Improved Manufacture of Night Dresses, Bathing Costumes, Under- shirts, and other Underclothing for Ladies and Gentlemen made on Rotary Knitting Machines.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 5th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 23rd July, 1889-Accepted, 21st Sept., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Manufacture of Night Dresses, Bathing Costumes, Under-
shirts, and other Underclothing for Ladies and Gentlemen made
on Rotary Knitting Machines.
- I CHARLES DAWSON, Factory Manager, in the employ of I. and R. Morley,
Fletcher Gate, Nottingham, Hosiery Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows
:-
When making up articles for ladies and gentlemens use, such as vests, night
dresses, dresses, bathing costumes, combinations, nickers, jerseys, bodices, chemises,
chemisettes, night shirts, and shirts for boating, tennis, cricket, racing, cycling,
jockeys shirts, and other undershirts and garments. In order to make the parts of
each garment fit the slope of the-shoulders of the wearer, I make both sides of the
upper part, either back or front with the requisite number of narrowings according
to the length of the shoulder to form the angle for the slope of the shoulders and
the upper part of the front or back, I widen on each selvage to equal the length
of the narrowed back or front, and join the two together on a turning off machine.
Dated this Fourth day of June 1889.
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIIFCATION.
Improved Manufacture of Night Dresses, Bathing Costumes, Under-
shirts, and other Underclothing for Ladies and Gentlemen made
on Rotary Knitting Machines.
I CHARLES DAWSON, Factory Manager, in the employ of I. and R. Morley
Fletcher Gate Nottingham Hosiery Manufacturers 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:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a front view of the upper portion of a combination garment for
ladies' use.
Figure 2.shows a back view of the same portion.
Figure 3 shows the central piece of the front upper portion with the requisite
length of selvages widened to form the slope of the shoulders, and
Figure 4 shows the central piece of the back upper portion narrowed to equal the
length of the widened central piece of the front portion.
The narrowings are indicated on the drawings by the letter N and the widenings
by the letter W.
When making up articles for ladies and gentlemen's use such as vests, night
dresses, dresses, bathing costumes, combinations, jerseys, hodices, chemises, chemisettes,
night shirts, and shirts for boating, tennis, cricket, racing, cycling, jockeys shirts, and
other undershirts and garments of knitted fabrics made on rotary knitting machines.
In order to make the parts of each garment fit the slope of the shoulders of the
wearer I make both sides of the upper part either back or front "the back is shown
in the drawings "with the requisite number of narrowings at A according to the
length of the shoulders "see Figures 2 and 4" to form the angle for the slope of
the shoulders, and the upper part of the front or back "the front is shown in the
drawings."

page_text: I widen on each selvage at B to equal the length of the narrowed back or front,
and join the two together on a turning off machine the garment being folded at the
dotted lines (will form the slope of the shoulders, the rest of the garment being
formed and finished in the usual way.
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,
The improved manufacture of under-clothing for ladies and gentlemen's use
substantially as described and illustrated in the Drawings annexed.
Dated this Twenty cocond do of 1.1 1000
Witness,
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Nottingham.
CHARLES DAWSON.
Witness,
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Nottingham.