Improvements in the Method of Manufacturing Knitted Drawers.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 5th July, 1894-Accepted, 29th Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of Manufacturing Knitted Drawers.
I, AUGUST MELSHEIMER, of Laasphe Westphalia in the Empire of Germany,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture of knitted
drawers for underclothing, and has for its object the construction of the same in
such a manner that the body part, legs, and gusset between the legs and body are
all connected without seaming, thus forming a garment without seams or ridges.
I accomplish my object in the following manner, the body part of the drawers is
first knitted by employing knitting machine needles in proportion to the width of
the body, when the fabric is knitted to the length required, a certain width is
removed from the before mentioned needles, the knitting is then continued in
a manner that the length of the gusset between the legs is left open, the remainder
of the leg being knitted all round and finished in any suitable manner.
The portion previously removed from the needles and the open part to which
the gusset is to be knitted is put on needles of the same size and the knitting
continued, the gusset being narrowed and closed without seam, to where the
circular part of the leg begins, which is knitted all round and finished in a similar
manner to the other, thus by this method knitted drawers are formed without
a seam.
Dated this 4th day of October 1893.
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of Manufacturing Knitted Drawers.
1, AUGUST MELSHEIMER of Laasphe Westphalia, in the Empire of Germany,
Manufacturer, 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 certain improvements in the manufacture of knitted
drawers for underclothing, and has for its object, the construction of the same in
such a manner that, the body part, legs, and gusset between the legs and body are
all connected without seaming, thus forming a garment without seams or ridges.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 represents two portions of a garment us
made in the ordinary manner, the upper part of which are left open in the back
and front at a. b. and c. d. while the vent in front is left open.
To produce the width necessary to allow for stepping out, a specially prepared
gusset is let in, such as a square worked piece shown by Fig. 2 which is folded
somewhat like Fig. 3 and sewn on to the side of the upper part of the legs in
a manner that g. fits to e; h. to f; i. and k. to a. b. When the gusset is sewn to
the legs as described, the drawers when finished resemble those shown by Fig. 4.
According to this method of constructing drawers, the leg parts are worked
round and seamless up to e. f. see Fig. 1, but at the hips and at the back the two
parts of the garment are sewn together.

page_text: In carrying out my invention, the body part of the drawers is first knitted by a
machine provided with needles, proportionate to the width of the body, and to the
length required, when a certain width a. to b. see Fig. 5, is removed from the before
mentioned needles, the knitting is continued leaving the gusset b. to f. open,
the remainder of the leg being knitted all round and finished in any suitable
manner.
The portion a. to b. previously removed from the needles and the open part b.
to f. are then put on needles of the same size and the knitting continued, the gusset
being formed without a seam by "narrowing" in the ordinary manner from f. to e.
see Fig. 6, the circular part of the leg is then knitted all round and finished
in a similar manner to the other leg; the drawers are then finished without a seam
as represented by Fig. 7.
The gusset b. e. f. as shown in Fig. 8 may be formed stronger by knitting that
portion of drawers with double yarn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
The method for making seamless drawers, the principal feature of which is, the
body part is first worked all round, then follows one leg open as far as the gusset
extends, and from there the leg is finished all round, then by hanging on the open
rows of meshes of the unfinished part, the second leg with gusset is completed
without a seam between the legs.
Dated this 4th day of July 1894.
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.