An Improved Method of Making Knitted Combination Garments.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 19th Nov., 1891-Accepted, 19th Dec., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Making Knitted Combination Garments.
SAMUEL BAILEY & HENRY CLARKE Hosiery Manufacturers of the firm of
Bailey, Clarke & Co. Hosiery Manufacturers Roden Street Nottingham do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
When knitted combination garments are made from circular knitted work
they have usually a seam down the back or round the body, while the flap at
the back of the garment is sewn on.
Our invention consists in making from circular or tubular knitted work a
combination garment without either the seam at the back or round the body,
and the back flap is connected to the garment by knitting instead of sewing.
The front part of the body may be knitted upon the leg part. by a straight bar
machine.
Dated this 2nd day of March 1901
WILLIAM H. POTTER,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Making Knitted Combination Garments.
SAMUEL BAILEY and HENRY CLARKE of the firm of Bailey Clarke & Co.
Hosiery Manufacturers Robin Hood Street Nottingham late of Roden Street
Nottingham 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 object of this invention is to produce a combination garment from circular
or tubular knitted work without the usual seam at the back or round the body,
and with the flap at the back of the garment knitted thereto, instead of being
sewn on.
In order that our improved method may be understood we have attached
hereto a sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a view of the back of the finished garment.
Fig. 2 a view of the front of the same.
Figs. 3 and 4 are views showing the shape of the leg pieces.
Figs. 5 and 6 diagrams illustrating the method of running on the leg pieces to
a circular machine used for making the body and
Figs. 7 and 8 are diagrams illustrating the method of running on the leg pieces
to a straight bar machine.
The fabric for the legs is knitted on an ordinary circular machine and while
double is cut to the shape y, 0, r, p, c, Fig. 3 after which one of the sides is cut
across at the line s, t, so that when opened out the leg pieces are of the shape
shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The pair of legs are shown to facilitate the description.
When the body part of the garment is to be made on a circular machine the
part ab of the leg piece Fig. 3 for the front of the leg is run on the needles
indicated by the line u in Fig. 5 the dotted circle ab indicating the portion a b
of the leg piece Fig. 3. The front portion a' of the leg Fig. 4 is then run
on the same circle of needles u Fig. 5 the points a a¹ and bin Figs. 3 and 4
being placed together as in Fig. 5. The front part of the body is then knitted
in a tubular form and divided as indicated by the lines b and in Fig. 2
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which is lettered at a a¹
same letters in Fig. 3, 4 and 5.
The back of the garment is then started by running on to the needles u¹
Fig. 6 the back of the leg, the point 6x Fig. 3 coinciding with the point b¹×
Fig. 4 when the two legs are on the needles as shown in Fig. 6 which also
shows how the points c Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 wrap over each other when placed
on the machine, this wrapping over producing the lappets shown by the lines cp
and Fig. 1 the two lappets at 'he line to being knitted together
and to the back of the garment. The back of the garment is then
knitted in a tubular form and divided upon the line m 1x and m blx
It will be noticed there are spaces b* and * on the leg pieces which
are never placed on the needles and form the projections x, y, x, y Fig. 1
andy and y Fig. 2 when the garment is removed from the machine. These
projecting corners are cut away as to the points n Figs. 1 and 2, after which
the garment is finished in the ordinary manner.
and 6 to indicate the same points as shown by the
The back of the garment may be made before the front if desired and we
would point out that the figures illustrate the method employed and not the
exact points in the fabric which are applied to the machine as allowance must
be made for finishing the fabric and running on to the machine as is well
understood by hosiery manufacturers.
When the upper part of the garment is to be made on a straight bar machine
the leg pieces are applied to the needles and Figs. 7 and 8 in the same
way as to the circle of needles shown in Figs. 5 and 6 and the same points of
the leg pieces are indicated by the same reference letter in the four figures.
When made on the straight bar machine the upper parts of the garment may
be fashioned if desired but we lay no claim to the method when applied to
straight bar machines.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
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1st. In knitted combination garments the method of running on to a circular
knitting machine the front parts of the legs so that the front part of the body may
be knitted to the same substantially as shown and described.
2nd. In knitted combination garments the method of running on to a circular
knitting machine the back parts of the legs so that the back part of the body may
be knitted to the same and the parts of the leg for forming the wrap over be
knitted to each other and to the back of the garment substantially as shown and
described.
3rd. The method of making knitted combination garments from tubular knitted
work without a seam at the back or round the body substantially as shown and
described.
Dated this 18th day of November 1891.
W. H. POTTER,
Agent for the Applicants.