US1835084A - Fabric label and the like - Google Patents

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Dec. 8, 1931. M. B. RIPIN FABRIC LABEL AND THE LIKE Filed April 16, 1951 lNVENTOR zrice fiipin/ Patented Dec. 8, 1931' UNITED. STA

MAURICE B. mm, or uEwYoR-x, 1v. 1., ASSIGNOR 'ro UiIrrEn' STATES wovmr LABEL COMPANY, or NEW YORK, 11.

' FABRIGLABEL AND THE LIKE j r Application filed'April 1e;

1 This invention-relates to tentile fabric labels and the process by which the same are made. article of manufacture that may-be composed 1 5 of a woven, knitted or other textile fabric,

wherein it is'desired toyproduce a plurality of panels or fabric sections-from a single fabric piece by cutting the same therefrom,

this act of severing or separating such panels' or pieces servingto provide each of the same with one or more finished edges, or edges whichwill not fray when put to normal use.

At'the present time, woven fabric labels are'generally produced in the form of. acontinuousv fabric strip, the labels comprising said strip being severed therefrom. Labels The advantages of my improved 'co-nstruction will be apparentwhen consideratlon 1s given to the fact that a great deallof time. and labor is consumed ininturning andhennning the raw or cut edges of the labels ordinarily provided, either befor'esaid labels are attached to thegarments or while such attachment isv taking place. Similarly, many other out fabric articles must, after being cut from a fabric section, be inturned and hemmed or else have their cut edges.

otherwise reinforced by binding, overstitching or the liketo prevent such edges from.

6 fraying.

The object of this invention, therefore, is

' to provide asection, strip or piece of fabric that is'divided into a plurality of lesser pieces 1 such as labels, panels or the like, with each 5 of said labels, panels or the like having. at

least :oneof their edges while in the piece, defined by an inturning of the fabric or by a reinforcement of stitching, .w'eaving or knitting, so that, when severance of the-piece d adj acentm-to the inturnededge or line occurs,

a finished? edge defined by said inturning It also has reference to any other face of a part of the strip disclosed in Figure 1';

A oonrona'r olv on NEW YORK 1931. Serial .No. 530,434.

or 'normallynon-fraying li1 1'e, results.

when the, labels or other. articles are cut from the strip or section. of; which they initially formed a part, they have finished 'or' heinmed edges, and can be speedily attached to: a garment or the like with aminimum of time andefiortj f 1 I have, in describin my invention hereafter, referred specifically to its applicability to woven label manufacture. l 'llhis, however,

.is merely illustrative, as its ap'plicabilityito the textile art generally whenever, separately defined panels are to be separated from a fabricpiece, section or strip by a cutting operation, will be readily, discerned by those skilled in the art to which this particular invention belongs. .5 i

With the objects heretofore stated,.in view, I have devised the particular arrangement of parts hereafter. described and more particularly. pointed out in the claims appended hereto; 1 V Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof injwhich Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fabric ,strip composed of a series of integrally con nected panels or labels, saidstrip illustrating one embodiment ofrmy invention; a

Figure 2 is'a perspective view of the rear Figure 3is a front view of alabel that has been cut from the strip shown in Figures 1 and2;

I Figure 4 is a perspective view of a modified construction; p i 1 Figure 5 is a rear view, in perspective, of

the stripshown in Figure 4;.and

Figure 6 is a perspective ofia label sevaered from the'strip disclosed in Figures 4 an 5.

Throughout the various viewsof thedr'awif ings, similar reference characters; designate s milarparts.

In the embodiinentjof invention dis 7 closed 'in Figures 1 and 2, .1 indicatesfthe body of a woven fabric strip. In referring'to this section of fabric as a fstriplitwill be understood that-thesame maybe a largeor small fabricsection on.piece :and need not necessarily be of the narrow, elongated form disclosed, but may well be of entirely diffen ent proportions to suit the shape of the particular articles formed as a part of said strip and adapted to be subsequently severed therefrom.. Also, in referring to said strip or fabric piece as being of woven textile fabric, I do not wish to be understood as limi.t-.

ing my invention thereby,since under certain conditions, the fabric section or strip may well be of fiat or circular knitted character or of other construction.

In the illustrative embodiment shown, the strip 1 is of elongated character and is intended for the production of fabric labels. Said strip has two opposite longitudinal side edges 2 and 3 which are, in the manufacture of-said strip, woven or otherwise produced with the usual selvage, so that these two edges are of finished or non-fraying character.

The strip is'sectionally divided into a series of integral label panels 4, which are intended to be'severed from said strip when desired 'and attached to garments or other articles of wearing apparel. Between each two labels I provide two spaced loops, tucks or gathers 5-and 6, which'loops, tucks or gathers serve to define in the strip, and later form the opposite longitudinal edges of, each label. These loop elements 5 and 6 extend from one of the selvaged edges 2 to the opposite selvaged edge 3 and may be formed in numerous ways, the formation thereof being dependent upon the manner in which the fabric strip is woven or otherwise produced. In the structures disclosed in the drawings, 1 have shown these loops or tucks formed. by doubling back the warp threads of the strip and causing an en- .gagement of said warp threads, indicated at 7,'w1th the weft, andthen continuing the ordinary weaving of the strip until the point whe're the nextloopis'to be formed is reached, whereupon-the process is repeated. It is also 'enti'rely feasible to weave the strip in flat form and then :produce these loops by a gathering or tucking attachment of a sewing machine. It is also possible to form said loopsbyfolding the'fabrie body and maintaining the loops by adhesively uniting the folds. I

These methods and other methods of forming'theloops or'tu cks in the strip will be readily apparent to the skilled weaver or sewing machine operator.

i It will be seen that the loops ortucks 5 and 6 in each pair, are spaced a slight distance apart, thus providing a narrow strip or fabric area between them, such area being indicated by the reference numeral 8. Said area 8provides a spacefor cutting the labels apart,

the lines of severance of said'labels beingindicated at 9.

By reference to Figure 3, the construction of a label-severed from the strip of Figures r "1 and2, will be'app'airent. Itwill be seen that given, itwill be seen that I provide a strip or fabric piece that is composed of connected label panels, each of which panels is provided while in the strip with the pre-formed finished edges, whereby a subsequent intuming or formation of such edges on the cut labels is entirely dispensed with.

In Figures 4 to 6 inclusive, :1 modified structure is disclosed, wherein the finished cut label, as shown in Figure 6, is'provided with three finished edges, rather than with four as was described with reference to the structure disclosed in Figures 1 to 8 inclusive.

The strip disclosed in Figures 4 and 5 is similar in general construction to that of F 1gure 1, except that instead of being provided with the loops or tucks in groups of two, single loops or. tucksare formed at spaced intervals across thestrip, which loops extend from one of the selvaged edges to the other. Each of said loops 10 defines and later forms, one edge as at 11, of one of the labels 12 that comprise the strip and are subsequently out therefrom. The strip disclosed in Figures 4 and 5 may, of course, be made in any of the ways heretofore described with respect to the structure of Figures 1 and 2, the'sole difference being with respect to the number of loops formed. i

To sever the labels 12 from the strip of F igure 4, cuts are made along the lines 14-, the resultant cut label being shown in Figure 6. It will be there seen that said label is provided with three finished edges, that is, the edgesQ, 3 and 11. The edge 13, being the cut edge, is a raw or unfinished edge which is generally inserted between layers or parts of the garment or article of wearing apparel to which it isto be attached, and this unfinished edge is thus concealed from View.

lVhile I have specifically disclosed my invention as being applied to the manufacture of labels from a fabric strip, it will be understood that this ismerely illustrative of one of the embodiments of my invention, as the same may well be appplied to the manufacture of other fabric articles, sections, pieces or the like wherein the preformation of finished edges on such articles, sections or pieces be;-

foretheseverance of the same from a larger section is desirable or necessary.

While I have herein described the edge rein forcements of the labels as loops, tucks, hems, folds andthe like, and have shown Ill such reinforcements of considerable size for the purpose of illustration, it will be understood by those skilled in the art, that these reinforcements may be made in many ways and may be minute in character, yet be capable of successfully performing the function intended, i. e., if providing finished or' reinforced edges and avoiding the fraying tendency of the ordinary unreinforced cut edge.

Having described several embodiments of my invention, it is obvious that the same is not 7 to be restricted thereto, but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within'the scope of the annexed claims. 7

What I claim is g I 1 V 1. A fabric strip divided into a plurality of panels intended foriseparable use, said strip be severed between each pair of loops 'to' being provided with a plurality of spaced loops extending from one edge of the strip to its opposite edge, said loops being arranged in pairs,*said strip being adapted to divide the strip into panels whose edges are formed by loops. 1 r

3. A fabric strip composed of a plurality of integrally joined labels, one of the edges of opposite a each of said labels being inturned while said labels'a re' connected together in the strip.

4. A fabric strip composed'of a'plurality of integrally joined labels,two of-th'e edges of.

each of. said labels being inturned while said labels are connected together in the strip.

5. A fabric strip composed of a plurality of integrally oined labels, said strip being provided with selvaged longitudinal edges, said strip having one of the edges of each of said labels defined by aloop formed in the strip and extending across the same and connecting the selvaged edges thereon.

6. A textile fabric piece divided into a plurality of lesser sections adapted to be cut from said piece, each of said sections having at least one of its edges defined by a tuck formed in the, piece, which tuck subsequently.

forms an inturned edge on said lesser section when the same is cut from the piece onfa line adjacent to said tuck. j U 7 71A textile fabric piece divided into a plurality of lesser sections adapted to be cut from the piece, said piece being provided with spaced tucks formed in it to define the opposite edges of said lesser sections and to form opposite inturned edges thereon when saidsections are subsequently severed from the piece.

strip having a tuck formed in it between each two labels.

10. A textile fabric piece divided into a plurality of lesser sections adapted to be cut from the piece, each of said sections being separated from that adjacent to it by fraylimiting means formed While said sections are in the piece. c r

11. A textilefabric piece divided into a plurality of lesser sections adapted to be cut from the piece,;each of said sections being separated from that adjacent to it by fraylimiting means provided while said sections are in the piece, said fray-limiting means extending along spaced lines with an area pro- Videdbetween them within which the sections are severed from one another.

labels consisting in producing a fabric strip composed of avplurality of integrally joined labels and in producing an inturned edge on each of the labels during the formation of said strip. 1

13. The process of manufacturing labels conslsting 1n producmg afabric strip com.-

posed of a plurality of labels and. in producing a pair of opposite inturned edges on each label during the formation of'the stripand prior to the separation ofthe labels there from. j i

14. The process of manufacturing fabric panels consisting in producing a plurality of sheet, in'providing tucks in the sheet to separate said panels, and in severing the'sheet on lines adjacent to said tucks whereby said 1.2. The process of manufacturing fabric connected panels in the form of a single fabric tucks'form at leasteone inturned edge on each of said cut fabric panels.

15. The process of manufacturing fabric labels consisting in producing a strip con taining aplurality of integrally connected labels, in providing said strip, with longitudinally selvaged edges, in forming folds in the strip between the labels, and in severing the labels from the strip by cuts made adj acent to the folds therein.

16. A fabric panel having a hennned edge, thehem thereon beingmaintained by threads forming a part of the body of the panel.-

Signed at the city, county and State of New 7 York, this 15th day of April, 1931.

j MAURICE B. RIPIN..

8. A strip of connected fabric'labels, each two labels in said strip having a spaced pair of tucks located between them.

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