US2509532A

US2509532A - Hosiery frame for mending

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Publication number: US2509532A
Application number: US64372A
Authority: US
Inventors: Florrie E Salevsky; Henry A Salevsky
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1948-12-09
Filing date: 1948-12-09
Publication date: 1950-05-30
Anticipated expiration: 1967-05-30

Description

May 1950 F. E. SALEVSKY EI'AL 2,509,532

' uosmmr FRAME FOR msmnxuc Filed Dec. 9, 1943 INVENTORS F/or'rie E. Jalevsky BY nry A. Sam/sky Patented May 30, 1950 HOSIERY FRAME FOR MENDING Florrie E. Salcvsky and Henry A. Salevsky, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application December 9, 1948, Serial No. 64,372

7 Claims. (Cl. 22375) The present invention relates to the manufacture of hosiery and more particularly to the mending operation incident to such manufacture.

In the present day manufacture of hosiery it is the custom for examiners to inspect the knitted stockings prior to dyeing to detect picks, thread loops, or other defects, in order that the same can be mended before being delivered to the dyeing and finishing operations. At such inspection station the locations of the defects are marked on the stocking, which is then delivered to the mending station, Where trained operators make the repairs necessary. Haretofore this mending has been done by stretching the small area of the stocking over a cup and by dexterous use of a needle picks are taken out, loops stretched correctly and other defects corrected. Where more than one defect is marked the operator working on piece work more often than otherwise overlooks one or more marked places after mending the first one and therefore at the following inspection point the missed defects are noted and the stocking or stockings are returned to that operator for correction. These corrections have to be made on the operators time, do not figure in the days piece work pay and are not only a wage loss to the operator, but represent a substantial reduction item in the production of the mill.

Some of the objects of the present invention are: to provide an improved device for use in the mending of stockings; to provide a novel frame for supporting stockings during a mending operation; to provide a frame for maintaining a stocking under proper tension while exposing all marked defects simultaneously to the view of the operator, whereby defects ordinarily missed are readily observed and mended; to provide a reversible frame for use in the mending of stockings whereby both sides of the stocking can be mended without removal of the stocking from the frame; to provide a device for use in the mending of stockings which results in an increase of production while also giving the operator full benefit of piece work because return for missed defects is reduced to a minimum; to provide a frame for use in mending stockings which operates without the operator inserting a hand or fingers within the stocking; to provide a device for mending whereby the quality of the finished stockings is materially improved; and to provide other improvements as will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 represents a plan of a hosiery mending form embodying one form of the present invention; Fig. 2

represents a side elevation of the same, the turning motion being shown in dotted lines; Fig. 3 represents an end elevation; Fig. 4 represents a section on line 4-4 of Fig. l on an enlarged scale; Fig. 5 represents a plan on a smaller scale of a modified form of the invention; and Fig. 6 represents a longitudinal section of Fig. 5, but showing the fabric background in place.

Referring to the drawings, one form of the present invention comprises a skeleton frame formed by side bars i0 leading rearwardly from a rounded nose bridge H, in successively increasing transverse spacing between the aforesaid bars ll]. Thus, at the blunt nose end the sides diverge to merge into a section l2 having parellel sides which in turn join a section 13 with diverging sides respectively merging into a main body Hi, the sides of which, preferably, diverge at a relatively small angle as compared to the section l3. Thus, a complete frame is provided increasing in such widths as will result in maintaining a stocking uniformly stretched laterally throughout its width from toe to welt. Preferably the width of the bars I0 is uniform and approximately of a one inch dimension. It should be noted that the frame is made of material which lends itself to smooth face polishing so that at no time are any rough spots present which obviously would tear or otherwise damage a stocking while being stretched into mending position or being removed therefrom. In the preferred form, the frame is of molded plastic which lends itself perfectly for the use intended.

In order to clearly locate picks or loops to be mended, a partition plate I5 is provided between the sides of the frame and extends longitudinally under such area of a stretched stocking as will permit all damaged places to be seen and worked upon. The plate l5 broadly considered is opaque to form a background against which the stocking can be accurately viewed but specifically in the form here shown of molded plastic preferably black in color though any other color which contrasts with the color of the stocking may be used. Obviously, the invention is not limited to a partition molded in black or other color, as, for example, the partition could be coated on opposite sides to form the desired background. Also, it should be noted that the plate I5 is approximately one eighth of an inch in thickness and extends medially transversely of the frame so that when the stocking is turned about its longitudinal axis for successively viewing the sides of the stocking there will be equal clearances l1 between the stocking and the plate I 5 and therefore in both mending positions there is the required space below the stocking for proper manipulation of the mending needle. In accordance with the preferred dimensions, each of these clearances is approximately three eighths of an inch, which has been found to give the desired space between the partition and an edge of a bar In.

For the purpose of reversing the frame to mend the other side of the stocking after the first side has been mended, the free ends of the body 14 are respectively bolted or otherwise attached to two inwardly disposed' supporting strips 16, which terminate respectively in spaced reversely turned ends l9 arranged to receive therebetween the flattened end 26 of an arm 2! which has a cylindrical portion 22. The ends 19 are clamped to the arm 20 by bolts 23 or other fastening means as will be understood. The cylindrical portion 22 of the arm 26 is journalled in the tubular head 24 of a'stand 25 or the head 24 maybe part of a bracket for attachment to the side of a table or the like, the desideratum being that the arm locates the mending frame properly in front of the operator. Set screw collars 26 preferably hold the arm in journalled position to permit free turning movement but prevent axial removal of the arm unless desired.

' 'In the modification shown in Figs. and 6, an open stocking form frame 27 is shown similar in contour and dimensions to thatof Figs. 1 to 4, but, in this instance, the medially disposed partition is omitted and the side bars are transversely braced at suitable locations as a support for a fabricbackground 28 by the provision of cross-rods 30. In the nose portion of the frame a. relatively thin fiat brace and fabric-anchoring member 31 "is fixed to the side bars in the medial plane thereof and is relatively short in length since'it serves only as a support for the fold-over of'the fabric background 28. The outer margin of the member 31 terminates short of the nose of the frame 21 to provide an opening 32, through which the member 3| is passed to fold back and overlie the other half thereof. When the backgr ound28 is folded and stetched rearwardly with the member 3| as afixed anchor, its free ends are brought close to the rear cross-strips, where each is fastened by means of tapes 33 to the aforesaid cross-stripsin order that a smooth background is provided for the stocking when in place. The location and section dimensions of the medially disposed rods 30 and member 3! is such that sufficient working clearances 34 are provided at opposite sidesof the fabric background and beprising a skeleton frame shaped to enter a stocking and hold the stocking tensioned transversely, and an opaque partition extending longitudinally within said frame throughout substantially the length thereof and attached to the sides thereof to form a background for viewing the tensioned stocking through said frame- 2. A frame for use in mending hosiery comprising a skeleton frame shaped to enter a stocking and hold the stocking tensioned transversely, an opaque partition extending longitudinally within said frame throughout substantially the length thereof and attached to the sides thereof to form a background for viewing the tensioned stocking through said frame, and means mounting said frame for rotation about its longitudinal axis.

3. A frame for use in mending hosiery comprising a skeleton frame shaped to enter a stocking and hold the stocking tensioned transversely, and a partition exte nding longitudinally within said frame throughout substantially the length thereof and attached to the sides thereof, said partition having a color contrasting with the color of the stocking whereby the threads of the stocking are visible for mending operations.

4. A frame for use in mending hosiery comprising an open sided frame shaped to enter a stocking and hold the stocking tensioned transversely, means mounting said frame for rotat'ion about'its longitudinal axis, and a partition of substantially the length of said frame transversely disposed within said frame and lying in the medial plane of said frame, said partition forming with said frame clearances at opposite sides thereof to provide space for needle manipulation.

5. A frame for use in mending hosiery comprising an open sided frame shaped to enter a stocking and hold the stocking tensioned transversely, means mounting said frame for rotation about its longitudinal axis, a partition of substantially'the length of said frame transversely disposedwithin said frame and lying in the medial plane of said frame, said partition forming with said frame clearances at opposite sides thereof toprovide space for needle manipulation, "and means for supporting said frame for rotation about the longitudinal axis of the frame.

6. A frame for use in" mending hosiery, comprising a skeleton frame shaped to enter a stocking and hold said stocking tensioned transversely, a fabric background removably mounted medially and transversely within saidframe, and means for maintaining said background tensioned parallel to the sides of a stocking on said frame.

7. A frame for use in mending hosiery, comprising a skeleton frame shaped to enter a stocking and hold said stocking tensioned transversely, a fabric background removably mounted medially and transversely within said frame and colored in contrast to the color of the stocking, and means for maintaining said background tensioned parallel to the sides of a stocking on said frame.

' FLORRIE E. SALEVSKY.

HENRY A. SALEVSKY.

REFERENCES CITED The following referencesrare of record in the file of thispatent: i

UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,939,352 Katzenmoyer Dec. 12, .1933