Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1886.
Complete Left, 8th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 11th Jan., 1887.
We HENRY BLACKFORD PAYNE of Boulevard Works, Radford within the Borough
of Nottingham Machinist and WILLIAM CAMPION of 14 Brixton Road Radford within
the same Borough Machinist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows a
Our improvements are applicable to what is commonly known as a Circular Knitting
Machine whereby we are enabled to traverse the Warp threads and drive the Machine
very much faster.
The Machine is constructed as follows:
We mount a vertical shaft upon a suitable standard or standards. This shaft we use
as a means of attaching most parts of the Machine to.
The different circular bands or bars constituting the Machine together with other
parts are arranged on the vertical shaft as follows:-
One or more Guide Bars form the outer circle of the Machine and are fixed upon
suitable frame-work having arms attached which extend to and are threaded upon the
vertical shaft in the most advantageous manner to afford sufficient support to the Guide
Bars. Upon these Arms Brackets are fixed at intervals upon which short Rollers or
Beams are supported and rovolve. Upon these small Beams the silk or other thread
is wound which silk or other threads are carried forward over a rod or bearing, through
the Key points which is provided to prevent the threads cotting and then through the
Guides to supply the Needles. Below the Guide Bar Arms suitable wheels or other
mechanism is fixed to the vertical shaft which comes in contact with the Arms and
cause the Guide Bars to traverse or revolve any distance required in the circle and
where one two or more Guide Bars are used this mechanism can be so worked as to
traverse or revolve the bars in either direction. An up and down motion is also
imparted to the Guide Bars by means of a lifter or lifters carrying trucks which ride
upon Cams or other mechanism giving the necessary motion for that purpose which
causes the threads to wrap on the Needles.
Above the Guide Bar Arms a disc or wheel is mounted upon the vertical shaft which
revolves upon the shaft. Upon this disc or wheel various Cam surfaces are cut either
above or under or both which impart the respective motions to the several moving
parts of the Machine. We would have it understood that we do not strictly confine

page_text: ourselves to the use of this Disc with the Cam surfaces attached in the manner mentioned
as a means of imparting the respective motions to the several moving parts of the
Machine as in some instances we might find it most advantageous to use a revolving
shaft with suitable Cams threaded upon it to give the required motion to the several
moving parts.
Above the dise the Presser Arms are mounted upon the vertical shaft. These Arms
support and work the Presser Band or Blade which presses the beards of the Needles.
An up and down motion is given to the Presser Band or Blade by means of trucks
fastened to the Arms and riding upon the Cam surfaces arranged to give the necessary
motion. Above the Presser Band or Blade Arms the Sinker Bar Arms are mounted
upon the vertical shaft. Upon these Arms the Sinker Band is fixed upon which the
Sinkers are fastened. The Sinkers receive an up and down motion by means of an
Arm or Arms extending from the Sinker Band Arms each of which carries a truck
such truck or trucks riding upon suitable Cam surfaces arranged to give the necessary
up and down motion to the Sinkers.
Above the Sinkers the Needle Jacks are arranged with needles cast upon them.
These Jacks work in a sley or sleys and are suspended at the top by means of a hook
or other mechanism which clasps a wire which is inserted in a circular sley forming a
sley in which the Jacks are arranged and held in their proper position. Upon these
Jacks an inclined arm extends. Upon the top of the vertical shaft a tube is threaded
which carries one two or more blades forming a circle. These blades are so arranged
as to come in contact with the Arms of the Jacks referred to. Upon the end of the
tube suitable arms project carrying connecting rods which impart an up and down
motion to the tube which carries the blade or blades. These connecting rods are
worked by Cam surfaces arranged to give the necessary motion and by this means the
necessary in and ont motion is imparted to the Needles.
Above the tube referred to brackets are fixed to the vertical shaft which support the
Jack sleys.
Upon the outside of the Machine suitable frame-work is provided which carries the
work Roller above the Machine with the necessary Rack-tackle provided for winding
up the work.
We would have it understood that we do not strictly confine ourselves to the exact
description herein before contained so long as the Novel features of traversing or
revolving the Guides and working the Needles, Sinkers, and Presser in conjunction
with the Guides in the manner named in Circular Machines are retained.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: mprovOCHES IN HIS
We HENRY BLACKFORD PAYNE of Boulevard Works, Radford within the Borough
of Nottingham Machinist and WILLIAM CAMPION of 14 Brixton Road Radford within
the same Borough 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:-
Our improvements are applicable to what is commonly known as a circular knitting
machine wherein we employ warps worked with circular guide bars and whereby
we are enabled to traverse the warp threads and drive the machine very much faster
than the ordinary straight traverse warp machines.
The machine is constructed as follows:
We mount a vertical fixed shaft upon a suitable standard or standards. This shaft
we use as a means of attaching most parts of the machine to.
The different circular bands or bars, constituting the machine together with other
parts are arranged on the vertical fixed shaft as follows:
One or more guide bars form the outer circle of the machine and revolve and
traverse upon suitable frame work having arms attached which extend to and are
threaded upon the vertical shaft in the most advantageous manner to afford sufficient
support to the guide bars. Upon these arms is applied suitable mechanism giving rotary
motion to frames applied upon the vertical fixed shaft. Upon these frames brackets
are fixed at intervals upon which short rollers or beams are supported and revolve.
Upon these small beams the silk or other thread is wound which silk or other threads
are carried forward over a rod or bearing through the sley point which is provided to
prevent the threads "cotting" and then through the guides to supply the needles.
Adjacent to the guide bar aris suitable wheels or other mechanism is arranged upon
the vertical shaft which come in contact with the mechanism applied to the arms and
cause the guide bars to traverse or revolve any distance required in the circle and
where one two or more guide bars are used this mechanism can be so worked as to
traverse or revolve the bars in either direction. An up and down motion is also
imparted to the guide bars by means of a lifter or lifters carrying trucks which ride
upon cams or other mechanism giving the necessary motion for that purpose which
causes the threads to wrap on the needles.
Above the guide bar arms a disc or wheel is mounted upon the vertical shaft which
revolves upon the shaft.
Upon this disc or wheel various cam surfaces are cut either above or under or both:
which impart the respective motions to certain of the several moving parts of the
machine. We would have it understood that we do not strictly confine ourselves to
the use of this disc with the cam surfaces attached in the manner mentioned as a
means of imparting respective motions to the several moving parts of the machine as
in some instances we might find it most advantageous to use a revolving shaft with
suitable cams threaded upon it to give the required motion to the several moving parts.
Above the disc the presser arms are mounted upon the vertical shaft. These arms
support and work the presser band or blade which presses the beards of the needles.
An up and down motion is given to the presser band or blade by means of trucks
fastened to the arms and riding upon the cam surfaces arranged to give the necessary

page_text: motion. Above the presser band or blade arms the sinker bar arms are mounted upon
the vertical shaft. Upon these arms the sinker band is fixed upon which the sinkers
are fastened.
The sinkers receive an up and down motion by means of an arm or arms extending
from the sinker band arms, each of which carries a truck such truck or trucks riding
upon suitable cam surfaces arranged to give the necessary up and down motion to the
sinkers.
Above the sinkers the needle jacks are arranged with needles cast upon them.
These jacks work in a sley or sleys at the top and are supported by means of a hook
or other mechanism which clasps a wire which is inserted in a circular sley forming a
sley in which the jacks are arranged and held in their proper position. Upon these
jacks an inclined arin extends. Upon the top of the vertical shaft a tube or boss is
threaded carrying arms which carry one, two, or more blades forming a circle. These
blades are so arranged as to come in contact with the arms of the jacks referred to.
Upon the tube or boss suitable arins project carrying connecting rods which impart an
up and down motion to the tube or boss which carries the blade or blades. These
connecting rods are worked by cam surfaces arranged to give the necessary motion
and by this means the necessary in and out motion is imparted to the needles.
Above the tube referred to brackets are fixed to the vertical shaft, which support
the jack sleys.
Upon the outside of the machine suitable framework is provided which carries the
work roller above the machine with the necessary rack tackle provided for winding up
the work.
We would have it understood that we do not strictly confine ourselves to the exact
description hereinbefore contained so long as the novel features of traversing or
revolving the guides, and working the needles, sinkers and presser in conjunction with
the guides in the manner named in circular machines are retained.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shews a sectional elevation of the machine shewing the general arrange-
ment of the several parts and their relative positions.
Figure 2 shews by a cross sectional view taken on the line A A Figure 1 some of
the parts as they are arranged around the central fixed stem a particularly the
bobbins e¹ and their supporting parts et ea and the worm wheel d³ engaging the teeth d¹³
on the rim of the wheel frame e and the pinion d carried by that wheel d³.
Figure 3 is another cross section taken on the line B B Figure 1 shewing the relative
positions in plan of the arms q¹, 0³, m³, and n³ as also the relative positions of the
supports m³, n³, and o² and also shewing the relative position of the needles
sinkers n,
presser m, and guides c.
Figure 4 shews a sectional plan view taken on the line CC Figure 1 shewing the
foundation plate and the relative positions of the six arms for carrying the trucks or
bowls and springs c¹¹.
Figure 5 is a separate view of the cam wheel shewing cam surfaces and relative
positions of the trucks thereon.
Figure 6 shews by diagram the contours of the cam surfaces laid out flat.
The vertical shaft a forming the main stay of the machine is based on plate b² which
also supports standards & held together by the cross or tie bar b¹.
This shaft a forms the means of attachment of the various parts of the machine and
constitutes a rigid substantial central support around which the moving parts rotato
and other parts are stayed to.
Two circular guide bars or rims respectively c and d form the outer circle of the
machine and are supported and revolve round on a series of forked brackets c³ and d*
upon the framings and d¹.
These frames and d' are each constructed with six arms more or less all of which
arms are firmly held together by the rims attached at the top which arms extend and
are secured to the bosses d² and threaded upon the vertical shaft a through the
intervention of the inner and outer sleeves hand and being screwed firmly to that

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outer sleeve by means of the bosses and c in order to afford support to those
guide bars
Brackets e,, carrying the bobbins e, f, or it may be short rollers or beams, are
supported at intervals, upon the circular supports or wheel-frames e², loosely
supported by sliding and revolving on the outer sleeve which passes through their
bosses.
Revolving or backward and forward motion is imparted to the wheel-frame e by
means of a worm d³ carrying a pinion d working into the rack of the double rack
lever centred at d to the arm d' capable of sliding in brackets attached to the
arm d'.
The upper end of this double lever do is formed as a rack the teeth 10 of which
engage the teeth of the pinion formed with the worm 2 both carried on an axis
supported by bracket 3 from the arm d¹.
The worin d engages with the feeth of the guide bar d and by this means the guide
bard receives its circular traversing motion in company with the parts e, ei and e
either one way or the other as desired as regulated by the stud or pattern surface
wheel h³. The thread of the worms ³ and as also the teeth of. the parts e² and d
with which the worms engage respectively are cut right and left hand if necessary.
The racks and do of the double rack lever d are thrown into and out of gear
with the pinions d and d by an adjustable stud d" on the arm mt coming in contact
with the double rack lever do the upward and downward motion given to the arms n³
serving to throw the racks and do out of and in gear with the pinions d' and d"
and the stud or pattern wheel / serving to raise or lower the racks ds and do whilst
out of gear.
The small beams bobbins or rollers e. f. have wound upon them the silk or other
threads and these threads are carried over guide rods e respectively thence over
other guide rods through sley points provided thercon to prevent the threads
cutting and then through the guides c d to supply the needles, 9.
The motion up and down of the arm and the slide arm d is derived from the
wheel affixed to sleeve h engaging the pin wheel carried by an arm secured to
the arm the boss of which is secured to the outer sleeve k sliding over sleeve h.
This pin wheel ³ moves step by step the stud or pattern wheel causing it to rotate
about the axis a by its pins engaging the teeth of the rack on that stud wheel º.
Upon the stationary vertical shaft a is applied the tubular sleeve h upon which is
affixed the main driving pulley which is driven by a band from the ordinary fast
pulley not shewn. This sleeve h has also affixed upon it and driven by it other
rotating parts forming the operating parts of the machine.
The traverse motion to the guide bar e which is supported and revolves in a series
of forked brackets is derived from the spur wheel affixed to the boss of the cam
surface wheel which is affixed to the sleeve h. The wheel i engages with the spur
wheel carried by a shaft supported in brackets on the arm . The shaft
its upper end carries a pin wheel the pins of which engage the toeth of the
rack on that stud wheel and giving rotatory motion to, the stud wheel i which
runs loosely on the outer sleeve k.
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The studs of this wheel which are removeable and may be of adjusted and
variable heights according to requirements of pattern or mesh of fabric made
engage with and give reciprocatory motion to the arm sliding in bearings P
carried by arm c². This arm is jointed to the lever centred at to the arm e².
At the lower part of the lever is also jointed one end of another arm which is
also jointed at 3 to connecting rod i connecting it to an arm or lever i which is also
centred to the upper end of the lever 10. The arm is formed with a rack i¹ the
teeth of which engage the teeth of the pinion " carried by a support from the arm ².
On the same axis carrying the pinion and affixed to that pinion is a worm is driving
the wheel frame. The arms has a rack ¹ formed on its end which engages the
teeth of a pinion with which is formed and applied on the same axis a worm 221
engaging with guide bar c. This pinion and worm are supported by a bracket
from the arm c³.

page_text: By the arrangement of the studs s which are of adjustable heights round the rim of
the stud wheel the levers 12, 14 and 1 receive a down and up motion and thus the
teeth of the racks 1 and 10 are thrown in and out of gear with the pinions and 220
and by means of the studs acting upon the lever and the levers 10, and 1 in
connection therewith the racks and are brought to any position required whilst
out of gear with the teeth of the pinions 7 and 20.
The arms are supported from the standards with capability of up and down
motion by means of a series of small socketed brackets 3 on the standard band like
brackets and the arms e² a rod 6 passing through these sockets and linking these
brackets together-a set screw in each bracket et holding the rod secure.
The bearings or bosses of the parts h³, d, e, f, 1, and c² on outer sleeve k are all
braced together between the flanged end of the outer sleeve k and the removeable
screwed flange so that all these parts and their attachments partake uniformly of
the up and down motion imparted to that outer sleeve k by means of three trucks
running on the three equal and uniform cam surfaces c arranged at equal distances
round the surface of the wheelj affixed to the sleeve h. The trucks care carried each
on an axis e projecting each from one of the three supports depending from the
arms c. These supports at their lower ends slide in a recess b formed in the bed
plate by which means whilst up and down motion is permitted to the parts and c²
and all their attachments respectively rotation is prevented but the parts and 2
together with their attachments respectively partake of the up and down motion as
well as a rotatory or reciprocating motion given to them respectively by cach of the
parts with which they are in connection. Other supports co dependent in like manner
from c² have coiled around them supporting springs e adjusted to support the weight
that comes upon the parts c² these parts and elo may be alternately arranged as in
Figure 4 and in the present arrangement six of these are provided three of each.
The surface of the cam wheel or disc affixed to and receiving motion from the inner
sleeve is divided into three equal parts as in Figure 5 each part having secured to it,
one within the other three different cam surface pattern wheels 1.12 P.
These cam
surface patterns 11, 12, 13 respectively are repeated and give the
same motion in each of the three divisions of the cam wheel or disc 1. Trucks or
bowls m, n, o' run upon the cam surfaces 1, 12, 13 affixed to the disc 7 in each of
the divisions. The trucks m' carried by the pins m³ which are supported by
these arms m³ around the circle dependent from the arms m cause those parts to
be raised and lowered by sliding on the fixed shaft a. On these arms m is screwed a
rim m³ to which is screwed the presser blade m which passes around the machine and
presses the beards of the needles g as it rises and falls by the motion of the arms m*.
The trucks n' carried by these arms n² around the circle in like manner to the trucks m³,
cause the arms to rise and fall and with it the rim n affixed thereto.
rim n passing around the machine are arranged in series the sinkers n.
Upon this
The trucks o' give rising and falling motion to those supports o² around the circle
which carry the arms o3 03 sliding on the central axis a as a guide by their running
between the cam courses on the lower part of wheel I and the counter cam courses l
on the upper part of that wheel 7. The arms o³ carry the blades of set so as to receive
between their edges and give motion to the jacks o by means of the projecting upwardly
inclined arms of.
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The blade plates of are screwed to and made adjustable on the rims of supported on
the ends of the arm o³ and are about 4 inches long and each plate can be removed
should a needle jack o be required to be taken out. Upon the jacks o are cast in leads
the needles in sets of three or other number, to a jack according to the guage required.
These jacks o are held in relative position around the machine by means of their resting
on a wire laid in a recess formed in the trick brass or recesses cut in the brass rim
and clamped therein by short plates p' screwed thereupon. This rim is secured to
a rim p3 which is supported on a series of brackets which brackets pt are secured
to the rim p carried by arms po branching from the boss p' surrounding the central
axis a and affixed securely thereto.
P
The arms m, n, o³ respectively are prevented from rotating but are guided in the

page_text: rising and falling motion by means of the dependent parts m³, n², o2 passing through
and sliding in the openings or sockets ps in the frame p. The upper ends of the jacks o
are held in position by means of a slotted or trick brass rim q carried by arms q¹
affixed adjustably by set screw on the central axis a.
The arms are utilized as a means from which to suspend springs q² which serve by
being connected to the arms m³, n³, o³ to relieve weight of those parts on the cam
surfaces.
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The work from the needles passes upwards and is wound upon the roller carried in
bearings in the standard as usual in similar machines.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :-
1. In circular warp knitting machinery the traversing of the guide bars in either
direction as required by means of pattern surfaces and operating parts substantially as
set forth.
2. In circular traverse warp knitting machinery the arrangement or combination
and use of parts cooperating as described arranged around a central fixed shaft
substantially as set forth.
3. In circular traverse warp knitting machinery the arrangement or combination
and use of the pattern or cam surface wheels and j for actuating the several parts
substantially as set forth.
4. In circular traverse warp knitting machinery the arrangement and use of springs
and supports relieving excessive weight of the moving parts of the machine from the
cam surfaces substantially as set forth.
5. The combination or arrangement of parts of circular traverse warp knitting
machinery for racking or rotating the stud wheels 15 and as set forth.
6. The combination or arrangement and use in circular traverse warp knitting
machinery of needles, sinkers, traversing guides, and presser bar so arranged as to
admit of the work produced thereby being carried directly upwards to a roller or other
receptacle substantially as set forth.
7. The general arrangement and construction of circular traverse warp knitting
machinery operating as and for the purposes set forth.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicants.