A NEW MACHINE POR DARNING STOCKINGS AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES, ALSO CLOTHS AND OTHER MATERIALS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Arnett Turner at tho
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
2nd December 1874.
I, JOHN ARNETT TURNER, of Burghill, near Hereford, in the County
of Heroford, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "A NEW MACHINE POR DARNING STOCKINGS AND OTHER SIMILAR
ARTICLES, ALSO CLOTHS AND OTHER MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of a new machine for darning stockings
and other articles, cloths, and other materials, and is constructed as
follows: The lower portion or foot of the machine contains at right
angles two rows of coggs with crossing, a groove passing in a straight
line from one end to the other, either down the centre or more to one
side than the other, the foot being so pivotted that should the operator
wish to cross the darn he may do so by simply turning the foot a
quarter of a circle, the second row similar to the first only shorter
should come into the same line, and the nearest end to the spindle
should be the same distance as the other row of coggs was; the upper
part consists of a long running way in which the carriage runs to and

page_text: fro worked with a crank from the spindle connected with a rod; the
carriage has in the front a cogged whcel with a straight groove round it
corresponding with the coggs and groove in the foot plates. The hinder
part of the carriage consists of a contrivance for holding a needle in
such a manner that the point shall be just under the wheel in the centre
of the groove and the other end on the same level, the stocking being
drawn over or the material being placed upon the foot and the running
way down in such a manner that the coggs shall fit in one another,
pressing the material into ridges as it is pushed forward, the point of
the needle passing through cach ridge; the needle to be a little longer
than the longest plate of coggs below, and having the eye near the
point.
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On the top, and elevated high enough to be out of the way of the
upper portion of the running way, is the place for the thread or worsted,
either a bowl with a small hole through to pass the thread for a ball, or
a pin upon which to put a reel, the thread or worsted being carried
through a small hole in the top of the carriage near the end of the
needle and through a catch close to the end along the top of the needle,
and through the cyc- so that the short cnd be carried along the bottom.
When the needle is through the darn and on its way back, the carriage
works a lever, it being so constructed as not to be worked in its way up,
which pushes out a hook catching hold of the under thread; a loop being
formed by the needle returning pulls it against the side of the running
way, and there holds it by means of a spring, the needle returning with
the carriage leaves a thread behind in the darn; arriving at the other
end a sharp instrument worked by a lever cuts the thread at the end
of the darn; at this point the feeder, which consists of a rough roller
placed along the side of the running way, is turned by a partly cogged
wheel fitted upon the spindle having its coggs so arranged that they
may be placed out of gear one or two at a time, so that the distance from
row to row in the darn may be altered by the operator pressing or putting
as many coggs in or out of gear as may be required; the running way
goes over the spindle, but a portion from behind the spindle comes
under and is hinged so that the running way with carriage, feeder, and
other parts may be lifted up off the foot and kopt up by a catch behind;
also a spring which when down will keep it tight upon the foot.
To enable the machine to do different sized darns the rod will be
connected to the carriage with a pin, the carriage having, say, 5 or 6

page_text: holes along the side, so that when the pin is in the hole nearest the
spindle the rod will be just long enough to push the cogg wheel over the
end of the long plate on the foot; each hole nearer the point of the needle
would make the plunge over the coggs shorter, the extra plunge being
back out of work; also the instrument that holds the cotton or worsted
at the further end of the darn must bè moved in the like proportion;
the holes will be numbered, so that the operator may have no difficulty
in knowing which hole to put the holder in.
* By substituting a pin in lieu of the cutting instrument the machine
will leave a double thread in the darn with the loops crotchetted at the
furthest end.