinary waterproof garments.
This invention has for its object the manufacture of the articles without seams
and in such a manner as to secure greater pliability or flexibility.
According to these improvements I manufacture the articles in one or more plies
or thicknesses, each ply or thickness consisting of a fabric knitted to the desired
shape as for example to the shape of a stocking. The article is rendered waterproof
by means of a layer or layers of indiarubber or of indiarubber compound which
may be thereafter vulcanised, or which in some cases may be previously
vulcanised.
When two or more plies are employed, the various thicknesses are conveniently
cemented together by means of the waterproofing material.
Dated this 5th day of June A.D. 1890.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,.
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fishing Stockings and similar Waterproof
Coverings for the Feet and Legs.
1, JOSEPH MOSELEY, of the Chapelfield Works, Ardwick, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Indiarubber 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 :-
Fishing stockings, trousers, and similar waterproof coverings for the feet and
legs, are at present generally manufactured from double texture waterproof fabrics;
the seams, by means of which the various parts constituting each of the articles
are joined together, being cemented in the same manner as the manufacture of
ordinary waterproof garments.
The object of this invention is to enable the articles to be manufactured without
seams and in such a manner as to secure greater pliability or flexibility.
According to these improvements, I manufacture the articles in one or more plies
or thicknesses, cach ply or thickness consisting of a fabric knitted to the desired
shape, as for example to the shape of the stocking. The article is rendered water-
proof by suitable means, as for example and by preference, by a layer or layers of
indiarubber or of indiarubber compound which may be thereafter vulcanised,
or which in some cases may be previously vulcanised or not vulcanised at all.
When two or more plies or thicknesses of the knitted fabric are employed, the
various plies or thicknesses are conveniently cemented together by means of the
waterproofing material.
I prefer generally to form the articles with two plies or thicknesses of the knitted

page_text: fabric, and I will more particularly describe my invention with reference to such
a double texture article, because such a description will best illustrate in what
manner my improvements may be carried into effect. It must however be under-
stood as hereinbefore set forth that my invention is not limited to such double
texture articles.
The two stockings or other articles are first knitted or similarly produced to the
required form or size; of these, one, which is to be used as the outer ply, may be
slightly larger than the other, so that it may be drawn over the inner ply without
suffering any diminution in length. One of the knitted stockings or other articles
is then drawn over a suitable block, artificial leg, or model, and is coated
with indiarubber or with indiarubber compound to the desired thickness. The
second knitted article may then be turned inside out, and, commencing with the toe
and foot, be drawn over the proofed article upon the block, the outer fabric being
rubbed down to ensure complete contact with the proofing throughout. The articles
may then be vulcanised upon the block or after removal therefrom by any known
and suitable process, as for example by steam or by dry heat.
In the case of single ply articles, the knitted article may be drawn upon the
block inside out, coated with the proofing compound, vulcanised, and then turned
the right side out, in which case the finished article will be proofed on the inside.
In the case of triple ply articles I may proceed as herein before described for the
double texture articles up to the point where the second fabric has to be drawn
over the first, when I apply a coat of proofing compound to the second ply and
draw over this the third fabric as described for the second. After this the article
may be vulcanised, and I may proceed in a similar manner for other numbers of
plies, but it will be very rarely that more than three plies or thicknesses will be
required.
I have described the best and most convenient method at present known to me
for carrying out my invention but it will be obvious that the means for and method
of doing so may be very considerably varied, and that I therefore do not limit
myself to those herein before set forth."
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. Fishing stockings and similar waterproof coverings for the feet and legs
consisting of a knitted fabric and a layer or coating of waterproof compound,
manufactured substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. Fishing stockings and similar waterproof coverings for the feet and legs,
consisting of two or more plies or thicknesses of seamless knitted fabric with a
layer of waterproof compound between the plies or each of the plies, substantially
as hereinbefore described.
3. The hereinbefore described process for the manufacture of fishing stockings
and similar waterproof coverings for the feet and legs, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
Dated this 4th day of March A D. 1891.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.