An Improvement in the Manufacture of Kid and like Gloves.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Manufacture of Kid and like Gloves.
I, JOHAN PETER MÖLLER, of 3, Schulstrasse, Pankow, Berlin, in the German
Empire, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of Kid and like
gloves, and it consists in cutting out the glove, with its thumb, from a single piece of
material. By this means the back seam of the thumb is dispensed with, thereby
reducing labour and consequently cheapening the manufacture. Moreover, the
objectionable pressure of the seam is obviated.
The glove will last longer, as the seam of the thumb-which latter is more
frequently used than the fingers-is dispensed with. Furthermore, a saving of
material is effected, as there is no need to cut a thumb hole, as in blanks as
heretofore employed.
The clippings or cuttings of the new glove, are strips with straight edges which
are suitable for the side pieces of the fingers, and for gussets. To render these
clippings of still greater value, it is advisable to double the material, so that two
blanks can be cut out at the same time, and the clippings form a connected piece.
Dated this 28th day of October 1806
LETE
ION.
An Improvement in the Manufacture of Kid and like Gloves.
I, JOHAN PETER MÖLLER, of 3 Schulstrasse, Pankow, Berlin, in the German
Empire, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings
and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of Kid and like
gloves, and it consists in cutting out the glove with its thumb from a single piece of
material, so as to enable the back seam of the thumbpiece to be dispensed with. By
this means I reduce labour and consequently cheapen the manufacture of these
articles, while, at the same time, I obviate the objectionable pressure of the seam on
the hand.

page_text: By dispensing with the seam of the thumb piece, the glove is rendered more
durable, seeing that the thumb is used more frequently than are any of the other
fingers. Furthermore, a saving of material is effected, inasmuch as there is no need
to cut a thumb hole as in blanks of the usual pattern.
Again, the cuttings from the new glove form strips with straight edges, which are
suitable for use as side pieces for the fingers, and as gussets. These cuttings may be
rendered more useful by doubling the material so that two blanks can be cut out at
one and the same time, and the cuttings therefrom form a single piece.
In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 shews a blank, cut according to this Invention, and
Fig. 2 the glove cut therefrom and ready for making up.
The portion between the lines of folding x, x and y, y, represents the back of the
glove and the finger pieces; the portion to the right of the line x, x, forms the palm,
and that to the left of the line y, y, the thumb.
All that now requires to be done is to fold over these side pieces, on the right and
left of the glove, as indicated by the lines x, x and y, y, and then to sew the
edges a, b, and e, f, together.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I
claim:
1. In the manufacture of Kid and like gloves, cutting out the part for the thumb
in one with the rest of the glove, so as to dispense with the seam at the back of the
thumb, substantially as described.
2. My improved glove made as herein before described and shewn with reference to
the annexed drawings.