IMPROVE- MENTS IN MACHINERY for the Manufacture of Looped FABRICS.”
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Burton Haskard, of Wollaton Street, in the
Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, Spring Point and Guide
Manufacturer, and John Dean and Edward Dean, both of Radford, in
the County of Nottingham, Mechanics, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY for the Manufacture of Looped FABRICS.”
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Burton Haskard,
John Dean, and Edward Dean at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 30th March 1860.
We, SAMUEL BURTON HASKARD, of Wollaton Street, in the Town and
County of the Town of Nottingham, Spring Point and Guide Manufacturer,
and John Dean and Edward Dean, both of Radford, in the County of
Nottingham, Mechanics, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF LOOPED FABRICS,"
to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists in the arrangement of a face plate or verge which
is fixed, and a comb plate in which are needle slides carrying needles, which

page_text: stand in a vertical position, and are moved up or down, as required, by means
of a bolt bent the required shape, the bolt being screwed to a bar having a
horizontal motion imparted to it from right to left, and vice versa. A thread
carrier is secured to another bar, also having a horizontal motion to the right
and left, or vice versa, the thread carriers having a proper length of lead given
them. The bar which supports the thread carriers also carries a bolt of a
similar shape to the one before described, for the purpose of moving the
sinker bits, which lie horizontally in combs which are screwed to a bar
capable of being regulated by star screws so as to form the loop the depth
required. To the bar which carries the bolt are attached arms that support
a sinall plate, which lands the work over the needle beards. Under the bar
that supports the sinker bits is placed a presser plate the length of the
machine, against which the needle beards are drawn down by the bolt above
described.
In the manufacture of ribbed fabrics we use, in addition to that which is
herein-before described, a bar which carries combs, in which the machine
needles slide horizontally from back to front, which is actuated by a similar
bolt to that before described, and to which is attached a bar. A landing
plate is screwed to the bolt bar for landing the machine course, the whole of
the several bars being moved by cams.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Samuel Burton Haskard, John Dean, and Edward Dean in
the Great Seal Patent Office on the 29th September 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, SAMUEL
BURTON HASKARD, of Wollaton Street, in the Town and County of the Town
of Nottingham, Spring Point and Guide Manufacturer, and JOHN DEAN and
EDWARD DEAN, both of Radford, in the County of Nottingham, Mechanics,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said Samuel Burton Haskard and John Dean and Edward Dean, Her
special licence that we, the said Samuel Burton Haskard and John Dean
and Edward Dean, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others

page_text: as we, the said Samuel Burton Haskard and John Dean and Edward Dean,
our executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF LOOPED FABRICS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that we, the said Samuel Burton Haskard, and John Dean and Edward
Dean, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
our or their hands and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of us or
them, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Samuel Burton Haskard and John
Dean and Edward Dean, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being
had to the accompanying Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked
thereon, that is to say:-
Our Invention consists in the arrangement of a face plate or verge which
is fixed, and a comb plate in which are needle slides carrying needles, which
stand in a vertical position, and are moved up and down as required by means
of a bolt bent the required shape, the bolt being screwed to a bar having a
horizontal motion imparted to it from right to left, and vice versa. A thread
carrier is secured to another bar, also having a horizontal motion to the right
and left, or vice versâ, the thread carriers having a proper length of lead given
them. The bar which supports the thread carriers also carries a bolt of a
similar shape to the one before mentioned, for the purpose of moving the
sinker bits, which lie horizontally in combs which are screwed to a bar
capable of being regulated by star screws so as to form the loop the depth
required. To the bar which carries the bolt are attached arms which support
a small plate which lands the work over the needle beards. Under the bar
that supports the sinker bits is placed a presser plate the length of the
machine, against which the needle beards are drawn down by the bolt last
above mentioned.
In the manufacture of ribbed fabrics, we use, in addition to that which is
herein-before described, a bar which carries combs, in which the machine

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bolt to that before mentioned, and to which is attached a bar. A landing
plate is screwed to the bolt bar for landing the machine course, the whole of
the several bars being moved by cams.
Having thus stated the nature of our Invention, we now proceed to
describe the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Sheet 1, Figure 1, is a front view of a portion of the length of a knitting
machine arranged according to our improvements, shewing the left hand and
looking at the front of the machine with the lever at the end broken away;
Sheet 2, Figure 2, is a sectional view of the whole of the working parts, the
lever in this view being broken away at the same place; Sheet 3, Figure 3,
is a view of the above-named broken lever and of a cam which gives motion
to the same. On this Sheet are represented the various parts which are not
fully shown on Sheets 1 and 2. The whole of the Figures are drawn the full
size, with the exception of Figure 3, which is drawn one quarter the full
size. The whole of the several corresponding parts being lettered alike, the
following description will apply to each.
A is the top of an end standard; there are two such standards to a short
frame, with an intermediate one when the frames are of such length that the
several bars require an additional support. The standards are connected
together by tie rods, and bearings are secured to the front of them at a
convenient height, which support a handle shaft, having a bevel wheel at one
end gearing into a similar one on the end of the short horizontal shaft, on
which is keyed the cam above named; two blocks are cast upon the upper
part of the standards, to which are screwed angle bars B. The top of the
standards also form bearings for (or bearings are screwed to them to support)
three bars C, D, E, somewhat longer than the tie and angle bars. F is a bar
the same length as the angle bars; on the angle bar B are screwed sinker
combs B', in which slide the sinkers B³, moved forwards and backwards by
the sinker bolt B³, screwed to the sliding bar C. On the top of the bar C is a
carrier bolt bar C', which is slotted for a portion of its length to allow it to
slide to the right or left, a sufficient length of lead being given to allow the
bolt bar C to pass it until the thread carriers which are screwed to the bolt
bar stand in a position for passing first across the needles as each course is
made. There may be a similar bolt bar to C¹ placed above it, and working in
a similar manner for making a fine course or a colored one.
C³ represents

page_text: the frame needle presser bar, which is supported by short arms screwed to the
angle iron; C is a trick which prevents the sinkers from rising, and is sup-
ported by arms screwed to the angle iron; C³ is a tappit plate which is
screwed loosely to the bar C, and moves with it. When the bar C arrives at
either end of the course this plate is forced up by one of the arms striking
against the incline (as shown in the front view) screwed to the carrier bolt
C'; the tappit plate holds back the sinkers until the first has properly gained
its loop. C is the frame landing plate, which also forms a trick for the frame
needles to slide in. D is the bar to which the bolt D¹ is screwed, the bolt in
its passage to the right or left moving the needle bits D³ up and down, the
requisite lead being obtained from the slotted end of the bar, as seen at
Figure 3; in the bits D2 are soldered the frame needles in a vertical
position. Heretofore the frame needles have been placed horizontally,
whereas we place them vertically, the bits sliding in the frame needle
comb D³, screwed to the bar F. To the bearings in which the bar C slides
is screwed a tie bar G', to which are screwed short arms G³, through which
the star screws G³ pass, the points of which rest upon the bar G', which is
free to slide to the right or left in bearings screwed to the arms H. The bar
G+, for a portion of its length near the star screws, is made of three different
thicknesses, which through the star screw connected as above described forces
the bar C, and consequently the sinker bolt B³ into position for making an
ordinary course, a slack course or a tight course. The arms H, which are
screwed to the standards, carry the spring bar H', to which the leads H² are
screwed, the leads having sinker springs cast in them, which press upon the tails
of the sinker bits B2, forcing the bits forward to form a loop, except where
held back by the bolt Bs or tappit plate C. I is the facing roller, over
which the work as made passes to the work roller, upon which it is wound.
The above is a description of the several parts arranged according to our
improvements, which constitute a machine for the manufacture of plain looped
fabrics, and in a machine making ribbed looped fabrics is commonly denomi-
nated the frame. The parts we now propose to describe constitute that part
which, working with those just described, will make a ribbed looped fabric, and
is called the machine.
To the angle iron B is secured the machine needle comb K, in which slide
the machine needle bits K', in which are soldered the machine needles lying
horizontally. Heretofore machine needles have been placed vertically, moved
as required by the machine needle bolt K2, screwed to the bar E, which has an
horizontal sliding motion given it by being connected to the bar D, and having

page_text: the same sliding motion with it. On the top of the bar E are screwed caps E¹,
under which slide the brackets E³, carrying the machine presser bar, which
has arms, at the end of which is a presser disc E³, which we sometimes prefer
using instead of a presser plate, there being as many discs as the number of
breadths of work the machine is set out for. The bar Es is somewhat shorter
than the length between the standards, and has a small pin near each end,
which is embraced by the slotted end of a small lever working upon an axle
in a bracket E, screwed to the bar E. The upper end of the lever, when the
bar E arrives near the end of its motion to the right or left, will strike against
a set screw in a bracket screwed to the cap of the bearing of the bar E, by
which means the presser wheel E' will always be thrown into its proper
position for pressing the machine needles when required. The brackets E2
are moved backwards and forwards for making a slack course by the bar E',
which is somewhat thicker near each bracket. To the top of the bar E is
screwed a bracket E', carrying the machine landing plate Es, which knocks
the work over the ends of the machine needles.
DESCRIPTION OF MOVEMENTS COLLECTIVELY.
The thread carriers taking the lead, lay the thread to the frame needles, the
sinkers supporting the same, and coming forward to form a loop, the needles
being drawn down to receive the loop, and press the beards down to allow the
previously formed loops to pass over the ends of the needles; the beards
being pressed by the frame presser plate C³, the work being knocked over by
the landing plates C. The frame course being thus completed, the above
movements are repeated for the manufacture of a plain looped fabric. The
movements are the same as the above for the ribbed course, with the addition
of the machine course, which is worked at the same time as the frame course,
the machine needles being pushed forward by the machine needle bolt K³, and
in coming back, having taken hold of the loops, the presser wheel presses
down the beards, the landing plate Es knocking the work over. Thus the
frame and the machine course being finished, together forming the ribbed
course, a ribbed fabric will be produced.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim as our
improvements in machinery for the manufacture of looped fabrics is the
arrangement and combination of parts of machinery for the manufacture of
plain or ribbed looped fabrics constructed in the manner herein-before
described, and for the whole of the movements of the several parts being

page_text: obtained by the aid of the lever and one cam, as herein-before described and
exemplified in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, we, the said Samuel Burton Haskard, John Dean,
and Edward Dean, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this
Twenty-eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and sixty.
Witness,
GEO. JON. ROBINSON,
Patent Agent,
Nottingham.
SAMUEL BURTON HASKARD. (L.S.)
JOHN DEAN.
EDWARD DEAN.
(L.S.)
(L.S.)