US80999A - potter - Google Patents

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, ELAM O. POTTER, otrChicopcc, in theeounty of Hampden, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and improved Stocking; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specication, and to the'letters of reference marked thereon, in whieh- Elgin-e1 is a. plan v iew of the knitted fabric, from which the stocking is made, in lthe'condition in which it leaves the knitting-machine, and

Figure 2 is a viewiof a completed stocking as formed by my method from thepart shown in iig. 1.

My invention is designed to be applied tothe manufacture of hosiery in large quantities in manufaotories of such goodsQand enables meto make the same wholly by knitting-machines and sewing-machines, and to dispense with the labor and unevenness of handvsewing or vcroeheting the diierent parts of the leg together, and to form a seam which can hardly be distinguished from the texture of the knitted work, and is as'elastic and yielding at the line of joining as at any other part. 4

The method-of forming said stocking is as follows: The part shown in iv. 1, whieh,1l will denominate the web, is formed in a knitting-machine, the work'beihg'begnn at'thepointcl of thetoe, andknitted, in a conical tubular form, to the line a c, -thus forming the forward part of the foot. -f'lhe machine is then'adjuste'd to knit `flat work, or the work already done is transferred to a machine which is' kept adjusted for Hat work, and-a. iiat web, B- A, isV then formed, the width of 'which will be about o`ne-half the circumference of the-tubular part at n e. Y'The length of this flat web is somewhat greater thanA twice the length of the proposed legali/ove the line a c, enough extra length being allowed to give materia-lier the heel of the stocking. Theti'ibular part may be knit plain, and the Hat web of ribbed work, so as to produce an elastic leg, or both'niay be of the same texture, and the web may be of varying'width, so as to shape the leg -in any desired form. 'vlhc web is now ready to be cut across at the line'mm, and transferred to the sewing-machine. The partAwill then be applied to the remainder of the web, being'turned down, so that the upper end, as seen. in g. 1, will fall at the heel. The edges being thus made to correspond, andthe iight sides (or outside, when nished,) being faced together, a seam is sewed in the coinciding edges, in the linem ce, on each side of the leg, andalso from of, thus closing the leg and the bottom of the heel, and bringing the stocking into the shape shown in fig. 2. This sewin is to be performed by'means of a single-thread sewing-machine, which is threaded with yarn of the same kind as the'web is formed from, be it woollen, cotton, silk, or worsted.

As thc usual chain-stitch, formed by a single-thread sewing-machine, constitutes a stitch similar t'o a commen knitting-stitch, one loop being drawn through the previous loop in both cases, the seam formed in sewing the part A to the part B can hardly be discovered inthe completed stocking, when the proper yarn is used in sewing, and being equally elastic and yielding at the line of joining as at rany other point, the rigid welt or searnfound in some sewed hosiery is avoided.` l l The stocking thus formed is a' close imitation of a hand-knit stocking made in one piece, and is a porteet substitute therefor, in point of durability and comfort, while it can be `manufactured.ofthe same quantity of yarn, and at a much less cost.

i By the process above described, the labor of makinghosicry can besubdivided and apportioned, so as to allow a thorough division of labor, and employ all the machinery to the best advantage, and upon that distinct portion of the work for which it is adjusted.

I am aware that stockings have heretofore becnmade by euttingportions from a continuous tubularweb, and sewing the same together by hand, making certain seams in the'feet, between tho quarters and the vamp, and also at the back side of the leg, and do not desire to claim stockings so-made as of my invention.

IIaving described -my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an article 'of manufacture, a stocking formed substantially as described, and havingtho side seams m e e machine-sewed, substantially as described. I l

In witness whereof, I havo hereunto set my hand, this 12th day of June, A. D. 1868.

ELAM O. POTTER.

Witnesses:

J. P. BUGKLAND, E. J, SOMMER.

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