US2088455A - Weaving form - Google Patents

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July 27, 1937. s. E. WITT 2,088,455

wEAvI'NG FORM Filed Aug. 17, 1955 A TTORNEY.

Patented July 27, 1937 UNITED STATES PAT-ENT OFFICE WEAVING FORM Samuel E. Witt, Geneva, Ill.

Application August 17, 1935, Serial N0. 36,629

8 Claims.

My invention relates in general to a weaving form for use in knitting or weaving flowers or other designs from yarn or thread. More specifically, my invention takes the form of a multiple unit comprising a plurality of weaving forms or rings which may be used separately to weave or knit different sizes of designs or which may be nested together to weave designs of double or triple flowers and the like. The forms are so arranged that designs may be interwoven in a variety of forms to produce knitted articles -of novel design. Certain simple devices have been used in the past for forming'simple flower designs but all are only useful in forming single Y flowers and are either diicult to handle or com- .plicated in design.

The design of the weaving form of my invention has a number of features of improvement over any device known. Each of the forms is light in weight, and has its guiding surfaces designed so as to give the greatest ease both in Weaving the design and in removing it from the form after weaving.

' t Forms such as here shown are used for producing designs knitted or woven by 'hand from yarns either colored or plain. The floral designs so formed are then linked together by a crochet stitch or the like toform knitted articles such as sweaters, bed spreads, pillow covers, and the like. In the accompanying drawing I have `shown one embodiment of my invention, al-

though variations from the exact form shown may be made without departing from the general idea thereof.

Fig. 1 is a top view of a complete unit such as is used to produce triple owers.

Fig. 2 is a top view of the outer ring of the unit of Fig. 1.

. Fig. 3 is a. top view of the central ring of the unit of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a top View of the inner ring of the unit of Fig. 1.

1 Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the unit shown in Fig. 1 taken in the direction of the arrows along `-the line 5 5 in Fig. l.

Fig. 6 is a. partial View of the edge of the larger ring showing the contour of the teeth or projections thereon.

Fig. 7 is a top view of one of the rings showing one method of forming a design thereon.

Fig. 8 is a view of the inner ring of Fig. 1 with a design formed thereon.

Fig."9 is a. view of the inner ring with the design of Fig. 8 woven thereon and with this inner ring placed within the center ring and with a further design woven over and through the design on the inner ring, to formv a double flower.

Fig. 10 is a view showing how a triple flower is Woven on the three rings or the complete unit. n 5 Onlypart of the complete design is shown in order to clearly show the manner in which the designs are interwoven.

Fig. 11 shows the completed ilower or woven design after its removal from the form.

Referring now more in detail to the drawing, Fig. l shows a three-ring unit with each ring formed of light metal such as aluminum or any other smooth material. Each of the rings has twelve projections or spokes, all of the same size,v 15 extending from its periphery. Each ring yis formed of the same thickness of material and this material is almost as thick as Vthe length of each tooth as shown in Fig. 5. l On theinside of ,ring I is ashelf or ledge 3 extending completely: 20

around the inner lower edge of ring I, forl supiv porting the center ring 4 and this ledge has a contour similar to and coinciding with that of the teeth of ring 4. vThe center ring 4 has. eleven projections 5, all of the same size, and shape.. and one slightly longer tooth 6 of a similar contour to the teeth II. On the inner edge4 of ring I and above the ledge 3 are a pair of notches 8 and 9 cut out to fit the longer tooth 6 on the center ring. These two notches are used ,30 to place the teeth Sofring 4 withrelation tothe teeth of ring I.. In Fig. 1 the teeth of these two rings I and 4 are shown with tooth .v6 in notch 8 and therefore with the teeth 5 in alignment with teeth 2. In Figl l0 the longer tooth 35 6 is shown in notch 9 in which case the teeth 5y i are no longer in alignment with teeth 2 buty are oif'set therefrom to changev the design. As shown, all of the ends of teth 5 rest on ledge 3 to maintain the two concentric rings parallel to 40 each other. Around the inside of ring 4 is a" ledge 'I, similar to ledge 3 of ring I, which acts as a support for the ends of teeth II of inner ring I0. This inner ringA I0 also has twelve projections from its outer edge similarin shape to the teeth of rings I and 4. The tooth I24 is" longerfthan the remaining teeth II and may be located in either .of the two notches I3 andl4 to place the teeth II in alignment with teeth2 and 5 or offset therefrom.- Thus, the -three rings 50 may be nested together as shown in Fig. 1 with the teeth of all three rings in alignment or they may be nested together as lshown in Fig. -10 with the teeth offset, or the teeth of two rings may be in alignment with the teeth of the third offset.

Of course, more notches may be used to set the teeth in different positions and also more than three rings may be used if desired.

In Fig. '7, I have shown how the yarn may be applied in one manner to a single form to make a flower. As shown, an end of the yarn is held by the operator at I5 and the yarn is then wound over the spokes or teeth in the manner shown by the arrows so that the winding is always counter-clockwisearound 'the' teeth. After a turn has been taken around all the teeth then the two ends will appear as in Fig. 8 and these two ends are tied together to fasten the yarn. If only a single flower is desired then the flower is laced or tied in a small circle around the center as shown in the center of Fig. All and the flower is removed from the ring by slipping the loops of yarn over the ends of the teeth I I. i

Referring now to the views shown in Figs. 5 and 6, special attention is directed to the shape of the teeth. Theithickness of thejrings provides room for curving the ends ofthe teeth so as to form practically a true circle looking both from the ends of the teeth and from the sides. 'Ihis rounded shape of all teeth permits the yarn to be tightly wound over the teeth'and then removed or slipped over the ends of the. teeth with only a slight stretching of` the yarn. At I6, Fig. 5, I have indicated the positionsof a loop of yarn over a tooth 2 when woundl thereon and it4 will be seen that in sliding this loop to the right and over the end of tooth 2 that practically no stretching is required and that the loop moves almost in a true circle. l l

Referring now again to the designs which may be made with these devices, it is apparent that 'each ring may be used separately *for different' designs of single flowers. Also, either the' inner and center rings may be used to make double flowers and the center and outerrings may be used to make larger double owers.. In addition, the three rings'. may be used as indicated in Figs. 8, 9,' and. 10`tohmake tripley designs. Although there are innumerable designs which may be made with yarn on this multiple weaving unit, I have shown one of the simpler designs and the manner of weaving the same as an illustration.

` As previously explained, the inner form or ring is *first wound with yarn of one color as shown in Fig. 8 and the two ends thereof tied together. The inner vring withits design thereon is then placed inside the center ring as shown in Fig. 9 with thelong tooth located in either notch I3 or I4 as desired. The next operation is to weave the design of the second flower through the loops of the flower on the first unit I as shown in this figure. lOne end of the yarn is held as at I5 in Fig. '7 and therother end is threaded through a loop of the inner flower, around a tooth, back through the loop of the inner flower and across and through the opposite loop of the inner flower andV around the opposite tooth. This weaving of the second flower through the loops of the first flower continues as shown in Fig. 9 and the two ends are tiedinthe middle' as were those ofthe rst flower.

If only a double flower is desired, then the next operation is to lace or tie the flower as shown in Fig. A11 by the small ring of thread or yarnk in the center. The outside loops of yarn are then removedfrom the teethv of ring 4 and the inner loops are Ythen removed from ring I" f and the: front of the double ower will appear as lin Fig 11 without the outer loops.

If desired to make a triple flower with three rows of petals, then the unit as shown in Fig. 9 is inserted into the center of ring I and the outer row of petals is woven through the inner and center row of petals in the manner partially indicated in Fig. 10. In this figure I have only shown how the outer row of petals are woven through the second row of petals. In Figs. 9 and a needle is, of course, used with the yarn and the same may be threaded through the loops of the double flower in manydifferent manners. As shown thefyarn is slippedV through the loop on a tooth of the center ring, then around a tooth on the outer ring I, then back across the unit, weaving through either the center only or the inner and center loops and around a tooth on the opposite side. After completing the circle around the larger ring the triple flower is laced or tied together, passing the needle up and down through the center opening of ring I0 and tying the yarn together as indicated by the small ring of thread or yarn in Fig. 11. The loops of the triple flower may then be slipped off the teeth of the various rings and when turned over appears as in Fig. 11.

It will be understood that a vast number of different designs may be made with this unit, by varying the manner of winding 'the yarnvon the rings and by varying the manner ofr weaving one design on another. Also, diiferent colored yarns may, of course, be used in the different rings of the unit so that the inner, center, and outer rings of the, flower may be of different colors. The many designs which are possible need not be further explained, as they Vare not necessary to an understanding of the invention. It will be understood that I have provided a very convenient and useful design vof a weaving unit which greatly increases the ease of winding or weaving designs thereon and removing them therefrom and that the design is such as to permit interweaving of thedesign in a manner not heretofore possible.

Having fully described the features and aspects of my invention, what I consider to be new and desire to have protected byLetters Patent be pointed out in the appended claims.

' What is claimed is:

l. A textile thread forming ring or formA comprising a ringhaving a series of projections extending from the periphery thereof, said ring of a thickness only slightly less than 'the length of each projection, each tooth rounded on the lower side to conform to a segment of a circle Whose radius is approximately equal to the thickness of the ring.

2. A weaving form for the hand textile thread forming ring or of designs comprising a series of rings of different size each having a number of projections extending outward from the periphery thereof, a ledge around the inside of each of the larger rings, saidy rings nested together to form concentric circles in a single plane with the teeth of each inner ring resting on the ledge 'of the next larger ring.

3. A textile thread forming ring or form for# use in forming designs of yarn comprising a ring having projections extending outward from the periphery thereof, said ring'having a thickness only slightly less than the length of the projections, each of ther projections having a` curved lower surface approximating an arc `of a true circle.

4. A weaving form for use in `the hand textile thread forming ring or of designs comprising a plurality of rings each having projections extending outward from the periphery thereof, each ring having a square cross-section, a ledge on the inner side cf each of the outer rings supporting the outer edge only of the projections of the adjacent inner ring, said rings when nested together forming a flat unit of concentric rings With openings through the unit on both sides of each projection.

5. A Weaving form for the hand textile thread forming ring or of designs comprising a plurality of rings of different size each having a number of projections extending from the periphery thereof, means on each ring for supporting the next adjacent smaller ring so that all rings can be nested together in a unit in the same plane, and means for fixing the rotary positions of the rings to hold the projections of each ring in different rotary positions relative to the projections of the other rings.

6. A textile thread forming ring or form comprising a plurality of separate rings nested together to form a flat unit, each ring having teeth projecting from its periphery, the teeth of each ring varying in size proportionally to the size of the ring, so that the teeth of each ring starting from the smallest are progressively Wider.

7. A textile thread forming ring or form comprising a series of rings nested together as concentric rings, each ring having teeth projecting outward from its periphery, means o-n each ring for supporting the ends of the teeth of the next adjacent inner ring, and means for holding the next adjacent inner ring in different positions to fix the teeth either in alignment with or out of alignment with the teeth of thesupporting rlng.

8. A textile thread forming ring or form comprising a flat ring having a series of teeth extending outward from the periphery thereof, the teeth having a cross section, both endwise and. crosswise, having one side thereof conforming to the arc of a circle the radius of which is substantially the same as the thickness of the ring.

SAMUEL E. WITT.

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