Improvements in the Manufacture of Ladies' Knitted Ribbed Vests and similar Garments.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 28th Oot., 1893—Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Ladies' Knitted Ribbed Vests
and similar Garments.
I, WILLIAM LANGHAM of Causeway Lane, Leicester, Hosiery Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows —
This invention has reference to ladies' knitted ribbed veste and similar garments,
and is designed with a view of providing increased fulness or width, at the bosom
portions of such goods. Heretofore as far as I am aware ladies' ribbed vests have
been made of practically the same width throughout, without any enlargement
having been made at the breast portions.
In knitting a lady's ribbed vest according to my improvements the breast
portions are increased in size by inserting additional needles'in to the machine and
placing the loops on the next adjacent needles also over the extra needles until the
widest part of the fabric is made and then by removing such extra needles and
transferring their loops on to the next adjacent needles until the whole of such
extra needles are removed and the original quantity or complement of needles
remains.
The extra needles may be inserted in the vacant tricks or grooves between either
the "frame or cylinder needles" and the "machine or ribbing needles" alternately,
or among one of such sets of needles only.
One or more courses in the fabric may be worked between the insertion and
removal of each two or more of the additional needles.
Dated this 28th day of Jenner 1893
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Ladies' Knitted Ribbed Vests
and similar Garments.
I WILLIAM LANGHAM of Causeway Lane, Leicester, Hosiery 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 has reference to the manufacture of ladies' knitted ribbed vests,
and is designed with a view of producing a more perfectly fitting garment by
providing increased fulness at the bosom or breast portions of such goods.
Heretofore, as far as I am aware, ladies' knitted ribbed vests have been made of
the same width and upon the same number of needlos throughout, no provision
being made for increased width at the breast portions.
According to my invention, I introduce additional ribs into the fabrio at the
breast portions of such goods by bringing into action extra needles during the
knitting thereof..
In the accompanying drawing a diagrammatic view of a ládics' ribbed vest is
shown,, with provision made for the breasts of the wearer according to this
invention.

page_text: The vest is supposed to be composed of two and two ribs, except at the bosom
portions, which are formed of one and one ribe, caused by introducing additional
ribs into the fabric which is the result of placing extra needles into action during
the manufacture thereof.
To manufacture such a vest, say for instance, upon a parallel or double straight
bed machine of the well known "Lamb" or "Rothwell" type, the needles, as will
be understood, are arranged in the usual way to produce a two and two rib fabrio.
The vest may be made in the ordinary manner until the part A is reached where
the commencement of each of the breast portions takes place, when by preference
an additional needle is brought into action and the loop of the adjacent needle
placed thoreover so that the said loop hangs now upon two needles, this produces
an additional rib in the fabric.
A few courses may now be made with this extra needle in action then preferably
four moro additional needles are placed in action, i.e. one needle on each of the sides
of the two sets of needles upon which the breast or bosom portions of the fabric
are being produced.
Several courses may then be knitted and four more additional needles are put
into work and this process is repeated until the widest part B of the breast portions
is reached.
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The reverse operation then takes place, the additional needles being taken out
of action in the same order to that in which they were introduced and the loops
transferred to the adjacent needles.
A similar number of courses is also worked between the removal of the needles.
This process is repeated until the whole of the additional needles have been
placed out of work, when ordinary two and two rib fabric is produced for the
remaining part of the garment.
It will be understood that the invention may be applied to other combinations of
ribs than the one described and that the order and the number of the needles
brought into or placed out of action and the number of courses worked between at
one time is optional. The process described, however, is attended with the best
results.
In forming the broast portions as herein described upon the type of knitting
machine mentioned, it is advisable when bringing the additional needles into action
and placing them out of work to do so alternately upon each of the two
needle beds.
Ladies' knitted ribbed vests with breast portions formed in the manner herein
referred to may also be made upon circular and other kinds of knitting machinery.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said 'inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The manufacture of ladies' knitted ribbed vests in which increased width at
the broast or bosom portions is obtained by the introduction of additional ribs into
the fabric, substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. In the manufacture of ladies' knitted ribbed vests the method of increasing
the number of ribs in the breast or bosom portions thereof by bringing additional
needles into action substantially as and for the purpose described.
3. The manufacture of ladies' knitted ribbed vests in which the breast or bosom
portions are formed by gradually increasing the number of the ribs in the fabric
thereat, then gradually reducing the number of the said ribs until the normal
number of the ribs remain substantially as and for the purpose described.
4. In the manufacture of ladies' knitted ribbed vests knitting the breast or
bosom portions thereof by introducing additional needles into action and sub-
sequently removing such extra needles out of action substantially in the manner
and for the purpose described.

page_text: 6. A. ladies' knitted ribbed vest the breast or bosom portions of which are formed
of increased width substantially in the manner and for the purpose described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 27th day of October 1892.
WILLIAM LANGHAM.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.