Year: 1886

page_text: I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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 partly consists of a loop which is fastened to a garment, piece of
fabric or the like, by a chain, lock or other stitch, which prevents said loop from
becoming undone or disconnected from the garment or other article.
Loops thus constructed will be found serviceable for lining or facing stockings,
leggings, gloves and other garments, pieces of fabric and the like, for increasing the
warmth and weight thereof, or for trimming or ornamentation.
The said invention also consists partly in cutting the loops for producing a
lining or facing somewhat after the order of a pile fabric.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 represents a face view of loops embodying this invention.
Figure 2 represents another view of the same drawn to an enlarged scale.
Figure 3 represents a side elevation of one of the loops.
Figures 4 and 5 represent top or plan views of portions of a sewing machine
that may be employed to form the loops.
Figures 6 and 7 represent side elevations respectively, of Figures 5 and 6.
Figure 8 represents a face view of cut loops embodying the said invention.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several Figures.
A represents a part of a garment or piece of fabric, to which loops embodying
the said invention are attached.
In forming the said loops I employ any desired sewing machine, and provide the
same with a loop-forming device, which, in the present case, occupies a position on
the top of the cloth-plate, and consists of a hooked-shaped piece B, which slides
in opposite directions on said plate in a line at a right angle to the direction of
the feed, and receives its motions from a cam and spring on the machine, the

page_text: mechanism employed however, forming no part of the present invention, it being
illustrated at this time to show how the loops are produced.
When the machine is in operation, the loop of yarn or thread on the needle is
caught in the fabric on the cloth-plate, and the needle rises, as usual in sewing
machines. The piece B now advances against the yarn between the needle and
garment or fabric, and passes under and beyond the point of the needle, and the
needle descends, whereby the yarn or thread is turned over the hook of the
piece B and carried down to the fabric, forming a loop C, which is retained on.the
hook. The yarn or thread is then formed into a stitch D on the fabric, thus
sewing the loop to the fabric. The needle then rises, see Figure 7, and the fabric
is advanced, the loop following the fabric, after which the piece B returns to its
first position, carrying with it the loop as formed, and then bearing against the
yarn in a direction the reverse to that just above stated see Figure 6, when the
needle descends, another loop is formed on the hook and the stitch at the base
produced, said stitch sewing the second loop to the fabric. Further loops and
stitches may be thus made, the loops being stripped from the end of the hook by
the advance of the fabric.
It will be seen that a garment or fabric may be readily lined, faced or covered
with loops, so that its warmth or weight is increased, or an ornamental appearance
presented, and said loops being sewed to the fabric are prevented from becoming
undone or disconnecting from the fabric, it being evident that as the loops and
stitches are formed by continuous operation and by mechanical means, the work
will be uniform, and owing to the rapidity with which it is accomplished is
inexpensive, and is moreover of a superior nature.
For making a pile-fabric, the loops are cut at their outer ends by any suitable
means. Then the cut yarn or thread C¹ is teasled in any well known manner, or
otherwise treated and finished, whereby the surface of the fabric or goods is
napped, piled or made fluffy.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
First. A loop formed with a stitch whereby it is secured to a garment, fabric, or
article to which it is applied, substantially as described.
Second. A combined loop and stitch, substantially as, and for the purpose,
set forth.
Third. A loop and stitch formed by a continuous operation substantially as
described.
Fourth. A.loop formed with a stitch, whereby it is secured to a garment, fabric
or article to which it is applied, said loop being cut for the purpose set forth.
Fifth. A combined cut-loop and stitch, substantially as, and for the purpose,
set forth.
Sixth. A loop and stitch formed by continuous operation, the loop being cut for
the purposes set forth.