IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HOSIERY
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Byron, of Delph, in the County of York, for tho
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HOSIERY."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Byron at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th December 1876.
JOHN BYRON, of Delph, in the County of York.
FACTURE OF HOSIERY."
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
The objects of this Invention are to increase the durability of hosiery by giving
an increased strength to that part of the hose which is most subjected to wear and
tear and at the same time increased warmth to that part of the foot where it is
most required, and which is most sensitive to cold and damp, namely, the sole.
The Invention consists principally in making the sole (which in woven hosiery
is made in a separate picce from the foot and leg) either double, that is, in two
thicknesses of the same yarn as the foot and leg, or single and of a yarn of double
the strength or consistency of that from which the foot and leg are woven.
In attaching this sole to the foot of the hose when the fabric of the sole is double
two loops of the sole must be taken up for each loop of the foot; but when the sole
is made single, but of a yarn of double strength, one loop only of each is to be taken
up at a time.
In some cases also I propose to make the toes and heels of the foot of yarn
double the thickness of that of which the other part of the foot and leg are made,
and this I propose to do by weaving a certain portion with one yarn and then
changing the spools for yarn of a different strengtli or consistency.

page_text: The objects of this Invention are to increase the durability of hosiery by giving
an increased strength to that part of the hose which is most subjected to wear and
tear and at the same time to give increased warmth to that part of the foot where
it is most required and which is most sensitive to cold and damp, namely, the sole.
The Invention consists principally in making the sole (which in woven hosiery
is made in a separate piece from the foot and leg) either double, that is, in two
thicknesses of the same yarn as the foot and leg, or single and of a yarn of double
the strength or consistency of that from which the foot and leg are woven.
In attaching this sole to the foot of the hose when the fabric of the sole is double
two loops of the sole must be taken up for each loop of the foot; but when the sole
is made single, but of a yarn of double strength, one loop only of each is to be taken
up at a time.
In some cases also I propose to make the toes and heels of the foot of yarn double
the thickness of that of which the other part of the foot and leg are made, and this
I propose to do by weaving a certain portion with one yarn and then changing the
spools for yarn of a different strength or consistency.
Hose of this nature can be made upon the ordinary hand frames, the only altern-
tion necessary to use needles of a sufficient gauge in the eye to admit the double
yarn, and to use two bobbins or spools, one for the single yarn and one for the
double yarn.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention, together with
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical
effect, I wish it to be understood that I claim ns my Invention the manufacture
of hosiery with the toes, soles, and heels made double, or made with yarn of double
the strength or of a thicker consistency than the upper part of the feet and legs,
substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein-before more particularly
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Byron, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-seven.