Improvements in the Manufacture of Hosiery.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 1st June, 1891-Accepted, 1st Sept.,
1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Hosiery.
GEORGE FREDERICK STURGESS 17, Biddulph Street Leicester Knitting
Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of hosiery and the
articles thereby produced.
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First A combined thread conductor and needle bed retarder. In knitting
machines that have a stationary yarn supply and fixed needle beds. what are known
as dial posts are employed to hold the dial or inner needle bed stationary with the
cylinder or outer needle bed. These dial posts coming on each side of the fabric
bind the fabric between them, thereby offering considerable resistance to the
descent of the fabric from the needles. The object of this part of my invention is
to dispense with these dial posts, and in order to accomplish this I employ a com-
bined thread conductor and needle bed retarder, which consists of a spindle
mounted vertically above and eccentric with the machine, rotating with the
movement of the machine. The upper end of this spindle is mounted
in the front thread hole of the cross, or mounted on an independent support
in the forin of an arm fixed to the base of the machine. The lower end
of the spindle turns in a bracket which projects from the upper enl of the
dial spindle, and prevents the said dial turning with the motion of the machine.
The bracket is a part of the washer which is employed to facilitate the vertical
adjustment of the dial, hereinafter referred to, being adjustable circumferentially on
the said dial spindle, to facilitate the circumferential adjustment of the dial needles.
To give the desired rotary movement to the needle bed retarding spindle I connect
it to any rotating part of the machine. One method is to have a projection on the
ribber arm (the upper end of the dial pin, for instance) which butts against a
similar projection on the spindle and carries the spindle round. Another method
is to transmit the required motion to the spindle from the gearing of the machine
through a series of tooth wheels. To accomplish this method I have on the upper
end of the spindle a tooth wheel, which meshes with a similar wheel on the upper
end of a vertical shaft. This shaft runs down the centre of the pedestal which
supports the needle bed retarding spindle, and has another tooth wheel on its lower
end, which, in turn, meshes with the gearing of the machine. The said spindle,
hollowed at its upper end, allows of the yarn thread being conducted down its
centre and out of a hole in its side, to be delivered to the yarn guide in its traverse
round the said spindle. The spindle rotating with the movement of the machine
always presents the outlet hole in its side to the thread guide. When using
auxiliary threads of yarn I mount the extra bobbins on the rotating needle bed
retarder, and run the threads down the centre as described.
Second: An improved thread tensioning device. For stiffening the fabric on a
section of the circle only in tubular knitted fabric, I pivot a link eccentrically on
the upper end of the ribber spindle; or employ the projection which drives the
needle bed retarding spindle as a link; the outer end of this link passes through
an aperture situated in the thread guide, and by reason of its eccentricity the link,
in being driven round with the thread guide, has a horizontal or end wise movement
in the said aperture. In this end of the link I have two holes or slots for the yarn
to pass through these holes or slots are attached to the link by means of springs
of any description (may be rubber) to allow the said yarn holes or slots to yield
to the pull of the yarn thread. If I run the thread through one of the said holes
or slots the link gradually pulls the thread out of its ordinary line of travel
through the aperture and gradually replaces it again at every revolution of the
machine and on one half of the machine only. If I run the thread through the

page_text: other slot the link gradually pushes the thread out of its ordinary line of travel
through the aperture, and gradually replaces it again, at every revolution of the
machine and on the other half of the machine only. This pulling and pushing of
the thread through the aperture tensions the thread and consequently stiffens the
fabric on one half of its circle only, the stiffest point always coming at the centre
of the half, the sides of the half being graduated. The stiffened half coming at
the back or the front (that is to say, on the back of the machine or the front of
the machine) according to which slot in the tensioning link I run the thread
through.
Third A vertical adjustment for the dial. On the upper end of the dial
spindle place a washer: this washer bears on the ribber arm, and it has a bridge
on its upper side. This bridge passes down a vertical slot cut through the ribber
spindle down the centre of this ribber spindle I make a threaded hole into this
threaded hoie I insert a screw; this screw hears on the bridge of the washer, and
by turning the screw the dial is raised or lowered at will. Another form of carrying
this improvement out is to have a collar on the upper end of the spindle, bearing
on the boss of the ribber arm; and by making the hond or collar of the screw to
hear on the aforesaid collar, I can dispense with the slot and the bridge, as shown
in the former method.
Fourth Improved lever adjustment for the cylinder stitch cam.
I arrange a
long lever on the outside of the cam shell; in shape this lever conforms to the
shape of the cam shell, and has a handle on one end to facilitate ready adjustment.
The other end is pivoted on the opposite side of the stitch cam pin, the stitch cam
pin passing through the lever close to its pivot.
Fifth A combined stitch eam pointer and block. To secure a positive indica-
tion of the position of the stitch eain, I make the block on the stitch cam in the
form of an angle piece. One end of this angle piece extends to the outside of the
cam shell close to the indications, and acts as a pointer. By its assistance amı
enabled to read the exact vertical position of the stitch cam. To better facilitate
the application of this combined pointer and block, I cut the stitch cam slot right
through the upper edge of the cam shell.
Sixth An improved needle cylinder. To enable the operator to find the needle
slots more readily when inserting the needles 1 cut the slots of the needle cylinder
at a point about level with the upper edge of the cam shell V shape. I make this
particular shape of slot as described by opening or enlarging the ordinary slot
with a V-shaped circular saw.
Seventh Combined weight and wrench. I make a hole in the side or in any
part of the weight shaped to fit the nuts attached to the machine, whereby I am
able to use the weight as a wrench.
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Eighth An improved union between the fixed outthrow eam and needle stand.
1 arrange the outthrow cam to overlap the needle stand by this means the feet of
the needles slide off the needle stand on to the outthrow cam without catching
against the point of the out throw cam.
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Ninth An improved arrangement of belt pulley. The object of this part of
my invention is to so combine the belt pulley and the gear wheel as to make the
belt driving arrangement more compact than heretofore. Instead of mounting the
belt pulley or pulleys on the outside of the driving wheel, I mount them on
the inside of the driving wheel underneath the machine; by this arrangement
the handle is not thrown farther from the machine, as is the case when the belt
pulley or pulleys is placed on the outside of the driving wheel. If require an
additional bearing for the shaft I put this also on the inside of the driving wheel|
underneath the machine.
Tenth Improved automatic stopping arrangement. I make the driving shaft
hollow and insert a rod through the whole of its length on the inner end of this
horizontal rod is a clutch on the outer end of this said rod is a knob; by pulling
this knob the clutch is engaged with the belt pulley nil the machine is driven
round. next mount a catch or ratchet wheel between the clutch and the bolt

page_text: pulley; when the machine is in motion this ratchet wheel revolves. By stopping
the said ratchet wheel it operates on the clutch like a cam, and forces the clutch out
of engagement with the belt wheel, and the machine stops. In order to stop the
ratchet wheel, to effect this motion, I have a vertical rod hanging from the base of
the machine; this rod has a ratchet or pawl, and by pressing or knocking the said
hanging rod against the revolving ratchet wheel, either backward or forward, the
ratchet wheel is held stationary and the machine thus brought to a standstill. To
effect this automatically, I have vertical rods fixed at equi-distant intervals under-
neath the machine. I next put a twist in the fabric, which twist is maintained in
the fabric by a projection on the weight coming in contact with the vertical rods.
As knitting proceeds the weight and projection of course slide down the vertical
rods until the termination of the said vertical rods is reached; when the twist in
the fabric is released the weight swings round, and the projection strikes the
hanging rod against the ratchet wheel, and stops the machine. The fixed vertical
rods are made adjustable by being telescoped. There are other means of retarding
the said ratchet wheel. One way is to have a vertical rod held at a particular
height by a spiral spring; this vertical rod has projections standing out from its
side in a line with the weight attached to the said fabric. The weight in its
descent presses the vertical rod down by coming on to one of the said projections,
the weight then slips off the projection and the spring shoots the rod beyond its
initialled height or position, and engages with the ratchet wheel, and so stops the
machine. Another way of retarding the ratchet wheel is to have the vertical
rod pivoted, and arrange the projections so that the weights in their descent will
turn the vertical rod slightly, thereby retarding the ratchet wheel and stopping the
machine. In either of the last two cases the projections on the vertical rod are
adjusted vertically and circumferentially round the rod. I am aware that the
weights in conjunction with vertical rods have been used to stop the machine, but
not in the manner here described.
Eleventh An improved cylinder. To facilitate the formation of new loops (on
the cylinder or needle bed) before the old loop is cast off, I have the tricks or posts
of the cylinder or needle bed standing above the rim of the cylinder or bed.
Twelfth Means of operating the cam cap and ribber cams to make tucked or
miss stitch rib work, for the purpose of thickening the fabric such as at the back
of the heel or at the knee of a stocking. I draw or switch or turn the rib outthrow
cam out of action completely or partly-according to whether miss stitch or tuck
stitch work is being made-hy the eccentric motion derivable from the needle bed
retarder hereinbefore referred to, or by the eccentric motion derivable from the
thread tensioning device hereinbefore referred to, which is governed by a pattern
wheel.
Thirteenth Means of holding the thread take-up lever down when tubular
knitting. On the upper end of the needle bed retarding spindle hereinbefore
referred to I place a ring; hanging down from the take-up lever I have a wire;
the said ring is carried round, on the retarding spindle referred to, by friction.
When the machine is going in one direction only, a projection on the said frictionally
driven ring catches against the wire which hangs down from the take-up lever, and
thereby takes the weight of the take-up lever off the thread. As soon as the
machine is reversed for sectional knitting the frictionally driven ring releases the
wire, and the take-up lever is at liberty to act on the slack thread until tubular
knitting is again resumed, when the ring will hold the weight of the take-up lever off
the thread as described.
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Fourteenth An improved means of converting a machine having more than one
feeder into a one feeder machine. I make the auxiliary cylinder stitch cams to fit
into recesses in the needle platform. By these means I can have a continuous or
unbroken needle platform maintained when working with only one feeder. In the
ribber cams the outthrow cams retire into the needle stand E" as shown in Fig. 11
of the drawings annexed.
Fifteenth An improved needle ring. For the purpose of making the ring

page_text: self-closing, provide a spring at the junction of the two parts where the pivot is.
The ring may be in several parts, each part being joined to the neighbouring part by
a pirot; the self-closing spring referred to being applied to each pivot or joining
in the ring it causes the whole of the parts to close in the form of a ring
automatically.
Sixteenth Improved knitting machine needle. The object of this part of my
invention is to make the foot of the needle stronger in proportion to the strength
of the needle stem, and at the same time to make the needle ride more smoothly
by causing the foot to find a bearing on the top or outside of the posts or leaves of
the needle bed, whereby the needles will be able to withstand the side pressure of
the cams better than heretofore. To offert this I make the foot of the needle
thicker than the stem part thereof; the additional substance comes on one or on
both sides of the fool. This extra substance on the side of the foot forms a
shoulder, which has a bearing on the top or outside of the leaves of the needle
bed. Needles are formed out of round wire, and then battered or flattened. In
order to make the additional thickness to the foot, I leave it in the round wire
(that is to say, I batter the stem of the needle and not the foot); to increase the
additional thickness on the foot 1 batter the foot part of the wire contrariwise to
the stem of the needle before the needle foot is formed. Another plan of forming
the additional thickness on the foot is to solder or otherwise fasten a strip of brass
or other metal round the foot of the needle. Another plan of carrying out this
part of my invention is to make the foot of the needle extra long, and then cramp
or wrap the end half of the foot round on to the side of the other half. The
application of the brass strip may be made in addition to the three former methods
of thickening the foot.
Seventeenth Methods of applying strips of brass or other metal to the feet of
knitting-machine needles. Before forming the font of the needle I make a hollow
in the wire employed, and when the foot is turned or formed, the said hollow takes
the shape of a hole, which passes through the foot of the needle; or I form the foot
of the needle with a slight space between its upper and lower parts. By wrapping
the sheet of brass round the foot and then compressing the whole, the brass is
partially forced into the hole or space in the needle foot. thereby securing the strip
of brass securely to the needle foot. The strip of brass may be soldered to the
foot, in addition to the above methods of securing thereto.
Eighteenth Improved method of making welts. To make welts it is necessary
Lo suspend the formation of knitted loops on the ribber needles. To do this it has
been customary to suspend the out throw action of the ribber needles and cause them
all to remain inoperative within the outer circumference of the needle dial. When
the ribber needles are so placed the stitch or drawing-in cam point has to pass
over their latches in its rotation round the dial, with the result that the point or
outer part of the stitch cam strikes the latches and broaks them. This breaking
of the latches cannot take place when the needles are forming knitted loops (that
is to say, when they are not welting) because, the needles being constantly operated
upon by the outthrow cam, their latches are consequently thrown right beyond and
clear of the stitch cam point. The object of this part of my invention is to
suspend the formation of knitted loops, for the purpose of making welts, without
having to suspend the outthrow action of the ribber needles and cause them to
remain inoperative within the outer circumference of the dial to accomplish this
object by which means I am able to prevent the breakage of needle latches on
the point of the stitch cam. 1 accomplish this object by making the walt in a
different manner than heretofore. I first reduce the out throw netion to prevent the
loops clearing the needle latches (always leaving sufficient ontthrow action to throw
the latches beyond and clear of the stitch cam point). I next shog or switch the cam
cap round circumferentially, placing the outthrow of the ribber needles (the said
needles still being in operation) either in advance or in the rear of the thread guide,
to prevent the ribber needles taking the yarn thread; for which purpose I provide
an auxiliary hole in the cam cap for the heel pin, or arrange the heel pin to have

page_text: an eccentric motion. Having thus suspended the formation of knitted loops on the
ribber needles, I knit sufficient rows on the plain needles to form the welt, and then
shog the cam cap back to its initial position to allow the ribber needles to take
the yarn thread, and increase the length of the outthrow action to enable the loop
to clear the needle latches. The formation of knitted loops is then resumed on the
ribber needles, the welt being completed without suspending the outthrow action of
the ribber needles.
Nineteenth Improved welting cams and cam caps. The two sheets of drawings
annexed show improved welting cams and cam caps employed in my new method of
making welts. A. is the cam cap, B. is the stitch cam. In some of the figures I
have shown two stitch cams for sectional (sectional rib knitting such as is required
for making selvidged goods) rib knitting, but one may only be used when knitting
tubular work. C. is the fixed outthrow cam, which, it will be noticed, is not
required in some of the types shown. D. is the welting cams; the full lines show
the position when the ribber needles are in the act of forming knitted loops, the
dotted lines show the position when the loops do not clear the needle latches. In
Fig. it will be noticed that the welting cam D' is made to slide into a recess
forined between the fixed outthrow cam CT and the cam cap A', the needle stand E¹
being a part of the cam cap. Fig. 2 and 3 and 4 are of similar construction to
Fig. 1, only that the welt cain turns in and out of action.
will be noticed that the outthrow cam D, D6, and D' is made in one piece. In
In Fig. 5 and 6 and 7 it
Fig. 8 G represents the dial with the cam nearly laid on, as does also Gin Fig. 9.
The outthrow cam F and the needle stand F is made in one solid piece, having a
slot in their centre. In Fig. 8 the combined outthrow cam and needle stand
shifts its position on the cam cap only, for the purpose of making welts. In Fig. 9,
as shown, the slot H' passes through the cam and cam cap too; in this can the
cam cap, with the whole of the cams (as shown on dotted line) is shifted bodily, to
make the welt. Fig. 10 and 104 shows the needle stand separated from the cam
cap
and sunk in the upper surface of the dial; the dial spindle passes through the
tube . is the needle stand level with the dial R The advantages of these
welt cams over those shown in prior Patents Nos. 5048 (1880), and 10145 (1884),
and 17887 (1887) are three-fold. First, the rib needles cannot catch the stitch
cam, as in the prior Patents above referred to, when making welts. Second, there
is not a large gap or space made between the stitch cam and needle stand to allow
the needle tails to get jamined in as they do in the prior Patents referred to, when
making welts. Third, these welting cam caps are applicable to machines of smaller
diameter than those on the prior Patents above referred to.
Twentieth An improved apparatus for fashioning on the plain needles.
Eccentrically mounted above the cylinder and inside the needles and meshing with
the needles, I have a disk. On this disk I have a number of radial projections on
which the needles draw their loops; these radial projections are made to throw
over out of action with the loops or needles separately. There are as many pro-
jections as there are needles in the cylinder, and by taking out a needle from
the cylinder and throwing the adjacent projection or projections out of action the
fabric is fashioned.
Twenty-first: An improved means of securing the knitted loops to facilitate
knitting without the application of weight or tension to the fabric. Radially fixed
on the upper edge of the needle cylinder I have projecting wires; the inner ends of
these wires take the form of hooks. The needles first draw their loops over the
projecting wires, when, before the needles rise again, the newly-formed loops are
pressed back into the hooks, and thereby secured. For the purpose of pressing the
loops into the hooks I have a wheel, or wheels, arranged on the cam shell. This
wheel comes below the projecting wires, and when the loops are formed on the
projecting wires, the wheel, coming between the said wires and the heads of
the needles, presses the loops backward into the books and secures the loops before
the next course is formed. The wheel may be arranged above, or both above and
below, the projecting wires,

page_text: Twenty-second: An improved hose board for trimming stockings and such like
articles of foot wearing apparel. The object of this part of my invention is to
provide a hose board for trimming stockings, socks, and the like, which have been
sectionally stiffened by the means hereinhefore described at the lack of the ankle.
When a hose or stocking has been stiffened at the back of the ankle in the manner
referred to, it naturally shrinks or contracts at that particular part. To enable
the stocking to maintain that shape whilst being trimmed, and to make stockings
which have not been sectionally stiffened shrink or contract at the back of the
ankle to give them the appearance of those which have,-1 make an indentation
or hollow in the edge of the hose board at the back of the ankle and immediately
above the heel, by which means I am enabled to trim stockings which have been
sectionally stiffened at the back of the ankle without taking the natural form or
shape out of the stocking in the process of trimming, and to shrink or shape
ordinary made stockings at the back of the ankle to give them the appearance
of those which have been sectionally stiffened at the back of the ankle.
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Twenty-third Means of fashioning, on a one and one pattern rib tubular web.
I have alternating tricks in the dial cut shallower than the other, and I have the
dial, at a level with the shallow tricks, of greater diameter than it is below, at a
level with the deep tricks. By these means every other ribber needle (those on
the high level) draws a longer loop than its neighbouring needles (on the low level)
making the fabric the proper guage. To fashion, 1 take out the high level ribber
needles and convert the one and one rib into a two and one rib; or 1 take out the
high level ribber needles and the adjacent cylinder needles, allowing the fabric to
remain one and one rib as usual. In some instances 1 also employ both long and
short needles in the dial or cylinder or in both, according to the gunge of the
machine.
Twenty-fourth: Method of making the fabric of closer texture to facilitate hard
wear, such as at the knee or at the back of the ankle of a stocking. I accomplish
this part of my invention by inserting auxiliary needles (that is to say, needles
beyond the number required) at the back or at the front of the machine, either in
the dial or cylinder; by these means the fabric is knitted closer, and consequently
thicker, at the points desired. To knit the fabric still closer at these points of a
stocking, I have the auxiliary needles, whether rib or plain needles, slightly longer
than the ordinary ones, to cause them to draw smaller loops. The insertion of the
auxiliary needles may or may not alter the pattern of rib which is being made. In
carrying out this part of my invention on some machines, 1 employ auxiliary
grooves, cut between the ordinary grooves, to place the auxiliary necilles in.
Twenty-fifth: An improved adjustable counter. This counter is fixed on the
hearing which supports the driving shaft, and it consists of a tooth disk meshing
with a worm thread on the driving shaft. To facilitate its being turned to its
initialled or any position by the operator, I arrange it so that it can be lifted out of
gear with the worm thread on the driving shaft; by these means the counter can
be adjusted to any circumferential position desired and again meshed or put into
action with the worm thread on the said driving shaft.
Twenty-sixth Method of raising the cylinder stitch cam for the purpose of
making one section or half of the fabric stiffer than the other section or half of the
fabric. raise the stitch cam on half the needles and deepen it on the other half
of the needles by the employment of the eccentric motion derivable from the needle
bed retarder hereinbefore referred to, or by the eccentric motion derivable from the
thread tensioning device herein before referred to. One of the motions of the
stitch cam may be obtained by the action of a spring which I apply to the
stitch cam.
Twenty-seventh: Means of making flat or selvidged fabric any width up to
within three or four needles of the full complement of needles, on an ordinary
circular reversible knitting machine. The object of this part of my invention is to
be able to make flat or selvidged fabrics of any desired width up to within three or
four needles of the full number of needles on one machine; and to be able, in

page_text: narrowing tubular fabric, to commence selvidging at the gap or space which is
made in the circle of needles by the removal of needles when commencing to narrow
the tubular weh, and thereby convert a tubular fabric into a flat fabric. I
accomplish this on an ordinary machine by throwing the clearing cams only out of
and into action when passing the aforesaid gap or space in the circle of needles.
To throw the clearing cams out of and into action automatically at the aforesaid
gap or selvidging point, 1 employ the eccentric motion de. ivable from the needle
bed retarder or from the thread tensioning device herein before mentioned, or from
an independent eccentric motion acting on suitably shaped levers connected to the
clearing cams.
Dated this 30th day of August. 1890.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Hosiery.
I, GEORGE FREDERICK STURGESS of No. 17 Biddulph Street Leicester in the
County of Leicester Knitting Machinist, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of hosiery, hereinafter
described and illustrated in the drawings annexed hereinafter fully referred to.
First Refers to a combined thread conductor and needle bed retarder. In
knitting machines that have a stationary yarn supply and fixed needle beds, what
are known as dial posts are employed to hold the dial or inner needle bed stationary
with the cylinder or outer needle bed. These dial posts coming on each side of the
fabric bind the fabric between them, thereby offering considerable resistance to the
descent of the fabric from the needles.
The object of this part of my invention is to dispense with these dial posts, and
in order to accomplish this I employ a combined thread conductor and needle bed
retarder A "shown in Figure A," which consists of a spindle a, mounted vertically
above and eccentric with the machine, and rotating with the movement of the
machine. The upper end of the spindle is mounted in the front thread hole of the
yarn cross 2', or mounted as shown and on an independant pedestal or support a²,
in the form of an arm fixed to the base of the machine. The lower end of the
spindle turning in a bracket or in the head of the dial spindle a³, which projects
from the upper end of the dial spindle at a, and prevents the said dial turning
with the motion of the machine. The bracket or head a³, is a part of the washer
which is employed to facilitate the vertical adjustment of the dial herein referred
to, and adjustable circumferently on the dial spindle a', to facilitate the circum-
ferential adjustment of the dial needles. To give the desired rotary movement
to the needle bed retarder A, I connect the spindle u, to any rotating part of the
machine.
One means I employ is to have the projection a', on the ribber arm a', (the
upper end of the dial pin a', for instance) which carries a roller a', and butts against
a similar projection a on the spindle a, and carries the spindle round. Another
means or method of accomplishing this is to transmit the required motion to the
spindle from the gearing of the machine "sec Figure B," through a series of toothed
wheels represented by dotted lines in the said figure. To carry this out I arrange
on the upper end of the spindle a, a toothed wheel b, which meshes with a similar
wheel 63, on the upper end of a vertical shaft, which runs down the centre of the
pedestal a², or support for the needle bed retarding spindle a, and has another
toothed wheel 4, on its lower end, which in turn meshes with the gearing, or gear
wheel, of the machine. The said spindle «, hollowed at its upper end A, allows
of the yarn thread or threads a, being conducted down its centre and out of a hole
or holes in the side a", to be delivered to the yarn guide a", in its traverse round

page_text: the said spimile. The spindle rotating with the movement of the thread guide of
the machine always presents the outlet hole or holes a, in its side to the thread
guide a. When using auxilliary threads of yarn I may mount the extra bobbins on
The rotating needle bed retarder in any suitable manner, so that the threads will
run down the centre as described. In order to prevent knots or lumps in the
yarn catching on the edge of the dropper or hood a", I curve or cramp the end
of the yarn cross a', and pivot the said hood a", on the cramped or curved portion
thereof.
The second part consists of an improved thread tensioning device (', Figure C
for stiffening the fabric on a section of the circle only in making tubular knitted
fabric. pivot the link e eccentrically on the upper end of the ribber spindle a
and employ the roller a', to drive the needle bed retarding spindle. The outer end
of this link passes through apertures or holes e, preferably made of stont spring
wire fixed on thread guide a", "Figure C," and by reason of its eccentricity the
link e in being driven round with the thread guide a, has a horizontal or endwise
movement in the said apertures. In this end of the link I have two holes or
slots for the yarn to be passed through. of any description, or may be rubber to
allow the said yarn holes or slots to yield to the pull of the yarn thread or threads.
It will be seen upon reference to Figure that the apertures e, yield to the pull
of the yarn thread or threads by virtue of their construction which is equivalent
to a spring, but instead of having the holes, to spring as above described if the
thread is run through the inner holes or slots 2, the link gradually pulls the thread
out of its ordinary line of travel through the inner aperture, and gradually
replaces it again once at every revolution of the machine and on one half of the
machine only. If I run the thread through the outer slot . the link gradually
pushes the thread "shown in dotted line" out of its ordinary line of travel through
the outer aperture c', and gradually replaces it again, at every revolution of the
machine and on the other half of the machine only. By pulling and pushing the
thread through the apertures the thread is tensioned and the fabric is stitlened on
one half of its circle only, the stiffest point always coming at the centre of the
half, the sides of the half being graduated. The stiffened half coming at the back
or the front (that is to say: on the back or front of the machine)-according to
which slot in the tensioning link e 1 run the thread or threads through.
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The third part of my invention consists of an improved spindle for the vertical
adjustment of the dial. It will be seen in Figure D that upon the upper end of
the dial spindle a', is a collar a³, which bears upon the boss of the ribber arm a,
in the collar is put the retaining pin d, when by turning the screw d², in the
threaded hole d, the dial can be raised or lowered at will.
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The modification shown in Figure E has a serew instead of the pin d of the
previous figure. In the partly sectional view shown in Figure Fit will be seen
that the ribber spindle a, carries a washer a³, (a top view of which is given in
Figure G the screw, in this case pressing on the bridge d', instead of the pin d.
This bridge passing down the vertical slot cut through the ribber spindle a, when
by turning the screw the dial can be raised or lowered. In Figure H which is a
modification of the former figure the screw, has a head to turn the same so as to
regulate the bridge d' to raise or lower the dial, Figure I being a top view of the
samic. Figure is hereinafter referred to in part twenty two.
Fourth Is the improved lever adjustment for adjusting the cylinder stitch cam,
the lever a is arranged on the outside of the cam shell in shape this lever
conforms to the shape of the cam shell, and is provided with a handle or knob a",
at its outer extremity to facilitate ready adjustment, the other end is pivoted on
the opposite side of the stitch cam pin, the stitch cam pin passing through the lever
close to its pivot.
Fifth This part consists of a combined stitch cam pointer and block ", see
Figures A and A¹."
To better secure a positive indication of the position of the stitch cam I make
the block on the stitch cam in the form of an angle piece a", one end of this angle

page_text: piece extends to the outside of the cam shell close to the indications, and acts as
a pointer. By its assistance I am enabled to read the exact vertical position of the
stitch cam.
To better facilitate the application of this combined pointer and block, I cut the
stitch cam slot through the upper and outer edge of the cam shell a Figure A.
Sixth Is an improved needle cylinder shown in Figure J. To enable the
operator to find the needle slots more readily when inserting the needles I cut
the slots of the needle cylinder at a point about level with the upper edge of the
cam shell V shape, 1, Figure J, which is made by opening or enlarging the
ordinary slot with a V shaped circular saw which brings the outer surface of
the posts to a fine edge as at j.
Seventh This consists of a combined weight and wrench by making a hole in
the side or in any part of the weight shaped to fit the nuts attached to the machine,
such as k', Figures K and L whereby I am able to use the weight as a wrench.
Eighth Is an improved union between the fixed outthrow cam m¹, Figures M
and N and needle stand m²-1 arrange the outthrow cam to overlap the said needle
stand, by this means the feet of the needles slide off the needle stand on to the
outthrow cam without catching against the point of the outthrow cam.
Ninth: In this part of my invention I provide an improved arrangement
of belt pulley "see Figures C and C C." The object of which is to so combine
the belt pulley e, and the gear wheel e', Figures O and P, so as to make the belt
driving arrangement more compact than heretofore. Instead of mounting the belt
pulley or pulleys on the outside of the driving wheel bracket e, I mount them on
the inside of the driving wheel bracket e³, underneath the machine; by this arrange-
ment the handle e', is not thrown farther from the machine as is now the case when
the belt pulley or pulleys is placed on the outside of the driving wheel bearing e,
and the belt arrangement is thus more compact. If I require an additional bearing
for the shaft I put this also on the inside of the usual driving shaft bracket e³,
underneath the machine.
Tenth: This improvement consists of an automatic stopping arrangement. To
carry out which I make the driving shaft hollow and insert a rod through the
whole of its length; on the inner end of this horizontal rod is a clutch; on the outer
end of the rod is a knob; by pulling this the clutch is engaged with the belt pulley
and the machine is driven round. Or I combine the said clutch e, and e', with the
belt pulley e, and employ a hand lever e, working in the groove on the hub of the
combined belt pulley and clutch to throw the clutch in and out of action with
the gear wheel e'. I next mount a catch or ratchet wheel (having a cam surface 7',
Figure Q.) between the clutch and the belt pulley, or between the combined clutch
and belt pulley and gear wheel, "as seen in Figure C." When the machine is in
motion this ratchet wheel revolves with the gear wheel upon which it is mounted.
By stopping the said ratchet wheel it operates on the clutch or combined clutch
and belt pulley, like a cam and forces the clutch belt wheel away from the driving
wheel out of engagement with the gear wheel. The teeth of the said ratchet wheel
are provided for the purpose of allowing the wheel to be caught by a hanging rod
hereinafter referred to but I do not confine myself to teeth as I may have projections
of any kind placed on the wheel (see Figures Q and R in which a projection e³,
answers the same purpose. In order to stop the ratchet wheel to effect this motion
I have a vertical rod suspended or hanging from the base of the machine; this rod
has a ratchet or pawl, and by pressing or knocking the said hanging rod against the
revolving ratchet wheel, either backward or forward, the ratchet wheel is held
stationary and the machine is thus brought to a standstill. To effect this auto-
matically I have vertical rods fixed at equi-distant intervals underneath the
machine. I next put a twist in the fabric, which twist is maintained in the fabric
by a projection on the weight coming in contact with the vertical rods. As knitting
proceeds the weight and projection of course slide down the vertical rods until the
termination of the said vertical rods is reached; when the twist in the fabric is
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page_text: released the weight swings round, and the projection strikes the hanging rod against
the ratchet wheel, and stops the machine. The fixed vertical rods are made adjust-
able by being telescoped. There are other means of retarding the said ratchet
wheel or clutch "see Figures C, (), Q, K, and P', one way is to have the vertical
rode, held at a particular height by a spring e, resting on a holder, this vertical
rod has projections ", standing out from its side in a line with the weight e",
attached to the said fabric. The weight in its descent presses the vertical rod
down by coming on to one of the said projections", the weight then slips off the
projection and the spring shoots the rod beyond its initial height or position, and
engages with the ratchet wheel, clutch or cam wheel Q, and so stops the machine.
Another way of retarding the ratchet wheel is to have the vertical rod pivoted,
and arrange the projections so that the weights in their descent will turn the vertical
rol slightly, thereby retarding the ratchet wheel and stopping the machine.
In either of the last two cases the projections on the vertical rod are adjusted
vertically and circumferently on the rod." As this method or means and the former
will be readily understood I have only illustrated the ono shown in Figure C.
I am aware that weights in conjunction with vertical rods have been employed to
stop the machine, but not as herein shown and described.
Eleventh: In Figure S will be seen an improved needle cylinder designed to
facilitate the formation of new loops (on the cylinder or needle bed) before the old
loop is cast off. To effect this I cause the tricks or posts of the cylinder or needle
bed to stand above the rim S, the overhanging edges of the tricks thereby taking
the shape of hooks inverted above the inner rim of the cylinder.
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Twelfth Consists of means whereby the cam cap and ribber cams are operated
for the purp se of making tuck or miss stitch rib work for the purpose of thickening
the fabric such as at the back of the heel or at the knee of a stocking. I draw
switch or turn the rib out throw cam F, seen in Figures T, U and out of action
completely or partly, according to whether miss stitch or tuck stitch work is being
made, by the eccentric motion derivable from the needle bed retarder A herein-
before referred to, or by the eccentric motion derivable from the thread tensioning
device (', or by the eccentric notion derivable from a link or lever, pivoted on
the cam cap, or ribber arm see Figures A, T, U and V," which is governed by
the pattern wheel, having the cain. For the purpose of driving the pattern
wheel round the indentations "" are made in the spindle a, in which the teeth
of the pattern wheel gears. I am aware that toothed wheels have been mounted
on a ribber spindle for this purpose, but the indents as shown have not been hitherto
used, the peculiar shape of which I do not confine myself to.
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It will be noticed that the ontthrow cam can be turned in several positions
"see dotted line Figures T and V" by the cam on the pattern wheel, acting
on the eccentrically pivoted link '', by striking the projection **, to shift the
extremity of the link, and cause the cam F to be put into one of the positions
desired automatically at any predetermined interval. When the cam lever, is
placed in rear of the eccentrically pivoted link ", it ceases to act on the lever/",
and a welt can be made, but it the lever is and position for tucking V
the link, the lever will
take alternately the ordinary knitting position
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Figure V, and tucked stitches are made, and by pulling the said cam lever over to
point V, the linkƒ, no longer influences its action and it remains for ordinary
knitting to be done.
Thirteenth This part refers to the means employed for holding the thread takų
up lover A. A down when tubular knitting "see Figures A and W." "On the upper end
of the needle bed retarding spimlle A Figure A. 1 place a ring a, hanging down
from the take up lever is the wire a", the said ring is carried round on the retarding
spindle A referred to by friction. When the minchine is going in one direction
only, a projection on the said frictionally driven ring a", catches against the wire a",
and thereby takes the weight of the take up lever A A. off the thread. As soon
as the machine is reversed for sectional knitting the frictionally driven ring a"

page_text: releases the wire a", and the take up lever A A is at liberty to act on the slack
thread until tubular knitting is again resumed, when the ring will hold the weight
of the take up lever A. A off the thread as before described. See Figure XX
Sheet 1.
Fourteenth: This is an improved means of converting a machine having more than
one feeder into a one feeder machine. For this purpose I make the auxilliary
cylinder stitch cam or cams X X' to fit into recesses X X in the needle platform.
By these means I can have a continuous or unbroken needle platform maintained
when working with only one feeder. In the ribber cams the outthrow cams retire
into the needle stand E" as shown in Figure 11 of the drawings filed with my
Provisional Specification.
Fifteenth In this part of my invention I provide an improved needle ring
"shown in Figure X. For the purpose of making the ring self closing by the aid
of the spring, at the junction of the two semi-circular parts, where the pivot
is. The ring may be in several parts, or segments, each part being joined to the
neighbouring part by a pivot; the self closing spring, referred to being applied
to cach pivot or joining in the ring it causes the whole of the parts to close in the
form of a circle, or ring automatically. When the ring is opened as shown in
Figure X the spring a², keeps it opened out.
Sixteenth: In this part of my invention the object is to produce an improved
knitting machine needle by making the foot thereof stronger in proportion to the
strength of the needle stem, and at the same time to make the needle ride more smoothly
by causing the footy, Figure Z, to find a bearing on the posts or leaves of the needle
bed, whereby the needles will be able to withstand the side pressure of the cams much
better than heretofore; the additional substance coming on one, or both sides of the
foot, as may be desired. This extra substance on the side or sides of the foot forms
a shoulder such as at y' before referred to. The needles are formed out of round
wire, and then flattened by battering. In order to make the additional thickness
to the foot I leave it in the round wire (that is to say :) I batter the stem of the
needle and not the foot as shown in Figure Y, at y. The Figure Y to the
left being an ordinary needle, with an ordinary foot, to show more clearly my
improvement.
may increase the additional thickness on the foot by battering the foot part
of the wire contrariwise to the stem of the needle before the needle foot is formed,
which is illustrated after formation at 2, Figure Y*.
Another alternative plan is shown in Figure Y* the additional thickness on the
foot being made by fastening or soldering a strip of brass, or other metal y³, round
the foot of the needle. Another alternative is to make the foot of the needle extra
long, and then cramp or wrap the end half of the foot round on to the side of the
other half, see Figure Y** "." The application of the brass or other metal strip
may be made in addition to the three former means of thickening the foot.
:
Seventeenth Consists of the means of applying the strips of brass or other
metal to the feet of knitting machine needles above referred to. Before forming
the foot of the needle I make a hollow in the wire employed, and when the foot is
surned or formed the said hollow takes the shape of a hole which passes through
the foot of the needle, or I form the foot of the needle with a slight space between
ts upper and lower parts. By wrapping the strip of brass round the foot and then
compressing the whole, the brass is partially forced into the hole or space in the
eedle foot, an example of which is shown in Figure Y*"y," thereby securing the
trip of brass securely to the needle foot.
Eighteenth Refers to an improved method or process of making welts. To
nake welts it is necessary to suspend the formation of knitted loops on the ribber
eedles. To do this it has been customary to suspend the out throw action of
he ribber needles and cause them all to remain inoperative within the outer
ircumference of the needle dial. When the ribber needles are so placed the
titch or drawing in cam point has to pass over their latches in its rotation round!
he dial, with the result that the point or outer part of the stitch cam strikes the

page_text: latches and breaks them. This breaking of the latches cannot take place when
the needles are forming kuitted loops (that is to say; when they are not welting)
because, the needles being constantly operated upon by the out-throw cam, their
latelies are consequently thrown right beyond and clear of the stitch cam point.
The object of this part of my invention is to suspend the formation of knitted
loops, for the purpose of making welts, without having to suspend the out throw
action of the ribber needles and cause them to remain inoperative within the outer
circumference of the dial, to accomplish this and prevent the breakage of needle
latches on the point of the stitch eam. The welt is also made in a different manner
than heretofore for example; I first reduce the out throw action to prevent the
loops clearing the needle latches (always leaving sufficient out throw action to throw
the latches beyond and clear of the stitch cam point.) I next shog or switch the
cam cap romd circumferently, placing the out throw of the ribber needles, which
are still in operation either in advance or in rear of the thread guide, to prevent
the ribber needles taking the yarn thread, for which purpose I provide an auxiliary
hole Ex, Figures T, and Z, in the cam cap for the heel pin, or arrange the heel
pin to have an eccentric motion. Having this suspended the formation of knitted
loops on the ribber needles, 1 knit sufficient rows on the plain needles to form the
welt, and then shog the eam cap back to its initial position to allow the ribber
needles to take the yarn thread, and increase the length of the out throw action to
enable the loop to clear the needle latches. The formation of knitted loops is then
resumed on the ribber ueedles, the welt being completed without suspending the out
throw action of the ribber needles.
Nineteenth Consists of my improved welting cams and cam caps shown in the
drawings left with the Provisional Specification" which are employed in making
welts by the means herein described. A is the cam cap. B, is the stitch cam. In
soune of the figures it will be seen I show two stitch cams to be used for sectional
rib knitting such as is required in making selvidged goods; but one only may he
used when knitted ordinary tubular work. Cis the fixed out throw eam, which is
not required in some of the types herein shown. D are the welting eams; the full
lines show their position when the ribber needles are in the act of forming knitted
loops, "the dotted lines" show their position when the loops do not clear the nearlle
latches.
In Figure 1, it will be observed that the welting cam D 1, is made to slide into a
recess formed between the fixed out throw cam C1, and the cam cap A 1, the needle
stand E1 being a part of the cam cap.
Figures 2, 3 and 4 ure of similar construction to Figure 1, only that the welt cam
turns in and out of action.
It will be noticed upon reference to Figures 5, 6 and 7, that the out throw
cam 15, 16, and D 7, are in one piece.
Figures 8 and 9, show at G, the dial with the cams merely laid on. The out
throw cam F, and the needle stand F1, is made in one solid piece, having the slot H
in the centre. The combined out throw eam and needle stand shown in Figure 8,
shifts its position on the cam cap only when employed in making welts.
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It will be seen in Figure 9, that the slot 111 passes through the cam and cam cap
also in this ense the cam cap, with the whole of the enms seen in dotted line,"
are shifted bodily, in making the well.
Figures 10 and 10 shows the needle stand 11 separated from the cam cap E, and
sunk in the upper surface of the dial 12 the dial spindle passes through the tube, L,
whilst the cam cap is placed upon the tube 1, the needle stand 1, standing level
with the dial 1. The advantages of these welt cams over those shown in the
Patents Nos. 50-4880, 101458, and 17887 of 1887 are three fold. In the first instance
the rib needles do not catch against the stitch cam, when making welts. Secondly
no large gap or space is left between the stitch cain and needle stand to allow the
tails of the needles to get jammed in, and finally the cam caps herein shown and
employed in making welts are adapteil and can be applied to machines of smalle
d'ameter than those in the prior Patents before alluded to.

page_text: In Figure 11 of the drawings left with my Provisional Specification and in
Figure Z, of those now sent with my Complete Specification it will be noticed
that the out throw cam F, is pivoted and turns bodily in and out of the needle
stand E.
Twentieth In Figures Zx and Zxx is illustrated my improved means of securing
the knitted loops to facilitate knitting without the application of weight or tension
to the fabric, radially fixed on the upper edge of the needle cylinder I have the
projecting wires Z' the inner ends of which take the form of hooks Z. The needles
first draw their loops over the projecting wires, when; before the needles rise again,
the newly formned loops are pressed back into the hooks, and allowed to fall over in
the bend Z, and thereby secured.
For the purpose of pressing the loops into the hooks I employ the wheel or
wheels Z. arranged on spindle in the bracket 7, on the cam shell. In employing
a single wheel it may come below the projecting, or outer extremity of the bent
wire, that when the loops are formed on the projecting wires the wheel coming
between the wires and the heads of the needles, presses the loops backwards into the
hook Z, and so secures them before the next course is formed.
Or the wheel can be arranged only above, or as shown in Figure 2*, both above
and below, the projecting wires, and more than one set of these wheels acting in the
manner shown can be employed. I am aware that wheels or discs have commonly
been employed for the purpose, but not in relation to the wires or adapted to take
back the loop in the manner herein described and shown. And instead of depending
on the edge of the wheels to knock the loop over I may employ sinkers or sliding
jacks fixed radially in the said wheels Z³, similar to those in a former Patent
No. 10330 of 1887.
Twenty-first: In Figure 12 Sheet 2 of the drawings is my improved hose board
for trimming stockings and such like articles of foot wearing apparel which have been
sectionally stiffened by the means hereinbefore described at the back of the ankle.
When the back of the ankle of a stocking or other article of hose has been
stiffened in the manner herein referred to, it naturally shrinks or contracts at that
particular part. To enable the stocking to maintain that shape whilst being
trimmed, and to make stockings which have not been sectionally stiffened shrink or
contract at the back of the ankle to give them the appearance of those which have
I make an indentation or hollow h*, in the back edge of the hose board immediately
above the heel, by this means I am enabled to trim stockings which as before stated
have been sectionally stiffened at the back of the ankle without taking the natural
form or shape out of the stocking, but adding thereto by the above process of
shaping the hose board, when the hose are undergoing the process of trimming, and
also to trim and cause ordinary made hose to shrink and shape at the back
of the ankle so that they may have the appearance, or look as though they had
been sectionally stiffened at that particular part.
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Twenty-second: My improved means of fashioning on a one and one pattern rib
tubular web will be seen upon reference to Figure 13 in which I have alternating
trick in the dial cut shallower than the others, the dial being at a level with
the said shallow tricks, of a greater diameter than it is below, at a level with the
deep tricks, or two levels on the outer circumference. By these means every other
ribber needle, on the high level " will draw a longer loop than its neighbouring
needle " on the low level " seen in the partly cross sectional view Figure 14
making the fabric the proper guage. To fashion I take out the "high level"
needles, and convert the "one and one" rib into a "two and one" rib, or I take
out the "high level" ribber needles and the adjacent cylinder needles which will
allow of the fabric to remain " one and one "rib as usual.
The same means are also employed in fashioning other patterns of ribbed
work. Or I may elevate or depress the rib needles by placing them on the " high
or low level" by the aid of the ribber spindle as shown in Figure 1× Sheet 1;
in the upper face of the boss of the sleeve, fitting in the boss of the ribber arm aº,

page_text: are a series of holes µª, in which are placed ball, „**, upon which the spindle 4×
finds a bearing. When one or more of the balls are taken out of their holes the
said spindle falls slightly and allows the needles in the dial to take the "lower
level” position where they remain until the segmental head of the spindle
approaches the balls that are in action thus again elevating the spindle, when the
needles again take the high level position the process being rep ated at every
revolution of the machine, the said rising and falling of the spindle and needle
dial attached thereto takes place at any part or section of the circle as often_ns
desired corresponding to the ball or ball, which are removed. When the fashioning
needles are all in the machine and before the narrowings take place all the
balls, are in their holes, when the narrowings have taken place and the
fashioning needles are removed; by taking out one or more balls as above described
the fabric is made the proper gunge. In some instances it will be necessary to
employ long and short needles in the dial, or cylinder, or in both, according to the
guage of the machine.
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Twenty-third: Consists of making the fabric of closer texture to facilitate hard
wear such as at the knee or at the back of the ankle, or under the foot of a stocking
‘see Figure 13, 8*,” I accomplish this part of my invention by inserting auxiliary
needles (that is to say, needles beyond the number required in knitting ordinary
work) at the back or front of the machine, either in the dial or eslinder, by these
means the fabric is knitted closer and consequently thicker, at the points desired,
and by making tuck or miss stitch work in addition to the insertion of the nuxiliary
needles the fabric can be further thirkened. To kuit the fabric still closer at the
points referred to I have the auxiliary nevilles, whether rib or plain needles, slightly
longer than the ordinary ones to cane them to draw smaller loops. The insertion
of the auxiliary needles may or may not alter the pattern of rib which is being made.
In carrying out this part of my invention 1 employ auxiliary grooves, ent between
the ordinary grooves, and put the auxiliary needles therein.
Twenty-fourth: Is an improved adjustable counter seen in Figure 16, which is
fixed on the bearing &, which supports the driving shaft, and consists of a numbered
tooth disemeshing with a worm thread on the driving shaft, a detail of which
with shank is shown in Figure 17. To facilitate its being turned to its initial
or any position by the operator, it can be lifted out of gear with the worm thrend
on the driving shaft and adjusted to any circumferential position desired and again
meshed or put into netion with the worn thread.
In the means before described which have reference to the ordinary take up used
in knitting machines-1 show another means in Figures A and W, of carrying
out my invention instead of holding the take up wire A. A down by the method
before described hinge the wire A A, and balanced bull a a, Figure W,"
and when it is required to hold the take up wire A A down, the balanced ball a, a,
is thrown over the common centre "seen in dotted line "bb over to the front above
the hooked end of the wire A A.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is:
1. The rotating combined thread conductor and inner needle bed retarder A,
rotated with the machine through a series of gear wheels such as b', and,
or pushed round by a projection fastened to any rotating part of the machine,
as lierein shown and described.
2. The curved yarn cross a', with dropper or hood a¹³, arranged thereon in the
manner set forth.
3. The eccentrically pivoted yarn or thread tensioning device C, arranged upon or
relative to the yarn guide a" for the purpose referred to.
4. The herein described arrangement for the vertical adjustment of the dial.
5. The improved lever provided with knob a"" to facilitate the ready
adjustment of the stitch cam.

page_text: 6. The combined stitch cam pointer and block a¹.
7. A needle cylinder having the outer edges of the tricks or posts cut away such
as hereinbefore described.
8. The combined weight and wrench R' for the purpose referred to.
9. The improved union or fixed out throw cam m³, and needle stand m², for the
purpose herein referred to.
10. The herein described arrangement of belt pulley e, mounted on the inside of
the gear wheel bearing.
11. In a belt pulley of the character described provided with a grooved boss,
cam and contrivances for automatically stopping the machine as set forth.
12. The improved needle cylinder shown in Figure S having the tricks or
posts above the rim S', for the purpose described.
13. In making tuck or "miss stitch" fabric the employment of the appliances
shown in Figures T, U, V operated as herein described and set forth.
14. The method or means as herein described of throwing the out throw
cam in and out of action in and for the purpose of making tucked or miss stitch
work.
15. In a ribber spindle for the purpose herein before referred to, the indents ƒ/
or their equivalents.
16. The means as herein described of holding the thread take up lever down
when tubular knitting.
17. The means herein specified for converting a machine having more than one
feeder, into a one feeder machine.
18. The improved self closing and self-retaining needle ring shown in Figures A
and X.
19. The improved knitting machine needle as severally shown in Figures Y
to Yx inclusive.
20. Applying strips of brass or other metal to the feet of knitting machine needles
such as at y Fig. Y×¹.
21. The hinged take up A A having a common centre b. b. as herein shown and
described.
22. The improved welting cams and cam caps as herein shown in Figures 1 to 11
and Z, operated in the manner and for the purpose as described.
23. The herein described means and contrivances for securing the knitted loops
as shown in Figures Z× and 2×1 for the purpose referred to.
24. An improved hose board for the purpose specified.
25. The means as herein described of fashioning on a " one and one or other
pattern tubular knitted web.
26. The "high and low level tricked dial of greater circumference at the top of
the tricks than at the bottom shown in Figures 13 and 14, and the employment of
two lengths of dial needles for the purpose referred to.
27. The balls, arranged on ribber spindle as shown in Figure 1*, for
placing the rib needles on to the "high or "low level" alternately for the
purpose specified.
28. The herein described means of making the fabric of closer texture to
acilitate wear.
29. In the manufacture of hosiery such as shown in Figure 15; having extra
knitted loops knitted at s² or any one of the parts therein referred to.
30. The adjustable counter ex, seen in Figures 16 and 17.
31. Improvements in the manufacture of hosiery by the contrivances and
rrangements substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 30th day of May 1901.
WILLIAM BESTWICK MAXFIELD,
"The Central" Patent Office, No. 19, Bowling Green Street, Leicester,
Applicant's Agent.