Year: 1888

page_text: We,, HENRY COOPER, WILLIAM ROE and ARTHUR HENRY COOPER, all of the firm of
Cooper & Roe, of Roden Street, in the Borough of Nottingham, Hosiery Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to stockings and it. has. for. its object the manufacture of
stockings which are formed or shaped so as to fit the leg of the wearer in a more
perfect manner than. those manufactured heretofore.
In carrying out this invention we form stockings which commencing above the
knee are narrowed or reduced to fit that portion of the leg of the wearer immediately
below the knee, and are again widened to fit the calf of the leg and reduced down to
the foot in the usual manner, thus forming a stocking, with a reduced portion to fit
the reduced diameter of the leg of the wearer between the calf and the knee.
If preferred a band of ribbed work may be inserted at the reduced portion of the
stocking so as to be more elastic at that part..
We manufacture these stockings on what are well known as Cotton's machines
but in addition to the well. known narrowing tackle. with which they they are fitted,
we use what is equally well known as widening tackle so that we can either widen or
narrow the work on the same frame; by this means the stocking after being narrowed
to fit below the knee can be widened. to: fiti the calf and again narrowed. to fit.the
ankle.
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If it is desired to form a stocking with as ribbed. band inserted at. the reduced
portion the upper part of the stocking is formed the desired length and reduced or
narrowed to the desired extent; a band of ribbed work is then inserted of the desired
width in any well known manner; the stocking is then. widened to form the calf and
finished off in the usual manner.

page_text: We, HENRY COOPER, WILLIAM ROE, and ARTHUR HENRY COOPER, all of the firm
of Cooper & Roe, of Roden Street, in the Borough of Nottingham, Hosiery
manufacturers, 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 :-
This invention relates to stockings and it has for its object the manufacture of
stockings which are made by continuous knitting from the welt to the heel and are
formed or shaped so as to fit the leg of the wearer in a more perfect manner than.
those manufactured heretofore.
It will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a representation of our improved stocking and
Fig. 2 is a view of the same showing ribbed work inserted at the reduced
portion.
In carrying out this invention we form stockings which, commencing above the
knee are reduced to fit that portion of the leg of the wearer immediately below the
knee and are again widened to fit the calf of the leg, this result we obtain by a
convenient number of narrowings from A to B followed by a band of the reduced part
of a suitable constant width, which is followed by widenings at convenient intervals
apart but continuing from C to D to fit the calf of the leg the stocking being again
reduced down to the foot in the usual manner..
If preferred a band of ribbed work E as shown in Fig. 2 may be inserted at the
reduced portion of the stocking so as to be more elastic at that part.
By this means a stocking is formed by continuous knitting from welt to heel with
reduced portion to fit the reduced diameter of the leg of the wearer between the calf
and knee.
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We manufacture these stockings on rotary frames or what are well known as
Cotton's machines but in addition to the well known narrowing tackle they are fitted
with what is equally well known as widening tackle so that we can either widen or
narrow the work with equal facility on the same frame; by this means the stocking
after being narrowed to fit below the knee can be widened to fit the calf and again
narrowed to fit the ankle.
If it is desired to form a stocking with a ribbed band E inserted at the reduced
part the upper portion of the stocking is formed the desired length and narrowed to
the desired extent; it is then removed and a band of ribbed work E inserted of the
desired width in a well known manner and again returned to the frame and widened
to fit the calf and finished off in the usual manner.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is ;-
1. In a stocking manufactured by continuous knitting from welt to heel the addi-
tion during the process of manufacture of narrowings extending from say A to B and
widenings extending from say C to D so as to make the stocking conform more closely
to the shape of the leg substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2. In a stocking such as described the insertion of a ribbed band E at the
reduced portion substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.