US2213529A - Hosiery - Google Patents

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US2213529A
US2213529A US220958A US22095838A US2213529A US 2213529 A US2213529 A US 2213529A US 220958 A US220958 A US 220958A US 22095838 A US22095838 A US 22095838A US 2213529 A US2213529 A US 2213529A
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Mettler John Wyckoff
John H Miller
Evans Russell
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INTERWOVEN STOCKING CO
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B9/00—Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles
    • D04B9/42—Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles specially adapted for producing goods of particular configuration
    • D04B9/46—Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles specially adapted for producing goods of particular configuration stockings, or portions thereof
    • D04B9/54—Circular knitting machines with independently-movable needles specially adapted for producing goods of particular configuration stockings, or portions thereof welts, e.g. double or turned welts
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B1/00—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
    • D04B1/22—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration
    • D04B1/24—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration wearing apparel
    • D04B1/26—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration wearing apparel stockings

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  • Our invention is a new and improved article of broad rib knit hosiery having elastic thread incorporated therein, for the purpose of making it, or portions of it, self-supporting.
  • vention iinds its largest utility in rib knit socks or the tops or upper portions of the leg portions thereof, and particularly the extremely desirable and popular 6 x 3 rib knit socks, although it may be employed for other purposes.
  • rib knit socks In the manufacture of rib knit socks it has the face wales, or wales projecting outwardly on the outer face of a rib knit fabric, and the inner wales which project inwardly in the inner face of the fabric.
  • Tops of stockings have heretofore been largely formed of 1 x 1 rib fabric, and such tops with elastic thread laid in, in the manner described, have been placed on the market.
  • the fabric will be supported firmly without discomfort', and further the broad rib fabric, as 6 x 3, will be rendered as perfectly form fitting as the ordinary 1 x 1 rib.
  • the elastic thread is preferably the well known Lastex, which is a rubber thread covered or ⁇ wrapped with a fabric thread, or threads, so that it will take the dye in the case of a dyed sock, or may be dyed the same color as the inelastic thread, if such is used, so that any iioats of the elastic thread which appear on the outer face of the fabric in front of an inner wa'le, or wales, will not be appreciably noticeable.
  • Lastex is a rubber thread covered or ⁇ wrapped with a fabric thread, or threads, so that it will take the dye in the case of a dyed sock, or may be dyed the same color as the inelastic thread, if such is used, so that any iioats of the elastic thread which appear on the outer face of the fabric in front of an inner wa'le, or wales, will not be appreciably noticeable.
  • a rib knit sock having a large number of consecutive face wales, as a 6 x 3, may be knit continuously and uniformly from the welt to the heel, without changing the type of rib knitting and without transferring a top knit on a diierent machine to the machine knitting the remainder of the leg.
  • the elastic thread is fed under a light tension while knitting the courses in which it occurs, preferably suflicient only to enable the coils of elastic thread to contract to the same diameter that courses'formed entirely of non-elastic thread will contract, by reason of the inherent character of the rib structure, when removed from the machine.
  • broad rib is employed to distinguish from narrow rib fabric, such as the 1 x 1 or 2 x 1 rib fabric heretofore used for the top portions of socks, and designates fabric having outwardly facing ribs each composed of not less than four wales and inwardly facing ribs each composed of not more than half as many wales as the outer ribs.
  • Fig. 1 represents a side view of a sock embodying our invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic view illustrating a section of a portion o-f the elastic thread incorporated rib fabric.
  • Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the inner face of a series of consecutive courses of the elastic thread incorporated rib fabric.
  • the leg of the sock is provided at its upper end with a selvage or welt 2 of any preferred type and is knit, in this instance, continuously from the welt or selvage down to the heel 3, by 6 x 3 rib knitting, with an inelastic thread or threads, the consecutive face wales being indicated at 4 and the inner wales being indicated at 5.
  • the elastic threads are indicated this instance in every other course at 6, being shown in full lines where they appear in front of the inner wales, and in dotted lines where they form long oats on the inner face of the fabric, in the manner previously described.
  • Fig. 2 it will be noted that the elastic thread 6, one coil of which is shown (and which is continuous throughout the portion of the leg in which it is incorporated) is laid in between the face wales 4 and the inner wales 5, long floats 6a. being formed in rear of the consecutive face wales, which, when the leg portion is expanded as it is drawn upon the leg, will be drawn into direct contact with the skin of the wearer and interlocked therewith, as previously described.
  • Fig. 3 shows a portion of the inner face of the elastic thread incorporated portion of the leg, showing the elastic thread coils 6 forming the long floats 6a behindthe large number of face wales 4, as shown in full, the portions extending on the outside of the inner Wale or Wales 5 being shown in dotted lines.
  • novel fabric and sock embodying our invention and herein shown and described can be made advantageously on the well known Komet machine, manufactured by The Bentley Engineering Co. of Leicester, England, but it can also be made on other machines capable of producing 6 x 3 rib knitting, by providing an auxiliary thread guide for laying in the rubber pr other elastic thread at predetermined spaced courses if the machine is not so provided.
  • the courses containing it may be every third, fourth or fifth course, but in any case the elastic thread incorporated courses may be spaced sufficinetly to allow the long fioats in rear of the large number of face wales to independently indent and interlock with the skin of the wearer. It will be understood that spaced courses containing the elastic thread are separated by one or more courses which do not contain elastic, or in other words, that the elastic thread is incorporated in said spaced courses only.
  • An article of hosiery having a form-itting and self-supporting top portion knitted as a plurality of courses of broad rib fabric with outwardly facing ribs each composed of not less than four wales and inwardly facing ribs each composed of not more than half as many wales as the outer ribs, and having a continuous elastic thread extending entirely around the ,leg in spaced courses only of the top and forming on the inner face of the top a plurality of vertically spacedj horizontally extending beads which project inwardly to directly engage and indent the skin of the wearerl and interlock with the indentation thus formed, the length of the elastic thread in each course containing it being such as to compensate for the reduction in the form-fitting character of the fabric due to the broad rib structure.

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NL50993D NL50993C (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1938-07-23
US220958A US2213529A (en) 1938-07-23 1938-07-23 Hosiery
GB32064/38A GB520363A (en) 1938-07-23 1938-11-04 Improvements relating to hosiery
CH210581D CH210581A (de) 1938-07-23 1938-11-14 Strumpfware.

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US2949023A (en) * 1958-08-19 1960-08-16 Burlington Industries Inc Hosiery

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