EP2040570A1 - A tie made of textile material and method for its manufacture - Google Patents

A tie made of textile material and method for its manufacture

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EP2040570A1
EP2040570A1 EP07766717A EP07766717A EP2040570A1 EP 2040570 A1 EP2040570 A1 EP 2040570A1 EP 07766717 A EP07766717 A EP 07766717A EP 07766717 A EP07766717 A EP 07766717A EP 2040570 A1 EP2040570 A1 EP 2040570A1
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tie
needle
fabric
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Nicola Somma
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SOMMA and C Srl
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D25/00—Neckties
    • A41D25/001—Making neckties

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  • the present invention relates to a tie made of textile material and a method for its manufacture.
  • a tie generally comprises a strip of fabric of various sizes, shape and decorations, which, when dressing, is wound around the collar of a shirt to form three characteristic zones: collar, knot and terminal ends.
  • the strip of fabric comprising a tie is not a single piece, but it is obtained by connecting multiple strips of textile material, appropriately shaped and sewn together.
  • ties comprise four or five strips of fabric that are sewn at the end to form a single strip of fabric that define the tie in its entirety. Subsequently, the lateral longitudinal edges of said strip of fabric are folded and superposed to the central part of the strip destined not to be in view and they are pressed by ironing, in such a way as to form folds able to maintain said edges in position.
  • edges are also sewn together, in order to assure a stable position when the tie is worn.
  • tapered ties with the classic "arrow tip” pointing downwards, when the tie is worn, and ties cut straight, i.e. not tapered.
  • Ties obtained with multiple strips of fabric have the drawback of being particularly laborious to manufacture.
  • the method for manufacturing this type of ties is particularly delicate, as it requires numerous sewing and ironing steps, to assure that the tie will maintain a given shape.
  • An object of the present invention is also to solve the aforesaid drawbacks, making available a tie that is not composed by multiple strips of fabric.
  • An additional purpose of the present invention is to propose a tie that is able to maintain its shape when it is worn.
  • Another object of the present invention is to propose a method for manufacturing ties with a needle textile machine.
  • a further object of the present invention is to obtain the above results within a simple, rational constructive solution.
  • FIG. 2 shows a front rear view of a tie made in accordance with the present invention in folded configuration.
  • the numeral 1 indicates a tie made of textile material manufactured with a "punto stoffa” or fabric knitting work process.
  • the tie 1 is manufactured in a single textile piece starting from a single yarn fed to a textile machine.
  • the tie 1 is obtained by means of a needle textile machine that has eighteen needles per inch, so that the punto stoffa or knitted fabric has a corresponding fineness of about eighteen.
  • fineness indicates the size of the punto stoffa or knitted fabric and the larger the value, the smaller the dimension of the knit; specifically, this value is determined by the number of needles of the machine present in a certain range, in particular in one inch.
  • the tie according to the invention has a direction of longitudinal development along which are defined a first portion Ia, an intermediate portion Ib and a second portion Ic positioned at an opposite side from said first portion Ia relative to the intermediate portion Ib.
  • the first portion Ia has a double increasing/decreasing taper starting from an end edge 2 of the first portion Ia, towards said intermediate portion Ib.
  • the increasing taper is indicated with the numeral 3, whilst the decreasing taper is distinguished with the numeral 4.
  • the second portion Ic has a double increasing/decreasing taper starting from said intermediate portion Ib towards an end edge 5 of said second portion of the tie 1.
  • the increasing taper is indicated with the numeral 6, whilst the decreasing taper is distinguished with the numeral 7.
  • the tie 1 has a plurality of needle-out regions 8 obtained along the longitudinal direction of development of the tie.
  • said needle-out regions are preferably obtained on an unseen surface of the tie, in particular on the rear surface shown in figure 1.
  • Needle-out machining is a particular process in which an operating needle is moved into the rear needlebed (i.e. it is moved out of the work process), to crease a gap/recess in the knitting.
  • the needlebed of a textile machine is a seat, generally made of steel, that contains the needles and allows their actuation, necessary to operate a predetermined work process on a fabric.
  • the needle-out regions 8 are placed on said first portion Ia, second portion Ic and intermediate portion I b in symmetrical position relative to a longitudinal axis of the tie.
  • the needle-out regions 8 define longitudinal lines in which the fabric of the tie has reduced thickness, so that said longitudinal lines constitute folding lines for edges of the tie that are mutually opposite relative to a longitudinal axis of the tie.
  • the edges of the tie maintain the folded position with no need for sewing.
  • six longitudinal lines are provided, in such a way that the tie has three superposed edges on each half of the tie.
  • the ties manufactured in accordance with the present invention are particularly simple to manufacture, because they are fabricated in a single textile piece and they require no sewing, contrary to ties currently available on the market, which are formed by multiple strips of fabric sewed to each other.
  • a tie according to the invention is that, being worked with punto stoffa or knit fabric, can be worn making a particularly thin knot.
  • a tie according to the invention takes on a well defined shape and does not position itself improperly once it is worn.
  • a method for manufacturing ties with a needle textile machine originally comprises the steps of:
  • the regions with reduced thickness define folding lines for edges of the tie that have to superpose to central portion of the tie itself, enabling said edges to maintain the folded position even after the tie is worn, with no need to perform any sewing or pressing by ironing.
  • the yarn is worked with punlo stoffa or knit fabric.
  • a method in accordance with the invention is particularly practical and efficient, because it does not require any step of sewing, or cutting, or pressing by ironing. On the contrary, this latter ironing step is absolutely necessary to assure that ties manufactured in accordance with the prior art will maintain a given shape.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Textile Engineering (AREA)
  • Sewing Machines And Sewing (AREA)
  • Knitting Of Fabric (AREA)
  • Casting Or Compression Moulding Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Moulds For Moulding Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Yarns And Mechanical Finishing Of Yarns Or Ropes (AREA)
  • Treatment Of Fiber Materials (AREA)

Abstract

A tie (1) comprising a single textile piece obtained by working a single yarn, said textile piece being shaped by means of increases and decreases of its fabrication. The tie (1) has a plurality of folding regions able to allow the superposition of two or more edges of the tie to obtain a predetermined shape of the tie. Method for manufacturing ties with a needle textile machine.

Description

A TIE MADE OF TEXTILE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE
TECHNICAL FIELD AND BACKGROUND ART.
The present invention relates to a tie made of textile material and a method for its manufacture.
As is well known, a tie generally comprises a strip of fabric of various sizes, shape and decorations, which, when dressing, is wound around the collar of a shirt to form three characteristic zones: collar, knot and terminal ends.
Generally, the strip of fabric comprising a tie is not a single piece, but it is obtained by connecting multiple strips of textile material, appropriately shaped and sewn together.
Normally, ties comprise four or five strips of fabric that are sewn at the end to form a single strip of fabric that define the tie in its entirety. Subsequently, the lateral longitudinal edges of said strip of fabric are folded and superposed to the central part of the strip destined not to be in view and they are pressed by ironing, in such a way as to form folds able to maintain said edges in position.
Generally, the edges are also sewn together, in order to assure a stable position when the tie is worn.
Preferably, there is a lining sewn on the part of the fabric strip destined not to be in view when the tie is worn.
As is well known, there are substantially two types of ties: tapered ties with the classic "arrow tip" pointing downwards, when the tie is worn, and ties cut straight, i.e. not tapered.
Ties obtained with multiple strips of fabric have the drawback of being particularly laborious to manufacture.
Disadvantageously, the method for manufacturing this type of ties is particularly delicate, as it requires numerous sewing and ironing steps, to assure that the tie will maintain a given shape. As is well known, there are also unshaped tubular ties, obtained by weaving multiple fabric yarns and worked with coarse patterns.
Such ties have the important drawback of taking on a shape that is not well defined and of frequently assuming improper positions once they are worn.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION, An object of the present invention is also to solve the aforesaid drawbacks, making available a tie that is not composed by multiple strips of fabric.
An additional purpose of the present invention is to propose a tie that is able to maintain its shape when it is worn.
Another object of the present invention is to propose a method for manufacturing ties with a needle textile machine.
A further object of the present invention is to obtain the above results within a simple, rational constructive solution.
Said objects are fully achieved by the tie made of textile material and by the related method for its manufacture, of the present invention, which are characterised by the content of the appended claims.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
These and other objects shall become more readily apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment, illustrated purely by way of non limiting example in the accompanying drawing tables, in which: - figure 1 shows a front view of a tie made in accordance with the present invention in extended configuration;
- figure 2 shows a front rear view of a tie made in accordance with the present invention in folded configuration. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION.
With reference to the figures, the numeral 1 indicates a tie made of textile material manufactured with a "punto stoffa" or fabric knitting work process.
The tie 1 is manufactured in a single textile piece starting from a single yarn fed to a textile machine. Preferably, the tie 1 is obtained by means of a needle textile machine that has eighteen needles per inch, so that the punto stoffa or knitted fabric has a corresponding fineness of about eighteen.
As is well known, the term "fineness" indicates the size of the punto stoffa or knitted fabric and the larger the value, the smaller the dimension of the knit; specifically, this value is determined by the number of needles of the machine present in a certain range, in particular in one inch.
With reference to figure 1 , the tie according to the invention has a direction of longitudinal development along which are defined a first portion Ia, an intermediate portion Ib and a second portion Ic positioned at an opposite side from said first portion Ia relative to the intermediate portion Ib.
In particular, the first portion Ia has a double increasing/decreasing taper starting from an end edge 2 of the first portion Ia, towards said intermediate portion Ib.
With reference to figure 1, the increasing taper is indicated with the numeral 3, whilst the decreasing taper is distinguished with the numeral 4.
Preferably, the second portion Ic has a double increasing/decreasing taper starting from said intermediate portion Ib towards an end edge 5 of said second portion of the tie 1. With reference to figure 1 , the increasing taper is indicated with the numeral 6, whilst the decreasing taper is distinguished with the numeral 7.
In new and original fashion, the tie 1 has a plurality of needle-out regions 8 obtained along the longitudinal direction of development of the tie.
With reference to the figures, said needle-out regions are preferably obtained on an unseen surface of the tie, in particular on the rear surface shown in figure 1.
Needle-out machining is a particular process in which an operating needle is moved into the rear needlebed (i.e. it is moved out of the work process), to crease a gap/recess in the knitting. The needlebed of a textile machine is a seat, generally made of steel, that contains the needles and allows their actuation, necessary to operate a predetermined work process on a fabric.
In the preferred embodiment, the needle-out regions 8 are placed on said first portion Ia, second portion Ic and intermediate portion I b in symmetrical position relative to a longitudinal axis of the tie.
With particular reference to figure 2, the needle-out regions 8 define longitudinal lines in which the fabric of the tie has reduced thickness, so that said longitudinal lines constitute folding lines for edges of the tie that are mutually opposite relative to a longitudinal axis of the tie.
In this way, the edges of the tie maintain the folded position with no need for sewing. In accordance with embodiment variants, not shown, there may be multiple longitudinal lines worked in needle-out fashion, so that the tie has greater consistency, in consideration of the presence of multiple superposed and folded edges. Preferably, six longitudinal lines are provided, in such a way that the tie has three superposed edges on each half of the tie.
Advantageously, the ties manufactured in accordance with the present invention are particularly simple to manufacture, because they are fabricated in a single textile piece and they require no sewing, contrary to ties currently available on the market, which are formed by multiple strips of fabric sewed to each other.
Another advantage of a tie according to the invention is that, being worked with punto stoffa or knit fabric, can be worn making a particularly thin knot. Advantageously, a tie according to the invention takes on a well defined shape and does not position itself improperly once it is worn. According to the invention, a method for manufacturing ties with a needle textile machine, originally comprises the steps of:
- feeding a single yarn of textile material to the machine;
- increasing the number of needles in operation to increase the dimension of the fabrication of the fabric, said step of increasing having variable duration as a function of a predetermined final shape of the tie;
- decreasing the number of needles in operation to decrease the dimension of the fabrication of the fabric, said step of decreasing having variable duration as a function of a predetermined final shape of the tie;
- needle-out working, to obtain a plurality of regions with reduced thickness along a longitudinal direction of development of the tie;
- one or more steps of folding the tie along said needle-out regions to mutually superpose two or more edges of the tie.
The regions with reduced thickness define folding lines for edges of the tie that have to superpose to central portion of the tie itself, enabling said edges to maintain the folded position even after the tie is worn, with no need to perform any sewing or pressing by ironing.
In accordance with the preferred embodiment, the yarn is worked with punlo stoffa or knit fabric. Preferably, a needle textile machine of the type with eighteen needles per inch, so that Xhspunto stoffa or knit fabric mesh a corresponding fineness of eighteen.
Advantageously, a method in accordance with the invention is particularly practical and efficient, because it does not require any step of sewing, or cutting, or pressing by ironing. On the contrary, this latter ironing step is absolutely necessary to assure that ties manufactured in accordance with the prior art will maintain a given shape.

Claims

1. Tie (1) comprising a single textile piece obtained by working a single yarn, said textile piece being shaped by increasing and decreasing its fabrication, characterised in that it has a plurality of folding regions able to allow the superposition of two or more edges of the tie to obtain a predetermined shape of the tie.
2. Tie as claimed in claim 1, wherein said folding regions are worked in needle-out fashion.
3. Tie as claimed in claim 2, wherein said needle-out work is conducted on a surface of the tie that is not in view, at said folding regions.
4. Tie as claimed in any of the previous claims, wherein said folding regions are positioned symmetrically relative to a longitudinal axis of the tie.
5. Tie as claimed in claim 2, wherein said needle-out folding regions (8) define lines in which the fabric of the tie has reduced thickness.
6. Tie as claimed in any of the previous claims, wherein said textile piece is manufactured by means oϊpunto stoffa or knit fabric work process.
7. Tie as claimed in claim 6, wherein smάpunto stoffa or knit fabric has a fineness of about eighteen.
8. Tie as claimed in any of the previous claims, having a direction of longitudinal development along which are defined a first portion (Ia), an intermediate portion (Ib) and a second portion (Ic) positioned at an opposite side from said first portion (Ia) relative to the intermediate portion (Ib).
9. Tie as claimed in claim 8, wherein said first portion has a double increasing/decreasing taper starting from an end edge (2) of said first portion (Ia) of the tie towards said intermediate portion (Ib).
10. Tie as claimed in claim 8 or 9, wherein said second portion (Ic) has a double increasing/decreasing taper starting from said intermediate position (Ib) towards an end edge (5) of said second portion (Ic) of the tie.
11. A method for manufacturing ties with a needle textile machine, comprising the steps of: feeding a single yarn of textile material to the machine; increasing the number of needles in operation to increase the size of dimension of the fabrication of the fabric, said step of feeding having variable duration as a function of a predetermined final shape of the tie; decreasing the number of needles in operation to decrease the dimension of the fabrication of the fabric, said step of decreasing having variable duration as a function of a predetermined final shape of the tie; needle-out working, to obtain a plurality of regions with reduced thickness along a longitudinal direction of development of the tie; one or more steps of folding the tie along said needle-out regions to mutually superpose two or more edges of the tie.
12. Method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising a step of working said yarn with punto stoffa or knit fabric.
13. Method as claimed in any of the previous claims 11 or 12, wherein said textile machine is of the type with eighteen needles per inch.
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