IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLOVES, AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1858

page_text: in the County of Middlesex, and No. 28, St. Enoch Square, in the City
of Glasgow, Civil Engineer and Patent Agent, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLOVES, AND IN THE APPARATUS
EMPLOYED THEREIN."-A communication.
of Glasgow, Civil Engineer and Patent Agent, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLOVES, AND IN THE APPARATUS
EMPLOYED THEREIN."-A communication.
Sealed the 12th April 1859, and dated the 15th October 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Davies at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
15th October 1858.
I, GEORGE DAVIES, of No. 1, Serle Strect, Lincoln's Inn, in the County of
Middlesex, and No. 28, St. Enoch Square, in the City of Glasgow, Civil
Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLOVES, AND IN THE APPARATUS
EMPLOYED THEREIN," (a communication from a foreigner residing abroad), to be
as follows:-
This Invention consists of an entirely new method or system of cutting, by
which simplicity of construction, strength, and perfection of fit are obtained.
These improvements are effected partly by certain modifications in the cutter
or punch used for cutting the material for the gloves, whether of silk or other
woven fabric, or skin. The cutter is formed with moveable pieces or blades
capable of being taken asunder, and is suitable for cutting from one to several
dozens of gloves of four different sizes at one blow of the cutting press.

page_text: One of the principal results of these improvements is the dispensing with
eight seams, and the reduction of the number of seams in the fingers of each
glove to four, whereby the manual labor and the material are greatly
economized, and the gloves when completed possess a superiority of strength,
finish, and elegance hitherto unattained. The form of the punch or cutter
employed is shown in the annexed Drawing, which represents a face view of
the same.
To the back A, A, all the separate cutters or blades are fixed (in any
suitable manner) over the surface of which the material to be submitted to
the operation of the cutting press is distended. These blades or cutters consist
of the following parts:-1, two slips B and C, the first for the middle or
second finger, and the second for the third or ring finger. 2, the division of
the back seams or embroidery D, to which the slips B and C are respectively
joined. 3, the lozenge-shaped points E, E, determining the length and breadth
of the fingers formed by the slips B and C, which are sewn thereto at the
parts F, F. 4, the first finger or index G, and the little finger H. 5, the
thumb I and the opening J therefor. 6, a strip M taken on the bias, and
serving for binding the opening of the glove. 7, a piece N taken from the
waste, and serving as a sample or pattern of the material.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Davies in the Great Seal Patent Oflice on the
15th April 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
DAVIES, of No. 1, Serle Street, Lincoln's Inn, in the County of Middlesex,
and No. 28, St. Enoch Square, in the City of Glasgow, Civil Engineer and
Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Ierself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said George Davies, Her special licence that I, the said George Davies,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George
Davies, my 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

page_text: Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF GLOVES, AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN," being a
communication from a foreigner residing abroad, upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said George Davies, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
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 George Davies, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement in writing, and on reference to the accompanying Drawings, that
is to say:-
This Invention consists of an entirely new method or system of cutting, by
which simplicity of construction, strength, and perfection of fit are obtained.
These improvements are effected principally by certain modifications in the
cutter or punch used for cutting the material for the gloves, whether of silk or
other woven fabric or skin. The cutter is formed with moveable pieces or
blades capable of being taken asunder, and is suitable for cutting from one
to several dozens of gloves of four different sizes at one blow of the cutting
press.
One of the principal results of these improvements is the dispensing with
eight seams, and the reduction of the number of scams in the fingers of each
glove to four, whereby the manual labor and the material are greatly
economized, and the gloves when completed possess a superiority of strength,
finish, and elegance hitherto unattained.
The form of the punch or cutter employed is shown in the annexed
Drawing; in which Figure 1 represents a face view of the punch, and
Figure 2 a section of the same, taken through about the line 1, 2, in
Figure 1.
To the back A, A, all the separate cutters or blades are fixed (in any
convenient manner) over the surface of which the material to be submitted to
These blades or cutters
the operation of the cutting press is distended.
consist of the following parts:-First, two slips B and C, the first for the
middle or second finger, and the second for the third or ring finger. It will
be evident that the pieces of fabric or skin cut out by these blades will fall
singly, and detached from the rest of the piece. Second, the division of the
back seams or embroidery D, to which the slips B and C are respectively

page_text: joined. Third, the lozenge-shaped points E, E, determining the length and
breadth of the fingers formed by the slips B and C, which are sewn thereto at
the parts F, F; the effect of these points is to allow for the difference in thick-
ness of the fingers, which, although always thicker at their lower joints, yet
vary considerably in their relative proportions; the play of these joints is
evidently very conducive to the strength of the glove. Fourth, the first finger
or index G, and the little finger H. It will be observed, that when the glove,
thus cut, is put together, there will only be one seam in each finger. Fifth, the
thumb I and the slit or opening J therefor. Sixth, a strip K taken on the
bias, and serving for binding the opening L of the glove. Seventh, a piece M
taken from the waste, which may serve as a sample or pattern of the color and
quality of the material.
Having now described the nature and object of the said Invention for
"Improvements in the Manufacture of Gloves, and in the Apparatus employed
therein," together with the manner of carrying the same into practical effect, I
wish it to be distinctly understood that what I claim as the Invention com-
municated to me is, the construction and arrangement of the cutters or blades,
as shown in the annexed Drawings, and above described, and the peculiar
"cut" or "make" of glove thereby produced having but one seam each to the
first, second, and third fingers.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Davies, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
GEORGE DAVIES. (L.S.)