US2004656A

US2004656A - Stocking

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Publication number: US2004656A
Application number: US733099A
Authority: US
Inventors: John L Fonville
Original assignee: KING COTTON MILLS CORP
Current assignee: KING COTTON MILLS Corp
Priority date: 1934-06-29
Filing date: 1934-06-29
Publication date: 1935-06-11
Anticipated expiration: 1952-06-11

Description

June 1.1, 1935. J. L. FoNvlLLE 2,004,656

STOCKING Filed June 29, 1954 posed of two strands,

Patented June 1l, 1935 UNITED STATES STOCKING John IL. Fonville, Burlington, N. C., assignor to King Cotton Mills Corporation,

Richmond, Va.,

i a corporation of Virginia Application June 29, 1934, Serial No. 733,099 6 Claims. (Cl. 66-292) l 'I'his invention relates to a stocking and more especially to a stocking knitted from cotton, regenerated cellulose, silk and the like and having designs knitted therein from a. yarn comone strand of the same being filament cellulose acetate and the other strand being spun cellulose acetate. This gives a beautiful cross-dyeingveffect and at the same time provides a stocking which is durable in that the design forming strand has the necessary strength and also the necessary friction element to prevent the design forming strands from pulling out of the fabric.

It is a well known fact that cellulose acetate and other bers such as regenerated cellulose, cotton and silk do not have the same ainity for the same dyes. It is known that designs can be formed in a stocking knitted from regenerated cellulose by the use of a strand of cellulose acetate for forming the design, but the trouble experienced in trying to use this combination is that ordinary filament cellulose acetate is slick and as the design consists usually of only a few loops before it is withdrawn and clipped, these `few design forming loops will not be gripped sufliciently by the other portions of the stocking, and although the desired cross-dyeing can be obtained, the stocking will not wear satisfactorily. Furthermore, the filament strands are not as strong as a yarn composed of a spun cellulose acetate and a lament cellulose acetate strand twisted together. By using a yarn having a lament strand and a spun strand of cellulose acetate, the yarn used for forming the design will not be slippery and will be held by the body of the stocking.

Some of the objects of the invention having been stated, other objects will appear as the description proceeds, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of a stocking showing a design therein;

l Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the design and A"surrounding portions of the stocking;

Figure 3 shows a filament strand of cellulose acetate;

Figure 4 shows a spun strand of cellulose acetate;

Figure 5 shows a yarn composed of spun and lament strands of cellulose acetate twisted together.

Refen'ing more specifically to the drawing, I0

. indicates a stocking having a design II formed therein by the special yarn hereinafter to be described. In preparing this special' yarn, an

ordinary strand of filament cellulose acetate I2 is employed and cut up lengths of filament cellulose acetate I3. 'I'hese two are twisted together as'shown in Figure 5 to form a strand which will not slip out of the other loops as the spun 5 acetate can be gripped by the other loops while filament acetate is slick and has not been successfully used for that reason. 'Ihe knitting machine uses the body yarn, such as regenerated cellulose I4 while design forming mechanism intermittently throws the special yarn composed of a strand of filament cellulose acetate and a strand of spun cellulose acetate into operation which when withdrawn is cut, or is cut before the hose is sold, and if the design forming strand were all filament cellulose acetate it would slip out, but the spun strand does not slip and thus I have devised a method of making a stocking of these materials which will not only cross-dye, but which will wear well.

In the drawing and specification there has been set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention and although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only, and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A stocking knitted from an undyed regenerated cellulose yarn and having a design knitted therein from an undyed cellulose acetate yarn comprising a lament strand and a spun strand twisted together which is fed to the needles for a few loops and then withdrawn, whereby crossdyeing'elects can be produced, and whereby the desired luster, strength and anti`-skid properties are obtained in the cellulose acetate yarn.

2. A stocking having its body yarn of regen' erated cellulose and having portions of courses thereof knitted from a cellulose acetate yarn comprising a filament strand and a. spun strand twisted together.

3. A stocking having portions'of courses knitted therein from a cellulose acetate yarn comprising a lament strand anda spun strand, and having a body portion knitted from yarn having no ainity for a dye which has an ailinity for the cellulose acetate yarn.

4. A knitted fabric having its main portion knitted from a yarn having an affinity for a dye which has no aflinity for cellulose acetate yarn and having relatively small portions thereof knitted from cellulose acetate yarn which is yfed to a few needles and then withdrawn, the cellulose acetate yarn comprising two strands one of which is a filament strand and the other a spun strand, whereby the necessary strength in the cellulose acetate yarn is obtained and slippage of the cellulose acetate yarn is prevented.

5. A knitted fabric composed in the main of yarn having noalnty for a dye which dyes cellulose acetate yarn and having relatively small portions thereof knitted from cellulose" acetate yarn which is fed to `a few needles at a time and is then withdrawn whereby cross-dyeing effects may be obtained, the cellulose acetate yarn having a filament strand and a spun strand twisted ltogether whereby the necessary strength andlustre in the cellulose acetate yarnis'obtained and slippage of the cellulose acetate yarn with relation to the fabric is prevented.

6. A stocking knitted from a regenerated cellulose yarn and having small portions thereof knitted from cellulose acetate yarn which is fed to the needles of al knitting machine for a few loops and then withdrawn to form a design when the stocking is subjectedto a dyeing operation, the cellulose acetate yarn comprising a spun strand and filament strand twisted together whereby the necessary lustre and strength is obtained in the cellulose acetate yarn and slippage ofthe cellulose acetate yarn with relation to the regenerated cellulosefabric is prevented.

c JOHN L. FONVILLE.