An Improved Method of Marking Patterns or Sections of Garments, in several Distinctive Sizes and Designs, upon the Materials from which the Garments are to be Made, and upon Pattern Transfer Paper or Medium.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 12th Jan.. 1897-Accepted, 27th Mar.. 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Marking Patterns or Sections of Garments,
in several Distinctive Sizes and Designs, upon the Materials from
which the Garments are to be Made, and upon Pattern Transfer
Paper or Medium.
I ROBERT GREENHALGH of 26 Nicoll Road, Willesden, London, in the County
of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My said invention relates to means for cheapening and expediting the manufacture
of all sorts of garments and wearing apparel except underclothing, linings and the
like, and consists in printing several distinctive sizes of garment patterns or sections
or designs upon one or more pieces of fabric or material so that when the piece or
pieces of fabric is or are bought, the purchaser may cut the garment to any desired
size or design within the range of sizes printed on the material. For instance if the
garment is to be composed of a certain number of parts, the patterns or sections of
these parts are printed directly upon the material from which the garment is to be
made, but instead of having each pattern in one size only, according to my invention
I print the pattern in two, three, four or more sizes, the line delineating each size
being distinguished from the other size lines either by being of a different colour or
of a different appearance or description or identified by distinctive letters or figures.
Each distinctive size line in any one of the patterns or sections is to be found with
the same distinguishing peculiarity in all of the other patterns or sections when
necessary, so that when the size of the garment has been decided upon, all of the
patterns on the piece are cut out to that specific and distinctive size line, so that no
mistake in cutting and fitting can he made. The differentially distinctive patterns
and designs being printed upon the material itself, any inexperienced or unskilled person
can do the cutting readily and accurately. When a medium between the delineated
sizes is required, the cutting may be done between any two of the distinctive
size lines.
The printing or transferring of the patterns or designs upon the material may be
done by any ordinary or suitable mechanism. For instance the printing might be
effected in a calico printing machine or in any modified form of the same. I might
also print the aforesaid differentially sized lines and designs upon pattern paper or
other suitable medium and transfer the lines to the fabric in any convenient
manner.
Exclusive of underclothing, linings and the like my invention is applicable in the
manufacture of all descriptions of wearing apparel, garments and clothing, corsets,
waterproofs, leggings, gaiters and caps. The differentially sized patterns or designs
composing a garment might all be printed upon one piece of fabric, or upon separate
pieces of the same or of different fabrics, especially in cases where the garment
contains portions or sections of different materials.
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page_text: An Improved Method of Marking Patterns or Sections of Garments,.
in several Distinctive Sizes and Designs, upon the Materials from
which the Garments are to be Made, and upon Pattern Transfer
Paper or Medium.
I ROBERT GREENHALGH of 26 Nicoll Road, Willesden, London, in the County
of Middlesex, Warehouseman, 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 and accompanying drawings:-
My said invention is a further development of the invention for which I have made
application for a Patent No. 24772 of 1895 and relates to means for cheapening and
expediting the manufacture of all sorts of garments and wearing apparel except
underclothing, linings and the like, and consists in printing several distinctive sizes
of garment patterns or sections or designs upon one or more pieces of fabric or
material so that when the piece or pieces of fabric is or are bought, the purchaser may
cut the garment to any desired size or design within the range of sizes printed on the
material.
For instance if the garment is to be composed of a certain number of parts, the
patterns or sections of these parts are printed directly upon the material from which
the garment is to be made, but instead of having each pattern in one size only,
according to my invention I print the pattern in two, three, four or more sizes, the
line delineating each size being distinguished from the other size lines either by being
of a different colour or of a different appearance or description or identified by
distinctive letters or figures. Each distinctive size line in any one of the patterns or
sections is to be found with the same distinguishing peculiarity in all of the other
patterns or sections when necessary, so that when the size of the garment has been
decided upon, all of the patterns on the piece are cut out to that specific and distinctive
size line, so that, no mistake in cutting and fitting can be made. The differentially
distinctive patterns and designs being printed upon the material itself, any
inexperienced or unskilled person can do the cutting readily and accurately. When
a medium between the delineated sizes is required, the cutting may be done between
any two of the distinctive size lines.
The printing or transferring of the patterns or designs upon the material may be
done by any ordinary or suitable mechanism. For instance the printing might be
effected in a calico printing machine or in any modified form of the same. I might
also print the aforesaid differentially sized lines and designs upon pattern paper or
other suitable medium or material and transfer the lines to the fabric in any
convenient manner.
Exclusive of underclothing, linings and the like my invention is applicable in the
manufacture of all descriptions of wearing apparel, garments and clothing, corsets,
waterproofs, leggings, gaiters, slippers and caps. The differentially sized patterns
or designs composing a garment might all be printed upon one piece of fabric, or
upon separate pieces of the same or of different fabrics, especially in cases where the
garment contains portions or sections of different materials.
To render my invention more fully understood I have appended hereto two sheets
of drawings to which I will now refer.
As already said the differentially sized lines or indications are distinguished by
certain peculiarities which enable each line to be readily distinguished from its
neighbours. For example suppose it were my intention to mark each pattern in four
distinctive sizes, I would use four distinctive size-lines. For instance as shown in
Fig. 1 the continuous line a might represent the largest size, the interrupted line b

page_text: might represent the next size; the dotted line c the next size; and the dot-and-dash.
line the smallest size. To illustrate the practical application of these differentially
sized lines to the marking out of an outer garment I have selected a simple example
in Fig. 2 which represents a piece of waterproof material having printed or marked
thereon four differentially sized patterns of a circular waterproof cape to be worn in
the manner shown in Fig. 3. Here the outer line a marks the largest size; and the-
three remaining smaller sizes are represented by the lines b, c and d.
Fig. 4 Sheet 2 illustrates a piece of oilskin having marked upon it four-
differential sizes of the patterns requisite to form a pair of oilskin trousers. The
legs of the trousers are marked X; the pieces Y are for the back waistband. The
part Z is the strengthening part of the crutch and the hem folds are indicated by
the crosses marked W.
Fig. 5 shows the trousers when made up and on the person of the wearer.
The two examples of outer garments shown in the drawings have been selected'
as simple examples, and merely for the sake of illustration. It is obvious that
it would be both useless and impossible to give an example of every description
of garment and wearing apparel in the manufacture of which my invention might
be employed.
It is not an essential of my invention that all of the differentially sized patterns
composing an outer garment should be printed or produced upon one piece of
material, as they might be printed upon separate pieces of material.
Although I have generally speaking, referred to printing as the most obvious
mode of producing the differentially sized lines on the material, and to the identifi-.
cation of the various lines by differences in colour or appearance or by distinctive.
letters, figures or signs, nevertheless any other mode of producing these differentially
distinctive size indications might be adopted. For example I might use perforations,.
snips or other means, where printing or stamping is not permissible or convenient,
as for instance in the case of brocades, jaconets, in cotton or other fibres, crepons,
pongées and other similar light fabrics.
Instead of printing the differentially sized patterns upon the material as set forth,
the said patterns might be printed on paper and then cut out to the required size
and laid upon the material; or otherwise the selected size lines may be transferred
from the paper to the cloth by a pricker or tracing wheel or hot iron or other
means.
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
(1) Printing or otherwise delineating patterns of garments and articles of wearing
apparel of the indicated nature, (that is to say other than underclothing, linings and
the like) upon the materials from which the garments or sections of the same are to
be made, the said patterns being printed or produced in more than, one size, each of
the different size-lines or delineations being preferably made distinguishable from the
other size lines by means of different colours or peculiarities of formation, or by
distinguishing signs, letters, figures, and markings for the purposes, and substantially
as herein before described and illustrated.
(2) Printing or otherwise delineating the hereinbefore referred to differentially
sized patterns and designs of garments and articles of clothing or wearing apparel.
of the indicated nature, upon paper or other suitable material, for the purposes and.
substantially as set forth.