Im- PROVEMENTS IN GLOVES
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Wheeler, of 210, Regent Street, in the
County of Middlesex, Hosier and Glover, for the Invention of" "Im-
PROVEMENTS IN GLOVES."
Sealed the 1st May 1868, and dated the 7th November 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Wheeler at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th November
1867.
I, JAMES WHEELER, of 210, Regent Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Hosier and Glover, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVES," to be as follows, that is to say:-
This Invention has reference to what is called the welts of kid and other
gloves; and consists in making the welts double and extending without
any join entirely round the upper part of the glove and along the sides of
the opening in front, the said double welt commencing and terminating at
the bottom of such opening or otherwise, in which case the said opening is
strengthened at the bottom whilst all seams and multiple thicknesses or folds
of material at the corners are avoided. The said corners may be rounded in

page_text: lieu of square or pointed, thus imparting a neater appearance to the glove.
If desired the patch or covering which is usually stitched over the back of
the button or fastening may be made in one piece with the inner portion of
the double welt.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Wheeler in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
7th May 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
WHEELER, of 210, Regent Street, in the County of Middlesex, Hosier and
Glover, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said James Wheeler, Her special license that I, the said James Wheeler,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James
Wheeler, my executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
GLOVES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James
Wheeler, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
L
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Wheeler, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following.
statement, reference being had to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, and
to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
My said Invention has reference to what is called the welts of kid and
other like gloves, and consists in extending the welts without any join entirely

page_text: round the upper part of the glove and along the sides of the opening in front,
the said welt commencing and terminating at the bottom of such opening or.
otherwise, in which case the said opening is strengthened at the bottom whilst all
seams and multiple thicknesses or folds of material at the corners are avoided;
or the welt may be joined only.at the two sides of the front opening just
below the button and button-hole or other fastening. The corners are curved
or rounded in lieu of being left square or pointed as at present, whereby a
neater appearance will be imparted to the glove. If desired the patch or
covering which is usually stitched over the back of the button or fastening
may be made in one piece with the inner portion of the welt.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings represents a kid glove constructed
according to one mode of carrying out my said Invention. The top of the
glove is opened sufficiently to show a portion of the interior, and thereby
render this mode of applying the welt more clearly understood.
A, A, represents the welt, which I prefer to make double; this welt as
will be seen on referring to the Drawing extends in one piece continuously or
without any break or joint not only round the top of the glove but also along
both sides of the front opening, the two ends of the said welt being crossed
over each other and securely stitched together at the bottom a of the slit or
front opening as shewn clearly in the Drawing. As there will be double the
thickness of material at the bottom of the opening it follows that increased
strength will be given to that part. In lieu of cutting the corners of the
glove at the top of the front opening square as heretofore I round off such
corners as shewn at b, b, (Figures 1 and 2) whereby the welt may be more
neatly stitched round that part and a generally neater appearance is imparted
to the glove. c, (Figure 1,) represents the patch for covering the back of the
button or other fastening, which patch I sometimes make in one piece with
the welt as shewn in my Drawings. In the modified form or mode of
applying the welt shewn in Figure 2 I joint the welt at d, d, to a second
piece e, the joins being situate a little below the rounded corners 6 and below
the button and button-hole or other fastening.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried
into effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel
and original, and therefore claim claim as the Invention secured to me by the
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,-
First. The manufacture of kid and other like gloves with welts applied and
disposed substantially as herein-before described.

page_text: Second. The rounding of the corners of gloves substantially as herein-before
described..
In witness whereof, I, the said James Wheeler, have to this my
Specification set my hand and seal this Sixth day of May, One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
JAMES WHEELER. (L.s.)