IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR KNITTING
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles James Appleton, of the City of Manchester
in the County of Lancaster, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR KNITTING." -A communication from John
Pepper, of Franklin, N. H., United States of America.
Sealed the 20th June 1856, and dated the 21st December 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles James Appleton
at the Office of, the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
21st December 1855.
I, CHARLES JAMES APPLETON, of the City of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of the said .Invention for "In-
PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR KNITTING," as communicated to
me from John Pepper, of Franklin, .N. H., United States of America, to be
as follows:-
My Invention consists of employing peculiar kind of needles working in
grooves, which form the loop by a rising and falling motion being given to the
needles by a circular.cam.
The nature of the said Invention will be more clearly understood by refer-
ence to the accompanying outline Drawing; in which a, Fig. 1, represents the

page_text: fast and loose pullies; b, the shaft; c, the gear, giving motion to the cam d;
e, the needles; f, the carrier; 9, the presser to hold the work from rising with
the needles; h, the yarn. Fig. 2 shews the position of the needles caused by
the cam d, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 shews the formation of the needle.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Charles James Appleton in the Great Seal Patent Offico
on the 21st June 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
JAMES APPLETON, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Royal
Letters Patent; bearing date the Twenty-first day of December, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the nineteenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Charles James Appleton, Her special licence that I the said Charles
James Appleton, my executors, administrators,, and assigns; or such. others;
as I, the said Charles James Appleton, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR KNITTING," being a communi-
cation from John Pepper, of Franklin, N. H., United States of America,
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Charles James Appleton,
by an instrument in writing under my band and seal; should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner.
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months. next and immediately after:
the date of the said Royal Letters Patent.
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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles JamesAppleton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same. is to:
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in andrby" the
following statement: (that is to say):

page_text: This Invention; as communicated to me by the said John Pepper, consists
of employing a peculiar kind of needles working in grooves, which form the
loop by a rising and falling motion being given to the needles by a circular,
cam:or cams; formed by placing one or more inclines on the interior or exterior
of a cylinder; which is made to revolve either. by hand or power. According
to the size of the machine and the kind of work required so is, the nuinber of
cams, each cam having a corresponding carrier and presser.
The nature of the said Invention will be clearly understood by reference to
the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, and the letters of reference thereon;
in which Fig. 1 is an external elevation of one of my improved machines;
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the working parts; Fig. 3 shews the position
of the needles, caused by the grooved cam when one is used, as they would
appear unrolled, or in a plane instead of a circle; Fig. 4 is a section of a
cylinder, having one, grooved cam; Fig. 5, is a front view of the top of the
carrier; and Fig. 6 shews the formation of the needle.
a represents the foundation plate of the machine, to which is fastened the
recessed ring b, for the purpose of keeping the revolving cylinder c in its place,
by means of the projecting rim d. The cylinder contains the cam e, consisting
of two inclined plates, seen detached at Fig. 4, which act upon the needles f,
placed in grooves in the cylindrical needle holder g, which is fastened to the
foundation plate a. Cast on or fixed to the under side of the rim d is the
bevil wheel h, which is in gear with another bevil wheel i, made fast to
the shaft k, which turns in a bearing 1, attached to the foundation plate a, the
bevil wheels giving motion to the cylinder c containing the cam e, which, acting
upon the lower ends of needles, causes them to move up and down. Upon
the shaft the fast and loose pullies m are placed, and also a handle n. The
yarn is shewn at o, the carrier at p, and the presser at q, which holds or pre-
vents the work from rising with the needles as they are moved up and down
by means of the revolving cam.
The above arrangements may be modified by causing the needle holder and
needles to revolve, and the cam or cams to be stationary. The stitch is formed
by the needles being drawn below the cylindrical needle holder; the farther
they are drawn down by one of the plates of the cam, which can be adjusted
by screws, the longer or slacker is the stitch.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of the said Invention,
as communicated to me from abroad, and the manner in which the same is to
be performed, I desire it to be distinctly understood that I do not confine
myself to the exact details herein set forth, neither do I claim the exclusive

page_text: use of any particular part separately; but I claim the general arrangement of
mechanism for knitting, as herein described, and illustrated in the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles James Appleton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of June, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-six...
panying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles James Appleton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of June, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-six..
CHARLES JAMES APPLETON. (L.S.).
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-named
Charles James Appleton, in the presence of
E. J. HUGHES, Patent Agent,
Manchester.