IMPROVEMENTS IN KNITTING MACHINES
Year: 1885

page_text: COMPLETE
DIECIFICATION.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN KNITTING MACHINES" and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
This invention relates to that class of knitting machines in which a series of
barbed or spring needles are arranged and adapted to be revolved in a circle and in
which, mechanism for intermittently throwing into and out of action yarns of
different colors, is employed; and it comprises a novel construction and arrangement
of the pattern mechanisin; certain combinations and arrangements of devices by.
which the pattern mechanism controls the throwing into or out of action the yarns
of different colors as desired a novel arrangement of devices for transferring the
joining or splicing of the yarns in the knitted fabric from one side to its opposite ;-
and a novel construction and arrangement of brushes adapted to lightly rest upon
the fabric for the purpose of brushing the ends of the several yarns, attached to
the fabric, to prevent them from being caught by the needles and knit into the
fabric; all of which features will be hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a plan illustrating the application of this invention to a machine
having a single needle head.
Figure 2 is a vertical section on the line 1, 1 Figure 1.
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Figure 3 is a transverse vertical section on the line 2, 2 Figure 2 looking
towards the left.
Figure 4 is an elevation of the yarn guiding and controlling devices, the yaru
holding and severing devices, and a portion of the needles and needle cylinder or
head.
Figure 5 is a front end elevation of the yarn holding, directing and severing
devices.
Figure 6 is a vertical section of the same on the line 3, 3, Figures 1 and 5.
Figure 7 is a plan of the front portions of the severing devices and push blade
for carrying the loop of yarn between the holding devices.

page_text: Figure 8 is a plan drawn to an enlarged scale of the latch cam for operating the
movable yarn severing knife.
Figure 9 is a transverse section of said cam on the line 4, 4, Figure 8.
Figure 10 is an inverted plan drawn to an enlarged scale of the pattern wheel
Figure 11 is a plan of a portion of the same.
Figure 12 is a vertical section through a portion of said wheel on a line cutting
through the centre of one of the radial rows of pin holes.
Figure 13 is an elevation of a portion of the left hand end of the series of cam
bars and the pawls for moving them, two of the bars being moved forward.
Figure 14 is a plan of the latch lever for holding the yarn guide lifter rods in
raised positions.
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Figure 15 is an elevation of the levers for depressing the pawl lifting levers, said.
levers and a portion of the pattern plate being shewn in section.
Figure 16 is a vertical transverse section through the cam-bar operating pawls,
shewing the relation of the lifter levers thereto.
Figure 17 is an elevation of the push back and the work lifting plate, and,
Figure 18 is a plan of the cam-bar for operating the reversible crank.
Figure 19 is a plan of a modified form of knitting machine provided with two
needle heads.
Figure 20 is a rear elevation of same, the heads, star boxes and severing devices
being omitted.
Figure 21 is a left side elevation of a portion of the same.
Figure 22 represents a sectional elevation of the same on the line x, x, Figure 20,
showing the toothed cam wheel and its immediate adjuncts in elevation.
Figure 23 is a sectional plan drawn to an enlarged scale of the cam and toe for
operating the chain slide, and showing a portion of the co-operating spring in plan.
Figure 24 is a central vertical section of a chain pulley, its supporting stand and
a portion of the main table or bed of the machine.
Figures 25 and 26 are respectively a plan and an end view drawn to an enlarged
scale of one of the pattern links and its connecting links, one end of the pattern
link being represented in section to show the pivotal connection of the two links.
Figure 27 is a rear sectional elevation of the mechanism for operating the pattern
chain.
Figure 28 is a front elevation of the mechanism for operating the cam-bars.
. Figures 29 and 30 are rear sectional elevations drawn to an enlarged scale of the
cam bar operating pawls and the mechanism for acting upon the same.
Figure 31 is a central vertical section drawn to an enlarged scale of the friction
wheel and bracket.
Figure 32 is a front elevation also drawn to an enlarged scale of the brush, for
operating on the ends of the yarns, showing its relative position as regards the
needle head.
Referring first to the single head machine illustrated in Figures 1 to 18, A is the
table or bed supported upon the legs A¹ A¹, and having mounted in a suitable
bearing therein the needle head B, provided with the bevel gear wheel B¹ at its
lower end which engages with and is operated by a corresponding bevel gear
wheel C on the driving shaft D mounted in bearings beneath the table A.
The needle head B has secured thereon a series of barbed or spring needles
arranged in a circle about said head.
The needle head B is arranged to be revolved about the vertical shaft or stud E,
set in a fixed position in the stand E' and provided at its upper end with a collar
or flango a to which are secured the stands a' and a which carry the journals upon
which are mounted the "landing wheel" F and "knocking over wheel G.
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His the "stitch wheel," I the "dividing wheel," J the "presser-wheel," and K
the clearing wheel" all arranged around the outside of the circular scries of
needles and adapted to co-operate therewith.
Lis the "push back" adjustably mounted upon the post L¹.
All the above mentioned parts are arranged in a well known manner,

page_text: Two or more bars 6 61, 62, 63, according to the number of colors of yarn to be
used, are arranged in suitable bearings 66 at the rear of the bed A, each of said
bars having secured thereto, or formed thereon, a cam or wedge c which, when said
bar is moved towards the right hand end of the machine, acts upon and raises one
of the vertical rods d, d¹, d², d³ mounted in bearings formed in the shelves d* and d³
on the stand M.
The bars b, b¹, b, 63 are also each provided with a shoulder e at or near its front
end, with which one of the pawls f, f¹, f², f³ is arranged to engage to move said
bar forward or toward the right hand end of the machine at certain predetermined
intervals, which are controlled or regulated by the pattern wheel as will be
hereinafter described.
Another bar g is mounted in the same manner by the side of the bars 6 b¹ b² 6ª
and has secured to its right hand end the arm or plate g¹ which projects transversely
therefrom and over the ends of the bars b, b¹, bi, 63 in a position to be acted upon
by either of the pins set in the upper sides of the bars b, b', 62, 6 in such
a manner that the bar g shall be moved towards the right hand end of the machine
whenever either of the bars b, b¹, b, b³ is moved in that direction, and that either
of the bars b, b1 62, 63 that has been moved to the right shall be moved to the left
again by the movement of the said bar y to the left, caused by the engagement of
the hook pawl g' with the notch or shoulder ga formed in the upper edge of the
bar g at or near its left hand end, as shewn in Figure 1.
The pawls fff, f³ and g² are mounted side by side upon a common pivot h
set in the forked movable end of the lever N, mounted upon the rear end of the
rock shaft N, which in turn is mounted in the bearings N2 N2 and to which an
oscillating or rocking motion is imparted by the driving shaft D through the
medium of the lever firmly secured to the shaft N₁, the crank P mounted upon
the shaft D, and the link or connecting rod O' connected to said crank and lever by
ball and socket or universal joints as shewn.
The crank P is mounted loosely upon the shaft D and connected by the straps or
stays P P to the collar P* also mounted loosely upon said shaft.
The hub of the crank P has formed therein a radial groove or notch, which
engages with the side of the pin i set in the shaft D to compel the shaft. D and
crank P to move in unison with each other, said crank being held in engagement
with the pin i by means of the spiral spring Q surrounding the shaft D between
the collar P and the pin i, the object of which will be hereinafter described.
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The rock-shaft N' has mounted thereou, so as to revolve therewith and be moved
endwise thereon, the cam N³ in the form of a segment of a cylinder, the path of
which acts upon a pin, set in the outer or movable end of the lever N* pivotted to
the axis of the patteru wheel S, to vibrate said lever about the axis of the wheel S
and impart an intermittent step by step revolving movement to the wheel S about
its axis, in either direction, through the medium of the double armed pawl j, which
is pivotted to the lever N and engages with the teeth cut in the periphery of said
wheel S, as shewn in Figure 1.
The position of the pawl j and consequently the direction in which the wheel S
will be revolved is determined by the spring arm ¹, according as to whether said
arm is placed in one or the other of the two outer detent notches in the rib ³
extending transversely across the upper side of the lever N', and, if it is desired to
stop the inotion of the wheel S, the arm j is placed in the central detent notch in
said rib, when both ends of the pawlj will be disengaged from the teeth in the
periphery of the wheel S.
1 have heretofore made and used a pattern wheel provided upon its under side
with a single scroll cam path or groove, which, by engagement with a fixed guide,
caused the axis of said wheel to be moved transversely of the machine as said wheel
was revolved about its axis; and upon its upper side with a series of holes arranged
in the form of a scroll corresponding to the scroll path in its underside, in certain
of which holes were placed round ended pins which projected above the surface of
the wheel and acted as cams to lift a lever, thereby causing a movement of the

page_text: yarn guide operating cam wheel about its axis to throw one yarn out of action and
another yarn into action.
The pins in the scroll wheel simply determined the number of courses of a color
that was to be knit, or the time of changing colors, while the cam wheels acting
directly upon the yarn guides determined the order in which the colors should
be knit.
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By making the cam-wheel which acted upon the yarn guides of sufficient
diameter to contain the requisite number of cams to make the necessary changes
required in a pair of stockings, almost any pattern or arrangement of stripes could
be knit; or, with a smaller cam-wheel adapted to contain the necessary cams for
the changes of a single stocking, any design .or arrangement of stripes that was
symmetrical, or in other words, which commenced and ended with the same color
and width of stripe, and in which the corresponding stripes counting from the top
and bottom were alike in color and width, could be knit.
Either of these arrangements however involved considerable expense in the large
number of movable or changable cams required in designs containing a large number
of stripes, and to overcome this objection the communicator of this invention
conceived the idea of having the scroll wheel not only determine the time of
changing the colors, but also determine which color should be thrown into action.
To accomplish this, two scroll paths p and p¹ parallel with each other are formed
in the under side of the wheel S and upon the upper surface of said wheel two
corresponding scrolls are marked and within the lines of each of said scrolls are
drilled two, three, four, or more series of holes according to the number of colors
the machine is designed to use, there being as many holes in each of said series as
there are teeth in the periphery of said wheel.
In the machine shewn in the drawings the pattern wheel S is provided with two
Bets of four scroll series of holes i', four bars b, b1, b2, b³, and four yarn guiding and
changing levers 8, 81, 82 and 83.
If four colors of yarn are to be used, pins jª jª are placed in certain of the holes ¹
in each of the eight series, according to the arrangement of colors desired, said pins
being removed and arranged in a different order when it is desired to change the
design.
The pawls f f f f are held in elevated positions with their free ends above
the shoulders e on the bars b, b¹, b, b³ by the levers 1, 11, 12, 13 respectively, until
said levers 1, 1, 12, 13 are depressed by the levers m, m², m², m³ respectively.
The lovers 1, 11, 12, 13, pivotted to the stand T at one end by a common pivot, are
made of different lengths, and are provided at their free ends with upwardly
projecting portions upon which the pawls f, f', ƒ³, ƒ³ respectively rest, said
upwardly projecting portions being of sufficient height to permit a single pawl to
drop so as to engage with the shoulder e without coming in contact with either of
the levers 1, 1, 1, which is not depressed.
The levers 12, 13 are held up by the springs n, n¹, n², n³, respectively, until
they are depressed by the levers m, m³, m², m³, respectively, operated by the
pius j³.
The levers m, m³, m², m³ are mounted upon a common axis near the middles of
their length in positions at right angles to the levers 1, 11, 12, 13, and are each
provided at one end with a downwardly projecting teat or point o which fits into
a recess formed in the upper edge of one of the levers 1, 1, 12, 13 as shewn in Figure 15.
These levers m, m', m², m³ are also provided at their opposite ends with downwardly
projecting toes o¹, the two opposite sides of which are inclined in such a manner
that the round ended pins 73, j³, set in the scroll wheel, may pass easily under the
saine and vibrate said levers, whether said wheel is being rotated in one direction
or the other.
The axis of the scroll wheel S is mounted in a bearing in the block or carriage S¹,
which is fitted to slide in the transverse slot S2 formed in the bed A as it is
impelled thereto by the travelling of the scroll paths p.or p¹ past the stationary
pin p³, as shown in Figure 3.

page_text: The springs U and U¹ are each secured to the bed 'A by one end, while the other
ends project into the slot S, one near each end thereof, in position to be struck by
the carriage S¹ as it approaches the ends of the slot S³, as shewn in Figure 3.
The scroll paths p and p' are formed by downwardly projecting ribs upon the
under side of the wheel S, said ribs commencing at one end, some little distance
from the centre of the wheel, and terminating at the other end near the periphery
of said wheel, as shewn in Figure 10. If the wheel S is set, as shewn in the
drawings, with the pin p' in the position indicated in Figures 3 and 10 and the
spring arm j is in the position shewn in Figure 1, and the machine be set in
motion, the wheel S will be rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow q, and
by the action of the pin p2 upon the path p the wheel S will be moved bodily
toward the rear of the machine till the point q¹ reaches the pin p², when the reaction
of the spring U, which has been compressed or sprung by the rearward movement
of the carriage S¹, moves said wheel S bodily towards the front of the machine a
distance sufficient to transfer the pin p² to the path pl.
During the rotation of the wheel S. in the direction indicated by the arrow, all
the pins set in the four scroll series of holes formed between the lines 7, 7º¹ in
the upper face of the wheel S will have passed under the inner ends of the
levers m, m¹, m³, m³, thereby operating the mechanism for throwing into and out
of action the different colored yarns, and making the necessary changes to complete
a design for a single stocking.
It will be evident, upon careful examination, that if the motion of the scroll wheel
is reversed without transferring the pin p' from the scroll path p to the path p',
the same pins j³ that have just passed under the levers m, m¹, m², m³ will again
pass beneath said levers but in the reverse order; and it will also be obvious that
the passage of any given pin beneath said levers will cause the necessary movement
of parts to throw into action the same colored yarns without regard to the direction
in which the wheel S is moving.
If now the last pin which passed beneath and operated one of the levers m m² m² m³
caused the throwing into action of a red yarn, and out of action a blue yarn, and
the motion of the wheel S were reversed, by moving the spring arm so as to
cause the opposite end of the pawlj to engage with said wheel while said red yarn.
was being knitted into the work, the red yarn would continue to be knitted into
the work until the pin which last passed under a lever m, m¹, m² or m³ again
passed beneath the same lever and caused the same movements of the yarn guido
operating mechanism which threw into action the red yarn and out of action the
blue yarn, but as the red yarn is already in action no change of yarns is produced
until the second pin j³ passes beneath its lever, when the blue yarn is thrown into
action.
If however the stripe which preceded the blue in knitting the first stocking was
of a greater or less width than the blue stripe, the blue stripe in the second stocking
would be of the same width as said other stripe, so that the two stockings would be
of essentially different designs, hence the necessity for the use of the double scroll
path and the double sets of pins ³.
When the wheel S has been moved by the spring U so as to transfer the pin p³
from the path p to the path p¹, the operator moves the spring arm j³ to the detent
notch in the opposite end of the rib j³, thereby disengaging from the wheel S the
end of the pawl j that has been acting thereon and causing its opposite end to
engage with the teeth of said wheel and rotate it in the opposite direction.
In the four scroll series of holes formed in the upper surface of the wheel S,
between the scroll lines r¹ and r³, are arranged a series of pins 73, corresponding in
number to the series set between the lines and 7 but so arranged that the pins
between the lines 1 and 2, and in the same radial row of holes with the pins
between the lines r and which when it passed under its lever caused the red
color to be thrown into action and the blue color out of action, shall cause the red
yarn to be thrown out of action and the blue.yarn into action and so through the
entire design,

page_text: When the wheel S has been moved towards the front of the machine and
compressed the spring U₁ till the pin p² reaches the point q², Figure 10, the tension
of the spring U₁ will move the carriage S₁ and the wheel S towards the rear of the
machine a distance equal to the distance between the centres of the two parallel
paths p and p¹, thus transferring the pin p' from the path p' to the path p again,
when the operation may be repeated at will.
In order to adapt the machine to knit stockings of various lengths, or to vary the
length of tube to each cluster or design of stripes, I make one or more short sections
of one or both of the scroll ribs which form the sides of the paths pand p³ removable,
as indicated at p³ ³ Figure 10, so that by detaching said sections the transfers of
the pin p from one path to the other will take place at those points, instead of
at the points q and 92, said sections p³ being secured in positions when desired by
screws, as shewn, or in any other convenient manner.
V is a thin metal arm secured at one end of the carriage S' so as to travel there-
with and having its outer end forked and arranged to receive, between the arms of
the fork, the cam N³, in such a manner that the movement of the carriage S¹
transversely of the bed A will be transmitted to the cam N³.
Four yarn guiding levers 8, 81, 82, 83 are pivotted to the upper end of the stand M,
and at their rear ends to the pendent rods d, d³, d', d³, and are each provided at
their inner ends with an eye through which the yarn is passed in its passage from
the bobbin (not shewn) to the needles.
Each of the rods d, d³, d³, d³ has fitted thereon a spiral spring, so arranged as to
tend to force said rods downward and thus raise the inner ends of the yarn guiding
levers 8, 81, 82, 83, above the needles to throw the yarns out of action with the
needles.
Each rod d, d, d, d³ has formed therein a detent notch 8, with which the latch 8*
pivotted at 8 to the shelf d of the stand M engages when said rod is raised by the
cam c, said latch being pressed into said notch by the spring c¹, said rods d, d¹, d², d³
being flattened or cut away above said notch, as shewn at c Figure 4, so that those
rods which are not raised shall not prevent the engagement of the latch 80 with the
notch s of the rod that is raised, so as to lock it and hold it in said raised position,
until it is desired to throw the yarn carried by its yarn guide out of action.
A short lever c³ is pivotted at or near the middle of its length to the shelf d' in
a vertical position, with its upper end in contact with the inner edge of the latch 85
and its lower end projecting below the shelf d', as shewn in Figures 2 and 4.
The bar g has adjustably secured to its upper edge, by the screw'g', the stand g³,
in a slot in the right hand end of which is pivotted the toe g6, held in an upright
position by the spring g' pressing said toe against the left hand end of said slot, in
which position the end of said toe will, when the bar g is moved to the right,
strike the lower end of the lever c³ pivotted in a slot in the shelf d and move it
upon its fulcrum a sufficient distance to disengage the latch 8 from the notch &* in
which ever rod d d d d³ may have been previously raised, and thus permit said
rod to be forced downward by its spring.
The toe g may be moved into an inclined position by turning the button 98 into
a position parallel to the rod g, whenever it is desired for any reason to prevent
the lever c from being operated thereby.
The bar g also has adjustably secured to its front side the cam plate W provided
with the fixed rib h, arranged obliquely to the sides of said bar and with the
pivotted gates h² and h³ all constructed and arranged as shewn in detail in Figures 8
and 9.
X is a stand upon which are mounted the yarn severing and holding devices as
follows that is to say:
To the inner end of said stand X is secured, in a fixed position, the hook shaped
steel plate t, having a cutting edge from t' to t² to co-operate with the end of the
cutter blade to secured to, or forming a part of, the bar Y, which is fitted to slide
endwise in bearings in the stand X and provided at its rear end with the stud t'.
The said stud carries the anti-friction roll with which the vertical face of the

page_text: rib acts to move said bar toward the rear of the machine and extend the
spring Y, the reaction of which causes said bar Y and the cutting blade t³ to be
suddenly moved inward, when the har g has been moved to the right, till the
corner of the fixed block has passed the roll t³.
A clamping jaw is pivotted between ears on the inner end of the cap X¹ of the
stand X, the movable end of which rests upon and is pressed by the spring u' to
the upper surface of the stationary cutting blade t as a means of holding the end
of the severed yarn preparatory to its being again thrown into action.
The cutter bar Y has secured to its inner end the push blade to, which is bent
downward so as to rest upon, or be in close proximity to, the upper surface of the
cutter blade t, said push blade extending some distance beyond the cutting end of
Baid cutter blade t³, as clearly shewn in Figure 6.
The forward end of the push blade t is made thin, but rounded so as not to cut
the yarn when it comes in contact therewith, but instead push the yarn doubled
over its edge between the upper surface of the fixed cutter t and the end of the
spring pressed clamp u.
Z is a lever pivotted at u² to the upper surface of the cap X¹ of the stand X and
having formed therein the cam-shaped slot u³, in which works the pin u set in the
bar Y, for the purpose of imparting thereto a vibratory motion about its pivot, the
cap X' having formed therein a longitudinal slot u for the passage and travel of
the pin u as shewn in Figure 6.
The inner end of the lever Z has formed thereon or secured thereto the wire v
bent at right angles or nearly so to the length of said lever, and having a portion of
its end bent backward toward the fulcrum end of said lever, as shewn in Figure 1,
the object of said wire hook being to ensure the placing of the yarn thrown out of
action in the proper position to be carried by the push blade to between the holding
surfaces, and to be severed by the advance of the movable cutter blade t³.
The push back L has secured thereon the plate v', which rises above and projects
outward over the needles for the purpose of preventing the wire hook v from
getting caught in the needles.
The push back also has secured thereto the wire guard v³ which rises above and
extends outward over the needles and through an eye in the guard plate w, and
has its other end secured to the cap X¹ of the stand X, the object of said wire
guard being to ensure the proper engagement of the yarns with the needles
when the yarn guides aro thrown downward to throw the yarns into action.
Z' is a curved shoe or work directing plate, secured in position, within the circle
of needles with its outer edge in close proximity thereto, by the same bolt that
secures the stand that carries the landing wheel, the upper surface of said shoe
being curved upward, and parallel with and a short distance below the under
surface of the "push-back" as shewn in Figure 17, for the purpose of starting the
work upward on the needles before it reaches the landing wheel, said plate being
placed so close to the needles that the work cannot pass between its edge and the
needles, and hence it must rise on the needles to the extent that said plate is curved
upward.
The operation of the machinery hereinbefore described is as follows, that is to
say:-
The several parts being in the positions shewn in the drawings, and the yarn
carried by the yarn guiding lever 8 being in action with the needles, if power be
applied to the shaft D to revolve it, the yarn in action will continue to be knit into
the work till a pin in the scroll wheel S passes beneath one of the levers m² m²
or m³, say m¹, thereby raising its inner end and depressing the lever I', and
allowing the pawl f¹ to drop onto the bar b¹ in position to engage with the
shoulder e on said bar as said pawl is moved towards the right, which movement
causes the bar b¹ to be moved towards the right carrying with it, by the action of
the pin 66 in its right hand end upon the plate g', the bar g.
The movement of the bar 61 to the right carries the cam c secured thereon
beneath the rod d' and moves it upward, thereby compressing the spring thereon

page_text: and throwing the front end of the yarn guide s downward to throw the yarn
carried thereby (which for convenience I will say is blue) into action with the
needles, and at the same time, by the forward movement of the bar g, the toe g
comes in contact with the lower end of the lever and vibrates it sufficiently to
move the latch from engagement with the notch in the rod d, when said rod d
will be suddenly thrown downward by the tension of the spiral spring sur-
rounding it, causing the yarn guide s to be thrown upward to throw its yarn,
which I will say is red, out of action with the needles, and drawing it into a
position between the wire hook v and the severing and holding devices.
When the bar g has moved towards the right till the corner h' of the block h³
on the cam plate W has passed the roll, the reaction of the spring Y₁ causes the
bar Y, the cutter blade t³, and the push blade to to be suddenly moved inward.
The first result of this is a movement of the wire hook v to the right, carrying with
it the red yarn just thrown out of action and placing it in a position between the
cutting edge of the cutter blade t and the front ends of the push blade to and the
movable cutter blade t, when the push blade to coming in contact with the yarn
doubles it around its edge and forces it between the upper surface of the stationary
cutter blade t and the end of the clamping jaw u. A continued advance of
the bar Y causes the cutter blades t and t³ to sever the yarn beneath the push
blado to.
When the toe g" has passed the lever c³ the tension of the spring c' causes the
latch to engage with the notch a' in the rod d¹, to hold said rod in its elevated
position until it becomes necessary to throw out of action the blue yarn carried
thereby.
When the lever N is. vibrated towards the left, carrying with it the pawls
ffff, and 92, the pawl 92 engages with the notch or shoulder y in the
bar g and moves said bar towards the left, said bar carrying with it the bar b¹
by virtue of the plate g¹ acting upon the pin 60 set in said bar 6', thereby removing
the cam c from beneath the rod d₁ so that it may be thrown down when the latch 85
is again tripped by the next forward.movement of the bar
g.
The movement of the cam plate W towards the left causes the movable cutter
blade and the push blade to be moved towards the rear, by the action of the vertical
face of the oblique rib h¹ upon the roll to preparatory to severing and clamping the
next yarn thrown out of action.
The pawls ff, ƒ³, ƒ³ and g³ are vibrated to the right and left at each revolu-
tion of the driving shaft D, but no effect is produced thereby unless one of the
levers 7, 1, 12, 13 is depressed so as to permit one of the pawls f, f',ƒ³, ƒ³ to engage
with its bar b, b¹, b², b³.
The operations above described are repeated every time that a pin 3 passes
beneath one of the levers m, m³, m³, m³, the color of the yarn to be thrown into
action being determined by the particular lever m, m³, m², m³, beneath which the
pin passes.
The operation of reversing the motion of the wheel S and thereby reversing the
order of the stripes, so as to knit a section of a tube from which two stockings may
be made by dividing a portion of it longitudinally and transversely in such a
manner that the feet of both stockings may be made from the same section of the
-tube in a well known manner, has been hereinbefore described and need not be
repeated.
The joining of the yarns when the colors are changed necessarily makes a slight
break in the edge of each stripe, and it is desirable that said joints should all be at
-the back of the leg; but in order to accomplish this, in the case of making the feet
of two stockings from the same section of the tube divided longitudinally, it is
necessary that the crank P should be turned upon the shaft D one half a revolution
-during the time that each foot section is being knit.
This may be done without stopping the machine by the operator simply pulling
the bar Z2 towards the front of the machine to release the crank P from engagement
with the pin i, said bar Z being provided with a curved or.cam shaped surface

page_text: which acts upon the collar P2 to move it and the crank P along the shaft D towards
the left, till the crank is disengaged from the pin i, when the shaft D will make a
half revolution without moving the crank P.
The operator having moved the bar Z back to its former position, the radial
groove in the hub of the crank P will engage with the pin i again, when the
shaft D and the needle head have made a half revolution each, thus transferring
the joint to the opposite side of the tube being knit.
The machine shown and described contains but one needle head, but two or
more needle heads may be arranged upon the same bed and all be operated in
unison using only one scroll pattern wheel and one set of bars ƒ ƒ ƒ ƒ³ and g,
by simply extending the said bars and the machine bed to the desired length;
mounting the needle heads in proper positions in said bed, and properly gearing
them to the main shaft, duplicating the stands M and X and the parts mounted
thereon, the cam plates W, the cams c and the toe go for each needle head.
If only one head is used the button ge may be dispensed with said button only
being necessary when two or more heads are mounted upon one bed and it is
desired to have one of said heads remain inoperative while the others are in
operation.
Instead of using the pivotted clamp u and the spring u to press thereon, the
spring u' may be made of sufficient length to reach and bear upon the cutter blade t
in place of the clamp u, which latter may then be dispensed with.
Referring to Figures 19 to 32 A is the table or bed of the machine supported
upon the legs A' A² and having mounted in suitable bearings therein, the needle
heads B, B', which are provided with suitable bevel gear wheels at their lower ends
which engage with and are operated by corresponding bevel gear wheels, secured
upon the driving shaft C mounted in bearings beneath the table A and adapted to
be driven by a suitable belt upon the driving pulley D.
The needle heads B, B1, have each secured thereon a series of barbed or spring
needles arranged in a circle about said head.
The needle heads B, B₁ are arranged to be revolved about vertical shafts or
studs E, E, set in fixed positions in any suitable stands or brackets secured to
the underside of the frame or bed A, and having secured to their upper ends the
stands a and a¹ which carry the journals upon which are mounted the "landing-
wheels" F F and the "knocking-over wheels" G G.
presser-
HH are the "stitch wheels" I, I the "dividing wheels," J J the "
wheels," and K, K the clearing-wheels arranged around the outsides of the circular
series of needles and adapted to cooperate therewith.
L L are the "push backs" of ordinary construction adjustably mounted upon
the posts L'L'.
All the above parts are arranged in a well known manner.
Two, three, four or more bars b b' b² 63 according to the number of colors of yarn
to be used, are arranged in suitable bearings b', 65, 66 at the rear of the bed or
frame A, each of said bars having secured thereto or formed thereon, as many cams
or wedges c, c, as there may be needle heads on the machine, which cans, when
said bar is moved towards the right hand end of the machine or towards the driving
pulley, act upon and raise one set of the vertical roda d, d', d³, d³ mounted in
bearings formed in the shelves d' and d³ on the stands M, M.
Another bar e is mounted in the same manner by the side of the bars b, b', 63, 63
and has secured to its right hand end, or that end nearest the driving pulley D, the
arm or plate el, which projects transversely therefrom and over the ends of the
bars 6, 61, 62, 63, in such a position as to be acted upon by either of the pins 67 set
in the upper sides of the bars b, b', b³, b³, in such a manner that the bar e shall
be moved towards the right hand end of the machine whenever either of the
bars b, b1, b2, 63, shall be moved in that direction, and that either of the bars b, 61, 62, 63,
which has been moved to the right shall be moved to the left again by the move-
ment of the bar e in that direction.

page_text: To the stands M, M are pivotted the yarn-guides f, f¹,ƒ³, ƒ³ operated by the
rods d, d¹, d, d³, respectively, and provided at their inner ends with suitable eyes
through which the yarns are passed on their way from the bobbins (which are not
shewn in the drawings) to the needles. Each of the rods d, d¹³, d', d³ is surrounded
by a spiral spring, so arranged as to tend to force said rod downward when
released by the latch d, pivotted to the shelf d and held firmly against the
rods d, d', d, d³ by the spring d³; (shown only in Figure 21) and adapted to engage
with suitable shoulders or notches upon the rods d, d', d, d³ and hold said rods
in a raised position, after being lifted until they are again released therefrom.
When one of the rods d, d, d², ds is raised by the cam c which moves beneath
it, the inner end of one of the yarn guides fiƒƒ ƒ³, to which it is connected, is
depressed, so as to throw the yarn across and between the needles in such a manner
that the stitch wheel H will take the yarn and form the stitch in a well known
manner. The latch d is disengaged from the shoulders or notches on the rods
d, d, d², d' by means of pressure being brought to bear upon the inner side of its
free end, by a suitable lever de pivotted to the shaft d' and having a downwardly
projecting arm. The said arm lies in the path of the toc e² secured to the rods e,
so that in the forward movement of said bar e (ie the movement toward the right
hand end of the machine,) said toe engages with said downwardly projecting arm,
and thus moves the lever so as to disengage the latch d from the rods d, d¹; d³, d³
and allow the spring upon the raised rod to move said rod downward and raise the
inner end of its yarn guide.
It is obvious that it is necessary to have one of the rods d, d, d², d³ up, and
some one of the inner ends of the yarn guides ffff³ depressed constantly, to
knit a continuous fabric.
N is a stand securely fastened to the bed A and provided with suitable mechanism
for cutting the yarns that are thrown out of action with the needles, and holding
the ends of the same until again required, said mechanism being operated by the
cam e³ forming part of and reciprocating with the bar e.
It will be seen that the number of bars bb' 6 6³ represent the number of colors
of yarns used in knitting the fabric, and that if more colors are desired more bars
must be provided i,e, there must be a bar b for every color used.
On the left hand end of the driving shaft C is mounted the bevel gear wheel O,
which revolves therewith and is adapted to engage with and revolve the bevel gear
wheel P mounted upon a shaft P₁ at right angles to the driving shaft C, said
shaft P being adapted to revolve in suitable bearings P3 P3 on the underside of the
bracket P, which is firmly secured to the frame A.
These bevel gear wheels O, P. must bear the same relation to each other that
the bevel gear wheels do that revolve the needle heads B, B, so that the shaft P
may revolve in unison with the needle heads B, B', that is that the shaft P¹ may
rotate about its axis once to every revolution of the needle beads B, B!, about
their axis.
Immediately below the bars b b 63 63 is mounted, in suitable bearings g g', the
flat bar Q, which is provided at its right hand end with the head or cross piece g
having as many dogs g, g', g, g as there are bars b 61 62 6³, immediately beneath
which they are placed, as shown in Figure 4.
To each of the dogs g³, 9, 9º, ge, is pivotted at its front end (or that end nearest
the right-hand end of the machine) the pawl 97, the front end of which is held in
a raised position by the spring g³.
Above each of the dogs g³, g, g, g is placed a spring g³, which depresses said
dog and prevents the engagement of the pawl connected thereto with the notch b
of the one of the bars bb bb³ situated above said pawl and dog, when the bar Q
is making a forward movement.
This reciprocating movement of the bar Q is imparted by the action of the
eccentric cain wheel Q' upon the forked bracket Q the latter being adjustably
secured to the bottom side of the said bur Q and the said eccentric cam-wheel Q

page_text: being firmly secured to and revolving with the shaft P¹, so that the bar Q with its
pawls 97 moves forward and then backward with every revolution of the needle
heads B, B¹.
The dog and pawl g' are shown in their normal position in Figure 29 (being
held thus by the springs 9899) and in this position inay reciprocate beneath the
bar b' for an indefinite length of time without being liable to engage with tho
notch bs thereof, but when it is necessary for the color of yarn to be knit into the
fabric, which color of yarn is represented by the bar b₁, a pin h mounted in a suit-
able bracket R secured to the frame A is raised, so as to lie in the path of the lug
or projection g of the dog g' and be struck thereby in the backward movement of
the bar Q, thus raising the dog against the force of the spring g' and allowing
the pawl g', by means of the pressure brought to bear thereon by the spring g³, to
engage with the notch 68 all as shewn in Figure 30. It is obvious that with the
next movement of the bar Q and pawl g' the bar b¹ will also be moved forward,
operating the yarn guide f' in a manner already described.
As heretofore described the bar b¹ in its forward movement carries with it the
bar e, the object of which has also heretofore been described.
When the bar e is at its extreme forward position, the projection e' secured
thereto is in contact with the adjustable shoulder es of the cross piece 7' of the
bar Q; and when said bar Q returns to the left hand end of the machine it carries
therewith the bar e, by means of the action of the shoulder e upon the projection
or bracket e; and the bar e, by the action of the plate e' upon the pin 67 of the
bar 6' returns said bar Q to its normal position.
It is necessary that when the lug or projection go of any one of the dogs g³, g*, g³, g³
is raised by its co-operating pin h, the detent notch 63 should be intnediately above
the co operating pawl, so as to readily be engaged thereby; and in order to
accomplish this the forked bracket Q is made adjustable upon the bar Q. so that
the relation of the pawls g' g' to the detent notches 68 68 may be nicely adjusted
as follows.
The bracket Q is attached to the bar Q by means of two screws i, (one only of
which is shewn and that in Figure 1) which pass through suitable slots in said
bar into the forked bracket Q3, holding the same securely to said bar Q when
said screws are tightened, clamping the bar Q between their heads and the
bracket Q.
By loosening the screw i they may be adjusted end wise in the slots , thereby
adjusting the bracket Q2 in its relation to the bar Q.
While the operation of only one pin dog, pawl and bar is mentioned, it is
obvious that any of the co-operating sets are operated in the same manner.
The pin bracket R is made in skeleton form having an upper shelf j and a lower
shelf j, in which the pins h h are adapted to slide in suitable bearings.
A little below its centre of length the pin h is provided with a transverse pin ³,
which rests upon the lower shelf, thus regulating the distance that the pin h may
extend below the under surface of the bracket R.
Between this pin and the under surface of the upper shelf j, is placed a
spring coiled about the pin h and adapted to hold it in position, i.e, with the
pin resting upon the upper surface of the lower shelf . The bracket R is
provided with as many of these pins h as there are cam bars under which they may
be placed.
The construction and arrangement of the stand or bracket R and its attendant
parts will readily be seen by reference to Figures 22, 29 and 30.
Beneath the bracket R is placed the pattern chain hung upon the loose
pulleys S, S¹, mounted upon suitable journals attached to the frame A, said chain
being additionally supported by the bracket S and the sliding guide carriage S³
as it pusses beneath the bracket R.
This pattern chain is made up, of a number of pattern links S and small con-
necting links S³, constructed and arranged in such a manner that when the chain is

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passing over the bracket S* and the sliding guide carriage S³, the pattern links
form a continuous and uniform surface as will be readily seen by reference to
Figures 19, 20, 25 and 26:
The intermediate or connecting links S5 S5 are hinged to the pattern links S* S*,
as shown in section in Figure 25, by a long pin Se passing from one side of the
pattern link through the connecting link S³ and tapped into the opposite side of
the pattern link S₁, said pin being provided with a suitable slot by which it may
be readily removed to allow extra links to be inserted into the pattern chain when
a longer pattern is desired.
The upper sides of the outer edge of the pattern links are provided with a series
of ratchet teeth k, k at equal distances apart, which teeth are adapted to be engaged
by the pawl k actuated by the leaf spring and pivotted in a suitable slot to the
rod adapted to reciprocate in the bearings, as shown in Figures 20 and 27.
To the left hand end, or that end nearest the shaft P¹, is secured the fork ko which
is provided with a bearing k² in the bracket Pª. This fork is secured to the rod
.so that, by means of the reduced threaded end and nuts ok, the pawl k¹ may
be slightly adjusted so as to bring each transverse row of pattern holes &¹º to its
proper position relative to the pins h, h, of the bracket R.
Each pattern link has provided therein as many transverse rows of holes 10 as
there are ratchet teeth upon said link, the centres of said rows of holes 100 being
directly opposite the centre of said teeth k, k.
These holes 010 are provided with female threads into which are adapted to
be screwed the pattern pins 2, l, designed to raise the pins h, h, of the bracket R in
the passage of the pattern-chain beneath the same, the object of which has been
fully explained.
The two arms of the fork ke pass downwardly on either side of the eccentric cam
wheel, securely.attached to the shaft P¹ with which it revolves, acting alter-
nately on either arm of the fork ke thus giving a forward and backward movement
to the rod ³, with every revolution of the needle heads B, B¹.
The amount of movement of the rod is such that with every reciprocation of
said rod, the pawl k moves the pattern chain towards the left hand end of the
machine a distance equal to the length of one of the teeth k, thus allowing
each transverse row of holes 10, 10 to take a position successively beneath the
pins h, h, of the bracket R.
As it would take an extremely long chain to take in a pattern that would make
a pair of long stockings made of fine yarn, if only a single series of holes are
used ,e a row of holes lengthwise of the pattern chain for every pin h in the
bracket R. I provide mechanism by which any reasonable number of series may
be used, which in the machine shown is three.
To accomplish this object the pattern chain, in passing beneath the bracket R
and pawl, passes over the sliding carriage S3 and between the vertical sides
thereof, thus preventing any lateral movement of the chain without the aid of the
carriage S³, as shown in Figure 22.
The carriage S rests upon, and is adapted to move transversely of, the broader
bracket S which is firmly secured to the frame A, so that the upper surface of the
carriage S³ is even, or on a level with, the bracket S. To the under side of the
.carriage S³ is secured the toe m adapted to move toward and from the machine, in
the slot m of the bracket S7. The toe m, and with it the carriage S³, is pressed
firmly toward the machine by the spring m² acting upon said toe. Between the
carriage S3 and the frame of the machine is placed the toothed cam-wheel T loosely
mounted upon a suitable journal in a bracket T secured to the underside of the
bed of the machine, said cam wheel extending upwardly through a slot in the
bracket S' so that the teeth of said wheel lie in the path of the pin T secured to
one of the pattern links S*.
On the outer side of said wheel T project the cam-throws n, n', n², or as many
as there are series of holes k¹º, or a multiple of that number, which, in the machine

page_text: shown in the drawings, is six there being three series of holes in the pattern chain.
There must be a tooth on the circumference of the wheel to correspond to each
throw on the face.
The operation of this mechanism is as follows, that is to say;-at the commence-
ment of a pattern the toe m should rest against the face of the wheel T, and tho
pin T should be immediately to the left of the said wheel T. In this position the
pins h h of bracket R would be immediately above the first series of holes, namely
1, 4, 7 and 10 as shewn in Figure 25, and they all remain in this position until, in
the rotation of the pattern chain the pin T2 reaches the toothed cam-wheel and,
in its passage, comes in contact with one of the teeth thereof, moving the same
about its axis, so that the toe m is made to rest upon the second elevation n'
moving the carriage S³, and with it, tho chain. This movement of the chain causes
the pins h, h to be above the second series of holes 2, 5, 8, 11, in which position
they remain until the pin T in its rotation moves the next tooth so as to move the
toe m to the third elevation n by a similar operation, thus causing the carriage to
move again, so that the pins h, h, are over the third series of boles 3, 6, 9, 12 in
which position they are shown in the drawings.
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The next time the pin T' moves the wheel T it causes the elevation n³ to be
moved from the path of the toe m, which is immediately forced by the spring m²
against the lowest elevation n, thus bringing the carriage S³ to its starting point
when the operation commences again with a new pattern and a new pair of
stockings.
It is obvious that the pin T2 should move each tooth of the wheel T with which
it comes in contact a distance equal to its length, ie one sixth of the distance
about its axis where there are six teeth, and one third where there are only
three, etc.
To allow of this lateral movement of the pattern chain, the pulleys S, S¹, upon
which it is supported, are each loosely mounted upon a journal, somewhat longer
than the hub of said pulley so that each of said pulleys is easily moved with the
pattern chain as that is moved by the carriage. S³, the object of which is obvious
(Figure 24).
The pulley S, at the left hand end of the machine is made square, as shown in
Figure 20, so that the pattern chain will fit about said pulley on its passage from
the carriage S3 without any binding thereon.
The pulley S is made round, as any uneveness of the pattern chain has time to
become rectified before reaching the carriage S³.
The journal U upon which the pulley S is mounted to accommodate the varying
length of the pattern chain, is made adjustable upou the slotted bracket U¹, which
is firmly secured to the underside of the bod A and which is shown in the drawings
in Figures 20 and 24. The journal U is provided with the enlarged end.U³, which
is flattened on opposite sides of its inner end, as at o, so as to fit the slot o¹ of the
bracket U in which it is adjustable lengthwise of the machine. The said end U*
is also provided with a reduced threaded portion o' upon which the nut o³ operates
to firmly clamp the bracket U' between "said nut and the shoulders o*, of of the
enlarged end U, all in an obvious manner (Figure 24).
To the standard V secured to and moving with the carriage S is adjustably
secured the stud V, upon which revolves the friction wheel V constructed of
several discs of leather p p rivetted together between two discs of metal p¹, p¹.
By loosening the nut p² and turning the screw p³ the discs of leather p, p may
be adjusted to or from the ratchet teeth k, k of the links S' upon which they press.
The object of this is to regulate the friction upon the pattern chain so as not to
allow its own weight to carry it a number of teeth when once started by the
pawl el, as was found to be the case when this was not in use. By its proper uso
the desired tooth by tooth movement of the pattern chain is easily obtained.
The joinings of two different colors are made in a straight line the whole length
of the fabric as the machine has been described, but this is objectionable as it
causes the joinings to come on the front of every alternate stocking. To overcom

page_text: this objection it is necessary to change the joinings to the opposite side of the;
fabric, while knitting the feet of the stocking, which causes the joinings to be
forined in a straight line at the back of the leg of each stocking...
To accomplish this the bevel-gear wheel P is loosely mounted upon the shaft pi
upon which is securely fastened the collar P³. The said collar has upon its front
face two pins q, q, which engage with corresponding pins q', q¹ upon the rear face
of the hub of the bevel gear wheel P and from which power is transmitted from
said gear to said shaft P. The shaft P¹ is mounted in the bearings P², P³ of the
bracket P' so as to allow a lengthwise movement therein. Between the bearing P³
and the eccentric cam wheel 1 and around the shaft P¹, is coiled a powerful
spring P, which tends to keep the_pins q, q, q¹, q¹³ engaged so that a continuous
rotary motion is given to the shaft P¹ by the bevel gear wheel P unless otherwise
acted upon
To the leg A, at the left hand end of the machine, is firmly secured the
bracket W, provided at its outer end with a suitable bearing W in which the
rod Ws is mounted, the axis of which lies in a line with that of the shaft P¹.
The front end of the rod W2 is. pivotted to the lever we provided with the
handle W, and having its fulcrum in the ear or projection W5 of the bracket W,
all as shown in Figures 19 and 21.
While the legs of the stockings are being knit a continuous rotary movement,
is given to the shaft P₁, as has already been described, but as soon as it becomes
necessary to change the joinings to the opposite side of the fabric, while the feet
are being knit, the handle W and therefore the lever W³ is quickly pressed to the
rear of the machine and all pressure immediately removed therefrom. This move-
ment of the lever Wapresses the rear end of the rod W against the front end
of the shaft P' moving it backward in its bearings P2, P3, thereby disengaging the
pins q, q from the pins q', q' of the bevel gear wheel P. This wheel P is kept from
moving endwise with the shaft P' by the bracket P' secured to the bracket P' and
having formed on its outer end a suitable fork fitted to the groove P³ formed in
the hub of said bevel gear wheel P. The bevel gear wheel P, being continually in
motion moves the pins q' q', thereon but when the latter are disengaged from the
pins qq of the collar P³ as above described the main shaft makes a half revolution,
before the pins q', qonce again engage with the pins q q which are moved forward
by the force of the spring Pupon the cam wheel this taking place as soon as
the pressure has been removed from the lever W³,
It is obvious that this movement of the lever W³ will cause the shaft P¹, and all
parts connected thereto, to remain stationary while the heads B, B' are making
one half a revolution, thus causing the joinings which are made after said
movement, to be made on the opposite side of the fabric to those already
completed.
After one color of yarn has been knit into the fabric and another cut off, the
ends of these yarns are apt to get caught by the needles and knit into the fabric,
which is very objectionable. To prevent this I provide the brush Y, shown in
Figures 19 and 32 which is placed so as to rest upon the fabric immediately
over the "knocking over" wheel G being firmly pressed thereon by the spring Y,
to which it is attached, said spring being secured to the bed A. by the screw Y*.
In this position the brush causes the ends of the yarns to be carried upward
and clear of the needles preventing any engagement therewith. By loosening the
screw Y the brush may be swang upon its pivot out of the way of the operator,
when adjusting the parts of the needle heads B, B¹ or when commencing a new
tube of knitting.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
First. In combination with two or more yarn-guiding levers adapted to carry
yarns of different colors, two or more reciprocating cam-bars, mechanism connecting
said cam-bars with said yarn-guides; a pattern wheel for controlling the movements

page_text: of said cam-bars, and mechanism connecting said pattern-wheel with said cam-bars,
substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Second. In combination with two or more yarn-guiding levers and yarn severing
and holding devices, two or more reciprocating cam-bars, mechanism connecting
said cam-bars with said yarn-guides, a single reciprocating cam-bar for operating
the yarn severing and holding devices, and mechanism connecting said cam-bars
with the pattern wheel, substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Third. The combination of two or more cam-bars b, b', 62, 63 provided with tho
shoulders e and pins 66, the cam-bar g provided with the shoulder g³ and the arm
or plate gl, two or more pawls f, f', f, fs, the hook pawl g', and mechanism for
intermittently moving said pawls endwise, substantially as, and for the purposes,
described.
Fourth. In combination with two or more yarn-guiding levers adapted to carry
yarns of different colors, two or more pendent rods d, d¹, d, d³ connected thereto
and each provided with a detent notch s; the latch lever arranged to engage
with each of said detent notches 8 when said rods are raised to hold said rods in
said elevated positions; mechanism, for raising said rods, and mechanism for
tripping said latch to release the rods, substantially as described.
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Fifth. The combination of two or more yarn guiding levers 8, 81, 82, 83; two or
more pendent rods d, d¹, d², d³, the latch lever 86, the springs c'; the lever c³, the
bar g having mounted thereon the toe g6, two or more bars b, b', 63, 6³ each carrying
a cam or wedge c, and mechanism for intermittently moving the bars b, 61, 62, 63
and g endwise, substantially as described.
Sixth. The pattern wheel S provided upon its under side with the double scroll
paths p and pi and having formed in its upper side four or moro scroll series of
pin holes arranged in two sets, each set corresponding to one of the scroll paths in
its underside substantially as, and for the purpose, described.
Seventh. The wheel S provided with the two parallel scroll paths p and p' in its
under side, and having one or more sections of the walls of said paths removable,
substantially as, and for the purpose, described.
Eighth. The pattern wheel S provided with two parallel scroll paths p and pi
and the two sets of two or more scroll series of piu holes, means for moving said
wheel, and the sliding carriage S', in combination with the fixed pin p²; and the
springs U and U', all arranged and adapted to operate substantially as, and for the
purposes, described.
Ninth. The combination of two or more yarn guiding levers; two or more
reciprocating cam-bars; mechanism connecting said cam-bars with said levers; two
or more pawls arranged to engage with and move said bars; mechanism for
reciprocating said pawls; two or more levers and two or more springs engaging
with said levers, and adapted to hold said pawls above the point of engagement
with said cam-bars; two or more other levers arranged to bear one upon each of
the first named levers to depress them; a pattern wheel provided with two rows
of two or more scroll series of holes; two sets of pattern determining pins set
therein and mechanism for intermittently rotating said wheel and moving its axis
substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Tenth. In combination with two or more yarn guiding levers and yarn severing
and holding devices; two or more reciprocating cam-bars; mechanism connecting
said cam-bars with said yaru guiding levers; a single cam-bar; mechanisin
connecting said bar with the yarn severing and holding devices; three or more
pawls arranged to engage with and move said cam-bars; mechanism for recipro-
cating said pawls; two or more levers arranged and adapted to hold the pawls for
operating the yarn guide operating cam-bars above the points of engagement with
said bars; two or more springs for raising said levers; two or more other levers
arranged to bear one upon each of said first named levers to depress them; a wheel
provided with two sets of two or more scroll series of holes; two sets of pattern
determining pins set therein; mechanism for intermittently rotating said wheel in

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either direction, and mechanism for moving the axis around which said wheel
revolves, substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Eleventh. The combination of the shaft D having set therein the fixed pin i;
the crank P having a radial groove formed in the inner face of its hub, and the
collar P' secured thereto or formed in one piece therewith; the spring Q, and the
reciprocating cam bar Z, all arranged and adapted to operate substantially as, and
for the purpose, described.
Twelfth. The combination of two or more yarn guiding levers yarn severing
mechanism; yarn holding devices; two or more reciprocating cam bars for
operating the yarn-guides; a single cam-bar for operating the yarn severing and
holding devices, and an arm or shoulder formed upon or secured to said single bar
and adapted to engage with and be acted upon by cach of the first named cam-
.bars to move them in one direction, or to move it in the opposite, direction,
substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Thirteenth. The combination of the reciprocating bar g, the cam-plate W
provided with the fixed oblique rib h² and spring actuated gate; the bar Y provided
with the cutter blade t and the roll to; and the fixed hook shaped cutter blade t,.
all arranged and adapted to operate substantially as described.
Fourteenth. The reciprocating bar Y having secured thereto the cutter blade t³
and the push blade to, in combination with the fixed hook-shaped cutter-blade t
and the spring pressed clamping jaw u, all arranged and adapted. to operate
substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Fifteenth. The combination of the reciprocating bar Y carrying the cutter
blade 3, the stationary hook-shaped cutter t, the pivotted lever Z provided with
the cam-slot us, the pin ut, and the wire hook v attached to the movable end of
- said lever Z and arranged and adapted to be moved at right angles or nearly so, to
the movement of the bar Y, substantially as described.
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Sixteenth. The combination of the bar Y carrying the cutter blade t³; means for
reciprocating said bar; the pivotted lever Z provided with the cam slot u³, the
pin u, the wire hook attached to the movable end of said lever Z, the push-
back L, and the plate vsecured to said push-back and projecting over the needles,
substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Seventeenth. The combination of two or more yarn guiding levers; two or more
reciprocating cam bars; mechanism connecting the cam bars with the yarn guiding
levers, two or more pawls arranged to engage with and move said bars; mechanism
for reciprocating said pawls; a pattern chain provided with two or more longi-
tudinal rows of holes, having set therein pattern determining pins adapted to
operate said pawls; and mechanism for operating said pattern chain, substantially
as, and for the purposes, described.
Eighteenth. The combination of two or more yarn-guiding levers; two or more
reciprocating cam-bars; mechanism connecting said cain-bars with the yarn-guiding
levers; two or more pawls arranged to engage with and move said bars; two or
more pivotted dogs each carrying at its free end one of said pawls; two or more
springs for pressing the free ends of said pawls upward; mechanism for recipro-
cating said dogs and pawls; two or more lugs, one to each of said dogs; two or
more pius adapted to co-operate with said lugs to raise said dogs; and mechanisın
for raising and lowering said pins, substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Nineteenth. The combination of two or more yarn guiding levers f, fl etc; two
or more reciprocating cam bars b, b₁ etc; mechanism connecting the cain-bars with
the yarn guiding levers; two or more pins b', b,; the cam bar e provided with the
plate e and bracket e; and the reciprocating bar Q provided with the shoulder e³,
substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Twentieth. The combination of the bar Q; the cross piece 9'; two or more
pawls g, g pivotted thereto; two or more reciprocating cam-bars b, b₁ etc; two or
more yarn guiding levers f f¹ etc; mechanism connecting the cam bars with the

page_text: yarn guiding levers; the forked bracket Q2; the excentric cam-wheel Q¹,'and the
shaft P¹, substantially as, and for the purposes; described.
Twenty first. The combination of two or more yarn guiding levers f, f¹ etc; two
or more reciprocating cam bars b, b¹ etc; mechanism connecting the cam-bars with
the yarn-guiding levers; two or more pawls 97,97; the bar Q for reciprocating said
pawls; the forked bracket Q; the screws i, i; the slots i, i'; the excentric cam
wheel Q, and mechanism for rotating said cam-wheel, substantially as, and for the
purposes, described.
Twenty second. The combination of two or more yarn guiding levers f, f¹ etc;
two or more reciprocating cam bars b, b₁ etc; mechanism connecting said cam bars
with the yarn guiding levers; two or more reciprocating pawls g', g; two or more
pins h, h; the stand R; the shelves jj; the pins ; the springs j³ ³, and
mechanism for raising said pins substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Twenty third. The combination of a pattern chain provided with two or more
series of holes, each series consisting of two or more longitudinal rows; two or
more series of removable pins 1, 1 set therein; one or more pins or rods h arranged
above said chain; one or more pawls g; means for reciprocating said pawls; one
or more cam-bars arranged to be acted upon and moved by said pawls a series
of ratchet teeth formed upon the outer surface of said chain; a reciprocating
pawl arranged to act upon said teeth to impart to said chain an intermittent
longitudinal motion; and mechanism for intermittently moving said chain
transversely; all arranged and adapted to operate, substantially as, and for the
purposes, described.
Twenty fourth. The combination of the pattern chain S₁ S³; the pin T2 moving
therewith; the toothed wheel T; the elevations n, n¹, n² thereon; the carriage S³;
the toe m secured thereto and adapted to be pressed against the elevations n n¹
and n²; and means of moving the pattern chain lengthwise, substantially as, and
for the purposes, described.
Twenty fifth. The combination of the intermittently moving pattern chain S
and S; the carriage S³; the toe m; the spring m2; the cam wheel T provided
with the elevations n, n¹ and n³ and means of moving said cam wheel T a given
distance about its axis with every revolution of the pattern chain, substantially as,
and for the purposes, described.
Twenty sixth. The combination of the bevel gear wheel O; the driving shaft C;
the bevel gear wheel P provided with the groove P8; the bracket P7; the collar P5;
the pins q, q, q', q₁,; the spring Po adapted to cause the engagement of said pins q, q
and q', q' when disengaged; and the rod or plunger W³, all arranged and adapted to
operate substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Twenty seventh. In combination with a circular series of needles arranged to be
moved about a cominon axis, and a knocking over wheel, the brush Y mounted
upon the spring or yielding support Y', in a position in contact with said needles at-
a point in close proximity to the "knocking over" wheel, and adapted to brush the
ends of the yarns away from the needles and prevent them from being knit into
the work, substantially as described.
Twenty eighth. The combination with two or more yaru-guiding levers adapted
to carry yarns of different colors, of two or more reciprocating cam bars; mechanism
for connecting said cam-bars with the yarn guiding levers; a pattern chain arranged
to move beneath and parallel with, and adapted to control the movements of said
cam-bars; and mechanism connecting said pattern chain with said cam-bars,
substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Twenty ninth. The combination with two or more yarn guiding levers, of a
suitable yarn severing and holding device; two or more reciprocating cam-bars;
mechanism for connecting said cam-bars with the yarn guiding levers; a single
reciprocating cam-bar for operating the yarn severing and holding device; and
mechanism connecting said cam-bars with the pattern-chain arranged beneath and
adapted to operate said cam-bars, substantially as, and for the purpose, described.
T

page_text: Thirtieth. The combination of two or more cam-bars b, 6¹ etc, provided with the
notches 6s, 68 and the pins 67, 67; the cam-bar e provided with the plate e¹ ;
mechanism for connecting said cam-bars with the yarn guiding levers; two or
more springs actuated pawls g7, 97; and mechanism for intermittently moving said
pawls end wise, substantially as, and for the purposes, described.
Dated this 27th day of Januar 1995
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.