A Stretcher, for Stretching Gloves
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Aug.. 1889
Complete Specification Left, 1st May, 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 8th June, 18
RESERVE
WILLIAM PETLEY BARBER of 11 Langley Road, Small Heath Birmingham
Umbrella Furniture Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows.:-
A Stretcher, for Stretching Gloves.
The letters referred to are the same in each drawing, and the invention.mayibe
briefly described as, follows:-
Figure 1 shows the Stretcher. closed.
Figure 2 shows the Stretcher open.
Figures 3 & 4 are sectional views; and
Figure 5 shows a shape which may be adopted for the arm pieces. A.
Two arms B, Figure: 1, are pivoted at. D and the Handles N. at one end.are.kept
extended by the spring E, and at the other end the said arms are kept closed_by_the
same spring.
Two grooved arm pieces A are pivoted on the arms B at the point (in such a
manner that they fit over the said arms B and meet in the centre.
By inserting the stretcher as shown in Fig. 1. in the finger of a glove and pressing
the Handles together the arms B are opened as in Fig. 2 and the aring pieces A
by reason of their action on the pivot will stretch the whole finger with .one
pressure.
By this means the stretching is done in a more even manner and in a much.shorter
space of time.
Dated this Twenty-eighth day of July 1888.

page_text: WILLIAM PETLEY BARBER, 11 Langley Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, Umbrella
Furniture 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 :-
The invention consists of a stretcher for gloves and is designed to stretch the
whole length of one finger with each pressure, instead of in several separate pressures
in different parts of the finger.
By this means the finger is stretched more evenly and without the risk of stretching
more in one place than another.
I will proceed to describe the various parts of the stretcher by reference to the
Drawings left with the Provisional Specification.
Fig. 1. shows the stretcher closed and ready for insertion in the glove.
A. A. are two arm pieces formed from a strip of metal, or wood, or any suitable
material and shaped substantially as shown in section at A. in fig. 4.
B. B. are two arms pivoted or joined together at D (figs. 1 and 2) and to which
the arm pieces are pivoted at C. C.
These two arms B. B. are made by preference to overlap each other as in fig. 3.
and are kept closed by the spring E. thus bringing the arm pieces together as
in fig. 1.
Fig. 2. shows the stretcher opened by pressing the handles N. N. together and when
thus pressed after being inserted in the glove finger the two arm pieces A. A. stretch
open the sides of the glove finger parallel to each other by their action on the
pivots C. C.
If, when the stretcher is extended in the glove, it is desired to stretch one end of the
finger to a greater extent this may be accomplished by pressing the arm pieces A. A.
at the opposite end to that desired to be stretched.
Fig. 3. shows the section of F. G in fig. 1.
It will thus be seen that the arm pieces A. A. falling outside the arms B. B. enclose
the said arms and make the stretcher compact.
Fig. 4. shows a section of one of the arm pieces A with a projection H. affixed at,
´or near, the end J. and which projection enters the hollow of the other arı A. and
causes them to close evenly together.
This projection H. may, if desired, form the termination of the arms A. at the
end J. and thus completely close the end, or it may be placed a little lower down
from the end J. which end will then be closed by the metal from which it is formed
being shaped in this manner to make the end round.
Fig. 5. shows another form of the arni pieces A. A. with projections at M. M. which
will if desired stretch the glove finger more in that part where the projections occur
than in any other part.

page_text: It will thus be seen that by stretching the whole length of a finger with one
pressure the risk of overstretching in parts and thus causing the finger to split is
completely avoided.
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. A Glove stretcher which will stretch the whole length of any one finger with
one pressure substantially as described.
2. The action of the arm pieces A. A. on the pivots C. C. by means of which they
assume the shape of the glove finger and stretch it evenly.
3. A stretcher which will stretch one end of a finger more than another by the
simple pressure on the opposite end.
Dated this Thirtieth day of April 1889.
WILLIAM PETLEY BARBER.