US514909A - Garment-sleeve and the art of knitting and adapting same for attachment to knit - Google Patents

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FRANK A. BYRAM, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT-SLEEVE AND THE ART 0E KNITTING AND ADAPTING SAME FOR ATTACHMENT T0 KNIT GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part O Letters :Patent N0. 514,909, dated February 20, 1894:. Applicationiiled June 14, 1893. Serial No. 477,543. (No specimens.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. BYRAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain v new and useful Improvements in Garment- Sleeves and the Art of Knitting and Adapting the Same for Attachment to Knit Garments, of which the following is a specication.

My invention has relation to the manufacture of-knit-garments generally, though having reference more particularly to undershirts, and has for its object to provide va novel, simple and efficient method whereby the sleeves of the same may be fitted or adapted for attachment to the arm-holes thereof. Heretofore, this end has been accomplished in various ways, as for example, by the insertion of a triangular piece or gusset in a corresponding opening in the under side of each sleeve, thus Widening the inner end of the latter to conform to the size of the arm-holes in the body of the garment, resulting in the formation of a pair of seams in each sleeve, adjacent to the lower part of the arm-holes, the same adding tothe bulk beneath the arms of the wearer, causing considerable discomfort, producing heat and increasing the liability to chaiing, while, at the same time, entailing unnecessary expense in the production and detracting from the appearance of the finished garment. Also, the expedient of laterally stretching the inner ends of the sleeves until they equal the width of the arm-holes, has been resorted to but found objectionable, for the reason that the sleeves are `thereby rendered inelastic and apt to bind on the arms of the wearer,while the constant strain on the fabric detracts from its durability, rendering the garment weakest at the points where it should be as strong, if not stronger than, any other part.

My invention consists in knitting both sleeves of the garment continuous, with the central portion or junction thereof of increased width or diameter, then separating them by a diagonal or straight out, according to the size of the arm-holes, through the enlarged portion, ,saidsleeves being thereby adapted for attachment to the body of the garment without further preparation or the addition of any part or parts, effecting an economy of material, a saving of labor, avoiding` all Waste and reducing the cost of manufacture, while dispensing with the necessity for the insertion of gussets and the resultant bulk or gathering under the arms of the wearer, conducing to nicety of fit and grace of outline of the finished garment.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is va plan view, in outline, of a pair of sleeves having my improvement applied thereto, illustrating their line of separation. Fig. 2 is aplan view, in outline, of an undershirt with such sleeves secured to the arm-holes thereof.

Fig. 3 is a diagram, enlarged, showing the preferred manner of widening the central portion of the sleeves prior to their separation, and Fig. et a diagram, enlarged, showing the attainment of the same end in a slightly different way.

Referring to said drawings, in said Fig. 1, the sleeves A A', prior to their attachment to the body f the garment, are knitin one'piece, practically end to end, in the form of aseamless tube or cylinder A2, the latter being distended or widened at its center, or at the junction of said sleeves, as at B. Such widen` ing isA capable of accomplishment in various ways, for instance, through knitting more loosely or slacker between the lines a: and y, as at D in Fig. 3, than are the stitches lettered C which compose the main portions of said sleeves, and .splicing an extra thread to each of those in such main portions, beginning at either of said lines, or the introduction of a heavier thread instead, as at E in Fig. 4; such eXtra or heavier threads making up for the lengthening or widening of the loops consepart into two equal, gusset-like, sections b b2, each integralwith a sleeve and having their edges of extent like unto that of the arm-holes in the shirt-body F, or approximately so. Obviously, by a diagonal eut a m uch larger opening in the sleeve is produced than by a straight one and variations in the angle of inclination thereof effect a corresponding dierence in the size of such opening. Still, with the widening of the inner ends of the sleeves by the method herein described, even astraight cut, at right angles with the axis of the widened portion B, on the line zfor instance, will result in the formation of an opening normally larger than the width of the sleeve proper, withoutresortin g to the lateral stretching of the same. The sleeves AA being now, through the simple severing of the part which united them, and without further operation entirely adapted for attachment to the shirtbody, are next secured to the edges f of the i sleeves for attachment to knit garmentsconarm-holes in the shirt-body by stitching or otherwise as shown in Fig. 2, the widest portions of the sections b b being lowermost, in place of the ordinary gussets, While the seams incident to the latter and their objectionable features are wholly dispensed with.

In Fig. 3-of the drawings the proportionate enlargement of the stitches D which form the widened portions of the sleeves appears some-` what exaggerated. In practice these stitches are only slackened an extent equal to the bulk ot the extra thread, or to the difference between the lighter and heavier threads which` form the main and widened portions respectsleeves for attachment toknit garments conively of the sleeves; attaining the widening of the wales of the fabric and a corresponding increase of width at the desired point, without rendering such fabric more open or the exertion of any strain on the threadsk thereof, thus preserving the full strength and elasticity of the same.

What I claim as my invention is as follows:

1. A sleeve for knit garmentshaving the` end which is united to the body of the garment widened and provided with diagonal edges, for the purpose specified.

2. A sleeve for knit garments having the end which is united to the body of the garment composed of wider wales than those which compose the rest of the sleeve and provided With diagonal edges, for the purpose specified'.

3. A sleeve for knit garments having the end which is united to the body ot' the gar- Y ment composed of loosely knit wales, the bulk of the threads which form such wales being increased, and provided with diagonal edges, for the purpose specified.

4. The method of forming and adapting sleeves for attachment to knit garments con,- sisthg in knitting a pair of such sleeves continuous and severing them diagonally, for the purpose specied.

5. The method of forming and adapting sleevesfor attachment to knit garments consisting in knitting a pair of such sleeves coning themdagonally, forthe purpose specified.

7. The method of forming and adapting sleeves for attachment to knit garments consisting in knitting a pair of such sleeves continuous, with a widened intermediate portion, and severing them through the widened portion, for the purpose specified.

8. The method of forming and adapting sleeves-for attachment to knit garments co11- sisting in knitting a pair of such sleeves continuous, in tubular form, with a widened intermediate portion, and severing them throughthe widenedl portion, for the purpose specified.

9. The method. oii formingy and adapting sisting in knitting a pair of suehsleeves continuous, in seamless tubular form,` with a widened intermediate portion, and severing them diagonally through the widened portion, for the purpose specified.`

l0. The method of forming and adapting sleeves for attachment toknit garments con- 4sisting in knitting a pair ot' such sleevescontinuous, with the intermediate portion widcned by widening the wales of. thefabrimand severing them` through the widened portion, for the purpose specified.

11. The method of forming and adapting sisting in knitting a pair of such sleeves-continuous, in tubular form, with the intermefdiate portion widened by widening thewales of the fabric, and severing them through the widened portion, for the purpose specified.

12. The method of forming and adapting sleeves for attachment toknit garmentsrconsisting in knitting apair of suchfsleevescontinuous, in seamless tubular form,with the intermediate portion widened` by widening the wales of the fabric, and severing them diagonally through the widened portion, for the purpose, specified.

13. The method of forming and` adapting sleevesrfor attachment to knit garmentsconsisting in knitting apair of suchI sleeves continuous, with the intermediate portion widened by knitting loosely and increasing the bulkoii the th reads which composethestitches, and severing them through the widened portion, for the` purpose specified.

14.. The method ot' forming and adapting sleeves for attachment to knit garmentsconsisting in knitting a pair of such sleeves continuous, in tubular form, with the intermediate portion widened4 by knitting.` loosely and increasing the bulkof the threads whichcompose the stitches, and severing themfthrough the widened portion, for the purpose specified.

15. The method of forming and adapting sleeves for attachment to knit garments con- IOO sisting in knitting a pair of such sleeves oon- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set tinuous, in seamless tubular form, with Vthe my hand this 10th day of June, A..D. 1893. intermediate portion widened by knitting FRANK A BYRANL loosely and increasing the bulk of the threads 5 which compose the stitches, and severing them Witnesses:

diagonally through the widened portion, for f J. F. HARTMANN, the purpose specified. i WM. H. POWELL.

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