SLIPPER KIT

TISSAGE DE PANTOUFFLES

English Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A frame for weaving of a slipper. The frame consists
of a circular plate, the top side of which is fixed to a
concentric shaft and the bottom side fitted with pins mounted
adjacent the circumference of the plate that project away
from the plate. The shaft is fixed to a rounded block, fitted
with a plurality of pins on its upper surface. The pins of
the frame are employed to fasten strands of fiber extending
from the pins of the block to the pins of the plate forming an
outline of truncated conical shape that serves as a base for
weaving of a slipper. The block is shaped to form the outline
of the toe section of a slipper.

Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive
property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:


1. A frame for use in weaving a slipper comprising
a shaft joined at one end to a toe block
and at the other to a plate, said shaft oriented gen-
erally perpendicular to the plane of said plate,
said plate and toe block each fitted with pro-
jections to anchor the warp of a slipper to be woven on
said frame.


2. The frame as recited in claim 1 in which the
toe block is shaped to fit inside the toe section of a slipper.


3. The frame as recited in claim 1 wherein the
plate is circular and said projections of the plate project
from the side of the plate remote from the toe block.


4. The frame as recited in any of claims 1 to 3
wherein said projections of the plate are spaced around the
whole periphery thereof.


5. The frame as recited in any of claims 1 to 3
wherein said toe block has a top surface remote from the plate
which surface is synclastic having major and minor curvature
about axes perpendicular to each other and to the shaft, said
projections on the toe block being spaced along the extremity
of said surface furthest from said plate.

Description

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SUMMARY OF T~IE INVENTION
My invention is a frame for weavinq of a slipper. The
frame consists of a plate, preferabl~ circular, the top side of
which is fixed to a concentric shaft and which carries pins
mounted adjacent the circumference oE the plate and projecting
away from the plate. The shaft is fixed to a rounded block,
fitted with a plurality of pins on its upper surface. The pins
of the frame are employed to fasten strands of fiber extending
from the pins of the block to the pins of the plate forming an
outline of a truncated conical shape that serves as a base for
weaving of a slipper. The block is shaped to form the outlien of
the toe section of a slipper.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The objects and features of the invention may be
understood with reference to the following detailed description
of an illustrative emhodiments of the invention, taken together
with the accompanying drawin~s in which:
FIG. 1 is an elevation view of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a side view of the invention;
FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the invention, taken along
line 3-3 of Fig. l; and
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of slippers woven on the
invention.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in which
- similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout
the several views, Figs. 1-3 illustrate the frame 10 which I
call a Slipper Tree.



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Frame 10 is formed of a circular plate 11, the upper
surface 12 of which is fixed to a concentric shaft 13~ A toe
block 14 is fixed to the opposite end 1~ of shaft 13. The
toe block 14 is formed as a flat sicled block of relatively
uniform thickness with the top surface 17 of the blo~k 14
rounded both in the lateral and transverse directions. More
specifically, and as shown in the drawings, the top surface 17
is convex and synclastic, having major and minor curvature about
axes perpendicular to each other and to the shaft 13. This top
surface 17 is shaped to form the toe portion of a slipper.
A series of projections are formed on the toe block 14
and the circular plate 11 to anchor the fibre to he woven on
the frame. As best seen in Figure 1, these projections may
consist of pins 21 set in a row on the top surface 17 of toe
block 14 along the extremity of this surface furthest from
: the plate 12 and a circle of pins 22 which project from the bot- .
tom surface 24 of plate 12, with pins 22 located adjacent the
:;~ periphery 25 of plate 12.
. In use strands 28 of wool or other fiber are stretched
between pins 21 and 22 so as to form lines of an imaginary
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conical-shaped surface extending between the periphery 25 of
; - plate 12 and the upper surface 17 of block 14 to serve as the
warp 28A of a slipper 29 to be woven on the frame 10, Any
individual strand may be anchored at each end to pairs of
:` opposed projections 21 and 22, or one continuous strand may
be extended over the toe block about a projection 21 on the
toe block and anchored at each end to opposed pins 22 on the
plate, in a fashion familiar to one skilled in the art of
weaving.
Using the warp so prepared, the slipper may be woven
- by introducing horizontal weft threads of yarn through the
vertical warp by conventional techniques of weaving, employing


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plain or basket weaves or other known variations of weave. The
toe section 32 of a finished slipper 29 is formed about the
shaped toe block 14, Shaft 13 is of sufficient length to allow
the weaving of any desired length of slipper on the frame. An




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ankle opening 31 will be woven into one side of the slipper
on the frame below toe block 14. The slipper may be removed
from the frame by cutting the warp strands 28 from the
projections leaving a number of loose ends as shown in Figure
4 at 33. After removal from the frame the heel section may
be formed by drawing the ends 34 of the woven slipper together
and knotting or weaving the loose ends 33. If individual
strands have been used to form the warp, some joining will be
required at the toe.
: 10 Since obvious changes may be made in the specific
embodiment of the invention described herein, such modifications
being within the spirit and scope of the invention claimed,
it is indicated that all matter contained herewith is intended
as illustrative and not as limiting in scope.
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