Improvements in the Manufacturing of Pants, Ladies' Combinations, Sleeves, or Any Kind of Fashioned Articles for which the Filling Up Apparatus is Required in Machines known as "Cotton's Patent."
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 1st July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 1st Apr., 1890-Accepted, 1st July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacturing of Pants, Ladies' Combinations,
Sleeves, or Any Kind of Fashioned Articles for which the Filling
Up Apparatus is Required in Machines known as
"Cotton's
Patent."
HENRI QUINQUARLET-MEDINGER, VALTON QUINQUARLET et ANDRÉ VALTON,
Hosiery Manufacturers Rue de la Paix Troyes, Aube France, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention has for its object an improved method of matking pants, sleeves,
ladies' combinations or any kind of fashionned goods where the filling up apparatus is
required. Hitherto such descriptions of pants, sleeves, ladies' combinations or others
fashionned articles have been produced in the following manner :
First, the ribtop is run on the machine and the pant, ladies' combination, sleeve or
other article have been made widening a lead, but as the filling up point took only
one loop and the filling up box goes two needles out, one needle is left without a loop
and consequently a hole is produced in the web.
Now, according to our invention, we produce the pants, ladies' combinations,
sleeves or any kind of widened goods by widening two needles at once, without
leaving a hole in the web. To accomplish this we use a filling up box with two
filling up points in. The filling up box is divided in two parts: one part is fast on
the machine rod and the other is movable, the fast part racks out two needles and
the movable part only one needle before delivering the loop on the needle.
The movable part contains the two filling up points, one on the inside same as
ordinary filling up point, the other in the centre of the parting of the filling up
box. The centre filling up point pricks in the loop in front of the cover points
and deliver the loop on the needle left between the parting of the filling up box.
The filling up box is arranged to contain 2-4-6 or more cover points between
the filling up points.
Dated this 28th day of June 1899
HENRI QUINQUARLET-MEDINGER.
VALTON QUINQUARLET.
ANDRÉ VALTON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacturing of Pants, Ladies' Combinations,
Sleeves, or Any Kind of Fashioned Articles for which the Filling
Up Apparatus is Required in Machines known as " Cotton's
Patent."
We, HENRI QUINQUARLET-MEDINGER, VALTON QUINQUARLET and ANDRÉ VALTON,
all of rue de la Paix Troyes Aube, France, Hosiery Manufacturers, 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:
By means of this Invention we are enabled to obtain without leaving any holes in
the fabric and by a single mechanical movement, on one and the same row of loops
either on one or on both edges of the fabric, two distinct widenings of one needle
each this being in place of the ordinary single widening of two adjacent needles.
We describe the result which we obtain as a widening on two needles by one
movement of the mechanism and without leaving holes in the fabric.

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As regards the total amount of widening the result is exactly the same in both
cases as far as the same row of loops is concerned but it is well known that the
advantages connected with widening on two needles in the production of the ribbed
parts as commonly practised do not prevent the production of a hole or opening in
the fabric wherever a widening occurs. The formation of these openings is a serious
drawback in this method in the case of woollen goods or mixtures of wool and cotton
notwithstanding the milling and renders it altogether impracticable in the
manufacture of fine silk or thread articles which are not fulled or milled.
Now our present invention relates to a new mechanical arrangement of the filling
up box or apparatus for widening and to the manufacture of a new product obtained
by the aid of the said mechanical arrangement as hereinafter more fully described
whereby we are enabled to retain the advantages of the old method and at the same
time obviate the formation of holes in the fabric.
And in order that our said invention may be more fully understood we shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to the
several figures on the annexed sheet of drawings the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings represents in end elevation partly in section
an apparatus constructed according to our invention. This apparatus is illustrated in
side elevations in figs. 2 and 4 and viewed from underneath or below in fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a diagram hereinafter referred to in describing the action of the widening
apparatus.
The filling up or widening apparatus represented in the drawings is provided at
both ends of an ordinary rectilinear knitting machine or at both extremities of each
head in a cotton machine constructed with more than one head or series of needles,
and is composed of two parts marked A and B respectively. The part B is fixed on
the narrowing rod C. The part A slides upon two small rods or pins E rigidly
attached to the solid part of the part B. To this part A is attached an arm or cock F
so arranged that the oval end of a lever or arm Ġ introduced between the cock and
the part A is enabled to cause this part A to move towards or away from the part B
by sliding on the parallel pins E in the direction of the longitudinal movement of a
-supplementary rod H carrying the lever G and actuated from one end by means of a
pawl and ratchet or an eccentric or the like.
The part A also carries a plate K secured by a fly nut V and provided with grooves
for receiving and guiding filling up or widening point carriers L and M suspended
by hooks L' M' from a longitudinal rod N and connected to the filling up points
and m hereinafter referred to. This rod actuates the point carriers L and M in the
usual manner and a small arm o is provided for the purpose of preventing the said
carriers from oscillating at the moment of engaging with the loop.
In addition to the filling up or widening points and m the part A carries two
transferring points a and b but the part B only carries six ordinary points cdefgh.
In the drawing a bar and rod Haro shewn which are connected with the
widening apparatus at the other extremity of the machine (right hand extremity)
which apparatus is similar in all respects to the one illustrated. To facilitate the
explanation of the action of the widening apparatus we will refer to the diagram fig. 5
and divide the operation into three periods.
First Period. During this period the two parts A and B are joined so that the
widening point is placed opposite to the ordinary point whilst the point m is
unaccompanied by any ordinary point. Each ordinary point in the part B faces one
of the series of needles in the rectilinear machine to which the improved widening
apparatus is applied the point c being so placed as to face the selvedge needle
(marked 8 in figure 5) that is to say the needle carrying the edging loop of the
knitted fabric in course of formation on the machine (indicated by lines connecting
the needles) the point d facing the needle 7 point e facing needle 6 and so forth.
The needles 9, 10, 11, etc. have not yet received the knitting. In order to widen by
two needles a fresh loop must be placed upon the needles 9 and 10 either at one side

page_text: or at both sides or selvedges of the fabric simultaneously. This latter result is
obtained by bringing the left hand widening apparatus and the right hand widening
apparatus into action at the same time. When the widening apparatus descends on
do the needles of the machine the ordinary points which correspond with these
needles take the loops thereon whilst the points and m take the under loop of the
corresponding needle that is to say the loop of the second or last row but one of the
knitting.
Second Period. The points being thus charged with loops move all together in the
direction of the arrow to an extent equal to the space between two successive
needles (or twice the distance between 2 adjacent needles see fig. 5) so that the loop
from the needle 1 is brought opposite to the needle 3 the loop 2 opposite to the
needle 4 the loop and the under loop 3 opposite to the needle 5 and so on and all
the other loops at 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are shifted in like manner. The loop on the
needle O not having any corresponding ordinary point remains on its needle but the
under loop on this needle being taken by the point m is brought opposite to the
needle 2.
If in the actual positions of the needles and points the loops brought by the
corresponding points were caused to fall on to each needle the widening by two
needles would be obtained with one movement of the mechanism but the needle 1
not having any point facing it (fig. 5 2nd period) would remain without a loop and
this would cause a hole in the fabric. To obviate this formation of holes recourse is
had to the third period hereinafter described in which the operation is completed by a
displacement of the movable part A.
Third Period. All the parts being arranged as hereinbefore explained for the
2nd period the movable part A of the improved widening apparatus moves in the
opposite direction indicated by the arrow y to an extent equal to the distance between
two consecutive or adjacent needles carrying with it in this movement the points ab
and m holding the loops which they have taken so that the other part B remaining
in position the loops previously taken from the needles 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 remain
facing the needles 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 whilst the loops from the needles 1 and 2 are
brought opposite to the needles 2 and 3, and the under loops from the needles 3 and 0,
facing the needles and 1. At this moment the widening points and m approach
the ordinary points that is to say they are returned to the same line over the needles
either by the action of a small spring brought into action by the existence of the
notch in their shanks or by their own flexibility; the loops and under loops on the
points are then caused to drop on to the corresponding needles by the ordinary
process employed in narrowing or widening whereby the following result is obtained
namely The loops on the needles 1 to 8 are transferred to the needles 2, 3, 5, 6, 7,..
8, 9, 10, and the under loops 0 and 3 are transferred to the needles 1 and 4 whence
it results that the fabric is widened by two needles with one movement of the
mechanism and without causing any one of the needles 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
and 10 to be emptied or lose its loop thus attaining the object of our invention
namely a widening effect in one movement and without the formation of a hole.
It will be observed that if with the needles and points in the position indicated for
the second period the loops had been caused to pass from the points on to the
corresponding needles an ordinary widening with holes would have been obtained.
The absence of holes is thus arrived at by subdividing the apparatus into two
parts A and B this subdivision enabling the widening to be performed with one
mechanical movement in the sense that the transfer or shogging of the apparatus and
the movement of the part A relatively to B take place simultaneously.
The new product or fabric obtained by means of this invention is distinguished by
the absence of holes at the part where the widening has been performed this absence
of holes not being obtained in fabrics manufactured in the ordinary way. We are
aware that widening on two needles can be produced without holes in the old or
ordinary process but it requires two movements of the mechanisın which involves
loss of time whereas according to our method the windened fabric without holes is
obtained with one movement of the mechanisın.

page_text: The apparatus although it is hereinbefore described and illustrated in the drawing
as being employed for widening on two needles may be arranged for widening with
one movement and without holes on three or four needles. With this object it is
simply necessary to divide the apparatus into a corresponding number of parts acting.
in the same way as the parts A and B. The forms dimensions and other details of
construction may evidently be modified according to the requirements of the
manufacture.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
:-
1. As a new product of manufacture the knitted fabric widened on two needles by
one movement of the mechanism and distinguished by the total absence of holes at
the part where the widening has taken place the said fabric being stronger than the
fabric with holes as commonly heretofore manufactured and the widening being
produced in a minimum of time substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The apparatus or mechanism by the aid of which the fabric widened on two
needles referred to in the preceding claiming clause is manufactured without holes
and with one movement of the mechanism the said apparatus being obtained by
dividing the widening apparatus into two parts and shogging or displacing the entire
apparatus at the same time moving one part away from the other in the manner
and for the purpose substantially as herein before described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
3. The arrangement of the independent parts A and B of the improved widening
apparatus in combination with the widening point carriers Land M and with the
means employed for bringing them into action at the moment of widening the said
parts A and B operating in the manner and for the purpose substantially as berein-
before described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
4. The combinations and arrangements of parts constituting the improved apparatus
or mechanism for widening knitted goods substantially as hereinbefore described
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 1st day of April 1890.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
Agents.