IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Louis Macs, Partner of the Firm, Ed. Jonniaux,
& Co., of Brussels, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Manufacturer, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVES."-A communication
by Jules Fouillon, residing at Grenoble, in the Republic of France.
Sealed the 23rd July 1875, and dated the 28th January 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Louis Maes at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th January 1875.
I, LOUIS MAES, Partner of the Firm, Ed. Jonniaux & Co., of Brussels,
in the Kingdom of Belgium, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for " IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVES," communicated to
me by Jules Fouillon, a person resident in Grenoble, in the Republic of
France, to be as follows:-
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Hitherto this make of glove has had the thumb cut in a piece with
an extension to form a portion of the wrist front, the extension portion
being sewn on to the back portion, and thereby producing a scam down
the outside edge, which is objectionable, especially in ladies' gloves, and
" "thrée,” or
particularly in what are known as deep wrist," "two,'
"four button glove," another seam starting from the hand hole round
the bottom of the thumb, and terminating at a point between the fore
and the middle finger renders. the gap portion of this scam very weak,
Now the
and the glove liable to split or be torn while being put on.
object of this Invention is to obviate the above inconvenient and
objectionable seams by terminating the thumbpicce of such gloves with
a scam round the ball, and to so cut the back that a portion can be
brought round to the front for having the buttons or other fasteners
attached, the top part of such portion being curved and its cnd brought
up to overlap a piece of the palm portion, on to which the end is sewn
or stitched to hold it firmly. This sewing or stitching takes place at or
near the gap corner or- hånd hole, and gives great strength to that part
of the glove by the double thickness, which prevents the glove ripping
or being torn while being put on.
By this Invention the scams are fewer, the material forming the front
and back of the fingers, the back and the front of the hand, and the
wrist portions being cut from the same piece, the thumb and the insides
of the fingers only being of separate pieces of material sewn in place.
By this Invention also the part of the glove most liable to be torn is
strengthened, the glove is neater in appearance when upon the hand, the
outside seam and the palm scam being entirely dispensed with, and the
fitting into the palm of the hand made more perfect.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LOUIS.
MAES, Partner of the Firm, Ed. Jonniaux & Co., of Brussels, in the
Kingdom of Belgium, Manufacturer, send greeting.
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page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Louis Maes, Her special licence, that I
the said Louis Macs, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Louis Maes, my executors, administrators; ·
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expresscd;
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," (communicated
to me by Jules Fouillon, a person resident in Grenoble, in the Republic
of France,) upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Louis
Maes, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and scals, 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 Létters Patent.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Louis Maes, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings here-
unto annexed, that is to say:—
This Invention relates to those gloves in which the palm portions are
cut or shaped to fit close into the palm of the band when in wear.
Hitherto this make of glove has had the thumb cut in a piece with an
extension to form a portion of the wrist front, the extension portion
being sewn on to the back portion, and thereby producing a seam down
the outside edge, which is objectionable, especially in ladies' gloves, and
particularly in what are known as deep wrist," " two," "three," or
"four button" glove, another scam starting from-the hand hole round
the bottom of the thumb, and terminating at a point between the fore
and the middle fingers renders the gap portion of this seam very weak,
and the glove is liable to split or be torn while being put on. Now the
object of this Invention is to obviate the above inconvenient and
objectionable scams by terminating the thumbpiece a of such gloves
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page_text: with a seam.b round the ball, as in Figure 1, and to so cut the back that
a portion c can be brought round the front for having the buttons or
other fasteners attached. The top part of such portion is curved, as in
Figure 2, and its end d brought up to overlap a corresponding piece'e
of the palm portion f, on to which the end d is sewn or stitched to hold
it firmly. This sewing or stitching takes place at or near the corner
gap
or hand hole g, and gives great strength to that part of the glove by the
double thickness, which prevents the glove ripping or becoming torn
while being put on. Figure 2 shows a glove with the thumb removed
and the portion c thrown open.
By this Invention the seams are fewer, the material forming the front
and back of the fingers, the back and the front of the hand, and the
wrist portions being cut from the same piece, the thumb and the
insides of the fingers only being of separate picces of material sewn in
place.
By this Invention also the part of the glove most liable to be torn is
strengthened, the glove is neater in appearance when upon the hand,
the outside seam and the palm seam being entirely dispensed with, and
the fitting into the palm of the hand made more perfect.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim, the
improvements in gloves herein set forth and shown in the annexed
Drawings, especially the overlap portions d and e, as and for the purpose
described.
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described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Louis Macs, have hereunto set my 2
hand and seal this Twenty-seventh day of July, One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five.
L. MAES. (L.S.)