US2428663A - Made-up bow tie - Google Patents

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MADE-UP BOW TIE Filed 00M 2, 1946 Fig.1. I

' Inventor- I sraeZ d1. gamer;

Patented Oct. 7, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MADE-UP BOW TIE Israel A. Gamer, Newton, Mass. Application October 2, 1946, Serial No. 700,799

1 Claim.

This invention relates to made-up bow ties and the object is to provide a construction of tie of particularly neat and attractive appearance and which can be very expeditiously made with the elimination of much of the skilled labor, particularly that used for stitching operations, hitherto necessary when a high class product was desired.

My invention will be well understood by reference to the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. l is a front elevation of the tie;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a spool of ribbon woven as a seamless tube;

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the strips of which the tie is made at an intermediate stage in its manufacture; and

Fig. 5 is a top view illustrating the tie just before completion.

The tie which I am about to describe resembles those hitherto known in the prior art in that it is made of two strips of material, such as Na and lllb, illustrated in Fig. 5 (although these strips are of novel construction as will hereinafter appear in the present case), which are folded to form doubled ends Ma, and 14b simulatin the loops of a bow knot and extended ends Ifia and IE1) simulating the ends of such a knot. The strips are superposed in the manner shown in Fig. 5 and secured centrally by an encircling strip 2!! which simulates the nexus of the knot as shown in Fig. 1. In the prior art these strips have been cut from silk or the like, folded and seamed along one of the longitudinal edges. The cutting had to be accurately done and the sewing carefully done if a uniform and neat appearing product was desired. A lining was usually inserted not only to give the tie body but because the seamed edges, which were turned inwardly in the usual manner, provided a quadruple thickness along one edge of the tie which had to be compensated for in those areas where the material exposed at the outer surface of the completed article comprised only two thicknesses. The tie had to be carefully shaped in the vicinity of the seam if it was to lie properly. Thus many hand operations involving considerable skill were called forand cost was proportionately great.

In accordance with my invention many of these operations are eliminated, the manufacture is greatly simplified and a particularly neat and striking product results.

The characteristic feature of my invention is that I form the strips Na and lob as sections of a seamless woven tube or ribbon l9 which may be produced in practically indefinite length on a suitable narrow-ware loom. In Fig. 2 I have shown a spool S of such ribbon to indicate that it may be supplied to the tie manufacturer in pieces many yards in length. Fig. 3 diagrammatically shows the seamless and woven character of the tube. It is not, of course, intended to indicate the exact disposition and much less the number of the warps which go up to make the ribbon.

This tubular ribbon is of the width of the desired tie and two sections of suitable length to be folded over in the manner illustrated in Fig. 5 are out therefrom. If the fabric has a wrong and a right side, it may conveniently be Woven on the loom with the wrong side out and, one end of the open tube is closed, as by the seam l8 (Fig. 4). If the end of the tie is pointed, as illustrated, the end is first cut to a point. The section is then everted so that the right side, or the inner side viewing the right-hand portion of Fig. 4, is brought outward, this being indicated in Fig. 4 by showing such turning outside-in initiated at the left-hand end of the figure. The result is a closed end on the section corresponding to the extended end IS with a neat inturned seam.

Two of such sections are then folded and superposed, as illustrated in Fig. 5, and an encircling band 20 applied wrapped around and secured at the back to produce the product shown in Fig. 1. If the tie is intendedto be used with a turn-over collar, a clip 22 of a suitable form may be secured by the band 20 or a neck-encircling band may be attached.

It will be noted that in preparing the two strips the only sewing operation is closing the end and this is a very simple one. No careful cutting or fitting is required, the strips being of the width predetermined by the operation of the loom and with neat unbroken edges. The thickness of the band throughout its body is uniform and no lining is required. In view of the simplicity and cheapness of the operations described it is possible to utilize heavy fabrics, such as grosgrain, which not only require no internal support to form a shapely how but are inherently attractive as compared with more flimsy fabrics.

I have made no attempt to illustrate any pattern on the tie. Obviously any suitable pattern may be woven on the face of the ribbon which is exposed in accordance with the practices of the weaving art. The construction is particularly adapted to stripes, which are formed by the groups of adjacent like colored warps, the filler strands being inconspicuous in the finished fabric. An important advantage of the invention is that the stripes or other patterns are accurately positioned with respect to the edges of the flattened tube as it is produced in the loom and remain positioned in the finished tie, no particular care being required to secure this result.

I claim:

A made-up bow tie of the type comprising two su perposed strips each foldedto provide a dou- 10 4 bled end simulating a loop of a :bow knot and an extended end simulating an end thereof, which two strips are superposed and secured by an encircling band simulating the nexus of such a knot, characterized by the fact that the strips are lengths of seamless woven tubing each having the extremity of said extended end inturned and 7 Joined.

ISRAEL A. AMER.

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