Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 21st July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 28th Sept., 1888
CORNELIUS WILLSON of 452 Victoria Street Grimsby Chemist and Dentist and
GEORGE ROBERTS of 136 Albion Street Grimsby, sewing & general Machinist, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
It consists of certain perforated bars or needles with a dull point to each, near an
eye, which is formed in the bar for the purpose of hanging the bar upon the hook of
the machine needles, at the top of the machine needle, one bar to each needle intended
to be operated upon by this patent. These bars or needles run from 1 inch to 1 inch
in length or about 50, varying according to size of machine with which they are used,
and hook upon the hooks of the machine needles, at the top, whilst tho needle is in
action, and then the needle is pressed down out of action with the bar attatched ; and
so the bar holds the stitch instead of the needle holding it. In using them, one bar
is put in at once on one side of the work, when commencing to make the heel a throw
of the carriage or saddle of the machine then takes place, from side to side, past the.
bar in position, and across the work, and then another bar is put on, by hooking to
the needle as before, on the other side of the work, and another throw of saddle, and
so on first one side then another, until all the bars are in that are required for the size
of heel or stocking; they are then taken out one by one, between each side-throw of
the saddle, just as they were put in, first bringing the needle up into action, and
removing the bars by unhooking from each needle in turn. The bars may be either
straight or bent and flat or rounded and when in use lie over towards the needles on
the opposite side of the machine, to admit of the saddle or carriage passing over them
each throw. They can be used on the needles of either side of the machine, or of
both sides together in some instances, and may for economy be made with eyes and
points at both ends, instead of one as herebefore described; and for convenience of
handling, may be made with an eye at the end only and a flat or rounded head at the
other. Our term " perforated bar or needle " simply means the perforation of the eye
at one or both ends as described above. The object of this invention is to produce a
more perfect heel to a stocking more easily and quickly than by the older method of
flat machine.
CORNELIUS WILLSON.
GEORGE ROBERTS.*

page_text: CORNELIUS WILLSON 452 Victoria Street, Grimsby Chemist & Dentist, and GEORGE
ROBERTS 136 Albion Street, Grimsby, sewing and general Machinist 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 has for its object the improvement of the heels of stockings or socks
made by flat knitting machines.
It consists of certain perforated bars or or needles, with a dull point to each near
an eye, which is formed in the bars for the purpose of hanging the bars upon the hooks
of the machine needles, at the top of the machine needles, one bar to each needle
intended to be operated upon by this patent. These bars run from one inch to an inch
and a half in length, or about so varying according to the size and make of the machine
but may be longer or shorter for machines that may be made with wider space above
the needle groves or for very small machines, and hook upon the hooks of the machine
needles at the top, whilst the needle is in action, and then the needle, being first pulled
up by the bar with thumb & finger, high enough for the loop to pass below the latch,
& then being pressed down out of action by the bar attached, so closing the latch in
passing through the loop and thus leaving the loop on the bar instead of on the machine
needle as it was before and so the bar hold the loop or stitch instead of the needlo
holding it.
Referring to the accompanying drawings Sheet 1. Fig. 1. is a plan of the back
needle bed of a flat knitting machine, with part only of needles, showing eight of the
needles down and out of action entirely, also showing twenty two needles with our
perforated bars attached & by them pushed down out of action, also showing nineteen
of the needles (drawn partly to one side to show the latchets open) these needles
being in action when the saddle passes across them from side to side.
AAA A. is the needle bed.
B. B. B. is the slide to keep needles in place in bed.
C. C. C. is the plate screwed to needle bed to hold the springs in position.
D. D. are the springs down, to allow the needles out of action.
E. are the springs up to hold the needles in action.
F. F. are our perforated. bars to retain work whilst the needles are out of
action.
G. G. are screws by which needle bed is fastened to fraine of niachine.
H. H. are screws to hold spring bar in place.
Sheet. 2. Fig. 1. is a view of the end of frame of machine with a cross section of
the needle bed, showing one needle up and in action, and the other one down and out
of action by the use of our perforated bar, also showing the slides for throwing the
cams in and out of action.

page_text: I. I. is the end frame of machine.
J. J. the slides for throwing the cams in and out of action.
K. K. K. K. are screws for attaching slides to frame.
L. L. are the springs.
M. M. M. M. is the needle bed.
N. N. are the slides for holding needles in position.
O. O. the bars for holding the springs.
P. P. one of the needles up and in action.
Q. Q. one of the needles down and out of action by the use of our perforated bar:
R. our perforated bar attached to needle QQ.
Sheet 2. Fig. 2. is a side view of one of the needles of a flat knitting machine,
seperated from its bed and having one of our bars attached and the latchet
closed.
Sheet 2. Fig. 3. is a top view of same with latchet closed.
Sheet 2. Figures 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. are some of the shapes and styles
of our perforated bars, that may be varied or used as fancied for different kinds of
machines & for convenience of handling, and may be made of steel or of any hard
metal or substance or of looped wire as shown Sheet. 2. Fig. 13. A.
Sheet 2. Figures 7. and 10. show perforations at both ends of- bar which may be
made in several of the shapes if desired.
Sheet 2. Fig. 14. is a view of part of the needle bed needles and slide of a flat
knitting machine showing R. a needle, having a bar S hooked on and having been
pulled up, to clear latchet of its loop before being pushed down through the loop out
of action. T. is a needle pushed down by bar U. U. out of action.
The method of using the bars is as follows-
Work the stocking or sock in the ordinary or other way down to the heel, and then
after setting the machine, weight the part of the stocking or sock hanging on the
back needle bed, as much as may be necessary, carefully avoiding hooking into the
front work; then begin making our heel by hooking one of our perforated bars Sheet 1
Fig. 1. F. 1. on the needle on the outside of work on back needle bed, that is on the
first needle in action and next the inside of saddle, the saddle of course being outside
the work on the side we are commencing, then, lift the bar with thumb & finger, high
enough to let the loop of the work fall over the latch, which is opened as the needle is
pulled upward, then press down the needle through the loop right out of action, the
latch closing by the pressure of the loop in its passage through it, with the bar attached
to the needle and closed within the hook by the closed latch the loop of the work
will then be upon the bar instead of upon the needle: then knit across to opposite
side and hook on bar F 2. pull up bar with needle attached with thumb & finger, as
before and press down needle out of action, in the same way as with F. 1. leaving loop
of work on bar F. 2. knit across to opposite side again and proceed the same with
bar F 3. and needle, knit across again and act the same with bar F. 4. and so on and
so-on until all the bars are in as may be required to bring the heel to the right degree
of narrowness or roundness in contre, according to taste of operator. The last bar
put in should be on the inside, on opposite side to the first used, and in about similar
position to F 22 on Sheet 1 Fig. 1-or if the work of the heel should have been
commenced at bar F 2. the last bar to go in then would be in about the position
of F 21. Then as to taking out the bars, the first bar to be unhooked from needle and
taken out, must be the last but one that was put in for instance, if we begin at F 1.
as described herein, the first one to come out is F 21. and it must be removed by
pulling it up, just so as loop opens the latch & falls into the hook, and after knitting
across from 22. then knit across again and take out. F 22. then knit back again and
take out F 19. knit back again and take out F 20. knit back again and take out F 17.
and so on until all the bars are out. Then when all the bars are out, set the machine
for circular work & proceed as for ordinary stocking or sock. Care must be exercised
that the wool from the yarn carrier does not get entangled with the latch of the last
needle that knitted, and this may be avoided by taking hold of the wool, or other
material in use by the machine, & giving it a slight draw.

page_text: By "setting the machine" described at the commencement of our working instructions,
we mean that the machine is to be set in the ordinary way for heel making, & then
proceed to use our bars as described, but any other method that may be adopted of
setting the machine, will still let our bars be brought into action in a similar manner.
The bars may be either flat, many sided, oval, tapered or rounded and when in use lie
over opposite needle bed. They can be used on the needles of either side of the
machine, or of both sides if required for some purposes, but for making the heel
described, can only be used on one side at once.
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,
The use of a bar or bars perforated, as described, to attatch to the hooks of needles
at the top, of any & every kind of flat knitting machine.
CORNELIUS WILLSON.
GEORGE ROBERTS.