Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1887
Specification Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1888
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex 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 that class of knitting machines in which two separate
rows of needles, arranged with their hooked ends towards each other, are used and it
consists in certain novel features of construction, arrangement and combination of
parts, whereby the machine is adapted to feed two yarns simultaneously to said rows
of needles, and knit either two flat webs of a given width, a single web of double
said width, a straight or tapering tubular fabric, or the toe and heel bulges of a
stocking, and especially to knitting full fashioned stockings, which novel features
will be readily understood by reference to the description of the drawings, and to
the claims to be hereinafter given, in which the invention will be particularly
pointed out.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a transverse section of a machine illustrating the invention the cutting
plane, of that portion at the left of the vertical centre line being between the two
ends of the rows of needles, and the cutting plane of that portion at the right of said
line being at a point between said rows of needles and the right hand frame of the
machine, it being understood that the right hand side of Figure 1 is the front of the
machine.
Figure 2 is a plan of a portion of the needle reciprocating cam bars, the bar
connecting them, one of the end frames of the head of the machine, a portion of each
row of needles and of the cam bars for throwing down the hooked ends of the needles,
the yarn carrier and mechanism for operating it being removed, the position of the
yarn guiding eyes relative to the needles being shown in dotted liues, and the bottom
of Figure 2 being towards the front of the machine.

page_text: Figure 3 is a partial section on line x, x in Figures 1 and 2, and illustrating the
operation of the cam bars for throwing down the hooked ends of the needles.
Figure 4 is a plan of the yarn carrier carriage, its guiding bar, the rack-bars and
the stops for rotating said yarn carrier.
Figure 5 is an end elevation of the same parts.
Figure 6 is a vertical section through the supporting shelf of the yarn carrier
carriage, and the casing enclosing the upper end of the yarn carrier spindle.
Figure 7 is a vertical section on line y, y in Figure 6.
Figure 8 is a horizontal section on line z, in Figure 6 but showing the rack bars
in plan.
Figure 9 is an elevation of a portion of the hub of the spindle carrying block, the
spindle and the collar carried thereby, and illustrating the cam contacts for locking
the yarn carrier in position.
Figure 10 is a vertical section through a portion of the lower end of the yarn carrier
spindle and its clamping collar.
Figure 11 is a front elevation of a short section of the pattern chain, showing three
lags and the pattern cams thereon.
Figure 12 is an elevation of the grooved side of the sinker-plate, J.
Figure 13 is an elevation of the grooved side of the block bearing for the sinker
securing bar.
Figure 14 is a side elevation of one of the sinkers.
Figure 15 is a partial section on line e, in Figure 1 showing the relative
positions of the needles, the needle shifters, and the partitions separating the same.
Figures 16 and 17 are respectively a side elevation and a plan of one of the needle
separating partitions.
Figures 18 and 19 are respectively an elevation and a plan of one of the needle
shifters.
Figures 20 and 21 are respectively an elevation and plan of one of the needles.
Figures 22 and 23 are respectively an elevation and a plan of one of the shifter
operating bars, and
Figure 24 is a transverse section of the same, on line w, w.
Figure 25 is a plan of the yarn carrier, removed from its spindle, and portions of
the two sets of needles and illustrating the positions of the yarn guiding eyes relative
to the two sets of needles.
Figures 26 and 27 are respectively an elevation of a section of the cam bars for
throwing down the hooked ends of the needles, and a transverse section of the same
and illustrates a modification of the throw of the upper bar, and
Figure 28 is an elevation of a portion of that end of said cam bars opposite to their
hinged connection.
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, and 12 are drawn to the same scale, Figure 28 to a
larger scale and all the other figures are drawn to a still larger scale.
In the drawings A is one of the end frames of the head of the machine supported
upon a bed or table B, only the upper portion of which is shown in Figure 1 which
bed or table is supported in turn upon a pair of end frames of suitable construction
but not shown.
1pon the upper edges of the frames A are secured the needle beds C one upon
each side of the centre line of the machine said beds being inclined in opposite directions
with their inner edges the highest as shown in Figure 1.
The needle beds or tables C are each provided with the upwardly projecting rib or
lip C, and has also secured to its upper side the bar C provided with the lip a, and
secured to its under side the T shaped bar C³ provided with the lip a¹ which lips a
and a project respectively into the notch a² and over the projection a³ formed in the
ends of the partitions to hold the same in position.
Between every two partitions C is placed a needle shifter D), one end of which has
a bearing in the groove at in the side of the rib C, while the opposite end has a
bearing in the notch b formed in one edge of the needle shifter operating bar D', near
its upper end.

page_text: The outer end of the needle shifter D is made wider than its inner end and is
provided with a slot to receive the outer end of the needle 2, and in which said
needle reciprocates when the lug 63 formed by bending the wire of the body of the
needle upon itself as shown, is acted upon by the path of the cam bar E, the con-
struction of said parts being shown in Figures 1, 18, 19, 20 and 21.
The upper edge of the rib C¹ has formed therein suitable transverse grooves in
which the needles 62 find bearings when the cap C³ is placed in position.
Beneath each needle bed C is mounted, upon a suitable operating shaft E', the
polygonal drum E³, so as to be revolved therewith, upon which is suspended an endless
chain composed of a series of lags E' having flat inner surfaces, of a width corre-
sponding to the width of a side of the polygonal drum, and convex outer surfaces
concentric to the axis of said drum when said lags rest thereon.
Upon these lags are secured cam plates E, provided with the inclined throws c or
shoulders c¹ or both, which serve respectively to raise the shifter operating bars D¹ to
throw the needles into action and permit said bars to fall and throw said needles out.
of action with the needle operating cam path.
The needle shifter operating bars D' are fitted to slide end wise in transverse grooves
formed in the outer face of the bar C³ and the inner face of the bar C firmly secured
to said bar C³ at each end. the lower ends of said bars 11 resting upon the cam
plates E, or upon the lags E³, according as the needles carried by said bars are in or
out of action with the needle operating cam path of the cam bar E, and said bars are
each provided with a notch or recess 2, in which one end of the spring d rests, the
other end of which is firmly secured to the adjustable bar F, which is held in position
by being clamped between the bar C and the bar F¹ secured to the outwardly
projecting lip of said bar C by suitable clamping screws or bolts, shown in
dotted lines in Figure 1.
The spring d is adjusted to a greater or less tension by moving the bar F upward,
or downward, by means of the set screws d¹ the tension of said spring serving to
keep the lower end of the bar D' in contact with the cam plates E' or lags E³.
The outer ends of the needles 62 are provided with the laterally projecting lugs 64
which, when the needles are thrown out of action, engage with the outer ends of
the partitions C4, and thus prevent said needles being carried forward by any possible
cliance.
The upper edges of the partitions C are cut away for a portion of their lengths,
as at c see Figure 16 so that the lugs &* may not interfere with the free reciprocation
of the needles, when their lugs 63 are in engagement with the path of the cam bar E
see Figure 1.
Each of the shafts E¹ has secured thereon, just inside the frame A, a ratchet
wheel G, with the teeth of which a pawl e pivoted to the lever G engages, to impart
a step by step movement to the drum E about its axis, which is accomplished by
the action of the cam H, mounted upon the inner end of a shaft having a bearing
only in one of the frames A, upon anti-friction trucks e' carried by the free ends of
said lever G' and the reaction of the spring G2, all arranged as shown in Figure 1.
The short shaft which carries the cam H has mounted thereon, outside of the
frame A, the driving pulley, not shown, but which may be of any well known
construction.
of the needle
the side of the
thereof for the
The transverse grooves, formed in the upper edge of the rib C
bed C for the reception of the needles, are made somewhat deeper at
rib towards the hook ends of the needles than at the other side
purpose of permitting the hooked ends of said needles to be depressed in the manner
which will be hereinafter described.
The cam bars E E are fitted to slide end wise upon the bars E and are connected
together by the bar Es, so as to move in unison, and each has formed in its under.
side a cam path E having throws ee and final drawing points es e as shown in
Figure 2 and adapted to receive the lugs 6 of the needles 63, and to move said
needles successively to and fro in the direction of their length as said bars are
reciprocated through the medium of the rods E, in any usual or desired manuer.

page_text: To the under side of the needle bed C is secured the plate I, provided at its inner
edge with the upwardly projecting rib I' the inner face of which is formed with a
ledge I and groove 13 as shown.
To the inner edge of the ledge I' is removably secured the sinker plate J. which
is formed with rearward projections J2 J2 and J, see Figure 12, the lower edges of
which rest upon the top of the ledge I' as shewn in Figure 1. The central projection J³,
of the sinker plate J, is grooved as shown in Figure 12, for the reception of the
sinkers e, the blades of which are notched, as at f, for the reception of a tongue or
rib on a slide 9, which is fitted within the groove 13 but so as to be capable of
being readily adjusted vertically to enable the positions of the hooks of the
sinkers e to be properly adjusted relative to the needles.
The slide 9 passes at its ends through blocks or boxes g¹ g' fitted to move vertically
or nearly so between the projections J2 and J³ of the plate J, and in a corresponding
bearing cut in the ledge 12 and are secured to the rib I' by the screws g² which pass
through slots g³ in said rib.
By loosening the screws g the boxes g¹ g¹ and the slide g and with the latter the
sinkers e may be moved up or down at will, and then be secured in the desired
position by again tightening said screws g². The slide a moves freely through the
boxes g g and the tongue or rib thereon is formed with a tapered end as shown
at f¹ Figure 3.
By withdrawing the slide end wise, the tongue or rib will be withdrawn from the
notches of the sinkers, any or all of the latter may then be withdrawn from the
grooves therefor in the sinker plate. The tapered end of the rib f' enables it to
pass without obstruction through the several notches of the sinkers.
Instead of notches in the sinkers, and a tongue or rib on the slide g, a groove may
be formed in said slide extending from end to end thereof, with one end of said
groove made flaring, and projecting lugs may be formed on the rear or outer edges
of the sinkers.
Upon the upper side of the rib 11 is formed a groove or bearing extending
longitudinally thereof, in which is fitted so as to be movable end wise therein, a bar
in position to support the hooked ends of the needles, said bar being provided with
the shoulders and h³ near its end with which an adjustable collar ³ attached to
the bar Es connecting the two cam bars E, alternately engages, as said cam bars are
reciprocated, and above the ends of the needles, within a groove cut in the underside
of the cap C³, slides the bar i pivoted at one end to the bar has shown in Figures 2
and 3 and at the opposite end the bar is provided with a pin or projection i
sufficient in length to keep the bars h and a distance apart about equal to the
thickness of the needle Fig. 28. The bar has provided upon its upper surface with
a curved depression h* and above this depression on the bar is formed a corresponding
curved cam or projection, all as shown in Figure 3.
This cam and the depression h* formed on the bars i and respectively are
designed for the purpose of depressing the hooked ends of the needles to insure the
engagement of the loops of yarn with the hooks of the sinkers or work holders, and
the construction of the cam for this purpose in two bars hinged together at one end,
and kept the proper distance apart at their other ends by a stop-pin or lug as
described, is for the purpose of facilitating the removal of the needles, as, when the
needle operating cam-bar E and the cap C³ are removed the bar i can be readily
raised or moved about its pivot, so that any or all of the needles may be removed,
and the depression in the bar h and the projection from the bar i, are so formed that
as said bars reciprocate, the needles are depressed by said projection a certain fixed
distance, but as quick as a needle has reached the lowest point to which it is to be
depressed, the upward curve of the depression in the bar h begins to act upon said
needle to raise it to its former level, whereby not more than one, or two needles at
most, are depressed to their lowest positions at the same time, and the greatest possible
number of needles are maintained, at all times, in their normal position as to the
elevation of their hooked ends, thereby much more firmly holding the work than
when a large number of needles are depressed at the same time,

page_text: At their inner or hooked ends the needles rest upon, and are sustained by, the
upper surface of the bar h, being thereby held above the bottoms of the grooves in
the needle-beds.
The sinkers care formed as shown, with inclined faces or portions ; against which
the loops are drawn as the needles are moved back by the throws of the cam-paths
in the cam bars E, said faces being placed at right angles to the line of movement
of the needles.
The shoulders and 2 on the bar h and the collar h³ co-operating therewith to move
said bar, are so arranged, relatively to each other, as to provide for lost motion in
said bar, and may be replaced by any known and equivalent devices which will secure
the best results.
The amount of play, or lost motion, is to be such that in whichever direction the
cam bar E is moved the middle point of the cam projection and depression * will
lie on a line drawn across the needle-bed at right angles to its length and passing
through the rearmost final drawing point es of the cam path E in the cam plate
which reciprocates the needles acted upon by said bars h and i.
By this means is insured the complete depression of the hooked ends of the
needles with the loops thereon below the hooks of the sinkers just as the drawing
point is acting to give the final rearward movement to the needle to draw in and
close up the newly formed loop or stitch.
In Figures 2 and 3 the parts are shown in the relative positions in which they lie
while the cam bars E, and the bars h and i are moving toward the left hand side of
the machine, the depression h and projection 2 being in line with the following or
rearward final drawing point e³.
As the needles b² are successively projected and retracted by the throws ³ ³ of the
cam path E and the yarn is laid in the hooks of the needles by the yarn carrier to be
hereinafter described, the cam projection acts upon the rearwardly moving needles,
and depresses the hooked end thereof with the fabric thereon, below the hooks of the
sinkers, and then after the stitches have been completed by the action of the rearmost
drawing point of the cam path Ee, the hooked end of the needles are raised by the
action thereon of the inclined side of the depression * in bar h, so as to carry the
yarn of the newly formed loop under and within the hooks of the sinkers.
The first projection on the bar i shown in figure 3, may be replaced by a revolvable
truck or roller mounted upon a stud set in said bar as shown in Figures 26 and 27.
The needle operating cam bars E may be reciprocated by means of a vibrating lever
operated by a crank driven from the driving shaft of the machine or in any well
known manner and as needle reciprocating cams have been in common use and reci-
procated in a variety of ways for many years, the means to be used for operating said
cams are omitted from the drawings as unnecessarily complicating the same.
L is a T shaped bar mounted in a fixed position above one of the needle beds, upon
stands L' secured to upwardly projecting flanges L² formed upon or secured to each
end of said needle-bed, which bar serves as a guide for the reciprocating carriage M
connected by the stand M¹ to the upper side of one of the cam bars E, so as to be
movable therewith.
The carriage M is provided with the horizontally projecting plate or shelf k in which
is inserted from its under side the cylindrical hub formed upon the upper side of
the block M², from the underside of which projects the frusto-conical hub k².
A bearing is formed in the block M2 and hubs and * for the spindle 1, in tho lower
end of which is secured the yarn carrier, composed of the stem, the plate or bar m
provided at each end with oblique bearings which bearings are inclined in opposite
directions, and the plates m² m² each having framed therein a yarn guiding eye n and
provided with a shank to fit one of the oblique holes in the plate or bar m as shown
in figures 6, 7 and 25.
The lower end of the spindle is drilled out to receive the stem of the yarn
carrier, said spindle being split and provided with a collar n' and set screw n², by means
of which said yarn carrier is clamped in the desired position in said spindle, see
Figures, 7 and 10.

page_text: The spindle extends some distance above the upper end of the hub k¹, and has a
bearing at its upper end in the upper end of the cylindrical casing N which is screwed
to and encloses the hub ', thus firmly clamping the block M² to the shelf k, see
Figures 6 and 7.
The spindle has formed upon its periphery, near the middle of its length, a series
of pinion teeth, as at o, with which sliding rack-bars o¹ and o² engage upon opposite
sides thereof to impart thereto a semi rotation by an endwise movement of said bars.
The rack bars o¹ and o² are fitted in bearings in the block M', in which they are
secured by the caps o³ 03, as shown in Figures 6 and 7.
The upper end of the hub k' of the block M2 is cut away upon opposite sides, so as
to leave two projecting points with inclined sides k*, see Figures 6 and 9.
The spindle is also screw threaded near its upper end as shown at l², and upon
the same is secured a collar by means of the set screw the inner end of which
bears upon said spindle at a point where the thread on said spindle is cut away. By
loosening said set screw and turning the collar 13 the yarn carrier may be adjusted to
any desired height.
The lower end of the collar 13 is cut away similarly to the upper end of the hub k¹
and so that the points on opposite sides of the collar will fit the notches or depressions
in the upper end of said hub k', and "vice versa."
A spring surrounds the spindle 1, between the collar
casing N, the tension of which serves to depress the spindle
on the hub k¹ and collar in the opposing recesses.
and shoulder p', in the
and maintain the points
Upon each end of the bar L is secured a stand O. in a bearing in which is mounted,
so as to be movable endwise, and in a direction transversely of said bar, a bar o' in
one end of which is secured, so as to be adjustable therein, a stop-pin 7 with the inner
end of which one or the other of the rack bars o¹ or o² comes in contact as the carrier
carriage is moved toward either end of its traverse, and is moved end wise a sufficient
distance to impart to the yarn carrier a semi rotation, and thereby cross the yarns from
one row of needles to the other.
The bars O¹ may be moved endwise by means of the elbow lever P, rod P¹ and a
treadle, and spring for raising said treadle, said spring and treadle not being shown, or
said bars may be automatically moved by a suitable cam motion, or by hand to place
the stops at either end of the machine in line with either rack bar whereby the yarn
carrier may be rotated at one, or both ends of its traverse, or it may be traversed
without rotating at either end of its movement.
The stops may be adjusted in position or moved as desired to vary the action upon
the rack bars and spindle, according as it is desired to have the work completely closed
in the form of a tube or open at one or both sides of the machine.
The opposed portions of the collar and the hub k¹ constitute cams, so that when
the spindle is rotated it is caused to move endwise, or vertically, as the inclined parts
of the collar ride upon those of the hub k¹ and to fall again as the point of the pro-
jection on the collar passes over the point of the projection on the hub, the effect of
which is that as the spindle begins to turn, to cross the yarns at the end of a course,
the yarn-guiding eyes are lifted to a higher level, thereby avoiding all danger of the
yarn carrier catching, as it turns, the portions of the yarns which extend from the
eyes to the needles, and at the same time when the carrier has been rotated it is
securely locked against accidental displacement while delivering the yarns to the
needles.
If it is not desired to raise the yarn carrier as it revolves, to prevent catching the
yarns leading from the eyes to the needles, the cam surfaces need he only of sufficient
proportions to effect the locking of the spindle and yarn carrier against accidental
displacement.
The needle reciprocating cam bars E have the paths E° formed therein, so arranged
relatively to each other that the throws ee and the final drawing points es es in one
cam is in advance of the same parts in the other cam, and the yarn carrier is set upon
the spindle oblique to the line of its movement or so that the yarn guilding eye N in
one end of said carrier will be directly over the needle which is thrown the farthest

page_text: forward in one row of needles, while the eye n in the other end of said carrier will
be directly over the needle that is thrown the farthest forward from the other row of
needles.
Both eyes are threaded with yarn, and the eye in the end of the carrier that is
toward the front side of the machine delivers its yarn to the needle of the rear row as
they are projected across the centre line of the machine, and the eye in the other end
of the carrier delivers its yarn to the needles of the front row as they are projected
across the centre line of the machine towards the rear.
If a tube is being knit, as the yarn carrier and the needle operating cam bars E
approach the end of their stroke one of the rack bars o¹ or o' comes in contact with
the stop ping at the end of the machine and is moved endwise thereby so as to
impart to the spindle a semi rotation, and reverse the yarn carrier, and thereby
cause the yarn that was fed to the front row of needles by the movement of the
carrier just finished to be fed to the rear row of needles by the return stroke, and the
yarn previously fed to the rear row of needles to be fed to the front row by said
return stroke, and at the end of said return stroke the same rack bar comes in contact
with the stop at the other end of the machine, and the yarn carrier is turned to its
original position and the yarns are again fed to the same rows of needles as in the
previous stroke in the same direction, the yarns being crossed at each end of the row
of needles, to connect the two portions of the fabric carried upon the two sets or rows
of needles, and thus form a tubular fabric.
4
If it is desired to knit two flat webs one upon each row of needles the stops g are
both adjusted so that neither rack bar will come in contact with either of said stops.
If it is desired to knit a single web a portion of which is in each set of needles one
of the stops q will be adjusted so that neither rack bar will come in contact therewith,
and the other stop will be so operated as to be struck alternately by each of the
rack bars, thereby causing the yarns to be crossed at one end of the rows of needles only.
The lower ends of all of the needle shifter operating bars D, whose needles are not
required to be knitting, rest upon the lags E of the pattern chain, while the lower
ends of the remainder of said bars D rest upon the outer surfaces of the cam plates E
secured upon said lags, and the needles carried by the shifters connected therewith
are in action.
When only a portion of the needles are in action, and it is desired to widen the
fabric, a new needle is thrown into action at the left hand side of those needles that
are in action in each row and at the same time the left hand needle in action and the
second one to the right of it in each row are thrown out of action, the yarns are fed
to the needles last thrown into action and are seized thereby, and said needles recede
carrying loops of yarn thereon, the needle carrier is reversed, said new needles are
again moved forward, the yarns are again fed to and seized by said needles which are
retracted and are then thrown out of action still holding the last loops or yarn seized
thereby, the first loops fed thereto having been cast off, and the two needles in each
row last thrown out of action, are again thrown into action still holding the loops
held thereby when thrown out of action, and said loops are knit into the next course.
Two or more courses are now knit upon the original number of needles, the new
needles previously thrown into action to seize the yarns and then thrown out again
are again thrown into action and the loops held thereby are knit into the next course,
thus increasing the number of stitches in each row by one, and widening the fabric.
These operations, of throwing the needles into and out of action, are accomplished
by means of the inclined cam throws c and the shoulder c¹, formed on the can plates E,
as shown in Figures 1 and 11.
These cam throws c and shoulders c' may be arranged in an almost infinite number
of combinations of position according to the requirements of the particular case in
hand, each different style or size of stocking requiring a different combination and
arrangement of said cam throws and shoulders, it being understood that the throws c
raise the bars D thereby throwing the needle affected thereby into action, and when
the shoulders c¹ pass from under said bars they are forced downward by the spring d
and the needles connected therewith are thrown out of action.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
First. In combination with a knitting needle, and a bar provided with a cam path
for operating the same, the shifter D carrying the needle upon its upper side, the
bar D', and a suitable pattern cam for operating said bar, substantially as
described.
Second. In combination with a knitting needle, and a bar provided with a cam-
path for operating the same, the needle shifter D, the bar E, the spring d, the drum E³,
à pattern chain composed of lags E³ mounted upon said drum, and the cam plates E
provided with throws c and shoulders c¹ for operating said bar substantially as
described.
Third. In combination with a knitting needle, and a bar provided with a cam path
for operating the same, the partitions C and supporting and securing means therefor,
each partition having a portion thereof cut away as at c, the needle ² provided with
a laterally projecting lug 4, the needle shifter D, the bar D' and a pattern cam for
operating said bar substantially as described.
Fourth. In combination with a knitting needle, and a bar provided with a cam path
for operating the same; the needle shifter D, the bar D1, the spring d, and the pattern
cam plates E provided with throws c and shoulders e substantially as described.
Fifth. The combination with the needles, and the needle operating cam-bar, of a
series of stationary hooked sinkers, cams for lowering and raising the hooked ends of
the needles, as they are moved by the needle-operating cams to form the loops, said
cams being constructed and arranged to depress said needles a given distance, and
immediately raise them again without holding them in said depressed position, and
means having provision for lost motion for operating the said needle lowering and
raising cams from the needle operating cam-bar substantially as described.
Sixth. The combination with the needles, and the needle-operating cam-bar, of a
series of stationary hooked sinkers, the bars h and i pivoted together as set forth, the
pin or lug i, and means, having provision for lost motion, for operating said bars from
the needle cam bar, substantially as described.
Seventh. The combination with a sustaining bar, a sinker plate grooved for the
reception of sinkers, and a series of sinkers fitted to the grooves of the sinker plate,
and having shoulders or holding surfaces formed upon their shanks, a locking bar
provided with shoulders or holding surfaces constructed and arranged to engage with
the shoulders on all of said sinkers, to lock them in position, and adapted to be with-
drawn to permit the removal of one or all of said sinkers.
Eighth. The combination with a sustaining bar, the grooved sinker-plate, and the
sinkers provided with locking shoulders, of a locking bar provided with shoulders or
holding surfaces constructed and arranged to engage with the shoulders on all of said
sinkers, and lock them all at the same height, and means for adjusting said bar in the
direction of the length of said sinkers to regulate the height of said sinkers relative
to the needles, substantially as described.
Ninth. The combination of fixed needle beds, two separate sets of needles arranged
thereon at such an angle to, and distance from each other that the needles upon one
set when moved end wise will cross the plane of movement of the other set, means for
operating both sets of needles at the same time, a yarn carrier having a yarn guiding
eye at each end thereof, and arranged above and oblique to said rows of needles, a
pinion secured upon the shank of said yarn carrier, à rack bar for engaging said
pinion and arranged to be moved over the rows of needles therewith, stops for engaging
said rack bar at each end of the reciprocation of the yarn carrier, and means for
moving said yarn carrier and rack bar from end to end of the rows of needles.
Tenth. The combination of fixed needle beds, two separate sets of needles arranged
thereon at such an angle to, and distance from each other, that the needles in one set,
when moved end wise will cross the plane of movement of the other set, means for
operating both sets of needles at the same time, a yarn carrier having a yarn guiding
eye at each end thereof, and arranged obliquely to the rows of needles, a pinion secured

page_text: upon the spindle of said yarn carrier, a rack bar engaging with said pinion and
arranged to be moved over the rows of needles therewith, means for moving said
carrier and rack bars from end to end of said rows of needles, and a movable stop
arranged to be moved into the path of the rack bar to cause the rotation of the yarn
carrier, or to be withdrawn from said path, substantially as described.
Eleventh. The combination with the spindle 1, the yarn guiding eyes carried
thereby, and the body of the spindle carrier, of means for locking said spindle and
yarn guiding eyes in adjusted position, consisting of a fixed hub on the body of the
carrier, a collar on the spindle, said hub and collar having corresponding inter-
engaging points and recesses, and a spring for holding the collar pressed against the
fixed hub, substantially as described.
Twelfth. The combination with the spindle 1, the yarn guiding eyes, and the body
of the spindle carrier, of means for locking said spindle and yarn guiding eyes in
adjusted position, and raising the same momentarily during the turning thereof,
consisting of a fixed hub or projection on the said spindle carrier, a collar on the
spindle, said hub and collar having corresponding inter-engaging cam surfaces,
and a spring for holding the collar pressed against the fixed hub substantially as
described.
Thirteenth. The combination with the spindle 1, the yarn guiding eyes carried
thereby, and the body of the spindle carrier, of the fixed hub k¹ and the collar 13,
said collar and hub being formed with the inter-engaging cam-surfaces as described,
the spring p, and the casing N, substantially as described.
Fourteenth. The combination with the spindle l, the yarn guiding eyes carried
thereby, and the body of the spindle carrier, of the pinion o, the two rack bars o¹
and o2, and a stop pin q at each end of the transverse of said yarn guide, and con-
structed and arranged to be moved from the path of one rack-bar to the path of the
other rack-bar, or out of the path of both rack-bars, as may be desired.
Fifteenth. The yarn carrier plate m provided with the shank or stem and an
oblique hole in each end thereof, in combination with the plates m² m², each provided
with a yarn guiding eye n, and a shank or stem, and removably secured in one of the
oblique holes in the plate m, as shown and described.
Dated thin 10th t
1007
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.