IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF KNITTED FABRICS."
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Benjamin Hornbuckle Hine and Anthony John Mun-
della, of the Town of Nottingham, Manufacturers, and Luke Barton, of
Hyson Green, in the Parish of Lenton, in the County of Nottingham,
Mechanic, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
KNITTED FABRICS."
della, of the Town of Nottingham, Manufacturers, and Luke Barton, of
Hyson Green, in the Parish of Lenton, in the County of Nottingham,
Mechanic, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
KNITTED FABRICS."
Sealed the 13th June 1854, and dated the 10th February 1854.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Benjamin Hornbuckle
Hine, Anthony John Mundella, and Luke Barton at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 10th February
1854.
We, BENJAMIN HORNBUCKLE HINE and ANTHONY JOHN MUNDELLA, of the
Town of Nottingham, Manufacturers, and LUKE BARTON, of Hyson Green, in
the Parish of Lenton, in the County of Nottingham, Mechanic, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF KNITTED FABRICS" to be as follows:→
Our Invention consists in the application of a narrowing apparatus to the
original stocking frame, such frame being actuated by rotary motion, and the
said narrowing apparatus also to be actuated by said rotary motion. Whereas
hitherto narrowed or fashioned stockings of the best quality have only been

page_text: made in the ordinary way, one or two at once in the widest parts; but our
Invention enables us to make 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 at one time, or any other
number that practice may prove the most profitable, thereby increasing the
speed, and proportionably lessening the labour of the operative. The said
improvements being also applicable to the manufacture of other articles, such
as shirts, drawers, pantaloons, half hose, &c.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Benjamin Hornbuckle Hine, Anthony John Mundella,
and Luke Barton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 10th August
1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, BEN-
JAMIN HORNBUCKLE HINE and ANTHONY JOHN MUNDELLA, of the Town of
Nottingham, Manufacturers, and LUKE BARTON, of Hyson Green, in the Parish
of Lenton, in the County of Nottingham, Mechanic, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the seventeenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said Benjamin Hornbuckle Hine, Anthony John Mundella, and Luke
Barton, Her special licence that we, the said Benjamin Hornbuckle Hine,
Anthony John Mundella, and Luke Barton, our executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as we, the said Benjamin Hornbuckle Hine,
Anthony John Mundella, and Luke Barton, our executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland. the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF KNITTED FABRICS," upon the condi-
tion (amongst others) that we, the said Benjamin Hornbuckle Hine, Anthony
John Mundella, and Luke Barton, or some or one of us, by an instrument
in writing under our hands and seals, or under the hand and seal of some
or one of us, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Benjamin Hornbuckle Hine, Anthony
John Mundella, and Luke Barton. do hereby declare the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference
being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, that is to say:-
Our Invention consists in the adaptation of a narrowing apparatus to the
original stocking frame, such frame being actuated by rotary motion, and
the narrowing apparatus being also actuated by the said rotary motion. Hitherto
narrowed or fashioned stockings of the best quality have only been made in
the ordinary way, one or two at once in the widest parts; but our Invention
enables us to make two, three, four, six, eight, ten, or any other number that
practice may prove most profitable, at one time, thereby increasing the speed
of production, and proportionably lessening the labour of the operative. Our
improvements are also applicable to the manufacture of other articles, such as
shirts, drawers, pantaloons, half hose, &c.
The manner in which our Invention is performed is represented in the
several Sheets of Drawings hereunto annexed, which represent different views
of our improved machinery.
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9,
Sheet I. represents an end view of the several parts of the machine com-
bined. The cam 9 has a pin a, which acts on the driver a', and moves the
ratchet wheel 6, which is mounted on the same axle as the snail wheels c, c'.
The wheel c gives motion to a bell crank lever d, which moves the slide e,
thereby imparting a lateral motion to the tickler bar. f is a spindle bar the
length of the frame, carrying the two sliding bars e, e', to which are screwed the
g', which carry the tickler brackets h.. The tickler bolt i passes through
the studs j, j, and is pushed towards the needles by pressing upon the treadle k,
which acts upon the rod k', lever k², and arm on the bar k'. The small
arm 1, which acts on the lever m, causes the driver a' to fall out of the ratchet
wheel b, and when it is released the lever m and driver a' are thrown back
by a spring into the ratchet wheel. The spindle barf is depressed by the cam
5 acting upon the lever and rod n, and is pulled up again by a spring at the
end of the lever n. The bevilled pin o on the sinking cam 6 acts upon
the bolt in the catch box p, and when the bar is depressed the bolt holds it
lown, the bolt being released by the hevilled pin o. q is a sliding bar to which
are secured the thread guides. This bar is connected with a link attached to
a bell crank lever r, rods r¹, and lever, moved by the cam 5, the thread
guides being drawn from the sinkers while the work is being brought forward.
The cam 3 moves the lever s, having a cord s' passing under a pulley at the

page_text: back of the frame, and over two pulleys above the frame down to the thread-
tightening bars t, t, which bars are covered with cloth, wash leather, or any
other convenient substance. When the thread guide has passed through the
needles downwards, and when it is passing upwards to commence the course,
the thread is tightened. u, u, are the clutch cam and slide bolt. When the
thread guide has passed over the centre of the clutch cam, the cam catches
the pin v, and the spring on the pins of the cam and sliding bolt locks the two
together. The upright lever w, actuated by the snail wheel c', passes up to a
pin in the sliding bolt w', which regulates the distance the thread guide has
to pass over in narrowing the fabric. The moveable piece on the cam 9 is to
press the work in the ordinary way, but in the reverse action it falls down and
allows the frame to proceed to the required position without pressing.
Sheet 2 represents a front view of half the machine, shewing the right-
hand end; the left-hand end having snail wheels, a rack wheel, &c., to move
the left-hand tickler bolts and thread guide stop. The several parts are
indicated by the same letters and figures as are employed in reference to
Sheet 1. The several movements in the working of the machine are as
follows: The thread carrier is lifted up through the needles, and while passing
over them the jacks are drawn in the manner common in rotary frames, and
when the thread carrier has passed the length of the needles it descends,
through the needles being stopped, and secured up to the stop by the clutch
cam u. The frame is then sunk down and the loops divided in the usual way;
the loops are next brought forward and pressed over, the frame then puts
back the work, and the treadle being depressed pushes in the ticklers, and
is there held by the bolt in catch box p. The action of the frame is then
reversed, and the cam 5 acting on the bar f, depresses the tickler points into
the needle eyes; the reverse action being continued, brings the loops upon the
ticklers. The ticklers then rise and shog the number of needles required;
the ticklers are again depressed on to the needles, and the frame now being
allowed to proceed in its direct action, is brought forward, descends, and
carries back the work. The ticklers next rise off the needles, and the pin in
the cam 6 drives back the bolt p, which liberates the spindle bar f, which is
drawn into the position shewn in Sheet 1 by the spring. The preceding
course of operations is then again repeated.
And having now described the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim as our
Invention is,
The combination and arrangement of the several parts of the machine, in

page_text: he manner shewn in the Drawings annexed, and herein-before described, in
onjunction with the reverse action for narrowing and producing perfect
elvages to hosiery goods.
In witness whereof, we, the said Benjamin Hornbuckle Hine and
Anthony John Mundella, for ourselves, and on behalf of the said
Luke Barton, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Eighth day
of August, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Witness,
GEO. JON. ROBINSON,
BENJ H. HINE.
(L.S.)
ANTHONY J. MUNDELLA. (L.S.)
Patent Agent,
Nottingham.