AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLOVES MADE: OF LOOPED FABRICS OF SILK, COTTON, AND LINEN."
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John King Westrop, of Staining Lane, and Edward
Alfred Sharman, of 35, Noble Street, both in the City of London, for
the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLOVES MADE:
OF LOOPED FABRICS OF SILK, COTTON, AND LINEN."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John King Westrop and,
Edward Alfred Sharman at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,.
with their Petition, on the 11th October 1855.
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We, JOHN KING WESTROP, of Staining Lane, and EDWARD ALFRED
SHARMAN, of 35, Noble Street, both in the City of London, do hereby:
declare the nature of the Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF GLOVES MADE OF LOOPED FABRICS OF SILK, COTTON, AND LINEN," to be.
as follows:-
In the manufacture of gloves made of looped fabrics, when of silk, cotton, or
linen, as heretofore practised, there is found an instability at the wrists of such
gloves. Now, the object of this Invention is to give greater stability to the.
wrists of gloves manufactured of looped fabrics of silk, cotton, or linen; and.
the improvement consists of affixing to each glove a leather band at the wrist,
with a button and button hole, or means of connecting the ends of the leather
band, by which a glove of unfelted looped fabric will, notwithstanding its
peculiar elasticity, be better held in shape when on the hand than when using
elastic wristbands, as heretofore practised.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John King Westrop and Edward Alfred Sharman in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 9th April 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOHN
KING WESTROP, of Staining Lane, and EDWARD ALFRED SHARMAN, of 35,
Noble Street, both in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the nineteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said John King Westrop and Edward Alfred Sharman, Her special
licence, that we, the said John King Westrop and Edward Alfred Sharman,
our executors, administrators, and, assigns, or, such, others as, we,, the said John
King Westropand. Edward, Alfred, Sharman, our executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term, therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Inven-
tion for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLOVES MADE OF LOOPED
FABRICS OF SILK, COTTON, AND LINEN," upon the condition (amongst others) that
we, the said John King Westrop and Edward Alfred Sharman, our executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our or their hands and
seals, or under the hand and seal of one of us-or them, should particularly
describe and ascertain.the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was: to..be performed,, and, cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office. within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edward Alfred Sharman, on behalf of
myself and the said John King Westrop, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be parti-
cularly described and ascertained in and by the following, statement thereof,
that is to say-
In the manufacture of gloves made of looped fabrics, when, of silk, cotton, or
linen, as heretofore practised, there is found an, instability, at the wrists of such
gloves. Now, the object of this. Invention is to give greater stability to the
wrists of gloves manufactured of looped fabrics of silk, cotton, or linen; ; and
the improvement consists of affixing to each glove a leather band at the wrist,.
with a button and button hole, or means of connecting the ends of the leather

page_text: band, by which a glove of unfelted looped fabric will, notwithstanding its
peculiar elasticity, be better held in shape when on the hand than when using
elastic wristbands, as heretofore practised.
Having thus stated the nature of our said Invention, we will proceed more
fully to describe the manner of performing the same.
Gloves hitherto made of cotton, linen, and silk loop fabrics have been
fastened at the wrist, by attaching a web or tape of india-rubber either round
or partly round the glove at that point, or by an ordinary button and button
hole in the fabric itself. Both of these methods have been found insufficient to
keep the glove in its proper position when the hand is closed or moved, as
the india-rubber band or web gets weak by use, and allows that part of the
glove which ought to be secured at the wrist to draw on to the hand.
This Invention consists in attaching or sewing to that part of the glove
nearest the wrist a band of kid, sheep, or other leather, with a button and
button hole in the band, which band by its property of tension maintains its
position firmly at the wrist, and does not allow the glove to be drawn out of
its place or pulled forward by the closing or contraction of the hand. This
band also, by maintaining its place, and the consequent strain upon the fabric
lengthways from the wrist to the fingers, prevents the undue stretching of the
fabric across the hand, and a more perfect fit is consequently obtained than by
any other method of fastening.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Alfred Sharman, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
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Witness,
S. CARPMAEL.
EDWARD ALFRED SHARMAN. (L.B.)