US1524834A - Method of knitting stockings - Google Patents

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Feb. 3) 1925- v 1,524,834-

J. W. MARTIN METHOD OF KNITTING STOCKINGS Filed Aug. 20, 1921 JuliusW Mari'm Patented Feb 3, 1925..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS W. MARTIN, O]? NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR TO MAY H'OSIERY MILLS, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, A CORPORATION OF TENNESSEE.

METHOD OF KNITTING STOCKINGS.

Application filed August 20, 1921. Serial No. 493,930.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS W. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of Knitting Stockings, of which the following is a specification.

My said invention relates to stockings formed of a ribbed leg and plain foot. It has hitherto been customary to knit the leg on a ribber with a welt at the upper end and a loose course at the lower end for transferring to a foot, the loose course being followed by a series of raveling courses and sometimes an additional loose course or other variation in structure. In transferring each stitch of the first loose course is placed on a point of the transfer ring which is provided with a number of points to correspond with the number of needles of the footing machine. ferred to the needles of the foot knitting machine, it being essential that -every stitch.

should be held by a needle. If any stitch is not so held it will cause a run-back and so render the productdefective.

It'is an object of my invention to provide a stocking and method of making by which no particular care need be exercised in transferring and thus insure greater productlon besides making it possible for unskilled la-- borers to perform the work which. has hitherto called for considerable training and skill,

and which will enable the work to be performed on knitting machines of the type in common use, without change or any add tional attachments. This I do by the foot at that end of the tubular leg piece 'frave'l. I prefer to use an ordinary edging which ordinarily constitutes the to end'pf the stocking, or otherwise stated 7 I the position ofthe part constituting the leg.

Referring to the accompanying drawin which is made a part hereof and on. whic similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is an elevation of a section of rib work used in the stocking of my invention, and i s Figure 2, an elevation of the stocking with a foot knitted on to said section of rib knitting.

In knitting m improved stocking I form a tube 10 on a rildber of any usual type in the ordinary manner,'this tube being provided Said leg is then trans-' is knit on in'the usual manner.

the (bottom of the leg with a course of loose stitches 11 which forms a guide in cutting" off the tube, the purpose being to cut directly through such course in separating the stocking lengths. After this course of loose stitches I knit a course of tuck stitches 12 and follow this with another row of loose stitches. The second row of loose stitches 13 forms a guide for the operator in placing the fabric directly on the needles of the footing machine. In this way it is possible for the operator to place the tube substantially straight on the ring but it being unnecessary to pay attention to the usual requirement of placing every stitch on a point it is possible to per orm this operation in muchless time. The lack of suchnecessity is due to the well known fact that ribbed fabric ravels only in one direction, that direction being from the end last knit toward the end first knit.

After knitting' the second loose course the tube of ribbed work is formed in ordinary manner for nearly the length of the le any desired decorative structure being ma e near the upper end after which ordinary ribbed knitting is resumed followed by a loose course, a tuck course and another loose course as previously explained.

When removed from the ribber the tube is cut into lengths by cutting through the first loose course at the point indicated by the knife 14. The stocking leg is then attached to the needles of the footing machine as above explained after which the foot '15 w The top of leg as here made will, of course, ravel will be understood and any usual expe ent' may be adopted forpreventing such machine for this purpose, as will be readily In the subsequent handling as for dyeing and the like 'the'loose pieces of yarn constituting one-half of the cut stitches of the loose course will come out leaving only the ankle. It is to be understood that in actual understood, but any appropriate method. may be: employed.

practice this flap is very narrow and being substantially similar in appearance to the ribbed leg it will not attract attention. In this way I am enabled to avoid the use of the transfer ring entirely and provide at less cost than usual a stocking having substantially all of the advantages of a transferred stocking having a strong and sure joint between the foot and the leg and which cannot possibly form runs upward from the transfer point.

This structure may be used in manufacturing ordinary stockings but all kinds of hose such as golf hose and minor variations may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scopeof the appended claims. I

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. That process of making a stocking which comprises knitting a ribbed leg with a loose course near the non-raveling end, transferring this end of the leg to a footer and knitting a foot thereon, substantially as set forth.

2. That process of, making a stocking which comprises knitting a ribbed leg with a loose course preceded by a course of tuck stitches at the non-raveling end, transferring the fabric to the needles of a footer substantially at the zone of said loose course and knitting a foot thereon, substantially as set forth.

3. A method of forming stockings comprising knitting tubular ribbed fabric as string-work having at intervals a loose course, a course of tuck stitches and a second loose course in succession, severing the lengths of fabric substantially along the line of the first loose course, transferring each length to the needles of a footer substantially along the line of the second loose course, knitting a foot thereon and finishing the opposite end of the tube to prevent raveling, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Vashington, District of Columbia, this eighteenth day of August, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty-one.

JULIUS W. MARTIN. [n s] Witnesses:

E. W. BRADFORD, 0. M. KEYs.

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