Improvements in the Manufacture of Hosiery.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 10th Nov., 1891-Accepted. 12th Dec.. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Hosiery.
I, CHARLES LUNN, of Rutland Street, Leicester, in the County of Leicester,
Glove and Hosiery Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of hosiery, that is to
say, of hose, half hose, under-shirts, pants and the like, the object of the improve-
ments being to give an increased thickness with a fleecy surface to certain parts
of the goods where extra warmth and durability are required.
For this purpose in manufacturing my hosiery I introduce at the parts to be
thickened additional courses of loops which are not knitted in the main fabric but
are left on the underside of the fabric in the form of a pile. In the process of
finishing the goods this pile is teazled or brushed so as to form the pile into a
fleecy surface.
Dated the 10th day of February 1891
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4. South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Hosiery.
I, CHARLES LUNN, of Rutland Street, Leicester, in the County of Leicester,
Glove and 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 relates to improvements in the manufacture of hosiery, that is to
say, of hose, half hose, under-shirts, pants and the like, the object of the improve-
ments being to give an increased thickness with a fleecy surface to certain parts of
the goods where extra warmth and durability are required.
For this purpose in manufacturing my hosiery I introduce at the parts to be
thickened courses of loops which are not knitted in the main fabric but are left on
the "wrong side" of the fabric in the form of a pile.
In making, say, a stocking according to my invention I take an ordinary plain
knitting frame and at the parts where the article is not to be fleeced and thickened,
I work the frame in the ordinary manner but at those parts of the stocking which
it is required to thicken and fleece, instead of completing the "course," the jacks
are drawn down, the frame brought forward to the needle heads, and the jack and
lead sinkers are thrown up out of the way in the usual manner, but I do not operate
the presser so that the course of loops last formed is left loose on the wrong side of
the fabric in the form of a pile. This may be done for every alternate course or
for every third or more courses according to the degree of thickening or fleecing
required.
Where entire or complete courses of fleecing are not required, instead of employing
the ordinary "bluff" presser, I use "tuck" pressers adapted to leave the additional
loops to form the fleecing at the required parts.
In order to obtain a good selvedge at the fleeced courses the hand carrier is
thrown a needle short for each half course on each side.
In the process of finishing the goods this pile is teasled or brushed so as to form
the pile into a fleecy surface.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inveu-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The manufacture of fleeced or thickened hosiery goods by leaving courses
of loose loops at the parts required, substantially in the manner hereinbefore
described.
2. A stocking, sock, under-shirt or other article of hosiery thickened and fleeced
at certain parts in the manner and for the purpose substantially as hereinbefore
described.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.