Improvements in Gloves.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 29th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 5th Dec., 1891
Improvements in Gloves.
I, HENRY URWICK of Northwood, North Malvern, in the County of Worcester,
Superintending Glove Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
According to this invention 1 form a leather glove with a wristband of elastic
ribbed woollen knitted work. The leathern glove I form with the thumb piece cut
so as to extend to the wrist end as described in the Specifications of former Patents
granted to me No. 4928 in the year 1880 No. 1593 in the year 1882 and No. 5444
in the year 1889.
The elastic band I form from a length of tubular ribbed knitted work doubled
over on itself and the edges of the two ends knitted together and a short length of
plain work produced upon them by which the elastic wristband may be secured to
the glove. The short length of plain work may be finished off with a perfect
selvage before being sewn into the glove.
Dated this 31st day of January 1891
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gloves.
1, HENRY URWICK, of Northwood, North Malvern, in the County of Worcester,
Superintending Glove 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 :-
Heretofore when cuffs have been worn together with gloves they have been
separate one from the other and the glove has had to be first drawn on and
fastened and the cuff drawn over it. According to this invention I form a leather
glove with a cuff or wristband of elastic ribbed knitted work or other sufficiently
elastic fabric so that in this case both cuff and glove are pulled on together and
the cuff forms the fastening of the glove. The leathern portion of the glove I
make sufficiently wide at the base to admit of the hand passing into the glove-
preferably I form it with the thumb piece cut so as to extend to the wrist end as
described in the Specification of a former Patent granted to me No. 4928 in the
year 1880.
Preferably I form the elastic band from a length of ribbed knitted work doubled
over on itself and with a short length of undoubled work projecting beyond the
doubled portion where it meets the leather of the glove-this short length of
undoubled work is formed with a perfect selvage. I do not confine myself to
making the cuff in this way as the knitted clastic cuff may be otherwise formed or
it may be formed of other sufficiently clastic fabric. When a glove formed in the
above manner is drawn on to the hand the cuff stretches easily and allows of the
glove being drawn on and off very readily and the cuff fits more closely when on
than leather can possibly be made to do.
Hitherto in the case of leather gloves made without any longitudinal opening at
the wrist end for rendering it easy for the hand to pass into the glove the extra
leather in the wrist part has either been allowed to lie loosely round the wrist when
the glove is on or has been drawn up with rubber or other kinds of springs.
In the latter case the leather lies in puckers and is apt to get in the way of the

page_text: cuffs. By this invention I produce a glove which draws on easily and yet fits
closely and snugly round the wrist when on without the aid of rubber or other
springs.
The way in which Inform the glove is shewn in the drawings annexed.
Figure 1 shews the form to which I preferably cut the leather for forming the
leathern portion of the glove.
Figure 2 shews the thumb pièce for the same.
Figure 3 is a front view and Figure 4 a back view on a reduced scale of the
completed glove.
Figure 5 is a section through the wristband.
Figure 6 shews the piece of knitted work from which the knitted wrist
is made.
Figure 7 shews this piece of work doubled over and sewn together.
Figure 8 shews the completed wrist piece.
A is the leathern portion of the glove B the cuff or wristband and C an inner
lining of any suitable soft material. This lining as will be seen from Figure 5
I make to meet the projection B' of the wristband which is of a single thickness of
knitted work, and unite these together by sewing. In gloves in which no lining is
used the projection B' of the wristband is sewn down to the inside of the leather of
the glove. The wristband is also sewn to the edge of the leather by lines of sewing
as shown by the dotted lines A¹ in Figures 3 and 4.
The wristband may be formed from a length of ribbed knitted work such as
shewn at Figure 6 with a selvage at the end B'. When this length of work is
made it is doubled over on itself as shewn at Figure 7 and the several loops along
the edge B² are taken up and sewn to the face of the fabric at a short distance
from the other edge. To facilitate the sewing on of the edge to the face of the
fabric in a straight line, a line may be made across the work where the edge is to
be sewn to it by making the work at this part for 2 or 3 courses of a yarn of.
different colour to the work on either side of it.
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. A leathern glove formed with a cuff or wristband of elastic ribbed knitted
work or other sufficiently elastic fabric and with the portion of the glove which is
of leather made without any longitudinal slit or opening and.wide enough towards
the wrist end to allow of a hand being passed into the glove substantially as
herein before described.
2. A leathern glove having a cuff or wristband of elastic ribbed knitted work or
other sufficiently elastic fabric and having the thumb piece of the leathern portion
of the glove cut to extend to the wrist end of this portion of the glove substantially
as described.
3. A leathern glove having a cuff or wristband formed of elastic ribbed knitted
work doubled over on itself and with a short length of knitted work of single
thickness projecting beyond the doubled over portion where it is sewn to the
leather or to an inner lining substantially as described.
4. A leathern glove having a cuff or wristband formed throughout of elastic
ribbed knitted work or other sufficiently elastic fabric made substantially as herein
described in such manner that the glove can be drawn on easily and yet fits closely
round the wrist when on.
Dated this 28th day of August 1891.