CA1042766A

CA1042766A - Slipper kit

Info

Publication number: CA1042766A
Application number: CA269,413A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Helmut Kreksch
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1977-01-10
Filing date: 1977-01-10
Publication date: 1978-11-21

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A frame for weaving of a slipper. The frame consists of a circular plate, the top side of which is fixed to a concentric shaft and the bottom side fitted with pins mounted adjacent the circumference of the plate that project away from the plate. The shaft is fixed to a rounded block, fitted with a plurality of pins on its upper surface. The pins of the frame are employed to fasten strands of fiber extending from the pins of the block to the pins of the plate forming an outline of truncated conical shape that serves as a base for weaving of a slipper. The block is shaped to form the outline of the toe section of a slipper.

Description

1~)4Z766 SUMMARY OF T~IE INVENTION
My invention is a frame for weavinq of a slipper. The frame consists of a plate, preferabl~ circular, the top side of which is fixed to a concentric shaft and which carries pins mounted adjacent the circumference oE the plate and projecting away from the plate. The shaft is fixed to a rounded block, fitted with a plurality of pins on its upper surface. The pins of the frame are employed to fasten strands of fiber extending from the pins of the block to the pins of the plate forming an outline of a truncated conical shape that serves as a base for weaving of a slipper. The block is shaped to form the outlien of the toe section of a slipper.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The objects and features of the invention may be understood with reference to the following detailed description of an illustrative emhodiments of the invention, taken together with the accompanying drawin~s in which:
FIG. 1 is an elevation view of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a side view of the invention;
FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the invention, taken along line 3-3 of Fig. l; and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of slippers woven on the invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in which - similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views, Figs. 1-3 illustrate the frame 10 which I
call a Slipper Tree.

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iO427~6 Frame 10 is formed of a circular plate 11, the upper surface 12 of which is fixed to a concentric shaft 13~ A toe block 14 is fixed to the opposite end 1~ of shaft 13. The toe block 14 is formed as a flat sicled block of relatively uniform thickness with the top surface 17 of the blo~k 14 rounded both in the lateral and transverse directions. More specifically, and as shown in the drawings, the top surface 17 is convex and synclastic, having major and minor curvature about axes perpendicular to each other and to the shaft 13. This top surface 17 is shaped to form the toe portion of a slipper.
A series of projections are formed on the toe block 14 and the circular plate 11 to anchor the fibre to he woven on the frame. As best seen in Figure 1, these projections may consist of pins 21 set in a row on the top surface 17 of toe block 14 along the extremity of this surface furthest from : the plate 12 and a circle of pins 22 which project from the bot- .
tom surface 24 of plate 12, with pins 22 located adjacent the :;~ periphery 25 of plate 12.
. In use strands 28 of wool or other fiber are stretched between pins 21 and 22 so as to form lines of an imaginary . .:
conical-shaped surface extending between the periphery 25 of ; - plate 12 and the upper surface 17 of block 14 to serve as the warp 28A of a slipper 29 to be woven on the frame 10, Any individual strand may be anchored at each end to pairs of :` opposed projections 21 and 22, or one continuous strand may be extended over the toe block about a projection 21 on the toe block and anchored at each end to opposed pins 22 on the plate, in a fashion familiar to one skilled in the art of weaving.
Using the warp so prepared, the slipper may be woven - by introducing horizontal weft threads of yarn through the vertical warp by conventional techniques of weaving, employing 104'~7f~6 plain or basket weaves or other known variations of weave. The toe section 32 of a finished slipper 29 is formed about the shaped toe block 14, Shaft 13 is of sufficient length to allow the weaving of any desired length of slipper on the frame. An ,' ~

~ B -3~-7ti~i ankle opening 31 will be woven into one side of the slipper on the frame below toe block 14. The slipper may be removed from the frame by cutting the warp strands 28 from the projections leaving a number of loose ends as shown in Figure 4 at 33. After removal from the frame the heel section may be formed by drawing the ends 34 of the woven slipper together and knotting or weaving the loose ends 33. If individual strands have been used to form the warp, some joining will be required at the toe.
: 10 Since obvious changes may be made in the specific embodiment of the invention described herein, such modifications being within the spirit and scope of the invention claimed, it is indicated that all matter contained herewith is intended as illustrative and not as limiting in scope.
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Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A frame for use in weaving a slipper comprising a shaft joined at one end to a toe block and at the other to a plate, said shaft oriented gen-erally perpendicular to the plane of said plate, said plate and toe block each fitted with pro-jections to anchor the warp of a slipper to be woven on said frame.

2. The frame as recited in claim 1 in which the toe block is shaped to fit inside the toe section of a slipper.

3. The frame as recited in claim 1 wherein the plate is circular and said projections of the plate project from the side of the plate remote from the toe block.

4. The frame as recited in any of claims 1 to 3 wherein said projections of the plate are spaced around the whole periphery thereof.

5. The frame as recited in any of claims 1 to 3 wherein said toe block has a top surface remote from the plate which surface is synclastic having major and minor curvature about axes perpendicular to each other and to the shaft, said projections on the toe block being spaced along the extremity of said surface furthest from said plate.