Improvements in the Manufacture of Kid and like Gloves.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 2.th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 15th Feb., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
Improvements in the Manufacture of Kid and like Gloves.
I, OTTO KAUFMAN, of 8 Hart Street, in the City of London, Manufacturer
and Importer, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and
to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of kid and like
gloves, whereby I am enabled, in a seamless glove, that is a glove having no side
seam, to form the thumb without a separate gusset, and also to avoid waste in the
manufacture of the glove.
According to the said invention, instead of inserting a gusset at the fork of the
thumb in the ordinary way, by using a separate piece therefor, I cut the skin,
from which the glove is to be made, in such a manner as to leave an angular or
V-shaped projection or piece to form the gusset. The edge of the skin, from
the outer corner of this V-shaped piece to the fork of the fore finger, forms one
side of the seam which, when the glove is completed, extends along the palm from
the fork of the thumb to that of the forefinger.
The invention will be readily understood on reference to the accompanying
drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 shows the manner in which the skin is cut to form the improved
glove;
Fig. 2 is a front view of the finished glove; and
Fig. 3 shows, detached, one form of thumb piece.
The skin is cut so that the portion between the dotted lines a, b, a, b, (Fig. 1)
forms the back, while the other portions, when folded over, form the inside of
the hand. It will be seen that the portions forming respectively the front of
the forefinger, one side of the fastening slit, and the thumb aperture, lie all on the
same side of the line a', b. The V-shaped piece for the gusset is shown at c, d, e,
and it will be seen that the straight dotted line extending from the apex d of this
V-piece to the fork f of the forefinger, cuts off a triangular d, e, f. The edge e, f,
of this portion extending from the outer corner e of the V-shaped piece to the
fork f, forms one side of the seam of the glove as seen more clearly in Fig. 2, the
point meeting the corresponding point on the other edge of the skin when
the latter is folded over.
As regards the shape of the thumb aperture, it will be seen that a portion g
projects into this, and is adapted to be joined to a corresponding piece on the
other edge of the skin, so forming the short seam i, seen in Fig. 2. This particular,
however, does not constitute any part of the invention, as the form of the thumb
aperture may be varied almost indefinitely, the dotted line k indicating one such
variation.
The shape of the thumb portion (Fig. 3) must, of course, be adapted to that
of the thumb aperture, the form shown being suitable for a glove having portions g
and h.
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 I
claim is:
1. In the manufacture of a so called seamless glove, the formation or shaping of

page_text: the skin so that the gusset for the thumb forms an integral part of the skin,
substantially as described and shown.
2. The improved "seamless" glove herein described and shown with reference
to the drawings.
Dated this 28th day of January 1896.
ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78, Fleet Street, London, and 5 Market Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.