US1211247A - Hosiery. - Google Patents

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R..W. SCOTT.

HOSIERY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25. 19M.

Patented 15ml. 2,1917.

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BY Hit? ATTORNEY ROBERT W. SCOTT, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB T SCOTT 86 WILLI IAMS, INCORPORATED, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, A QORPORA TION OF NEW JERSEY.

HOSIERY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.2,1917. Y

Application filed May 26, 191.4. Serial No. 841,027.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RoennrW. Soon, a citizen of the United States, residing in Boston, Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Hosiery, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of stock- I.

heel and toe, the ribbed leg of the stocklng ings which have a ribbed leg portion extend ing down over the instep, (this term usually including the top of the'foot down to the toe) and plain heel, sole and toe portions, the object of my invention being to provide a more acceptable stocking of this type than has heretofore been produced. This object I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which-- Figure l is a representation of a stocking made in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section illustrating the needle cylinder member of a rib knitt ng machine for producing my improved stocking, and Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view illustrating the dial member of such inag chine. V

In the ordinary rib stocking seamless foot, as such stocking is made today, it is customary to knit the leg portion upon a rib knitting machine and the foot portion upon another machine which producesplain web and is capable of knitting the heels and toes automatically, the ribbed leg portion being either run upon the needles of the footing machine or transferred there- 5 to by means of a transfer ring. In any such case, however, the ribbed leg portion contains more wales than the foot portion because suiiicient elasticity is not secured where the. number of wales in the ribbed and 4o plain portions coincide.

The so-called, doubling of stitches which takes place in transferring the stitches of the ribbed web to the needles of the plain footing machine adds greatly to the labor and expense in the production of such stockmp5s and in the knitting machine shown 1n having a.

I have determined the worn thestocking is unsightly because of;

even Where the transfer was effected auto- I matically upon the machine above referred to the operation was a delicate one and called .foranicety ofadjustment which it was difiicult to. maintain. q

It has been proposed to knit afstock ng with ribbed leg and instep and plain sole;

being started at the top with a two-and rib and the character of' the rib in the I of the leg being gradually changedf two-and-one rib to ne-and-jonerib by first} knitting 'a number of courses of-two-and onej j rib, then transferring stitches from certain of the double Wale ribs into'adjoining single 7 Wale ribs, then knitting a number of courses. with this new arrangement, then transferr ring stitches from certain other of the double Wale ribs to adjoining single Wale ribs and continuing such operation during the formation of the leguntil by the time the ankle portion of the stocking is reached 'tion of the heel, sole and toe of the stocking in plain web upon the cylinder needles. Even in the production of such a stocking, however, the objectionable doubling" of.

stitches is necessary. 4

In order to overcome, these objections I proceed as follows: Instead of the needle carriers being cut uniformly as usual. I cut one-half of the cylinder. and dial so that,

in knitting ribbed Web, a closerdisposition of the stitches is permitted around one half of the web than around the other half, the

needle carriers being so set up inthe machine that the front of the ribbed leg and the instcp'will be of finer gage than the rear of the leg. l I

fact that here a 1M tubular ribbed fabric is produced with needle carriers cut as above described and yarn of a given number or weight is employed, the resulting fabric, particularly after be-, I ing passed through the dyeing process tends to justify itself, that is to say, it presents no material dilference' in appearane'eas between the twohalves thereon] Referring to Fig; 2,"which is a'diagr'am" illustrating the cutting of thecylinder cra circular knitting machine such as that of equipped with a needle for coeperation with the sixty-five needles contained in the segment w of the dial, and while, throughout the segment :1 of the cylinder, every one of the ninety slots contained therein will be equipped with a needle, only every other one of these needles will be active in rib knitting, and will cooperate with the forty-five needles around the segment y of the dial, so that in knitting the leg of the stocking there will be one-hundred and thirty wales in the fine gage front of said leg and ninety wales in the coarser gage rear half of the same, such ribbed fabric being of oneandone rib type throughout.

The welt a being first formed at the top of the leg, the machine proceeds to knit the leg portion down to the line whereupon auto matic transfer of stitches from the fortyfive needles around thesegment y of the dial to the theretofore inactive forty-five needles contained in every other slot throughout the segment 3 of the cylinder is effected, this transfer requiring no doubling of the stitches and ,being preferably made in accordance with the process set forth in my Letters Patent No. 830,373, dated Septen'iber 4, 1906. At the same-time a lighter yarn is'preferably substituted for the relatively heavy yarn used in knitting the ribbed leg portion. and the knitting operation is then proceeded with, ribbed web being produced upon the one-hundred and thirty needles contained in the segment m of the cylinder and segment a" of the dial and plain web upon the ninety needles contained in the segment g of the cylinder.

At or about the point 0 a reinforcing yarn is preferably added to thicken the heel and the knitting of the heel is then proceeded with upon the needles contained in the segment 3 of the cylinder, the needles in the segment as of the cylinder and in the segrnent 0: of the dial being temporarily put out of action but retaining their stitches and being brought into action again when the knitting of the heel has been completed, so

as to proceed with. the knitting of the foot of-the stocking with ribbed top and plain sole, after which the knitting of the toe upon the needles contained in the segment 31' of the cylinder is effected, the toe being-also thickened if desired by the addition of reinforcing yarn during the knitting of the an same, or such reinforcin varie after being introduced at the point c, being permitted to remain during the knitting of the heel,

sole and toe so as to thicken all of these members of the stocking, or such reinforcing yarn being introduced at the point I) if it is desired to produce what is termed a high spliced heel.

The same yarns which are employed in knitting the high spliced and thickened heel,

sole and toe of the stocking may be employcd in knitting the ribbed web'of the ankle and instep, or the reinforcingv yarn may be fed only to the needles of the segment 3 of the cylinder in knitting the high splice, and the heel, sole and toe.

As there are, in knitting the heel, sole and toe, never more than ninety needles in action as against one-hundred and thirty employed in knitting the ribbed fabric comprising the front of the leg and the instep, I secure a comparatively coarse fabric in the heel, sole and toe and can consequently reinforce these portions and provide comparatively heavy fabric therein, or in any one or more of said parts, while still preserving the desired narrow foot and ankle portion of the stocking, the ribbed web in the front of the ankle and instep being materially contractile, by virtue hf its elasticity, so that I am enabled to produce a stocking which has ample room and elasticity in the leg and ankle portion, a heel, sole and toe sufficiently coarse and heavy to withstand the greater wear to I which they are subjected, and an instep portion which tends\to contract the foot and presents an unbroken area of the same char acter of fabric as that of which the leg composed.

It will be apparent that if an even diri."

sion of the needles in the needle carriers was used and an attempt was made to in troduce heavy yarns in the heel, sole and toe portions of the stocking the foot of the stocking -would be entirely too Wide for the other portions and if yarn of proper weight to suit the gage was employed the foot-por tion would, under like circumstances be too light and too thin to properly resist the wear to which these portions of the stocking are subjected.

I claim:

-1. A seai'nless stocking having a ribbed leg portion with uniform type of rib throughout but with a coarser gage in the rear half than in the front half due toa lessernumber of wales in the rear half than in the front half.

2. A seamless stocking having leg andin step portions of ribbed fabric, and heel, sole and toe of plain fabric, the type of ribbed web being uniform throughout but being of coarser gage in the rear portion of the leg than in the front of the leg and instep due to a lesser number of wales in the rear half than in the front half 3. A seamless stocking having leg and instep portions composed of ribbed Web,'and heel, sole and toe of plain Web, the ribbed web being of uniform type throughout but the rear portion of the leg being of coarser gage than the front portion and instep due to a lesser number of Wales in the rear half than in the front-half, and the plain Web having reinforced portions.

4. A seamless stocking having leg and instep portions of ribbed fabric, and heel, sole and toe of plain fabric, the type of ribbed iveh being uniform throughout but being of coarser gage in the rear portion of the leg than in the front of the leg and instep due to a lesser number of Wales in the rear half than in the front half and the )lein fabric of the heel, sole and toe having a lesser number of wales than the ribbed fabric of the front of the leg and lnstep.

I front of the leg and instep, and being composed of heavier yarn.

In testimony whereof, I have slgned; my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT W. SCOTT.

lvitnesses i RoBnR'rC. CHILD, MARY F. GRIFFIN.

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