Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Sept., 1887
Complete Left; 18th June. 1888
Complete Accepted, 20th July. 1889
I, FEARGUS MELLOR Hosiery Machinist of 34 Ryoland Crescont, Nottingham, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
:-
This invention relates to the class of machinery known as Cotton's knitting
machines.
In order to give motion to the carrier pipes on which the thread eyes are fixed
fixed double inclines or enlargements are provided upon them. Upon the slur box
there is a pressure plate faced with leather; a spring behind the pressure plate holds
it against the carrier pipe. When the pressure plate on the slur box meets the
enlargement on the carrier pipe, it holds it and the motion of the slur box is imparted
to the carrier pipe until this reaches its stop; then the slur box still moving on, the
pressure plate passes over the enlargement on the carrier pipe. On the return of
the slur box the pressure plate again catches upon the enlargement or double incline
on the carrier pipe but upon the other side of it; it so causes the return traverse
of the carrier pipe and thread eye and then when the carrier pipe reaches the stop
the pressure plate again passes over the enlargement on the carrier pipe as before.
The carrier pipe may be of the ordinary circular section but bars of tee section or
pipes of rectangular section are also employed. Other forms can also be used.
Thus the friction on the carrier is released by a fixed incline on the tube or bar.
The incline is placed in such a position as to act on the friction strap soon enough
to allow of the last jack at the selvage getting its loop and afterwards the slur box
rides past the incline releasing the pressure thereby.
Dated thin 17th one of Combo 1007
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, FEARGUS MELLOR, Hosiery Machinist, of 34 Ryeland Crescent, Nottingham,
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:-
--
This invention relates to the class of machinery known as Cotton's knitting
machines.
In order to give motion to the carrier pipes on which the thread eyes are fixed fixed
double inclines or enlargements are provided upon them.
Upon the slur box there is a pressure plate faced with leather; a spring behind
the pressure plate holds it against the carrier pipe. When the pressure plate on the
slur box meets the enlargement on the carrier pipe, it holds it and the motion of
the slur box is imparted to the carrier pipe until this reaches its stop; then the
slur box still moving on, the pressure plate passes over the enlargement on the
carrier pipe. On the return of the slur box the pressure plate again catches upon
the enlargement or double incline on the carrier pipe but upon the other side of it;
it so causes the return traverse of the carrier pipe and thread eye and then when the
carrier pipe reaches the stop the pressure plate again passes over the enlargement on
the carrier pipe as before.
The carrier pipe may be of the ordinary circular section but bars of tee section or
pipes of rectangular section are also employed.
Other forms can also be used.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is an end elevation, half-size of the slur box and carrier pipe.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
Figure 3 is a vertical section of the carrier pipe through the double incline.
Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of the carrier pipe.
Figure 5 is a transverse section of the carrier pipe and the holding parts upon the
slur box.
Figures 3, 4 and 5 are drawn full size.
a is the slur box and a¹ the slur cock. 6 is the carrier pipe, 6' the thread carrier
c is a
62 is the double incline; the parts b¹ and 62 are fixed upon the carrier pipe b.
guide formed or fixed upon the slur box against which the carrier pipe lies. di
the pressure plate; it is faced with leather at d. The pressure plate at its ends i
furnished with projections which pass beneath pins inserted into the ends of th
guide c.

page_text: The projections d² serve to prevent the pressure plate moving upon the slur box
in a longitudinal direction but the pressure plate is able to move a short distance to
and from the carrier pipe. For this purpose the pressure plate is connected with the
springe by pins passing through slotted holes. The spring e is attached to an angle
piece which is fixed to the slut box in such manner as to admit of ready adjustment
as the drawing indicates. As the slur box travels along the pressure plate comes
against the double incline & upon the carrier pipe and the carrier pipe then moves
endwise with the slur box until it comes to its stop when the pressure plate yields
and the slur box passes on. The slur box goes to the end of its course and returns
and then again the pressure plate comes against the double incline and moves the
carrier pipe back to its other stop. Again after the carrier pipe has been stopt, the
slur box travels on until the pressure plate has passed the double incline so
the carrier pipe is moved to and fro and always with the thread carrier in advance of
the slur cock.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what
I claim is :-
1. In the class of machinery known as Cotton's knitting machines I claim the
means herein described for actuating a carrier pipe or its equivalent consisting in
providing an enlargement or double incline on the said pipe and a pressure plate
travelling with the slur box and so arranged that the pressure plate coming against
the enlargement or incline on the carrier pipe noves the pipe and when the pipe is
stopped passes the enlargement or incline substantially as described.
2. My improvements in knitting machines substantially as described and illustrated
by the annexed drawings.