Improvements in Knitting Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 7th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 7th Mar., 1895
Improvements in Knitting Machines.
I GEORGE HENRY MILWARD of 19 Agnes Street Meadows, Nottingham in
the County of Notts Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention:
to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to improvements in the Lamb or flat knitting machine the
object of the invention being to enable the said machine to perform automatically
operations which have hitherto been performed by hand by the knitter.
For this purpose I make use of a chain carrying nogs, or a jacquard of a length
corresponding to that of the garment or fabric to be, knitted, that is, with a link
for every double course, or in the case of a fabric or garment requiring to he
widened with a link for every single course, instead of employing the usual short
chain which is started and stopped by the knitter as required.
This chain is or may be carried inside the front bottom rail of the machine by a
movable or adjustable carriage to suit the different lengths of chain used.
In the first place in order to put in a slack course, that is, to knit a course of
long loops or stitches which are required a few courses from the end of each fabric
or part of a garment, for the casier joining or looping together of the different
parts of the fabric or garment, the locks in each separate cams have at present to
be moved and fixed by the knitter to a lower point thus forming a longer loop,
after which it is necessary to replace them (also by hand) at the original tension;
and this operation in a four or six head machine takes a considerable time.
I accordingly propose to effect the same automatically and by the following
means:
The top cam plate to which the bottom plate and locks are attached is fitted.
endways in the cam box, but instead of being fixed or fastened in one position it.
is free to slide up and down in the box. On the bottom edge of the said box and
just inside the cam box rail a stud is fixed on which is placed a small bell crank or
lever the lower end of which moves freely above the said rail.
A rod is let into the top side of the rail, and runs the whole length of the
machine and upon this rod is fixed a stop.
This rail is actuated by a suitable connection from the chain or jacquard above
named, so that at the required moment the said rod is moved endways and the stop
thereon is brought into such a position that the end of the aforesaid bell crank or
lever on the cam box comes into contact therewith, and thus the whole of the cams
or locks on the front or back of the machine, as the case may be, are caused to
move down simultaneously.
A second and similar stop is fixed on the cam box rail and the bell crank or
lever catching against this fixed stop at the end of the return course moves the
cams or locks back to their original position.
Secondly, in order to put up needles (at the commencement of a fresh fabric or
garment) which have been placed out of action by the fashioning mechanism it has
been necessary to draw out and push back the cam rcd on both sides of the machine
by band, but according to my invention I actuate the said rods automatically and
simultaneously on both sides of the machine by means of catches mounted on the

page_text: cross head, the said catches being raised by suitable levers or other convenient
device set in action at the desired moment by the chain or jacquard on the fiuishing
course of the fabric or garment which is being completed.
Thirdly in order to avoid the necessity for setting up a fresh row of loops or
stitches and taking each garment or piece of fabric as it is finished from the
machine separately, a crossed stitch is formed as a connection for the different
garments or pieces of fabric. This is at present accomplished by the knitter
disengaging the reversing mechanism of the can boxes and thus allowing both back
and front needles to knit together on the same course. But according to my
invention I fix a plate immediately over the whole length of the guide rods on
which the cross head works, one end of the said plate being attached or fixed to
the top cam box guides or rails, the other end being carried by the fixing to which
the guide rods themselves are attached.
The lock shooting rods are provided with a pin or projection fixed on the cross
head end, which may be made to slide in a groove or slot in the above named plate
or along the edge of it; the said pin or projection comes into contact at each end
of the course with a stop fixed on the plate and thus reverses the cams or locks on
the front and back alternately. When however it is required as before stated to
put in the crossed stitch or loop, the left hand front stop which is connected to the
chain or jacquard is thereby moved out of the way and thus the front cams or
locks are allowed to remain down on the return course and the crossed stitch is
formed.
Fourthly the loose thread which is run in at the end of each garment to allow of
their separation by cutting, and which may be put in with the crossed stitch above
described is at present either attached to the yarn or thread already in use and then
broken off, or it is laid in by separate yarn carriers and rod which the knitter
must put into action and disengage again at the proper time. By my invention
however the guide for the yarn carrier rod is continued on the top of the above
mentioned plate and the catches for operating the said yarn carrier rods are carried
on the cross head and, moving in slots in the plate stand above it.
The catches are so connected that when the catch operating the front rod is
lifted out of action by the chain or jacquard, the catch for operating the back rod
is dropped into action for the required course to put in the loose thread and the
said catches are then reversed again. The same connection and chain serve to
operate this motion and to put in the crossed stitch as above described.
The same mechanism also actuates a catch which moves the slide or carriage for
transferring the loops or stitches from one needle to the other in the fashioning or
shaping process, and brings the said slide back preparatory to commencing another
garment or piece of fabric.
Fifthly, the taking up rollers or drums as at present arranged, are all fixed on
one shaft or axle, to which the required weight is attached, thus drawing or taking
up the fabric from the needles, and making it necessary after a certain length has
been knitted, to unwind the same from the rollers, to cast off the stitches or loops
from the needles and to set up or recommence another set of loops. This loss of
time I propose to avoid, by making a separate set of taking up rollers for each
head, so that the fabric may come through continuously, the said rollers being
operated by a rod let into and inside the bed, the end of which rod is attached
directly to the cross head, and by suitable catches moving the taking up rollers
at either or both ends of the stroke or course.
Sixthly. The V cams as at present arranged are fixed at the outer end of the
machine; and in a four head machine of twenty-eight inch or thirty inch bed, that
is a machine of sixteen or seventeen feet long, the twisting of the rods carrying
the fashioning mechanism which are one inch and five eighths of an inch diameter
respectively, is in a fine gauge machine so variable, as to make the action very
uncertain. To obviate this I propose to place a double set of these cams, as near
as the legs or stands of the machine will allow equi-distant from the ends and the
middle, thus dividing the length into three parts, and to move them by a special

page_text: arrangement of levers exactly as they are now, thus doing away entirely with the
twisting above mentioned.
Dated this 6th day of March 1894.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Knitting Machines.
J GEORGE HENRY MILWARD of 19 Agnes Street Meadows, Nottingham, in
the County of Notts, 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 that class of Lamb knitting machine
which is provided with automatic narrowing and fashioning apparatus; the object
of the invention being to enable the said machine to perform automatically
operations, which have hitherto been performed by hand by the knitter, as
hereafter described and for the following purposes :-
1. To enable a slack course or row of loops longer than those already formed in
the fabric, to be made simultaneously or during one round of the knitting in
circular fabric, without disturbing the locks or altering the tensions already set
in the respective heads, whether there be two heads only or any other number of
heads on the machine.
2. To enable a loose or parting thread to be laid in, at the end of the garment or
fabric, with a cross stitch or loop, thus connecting the garments or fabric together
continuously, and doing away with the necessity of running out, and having then
to set up or recommence the loops or knitting; or with the operation (at present
performed by the knitter) of breaking off the yarn used for knitting the fabric,
and tieing thereto the thread used for the connecting, which having run in the
course required must again be changed for the knitting yarn.
3. To draw back the transfer carriage or slide, to the original position, ready
to recommence the narrowing process, such carriage or slide being at present reset
by hand.
4. To draw-out the cam rods used for setting up the needles narrowed out of
action, which is at present also done by hand.
5. To enable the garment or fabric to be taken through a pair of rollers, instead
of being (as heretofore) wrapped around a single roller, and at the same time to
take off the weight during the narrowing process, as at present.
6. To prevent the uncertainty in the action of the machine caused by the
twisting of the rods carrying the fashioning mechanism.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I have annexed hereunto
twelve sheets of drawings illustrative thereof to which I have made reference in
the following description.
On Sheet 1 of the drawings Fig. 1 is a general view of the upper part of the
driving or gearing end of machine, with the saddle or cross-head removed, showing
the transfer carriage A and slide B in section, with the bracket or fixing carrying
the bell cranks or levers C and C' for the slack course. Fig. 2 is a detached side
view of the lever X, and cam D₁ attached to the rod D for moving the taking
up rollers.
On Sheet 2 of the drawings Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the above. Fig. 4 a
detached plan view of the bracket E.
On the left hand of Fig. 3 parts will be found shewn in transverse section.
Fig. 3 is a detached side view drawn to a smaller scale of the carriage shewn on
Fig. 3B Sheet 4.

page_text: On Sheet 3 of the drawings Fig. 1A is a general view of the lower part or leg
of Fig. 1, showing the arrangement of the levers for obtaining the motions from
the chain.
On Sheet 4 of the drawings Fig. 34 is a side view of Fig. 14, showing the lower
part of Fig. 3 to illustrate the way in which the chain is carried in the front
bottom rail of the machine. Fig. 3B is a detached sectional view of the front
bottom rail and carriage for the chain.
On Sheet 5 of the drawings, Fig. is a section and Fig. 6 a plan of the cam
box, showing the arrangement for putting in the slack course; Fig. 7 is an end
view, Fig. 8 an elevation, and Fig. 9 a plan of the bed of the machine drawn to
a smaller scale showing the general arrangement of the rods for actuating the
above mechanism.
On Sheet 6 of the drawings, Fig. 10 is a side view of the saddle or cross-head T
partly in section, Fig. 11 is a front elevation of part of the above, Fig. 12 shews,
in side view, end view, and plan, the slide and spring for the same Fig. 13 shews a
front view of the levers F and G, Fig. 14 is a detached elevation of the catch for
the back yarn carrier rod and Fig. 15 an elevation of the adjustable stop A° for
the transfer carriage A.
On Sheet 7 of the drawings, Fig. 16 is an end view of the saddle or cross-head T,
which moves or slides on the rods T¹ as usual, Fig. 17 shews in plan and elevation
the front slide block V and attachment to the front yarn carrier rod V+, and Fig. 18
is an elevation of the back slide block », and rod vt.
On Sheet 8 of the drawings Fig. 19 is a plan of the saddle or cross-head T
showing the manner in which the cam box rods H and H' with the lock shooting
rods and I are attached thereto, a transverse section of the said rods H H' I, I,
being shewn on the left hand side of this fig. Fig. 20 shews the back cam rod
end and the catch for same, for setting up the needles, Fig. 20 is an end view of
the back cam rod, and Fig. 194 is a section continued iu plan of the plate U
having an extension or continuation U¹, u¹ of the slides for the blocks V, v (see
also Figs. 17 and 18 Sheet 7) with a plan of the stops N° and A° (Fig. 15
Sheet 6).
This plate U extends over the whole length of the guide rods T¹ one end being
fixed to the beam as shewn on Figs. 1 and 3 and the other end carried on the
outer support of the guide rods T The plate U is slotted as shewn Fig. 16 for
the catches of the yarn carrier rods to slide in the slots.
On Sheet 9 Fig. 21 is a cross view of the upper part of the machine in front of
the middle leg or support and on Sheet 10 Fig. 22 is a similar view of the lower
part thereof showing the manner in which the V slides a¹ and 6' are carried on the
bottom cross rail of the said leg.
On Sheet 11 Fig. 23 is a front view of Fig. 21 and on Sheet 12 Figs. 24 and 25
are part plans shewing the levers or fingers c, c, d, d', on the right and left
(respectively) of the centre line Z, Z on Fig. 26 which is a front view of Fig. 22
Sheet 10.
For the purposes of my invention I make use of a chain A' carrying nogs, or a
jacquard, of a length corresponding to that of the garment or fabric to be knitted,
that is, with a link for every double course, or in the case of a fabric or garment
requiring to be widened with a link for every single course, instead of employing
the usual short chain which is started and stopped by the knitter as required.
This chain A' is or may be carried inside the front bottom rail A+ of the machine
(see Sheet 4) by a movable or adjustable carriage A' shewn detached at Figs. 38
and 3° to suit the different lengths of chain used.
Referring to Sheets 3 and 4 of the drawings it will be seen that the chain A¹
from which the whole of the movements are made, is moved one link for every
round of the knitting or row of loops by the lever 1 and ratchet wheel 18, the chain
having four series or rows of stops (Fig. 3^) corresponding to the four levers 3, 3,
3b, and 3, (Fig. 1). The levers 3 and 3, are coupled to the levers 4 and 4 by
the bolts 5 and 5ª. These levers are all loose on the spindle or shaft 6, except the

page_text: Jever 3ª, which is fastened as shown and operates the narrowing or fashioning
mechanism through the lever 7 and rod 7, in the usual manner.
In the first place in order to put in a slack course that is, to knit a course of long
loops or stitches which are required a few courses from the end of each fabric or
part of a garment, for the easier joining or looping together of the different parts
of the fabric or garment, the locks in each separate cam have at present to be moved
and fixed by the knitter to a lower point thus forming a longer loop, after which it
is necessary to replace them (also by hand) at the original tension, and this operation
in a four or six head machine takes a considerable time.
I accordingly propose to effect the same automatically and by the following
means.
The top cam plate L, to which the bottom plate L+ and locks L₁ are attached,
is fitted end ways in the cam box, but instead of being fixed or fastened in one
position it is free to slide up and down in the box upon the studs L. On the
bottom edge of the said box and just inside the cam box rail K+, a stud L³ is fixed,
on which is placed a small bell crank lever or cam 9, the lower end 9 of which
moves freely above the said rail K+.
This cam 9 is provided with an adjustable segment 11 which acts against the pin
or stud L* fixed in the top cam plate L.
A rod K is let into the top side of the rail K+ and runs the whole length of the
machine, and upon this rod is fixed a pin K2 governing a stop 8 pivotted to a stop 8"
fixed to the rail K+ (see Figs. 5 and 6), the stop 8 being provided or formed with a
projection 8b.
This rod K is actuated through the bell crank lever C connecting rod J and
levers 4 and 3 by the stop 2 on the chain A¹ or jacquard above named (see Figs. 1,
14, 5 and 6) so that at the required moment the said rod K is moved endways and
the pin K2 thereon brings the part 8b of the stop 8 into such a position shewn dotted
on Fig. 6 that the end 9ª of the aforesaid bell crank lever or cam 9 on the cam box
comes into contact therewith, and is moved thereby past the spring bolt 10 into the
dotted position, and thus as there is a stop similar to the stop 8 at the forward end
of the stroke of each cam box the whole of the cams or locks on the front of the
machine, are caused to move down simultaneously, the action of the top cam plate L
being limited by an adjustable stop 11".
A second stop similar to 8ª is fixed on the cam box rail K+ at the other end of
the stroke of the cam-box shewn, and the part 9" of the bell crank lever or cam 9
catching against this fixed stop at the end of the return course, moves the cams or
locks back to their original position; the stop 8" will actuate the bell crank lever
of the cam box next on the right hand side of that shewn.
The back & front cam hox rails K+ are each provided with similar rods K, K¹
and the latter are connected together by a lever a (see Sheet 5) so that they work
together, and the whole of the cams or locks on every head of the machine no
matter how many such heads there may be, are altered simultaneously.
The lever is attached to the rod J' by which the friction clutch is released and
the machine stopped at the finishing of the garment or fabric by a stop placed in
the required position on the chain A' for that purpose.
The lever 3 is coupled to 4 which is solid with the sleeve or barrel 4° and the
lever 4° to which the rod J is attached. The lever 3º, being lifted by another
stop suitably situated on the chain A', at the required time, draws down the rod J'
together with the U-shaped lever M (Fig. 3) fastened to the spindle or shaft 6ª, the
boss of which is halved or shouldered (Figs. 10 and 13) into the boss of lever F
(which is loose on the said spindle) and thus placed in position shown by the dotted
line F (Fig. 10). The advancement of the saddle or cross head from F2 to F³
(Fig. 10) causes the pin or stud on the side of the catch N to enter the fork in the
lever F as shown at F, thus lifting the said catch, behind the cotter O in the
transfer slide A.
The catch N being loose on the spindle or shaft 6b and the boss being halved or
shouldered into the collar or boss P as shown at F³ the latter being fast causes the

page_text: -spindle or shaft 6 to partly revolve thus taking the catch N¹ out of action with the
spring catch V2 of slide block V (Fig. 17) to which the front yarn carrier rod V+
is attached, and putting the catch N2 (also shewn detached on Fig. 14) into action
with the catch 2 on the back yarn carrier rod vt and so laying in the loose thread.
The boss of the catch N¹ has on its outer end (see Fig. 16) the arm N³, N (the
part N being provided with a stud and bowl as shewn at Fig. 11) the latter in
contact with the V shaped projection on the slide or spring belt Q (shewn detache
at Fig. 12) moving in a groove in the cross-head T and provided with a spring Q+
between the stop shewn on the slide Q and the stop Q++ driven into the cross-head.
The arm N³ has also attached to it the links Q and Q2 (see Fig. 11, Sheet 6).
Q' being coupled to the catch N° on the front lock shooting rod and Q2 to the
catch No on the spindle or shaft 6. Now the motion of the spindle or shaft (b
causes the bowl on the end of the arm N³ to be pushed past the V shaped
projection on the slide Q and be held thereby in the position shown by the
dotted line Figs. 10 and 11 Sheet 6, thus deflecting the catch N³ from contact
with the stop 2ª (Sheets 1 and 2) and leaving the cams or locks in action, thus
knitting a cross stitch or loop with a loose thread in the back yarn carrier, as
described under the third head of my Provisional Specification. At the same tinie
the link Q2 lifts up the catch N on the spindle or shaft 6 and with it the
catch N and these falling into the notches shown on the cam rods R and R' draw
them ont and thus set up the needles that have been narrowed out of action, as
described under the second head of my Provisional Specification. The catch N
also by this movement takes hold of the cotter O in the transfer slide, and
the edge of the lever F at Fa sliding under the stud G on the lever G and by
moving up to the position shown by the dotted line in Fig. 3 and Fig. 10 lifts the
pawls S in the box S out of the racks in the transfer slide.
The return motion of the saddle or cross-head draws back the transfer slide, until,
the incline on the catch N at Na coming against the adjustable stop at Nb, the
catch N is released and the further movement of the saddle or cross-bead brings
the bowl on the end of the arm N₁ over the adjustable incline T+ (Figs. 3 and 4
Sheet 2) thereby reversing the catches N1, N2, N3, N° and No, and thus again
starting the front yarn carriers and leaving stationary the back yarn carrier, and
also alternating the lock shooting rods as before.
The block V to which is attached the front yarn carrier rod V+ is released from
the catch N' by the block Vs, which is attached to the narrowing slide A by the
rod shown in section on Sheet 7 at V. The front lock shooting rod I is reversed
by the block or projection Nba coming in contact with the stop 2 which may be
reversed or moved out of action by the handle 2.
The back lock shooting rod I¹ is reversed by the catch N' (Figs. 16 and 19)
coming in contact with the stop 28 Fig. 1.
The catch N' is movable out of action as shown so that the back cams or locks
may be left up or down as required.
The taking up roller or drums as at present arranged are all fixed on one shaft or
axle, to which the required weight is attached, thus drawing or taking up the fabric
from the needles, and making it necessary after a certain length has been knitted,
to unwind the same from the rollers to cast off the stitches or loops from the needles
and to set up or recommence another set of loops. This loss of time I propose to
avoid by making a separate set of taking up rollers Y, Z, see Fig. 1A, for each
head, so that the fabric may come through continuously, the said rollers YZ being
operated by a rod D (see Fig. 1 Sheet 1) let into and inside the bed, the end of
which rod is attached directly to the cross head, and by suitable catches as here-
after described moving the taking up rollers at either or both ends of the stroke or
course.
The rod D is carried the whole length of the bed and coupled to the saddle or
cross-head as shown, having cams or blocks (Fig. 2 Sheet 1) as required, the
lever X (through the link Y) moving the lever X. The ratchet wheel Y+ on the
end of the roller Y¹ (Fig. 14 Sheet 3) may be revolved by a weight or spring (not

page_text: shewn) on the end of lever X, this lever being lifted at every stroke of the machine.
by the rod D and cam D'. The weight is taken off during the narrowing proces;
by the pawl Y and ratchet wheel Y, the detent or catch Y³ being taken out by
the incline on the rod J³ as shown, and the rod or link J³ being drawn down by
the cam on the narrowing shaft in the usual manner, bringing the pawl Y below the
lower edge of a fixed shield Y4 and into gear with the wheel Y. This mechanism
for actuating the taking up roller may be attached to every head of a 4 head
machine, or in a 6 or 10 head-machine the rollers Y' may be coupled in two or more.
sets as desired.
Lastly the cams as at present arranged are fixed at the outer end of the
machine; and in a four head machine of twenty-eight inch or thirty inch bed, thit
is a machine of sixteen or seventeen feet long, the twisting of the shafts or ro !s.
carrying the fashioning mechanism which are one inch and five eighths of an in.:h
diameter respectively is in a fine gange machine so variable, as to make the action
very uncertain. To obviate this I propose to place a double set of these cams, as
near as the legs or stands of the machine will allow equi-distant from the ends and
the middle, or a single set near to the central leg, thus dividing the length into.
three or two parts, and I move these shafts or rods exactly as they are now moved,.
by means of the following arrangement of levers, thus doing away entirely with the
twisting above mentioned.
L
The slides a are coupled to the levers a² and 3 by the rods or links a³ and (³.
and actuated by the rotating cams a' and in the usual manner, the fingers or
levers ce'd and d¹ resting on the said slides and being held by the links e e¹fandj
attached to the fixed centres e² e3f2 and 3 as shewn. The fingers or levers c and el
being coupled to the levers 7 and g' and the rocking shafts and by the rols or
links i and, instead of being carried directly on the ends of the rocking shafts or
rods and has before, the same applies to the fingers or levers d and d which are
coupled to the arms and by the rods I and A.
The action of the cam a and V-slide a is transmitted to the rocking shafts
and and so to the needle slides by the rods 2 and 3 and the levers m and m¹
which are attached to the rocking shafts hand. The action of the cam 6 and
V-slide is transmitted to the brackets or levers n and n' and the rocking shafts or
rods o and o' (on which the slides for the covering needles or narrowing points are
carried) by the rods o' and o³. The rods and o³ may be set or cranked edgeways-
to clear the boss of levers a² and b².
This arrangement acts substantially in the same manner as when the fingers c c¹
d and d' are carried directly on the ends of the rocking shafts or rods ho and o¹
but avoiding the twisting or torsion of the said shafts and giving a more certain and
definite action both to the needle slides and covering needles or points, enabling
both to be set with more accuracy and avoiding the necessity of resetting.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination of a top cam plate, to which the bottom plate and locks are
attached, being capable of sliding into two positions in the cam box, with a bell
crank lever, cam or equivalent device on the said cam box moved as desired from a
chain or jacquard substantially as and for the purposes herein before set forth.
2. The combination with the saddle or cross head of catches carried thereby and
moved by suitable connections with a chain or jacquard in order to lay in a loose
thread at the end of a garment or fabric with a cross stitch or loop substantially as
and for the purposes herein before set forth.
3. The combination with the saddle or cross head of catches carried thereby and
moved automatically by a chain or jacquard to draw back the transfer carriage or
slide in order to recommence the narrowing process substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the drawings annexed.
4. The combination with the saddle or cross head of catches carried thereby and

page_text: moved automatically by a chain or jacquard to draw out the cam rods for setting up
the needles narrowed out of action substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore.
set forth.
5. The mechanism substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
annexed drawings for enabling the same chain or jacquard to perform the functions
herein before described in the four preceding claims.
6. An arrangement of mechanism carried on the saddle or cross head, and
operated from one stop on the same chain as used for the narrowing apparatus, 1,
for automatically reversing the yarn carrier rods (i.e., leaving the one laying
the knitting yarn and taking hold of or carrying forward the rod laying in a loose
or parting thread) 2, for drawing back the carriage or slide used for transferring
the loops or stitches from needle to needle in the narrowing process, to its original
position, 3, reversing or taking out of action the stop for the front cams or locks so
that they are left down, thereby making a row of crossed loops or stitches, with the
loose thread, 4, drawing out the cam rods for setting up the needles, so that the
fabric may be made the same width as at the beginning.
7. The plate or cover U, carried over the whole length of the guide rods for
the saddle or cross head, and so shaped on the upper surface as to form a continu-
ation of the guide for the yarn carrier rods and blocks, and arranged to carry the
stops and catches for the said yarn carrier rods and the lock shooting rods
substantially as and for the purposes herein before described.
8. A rod coupled directly to the saddle or cross-head or other reciprocating part
of the machine to which may be affixed as many cams or blocks, as there are heads
on the machine whereby motion is given by ratchets and catches to a pair of taking
up rollers between which the fabric is drawn substantially as herein before described
and illustrated.
9. Placing the V cams at the centre of the machine or equidistant from each
other and the ends thereof and actuating the fashioning mechanism substantially as
and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
Dated this 7th day of December 1894.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.