Improvements in the Style and Manufacture of Knitted Shirts, Vests, Drawers, Pants, Combinations, and the like, and in Apparatus therefor.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application; 10th Nov.; 1891
Complete Specification Left, 10th Aug., 1892-Accepted, 15th Oct.; 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Style and Manufacture of Knitted Shirts,
Vests, Drawers, Pants, Combinations, and the like, and in
Apparatus therefor.
We JOHN STAFFORD ANDERSON, Knighton Drive, Leicester THOMAS
KINGHAM CATCH POOL, The Fosse, Leicester trading as Anderson Son & Co.
90 Rutland Street Leicester and JOHN WILLIAM WATTS, Hosiery Factory
Manager, Countesthorpe all in the County of Leicester do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the style and manufacture of shirts,
vests, drawers, pants, combinations and the like that are made upon circular and
other knitting machines and to improvements in apparatus therefor.
The first part of our invention applies to the style or fashion of and the method
of making or producing both ribbed and plain shirts, vests, drawers, pants com-
binations and the like upon either latch, or bearded needle machines and consists
of the following improvements viz.
We strengthen the elbows of shirts, vests, combinations, and the like: the seats
and knees of drawers, pants combination and the like by adding a splicing thread
to the ordinary thread when knitting the aforementioned parts, or instead of the
splicing we may use a stouter thread for knitting those parts of the garments than
is used when knitting the other portions. In making circular drawers, pants, com-
binations and the like we preferably splice the garment all round the seat i.e. the
splicing is run into the machine in one continuous thread instead of being broken
or cut off at one part of the circle. For certain classes of yarns we preferably
make the loops longer when knitting the thickened seats which enlarges that part.
of the garment as well as strengthens it.
We may also run in a continuous thread into the elbows and knees of any of:
the aforementioned garments when made on circular machines but we preferably
use the ordinary splicing tackle when making selvedged goods.
The second part of our invention relates to circular knitting machines and con-
sists in improved devices for measuring the work and signalling or stopping the
machine automatically by the same motive power as drives the machine. Also in.
an apparatus for rapidly putting the stitch cams (in latch needle machines) or loop.
wheels (in bearded needle machines) in two definite positions, one for making the
longer loops when knitting the elbows, seats and knees when it is desired to enlarge
the fabric at these parts, and the other for knitting the shorter ones when making.
the other parts of the aforementioned garments.
The machines for making any of the aforementioned garments may have one or
more feeders to each head or division. In any case whether the machine is of the
ribbed or plain latch or bearded needle classes, we attach to each stitch cam or
bracket a lever that can be readily turned into two definite positions, one for.
making the long loops and the other for producing the shorter ones.
In this class
of machines we preferably carry the work in an upward direction by the well
known method of chain or cord running over two pulleys depending from the roof
or other suitable brackets supported above the machine. This arrangement is
applicable to all circular knitting machines whether the needle cylinder revolves or
is stationary.
We use a similar arrangement for automatically measuring the fabric and giving
a signal or automatically stopping the machines as is described in J. W. Watts
previous Specifications No. 8061 A.D. 1888. But instead of fitting the rods chain
or bell underneath the machine as described in the aforementioned Specifications

page_text: we fit them either above or at the back of the machine. In that class of machines
where the fabric is wound on a roller as it leaves the machine we use a ratchet
wheel and pawl arrangement and an endless chain fitted with studs to give the
signal or stop the machine.
Dated this 9th day of November 1891.
JOHN STAFFORD ANDERSON,
THOMAS K. CATCHPOOL,
Trading as Anderson, Son & Co.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Style and Manufacture of Knitted Shirts,
Vests, Drawers, Pants, Combinations, and the like, and in
Apparatus therefor.
We JOHN STAFFORD ANDERSON Knighton Drive, THOMAS KINGHAM
CATCHPOOL, The Fosse Leicester, trading as Anderson Son & Co. 90 Rutland
Street Leicester, and JOHN WILLIAM WATTS Hosiery Factory Manager
Countesthorpe all in the County of Leicester 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 style and manufacture of shirts,
vests, drawers, pants, combinations, bodices, and the like, that are made upon
circular rotary and other knitting machines and in improvements in apparatus
therefor.
The first part of our invention applies to the style or fashion of and the method
of making or producing both ribbed and plain shirts, vests, drawers, pants, com-
binations and such like articles of apparel upon either latch or bearded needle
machines, whether of circular or rotary type and consists of the following
improvements viz. :-
We strengthen the elbows of shirts, vests, combinations, and such like articles
and the seats and knees of drawers, pants, combinations and the like by adding
one or more splicing threads to the ordinary thread when knitting the afore-
mentioned parts, or instead of adding splicing threads we may use a stouter thread
for knitting those parts of the garments than is used in knitting the other portions.
In making drawers, pants, combinations, and the like upon circular machines we
preferably splice the garments all round the seat, i.e. the splicing threads are run
into the machine in one continuous thread instead of being broken or cut off at
one part of the circle. In working certain classes of yarns we preferably make
the loops longer when knitting the thickened seats which enlarges that. part of the
garment as well as strengthens it.
We may also run in continuous splicing threads at the elbows and knees or use
a thicker thread & make the loops longer &c. at those parts of any of the afore-
mentioned garments when made upon circular machines.
In applying our improvements to the manufacture of selvedged goods which are
made upon rotary or flat frames, such as those known as the "Cottons," the
"Rotary Jack and Sinkers Frames," and the "Rothwell" & the like we use a
splicing thread (in addition to the ordinary one) and only splice the fabric part of
the way round at the elbows and knees, the front part of the sleeves and the back
part of the knees being unspliced.
In the accompanying drawings the shaded portions of the figures show where
the splicings are added or the thicker thread worked into the garments except in
Figs. 9 & 10 which show a 1/1 pattern rib skirt at the bottom of the shirt which is
not intended to represent it as being spliced.

page_text: Fig. 1. is a front view of a combination garment made upon a circular machine.
Fig. 2. is a back view of the same.
Fig. 3. is a combination garment made upon a "Cottons" or other selvedging
machine.
Fig. 4 is a back view of the same.
Fig. 5. is a front view of a pair of pants made upon a circular machine.
Fig. 6 is a back view of the same.
Fig. 7. is a front view of a pair of selvedged pants made on a
other rotary frames.
Fig. 8 is a back view of the same.
"Cottons
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Cottons"
or
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Fig. 9. represents a front view of a shirt or vest or bodice &c. having fashioned
or shapable sleeves made upon
or other rotary frame.
Fig. 10 is a back view of the same.
Fig. 11. is a front view of so much of a "Cottons" frame as is necessary to
illustrate our improvements for splicing elbows seats and knees upon that and
other kinds of rotary selvedgeing machines.
Fig. 12. is a side view of the same.
Fig. 13. is a front elevation of our improved measuring and stopping apparatus
applied to as much of a circular machine as is necessary to illustrate our
invention.
Fig. 14. is a plan thereof and
Fig. 15. is a side elevation of the same apparatus.
Fig. 16. is a longitudinal vertical section of a loop wheel bracket with our
improvements added for rapidly shifting the loop wheel into two definite positions
one for making the longer loops when the splicing is added or when a thicker
yarn is being worked into the elbows, seats, and knees and the other for making
the shorter loops in the other parts of the garments.
Fig. 17. is a plan of the same.
Again reverting to the drawings it will be seen in Figs. 1, 2, 5 & 6 that the
splicing passes all round the sleeves, seats & knees.
We do not confine ourselves to splicing or thickening all the parts in any
particular garment as shown in the drawings. We may only splice or thicken
one such part, viz. the elbows of combinations or, the seats of pants &c. leaving the
other parts of the garment unspliced or vice versa.
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Figs. 3, 4, 7 & 8 are selvedged garments made upon a "Cottons" or other
rotary or flat frames, the elbows, seats, and knees, being only spliced part way
round i.e. the front of the sleeve at the elbow the hips and the back of the knees are
not spliced.
Figs. 9 and 10 show a selvedged shirt having fashioned or shapeable sleeves
made upon a
"Cottons" or other rotary or flat frame. The front part of the
sleeves at the elbows are not spliced.
The foregoing will sufficiently describe our improvements in the style or fashion
of the articles themselves.
With regard to apparatus for making the foregoing articles we will first give a
brief description of the ordinary splicing apparatus that is used for splicing the
seats of pants in a "Cottons" or other rotary selvedging frame and afterwards
show how we apply our improvements to the said apparatus, reference being made
to Figs. 11 and 12. A portion of the knitting needles in one division of the
machine is shown at A Figs. 11, 12. A' & A2 are splicing carrier needles that
are attached to the two sliding rods A³ & A. These rods slide longitudinally in
the usual bearings they are moved in each direction by the main carrier bar, to
this bar is fixed a friction clutch that grips the two rods with sufficient force to
move them along with the bar until their movement is arrested by a stop lug
located at each end of the frame. The carrier needle A' is attached to the
rod A3 and the needle A² to the rod A. A' is a stationary arm or bracket into
which is fitted the stop lug A. When the rods are moved from left to right their
motion is arrested by the outer end of the rod A* striking against the front of the

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stop lug A and when they are moved from right to left they are arrested by the
left end of the rod A³ striking against a similar stop lug on the left side of
the machine. The distance that the splicing carrier needles travel when splicing
the seats of pants is about one third of the total width of the needles in each
division. The carrier needles are fixed to the rods so that one of them is at one of
the selvedges at each course that the machine knits. For instance when the rods
have been travelling from the left side to the right they will be stopped by the
lug A the carrier needle A² will be at the selvedge on the right and the needle A'
will be about one third the width of the division from the left selvedge, at the next
course the rods will be at the opposite end, and the needle A¹ will be at the left
selvedge while the needle A² will be about one third the distance away from the
right side selvedge.
The foregoing is a brief description of the ordinary splicing tackle for splicing
seats in the "Cottons or other rotary selvedging frame.
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We will now describe how we apply our improvements to the said apparatus by
which we are enabled to splice elbows and knees as well as the seats of the afore-
mentioned rotary made garments and yet only require one pair of carrier needles
to each division of the frame.
In the inner face of the stationary bracket A' we form a vertical recess A' into
which we fit the plate A that is made vertically adjustable in two positions as
shown in Figs. 11 & 12. The plate is movably clamped between the spring
washer A and the inner face of the recess by the screw pin A10. In the lower end
of the plate is tapped the adjustable stop pin A and to the upper end is fitted the
handle A for vertically moving the said plate. Upon each rod A³ & A is
rigidly attached a braket one of which is shown at A" fitted to the sliding rod A.
Into this bracket is tapped the adjustable screw A¹² made rigid by the lock
nut A¹³.
When splicing the seats of pants and other garments the plates A8 at each end
of the machine are in their lower positions and the longitudinal movement of the
rods A3 and A is arrested by the ends of the same striking against the front of
the stops As in a similar manner to that previously described. But when splicing
the elbows or knees we raise the plate A so that the fore ends of the rods can pass
underneath it their longitudinal movement not being arrested until the head of the
adjustable screw A12 strikes the front of the elevated stop lug A. The adjustable
screw A2 and A1 are for regulating the distance the rods travel. When making
.spliced elbows or knees we only have the splicing working through one of the
carrier needles at one time, the said carrier feeding the splicing to one half of the
needles that are at work in each division. In splicing the elbows of sleeves (if we
begin at the cuff) for the right arm the splicing is fed to the needles by the
carrier that travels from the right selvedge to the centre of the division, while the
sleeves for the left arms are spliced by the carrier that works from the left selvedge
to the centre. In splicing the knees of pants &c. (if we begin to make the pants
at the ankle) the right knee is spliced by the carrier that feeds the needles on the
left side of the division, and the left knees by the carrier working on the opposite
side.
The next part of this invention relates to devices for automatically measuring the
length of fabric as it is being knitted and for automatically giving a signal or
causing the machine to cease knitting when the desired length of fabric is
produced.
Our improvements relate to knitting machines in general, being applicable to all
machines where the motive power of a weight is used or can be applied to each
division, or head of the machine, for preventing the loops rising up the stems of
the needles when knitting is being.done.
The said improvements mainly consist in arranging the fabric weight in such a
manner with regard to certain levers and cams that the movement of the fabric
weight may directly or indirectly cause such levers to assume such positions that
the motive machinery may cause a signal to be given, or may cause itself to be put

page_text: out of gear, with the knitting machinery, or in any other way may cause the action
of the knitting machine to cease, or may simultaneously perform both said
functions.
To simplify the explanation of our invention we will show our improvements
applied to a one feeder circular loop wheel frame of the ordinary run up type i.e.
the fabric is drawn away from the needles in an upward direction by the well known
cord and pulley arrangement.
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Figs. 13, 14, & 15 represents so much of the circular machine as is necessary to
illustrate this part of our invention.
Fig. 13 is a front elevation with the head added and Fig. 14. is a plan with the
head removed.
Fig. 15. is a side elevation of the same.
At the back of the machine are fitted two vertical rods or pipes B and B¹
(preferably the latter when long lengths of fabric have to be knitted) their upper
ends fit into holes in the bearing plate B2 and their lower ends into holes in the
plate B attached to the floor or to other suitable brakets.
The rod B is rigidly attached to the bearing plates. Upon this rod slides the
tube B which may be made integral with the fabric weight B. The outer
edge Be of the fabric weight is bevelled as shown in Figs. 13 & 15 leaving the
upper outer edge level with the upper surface of the weight. To one side of the
weight is fastened a pully cord B' the said cord passing over the two overhead
pulleys B & B the other end of the cord being attached to the swivel B10 whose
pendant hooks penetrate the fabric B". Parallel with rod B is the other rod B
whose ends are journalled into the plates B2 and B3 so that it may have a revolving
or rocking motion. Sliding upon the rocking rod B₁ are the measuring rod
brakets B2 which are vertically adjustable, and held in any desired position by
the thumb screws B¹³. To the side of each bracket is pivoted the inner end of a
measuring rod B the outer end standing out horizontally and free to rise in a
vertical plane guided and supported by the sides of the slot B. The brackets B12
are adjusted on the rod in such a manner with regard to the fabric weight B that
the latter cannot descend past the measuring rods without turning them aside.
On the
While the machine is knitting, the rods lie at the bottom of the slot B15 but
in drawing up the fabric weight its upper surface strikes the under side of the rods
and so raises them until their outer ends are out of the vertical line travelled by
the weight, when the weight has passed the outer ends of the rods they again fall
to the bottom of the slots. There is also another bracket B16 attached to the
rocking rod that is similarly constructed to B12. To this bracket is pivoted the
inner end of the cam lever B" so that its outer end can move in a vertical plane,
this lever reaches from the bracket B1 to the front of the machine. To that
portion of the lever that lies over the driving shaft B18 we fit a cam B whose
lower edge lies slightly above the said shaft and is at right angles to it.
driving shaft we fix a thick collar B20 which has one or more cams B" projecting
out horizontally from its end next the cam lever B" the collar is fixed upon the
shaft so that when the machine is knitting the cam (or cams) B21 revolves clear of
the cam B, but as soon as the bevelled edge of the descending fabric weight
reaches one of the measuring rods, the said rod is turned aside thereby turning the
rocking rod B' as well as the lever B" and causing the cam B" to shift from its
position over the level surface of the revolving shaft until it lies in the path of the
revolving cam B21 this cam at the next revolution of the shaft raises the cam
lever B and so either signals to the operator or liberates the catch device as
hereafter described. To the ordinary hand lever B" we apply a spiral or other
suitable spring B23 which always puts the said lever into its position for stopping
the machine unless it is held in its working position by hand or by the catch
device. This catch device may be constructed in various ways one of which we
show in Figs. 13 & 14. To the bed plate of the machine is fitted a stationary
rail B24 for the catch pin B2 to slide on. It has two recesses formed in its upper
edge as shown in Fig. 13, B2 is a detent recess for holding the said catch pin when

page_text: the machine is working and B7 an inclined recess for the said pin to lie in when
the hand lever is in its resting position. The inner end of the catch lever B28 is
pivoted to the hand lever B2, this lever B28 has pendent sides B329 through which
passes the catch pin B2 in a horizontal direction. When the hand lever is moved
latterally the catch lever moves with it, the pin B25 sliding on the upper edge of
the rail guided by the pendent sides of the lever B28. The outer or trigger
end B³ is shaped as shown in Fig. 13 so that the outer end of the cam lever B
can pass freely under it when it is moved latterally by the descending fabric
weight, by the time the end of the lever gets under the trigger as shown by dotted
line B2 Fig. 14, the cam B1 will be close up to the cams B2. The next revolution
or part revolution of the shaft brings one of the cams B21 under the cam B¹
whereby the latter and the lever B are raised to their higher positions, simul-
taneously with the raising of the lever B" is the raising of the outer or trigger end
of the catch lever B this latter is raised until its catch pin B25 is slightly above
or level with the shoulder or detent B33 when instantly the spring B2 draws the
hand lever into its stopping position and the motion of the machine is arrested.
As soon as the revolving cam B" has raised the cam B1 to its highest position the
lower edge of the latter passes on to the outer surface of the revolving collar B
which position it maintains so long as the bevelled edge of the weight remains in
contact with the rod B14. When the machine is again ready for starting, the hand
lever is moved into its working position, the outer or trigger end B³ of the catch
lever passes under the elevated lever B", the catch pin again falling into the
recess B, the machine then commences work and the bevelled part of the weight
gradually passes below the measuring rod. As soon as this takes place a light
spring B draws back the cam lever as well as the rocking rod to the positions
they occupied before the fabric weight reached the measuring rod simultaneously
the cam B falls over the end of the collar B20 into its lower position the outer
end of the cam lever resting below the outer end of the catch lever in readiness for
again passing under it when the bevelled edge of the weight reaches the next
measuring rod. A handle B is attached to the catch lever for raising it by
hand and so stopping the machine at any desired time in case of empty bobbins
broken needles &c.
We have only shown our automatic measuring and stopping apparatus as applied
to a circular wheel frame but it is obvious that we can apply the same to all kinds
of machines in which the fabric is drawn from the needles in an upward direction
by the cord and pulley or chain and pulley arrangements.
Another part of this invention relates to improvements in apparatus for rapidly
putting the stitch cams (in latch needle machines) or the loop wheels (in bearded
needle machines) into two definite positions one for making longer loops whereby
we are enabled to add a splicing thread to the ordinary one or to use a stouter one
when knitting knees of stockings or the elbows, seats & knees of any of the afore-
mentioned circular machine made garments thereby strengthening and enlarging
the fabric at those parts. And the other position is for making the shorter loops
when knitting the other parts of the said garments.
In Fig. 15 we show a loop wheel bracket C attached to the larger bracket C'.
Fig. 16 is a longitudinal vertical section of the said bracket and Fig. 17 is a plan
thereof.
The upper horizontal portion of the bracket C is tubular C2, into which is fitted
the bearing pin C³, inside the tube and surrounding the bearing pin is the spiral
spring C compressed between the shoulder C³ of the pin and the inner shoulder
of the socket Co. The outer end of the bearing pin is tapped and fitted with a
thumb nut C this nut has nicks C8 cut equidistant around its periphery. A
small spring C whose base is attached to the bracket C fits into the nicks for
keeping the said nut stationary while the machine is working. The loop wheel C¹º
fits between the jaws C & C and revolves on the axle pin C¹³. The spiral
spring C is of sufficient strength to always hold the loop wheel rigidly and
steadily forward when it is knitting its longest loops. The foregoing being a

page_text: description of the ordinary loop wheel bracket. We will now give a description
of our improvements for altering the loop wheel into the two positions before
mentioned.
Instead of the back face C4 of the bracket C being parallel with the front end
or face C of the thumb nut C' we form a circular recess in the centre of the
face C we also form another_recess or bay C" in the prominent edge that
surrounds the circular recess. The recess or bay C" is formed at the top of the
back face as seen in Fig. 17. We fit a lever washer C that is impinged between
the back face C" of the bracket C and the front end of the thumb nut C' Figs. 16,
17, 18. The latter fig. being a front view of the said lever washer. Its disc C18
is a trifle smaller in diameter than the circular recess. The lever C¹ fits closely
in the bay when the disc is in the central recess and the handle C₁ of the lever is
straight up as shown in Figs. 16 & 17. The hole C20 is for the screw end of the
bearing pin to pass through. It will thus be seen that when the handle stands
up vertically, the lever arm C is in the bay C" which allows the spring to force
the bearing pin and the loop wheel to their innermost positions, consequently the
loop wheel is then in the position for knitting its longest loops. On moving the
handle vertically in either direction the arm C" moves on to the prominent
edge C" whereby the thumb nut, the bearing pin and the loop wheel are forced
backward to their outmost positions which are the right ones for making the
smallest loops. The dotted lines in Figs 16 and 17 show where the bearing pin,
and loop wheel are drawn back to when the lever is turned out of the vertical
position so that its arm C19 is turned out of the bay C". Instead of the recess and
bay in C we may gradually incline the said back face of the bracket so that we
can better regulate the amount of motion that is given to the loop wheel and
bearing pin i.e. one side of the face C is set back nearer the axis of the machine
than the other so that when the lever handle C20 is turned to the bottom of the
incline, the bearing pin and the loop wheel are in their innermost positions and as
the lever arm is brought towards the other side of the bracket the loop wheel &c.
are gradually drawn back to their outermost positions. Instead of using the
aforesaid lever we can accomplish similar results by using a wedge shaped lever
that passes between the back face of the bracket C and the front end of the
thumb nut C. Or we may clamp a lever to the thumb nut and by turning the
outer end of the lever, the screw thread moves the loop wheel inwardly or
outwardly according to the way it is turned.
We only have one set of wheels in sinall circular heads like that shown in
Fig. 15, and so only require one loop wheel to the head, but in large heads there
may be and often are six or more sets of wheels to each head consequently there
are six or more loop wheels each one being fitted with our improvements for
rapidly changing the loop wheel into two definite positions. When the diameter
of the head is too large to successfully use the pulley wheel and cord arrangement
for drawing up the work from the needles, an automatic winding up tackle is used
for the purpose. And for measuring the length of fabric we use a ratchet wheel
and pawl arrangement and an endless chain fitted with studs to give a signal or
stop the machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is.
1. Garments spliced or thickened and enlarged at the elbows in the sleeves made
upon circular machines.
2. Garments spliced or thickened and enlarged at the seats made upon circular
machines.
3. Garments spliced or thickened and enlarged at the knees made upon circular
machines.
4. Garments spliced automatically at the elbows in the sleeves and made upon
a "Cottons" or other rotary, flat or straight bar selvedging machine.

page_text: 5. Garments spliced automatically at the knees made upon a
other rotary flat or straight bar selvedging machine.
"Cottons" or
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6. The combination of automatically spliced elbows or automatically spliced
knees or both with spliced seats in garments made upon a "Cottons
rotary flat or straight bar selvedging machine.
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or other
7. The construction of splicing apparatus in "Cottons" and other rotary flat
and straight bar selvedging frames in such manner that the elbows of shirts, vests,
combinations and the like articles and the seats, and knees of pants, drawers,
combinations and the like can all be made automatically upon one machine and by
one pair of splicing carrier needles to each division.
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or other
8. Movable stopping apparatus located at each end of such "Cottons
straight bar machine as shall be adjustable in two positions one for stopping the
splicing carrier rods when making spliced seats and the other for doing likewise
when making spliced elbows and knees.
9. The combination with the movable stopping plates A³ of the brackets A"
the adjustable screws A12 & A¹ and the outer ends of the sliding rods A3 and A',
substantially as shown and described.
10. In knitting machines where a weight is used for drawing the fabric away
from the needles in an upward direction a construction whereby the motive power
of the descending fabric weight is utilized to cause the motive power that drives
the machine to also stop the machine or cause it to be stopped when the required
length of fabric has been knitted.
11. In kuitting machines the combination of a rod or pipe vertically erected at
the rear of the machine a fabric weight adapted to slide thereon, two overhead
pulleys the cord or chain connection between the fabric weight and the top of the
fabric for the purposes described and shown.
12. The combination with a rod or pipe of a fabric weight designed to slide by
its own gravity thereon and a rocking rod or pipe parallel thereto having
adjustable brackets and levers pivoted thereon adapted to be deflected by the
descent of the said weight.
13. The combination with a rocking rod having adjustable brackets with levers
pivoted thereon of a movable sliding block adapted to deflect said levers in its
descent and thereby cause the machine to be stopped.
14. A collar B on the driving shaft having one or more cams B21 projecting
horizontally from its end for the purpose described and shown.
15. The combination with the rocking rod B' of a cam lever B adapted to be
moved by the rocking of said rod into or from the path of the cam B" and adapted
to be moved by said cam when in the path thereof and to thereupon loosen a
catch whereby the motion of the machine is arrested through being released from
the driving power substantially as described and shown.
16. The slotted bracket B for supporting and guiding the measuring rods B
when they are deflected by the descending fabric weight or when their outer ends
are vertically raised by the said weight ascending substantially as set forth.
17. The construction of bearded needle & other circular knitting machines in
such manner that the fabric can be strengthened and circumferentially enlarged at
any desired portion of the fabric.
18. The combination with a loop wheel bracket of a lever in such manner that
the loop wheel can be rapidly and definitely placed in two positions one for knitting
long loops when making elbows, seats and knees and the other for producing the
shorter ones when making the other portions of the garments.
Dated this 0th day of A noust 1892
J. STAFFORD ANDERSON.
THOMAS K. CATCHPOOL.
JOHN WM. WATTS.