Machines for the Manufacture of Ribbed Looped Fabrios.
Year: 1888

page_text: This Specification was, upon the 22nd day of May 1891, Amended under
Sections 18 to 21 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1883.
Machines for the Manufacture of Ribbed Looped Fabrios.
I, HERBERT KIDDIER, of the Firm of John Kiddier and Son, of Globe Works,
Waterway Street, Nottingham, Hosiery Machinists, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows
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To each breadth of ribbed looped fabric made on a straight bar knitting machine I
employ one or more additional machine loop picking up points, each carried by a
finger rocking on an axle in a bracket secured to an extra rod which rocks in the
narrowing machine brackets usually employed, the extra rod is provided with two or
more arms each having a spring which holds the points carried by the fingers in
proper position to take up the machine loops and transfer them to the next adjacent
machine needles, when the taking up points are not required to act, the extra rod
carrying the finger brackets is rocked by the attendant so as to place the taking up
points well above the needles being retained there by a suitable stop. By such means
when commencing to make the instep and heel of hose or half hose, or where each
breadth of fabric is to be divided, at each such division the machine loops across the
whole length of the machine are transferred automatically at the same time instead of
each such loop being transferred by the attendant one at a time by hand as heretofore,
or by securing such loops by drawing the heeling or other threads through the
machine loops, thus avoiding the stoppage of the machine, and effecting a considerable
saving of time.
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Machines for the Manufacture of Ribbed Looped Fabrics.
I HERBERT KIDDIER of the firm of John Kiddier and Son, of Globe Works,
Waterway Street, Nottingham, Hosiery machinists do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to knitting-machines for the manufacture of ribbed looped
fabrics and particularly to that kind or class of such machines known as straight-bar
frames.
In the manufacture of looped fabrics on straight-bar frames as luntherto constructed,
it is necessary to stop the machine when divisions of the fabic are to be made, as,
for example, previous to the knitting of the heel and instep of a stocking, and to
fasten or lock by hand the machine loop at the point of division so as to prevent
unravelling of the fabric. This operation has usually been effected by transferring the
said loop to an adjacent needle, or by drawing the heeling or other thread through the
said loop. As cach loop must be fastened or locked separately by the attendant, it
follows that a considerable time must be occupied in thus transferring or securing the
whole of the loops across the entire width of a machine in which many pieces of
fabric are being knitted at the same time By my invention, however, I provide for
the automatic transfer of the loops where divisions of the fabric are to be made,
without the necessity for stopping the machine. I provide, moreover, for the
simultaneous transfer of the loops at the points of division of all the pieces of fabric
throughout the entire width of the machine, thus effecting a considerable saving of time
and labour.
To accomplish these results, I employ for each division of the machine, that
is to say, for each portion thereof adapted to knit a breadth of ribbed looped fabric,
one or more extra or additional machine" loop piching-up points, each of which is
carried by a finger capable of rocking on, or oscillating about an axle or pivot in a
bracket secured to a rod or shaft supported in bearings in the ordinary narrowing-
machine brackets These rods or shafts are so arranged that they may be rocked or
oscillated to put the said points into or out of action, and suitable means are provided
for imparting lateral movement to the sand points for the purpose of transferring the
loops taken up thereby In some instances, when more than one of such points is
used for each breadth of fabric, I make the said rods or shafts adjustable longitudinally
relatively to each other to increase or diminish the distance between the several
points forming each set, I prefer, however, to mount all of the brackets carrying the
oscillating fingers, upon one rod or shaft and to make one or more of the brackets
of each set adjustable upon the said rod or shaft relatively to the other bracket or
brackets of the same set, for the purpose above specified
In the accompanying drawings I have shown how my said invention may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.
Figures 1 and 14 show, in vertical transverse section, part of my improved
apparatus.
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Figure 2 is a sectional elevation showing the apparatus hereinafter described for
imparting lateral movement to the devices for transferring the "machine
their needles to adjacent needles, at the points of division of the fabric.
loops from

page_text: Figure 3 is a front elevation of the said apparatus, a truck-bearing lever and its
operating cam hereinafter described, being removed.
Figure 4 is a front elevation, showing the narrowing-machine shaft, the
fingers and the taking-up points appertaining to one division of the machine.
Figure 5 is a transverse section on the line a ., Figure 4
Figure 6 is a transverse section illustrating a slight modification of any invention
hereinafter described
Figure 7 is a transverse section showing the frame, needle-bar and narrowing-cam
hereinafter mentioned
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
Figures 1 to 5 show one form of my improved apparatus wherein a single extra rod
is employed with brackets to carry the fingers for the waole of the taking-up points,
the said points being shown in Figure 5 in the position which they occupy when not
required to act on the machine-needles during the usual narrowing operations
Figure 6 shows a modification of the appaiatus wherein one extra rod is employed
with brackets to carry the fingers and taking-up points for the ught hand divisions
of the several breadths of fabric, and another extra rod with brickets to carry the
fingers and taking-up points for the left hand divisions of the several breadths of
fabric, the said points being shown in the position which they occupy when not
required to act on the machine-needles during the usual narrowing operations
One of
For each of the breadths or pieces of ribbed looped fabric capable of being knitted
simultaneously on the machine, I employ one or more additional points A according
to the number of divisions to be made in the said breadth or piece of fabric. Eich
point A is carried by a finger A¹ capable of oscillation on an axle or pivot A* in a
bracket A secured to a rod or shaft B carried in suitable bearings in the usual
nariowing-machine brackets C Each bracket A2 is provided with a guage-screw and
lock-nut A to facilitate the setting or adjustinent of the said bracket. The rod or
shaft B has fixed thereon two (or more) arms B¹, each of which is provided, near
its upper end, with a stud or hook B* A spring B 13 hooked at one end to the
stud B* and at its other end to a stud or hook fixed in one of the narrowing-
machine arms B³ These springs when the parts are in the po ition shown, hold the
arms B' firmly against the narrowing-machine brackets (', as shown in Figure 1, thus
keeping the points A in a vertical position ready to be lowered by the narrowing-
machine cam H (Figure 1A) to take up the corresponding "machine" instep-loops
and transfer them from their needles to the next adjacent machine-needles
the brackets A of each set is made adjustable on the rod or shaft B relatively to the
other bracket A³ of the said set, and the said rod or shaft is provided with means
whereby it may be adjusted longitudinally, so that the relative position of the points
of each set may be altered to vary the width of the fabric between the divisions
thereof. The required forward and backward movements of the points A are
effected by the rod D actuated by the cam H¹ (Figure 1A) which operates the
narrowing-fingers in the usual manner, the fingers A¹ being forked at their upper
ends and engaging with the said rod D for this purpose. The remainder of the
narrowing-apparatus is of the usual construction The required lateral movements
of the points A for the purpose of transferring the instep-loops from their needles to
the next adjacent machine-needles, are effected by the following mechanism which is
shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4, that is to say -A cain E is secured on the ordinary
cam-shaft of the knitting-machine and is arranged to operate a lever E', which rocks
on an axle E*, at its front end, secured to one of the standards of the machine,
and which is provided with a roller or truck E bearing upon the said cam E.
To the lever E' is coupled the lower end of a link E³, the upper end of
which is coupled to the lower end of a vertical bolt E rounded off on one side at its
This bracket is
upper end as shown in Figure 3, and fitted to slide in a bracket E³
secured to the outer end of a horizontally grooved bracket E' attached to the ordinary
template-rail F. In the groove of the bracket E is fitted to slide a bar E', the inner
end of which carries a vertical plate Es A spring E is connected at one end to the
sliding bar E' and at the other end to the bracket E. The extra 1od or shaft B is

page_text: at the end next the plate E with a socket D in which a guage-screw D
provided with a lock-nut is inserted, so that it may be adjusted therein The head of
the guage-sciew B is held against the inner face of the plate E by a spring B,
Figure 4, one end of which is attached to the rod B and the other end to one of the
nariowing-machine brackets C. By these means, each time the cam E raises the
bolt E the rounded end of the latter strikes the outer end of the sliding bar E
and moves it and the vertical plate Es through the required distance to the right,
the rod B being moved through the same distance and cari ying with it the brackets A³,
fingers A', and additional points A for transfering the loops from their machine-
needles to the next adjacent needles. When the bolt E' is lowered, the bar E' and
vertical plate E are brought back to their original position, as shown at Figure 3, by
the spring E, the spring B causing the extra rod B to follow the plate E. The
bracket E, where it is secured to the bracket E is provided with slots so that it may
be adjusted, when required, to shorten or lengthen the traverse of the extra rod B
which operates the additional points A, as in the case of altering the machine from
making a "two and one rib to a " one and one 01 other rib
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When it is desired to put the additional points A out of action, the extra rod B,
brackets A³, fingers A¹ and points A øre rocked about the axis of the said rod by the
attendant, by pulling the lever B towards him until a stud B7 projecting from the
said lever enters a slot in the underside of a hand-lever or catch B8 hinged or pivoted
at B to the boss of one of the narrowing-machine brackets C The points A are
thus raised a certain height and moved out of the vertical position; they are held
out of action by the said catch during the usual narrowing process or when they are
not required to act.
In the modification of my invention shown in Figure 6, I employ two extra rods B
and b, which are carried by and rock in the narrowing-brackets C, the 1od B carries
brackets A², finge13 A¹, and points A for the left hand divisions of each breadth of
fabric (when there are two divisions in each breadth), and the rod is provided with
brackets a² carrying fingers A¹, and points A for the right hand divisions of each
breadth of fabric The rod b has fixed thereon two or more arms each having a
stud B', adapted to engage with a hand-lever or catch B8 and having also springs, and
a socket, guage-screw and lock-nut as herein before described with reference to
Figures 1 to 5. The points A are shown in Figure 6 in the raised position which
they occupy when not operating with the machine-needles, or when they are not
required to act.
The guage-screws at the end of the rods B, bare, in this modification, used for
altering the relative position of the brackets, fingers and points of each set when
it is desired to vary the width of the instep for different sizes of hose or
half hose.
In Figure 7, I have shown the frame, the needle-bar and a narrowing-cam G which
I make of the shape shown so that it will effect a slight extra or additional movement
of the needle-bar towards the front of the machine to facilitate the transfer of the
"machine" instep-loops to the points A, which then transfer them to the next
adjacent needles.
The operation of my improved apparatus, when the machine to which it is applied
is used for the knitting of stockings, is as follows, that is to say while the leg of the
stocking is being worked, the points A are held out of action, the arms B¹ being in
the position shown in Figures 5 and 6, and the catches B8 in engagement with the
pins B7.
When the leg of the stocking has been knitted and the heel and instep are to
be made, the attendant simply raises the catches B and allows the arms B¹ to be
drawn into the upright position by the springs B² and the points A thus lowered and
placed in their operative position, so that, at the next descent of the narrowing-
imachine, the said points will take hold of the loops on the corresponding machine-
needles and will then be moved laterally as above described, thus automatically
transferring the said loops to the next adjacent needles and securing or locking the
said loops so as to prevent running down or unravelling of the fabric.
The

page_text: attendant then draws forward the arms B₁ and puts the points A again out of action.
In this manner, the whole of the "machine" loops at the points of division of all the
breadths of fabric throughout the entire width of the machine are automatically and
simultaneously transferred for the purpose above specified, instead of each of such
loops having to be transferred by the attendant one at a time by hand, or having to be
secured one at a time by hand by drawing the heeling or other threads through
the machine-loops, as heretofore, the necessity for the stoppage of the machine for
this purpose is thus obviated and considerable saving of time effected.
In cases where three or more divisions occur in each breadth of fabric, I some-
times employ more than two extra rods carrying brackets, fingers and points, for the
purpose above specified.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it understood that I do not
claim generally or irrespectively of my improvements herein set forth, the use of
points which transfer "machine" loops from their needles to adjacent needles, as
am aware that points for effecting this operation have heretofore been employed
for narrowing and other purposes, but I claim
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First. In a straight bar knitting machine, the provision of suitable means for
automatically fastening or locking a "machine" loop at a division-of-the-knitted
fabric by the transfer of the said Loop from one needle to an adjacent needle, for
the purpose above specified-
Second-First. In a straight-bar knitting-machine, the provision of suitable means
for automatically and simultaneously securing or locking the whole of the "machine"
loops at the divisions of the breadths or pieces of fabric throughout the entire width
of the machine, as, and for the purpose, above specified
Thud Second The employment, in a straight-bar knitting-machine, of one or
more extra or additional points fixed in fingers which are pivoted to brackets carried
by one or more rods or shafts provided with means for imparting end wise reciprocating
motion thereto, for the purpose of fastening or locking the "machine" loops at the
points of division of the knitted fabric by transferring the said loops from their
noodles to adjacent needles, substantially as above described
Fourth-Third The combination, with the additional points, fingers and brackets
attached to the extra rod or rods and means for imparting lateral reciprocating motion
thereto, of means whereby the said rod, or each of the said rods, may be rocked about
its axis to raise and lower the said additional points and thus put the same out of, or
into action with the machine-needles, substantially as described and for the purpose
specified.
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Fifth Fourth. The combination, with two or more extra rods or shafts carrying
brackets, fingers and points, and provided with means for raising and lowering the
same and for imparting lateral reciprocating motion thereto as above described, of
means wher by the said rods or shafts may be adjusted end wise relatively to each
other, substantially as, and for the purpose, specified
Snth ifth The combination, with the additional points arranged to be operated
as above specified, of means, substantially as described with reference to Figure 7,
for imparting a slight extra or additional movement to the needle-bar, for the purpose
above specified
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Machines for the Manufacture of Ribbed Looped Fabrics.
I HERBERT KIDDIER of the firm of John Kiddier and Son, of Globe Works,
Waterway Street, Nottingham, Hosiery machinists do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement
My invention relates to knitting-machines for the manufacture of ribbed looped
fabrics and particularly to that kind or class of such machines known as straight-bar
frames.
In the manufacture of looped fabrics on straight-bar frames as hitherto constructed,
it is necessary to stop the machine when divisions of the fabric are to be made as,
for example, previous to the knitting of the heel and instep of a stocking, and to
fasten o lock by hand the machine loop at the point of division so as to prevent
unravelling of the fabric This operation has usually been effected by transferring the
said loop to an adjacent needle, or by drawing the heeling or other thread through the
said loop
As each loop must be fastened or locked separately by the attendant, it
follows that a considerable time must be occupied in thus transferring or securing the
whole of the loops across the entire width of a machine in which many pieces of
fabric are being knitted at the same time. By my invention, however, I provide for
the automatic transfer of the loops where divisions of the fabric are to be made,
without the necessity for stopping the machine I provide, moreover, for the
simultaneous transfer of the loops at the points of division of all the pieces of fabric
throughout the entire width of the machine, thus effecting a considerable saving of time
and labour.
To accomplish these results, I employ for each division of the machine, that
1 to say, for each portion thereof adapted to knit a breadth of ribbed looped fabric,
one or more extra or addition "miche" loop eng-up points, each of which is
carried by a finger capable of rocking on, or oscillating about an axle or pivot in a
biachet secured to a rod or shaft supported in bearings in the ordinary narrowing-
machine brackets These rods or shafts are so arranged that they may be rocked or
oscillated to put the said points into or out of action, and suitable means are provided
for imparting lateral movement to the said points for the purpose of transferring the
loops taken up thereby In some instances, when more than one of such points is
used for each breadth of fabric, I make the said rods or shafts adjustable longitudinally
relatively to each other to increase or diminish the distance between the several
points forming each set, I prefer, however, to mount all of the brackets carrying
the
oscillating fingers, upon one rod or shaft and to make one or more of the brackets
of each set adjustable upon the said rod or shaft relatively to the other bracket' or
brackets of the same set, for the purpose above specified.
In the accompanying drawings I have shown how my said invention may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.
Figures 1 and 14 show, in vertical transverse section, part of my improved
apparatus.
Figure 2 is a sectional elevation showing the apparatus hereinafter described for
imparting lateral movement to the devices for transfering the "machine" loops from
their needles to adjacent needles, at the points of division of the fabric.

page_text: Figure 3 is a front elevation of the said apparatus, a truck-bearing lever and its
operating cam hereinafter described, being removed.
Figure 4 is
a front elevation, showing the narrowing-machine shaft, the
fingers and the taking-up points appertaining to one division of the machine
Figure 5 is a transverse section on the line x. x, Figure 4.
Figure 6 is a transverse section illustrating a slight modification of my invention
hereinafter described.
Figure 7 is a transverse section showing the frame, needle-bar and narrowing-cam
hereinafter mentioned
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
Figures 1 to 5 show one form of my improved apparatus wherein a single extra rod
is employed with brackets to carry the fingers for the whole of the taking-up points,
the said points being shown in Figure 5 in the position which they occupy when not
required to act on the machine-needles during the usual narrowing operations.
Figure 6 shows a modification of the apparatus wherein one extra rod is employed
with brackets to carry the fingers and taking-up points for the right hand divisions
of the several breadths of fabric and another extra rod with brackets to carry the
fingers and taking-up points for the left hand divisions of the several breadths of
fabric, the said points being shown in the position which they occupy when not
required to act on the machine-needles during the usual narrowing operations.
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For each of the breadths or pieces of 11bbed looped fabric capable of being knitted
simultaneously on the machine, I employ one or more additional points A according
to the number of divisions to be made in the said breadth or piece of fabric. Each
point A is carried by a finger A¹ capable of oscillation on an axle or pivot A* in a
bracket A secured to a rod or shaft B carried in suitable bearings in the usual
nai rowing-machine brackets C Each brachet A is provided with a guage-screw and
lock-nut A to facilitate the setting or adjustment of the said bracket. The rod or
shaft B has fixed thereon two (or more) arins B', each of which is provided, near
its upper end, with a stud o1 hook B*
A spring B2 is hooked at one end to the
stud B and at its other end to a stud or hook fixed in one of the narrowing-
machine arms B³ These springs, when the parts are in the position shown, hold the
arms B' firmly against the narrowing-machine brackets C, as shown in Figure 1, thus
keeping the points A in a vertical position ready to be lowered by the narrowing-
machine cam H (Figure 1A) to take up the corresponding "machine" instep-loops
and transfer them from their needles to the next adjacent machine-needles. One of
the brackets A2 of each set is made adjustable on the rod or shaft B relatively to the
other bracket A2 of the said set, and the said rod or shaft is provided with means
hereby it may be adjusted longitudinally, so that the relative position of the points
of each set may be altered to vary the width of the fabric between the divisions
thereof The required forward and backward movements of the points A are
effected by the rod D actuated by the cam H¹ (Figure 1A) which operates the
narrowing-fingers in the usual manner, the fingers A being forked at their upper
ends and engaging with the sad rod D for this purpose The remainder of the
narrowing-apparatus is of the usual construction The required lateral movements
of the points A for the purpose of transferring the instep-loops from their needles to
the next adjacent machine-needles, are effected by the following mechanism which is
shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4, that is to say -A cam E is secured on the ordinary
cam-shaft of the knitting-machine and is arranged to operate a lever E', which rocks
on an axle E*, at its front end, secured to one of the standards of the machine,
and which is provided with a roller or truck E³ bearing upon the said cam E.
To the lever E' is coupled the lower end of a link E³, the upper end of
which is coupled to the lower end of a vertical bolt E rounded off on one side at its
upper end as shown in Figure 3, and fitted to slide in a bracket E. This bracket is
secured to the outer end of a horizontally grooved bracket E attached to the ordinary
template-rail F. In the groove of the bracket E is fitted to slide a bar E7, the inner
end of which carries a vertical plate Ea A spring E' is connected at one end to the
sliding bar E' and at the other end to the bracket E. The extra rod or shaft B is

page_text: provided at the end next the plate E with a socket B in which a guage-screw B³
provided with a lock-nut is inserted, so that it may be adjusted therein. The head of
B,
the guage-screw B is held against the inner face of the plate EB by a spring
Figure 4, one end of which is attached to the rod B and the other end to one of the
narrowing-machine brackets C By these means, each time the cam E raises the
bolt E the rounded end of the latter strikes the outer end of the sliding bar. E7
and moves it and the vertical plate Es through the required distance to the .right,
the rod B being moved through the same distance and carrying with it the brackets A³,
fingers A¹, and additional points A for transferring the loops from their machine-
needles to the next adjacent needles. When the bolt E is lowered, the bar E' and
vertical plate Es are brought back to their original position, as shown at Figure 3, by
the spring E, the spring B causing the extra rod B to follow the plate E³. The
bracket E, where it is secured to the bracket E is provided with slots so that it may
be adjusted, when required, to shorten or lengthen the traverse of the extra rod B
which operates the additional points A, as in the case of altering the machine from
making a two and one "mb to a one and one or other rib.
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When it is desired to put the additional points A out of action, the extra rod B,
brackets A³, fingers A' and points A are rocked about the axis of the said rod by the
attendant, by pulling the lever B¹ towards him until a stud B7 projecting from the
said lever enters a slot in the underside of a hand-lever or catch B8 hinged or pivoted
at B to the boss of one of the narrowing-machine brackets C The points A are
thus raised a certain height and moved out of their vertical position; they are held
out of action by the said catch during the usual narrowing process or when they are
not required to act.
In the modification of my invention shown in Figure 6, I employ two extra rods B
and b, which are carried by and rock in the narrowing-brackets C, the rod B carries
brackets A, fingers A', and points A for the left hand divisions of each breadth of
fabric (when there are two divisions in each breadth), and the rod 6 is provided with
brackets a carrying fingers A', and points A for the right hand divisions of each
breadth of fabric. The rod b has fixed thereon two or more arms b¹ each having a
stud B7, adapted to engage with a hand-lever or catch B8 and having also springs, and
a socket, guage-screw and lock-nut as herein before described with reference to
Figures 1 to 5. The points A are shown in Figure 6 in the raised position which
they occupy when not operating with the machine-needles, or when they are not
required to act.
The guage-screws at the end of the rods B, bare, in this modification, used for
altering the relative position of the brackets, fingers and points of each set when
it is desired to vary the width of the instep for different sizes of hose or
half hose.
In Figure 7, I have shown the frame, the needle-bar and a narrowing-cam G which
1 make of the shape shown so that it will effect a slight extra or additional movement
of the nee lle-bar towards the front of the machine to facilitate the transfer of the
"machine" instep-loops to the points A, which then transfer them to the next
adjacent needles.
The operation of my improved apparatus, when the machine to which it is applied
is used for the knitting of stockings, is as follows, that is to say:-while the leg of the
stocking is being worked, the points A are held out of action, the arms B¹ being in
the position shown in Figures 5 and 6, and the catches B in engagement with the
Pins B'
When the leg of the stocking has been knitted and the heel and instep are to
be made, the attendant simply raises the catches B' and allows the arms B¹ to be
drawn into the upright position by the springs B' and the points A thus lowered and
placed in their operative position, so that, at the next descent of the narrowing-
machine, the said points will take hold of the loops on the corresponding machine
needles and will then be moved laterally as above described, thus automatically
transferring the said loops to the next adjacent needles and securing or locking, the
said loops so as to prevent running down or unravelling of the fabric. The

page_text: attendant then draws forward the arms B1 and puts the points A again out of action.
In this manner, the whole of the "machine" loops at the points of division of all the
breadths of fabric throughout the entire width of the machine are automatically and
simultaneously transferred for the purpose above specified, instead of each of such
loops having to be transferred by the attendant one at a time by hand, or having to be
secured one at a time by hand by drawing the heeling or other threads through
the machine-loops, as heretofore, the necessity for the stoppage of the machine for
this purpose is thus obviated and considerable saving of time effected
In cases where three or more divisions occur in each breadth of fabric, I some-
tunes employ more than two extra rods carrying brackets, fingers and points, for the
purpose above specified
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it understood that I do not
clam generally or irrespectively of my improvements herein set forth, the use of
points which transfer "machine" loops from their needles to adjacent needles, as
am aware that points for effecting this operation have heretofore been employed
for narrowing and other purposes; but I claim
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First In a straight-bar knitting-machine, the provision of suitable means for
automatically fastening or locking a "machine" loop at a division of the knitted
fabric by the transfer of the said loop from one needle to an adjacent needle, for
the purpose above specified.
Second In a straight-bar knitting-machine, the provision of suitable means for
automatically and simultaneously securing or locking the whole of the "machine"
loops at the divisions of the breadths or pieces of fabric throughout the entire width
of the machine, as, and for the purpose, above specified.
Third The employment, in a straight-bar knitting-machine, of one or more extra
or additional points fixed in fingers which are pivoted to brackets carried by one
or more rods or shatts provided with means for imparting end wise reciprocating
motion thereto, for the purpose of fastening or locking the "machine" loops at the
points of division of the knitted fabric by transferring the said loops from their
needles to adjacent needles, substantially as above described.
Fourth The combination, with the additional points, fingers and brackets attached
to the extra rod or rods and means for imparting lateral reciprocating motion thereto,
of means whereby the said rod, or each of the said rods, may be rocked about its axis
to raise and lower the said additional points and thus put the same out of, or into
action with the machine-needles, substantially as described and for the purpose
specified
Fifth. The combination, with two or more extra rods or shafts carrying brackets,
fingers and points, and provided with means for raising and lowering the same
and for imparting lateral reciprocating motion thereto as above described, of means
whereby the said rods or shafts may be adjusted end wise relatively to each other,
substantially as, and for the purpose, specified.
Sixth The combination, with the additional points arranged to be operated as above
specified, of means, substantially as described with reference to Figure 7, for imparting
a slight extra or additional movement to the needle-bar, for the purpose above
specified.
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