IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLOVES
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Barrett Corry, of Queen Camel, in the
County of Somerset, Leather Dresser and Glover, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLOVES."
Sealed the 19th September 1860, and dated the 24th March 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Barrett Corry
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 24th March 1860.
I, JAMES BARRETT CORRY, of Queen Camel, in the County of Somerset,
Leather Dresser and Glover, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLOVES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the manufacture of gloves in any suitable material,
such as leather, silk, cotton, thread, wool, or any other description of material
used for the manufacture of gloves, in a manner whereby great economy may
be obtained both in the process of manufacture and in the material used, and
is proposed to be effected as follows:-
In gloves of the ordinary construction a strip or piece of leather commonly
called a firget, is inserted with two seams on each side of the fingers, and also
with a seam on the outer part of the glove leading from the little finger to the
wrist, commonly called a side seam, whereas I propose cutting the forefinger
in one piece, and also the little finger in one piece, with but one seam on each
side of the said two fingers, inserting at the bottom of each finger a small

page_text: piece of material, commonly called a quirk, or the quirk at the bottom of the
fore and little finger may be dispensed with. And with regard to the middle
and ring fingers they are formed from two parts, called the back and inside,
which are formed into fingers by sewing two or more parts together, and
having but one seam to each side of the finger, also inserting at the bottom of
each finger a quirk as aforesaid.
The material (either in leather, silk, thread, cotton, wool, or any other
description of material used for the manufacture of gloves,) being cut or
stamped in such forms that the under side of the fingers when folded over
correspond with the upper side of each finger respectively, thereby dispensing
with the side or outer seam of the glove, commonly called side seam. For
economizing the material a waste piece or strip may be cut for the under side
of the two centre fingers, tapering towards the wrist in a conical wedge or
other form, or the same may be in two or more pieces by uniting them across
the palm joint of the fingers, or the same strip and parts may be placed on the
upper side of the glove, the two seams of which form two of the three ribs
ordinarily used on the back of the glove, the thumb at all times being inserted
in the usual manner; or the two inside parts of the glove leading from the
palm joint to the button slit may be united by sewing together, without
inserting the conical wedge or other form of piece.
By these means great economy is effected in labour and also in the material,
waste pieces being brought into use which otherwise were valueless.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Barrett Corry in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 24th September 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
BARRETT CORRY, of Queen Camel, in the County of Somerset, Leather
Dresser and Glover, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
James Barrett Corry, Her special licence that I, the said James Barrett
Corry, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said James Barrett Corry, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times

page_text: 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 Channel Islands and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLOVES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said James Barrett Corry, 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 James Barrett Corry, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to the manufacture of gloves in any suitable material,
such as leather, silk, cotton, thread, wool, or any other description of material
that may be used for the manufacture of gloves, in a manner whereby great
economy may be obtained both in the process. of manufacture and in the
material used.
In order to explain my said Invention as completely as possible, I now
proceed to describe the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the
same into practical effect, reference being had to the illustrative Sheet of
Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the numeral figures and letters of reference
marked thereon respectively, as follows:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figs. 1 to 5 exhibit several methods of constructing gloves for the purpose
of economizing material and time in the process of manufacture, Figs. 6 to 12
being detached portions of the same, similar letters of reference denoting
corresponding parts at each of the Figures respectively.
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It will be seen by reference to the Figures that I form gloves without any
side seams, cutting the fore finger and little finger with only one seam on the
inside of the finger, thus dispensing with the strip or piece known as the
firget," the only insertion being the "quirk," Figs. 11 and 12, at the bottom
of each finger. The inner part of the middle and ring fingers may be formed
in one piece, as shewn at Fig. 6, and inserted in the space a, Fig. 1; or for
economy of material the inner parts of such fingers may be formed of small
pieces, as at Figs. 7 and 10, and inserted in the spaces shewn in Figs. 2 and 5.
At Fig. 4 will be seen another glove opened at the back, and having the

page_text: two finger pieces sewn in, thus forming the ribs or seams on the back of the
glove, the pieces, Fig. 9, being inserted, as shewn at Fig. 4. The same pieces
as at Fig. 9 may be reversed, thereby forming three ribs or seams on the
inside or palm of the hand.
At Figs. 3 and 8 will be seen another method of using up waste pieces of
material by uniting them across the palm joint of the fingers, as shewn, the
thumb at all times being inserted in the usual manner.
By these means great economy is effected in labour and also in the material,
waste pieces being brought into use which otherwise would be valueless.
Having now fully described the nature of my said Invention of "Improve-
ments in the Manufacture of Gloves," and the manner in which the same is
to be performed, I would remark in conclusion that I do not confine or restrict
'myself to the precise details herein described and shewn in the accompanying
Drawings, as many slight modifications or variations may be made therein
without in any way departing from the principle of my Invention; but what
I claim as my Invention intended to be secured to me by the herein in part
recited Letters Patent is the manufacture of gloves in the manner shewn and
described for the purpose herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Barrett Corry, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Seventh day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Witness,
CHARLES JEY,
Surgeon, Queen Camel,
Somerset.
JAMES BARRETT CORRY. (LS.)