Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1887
Complete Left, 3rd Apr., 1888
Complete Accepted, 4th May, 1888
and Jerseys.
I, GEORGE SOWTER of Roden Street, in the Town and County of the Town
of Nottingham Hosiery Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows
The invention has for its object an improved method of producing the fulnesses or
gussets" for the breasts of a ladies knitted vest or Jersey.
Hitherto such descriptions of ladies vests have been produced in the following
manner. First the body up to the line of the breasts has been knitted on one frame,
then such body has been removed from the said frame and afterwards run on to a
narrow frame so as to produce the outer portion of one breast with the requisite
fulness by widening and narrowing on the inner edge of such outer portion, the
article is then removed from such narrow frame and run on another narrow frame to
produce the outer side of the other breast also with the requisite fulness as above
described; after this the article is then removed from such narrow frame and the
upper edge of the body between the two outer portions of the breasts is run on
to another machine in which the central portions of the breast of the vest is produced
with the requisite fulness on each outer edge thereof by means of widening and
narrowing after which the article is again run on to the original or a similar machine
and the body completed in the usual way after which the adjacent edges of the three
portions are seamed together.
.
This method of production is both tedious and expensive in addition to which
a seam is made vertically across each breast which results to some extent in discomfort
to the woarar

page_text: Now according to my invention I produce the required fulness or "gussets" for
the breasts without seam and I produce the entire article exclusive of the sleeves
all on the same frame. For this purpose I first kuit the body as heretofore up to the
lower part of the breasts, I then shift all the loops on each side of the article from the
centre lines of the breasts outwards so as to widen the article vertically across the
breasts and after having continued to widen the required distance I then begin
to narrow by the reverse action until the required fashioning is obtained after which
the article is completed in the usual manner.
In producing the required fulness or "gusset" for each breast I may form either
one, two or more lines of fashioning as may be desired.
1

page_text: and Jerseys.
I, GEORGE SOWTER of Roden Street, in the Town and County of the Town of
Nottingham 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 :-
The invention has for its object an improved method of producing the fulnesses
or gussets" for the breasts of a ladie's knitted vest or Jersey.
"
Hitherto such descriptions of ladies vests have been produced in the following
manner.
First the body, up to the line of the breasts, has been knitted on one frame, then
such body has been removed from the said frame and afterwards run on to a narrow
frame so as to produce the outer portion of one breast with the requisite fulness
by widening and narrowing on the inner edge of such outer portion, the article
is then removed from such narrow frame and run on another narrow frame to produce
the outer side of the other breast also with the requisite fulness as above described;
after this the article is then removed from such narrow frame and the upper edge of
the body between the two outer portions of the breasts is run on to another machine
in which the central portion of the breast of the vest is produced with the requisite
fulness on each outer edge thereof by means of widening and narrowing after which
the article is again run on to the original or a similar machine and the body completed
in the usual way after which the adjacent edges of the three portions are seamed
together.
This method of production is both tedious and expensive in addition to which
a seam is made vertically across each breast which results to some extent in discomfort
to the wearer.
Now, according to my invention, I produce the required fulness or
" gussets" for
the breasts without seam and I produce the entire article, exclusive of the sleeves, all
on the same frame.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing which represents a portion
of a ladie's knitted vest with the breasts fashioned according to my invention.
For this purpose I first knit the body as heretofore up to the dotted line a at the
lower part of the breasts, I then shift all the loops on each side of the article from
the centre lines of the breasts outwards so as to widen the article vertically across the
breasts and after having continued to widen the required distance, which is represented
by the dotted line c, I knit a short distance plain and then begin to narrow from the
lined by the reverse action until the required fashioning is obtained after which the
article is completed in the usual manner. Or if desired the narrowing may
commence immediately after the widening is completed.

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In producing the required fulness or gusset" for each breast I
one, two or more lines of fashioning as may be desired.
may
form either
In the drawing I have represented two lines e of fashioning which will generally be
found sufficient but either one or more than two lines of fashioning may be used
as may be found requisite for particular purposes.
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 what I
claim is :-
"
"
The manufacture of ladies knitted vests or Jerseys with the requisite fulnesses
or gussets for the breasts produced without seam substantially as herein shown
and described.