Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Nov., 1888
Specification Accepted, 21st Dec., 1888
thereby.
I, JOHN VAN DUSSEN REED of 13 Barclay Street New York in the United
States of America, Hose Manufacturer, 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 :-
:-
These improvements refer to knitting machines for knitting tubular and flat fabrics
possessing longitudinal strands and wefts.
Machines for knitting similar fabrics have heretofore been devised and patented but
these machines as heretofore constructed all possess to a greater or less degree a fault,
viz. liability of the hooks or "latches" of the needles to catch or misplace the
longitudinal strands but by this invention this defect is entirely obviated because the
needles perform their knitting operations entirely upon one side (the outside surface)
of the longitudinal strands. The strands and needles therefore never pass or come in
contact with one another. In other machines of this class it was necessary that some
or all of the knitting needles should pass from one side of the series of longitudinal
strands to the other side thereof in order to catch the knitting warp. By the present
improvements this object is accomplished, without the necessity of passing the needles
through the series of longitudinal strands, by means of devices as hereafter described
which may be termed feeding hooks, or feeders. These feeders may be of any suitable
form, even needles from which the latches have been removed answering the purpose;
but it is preferred to make them of such form that it will be impossible for them to
catch upon the longitudinal strands, and of such length that a portion of each feeding
hook will always be between its appropriate strands, thereby obviating any possibility
of the misplacement of said strands. The office of the feeding hooks or feeders is to
pass the knitting warp through the series of longitudinal strands (an operation which
alternates with the laying of the weft) and there deliver it to the knitting needles by
which it is looped in the usual way.
This and other features of these improvements can best be explained and understood
by reference to the accompanying drawings:-
Of these drawings Figures 1-11 inclusive, which represent one form of circular
knitting machine embodying the feeders and other improvements, will first be
described

page_text: Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine embodying my invention.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same with a portion of the frame cut away to
expose the take up mechanism..
Figure 3 is a horizontal section on line X,-x of Figure 2, showing a plan of a
guiding frame for the longitudinal strands.
Figure 4 is a horizontal section on line Y-Y Figure 2.
Figure 5 is a horizontal section on line Y Y of Figure 2 showing upon a larger
scale the longitudinal strands, yarn guide, knitting warp, positions of the feeding
hooks and the knitting needles.
Figure 6 is a vertical section on line Z-Z, of Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a similar view, upon a smaller scale, showing the needles and feed hook
operating mechanism.
plate
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Figure 8 is a bottom plan view of the cam which operates the feed hooks.
Figure 9 is a plan view of a warp feeding and regulating device.
Figures 10 and 11 are respectively front and side elevations of the same.
A represents the frame of the machine, A the bed supported thereon, B¹ a
resting upon the bed, and B the needle cylinder carried by said plate and provided
with vertical grooves in which fit the shanks a¹ of the knitting needles a.
A cam
ring C actuated by the main driving shaft D through gear wheels C¹ C³ C³ (", serves to
give the usual vertical reciprocation the proper times to the needles a.
longitudinal strands 5 pass from a creel or spool rack (not shown) down within the
needle cylinder B and circle of kneedles a. The strands are arranged to alternate
with the needles being situated opposite to the spaces between the latter, the proper
guidance being afforded by plate H rings H¹ H2, and the feeding hooks hereinafter
described. The plate H is supported upon standards A¹ rising from the bed A. It is
semi-circular in form and provided along its rear edge with a series of eyes through
which the strands 5 enter the machine from the rear thereof. An annular portion I
Figure 3 of the plate H, situated above and concentrically with the series of needles a
and provided with guide eyes, concentrates the strands 5 into a circle and directs them
downwards through the ring H¹ Figure 6 outside of the ring H2, and between the
feeding hooks, on which said rings rest, whence the feeding hooks pass into the needle
cylinder B, alternating in position with the needles as shown in Figure 5, but out of
reach of their reciprocation.
The knitting warp threads 2, 2, two of which are used in the particular construction
illustrated, are supplied from bobbins i, i, carried by a revolving frame on the
central vertical shaft J. It may be here remarked that the machine illustrated is
arranged for double work, two weft threads 3, 3, as well as warp threads 2, 2, being
simultaneously and independently laid around the fabric, and two knitting operations
being at the same time performed at different points on the circumference, the cams
for operating the knitting mechanism being of the necessary shape. The machine
may however obviously be arranged to do single or more than double work. The
shaft J is driven in unison with the cam ring C Figure 7 from the main shaft D
through gearing (1, C2, C3, j, j, shaft J and gearing,,,. At the lower end
of shaft are carried two arms k, k, Figure 7 by which as they rotate, the
threads 2, 2, for the knitting warp are delivered to the feeding books. The threads 2, 2
coming from the bobbins i, i, also carried by the shaft J (and, having been, if desired,
passed through a regulating device) pass down through eyes ¹ Figure 6 in the armis k
and then upwards through tubular eyes in the outer ends of said arms k, which
eyes are so situated that the warp threads 2, 2, by the rotation of the arms k, are
trailed along in contiguity with, or near to the under side of the series of feeding
hooks X, and that side of the series of strands 5 which is opposite to that upon which
the knitting needles are situated (in the arrangement of the machine shown,) on the
inner side of said series of strands.
The feeding hooks X (see Figures 5 and 6) lie horizontally, and are arranged
concentrically with the series of strands 5 and knitting needles a. In the construction
shown they are equal in number to the said needles and strands, and alternate with,
and at their inner ends lie between, the latter. They are so situated relatively to the

page_text: needles a that each of the latter has a feeding hook above and substantially in the line
with it.
The engaging portion of the feeding hooks consists of a downward projection X'
which extends below the plane in which the tubular eyes deliver the knitting warp
thread, and is adapted to engage with (see Figure 6) and draw said thread out through
the series of longitudinal strands 5 (see Figure 5). The projections are bifurcated
as indicated by dotted lines to admit of their passage inwards over the ends of the
noedle hooks, when the latter are raised to engage the warp thread, as indicated at
the right hand of Figure 6. The radial reciprocation of the feeding hooks X may be
effected by a cam ring F Figure 7 engaging with the butts of the feeding hooks, and
there are means provided for rotating the said cam ring in unison with the cam
ring Cand shaft J.
The weft thread or threads 3, 3, are so laid against the strands 5 as to be held
thereto by the knitting warp threads after the latter have been looped by the knitting
needles. The said weft threads are supplied from bobbins l, l, carried by the cam
ring C, and passing over the tops of the needles a when in their lowermost position
(see the left hand side of Figure 6) are deposited upon the outer side of the strands 5
by means of guides o, Figure 1. The threads 2, 2, as fast as the weft 3, 3, is laid are
drawn out over the latter by the feeding hooks X, and caught looped and knit by the
needles a in the usual manner.
I have referred above to a means for regulating and knitting warp threads. I have
devised and shown in the drawings a regulator which may or may not be used with
the machine so far described. L is a fixed ring having one or more grooves around
its periphery, shown separately at Figures 9, 10 and 11 preferably as many as there
are warp threads. L', L' are arms adapted to be revolved in unison with the
bobbins i, around the ring L, and each having guide eyes 12, 13, 14. The guide eyes
of one arin are situated and revolve in the plane of one of the grooves of the ring L,
and the guide eyes of the other arm in the plane of the other groove. The eye lis
opposite to the middle of the groove while the eyes are respectively above and
below the eye. The threads 2, 2 from the hobbins i, i, pass in through, say, the
eyes, thence around the ring L, then through the eyes 1, thence again around the
ring, and then out through the eyes 2, whence thoy pass to the guide eyes k¹, k³, by
the latter of which they are laid within reach of the feeding hooks, as already described.
The ring L being of such circumference as to hold just the quantity of thread required
to knit one circumference of the fabric, it is evident that at each revolution of the
arms L' a uniform and suitable quantity of the thread will be drawn from the
bobbins i, i, and delivered to the needles. The eye 13 serves to keep the turns of
the thread in their proper position in the groove of the ring L constantly relaying
the middle turn of the thread in the middle of the groove.
The operation of the devices so far described is as follows:-
The longitudinal strands being in position, the bobbins being, supplied with weft and
warp threads and the threads being led through their proper guide eyes, motion is
imparted to the main shaft D by belt pulley Di or other means. The feeding hooks X
move outwards in succession carrying with them, by means of the projection & bights
of the warp threads 2, 2, said threads having been measured off by the ring L and laid
in the parts of the books by the tubular revolving eyes k². The needles in succession
rise, each as its turn arrives, at a distance from the longitudinal strands 5, but inside
of the bight of warp thread held by its feeding hook. The feeding hooks now return
inwards each leaving its bight of warp threads upon the hook of its needle. The latter
the needles are successively drawn down by the cam ring C, the weft threads 3, 3, are
laid by the guides o in the upper and outer angle formed by the crossing of the
strands 5 and the warps 2, 2, held as described by the needles, and the needles rise
again and receive another hight of the warp thread which they draw down over the
layer of weft above mentioned and through the previously formed loops of warp
thread, making the well known knitting stitch. The continued repetition of the above
operations produces a tubular fabric which as it is formed passes down through the
needle cylinder B.

page_text: Below the fabric forming mechanism is the take up apparatus. M, N, are transverse
shafts mounted in bearings in the lower part of the frame A² and carrying rollers N' M¹.
O is a shaft parallel to shafts M N mounted in the arms p of levers P fulcrumed by
rock shaft to the frame A². A horizontal arm P₁ from the said rock shaft is
adapted by its own weight or by weights to be applied thereto, to press the shaft O
and roller carried thereby, towards the roller M¹. The completed fabric passes
between rollers Q and M', then under M¹ and thence over the roller N¹ and out of
the machine as indicated by the arrow in Figure 2. The surfaces of rollers Q and M¹
are caused to maintain the same superficial speed by gear wheels 9, m of proper
relative size. Motion may be imparted to the above described take-up mechanism in
any suitable way. A shaft, R, ratchet wheel r pawl, pitman or connecting rod *
and crank wheel d, transmitting power from the main shaft D, through mitre gears R¹,
to worm shaft S and worm wheels M², N, on the roller shafts M and N, may be used.
A hand wheel R³ enables the taking up of the fabric to be assisted by hand when
desired.
The feeding hooks and connecting devices may be employed with equal advantage
upon a circular knitting machine in which the needle cylinder and the needles revolve
while the operating cams are stationary. The knitting warp regulator Figures 9, 10
and 11 may also be employed upon a like machine.. The feeding hooks may also be
employed upon a straight knitting machine as hereinafter described, or upon one of a
circular form having a reciprocating motion.
The machine illustrated in Figures 1-11 is arranged to knit a single ply fabric in
which the loops appear on one face only of the fabric. It can however be readily
modified so as to produce a multiple fabric and one in which the looped stitches may
appear on both faces or sides of the fabric. Such a fabric contains two or more
concentric (if a tubular fabric) or parallel (if a straight fabric) series of longitudinal
strands and a number of knitting warp threads as well as weft threads if desired. To
produce such a fabric the warp guides are arranged in different planes, those whose
threads are to appear on one side of the fabric being in one plane, and those whose
threads are to appear on the other side of the fabric being in another and different
plane, and the feeders or feeding hooks are so formed that when they pass through
between the longitudinal strands in one direction they will carry with them all the
warps that lie in one plane, and deliver them to one set of needles and when they
roturn or move through the longitudinal strands in the opposite direction they will
carry with them the warps that lie in the other plane and deliver them to the other set
of needles.
This modification which is applicable, as well to straight as to circular knitting
machines, is illustrated by Figures 12, 13, 14 as applied to a circular machine.
Figure 12 shows in sectional elevation so much of a knitting loom, for a tubular
fabric, as needed to explain this arrangement.
Figures 13 and 14 are enlarged cross sectional views of portions of a tubular fabric,
intended to illustrate diagramatically the manner in which the improvement is to be
carried into effect.
In Figure 13, the right hand portion represents the finished fabric, while in the
left hand portion the warp loops are still upon the knitting needles.
In Figure 12 the heads of the inner and outer sets of knitting needles are shown,
and sufficient feeders or feeding hooks are indicated both to show the position which
they occupy with relation to the longitudinal strand and the needles, and to illustrate
the manner in which they operate in connection with the warp throads to deliver
selected loops of the same to the inner and outer sets of needles respectively.
Referring to Figure 12, B is the outer needle cylinder carrying the vertical recip-
rocatory knitting needles a; B¹ is the inner needle cylinder carrying the vertical
reciprocatory knitting needles a¹. The knitting operation is performed by these two
sets of needles, and the knitted fabric passes between these two cylinders. These sets
of needles are placed and operated substantially parallel to the longitudinal strands 5,
of which there are in this instance three concentric sets each fed to the machine by
guiding and feeding mechanism similar to that already described herein. Above the

page_text: knitting needles, and at right angles to them are the horizontal reciprocatory feeders X.
The needles, as well as the feeders, are placed opposite the spaces intervening between
the longitudinal strands.
There are four weft depositing arms C, one for each weft thread 2 said weft threads
alternating with the rows of longitudinal strands 5. Each arm C is attached to a
shuttle ring D there being as many concentric rings D as there are weft depositing
arms. These shuttle rings are supported on guides D' attached to the frame of the
machine, and are driven in unison with one another and in proper relation to the
needle and feeder actuating mechanism, by means of pinions F mounted on the
driving shaft G, and engaging circular racks H on the shuttle rings. Each weft
thread 2 is led as usual from a bobbin on the shuttle ring through a suitable tension,
whence it passes to and through a guide eye at the lower end of its depositing
arm C.
Each of the two intermediate rings carries also two additional arms I, J, similar to
the weft depositing arms, except that the arms I are shorter than the arms C, and
that the arms J are in turn shorter than the arms I. These arms I, J, deliver and
deposit the knitting warps 3, which are supplied to them from bobbins on the shuttle
rings in any usual manner.
The warps of the arms J before they are knitted into the fabric are thus held in a
plane above the warps of the arms I.
Each feeder X, has a downward projection, which is forked or bifurcated to
permit it to straddle the end of the knitting needle, when the latter is raised to take
the loop of warp thread therefrom. This projection diffors however from the like
lettered projection illustrated in Figures 1-11, by reason of the arrangement and
formation of its edges, m, n, o. The inner vertical edge m is the shorter edge; it
extends down far enough only to be in the path of the warps of the upper arms J.
The outer and longer vertical edge n extends down far enough to be in the path of the
warps of the lower arms 1; And the two edges m, n, are connected by the inclined
bottom or under edge o, which enables the projection c¹ to ride over the lower warps
as the feeder moves inwardly, and to engage, during this movement, the warps of
arms J only.
The reciprocations of the inner and outer needles are so timed with relation to those
of the feeders, that the loops of warp delivered by the feeders will at the proper times
be taken by said inner and outer needles respectively.
Such being the arrangement of parts the mode of operation is as follows:-
The shuttle rings D in their revolution deposit the weft and the warp threads. As
the guides for these threads pass any feeder, said feeder is retracted, the outer needle
is elevated and about to descend, and the corresponding inner needle is depressed and
about to rise. Just as the guides pass the feeder the latter commences to move
inwardly; in so doing, it rides with its inclined under edge o, over the two lower
warps of guides. I, but pushes before it by its inner and shorter vertical edge m the
two upper warps of guides J in the form of loops which are carried by it to a position
in which the inner needle a¹ (appropriate to this feeder) can take them. This needle
gradually rises as the feeder moves inward, not attaining however its highest position
until after the bifurcated projection a³ is over it, in order that the loops, or rather the
bend or bight of the loops may be carried beyond it. The feeder then recedes or
moves outwardly, leaving the loops upon the inner needle a¹ which will then descend
and form its stitch in the usual manner. As the feeder moves outwardly, it will
engage with its longer edge n the warp threads of the lower guides I, which by
means of its inclined edges it removed out of its path during its inward movement
and will in like manner carry out loops of these two warps I and deposit them upɔn
the outer needle a.
This mode of operation is indicated clearly in Figure 12. In that Figure the left
hand feeder has commenced to push inward a loop of the outer of the two upper warp
threads; the next would push inward loops of both of these warps and so on.
The fabric illustrated at Figures 12 and 13 inclusive is one in which the loops
appear on both faces of the fabric.

page_text: Figures 11, 14, 14 show in vertical and horizontal section respectively a modified
form of fabric having the loops on one face only, in this instance the exterior face.
There are but three sets of knitting warps in the fabric; and while the sets of loops
extend to varying distances through the fabric, one set extends entirely through the fabric.
To produce such a fabric as is shown at Figures 14" and 14 upon a loom such as
illustrated by Figures 12 and 13, I omit one of the wefts and one of the knitting
warps and place the three guides for the three remaining warps in the same horizontal
plane where their loops may be taken by the hook m of the feeder X when the latter
moves outwardly.
The improvements before described are more particularly adapted for the knitting
of tubular fabric, and have been described in that connection; but it may also be
employed to advantage in machines arranged to knit flat fabrics possessing wefts and
longitudinal strands, as will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the inven-
tion relates. In the latter case viz.: the production of flat knitted fabrics, it is
preferable to use a separate knitting warp for each separate longitudinal series of
loops, and to provide a separate laterally vibrating or moving warp guide for each of
said warps, giving only sufficient lateral movement to such guides as to carry a loop
either to the same feeder successively, or to one and the other of two feeders alternately,
or in such other manner as may be desired. The warp guides in this case should be
made thin enough to permit the feeders to pass between them. And in this case
it may be desirable also to separate the weft guides from the warp guides, so
that the weft guides may, if desired, be carried back and forth entirely across the fabric.
The feature of the feeders hereinbefore described can also be applied with
advantage to a machine designed to knit a fabric in which the longitudinal strands,
the knitting warp threads and the weft threads are combined with binding warp
extending from the inside to the outside of the fabric and binding together the
weft and continuously knitted loops. As applied to a circular machine such a
modification is illustrated in Figures 15-23 inclusive although the same can also
with obvious changes be applied to a straight machine.
Figure 15 is the development, in plan, of the series of knitting needles of a circular
knitting machine, together with a corresponding series of feeding hooks, and with
the guides for laying the various warp and weft threads the longitudinal strands being
shown in section.
Figure 16 is the development, in elevation, of the same parts, the longitudinal
strands being indicated in dotted lines.
Figures 17 to 23 inclusive. illustrate by vertical sectional views the successive steps
in the operation of forming the fabric.
The series of knitting needles is, in this instance, arranged in two independent sets,
the needles of which alternate with one another, indicated at A and A' respectively
mounted and guided in the needle cylinder.
The means for actuating the two sets of needles may be cam grooves or other
suitable means. The longitudinal strands are indicated at 5, there being, in this
instance, half as many strands as knitting needles. They are supplied to the machine
in the usual manner and pass down through the needle ring B at a distance from, and
substantially parallel to, the reciprocation of the knitting needles, which arrangement
insures them against being accidentally caught by the latter. ✗ indicates the feeding
hooks arranged to alternate with the longitudinal strands and situated substantially at
right angles to them and to the knitting needles. They are reciprocated radially in
and out between the strands by the usual mechanism, such as a cam ring. The feeding
hooks shown consist simply of knitting needles with their latches removed, but other
forms may be used as herein before indicated. The knitting warp threads are shown
at 1, 4, and 2, fed from bobbins carried in the usual manner and laid by guide
eyes K R, and R₁. The thread I is laid upon the inside of the longitudinal strands
and carried between them and delivered to the knitting needles by the feeding
hooks ; the thread 4 is laid upon the outside of the strands so as to be caught by
the needles A and knit at the same time as the thread 1; and the thread 2, 2, also
laid upon the outside of the strands, is caught and knit by the needles A' forming

page_text: stitches which alternate with and are held to the fabric by the stitches made by the
needles A. The weft thread is indicated at 3, and is delivered by a guide eye o
between the knitting needles and the longitudinal strands and upon the preceding
series of warp knitting stitches.
The operation of the machine arranged as just described is as follows :-
Referring to the left hand portion of Figures 15 and 16, it will be seen that the
weft 3 has just been laid and that the feeding hooks are advancing inwards (see also
Figure 17). Having entered between the strands 5 a sufficient distance (see Figure 18)
they receive from the guide eye K the warp thread 1, which warp thread they draw
out between the strands 5 in loops (see Figure 19) which loops are entered from below
and carried up and released froin the hooks by the needles belonging to the set A (soo
Figure 20). Before said needles descend the guide-eye R lays within their reach the
thread 4 (see Figure 21) which they draw down, loop, and knit, together with the
thread 1 (see the lower part of Figure 22). The set of needles A¹ now receive from
the guide eye R', the threads 2, 2, (see the upper portion of Figure 22), which are
looped and knitted in stitches, alternate with those formed by the needles a by which
latter stitches they are locked to the strands and weft 3. If the loops drawn down
by the needles A¹ pass behind the needles A the fabric will be similar to that above
referred to in this connection, if in front of the needles A the fabric will be somewhat
different. In the latter case the loops drawn down by the needles A must pass below
the latches of needles A in order not to be caught by the latter. The weft is next
laid as indicated in Figure 23, and at the right hand of Figures 15 and 16 and over
this the needles A knit the threads 1 and 4 as already described.
Spring needles may be employed in lieu of latch needles, and in machines employing
a distinct warp thread for each needle, all of the needles may work simultaneously, a
portion being fed by means of the feeders or feeding hooks, and the other portion in
the usual manner.
"
It has been hereinbefore indicated that the "feeders can be applied to straight
knitting machines or machines for knitting flat fabrics, as well as to circular
machines or machines for weaving tubular fabrics. Such an application is illustrated
in detail in Figures 24-58, inclusive of the accompanying drawings wherein there
is represented an arrangement embracing together with the "feeders other features
of improvements many of which are adapted for circular as well as for straight knitting
machines. The fabric produced by the machines illustrated in the said Figures 24-58,
is a solid knit selvaged fabric of the kind in which the knitting warp threads are
combined with longitudinal strands, a weft and binding warp strands. The special
fabric woven by the said machine in its entirety is one in which there are two wefts
which are deposited on opposite sides of the longitudinal strands as shown for example
in Figures 59-60. These Figures are enlarged plan views of a portion of the
fabric. In the actual fabric the strands are of course packed closely together. They
are however represented in the drawing as enlarged and widely separated in order
that the structure of the fabric may be more readily understood. In these Figures
Ax are the knitting warps, which are worked by one set of knitting needles; B* the
knitting warps worked by the other set of knitting needles; Cx the binding warps;
D* the longitudinal strands laid along the rows of loops formed by the warp B* ;
Ex the weft or filling laid upon the one side of the strands Dx; Exx the weft or
filling laid upon the opposite side of strands D*. Figure 60 differs from Figure 59
only in the different specific arrangement of the two wefts. They retain however
their general position therein with reference to strands D* the same as in Figure 59.
In said machine some of the warps are fed to the same needle successively, while at
the same time the same needles may receive alternately one and the other of two
contiguous or adjoining warp strands of a different series.
I provide about the same number of warps for each series as there are needles of
the series to which the warps pertain, but any needle may receive at one time a warp
from each of two or more series of warps, and one of these warps may be fed suces-
sively to the same needle for each succeeding stitch, while another warp may be fed
alternately or variously to this needle and to other needles of the same series.

page_text: Two series of feeders or feeding hooks are employed all comprising a series being
set in a bar so as to work simultaneously; and said feeders have not only forward and
back movement but also lateral reciprocatory movement.
Figure 24 is a front elevation of the machine."
Figure 25 is a side elevation, taken from the left of Figure 24.
Figure 26 is a central sectional view looking from the right of Figure 24 into the
centre of the machine.
Figure 27 is a similar elevation looking from the right of Figure 24, and includes
the take-up and warp weft and longitudinal strand supplying mechanisms but drawn
on a smaller scale than Figures 24, 25 and 26.
Figures 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 illustrate various cam mechanisms by which
motion is given to the knitting mechanisms.
Figures 35, 36 and 37 illustrate the manner in which the constituent threads are
led into the fabric.
Figures 38 to 55 inclusive, illustrate the manner in which the stitches are formed.
Figures 38, 39, 40 and 41 showing various portions of the needles and feeders in side
elevation while Figures 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 and 48 illustrate the same in plan.
Figures 49 to 55 are front elevations of needles.
Figures 56 to 58 inclusive are modifications hereinafter referred to.
The main frame of this machine consists of a bed-plate from which arise four
uprights A1, A2, A3, A* of sufficient depth from front to rear to afford support to all
of the knitting mechanisms. The bed plate A is bolted to timbers B, Figure 27, one
at each end, which timbers extend out beyond the back side of the machine and afford
supports for the hangers or bracket standards supporting the take-up reel C. Two
driving shafts D, E, run the entire length of the bed through hearings D¹, E¹. set in
each of the four uprights. These two shafts D, E, are connected by gearings D, E, F²,
with a main driving shaft F which runs through bearings F1 located one in each of
the right hand two uprights A³, A.
This main driving shaft F extends out beyond the extreme right hand end of the
machine and carries the two main pulleys F³
The weaving mechanism consists of a needle bed G, Figure 26, supported by the
two middle uprights A2, A3, Figure 24 and which bed supports the kerfed needle
guide bar H. There is another bar G' supplementary to the needle bed which serves
to strengthen the said bed G but the principal office of which is to hold the fabric
while it is being knitted close over against the needles. The weaving mechanism
further comprises two needle bars I, K, one for each series of needles I¹K', each
needle having a foot turned out at right angles to its body and entering a perforation
in one of the needle bars. The needles I entering the upper bar I are shorter than
those K pertaining to the lower bar K, and in operation their hooks rise to a higher
point than the others, but all of both series descend to about the same point viz.: one
at which their stitches will be readily slipped over their points. The needle bars I, K,
receive their motion (see Figures 32, 33, 34) through the medium of connecting
rods 12, K2 from the cams I³, K³, fastened upon and revolving with the lower of the
two driving shafts D, a pin from each connecting rod entering the lateral cam groove
in its appropriate cam dise I³ or K³.
The weaving mechanism further consists of a yarn guide bar L, the office of which
is to supply the requisite warp threads, one for each needle to the series of needles
pertaining to the lower needle bar K. This yarn guide bar L receives certain
longitudinal motions from the cam L' (see Figure 29). This cam L', is located upon
a cam shaft M which has a bearing in the two left hand uprights A1, A2, and receives
motion, through the medium of the gearing M¹ from the upper driving shaft E. This
shaft E also carries other cams to be hereinafter mentioned. N, O, are two feeder
bars, each with its series of feeders N¹, O¹, the office of which is to supply to the
needles 1', pertaining to the upper needle bar 1, their requisite warp threads. There
is usually one feeder of each series for each of the needles. The feeder bars receive
a forward and back motion through the medium of the connecting rods N2, from
cams N³ fastened to and revolving with the upper driving shaft E, (see Figure 30).

page_text: of feeders N¹. The swinging bar N³, consists of a straight bar hung by links from
the stationary bar V2 in such manner that the weight of the bar is at all times upon
the cords, and its purpose is to keep the strands taut, notwithstanding the forward
and backward movement of the feeders, which would otherwise slacken them at
times. The yarns from the second beam N1, lead about the automatic tension V³, V³,
over the bar C³, and under swinging bar 06, through perforated bar a and thence to
the lower series of feeders O¹ by which feeders 0 they are fed to the upper series
of needles I, simultaneously with the yarns from the third beam U³, that are
manipulated by the upper feeders N¹. A yarn from the second beam U' is usually
supplied successively to the same needle, while those from the third beam U' are
generally supplied alternately to one and another of two needles. The yarns from
the first or lower beam U are passed around the automatic tension, thence forward
and through a perforated bar fastened to the back of the machine, and then through
another perforated bar c, just below the lower driving shaft D, up over a guide rod, E,
and thence through the yarn guide bar L, by which they are supplied to the lower series
of needles.
A striking rod d is sometimes fastened to the lower shaft D (see Fig. 24) the office
of which is to strike the last described warps at a required time, and thereby cause
the tension to be increased and lessened at required times.
The yarns leading from the bobbins upon the creel Y beneath the take up reel
belong to the same series as those leading from the lower beam U; but the bobbin
cords are the ones which enter into the edge of the fabric, and in consequence of the
peculiar formation of the selvage these cords do not "take-up" or in other words are
not consumed as fast as the remaining strands of the series.
The cords leading from the creel W above the take up reel are led through
proper guides and tensioning devices to weft depositing fingers R' upon the rear-
most weft carrier rod R. The cords leading from the creel X immediately above
the centre of the machine, lead down and around guide bars and thence to the weft
depositing fingers S₁ upon the lower weft carrier rod S. In making fabrics upon
this machine I prefer that the knitting warp should be some multiple of the number
of needles employed, but the precise number may be varied to suit the requirement
of a particular fabric and especially for the formation of desired edges.
Having enumerated the principal parts of the machine I will now proceed to
describe more particularly the construction of such of the parts as seem to call for
additional explanation.
The construction of the needle bed G will be obvious to any one skilled in the
art, by an observation of Figure 35 except that as illustrated, the lower needle bed
is somewhat back of the other. I sometimes place them in that manner.
The sup
plementary bar G is bolted to the needle bed near its outer ends, and unless a
single broad fabric is made they are also bolted together at the centre, spacing pieces
being used to preserve a sufficient space for the fabric to pass readily between
the two bars. The upper side of the supplementary bar is sufficiently raised above
the needle bed to hold the fabric well over toward the needles, against the tendency
of the tension upon the fabric and longitudinal strands to draw it away. The needle
bars and cams that operate them will need no further description.
.
The connecting rods I³, K³, consist of bars slotted to permit of their being placed
upon the shafts and to allow them free motion in that position. The connecting rods
are also provided with an open slot J* K* at one end which slot is fitted sidewise to
the needle bars I, K. The needle bar is adjustable in its relation to the connecting
rod by means of removable packing J'*, K¹×, placed in the bottom of the slot beneath
the needle bar, and the bar is held tightly against this packing by means of the clip
bolt J, K, which embraces the rod and bar. The feeder bars N, O, are composed
of two flat bars arranged to slide back and forth in slots in the two middle up-
rights A² A. The feeders N¹, O', consist of a piece of wire, a small portion of which
is bent to nearly a right angle with the main portion and this shaped end is
drilled so as to form a tube. These feeders are set into the front edges of the feeder
bars, by drilling a hole for each, slipping the feeder into the said hole, and securing

page_text: Each of these feeder bars N, O, also receives a certain longitudinal reciprocatory
motion from cams N4, 04, located upon the cam shaft M already mentioned (Figure 31)
there being a separate cam for each feeder bar.
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The weaving mechanism further consists of a guide bar P, Figures 26 and 27,
the longitudinal strands. This guide bar, P, consists of a bar which extends across
the top of the machine and has pins driven into its front face in such positions as to
guide the said longitudinal strands into their proper positions into the fabric. This
bar has usually no motion, although in some instances it is preferred to give it either
lateral or longitudinal motion at a desired time. The weaving mechanism further
comprises weft depositing devices consisting of two rods R, S, one placed above the
needle bed C, and behind the longitudinal strands the other placed in front of the
needle bed G and longitudinal strands. Each of these rods carries a series of
fingers R, S, Fig. 35 which lead their respective wefts close to the point at which it
is required that they shall be deposited into the fabric. These fingers may be of the
form shown, or they may be of other suitable form. The weft-carrier rods receive a
longitudinal motion from a cam R³ (Figure 29) of peculiar form located upon the
before mentioned cam shaft M, the motion being transmitted from the cam to the upper
rod by means of the fingers R³, rocker shaft R*, segment of a gear R³ (Figure 28) and
rack Re upon the said upper rod; and from the upper rod to the lower by means of
connection S² between the two. (See right of Figure 24.) I sometimes prefer how-
ever to give the two rods motion in reverse directions, in which case I connect them
either by means of a fulcrumed lever, or by gearing so that while one is moving to the
right the other will travel to the left, and rice versa. The weaving mechanism still
further comprises take-up mechanism consisting of two parallel rolls T, T¹, (Figure 26)
having bearings in the two middle uprights A2, A3, the lower roll extending out
beyond the left hand upright, and suitable gearing T2 for communicating the requisite
motion from the lower driving shaft to the said take-up rolls. The said take-up
mechanism also comprises a take-up reel C Figure 27 located back of the machine.
The weaving mechanism further consists of the following described yarn supplying
and tension regulating devices. (See Figure 27.).
The bulk of the material used is carried upon beams of a usual construction, the
balance is carried upon bobbins also of a usual construction. The beams are sup-
ported by bearings fastened to the upright posts V; and the bobbins are supported by
creels W, X, Y, fastened, one, W, to the posts V, one, X, to the top of the machine.
and one, Y, upon the floor beneath the take up reel C. Friction is applied to the
beams U, U¹, U², U³, by means of the weighted levers V₁ having bearings fastened
upon the shafts V2 which in their turn have bearings fastened to the posts V through
the medium of the bars V³ which are pressed by the shorter arms of the lever against
the periphery of the beams. Suitable frictional bearings V are placed between the
rods and the beams and I sometimes prefer to notch the edges of the beam in order to
better regulate the tension of yarns. In the drawings (Figure 27) the upper or
fourth beam U³, supplies the longitudinal strands. These strands lead from the
beam under and beyond the stationary cross rod V2 then up and back of the upper
friction rod Vs, and from theuce out to the longitudinal strand guide bar P, and between
the pins upon the face of the said bar, and from thence downward into their positions
in the fabric. The frictional tension is automatic in its operation, the amount of
tension upon the yarn being governed entirely by the amount of weight applied to the
lever, especially when the periphery of the beams is notched. In this case it is im-
possible for the beam to revolve until the tension of the yarn is sufficient to raise the
weight V, and thereby cause the beam to be relieved by the drawing away of the
friction rod V³. Immediately the beam revolves the tension of the yarn is reduced
and the friction rod V3 again comes against the face of the beam and interrupts its
revolution. The third beam V' supplies the yarns which are fed by the upper series of
feeders N', to the upper set of needles I, and which constitute the binder warps.
These warps lead from the beam U2, around the automatic tension bars, V2, V3, from
thence down under a swinging bar N, over a stationary bar C³, through a perforated
guide bar a fastened to the uprights of the machine and finally through the upper set
B

page_text: it by means of a set screw. The lower ends of all the feeders require to be upon the
same level and consequently the upper feeders N¹ receive an additional bend to bring
them down to the level of the lower feeders O¹. The cam N which gives to the
feeder bars their forward and backward movement will require no explanation as its
form is obvious from Figure 30.
The connecting rods N2 which operate the feeder bars differ from those that operate
the needle bars only in the method of connecting the rods and bars. It is necessary
that the feeder bars should be free to move longitudinally through their connecting
rods and consequently the clip bolts do not grip the feeder bars but the bars pass
easily through a quadrangular slot Nx in the rods.
The rod itself is cut in two pieces, and the necessary adjusting packing N¹× is
placed between the two pieces and the whole is gripped firmly together by the slip
bolt N. To ascertain the form of cams necessary to give the longitudinal motion
to the feeder bars and to the yarn guide bar which the operation hereinbefore
described requires, is when the precise motion required is known, only a matter of
mechanical computation. They are however illustrated in Figure 29. Owing to
the fact that the feeder bars have a transverse as well as a longitudinal motion, a pro-
vision must be made for transmitting motion from the cams to the bars notwith-
standing the said transverse movement. To do this I provide a transverse slot across
the bottom side of each of the feeder bars, see Figure 31. Levers N° 06 each one of
which is pivoted at one end to a bar P Figure 29 reaching from one to the other of
two uprights A, A, and each lever extends back and has a pin passing through it
directly over the axis of the cam. This pin carries upon its end which projects from
the under side of the lever, a bowl which enters one of the cams N* or O*, so that the
motion that the cam is intended to impart is given to the end of the lever N° or O®.
The end of the pin reaching above the upper surface of the lever carries a similar
bowl, and this bowl enters into the transverse slot in the lower face of the feeder
bar N or O, so that the motion transmitted from the cam to the lever is further
transmitted to the feeder bar, giving required longitudinal motion to that bar without
interference with the transverse motion which it receives from the cams.
There is a
lever for each of the feeder bars. The cam R³ intended to operate the weft carrier
bars R, S, is of peculiar construction. See Figures 28 and 29.
The said cam possesses
a concave periphery, the centre of whose are forms the axis of a rocker shaft R*
Figure 28.
The sides of the cam groove are cut so that they are parallel at all times with
a radius line drawn from the centre of the rocker shaft R to the middle of the cam
groove in such a manner that'a cam roller carried by a finger R³ projecting from the
rocker shaft R* has a fair bearing at all times upon the side of the cam groove. This
device enables me to convert the rotary motion of the cam shaft M into an oscillating
and intermittent motion of the rocker shaft R and that motion is converted by the
segment of a gear R³ and rack R into the requisite back and forth longitudinal
movement of the weft carrier rods R, S. The arrangement of change gearing T2
employed to drive the take-up rolls T, T', will be shown by the drawing to any
skilled machinist. The lower of the two take up rolls T¹ is journalled in bearings
fixed in the three uprights A1, A2, A3, beginning at the left side of the machine.
The upper roll is journalled in boxes that are free to slide up and down in slots in
the uprights to which the said boxes pertain (the middle two) subject only to the stress
of the compress spring T3 which is so arranged as to be more or less compressed
as desired by means of a set screw T acting upon a cap To resting upon the top of the
spring T3 Figure 26.
I now proceed to describe generally the time in which the parts operate :-
The two driving shafts D, E, revolve at one half the speed of the main driving
shaft F, and as the needle bars I, K, and feeder bars N, O, are operated by the
cams I, K³, N³, located upon these shafts each of those bars makes one complete
operation to each revolution or the said driving shafts D, E, except that the longi-
tudinal motion of the feeder bars N, O, is governed by cams N, O, located upon the
cam shaft M, and this shaft revolves at only one-half the speed of the driving

page_text: shafts D, E. As a consequence, the upper feeder bar N makes a longitudinal
movement in one direction during one revolution of the driving shaft D, E, and in
a reverse direction during the next revolution of the driving shafts D, E. The
lower feeder bar, O, is operated by a cam 04, one half of which is a duplicate of the
other half, so that the said bar, O, makes a complete movement at each half revolution
of the cam shaft M and for each full revolution of the driving shafts D, E. It should
here be noted that the upper feeder bar N, always operates simultaneously with the
lower feeder bar O, in both its lateral and longitudinal movement, but it, the upper
bar N, has also the longitudinal movement already described in addition. The yarn
guide bar L, which supplies the lower set of needles K¹ is operated by a catn ['
which gives it an irregular longitudinal movement to the right during one half
revolution of the cam shaft M, or full revolution of the driving shafts D, E, and a
similar movement toward the left during the remaining half revolution of the cam shaft M.
The weft carrier rods R, S, have a right and left longitudinal movement which
consists of a movement in one direction during one half revolution of the cam shaft M,
and in a reverse direction during the remaining half revolution.
The take-up rolls T, T', are revolved at a speed suitable to carry away the fabric
from the needles as fast as it is produced, and that speed is governed by the system of
change gearing T2. The take-up reel C winds up the fabric as fast as the rolls T T',
yield it to them. The beams and bobbins yield up the material wound upon them
only as the machine draws it away from them.
The precise times in which the parts operate are indicated more particularly in the
description of the knitting operation which I shall now proceed to give.
Supposing that a stitch has just been completed and the needles, I, K¹, are in their
lowest position; the feeder bars N, O, are in their back position; the lower feeder
bar O is in a position longitudinally which it always occupios when in its back
position, viz. one in which the feeders O' that it carries are directly opposite
the spaces between the upper needles; the upper feeder bar N is in its left
hand position viz.: one in which its feeders having just completed a movement
to the left hand as one faces the machine, equal in amount to the distance from one
feeder to the other, has stopped with its feeders directly over those of the lower bar O;
the yarn guide bar L is in its extre.ne left hand position; the weft carrier rods are in
their extreme right positions, and each finger is just to the right of the piece of fabric
to which it pertains. It should be noted that the machine is intended to weave
or knit either one broad fabric or a number of narrow ones, and the number of
fingers upon each rod equals the number of pieces of fabric to be produced.
For the purpose of illustration I will divide the forward movement, from the
present point, into a series of imaginary steps, taking the portion already indicated as
a starting point. The tops of all the needles are just below the top of the "kerfed "
sections of the needle bed, as indicated at Figure 35. The position of the various
strands and of the feeders being indicated in plan at Figure 46, I will now advance one
step to the position indicated by Figures 38 and 42, but will note the action of some
of the parts, en route.
The groove in the cams I³, K³, and the length of the connecting rods 12, K2, are so
adjusted that while the needles descend to about the same point and consumo about
the same amount of time in rising to their highest positions, the upper needles I¹ rise
faster and higher than the lower ones. The perforations in the yarn guide bar Lare
equal in number to the lower needles K¹ and are spaced the same distance from
centre to centre, which distance for convenience of illustration I will call one fourth
of an inch. The entire longitudinal movement of the yarn guide bar is double the
amount of that distance, or say one half of an inch in either direction, and when the
bar is in an extreme position a perforation is directly in front of an upper needle I¹.
The warps, supplied by this bar L are knitted alternately by one or the other of two
contiguous needles K and I will suppose that a particular one will form its next stitch
upon the right hand needle of the pair and consequently the warp will lead from the
hook of the left hand needle upon which it was last knit, diagonally past the back of
an upper needle to a perforation beyond the right hand needle. See Figure 50. As

page_text: the upper needle rises the yarn guide bar L will now move one eighth of an inch
towards the left, and the upper needle will pass midway between two perforations,
Figure 51. Immediately after the said upper needle has passed the plane of those
perforations the yarn guide bar will move one eighth of an inch further towards the
left in order that when the book of a lower needle K¹ reaches the plane of perforation
that also may pass midway between two perforations, Figure 52. The object of this
movement is to prevent the hooks of the needles froni catching into the perforations.
During the movements described the feeders have advanced in a direct line to the
positions shown in the Figures referred to, viz.: 38 and 42. The dotted circles
in Figure 42, indicate the previous positions of the feeders. The next step is to the
position indicated' in Figures 39 and 43, but it will again be necessary to describe the
action of the several parts during their progress from the preceding step to the present
one. The yarn guide bar will have made no movement. The needles will have
reached their highest position which will have brought the tops of the upper needles I¹
just below the level of the body of the feeders O¹, but above the lowest extremity of
the feeder, and will have brought the hooks of the lower needles K¹, above the plane
of the perforations in the yarn guide bar L, but not high enough to prevent the
passage of the feeders N¹, O¹, over their tops. The feeders N', O¹, will have been
pushed forward between the longitudinal strands, and between the upper needles I³,
passing over the tops of the lower needles K. The position indicated in Figures 39
and 43 will now be reached, and I may now proceed to the position indicated in
Figure 44.
To reach that position the yarn guide bar L will have moved one quarter of an inch
to the right, which movement will have carried the warp, shown in Figure 49, as
running to the hook of the left hand needle of the pair chosen for purpose of illustra-
tion, under the hook of the right hand needle, Figure 53. The feeder bars will have
made no forward or backward movement, but will have been moved longitudinally by
by the cams one quarter of an inch towards the left, so that the yarns running from
them will have been carried under the hook of an upper needle 1. The needles will
have made no movement.
During the movement to the next position, Figures 41 and 45, the feeders will
have receded from the position indicated by the dotted circles to the one shown in full
circles in Figure 45, and all of the needles will have commenced to descend. Imme-
diately after the position shown in Figures 40 and 45 has been passed the feeders will
move one quarter of an inch to the right and will continue to recede until the bars are
back again to their original positions both laterally and longitudinally, (Figures 41
and 48), the needles will have descended but during their descent the yarn guide bar L
will have made the necessary movement to permit the hook of the upper needle I¹ to
avoid its (the yarn guide's) perforations, Figure 54, viz.: one eighth of an inch toward
the left. The upper feeders will continue to move to the right one quarter of an inch
further, until they reach the position indicated by Figure 47. The yarn guide bar
will continue to move to the left, (shown midway at Figure 55) until it reaches its
extreme left hand position and the weft carrier rods will move to their extreme'left hand
position, which movement (except in circumstances herein before indicated) will be
more than the entire width of fabric. The position indicated in Figure 46 is now
again reached, except that those parts that assume alternately right and left hand
positions are now in positions the reverse of those indicated in that Figure.
Figures 56, 57, and 58 show a modification of a portion of my machine and which
modification is used when it is desired to supply to each of the needles K¹ two or more
independently operated threads. It consists of an additional yarn guide bar, similar
in its manner of operation to the yarn guide bar L, but the motion of this bar is
eccentric in operation with relation to the bar I. It being intended that while one
bar may be carrying a particular knitting thread continuously to one and the same
needle the other will carry a particular one alternately to one or the other of two
contiguous needles, or may carry it successively to each of three or more needles.
Both bars may carry their individual yarns to two or more needles but remain
eccentric in their movements in relation to one another.

page_text: By an arrangement of needles and yarn guides similar to that illustrated at
Figure 56, the feeders may, if desired be omitted, and the two yarn guides made to
supply both sets of needles with yarns by so operating the yarn guide bars that one
of them will supply one series of yarns exclusively to one series of the needles, while
the other yarn guide bar will supply yarns exclusively to the other series of needles,
or the feeders may be still employed, and one series of the needles caused to receive
yarns from both a yarn guide bar and from the feeders.
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 1
claim is :-
1. The combination with guiding devices for the longitudinal strands, of the knitting
thread delivering mechanisın, knitting needles, situated and operating substantially
parallel to the position of the strands, actuating mechanism for the needles, and
feeding hooks and actuating mechanism for passing the knitting thread through
the strands and delivering it to the knitting needles, substantially as set forth.
2. The combination, with guiding devices for the longitudinal strands, of knitting
needles arranged substantially parallel and at a distance from the position of said
strands, actuating mechanism for said needles, devices for delivering the weft thread,
devices for delivering the knitting thread upon the side of the longitudinal strands
opposite to the needles and feeding hooks, and actuating mechanism for passing the
knitting thread through said strands and delivering it to the knitting needles,
substantially as herein before set forth.
3. The combination, with guiding devices for the longitudinal strands, of the knitting
thread feeding devices, needles, and actuating mechanism, and the feeding hooks
having inward extensions which remain between the longitudinal strands during the
movement of said hooks, substantially as described.
4. The combination of a stationary ring or disc, an arm having guide eyes for
the knitting thread in the plane of said ring or disc mechanism for rotating the
arm in said relation to the ring or disc and devices for delivering the knitting
thread to the knitting mechanism, said ring or disc being of a circumference equal
to the length of knitting thread required during the rotation of the arm, substantially
as hereinbefore set forth with reference to Figures 1-11.
5. The combination, with the shaft J, and the knitting mechanism, of the guide for
the longitudinal strands having the semi-circular series of guide eyes for receiving
the strands from one side of the machine, and the circular series of guide eyes for
directing said strands as described relatively to the shaft and the knitting mechanism,
substantially as set forth with reference to Figures 1-11.
6. The combination of guides for delivering the longitudinal strands in two or more
concentric or parallel sets, inner and outer sets of knitting needles situated and
operating substantially parallel to the position of the strands, knitting thread delivering
mechanism for two or more knitting threads arranged to deliver knitting threads in
different planes as described and reciprocatory feeders for passing the knitting threads
through said strands and delivering those in one plane to the inner set of needles,
and those in the other plane to the outer set of needles, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
7. The combination of guides for delivering the longitudinal strands in two or
more concentric or parallel sets, inner and outer sets of knitting needles situated
and operating substantially parallel to the position of the strands, devices for
delivering the weft or filling thread, knitting thread delivering mechanism for
delivering knitting threads in different planes as described, and reciprocatory feeders
for passing the knitting threads through said strands and delivering those in one
plane to the inner set of needles and those in the other plane to the outer set of
needles, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.
8. The reciprocatory feeder provided with a thread engaging edge n, and a thread
deflecting edge o whereby the feeder during its reciprocations is caused when moving
in one direction to ride over the same knitting thread which it afterwards engages

page_text: when moving in the opposite direction substantially as and for the purposes set forth
with reference to Figures 12-14.
9. The reciprocatory feeder provided with the lip or projection X1 having the
longer and shorter vertical edges n, m, and the intermediate deflecting edge o, as and
for the purposes set forth with reference to Figures 12-14.
10. The combination in a knitted fabric with a plurality of sets of weft and
longitudinal strands of one or more sets of knitting warps for each of said sets of
weft and longitudinal strands, substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to
Figures 12-14" inclusive of the drawings.
11. The combination, with two or more separately operating sets of alternating
needles, mechanism for reciprocating said sets alternately, and means for supplying
knitting warp to the opposite sides of the longitudinal strands from that on which the
needles are situated, of feeding hooks for delivering the said warp to some or all
of said needles, substantially as and for the purposes set forth with reference to
Figures 15-23.
12. The combination, with two or more separately operating sets of alternating
needles, of feeding hooks for delivering knitting threads from the opposite side of
the longitudinal strands to some or all of said needles, means for supplying warp
threads to said hooks, and means for supplying a second warp thread or threads to
the needles upon that side of the strands upon which the needles are situated,
substantially as described with reference to Figures 15—23.
13. The combination with two sets of needles arranged to form the loops of their
stitches upon one and the same, face of the fabric, guiding mechanism for a series of
longitudinal yarns, and devices for delivering a weft yarn on each side of the series of
longitudinal yarns, of feeding devices for supplying yarn to each set of needles, and
mechanism for imparting a reciprocating motion to said needles and to the weft yarn
delivering devices, and for operating the needle-yarn supplying devices, substantially
as described with reference to Figures 24-58.
14. The combination with two independent sets of needles arranged in the same
plane and to form the loops of their stitches upon one and the same face of the fabric,
and devices for supplying yarn to each set of needles, of mechanism for imparting
a reciprocating movement simultaneously to all the needles of each set independently
of the other substantially as described with reference to Figures 24-58.
15. The combination with a set of needles, devices for supplying and guiding a
series of longitudinal yarns and mechanism for reciprocating said needles, of yarn
feeders arranged on the other side of the said longitudinal yarns from the needles,
and mechanism for operating said feeders to carry their yarns between the adjacent
yarns of the longitudinal series and around said needles, substantially as set forth
with reference to Figures 24-58.
16. The combination with two sets of needles arranged in the same plane, with the
needles of one set between and alternating with the needles of the other set, devices
for supplying and guiding a series of longitudinal yarns, and mechanism for
reciprocating both sets of said needles, of a yarn guide bar arranged in front of the
needles for delivering yarn to one set thereof, a set of yarn feeders arranged in rear
of said needles for carrying yarns between the adjacent yarns of the longitudinal
series and around the needles of the other set, and mechanism for operating said yarn
guide bar and feeders, substantially as described with reference to Figures 24-58.
17. The combination with two sets of needles arranged in the same plane, with the
needles of one set between and alternating with the needles of the other set, devices
for supplying and guiding a series of longitudinal yarns, and carriers arranged to lay
a weft yarn on each side of said longitudinal yarns, of a yarn guide bar arranged in
front of the needles for delivering yarn to one set thereof, a set of feeders located in
rear of said needles for carrying yarns between the adjacent yarns of the longitudinal
series and around the needles of the other set, and mechanism for reciprocating both
sets of needles and the weft carriers, and for operating said guide bar and feeders,
substantially as described with reference to Figures 24-58.

page_text: 18. The combination with a set of needles, devices for supplying and guiding
longitudinal strands, weft supplying devices, and a series of devices for supplying
yarn to such needles, and mechanism for reciprocating said needles and operating the
needle yarn and weft supplying devices, of a second series of needle yarn supplying
devices acting in connection with the first mentioned series, and mechanism for
causing them to move to the right or left with relation to said first mentioned series,
the distance between any two or more needles, at each successive knitting operation
of said needles, substantially as described with reference to Figures 24-58.
19. The combination with a set of needles, devices for supporting and guiding a
series of longitudinal yarns, weft supplying devices, a set of feeders for carrying a
series of yarns between the adjacent yarns of the longitudinal series and around the
needles, and mechanism for operating said needles and feeders, of a second set of
feeders and devices for causing them to move with the first mentioned feeders as they
advance to carry their yarns around the needles, and also to move laterally to the
right or left, the distance between any two or more feeders at each successive retraction
of the same, to lay their yarn in ziz-zag lines upon the back of the fabric, substantially
as described with reference to Figures 24-58.
20. The combination with a row of needles, a series of feeders O¹ and mechanism
for advancing said feeders toward the needles and carrying their yarn delivering
ends around the upper ends of the same, of a second series of feeders N¹, and devices
for causing them to travel with the first mentioned feeders as they advance to carry
their yarn delivering ends around the upper ends of the needles, and also to move
laterally to the right or left the distance between any two feeders at each successive
retraction of the same, substantially as described with reference to Figures 24—58.
21. The combination with two sets of needles, guiding mechanism for a series of
longitudinal yarns, devices for delivering a weft yarn on each side of the series of
longitudinal yarns, a series of feeders for delivering yarns to one set of needles, and
mechanism for operating the needles, the weft yarn supplying devices, and the
feeders, of a guide bar for delivering yarns to the other set of needles, a second series
of feeders acting in connection with the first mentioned series and mechanism for
reciprocating both series of feeders, and the guide bar and for causing the second
series of feeders to move to the right or left with relation to the other series, the
distance between any two or more needles, at each successive knitting operation of
said needles, substantially as described with reference to Figures 24 58.
22. The combination with the feeder bars N, O, provided with feeders N¹, O',
respectively, cams N³, and connecting rods N³, of the cams N, O, and levers N', 0º
as described with reference to Figures 24-58.
'
23. The combination with the weft carrying rods R, S, provided with fingers R¹, S',
respectively, and rack R6, of the cam R2, finger R³, shaft R', gear segment R³ and
connecting bar S2 as described with reference to Figures 24-58.
24. The combination with two sets of needles arranged in the same plane, with the
needles of one set between and alternating with the needles of the other set, of
mechanism for simultaneously reciprocating all the needles of each set independently
of the other, and imparting to one set a greater reciprocation than to the other, as
described with reference to Figures 24-58.
25. The combination with the needle bars I and K, and needles I' and K' secured
therein, of the cams I³ K³ and connecting rods 12 and K2 whereby the needle bars,
and their respective sets of needles, are reciprocated at different distances, as
described with reference to Figures 24-58.
26. The take-up rolls and the tension devices for the longitudinal strands in com-
bination with a series of needles, the main needle bed, and the auxiliary needle bed
arranged and operating to hold the said longitudinal strands close against the needles,
notwithstanding the stress of tension exerted by said devices and rolls upon the said
strands, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.
27. The combination with two sets of needles arranged in the same plane and
mechanism for simultaneously reciprocating all the needles of each set independently

page_text: of the other, of feeders for delivering yarn to said needles, and mechanism for
operating said feeders and for causing each of them to supply yarns, to the set of
needles pertaining to it, to the exclusion of the other set, substantially as hereinbefore
set forth.
28. A solid knit selvaged fabric, all the looped stitches of which are on one and
the same face of the fabric and are composed of alternate rows of straight stitches and
zig-zag stitches, having incorporated in it straight longitudinal strands and also two
wefts or sets of wefts deposited upon opposite sides of the longitudinal strands and
secured in the fabric by the same stitches, with or without binding strands, substan-
tially as described with reference to Figures 24-60, inclusive of the drawings.
Dated this 20th day or November 1000.
J. VAN D. REED.
By Brewer & Son,
33, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.