IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF KNITTED OR LOOPED FABRICS, AND IN MACHINERY ne IMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1881

page_text: This Specification was, upon the 28th day of December 1886, amended under
Sections 18 to 21 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1883.
LETTERS PATENT to James Booth, of the Grange, Ovenden, near Halifax,
in the County of York, Manufacturer, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF KNITTED OR LOOPED FABRICS, AND IN MACHINERY
ne IMPLOYED THEREIN."
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Booth at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd February 1881.
JAMES BOOTH of the Grange Ovenden near Halifax in the County of York,
Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF KNITTED OR LOOPED
FABRICS AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN."
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The Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of knitted or
looped fabrics and in machinery or apparatus employed therein and relates
Firstly to means whereby a novel description of fabric is produced on that class
of knitting machinery known as the circular or French frame.
For this purpose I form the back of the fabric of the ordinary looping threads
using ordinary wool yarn for such purpose and I form the face of the fabric on
that part which has usually been considered the back. For this purpose I employ
worsted or long fibred yarn for the face which is laid in between the needles in
any desired order, such face yarn being tied to the looping thread by the tie thread
usually employed in the manufacture of fleecy backed hosiery.
"
The fabric after removal from the machine is subjected to the process known as
fulling or "felting" whereby the back or knitted portion of the fabric becomes
considerably shrunk and the fibres thereof. felted together whilst the face yarn
being laid in straight and tied to the body or back at longer or shorter intervals
is caused to project from the back or body of the fabric in the form of loops,
thereby producing a very ornamental appearance. The face yarn is laid in so as
to produce either longitudinal stripes, diagonal stripes or a mixed effect.
My improvements in machinery or apparatus employed for the above purpose
consists in dispensing with the long stems of the blades of the plugged wheel and
employing only the noses thereof, by which means the machine is caused to work
with greater ease and with less breakages than when such plugged wheel is
constructed in the manner heretofore adopted as the long stems are no longer
caused to enter the spaces between the needles but such plugged wheel is caused
to press every needle in lieu of only a selection thereof.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said James Booth in, the Great Seal Patent Office on the 22nd August
1881.
JAMES BOOTH of the Grange Ovenden near Halifax in the County of York,
Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF KNITTED OR LOOPED
FABRICS AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN."
The Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of knitted or
looped fabrics and in machinery or apparatus employed therein and relates
Firstly to means whereby a novel description of fabric is produced on that class
of knitting machinery known as the circular or French frame.
For this purpose I form the back and body of the fabric of the ordinary looping
threads using for such purpose ordinary wool yarn capable of being afterwards
felted together, and I form the face of the fabric on that part which has usually
been considered the back.
For the face of the fabric I employ worsted or long fibered yarn which will not
felt with the back or body, and which is laid in between the needles in any desired
order such face yarn being tied to the looping thread by the tie thread usually
employed in the manufacture of fleecy backed hosiery.
The means I employ for laying the face yarn in between the needles are those
ordinarily employed for laying in straight threads.
The fabric after removal from the machine is subjected to the process known as
"fulling" or "
felting" whereby the back, ground, or knitted portion of the fabric
becomes considerably shrunk and the fibres thereof felted together whilst the face
yarn being laid in straight and tied to the body or back at longer or shorter
intervals is caused to project from the back or body of the fabric in the form of
loops thereby producing a very ornamental appearance. The face yarn is laid
in so as to produce either longitudinal stripes diagonal stripes or
effect.
a mixed
Longitudinal stripes can be produced by causing the presser wheel to act on the
same needles in each revolution of the circle. Diagonal stripes can be formed by
causing the presser wheel to act on a different succession of needles in each
succeeding revolution of the circle. A mixed effect can be produced by forming
the presser wheel to press and miss various numbers of needles so as to cause the
facing yarn to float irregularly for longer and shorter distances.
My improvements in machinery or apparatus employed for the above purpose
relate to an improved wheel to be employed in lieu of the ordinary "plugged
wheel." In order the clearer to explain this part of my Invention I have shown
in the accompanying Drawings at Figures 1 and 2 an edge view and cross section
of the ordinary "plugged wheel" and at Figure 3 an edge view of my improved
wheel to be used in lieu of said "plugged wheel." a Figures 1 and 2 represent
the noses of the blades and a' the long stems of such blades the spaces between
some of which are "plugged" as shown at 6 to within a short distance of the outer
edge thereof by which means the needles are caused in the working of the machine
to travel in the spaces between the blades both at their noses a and at their long
stems a¹. In carrying this part of my Invention into effect I dispense with the
long stems a¹ of the blades of the plugged wheel and employ only the noses a of
such blades forming the remainder of the wheel solid as shown at Figure 3 by
which means the machine is caused to work with greater ease and with less

page_text: breakage than when using a "plugged wheel," as heretofore as according to my
Invention the long stems a¹ being dispensed with they are no longer caused to
enter the spaces between the needles but my improved wheel is caused to press
every needle in lieu of only a selection thereof.
Further by the use of my improved wheel the pattern of the presser wheel
can be varied as desired to produce different effects in the cloth without the
necessity for altering my improved wheel used in substitution of the ordinary
plugged wheel.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the mode in
which I carry the same into effect I would have it understood that what I
claim, is-
First. The manufacture of a novel description of fabric on that class of knitting
machinery known as the circular or French frame by employing woollen (felting)
yarn for the body or back of the fabric and longer fibred (unfelting) yarn for the
top or face of the fabric which is made on that side usually considered the back
and afterwards *
fulling or felting such fabric substantially as herein
described.
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Second. Dispensing with the long stems of the blades of the plugged wheel and
employing only the noses thereof substantially as herein shown and described
with respect to Figure 3 and for the purpose-stated.
In witness whereof I the said James Booth have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Seventeenth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
JAMES BOOTH.
(L.S.)

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Booth, of the Grange, Ovenden, near Halifax,
in the County of York, Manufacturer, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF KNITTED OR LOOPED FABRICS, AND IN MACHINERY
OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN.”
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Booth at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd February 1881.
JAMES BOOTH, of the Grange, Ovenden, near Halifax, in the County of York,
Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF KNITTED OR LOOPED
FABRICS, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN."
The Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of knitted or
looped fabrics, and in machinery or apparatus employed therein; and relates,
firstly, to means whereby a novel description of fabric is produced on that class
of knitting machinery known as the circular or French frame.
"
For this purpose I form the back of the fabric of the ordinary looping threads,
using ordinary wool yarn for such purpose, and I form the face of the fabric on
that part which has usually been considered the back. For this purpose I employ
worsted or long fibred yarn for the face, which is laid in between the needles in
any desired order, such face yarn being tied to the looping thread by the tie thread
usually employed in the manufacture of fleecy backed hosiery.
The fabric after removal from the machine is subjected to the process known as
fulling" or "felting," whereby the back or knitted portion of the fabric becomes.
considerably shrunk, and the fibres thereof felted together, whilst the face yarn
being laid in straight and tied to the body or back at longer or shorter intervals
is caused to project from the back or body of the fabric in the form of loops,
thereby producing a very ornamental appearance. The face yarn is laid in so as
to produce either longitudinal stripes, diagonal stripes, or a mixed effect.
My improvements in machinery or apparatus employed for the above purpose
consists in dispensing with the long stems of the blades of the plugged wheel, and
employing only the noses thereof, by which means the machine is caused to work
with greater ease and with less breakages than when such plugged wheel is
constructed in the manner heretofore adopted, as the long stems are no longer
caused to enter the spaces between the needles, but such plugged wheel is caused
to press every needle in lieu of only a selection thereof.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said James Booth in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 22nd August
1881.
JAMES BOOTH, of the Grange, Ovenden, near Halifax, in the County of York,
Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF KNITTED OR LOOPED
FABRICS, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN."
The Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of knitted or
looped fabrics, and in machinery or apparatus employed therein; and relates,
firstly, to means whereby a novel description of fabric is produced on that class
of knitting machinery known as the circular or French frame.
For this purpose I form the back and body of the fabric of the ordinary looping
threads, using for such purpose ordinary wool yarn capable of being afterwards
felted together, and I form the face of the fabric on that part which has usually
been considered the back.
For the face of the fabric I employ worsted or long fibered yarn which will not
felt with the back or body, and which is laid in between the needles in any desired
order, such face yarn being tied to the looping thread by the tie thread usually
employed in the manufacture of fleecy backed hosiery.
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The means I employ for laying the face yarn in between the needles are those
ordinarily employed for laying in straight threads.
The fabric after removal from the machine is subjected to the process known as
fulling" or "felting," whereby the back, ground, or knitted portion of the fabric
becomes considerably shrunk and the fibres thereof felted together, whilst the face
yarn being laid in straight and tied to the body or back at longer or shorter
intervals is caused to project from the back or body of the fabric in the form of
loops, thereby producing a very ornamental appearance. The face yarn is laid
in so as to produce either longitudinal stripes, diagonal stripes, or a mixed
effect.
Longitudinal stripes can be produced by causing the presser wheel to act on the
same needles in each revolution of the circle. Diagonal stripes can be formed by
causing the presser wheel to act on a different succession of needles in each
succeeding revolution of the circle. A mixed effect can be produced by forming
the presser wheel to press and miss various numbers of needles so as to cause the
facing yarn to float irregularly for longer and shorter distances.
My improvements in machinery or apparatus employed for the above purpose
relate to an improved wheel to be employed in lieu of the ordinary "plugged
wheel." In order the clearer to explain this part of my Invention I have shown
in the accompanying Drawings, at Figures 1 and 2, an edge view and cross section
of the ordinary "plugged wheel," and at Figure 3 an edge view of my improved
wheel to be used in lieu of said "plugged wheel." a, Figures 1 and 2, represent
the noses of the blades, and a¹ the long stems of such blades, the spaces between
some of which are "plugged," as shown at b, to within a short distance of the outer
edge thereof, by which means the needles are caused in the working of the machine
to travel in the spaces between the blades both at their noses a and at their long
stems a'. In carrying this part of my Invention into effect I dispense with the
long stems a¹ of the blades of the plugged wheel, and employ only the noses a of
such blades, forming the remainder of the wheel solid, as shown at Figure 3, by
which means the machine is caused to work with greater ease and with less
breakage than when using a plugged wheel," as heretofore, as according to my
Invention the long stems a¹ being dispensed with they are no longer caused to
enter the spaces between the needles, but my improved wheel is caused to press
every needle in lieu of only a selection thereof.
"

page_text: Further, by the use of my improved wheel the pattern of the presser wheel
can be varied as desired to produce different effects in the cloth without the
necessity for altering my improved wheel used in substitution of the ordinary
plugged wheel.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the mode in
which I carry the same into effect, I would have it understood that what I
claim is,
First. The manufacture of a novel description of fabric on that class of knitting
machinery known as the circular or French frame by employing woollen (felting)
yarn for the body or back of the fabric, and longer fibred (unfelting) yarn for the
top or face of the fabric, which is made on that side usually considered the back,
and afterwards " fulling ог 'felting such fabric, substantially as herein
described.
"
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Second. Dispensing with the long stems of the blades of the plugged wheel and
employing only the noses thereof, substantially as herein shown and described
with respect to Figure 3 and for the purpose stated.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Booth, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Seventeenth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
JAMES BOOTH. (LS.)