US2378671A - Method of manufacturing neckties - Google Patents

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J WEISBAUM METHOD OFMANUFACTURING NECKTIES Filed Dec. 30, 1942 June 19, 1945.

June 19, 1945. J. WEISBAUM A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NEGKTIES Filed Dec. 30, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 JHCK. WE/SBH u/ INVENTOR.

Patented June 19, 19 45 I UNITED],- STAT METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NECKTIES v I Jack'Weisbanm, Cincinnati, Ohio Application December 30, 1942, Serial No. 470,603 I 1 Claim. ('01. 2-146) 1 My invention relates specifically to an improved. method of manufacturing neckties in accordance" with my;;Patent No. 2,051,322, reissued under N0. Re. 20,942, and particularly in accordance with theprocesssetforth in my Patent No. 2,131,545.

. Broadly, my invention relates to the manufac tureof any'folded ties in whichthe tie blanks.

arepre-creased or embossed along lines'of fold prior to assembly.

In my Patent No. 2,051,322, (now reissued as Patent N0.-Re. 20,942), I have set forth a particular type of folded tie in which four substantially evenwidths of material form the body of the tie'with two raw edges extending adjacent one edge-of the tie. and with a side seam along the other, edgejspaced inwardlyfrom the other edge of the tie adjacent which thefolded edge is aligned..;

,To hold-the foldslof 'such'type of tie together as disclosed in my patent heretofore referred to, spaced apart stitches or bar tacks extend through the edgeof the back fold and through'the body of an inwardly extended foldedwhich' forms a continuation of the front surface of'the tie.

"Prior-to my invention as set forth herein, it

had beencustomary to. have these bar tackingstitchesinserted by hand. Now, in order to imprpvethaqualityof;production, and at the same time to conserve labor and minimize the hand work;' my1pres'ent' invention relates to a plan of arranging the precreased blanks for the tie so is applicable to various types of ties other than full four-fold ties.

It is an object of my invention to take advantage of my method of pre-creasing tie blanks,

as set forth in my Patent No. 2,131,545, by using certain crease lines as spacing guides for insuring proper spacing of the folds of the tie.

Referring to the drawings in which I have illus trated the various steps of manufacture in accordance with my invention:

Figure 1 is a' plan view of a necktie blank suitable for assembly into a tie of the type shown in my Reissue, Patent No. 20,942.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the tie blank after the first folding operation has been completed.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the blank after the bar tacking stitches have been inserted.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale as would appear if taken along the lines indicated by the arrows 4-4 in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale as would'appear if taken along the lines 5-5 in Figure 3. n g

Figure 6 is a front'elevation of a type of mechanism adapted for turning the tie blank inside Figure 7 is a front elevation'of a tie partly re versed illustrating the method of pulling the tie inside out. I I

Figure 8'is a rear elevation of the completely assembled tie. I p

Figure 9 is an enlarged sectional view as would appear if taken along the lines 9 9 of Figure8.

Figure '10 is an enlarged sectional'view as would along the lines I0'-l0 of Fig- The tie blank is then creased or embossed along the lines 'ab,cd and ef.

Ordinarily in such tie blanks surface of the material and a back surface. Fig. 1 the back surface l' of the tie is indicated; while in Fig. 2, the front surface 2 of the tie appears. A

The tie is divided as is-shown by the linesdb, cd and ef; into four articulated folds, the area between the fold lines ab, cd forming the front fold'of the tie. In Fig. 1 this area, is of course, the inside surface.

In (assembling) the tie the flap indicated at X in Fig. 1, is folded along the line ef. The blank is then reversed in position on the table with the outer surface uppermost. The fold BI is then posithere is a front:

, tioned in alignment with the crease line ab, but

while the lines ef and ab are parallel, the'fold ef is spaced toward the raw edge of the flap indicated at Y in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

Through the use of the invention described in U. S. Letters Patent No. 2,131,545, the creased line ab which determines one edge of the finished tie becomes the guide for the bar tack machine operation in positioning the fold ef with relation to the raw. edge of the flap Y. By this means, the shape of the tie is predetermined, and the inward spacing of the back fold ef from the fold ab is determined in conformity with the structural advantages of the tie as shown in my U. S. Letters Patent Re. No. 20,942.

With the blank folded as shown in Fig. 2, the blank is then fed through a bar tacking machine which inserts bar tack stitches as shown at W In i in Fig. 3, it being a simple procedure to align the positioning of the stitches with the indicating notches shown at Z, which may be cut in the blank at the time it is originally cut or with other types of markings which may be put on the blanks as they are taken from the cutting table. Even without notches or other types of marking an operator soon learns to use the crease line ab as a, guide and position it a fixed distance from. the crease line e and afixed dis-.- tance from, the raw edge of the flap Y. Also, the positioning of the raw edge a fixed spaced distance from the crease line cd may assist as a guide for the positioning of the folds for bar tacking.

It will be observed that the bar tack stitches W form little loops extending through the folded edge along the line of and through the fabric of the flap Y spaced inwardly or toward the raw edge from the crease line ab.

Instead of the usual time 'for inserting hand bar tacks, a bar tacking'machine will insert all the bar tacks in. a matter of seconds so that this hand labor is made unnecessary.

' In Fig.5 I have shown a machine ,for turning a necktie blank inside out. Such machines are common in the industry. On a mounting pan-e1 3-, a tube 4 is secured with a rod 5 extending through bearings 6, so mounted that the rod will, upon. being dropped, pull the fabric of the tie inside out, to the position shown in Fig. 6.

While the dimensions of the machine for turning the-tie blanks insideout may be such as to completely perform the inside-out turning operation, ordinarily the operator removes the partially turned ,tie in the position shown in Fig. 7, and by a simple manipulation completes the turning operation.

A machine such as is illustrated in Fig. 6 is shown in theUnited States Patent No. 2,119,266, to Chester, and I claim no invention in this machine for turning tie blanks inside-out.

The tie, after being turned inside-out, appears as shown in the rear elevation in Fig. 8. The

front surface 2 which forms the exposure portion ofthe ,tie is that portion between the lines ab, cd-,-articulated and lying against the exposure portion and is the flap Y. Then come the two folds formedv by folding the flaps X and W together with the edge formed by the crease line ef secured to the flap Y by the spaced bar tack stitches W.

In the manufacture of a tie in accordance with my invention, the bar tack loops ordinarily consist of parallel series of loops of thread. If a series of stitches, extending lineally crosswise of the tie, is placed through the fabric, then when the'tie is turned, the stitches will pull and cause distortion of the fabric.

.In actual practice the spacing of the folded edge along the line ef'. from the-(crease. li e ab varies, depending upon the particular positi n in which the bar tack stitch is inserted and upon the model of the tie desired. s "It'will be understood, however, that the specific description of the assembly of this blank is with respect to a particular design of tie, such as is shown in my Reissue Patent No. 20,942. In this type of tie it is particularly important that the rear folded edge be spaced inwardly from the edge of the front fold as per my Letters Patent Reissue Patent NO.'20,94:2.

Ordinarily after the tie is assembled, bar tacked and then turned inside-out, the tie is given a final pressing to overcome wrinkling caused in the turning operation; this final pressing is simplified when the ties; are precreased or embossed, as shown in my Patent No. 2,131,545, as the shape has been predetermined.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat cut is:

A. method of making a bar tack side seam four-fold tie of the character specified, which consists in providing a blank having three precreased fold lines extending substantially throughout the length of the blank dividing the tie lengthwise into four flaps, each of substantially the width of the tie, folding over a side flap to form an edge fold between said side fiap and a contiguous flap and positioning the line of the folded edge so that it lies substantially in alignment with the pre-oreased fold line of the opposite side flap,- inserting spaced machine bar tack. stitches each extending through the outer flap of the blank and. both layers forming the edge fold and then pulling an end of the blank through the tubular formation formed by the bar tack stitches to turn the blank inside out.

JACK WEISBAUM.

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