Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Cardigan or other Knitted Jackets.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 12th May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 17th Jan., 1891-Accepted, 21st Feb., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Cardigan or
other Knitted Jackets.
I, WILLIAM LANGHAM, of Duke Street, Leicester, Hosiery Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to the manufacture of Cardigan or other knitted
jackets and the object is to afford additional substance or strength at. the wrist
portions of such goods.
of
This is effected preferably by what is known in the trade as the process
splicing, that is to say by the employment of an additional thread during the
knitting of the wrist portions.
The fact of knitting the wrist portions with an additional or splicing thread
imparts additional thickness and strength to such parts of the garment.
1000
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
nts for the Applicant
Agents
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Cardigan or
other Knitted Jackets.
I, WILLIAM LANGHAM, of Duke Street, Leicester, 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 has reference to the manufacture of Cardigan or other knitted
jackets, and is designed with a view of increasing the wearing capacity of a certain
part of the sleeves of such goods incidentally subject to greater wear than other
parts of the garment.
According to this invention I impart additional strength at the wrist portions
of the sleeves of Cardigan jackets or other knitted jackets by forming the fabric
thereat of a stouter or thicker substance than the other parts of the said
garments.
This may be effected by several methods but preferably by what is known in the
trade as the process of splicing, that is to say by employing an additional or
supplementary thread during the knitting of the wrist and the fact of using such
additional thread will produce increased thickness at the part named and render
same more durable and lasting.
Referring to the drawing accompanying this Specification I have shewn a view
of a jacket embodying my improvement.
A is the wrist portion of the sleeve in which the splicing thread is introduced
and which imparts additional thickness thereat, as shewn by the darker lines.
The fabric in the other part of the jacket may be of the usual substance.
The thickened fabric may be continued round the whole of the wrist or a portion
only may be thickened as shewn in the drawing.
The thickening may also be effected by other means than splicing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is,―
The manufacture of Cardigan or knitted jackets in which the wrist portions

page_text: are wholly or partly knitted of a greater substance than the other parts of the
jacket substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
Dated this 17th day of January 1891
WILLIAM
LANGHAM.
W. P. Thompson & Boult,
Agents for the Applicant.