Improvements in Knitting Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Apr., 1895--Accepted, 11th May, 1895
Improvements in Knitting Machines.
I, EMIL JOHN FRANCK, a citizen of the United States, residing on Edgewood
Avenue, Paschallville, in the County of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania,
Mechanic, 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 :-
My invention relates to knitting machines; and more particularly to so-called
circular knitting machines adapted for the manufacture of hosiery, under-wear and
the like.
The principal objects of my present invention are first, to provide a comparatively
simple, efficient and inexpensive knitting machine; second, to provide a circular
knitting machine with two groups of needles, whereof one group is fixed as to its
holder, and whereof the other group having fashioning needles are detachably
connected to its holder and provided with spring arms having bent ends forming
bits and which are alternately elevated and depressed in the grooves of a fixed
needle cylinder by means of segmental needle holders alteruately moved from a
shaft by eccentrics which afford ranges of reciprocating movement to said needles
in the direction of their lengths; third, to provide a knitting machine with web-
holders actuated by a ring having recesses engaging cams connected with an
oscillating ring adapted to automatically close the beards of the needles of each
group as they descend and accommodating the same as they ascend by certain
defined movements of their complemental needle-holders; fourth, to provide a
knitting machine with two groups of needles, whereof the needles of one group are
provided with spring arms bent to form bits and whereof the needles of the other
group have bits, a grooved needle cylinder or support therefor, segmental needle
holders or carriers provided with recessed or grooved seats and one of said holders
or carriers having a tapering internal surface, eccentrics for reciprocating the
holders or carriers of the groups of needles and strippers for liberating the needles
of the group provided with spring arms having bits from the recessed or grooved
seat of their holder or carrier; fifth, to provide a knitting machine with improved
means for connecting and disconnecting certain of the needles, that is, the fashioning
needles to and from a complemental reciprocating segmental needle holder so as to
effect the required narrowing or widening of a fabric; sixth, to provide a knitting
machine with improved means for operating the web-holders in a certain direction
to the needle cylinder in order to respectively retain and release the meshes or
stitches of the web being fabricated; seventh, to provide a knitting machine with
means for operating movable web-holders alternately in a vertical direction by
means of a divided spring controlled ring having recesses engaging cams or noses
arranged reversely with respect to each other and depending from an oscillating
needle-beard closing ring; eighth, to provide a knitting machine with a sectional,
divided or two part drum having angular grooved cams disposed preferably at
substantially an acute angle to each other and so arranged as to permit in the
alternate operation of strippers or carriages, the fashioning needles in regular
sequence from different positions of the needle cylinder, to be thrown out of and
into action; ninth, to provide a knitting machine with a sectional drum having
angular grooved cams and with an annular grooved cam for the reception of a
roller connected with a lever actuating a clutch shifting rod and an arm for pre-
venting the rotation through friction of an eccentric actuating the group of needles
fixed as to its holder; tenth, to provide a knitting machine with spring pressed

page_text: pawls and fixed pawls connected with each section of the drum and arranged to
permit of the shifting of one of the sections of the same a predetermined distance
for throwing simultaneously out of and into action certain of the fashioning needles
of the group thereof, at the commencement of the toe portions of the stocking;
eleventh, to provide a knitting machine with gear-mechanism actuated by clutches
from the main driving shaft for reciprocating the sinker-gear and controlling the
movement of the sinker-bars during the widening and narrowing of a web being
fabricated; twelfth, to provide a knitting machine with two groups of needles,
whereof one group is provided with spring arms having rear bits and whereof the
other group is provided with base-bits, segmental needle holders reciprocated in
the direction of the lengths of the needles, an oscillating beard closing ring, web
holders, a divided spring controlled ring, a sinker-bed and gear and sinker bars
adapted to slacken the thread or yarn between each of the needles of the group as
they are elevated for holding the same against accidental displacement until the
thread or yarn is positively drawn off of said sinker bars by the descent of the
groups of said needles; thirteenth, to provide a kuitting machine with two groups
of needles, whereof one group is provided with spring catches adapted to engage a
complemental recessed and tapering surfaced reciprocating holder and oscillating
strippers or carriages so arranged as that by contact of the same with the spring
catches of said needles, the holders are permitted to rise free thereof during the
fashioning of the heel and toe portions of the web being fabricated; and fourteenth,
to provide a knitting machine having the parts reduced as to number and the
mechanism connected therewith simplified, whereby more positive action is ensured
in the production of a knit fabric.
My invention comprises a knitting machine provided with two groups of needles,
whereof one group is fixed as to its holder, and whereof the other group having
fashioning needles is detachably connected to its holder and provided with spring
arms having bent ends forming bits and reciprocating segmental needle-holders
alternately movable from the main driving shaft by means of eccentrics for
respectively actuating said group of needles.
My invention further comprises a knitting machine provided with needles, holders
reciprocated in the direction of the lengths of the needles for elevating and
depressing the groups thereof, an oscillating ring provided with teeth for closing the
beards of each group of needles as they descend and with spaces for accommodating
the beards of each group of needles as they ascend, movable web-holders and
a divided spring actuated ring provided with recesses engaging oppositely disposed
cams, noses or projections of said beard closing-ring, for operating said movable
web-holder.
My invention further comprises a knitting machine provided with two groups
of needles, whereof one group is fixed as to its holder and whereof the other
group having fashioning needles is detachably connected to its holder, reciprocating
segmental needle holders provided with recessed or grooved seats and one of said
holders having a tapering internal surface, eccentrics for reciprocating the holders
of the said two groups of needles and strippers for liberating the fashioning
needles from the recessed or grooved seat of their holder to permit of the narrowing
and then of the widening of the fabric.
My invention further comprises a kuitting machine provided with mitre-gears,
whereof one has pins adapted alternately to engage clutch members, one of which
is connected by means of a sleeve and pinion with a sector-gear, which latter is
connected with the crank-arm of a cross-shaft, the latter carrying a gear meshing
with the gear of the main driving shaft, and whereof the other clutch member is
connected with said shaft, and said clutch members respectively adapted to impart
rotary and to and fro motions to the gear of a sinker-bed through the intervention
of the gear of a vertical shaft engaging said sinker-gear.
My invention further comprises a knitting machine provided with two groups of
needles, whereof one group is provided with spring catches adapted to engage a
recessed and tapering surfaced reciprocating holder and oscillating strippers or

page_text: carriages arranged so that by contact of the same with the spring catches of said
needles, said holder is permitted to rise free thereof, during fashioning of the article
being fabricated.
My invention further comprises a knitting machine provided with web-holders
movable in a vertical direction by means of a divided spring actuated ring having
recesses or grooves adapted to engage with cams or noses of an oscillating beard
closing ring reversely arranged with respect to each other.
My invention further comprises a knitting machine provided with a drun having
an annular grooved eam for the reception of a roll connected with a fulcrumed
lever, which latter is in pivotal connection with a horizontal rod, actuating clutches
connected with the main driving shaft of the machine, and an arm for preventing
rotation through friction of an eccentric of said main driving shaft actuating the
group of needles fixed as to their segmental needle holder or carrier.
My invention further comprises a knitting machine provided with spring pressed
pawls and fixed pawls connected with each part of a centrally divided drum having
angular and annular grooved cams and mechanism adapted to operate the same so
as to permit of the throwing simultaneously out of and then into action of certain
fashioning needles of a group of needles during fabrication of the toe portions of
a stocking.
My invention further comprises a knitting machine provided with spring pressed
pawls and fixed pawls connected with each part of a weighted and centrally divided
drum and arranged to permit of a shifting of each part of the drum a certain
distance for throwing out of and into action simultaneously a certain number of
the fashioning needles and said drum having ratchets with which engage pawls
adapted to shift said drum forward step-by-step to throw successively out of and
into action the fashioning needles while knitting of the heel and toc portions of the
stocking and the drum being constructed to control a clutch-shifting mechanism to
change rotary motion of the sinker-bed and thread carrier into to and fro
movement during fabrication of the heel and toe portions of the stocking; and
My invention further comprises a knitting machine constructed, arranged and
adapted for operation in substantially the manner hereinafter fully described and
claimed.
The nature and general features of my invention will be more fully understood
from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings
forming part hereof; and in which
Figure 1, is a front elevational view of a knitting machine embodying features
of my invention with the parts and mechanisms thereof shown in such positions
respectively as to fabricate round or tubular work and by the shifting of the clutch
mechanism of the machine to effect fashioning of the article being fabricated.
Fig. 2, is a side elevational view taken from the right hand side of Fig. 1, showing
means for operating the sectional, divided or two-part drum, the belt and clutch-
shifting devices and mechanism and the means for effecting a reciprocating movement
of the machine for fashioning an article being fabricated.
Fig. 3, is a top or plan view, showing the disposition of the pawls for operating
the sectional, divided or two-part drum, the belt shifter and devices for operating
the sinker-bars of the machine.
Fig. 4, is a central longitudinal section on the line to-, of Fig. 3, showing the
needle-cylinder, segmental reciprocating needle-holders and the operating mechanism
for the sinker-gear and the sectional or two part counter-weighted drum and sprocke:
and ratchet-wheels.
Fig. 5, is a central longitudinal section on an enlarged scale from the upper left
hand portion of Fig. 4, showing in detail the oscillating needle-beard closing
ring and its complemental spring actuated divided ring in engagement with
movable web-holders.
Fig. 6, is a perspective view of the parts illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, and also
showing the movable web-holders, the leaf spring connected with the sinker-bed
support and the flanged oscillating beard closing ring.

page_text: Fig. 7, is a top or plan view on the line x-x, of Fig. 4, showing the needle
holders and strippers or carriages for releasing and returning the fashioning
needles to their initial positions.
Fig. 8, is a section on the line y-y, of Fig. 7.
Fig. 9, is a perspective view, showing the device for preventing rotation through
friction of the eccentric actuating the needle holder carrying the group of needles
fixed as to their said holder.
Fig. 10, is a view partly in section and partly in elevation of the two-part drum
with its ratchet and spring pressed and fixed pawls, the spring controlled pawl
levers adapted to shift the drum a certain or defined distance at the commencement
of the fabrication of the heel and toe portions of the stocking and for shifting the
drum step by step during formation of the heel and toe, the sprocket-wheel and
chain and projection of the latter for operating the spring pressed pawls of the
drum and an arm or latch connected with a rod held in pivotal connection with a
belt shifting lever adapted to stop the machine by the shifting of a belt from a fast
to a loose pulley.
Fig. 11, is an enlarged sectional view of means for imparting a reciprocating
motion to the sinker-gear.
Fig. 12, is a view on the line -, of Fig. 11; and
Fig. 13, is a diagrammatic view, showing developed in longitudinal plan, the
construction and arrangement of the two-part grooved drum, showing also the cams
adapted to actuate the clutch shifting lever and the rod for operating the clutches
of the main driving shaft of the machine.
In the drawings A and A', are the end standards formed integral with the
longitudinal base piece or frame A, carrying a separate and divided bed-plate a
and a'. This bed-plate a, has an annular flaring recess or aperture a², for the
reception of a needle-cylinder B, which is rigidly secured thereto and with an
annular recess a³, for the reception of the needle-strippers or carriages D
and D¹.
The needle-strippers or carriages D and D¹, comprise segmental top-plates d
and d', secured in grooved and flanged bed-plates d and d³, by means of screws d',
and d. The bed-plates d2 and d', are provided with toothed peripheries d and d",
which mesh with longitudinal rack-bars d and d, afforded a range of to and fro
movement along the bed-plate a, and respectively provided with channels or
V-shaped grooved ways d¹ and d's, which are adapted for the reception of longi-
tudinally feathered brackets d" and d, detachably secured to the bed-plate of the
machine. The bed-plates d and d³, of the strippers or carriages D and D', are
provided with stud-pins or bolts dis and die, which engage segmental slots 17
and d provided in the bed-plate a, of the machine. The segmental slots afford
the strippers or carriages D and D', a range of reciprocating movement in the
actuation of the rack-bars and dio, engaging therewith and the stud-pins or
bolts d¹ and d¹, prevent vertical displacement of the bed-plates and d³, in the
oscillating movement of the strippers or carriages D and D. The bed-plate a¹, of
the machine has an aperture a', adapted for the reception of a drum H, consisting of
two parts H² and H³, so arranged in position above one another that spaces H' and H³,
are formed between opposite edges of the two parts of the same in extent corre-
sponding to a tooth of the teeth of the two parts h and h", of the flanged ratchet
formed integral with or secured to the rear end of the drum H. It may be here
remarked that each part of the ratchet of the drum constituting as it were a ratchet
wheel thereof corresponds in extent to each half of the drum. When one half H³, of the
drum is shifted forward the space of a tooth the other half H³, of the drum H, is at
rest, as will be presently more fully explained. The two-part drum H, is provided
with hubs hand ³, having radial spokes or arms and h, formed integral
therewith and connected with the inner surface of the drum and with inversely
disposed radial counter-weighted arms 6 and 7, formed integral with the hubs
and, which are loosely mounted on the shaft , and serve to hold each part of
the drum in the required position. The weights of the arms he and 2, it being

page_text: understood, are attached thereto by means of set-screws, not shown. 1, is a distance
piece keyed to the shaft 48, between the respective sections of the hubs h³ and h³,
of the drum H. The shaft 8, has a threaded extremity ", which is secured into
the threaded aperture of a bracket a', formed integral with the bed-plate a', of the
machine. The opposite extremity of the shaft h, is threaded at 13, and has an end
journal 3, engaging a smooth surfaced aperture a°, in the end of the bed-plate a',
of the machine. On the shaft 8, is mounted the sprocket-wheel h', provided with
a double flanged or recessed hub 4, which is secured by means of screws h¹³, to
one face of the ratchet-wbeel h. The ratchet-wheel h, which is actuated by a
pawl, connected with a cross-lever K, rotates the sprocket-wheel, maintained
in contact with a distance piece 410, mounted on the shaft, and abutting against
the hub 3, of the drum H. , is a metal washer and ", is a bearing plate
engaged by a jam-nut 18, applied to the threaded portion 12, of the shaft 18.
The drum H, is adapted to be rotated on the shaft 8, independent of the movement
of the ratchet and sprocket wheels and ', step by step by means of the pawls k
and ', during the fabrication of the heel and toe portions of the stocking or by
means of the pivotal pawls 7 and 8, and rigid pawls and 40, of the ratchet-
wheels and 30, a predetermined distance at the beginning of the formation of
the heel and toe portion of the stocking. The two parts H2 and H³, of the
drum H, are provided with detachable jackets H' and H, which embrace the
respective parts of the drum and so as to form spaces H7 and H, corresponding in
extent to the spaces H and H³, of the drum H. These jackets H' and H, are
respectively provided with channels or grooves extending from the edge of each
half thereof at one end and meet at the other end in such manner as to constitute
angular cams 20 and 21, which are adapted to permit of the actuation of the
strippers D and D¹, by the rotation of the drum in a manner to be hereinafter
fully explained. The two parts of the jacket are provided with a recess or
groove, which latter is curved near the end of each half of the jacket, and forms
in connection with the two parts h and 4%, of the ratchet drum, cams 23, as
illustrated in Figs. 3 and 13. These cams 23, of the two-part jacket serve to
permit of the actuation of a clutch shifting rod 08, to afford a change of the rotary
movement of the sinker-bed 68, to a to and fro movement for purposes to be
presently fully explained. It should, however, be understood that these cams may
be formed directly in the surface of the drum, and in such case the two-part jacket
may be dispensed with. The employment of a two-part jacket, however, is
preferred, because such ensures good results in the practice of the invention; and
moreover, in case of wear or breaking down of the jacket, another may be readily
applied to the drum with the least amount of time and labor attending upon
the same.
The needle cylinder B, is provided with axial grooves, channels or slots 6, into
which the needles 6 and b, are located and afforded a range of vertical movement.
The fashioning needles, are provided at the lower parts thereof with springs b³,
having bits, adapted to engage a groove or recess formed in the holder or
carrier C, therefor. The fixed needles b, as to their carrier C, are provided at
the lower parts with bits 6, which engage with a groove or recess provided in the
needle holder or carrier C, therefor. The needles are permanently secured to
the holder or carrier C, while the needles 6, are detachably connected with the
holder or carrier C¹. c and c¹, are segmental plates detachably connected with the
holders or carriers C and C₁, by means of screws c and c³, for permitting of
the removal and replacement of broken or worn needles by others and which plates
in conjunction with the segmental groove of the holder C, forms a seat c', for the
respective bits, of the fashioning needles 61. The holder C, beneath the seat,
is provided with a slanting or tapering surface c'. This surface c', serves to press
the bits, of the fashioning needles ', inwardly, when the needles, are detached
from the holder C¹, and released by the strippers D and D¹, and thus to allow the
needles, to return to their normal position with the bits thereof in engagement
with the scut c, for purposes to be hereinafter more fully explained. The strippers

page_text: or carriages D and D', located below the holder C¹, are adapted to bear against
the springs, of the fashioning needles b', to cause the release of the bits b',
from the grooved seat cd, of the holder or carrier C¹, when the strippers
are shifted towards the carrier C', in Fig. 7, so that the fashioning needles
may be thrown out of action for a purpose to be hereinafter fully explained.
and c³, are vertical posts journaled to the respective needle holders or
carriers C and C', and extending downward through the bed-plate a, of the
machine and through housings or guides cand e", suitably secured to the
underside of the bed-plate a. These needle operating carrier posts and c³,
are pivotally connected at e¹ and c¹³, to straps c" and c, suitably applied to
eccentrics ce and c, respectively mounted on and clutched to the main driving
shaft F, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. ., is an annular ring detachably
connected with the axially grooved or notched needle cylinder B, by means of a
hinge. This ring 7, is composed of two parts, each of which is provided with a
projection at the end thereof, not shown, for the reception of a screw for holding
said parts together. This ring 67, forms a support for the sinker-bed 68, which is
rigidly connected to the needle cylinder B, by means of screws 7, inserted through
tlie part 23, of said sinker-bed 18, and bearing against the ribs or projections 6³, of
the cylinder B. The sinker-bed 68, is connected with the upper ends of the ribs or
projections 6º, forming grooves 6, adapted for the reception of the beards of the
needles, as illustrated in Fig. 4. The sinker-bed 68, carries the sinker-gear 6º,
which is rotatably connected therewith by means of screw-bolts 10. is an
annular ring connected with the gear 68, by means of the screw-bolts 610, in order
to rotatably secure the sinker-gear to the sinker-bed. The sinker-bed 18, is
provided with radial slots 61, in which the sinker-bars 13, are afforded ranges of
movement to be hereinafter more fully explained. Each of these sinker-bars 613,
is provided at the upper extremity with a lip or lug 4, engaging an annular
grooves, formed in the sinker-gear 6. This groove 15, of the sinker-gear by,
has a curvilinear grooved cam or inverted V-shaped grooved cam extension 61,
which is adapted to shift the sinker-bars first backward and then forward, while
the guide, as illustrated in Fig. 3, is presenting the thread or yarn to the stems
of the respective groups of needles b and b.
9, is a flanged ring movably connected with the sinker-bed 68, as fully illustrated
in Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 8. This ring is provided upon its inner edge with two sets of
teeth and 2, whereof one set pertains to the beards of the needles &¹, operated
by the holder or carrier C', and the other set to the needles b, operated by the
holder or carrier C. The tooth g³, between the sets of teeth at one side, is made
wider than the other teeth, as shown in Fig. 6, and at the opposite side of the ring
there is a corresponding wide space 9, between the series of teeth, in order to
ensure engagement or disengagement of the beards of the needles at the ends of
the two groups and b, with and from the corresponding teeth of the ring g. The
needles, especially those illustrated in Figs. 1, 24 and 8, are in a position for
knitting a tubular or round fabric.
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When the fabrication of the heel of a stocking has been reached, the fashioning
needles, are stripped from their holder or carrier C, by means of the strippers
or carriages D and D', which cause the springs 6, of said needles to be pressed
inward in order to release the bits , from the recessed seat c, of the needle
holder or carrier C¹, so that when this holder or carrier is next moved in a vertical
direction, the fashioning needles of the group 1, remain downward throughout
the action of the strippers or carriages D and D', which are shifted forwards
towards the right in Fig. 7, in order to allow the holder or carrier C', to rise
independently, so as to drop or release one stitch at a time, while the heel and toe
portions of the article are being fabricated. The forward movements of the
strippers or carriages D and D₁, and of the needle holder or carrier C', are then
repeated until one half of the heel has been fashioned or until all the needles b',
requisite for fashioning the heel, are thrown out of action. Upon reaching the
point where the needles are to be again thrown into action, the strippers D and D',

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are moved in a reverse direction alternately at a time, the space of one needle of
the group to release the springs 3, of the fashioning needles b', one after another.
The needles, are then successively returned to their initial positions, in the
needle holder or carrier C', as the bits, which were pressed towards the needle
cylinder B, by the strippers D and D', are returned into contact with the slanting
surface c', of the holder C, and so as to force the bits towards the stems of the
needles until they are in a position to spring into the annular recessed or grooved
seat e, of the needle holder or carrier C', in a position for further action. It will
be observed that by successive movements of the strippers D and D', all the
fashioning needles b', are again thrown into action and the heel by that time has
been fashioned. The flanged oscillating beard closing ring g, is operated by an
arm g, which is secured thereto and extends through a slot 23, in the side of the
sinker-bed 68. This arm go, is actuated by a pivotal lever g, provided with a
forked extremity engaging the cam 7%, of a clutch device ³, mounted on the main
driving shaft F, of the machine. The range of to and fro movement of the
arm, and of the beard closing ring g, is limited by means of the pins g
and g, projecting from the underside of the sinker-bed 68. This mechanism in
the operation thereof actuates the beard closing ring g, the distance of a needle
in regular succession, to effect the closing of each beard of the needles of the
group and the raising and lowering of the web-holders E and E', in succession for
engaging and disengaging the meshes or stitches of the article being fabricated by
the needles raised and lowered through the intervention of the eccentrics c¹ and c¹.
The oscillations of the ring g, by means of the cam of the clutch device n³, are
timed with respect to the movement of the needle holders or carriers C and C¹.
The beards of the rising needles b', working in the spaces of the corresponding
teeth 9, of the ring g, are permitted to open in order to allow the yarn to be laid
beneath the same and when the needles b', are descending, their beards collide with
the corresponding teeth 9, in order that they may be closed thereby. Corre-
spondingly the beards of the needles b, working in the spaces of the teeth g', of the
ring 9, are permitted to open, in order to allow the yarn to be laid beneath the
same and when these needles b, are descending their beards collide with the teeth g¹,
so as to close the same. g and g', are noses, cams or projections depending from
the oscillating ring g, and adapted to engage corresponding recesses or grooves i¹
and, of a spring controlled divided ring 1 and 1. These noses, cams or
projections and g', of the flanged oscillating ring g, are so arranged that when
the ring is moved to the right, as illustrated in Fig. 6, the fashioning needle side of
the divided movable ring 1, is pressed downward against the force of one or more
of the reversely disposed leaf springs 10, detachably connected with the sinker-
bed 8, to cause the web-holders E', on the same side to release the stitches of the
web being fabricated, while the same movement of the ring g, will cause the web-
holders E, on the opposite or fixed needle side of the machine, by the force of the
springs, connected with the sinker-bed 68, in the movement of the divided ring 1,
to retain the stitches of the web being fabricated. The oscillating ring g, is next
moved to the left, and the fashioning needle side of the divided ring I', is released
by the force of the leaf springs 610, in order to allow the same to rise and the fixed
needle side of the divided ring I, is simultaneously forced against the action of the
leaf springs 18, and thereby caused to move in a downward direction to release the
stitches of the web being fabricated, and at the same time securing the stitches on
the fashioning side of the machine. This divided ring I and I', is provided with
pins or studs and, having a range of movement in vertical slots 60, suitably
provided in the sinker-bed 8, and adapted to prevent accidental rotation of the
divided ring I and I', by friction, as clearly_shown in Fig. 5. The projecting
shanks e and e, of the web-holders E and E', are guided in radial grooves or
slots, formed in the upper surface of the needle cylinder B, as clearly, illustrated
in Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 8. These radial grooves or slots 6, are located between each
needle. Each of the web-holders has also a movable bearing or seat i, in the

page_text: inner surface of the divided ring I and I. The web-holders E and E', are
permitted to hold and then release the respective meshes or stitches from the
curved fingers e, of said holders, as clearly shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 8.
In fabricating a circular web or tube, the sinker-gear 68, with the sinker-cam 10,
is revolved in one direction and the oscillating beard closing ring g, through the
intervention of the pivotal rod 98, and cam ", of the clutch device n³, is operated to
alternately actuate the web-holders E and E.
O, in Fig. 1, is a thread or yarn controlling device provided with a platform o,
having a projection or lug 02, secured thereto. 0³, is a guide pivoted to the lug o³,
and provided with an eye o, for the reception of the thread or yarn. o³, is a
spring guide finger having an eye o, through which the thread or yarn is
conducted from the eye o, of the pivotal guide o³, in a downward direction
through the thread guide 6, in the sinker-gear 6°. The standard o¹, of the
thread controlling device O, has pivoted thereto a horizontal arm o', which is
pivotally connected with a vertical arm 08, carrying a roller 0°, adapted to
engage in the annular grooved cam 2, of the two-part or centrally divided
drum H. The vertical arm o³, is pivotally connected at a', with the horizontal
clutch-rod N, suitably journaled to the frame of the machine. On this rod N,
are mounted at suitable distances apart forked devices n, n' and n², adapted to
engage clutch members n³, n and no, mounted on the main driving shaft F.
It being understood that the roller, o, will travel in the annular groove. 22, of
the drum H, through the intervention of the lever-pawls and k¹, adapted to
impart motion to the ratchet 1, of the drum H, during the fabrication of the heel
and toe portions of the stocking through the intervention of the belt f, applied to
the fast pulley f, mounted on the main driving shaft F, by means of the gear
wheels P and p', adapted to communicate motion to the crank-shaft p³, and in turn
to a connecting-rod ³, mounted on the crank-arm p³, of said crank shaft p². This
connecting rod p³, is pivotally attached to the cross arm K, in order to oscillate
said lever-pawls k, k' and ke, to cause the drum H, to be moved step by step and
likewise the ratchet wheel h. This drum H, in turn imparts a like movement to the
rack-bars do and do, through the intervention of rollers and 20, journaled thereto.
When fabricating a circular web or tube, the sinker-gear 60, with the sinker-
cam, are revolved in one direction. The sinker-bar 613, corresponding to a
fashioning needle thrown outward from the centre of the needle cylinder B, during
the application of the thread or yarn to the same and beneath the beard thereof, is
subsequently drawn forward towards the centre of the cylinder to engage the yarn
or thread and to push a loop or bight of the same inward past the needle. It
should of course be borne in mind that the projection 6, on the end of the sinker-
har 13, holds the bight or loop in such position, against upward displacement, while
the thread is being laid on the rest of the fashioning needles, that are actuated by
the holder or carrier C¹. As the thread guide 67, approaches the centre needle
of the holder or carrier C¹, constantly rising, the thread is inserted beneath the
beards of the needles and the sinker-bars, appertaining to these needles are
projected forward towards the centre of the needle cylinder B, one after another.
As soon as the thread has been paid onto the needles of the group, to which they pertain,
the group of needles &¹, are permitted simultaneously to descend. After the thread
or yarn guide 7, passes the centre or thereabouts of the holder or carrier C¹, and
whilst it is approaching the opposite extremity thereof, the holder or carrier (, will
begin to descend. During the descent of the holder or carrier C, the thread is paid
onto the remaining needles and loops or bights of the threads, are pushed inward
toward the centre of the needle-cylinder B, and held in such position by the
projections 6 of the sinker-bars 613. It being understood that these sinker-
bars 613, are for this purpose operated successively in the manner hereinbefore
explained. The thread or yarn carrier 61, and sinker-bars 61, then lay the thread
or yarn onto the needles b, operated by the holder or carrier C, in precisely the
manner hereinabove explained with reference to the fashioning needles b', of the

page_text: holder or carrier C'. While the thread or yarn is being laid onto these needles b,
the carrier C, will be descending, with the result that the beards of these
needles b¹, operated thereby are closed by contacting with the teeth of the
oscillating ring g, so that the thread is drawn by means of the closed beards off
the projection 6, of the sinker-bars 63, over the curved fingers e³, of the web-
holders E, and through the stitches of the previously formed courses of the web
being fabricated, and these latter stitches are permitted thereby to be disengaged
from the closed beards of the needles 6. The repetition of the above described
operations results in the production of a knit-tube or web which is held down by
means of the curved fingers e, of the web-holders and which is fed away from the
machine through the interior of the needle cylinder B.
In knitting a flat web one of the holders or carriers C¹, for example, is permitted
to rise and fall and the other holder or carrier, for example C, is thrown out of
action. The oscillating ring 9, operating to close the beards of the fashioning
needles, as they descend and to open the same as they ascend, and the sinker-
gear 6, is caused to turn first in one direction and then in the other in order to
permit the thread guide 6, to lay the thread backward and then forward across
the needles that are operated by the holder or carrier C, and also to cause the
sinker-bars, to press the thread between the fashioning needles b', and towards
the centre of the needle cylinder B, as hereinbefore explained.
The flat web may be narrowed by shifting the needle strippers D and D',
respectively towards the needle holder or carrier rod c, as previously described, so
that when the holder or carrier C¹, descends, the springs 63, of the needles b', are
pressed against the inner edges of the strippers D and D', thereby forcing the
bits b, towards the stems of the needles and out of engagement with the annular
grooved seat c, of the holder or carrier C¹. The flat web may be widened hy
throwing into action in the fabrication of the article, the needles ¹, one after
another, by reversing the movement of the strippers D and D', and returning the
same to their normal position, as illustrated in Fig. 7.
The eccentric e, las secured thereto a pin c18, which projects at a right angle
to the face thereof and serves to engage with a projecting arm c¹³, connected with
the clutch shifting rod N. This arm c, when in engagement with the pin c8, is
adapted to prevent accidental rotation of the fixed needle holder eccentric c
during the reciprocating movement of the mechanism of the machine, for effecting
the fashioning of the heel and toe portions of the stocking being fabricated, as
illustrated in Fig. 9. The pawls k and k', are attached to a pivotally supported
cross-arm K, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 10. The lever-pawl k, located at
the extreme end of the pivotal cross-arm K, has a greater range of movement
than the lever pawl k', which is located near the pivoted end of the cross arm K.
Each of the lever-pawls k and k', actuates one of the respective sections or parts
of the drum the space of a tooth on each side alternately in the revolution thereof.
, is a pin or stud projecting from the surface of the standard A', which permits
the pawl k, to bear against the pin or stud k³, by means of a spring k³, suitably
connected with the bed-plate a', of the machine. This pawl k, in its vertical
movement, as shown in Fig. 10, is brought into contact with the teeth of the
ratchet A, of the drum H, when the pin, enters the recess **, formed in the
edge of the pawl k, this recess permitting the same to mesh with and actuate
the lower part H³, of the drum H, the space of one tooth of said ratchet ", at
each moveinent thereof..
When the heel part is to be fabricated a lug, projecting from the pattern-
chain r, shifts the nose 17, of the pawl k³, in the path of the pawl k, of the
cross-arm K, which causes the same to engage said pawl k, and both pawls kand k',
will thereby shift the lower part H, of the drum H, forward a space sufficient to
shift the rollers d¹ and do, out of the spaces H' and H³, between the two parts of
the jacket H and H, and thus to throw out of action one of the fashioning
needles b', by means of the stripper D', which is simultaneously shifted forwards
equal to one of the fashioning needles b', by means of the cam 2, of the lower
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page_text: part H³, of the drum. H. The first or upward movement of the lower part H', of
the drum H, moves the upper part H³, and its ratchet 1, within reach of the
pawl k¹, thereby causing the said pawl to engage the ratchet ¹. When the cross-
arm K, moves downward, the pawl-lever k, will shift the upper half H³, of the
drum forwards and will throw out of action one of the fashioning needles b', by
means of the stripper D, which is shifted forwards towards the right, as illustrated
in Figs. 3 and 7, by means of the cam 2, of the upper half H³, of the drum H.
It may be here remarked that the drum H, in the fabricating of a tubular web will
not be shifted forward, because at such time the pawl-levers k and k¹, will enter
the toothless spaces between the two parts of the ratchets h and ", of the
drum H, as illustrated in Fig. 10, which correspond to the parts of the drum; it
being understood that said spaces H and H, between the two parts of the drum H,
correspond with the spaces of a tooth in the ratchets 41 and as, of the drum.
It should also be borne in mind that the lever pawls k and k¹, each shift one part of
the drum H, the space of a tooth of the ratchets and h, without moving the
other half of the drum, in order to throw out of and into action successively
the fashioning needles, for purposes to be hereinafter more fully explained.
In the downward movement of the cross-arm K, the lever-pawl k, is brought
into a position for further action. By the same movement of the cross-arm K, the
lever-pawl, near the pivoted end of the cross-arm K, and on the opposite side of
the drum, engages with the teeth of the ratchet. by means of a spring 4³, attached
to the bed-plate a', and normally engaging therewith to effect a movement of the
upper part H, of the drum. H, the space of one tooth, without causing a similar
movement of the other part H³, of the drum. These movements are repeated
through the intervention of the cross-arm K, and lever pawls kand k¹, until the
rollers. d⁹ and d20, of the rack-bars d' and do, engaging the grooved cams 20
and, of the drum H, have reached the meeting point of the same, when they are
"returned to their respective initial positions and therewith the strippers D and D¹,
whereby narrowing and widening of the web is ensured to its full extent by the
throwing out of and then into action successively of the fashioning needles.b, as
hereinbefore, described.
When the machine has reached the point to commence fabrication of the heel,
the operation of the parts to change the rotary movement of the sinker-gear 6º,
into a to and fro movement, is as follows:-
The roller o, on the vertical clutch shifting lever 08, is through the intervention
of the cam, of the annular groove h", of the drum H, actuated to shift the
lever os, at its lower extremity to the left, of the position. as illustrated in Fig. 1, by
the movement of the drum, and the clutch-device n³; is thrown out of engagement
with the eccentric c, actuating the needles b, the clutch device n; is thrown out of
engagement with the gear m, while the clutch device n³, is thrown into engagement
with the gear m, which engages: a complemental gear m', mounted on a vertical
shaft m?, and extending through the bed plate a,. of the machine, and carrying a
gear-wheel m; provided with a handle: mt. This gear-wheel m³, meshes with the
sinker-gear, and is operated by means of the handle m², so as to cause in the
event of a thread being broken by the turuing of the sinker gear around the part 615,
of the groove, 614; of said gear to shift the sinker bars:6; so as to permit of the
tying of the ends of the threads in order that the. knitting operation may be
proceeded with.. The gear-wheel p,.secured, to the main driving shaft F, meshes
with a gear-wheel p¹, mounted on the crank-shaft p². This gear-wheel pl.is
connected by means of a, crank-arm with the lever rod p, operating the toothed
sector-wheel p', which is pivotally connected with the standard A, of the machine.
The gear wheel m,. in the hub portion: m³, thereof is provided with pockets m³
-andm³,, for the reception of pins mand. n. These pins permit the mitre-gear-m,
to be connected with one or the other of the clutch members n' orn, by the
actuation of the clutch-rod. N, through the intervention of the pivotal-lever, oⓇ,.in
order to change the rotary, movement of the sinker-gear 6, into a reciprocating
movement, as hereinafter more fully explained.

page_text: When the gear wheel m, with its pin m², is in engagement with the clutch device n³,
a to and fro movement of the sinker-gear 6', is secured through the intervention
of the fixed gear p, meshing with the gear pl, and the pinion po, which is loosely
mounted on the main driving shaft F. This pinion.p, has a sleeve p³,
which is
mounted on the shaft F, and with a horizontal slot p³, adapted to engage a pin plº,
of the clutch device n, whereby through the shifting of said clutch device n', to the
left by means of the clutch rod N, the movement of the sinker-gear 6', is changed,
as above mentioned. The sprocket or pattern chain r, engages the sprocket-
wheel h', on the shaft . This sprocket wheel h', is rigidly secured to the ratchet-
wheel, in the manner hereinbefore fully explained. The ratchet-wheel h, is
engaged by the pawl, which is pivotally attached in front of the cross-arm K,
opposite the pawl-lever k', as illustrated in Fig. 2, and is actuated in one direction
by the same mechanism that actuates the lever-pawls k and k¹, as hereinbefore
explained. The step or lug r', extending from the side of the sprocket or pattern
chain, is brought into engagement with the spring pressed pawl k', pivotally
connected to one half of the drum H, as previously described and a similar pawl k³,
which is pivotally connected with the opposite half of said drum, to be presently
more fully explained.
land, are slots provided in the spring controlled pawls and k³, and with
pins and 4, attached to the drum at the frout side of each section thereof
and projecting through the slots and, in such manner as to limit
the range of to and fro movement of the pawls k' and k³, by means of the
lug of the pattern chain r, which press the same outward as illustrated at
the left hand side of Fig. 10, and the springs and 4, return the pawis k and ko,
to their initial positions as shown at the right hand side of Fig. 10. These
pawls A and B, are provided with curved noses 17 and 418, adapted to engage
alternately the lever-pawl k. and ko, are pawls rigidly connected with the
drum H, as illustrated in Fig. 10, for purposes to be hereinafter fully explained.
Upon the completion of the heel portion of the stocking and by which time it
must be understood that the drum has made a one half revolution, the pawl 4, will
have been brought by such movement into the path of the pawl lever k, so as to
engage therewith in such manner as to shift the drum H, a sufficient distance to
bring the rollers d and do, of the rack-bars d and do, immediately over or into
the spaces H and H', of the drum H, in their engagement with the cams
and . The drum will remain in this position, because the pawl-levers k and k*,
by the above shifting of the drum H, will now contact with the blank spaces of the
ratchets and h", of the drum H. It should be borne in mind that upon the
completion of the heel portion of the stocking it is necessary to automatically turn
the clutch shifting mechanism to its initial position, that is, the position which it
occupied prior to the commencement of the fabrication of the heel, so as to change
the to and fro movement of the sinker-gear 6, to a rotary movement thereof, and
so as to begin the foot portion of the stocking. This is effected by means of one
of the cams, by the above shifting of the drum H, by means of the pawls k
and 10, as hereinbefore described. One end of the lever-arm o, is simultaneously
shifted towards the right in Fig. 1, and the clutch-rod N, shifts thereby the clutch
device n', in engagement with the eccentric cle, and the clutch-device ', in engage-
ment with the gear m, so that the same will be connected directly with the main
driving shaft F, and the to and fro movement of the sinker-gear, will be changed
into a rotary movement and both needle holders or carriers C and C, will be
afforded up and down movements and the arm c¹, of the rod N, will be thereby
freed from the pin c18, of the eccentric c. The foot portion of the stocking is
fabricated in the same manner as previously described in connection with the
knitting of the tubular web of the stocking. When the foot portion of the stocking
is completed, a lug of the pattern chain r, similar to the lug r', will be brought
into engagement with the pawl ks, and by which time the same will have assumed
a position on the left hand side of the drum to that illustrated in Fig. 10, thereby
shifting the nose 18, of said pawl 8, in the path of the pawl-lever k. As shown in

page_text: Fig. 10, the pawls 7 and k³, are located at different distances from the ends of
their respective ratchets 4" and 1, the location of the former k', being such that
when thrown into the path of the pawl k, the drum is moved only far enough to
throw one needle 6', out of action, while the location of the latter ko, at a greater
distance from the end of its ratchet is such that when engaged by the pawl k, the
drum is moved a distance sufficient to throw five needles b', out of action. The
said pawl lever k, will thereby shift the drum H, forwards for the space of five
teeth of the ratchet 1, and five needles located at each end of the carrier C', will
be thrown out of action simultaneously therewith. It must be borne in mind that
the rollers do and do, after such shifting will have passed the spaces between the
parts of the drum H, and be in engagement with the respective cams thereof.
The needle holder C', carries in the present instance, at each end five fashioning
needles b¹, more than is necessary to form the toe portion of the stocking, but,
however, the number of fashioning needles thrown out of action simultaneously
during the formation of the toe portion of the stocking will depend upon the size
or fulness of the stocking to be fabricated. With regard to Fig. 7, of the
drawings, it will be observed that the number of fashioning needles &¹, is.greater
than the number of needles b, in order that when a certain number of the fashioning
needles at each end are thrown out of action, those remaining will correspond in
number with the fixed needles b. Shifting the lower part of the drum the space of
five teeth of the ratchet 10, will simultaneously transfer the upper half of the drum
the same distance By the shifting of the drum for five teeth of the ratchet /",
the clutch shifting lever os, will be simultaneously actuated towards the left hand
in Fig. 1, and the rotary movement of the gears m and m³, and the sinker-gear 6,
will be changed to that of a to and fro movement. The formation of the toe
portion of the stocking, that is, the narrowing and widening of the same, is as
described in connection with the heel portion of the stocking. At the position of
the drum H, for beginning the fashioning of the toe portion of the stocking the
fixed pawl, will be at the right hand side of the ratchet, and at a distance
fiom the end of said ratchet, which is greater than that of the fixed pawl 10, on
the opposite side and at the end of the ratchet, but similar to that of the
pawl 8. It will thus be observed that at the end of the toe fashioning when the
pawl k, engages the said pawl A, the drum H, will be shifted a distance corre-
sponding to that caused by the pawl ka, at the beginning of the toe portion of the
stocking and so as to throw simultaneously into action, the five needles at each end
of the group of needles, previously thrown out of action. To finish the toe
portion of the stocking after the mechanism and devices of the machine are again
in position for fabricating round or tubular work, it should be borne in mind that
about fifteen or more courses of stitches or meshes are formed before the machine
comes to a stop in order to provide for the looping of the parts of the toc together.
In order to automatically stop the machine upon the completion of the several
operations herein before explained, the pattern chain r, is provided with a step or
projection, is a cross-lever suitably hinged at a, to the bed-plate a', and
extending through a grooved lug or projection a. r, is a leaf spring normally
contacting with the cross-lever, which extends in the path of the step or pro-
jection, of the pattern chain r. This step or projection, is so arranged as that
when the stocking is finished, the same will be brought into engagement with the
free extremity of the cross-lever, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 10,
to raise said lever out of engagement with the longitudinal lever, held in the
guides and, of the bed plates a and a¹. This lever, is pivotally connected
with a belt shifting lever, controlled by means of a spring, which is suitably
secured to the end standards A, of the machine. The cross-lever, by rising
through the instrumentality of the step or projection, engaging therewith,
liberates the longitudinal rod 78, and by the tension of the spring, the pivotal
belt shifting lever, is shifted into such position as to cause the belt f, on the
fixed pulley f, of the main driving, shaft F, to be shifted onto the loose pulley f',
thereby stopping the machine.

page_text: It will be manifestly obvious to those skilled in the art to which my invention
appertains, that modifications may be made in the details of construction and
arrangement of the parts, without departing from the spirit of the invention; and
hence I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise construction
and arrangement of the parts as hereinbefore explained.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and objects
of my invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is :-
1. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, one group being
fixed as to its holder and the other group having fashioning needles being detachably
connected to its holder and provided with spring arms having bent ends forming
bits, a support or grooved cylinder, a driving shaft, reciprocating segmental needle
holders, alternately moved from said shaft and eccentrics connected with said shaft
and holders for respectively actuating said groups of needles, substantially as and
for the purposes set forth.
2. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, holders reciprocated
in the direction of the lengths of the needles for elevating and depressing the
groups thereof, an oscillating ring provided with teeth for closing the beards of
each group of needles as they descend and with spaces for accommodating the
beards of each group of needles as they ascend, movable web-holders, and a divided
spring actuated ring provided with recesses engaging oppositely disposed cams,
noses or projections of said beard closing ring for operating said movable web-
holders, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
3. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, whereof the needles
of one group are provided with spring arms bent to form bits and whereof the
needles of the other group have bits, a grooved cylinder or support therefor,
segmental needle holders or carriers provided with recessed or grooved seats and
one of said holders or carriers having a tapering internal surface, eccentrics for
reciprocating the holders or carriers of the groups of needles and strippers for
liberating the needles of the group provided with spring arms having bits from the
recessed or grooved seat of their holder or carrier, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
4. A knitting machine provided with a cylinder having radial top notches,
needles, movable web-holders having curved fingers, lateral shanks and base
projections, a ring, and means for imparting vertical movement to said ring
to actuate said web-holders, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
5. A knitting machine provided. with a slotted needle-cylinder, two groups of
needles, whereof one group is fixed as to its holder and provided with base bits,
and whereof the other group is provided with spring arms having bent ends forming
bits, holders, a main driving shaft, eccentrics, strippers, movable web-holders having
curved fingers and transverse shanks engaging the slotted portions of said
cylinder, and means for actuating the same so as to engage and disengage
stitches with the fingers of said web-holders, substantially as aud for the purposes
set forth.
6. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, segmental recipro-
cating needle-holders, web-holders, a needle cylinder provided with radial notches
for the shanks of said web-holders, an oscillating beard closing ring having noses or
projections, and a divided ring provided with recesses, said ring adapted to operate
said web-holders, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
7. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles movable in respect
to their cylinder or support, segmental needle holders reciprocated in the direction
of the lengths of the needles, an oscillating ring provided with teeth for closing the
beards of each group as they descend and accommodating the same as they ascend
and having lugs, cams or projections, movable web-holders and a spring controlled
divided ring provided with recesses engaging the noses, lugs or cams of said beard

page_text: closing ring and for operating said web-holders, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
8. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, a cylinder or
support therefor, segmental needle holders reciprocated in the direction of the
length of the needles, a ring having noses or projections, web-holders, and a spring
controlled ring, provided with recesses, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
9. A knitting machine provided with two group of needles, whereof the needles
of one group are provided with spring arms with bent ends forming bits, and
whereof the needles of the other group are provided with base bits, reciprocating
segmental needle-holders, an oscillating beard closing ring, web holders, a spring
controlled divided ring, strippers or carriages oscillated so as to engage and
disengage said. needles, and means connected with and operated from the main
driving shaft for alternately and successively permitting of the actuation of said
groups of needles, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
10. A knitting machine provided with needles movable in the direction of their
support, segmental needle holders reciprocated alternately from the main driving
shaft, a sectional or two-part drum, each part of which is counter-weighted and
provided with grooved cams, strippers or carriages, rack-bars, rollers engaging said
cams and adapted to actuate said rack-bars controlling said strippers or carriages, and
means for actuating the two part drum, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
11. A knitting machine provided with fashioning needles having spring arms
with bits, needles having lateral base bits, said needles movable in the direction of
their cylinder, reciprocating segmental needle holders adapted to receive and
support the bits of said needles, movable strippers or carriages provided with
toothed peripheries, rack-bars having rolling means engaging grooved cans of a
two part weighted drum, and means for positively actuating said drum step-by-step
to throw into and out of action said fashioning needles, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
12. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, whereof one group
is provided with spring arms with rear bits, and whereof the other group is
provided with base bits, segmental needle holders reciprocated in the direction of
the length of the needles, an oscillating beard closing ring, web-holders, a divided
spring controlled ring, a sinker-bed and gear and sinker-bars adapted to slacken
the thread or yarn between each of the needles of the groups as they are elevated
for holding the same against accidental displacement until the thread or yarn is
positively drawn off of said sinker-bars by the descent of the groups of said
needles, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
13. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, whereof one group
is provided with spring arms with beut ends forming bits and whereof the other
group is provided with base bits movable within a grooved support, segmental
needle holders reciprocated in the direction of the lengths of the needles, a beard
closing ring having noses or projections, movable web-holders, a spring controlled
ring provided with recesses, and strippers or carriages, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
14. A knitting machine provided with needles movable in respect to their
channeled cylinder or support, segmental needle holders, movable web-holders and
means for operating the same in certain directions with respect to said cylinder or
support for respectively retaining and releasing the meshes or stitches of the
article being fabricated, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
15. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, whereof one group
is provided with spring arms having bent ends forming bits and whereof the other
has base hits, compleinental reciprocating segmental needle-holders, strippers,
movable web-holders and means for operating said web-holders in certain
directions with respect to the needle cylinder for retaining and releasing the
meshes or stitches of the article being fabricated, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.

page_text: 16. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, complemental
segmental needle holders for said groups, eccentrics, a driving shaft, movable
strippers or carriages, movable web-holders, a divided ring having recesses, a
Hanged oscillating toothed beard closing ring provided with noses or projections,
rack-bars having means adapted to travel in grooved cams of a sectional drum to
permit of a step-by-step motion being imparted thereto, and means for actuating
said drum, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
17. A knitting machine provided with needles arranged in separate groups,
whereof one group is provided with spring arms having rear bits and whereof the
other is provided with base bits, complemental segmental needle holders, movable
strippers or carriages, a sectional drum with grooved cams, rack-bars adaptel to
actuate said strippers or carriages, and means for permitting of a step by step
movement to said drum and for shifting the same a predetermined distance,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
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18. In a knitting machine, a divided spring actuated ring provided with recesse
or grooves, an oscillating beard closing ring provided with cams or noses rever
arranged with respect to each other and web-holders movable in a vertical direction
by means of said divided ring, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
19. A knitting machine provided with a two-part drum loosely mounted on a
shaft and having a two-part jacket provided with cams, ratchets connected with
one end of said drum, reciprocating pawls and devices in virtue of which said pawl;
are caused to impart step by step and predetermined movements to said drum,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
20. A knitting machine provided with a sectional drum loosely mounted on a
shaft having radial counter-weighted spokes or arms and grooved cans, spring
pressed pawls adapted to alternately engage a ratchet of said drum, and means for
actuating said pawls, substantially, as and for the purposes set forth.
21. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, needle-holders,.
movable strippers or carriages, a two-part weighted drum having triangular grooves,
spring pressed and fixed pawls connected with ratchets of said drum, rack-bars.
provided with rolls engaging said cams, devices in virtue of which one of said
spring pressed pawls is adapted to impart a movement to said drum at the beginning
of the heel and the other a movement thereof at the beginning of the toe, the fixed
pawls being adapted to impart corresponding movements to said drum at the
completion of the heel and toe portion of the stocking, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
22. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, one group being
fixed as to its segmental holder or carrier, a drum having an annular grooved cam,
a roll connected with a fulcrumed lever, a horizontal shifting rod in pivotal
connection with said lever, a clutch member connected with the main driving shaft
of the machine, an eccentric loosely mounted thereon, and an arm for preventing
rotation through friction of the eccentric, the same being operatively connected to
actuate said group of needles fixed as to its holder, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
23. A knitting machine provided with fashioning needles, a segmental needle-
holder, strippers or carriages adapted to be oscillated by rack-bars, a sectional
counter-weighted drum provided with grooved cams disposed at substantially an
acute angle to each other and adapted to alternately operate said strippers or
carriages step by step a predetermined distance and to permit said strippers or
carriages to throw certain of the fashioning needles successively and simultaneously
into and out of action, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
24. A knitting machine provided with a drum. having a jacket with grooved cams,.
a roller adapted to engage said cams and connected with a vertical rod fulcrumed
to the machine, a horizontal shifting rod in pivotal connection with said vertical
rod aud clutch members mounted on the main driving shaft, provisions-for rotating
one and reciprocating the other of said members, one of said clutch members. being
adapted to engage a gear on said shaft meshing with a mitre-gear wheel of a vertical

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'shaft, a sinker-gear and a gear meshing therewith mounted on the upper end of
said vertical shaft, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
25. A knitting machine provided with a cylinder two groups of needles, holders,
a two-part drum having an annular grooved cam, a roll adapted to engage therewith,
a clutch shifting mechanism actuated by said roll, gearing adapted to operate a
sinker-bed, strippers or carriages, rack-bars and cams adapted to actuate said
strippers or carriages, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
26. A knitting machine provided with a drum having an annular grooved cam, a
vertical lever provided with a roller, the latter engaging said cam and said lever
connected with a horizontal clutch shifting rod, a main driving shaft, clutch
members and provisions for causing the rotation of one and reciprocation of the
other, a gear constructed so as to be connected with each clutch member, a sinker-
cam, siuker-gearing actuated by said gear to communicate rotary and to and fro
movements to said sinker-cam, and means for actuating said drum, substantially
as and for the purposes set forth.
27. A knitting machine provided with a sinker-bed having sinkers, a sinker gear
adapted to actuate said sinkers, a vertical shaft provided at one end with a mitre
gear and at the other with a gear engaging said sinker-gear, a bevel-gear nounted
on the main driving shaft and engaging the mitre gear of said vertical shaft, a
clutch movable on a sleeve mounted on the main driving shaft, said sleeve provided
with a piniou, which latter meshes with a sector gear connected by means of a rod
and a crank with a shaft carrying a gear, which latter meshes with a gear on the main
driving shaft, whereby a rotary movement of said driving shaft is transformed into to
and fro movement of the sinker-gear, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
28. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, whereof one group
is provided with springs having bits and whereof the other group has base bits,
reciprocating segmental needle holders provided with grooved or recessed seats for
the bits of said needles, one of said holders having a tapering or slanting seat,
oscillating strippers or carriages with toothed peripheries, grooved rack-bars
engaging therewith, feathered brackets engaging the grooves thereof, a sectional
drum provided with grooved cams, means connected with said rack-bars and
engaging the grooved cams of said drum for actuating said strippers or carriages,
and means to impart a step-by-step movement to said drum, substantially as and
for the purposes set forth.
29. A knitting machine provided with a fixed needle cylinder with radial
notches, two groups of needles, web-holders with shanks and curved fingers, a
flanged toothed beard closing ring with noses, cams or projections, a divided ring with
complemental recesses or grooves, springs in engagement with said divided ring,
and means for oscillating said beard closing ring and elevating and depressing said
divided ring, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
30. A knitting machine provided with needles movable in their supports,
segmental needle holders therefor, eccentrics for controlling the alternate move-
ments of said holders, strippers or carriages, means for oscillating the same
comprising a sectional drum provided with an annular grooved cam and a clutch
shifting mechanism provided with means adapted to engage said cam and to
prevent rotation through friction of one of the needle operating eccentrics,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
31. A knitting machine provided with needles movable in their grooved support
or cylinder, reciprocating segmental needle holders, oscillating strippers or
carriages, an oscillating beard closing ring, rack-bars engaging said strippers or
carriages, a sectional counter-weighted drum provided with grooved cams, means
connected with said rack-bars and engaging said grooved cams, and means for
actuating said drum and rack-bars for throwing certain of said needles into and
out of action, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
32. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, whereof the
needles of one group are provided with spring catches having bits and whereof
the needles of the other group have base-bits, a grooved needle, cylinder,

page_text: complemental reciprocating segmental needle holders, strippers or carriages, rack-
bars, a counter-weighted two-part drum and means for affording a step by step
movement thereto, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
33. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, whereof the
needles of one group are provided with springs having bits and whereof the needles
of the other group have bits, a grooved needle cylinder, segmental needle holders
or carriers, strippers or carriages having toothed peripheries engaging rack-bars
provided with rolling means which engage grooved cams of jackets of a counter
weighted two-part drum and means for imparting a step-by-step movement to said
drum, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
34. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, whereof the
needles of the one have springs with bits and whereof the needles of the other
have base bits, a fixed grooved cylinder or support therefor, complemental needle
holders having recessed seats, one of said holders provided with a slanting inner
surface and both of said holders provided with a removable top-plate, substantially
as and for the purposes set forth.
35. A knitting machine provided with a grooved needle cylinder for the reception
of needles, a needle holder reciprocated by an eccentric mounted on the main
driving shaft, and a clutch shifting rod provided with a projecting arm adapted
to engage a pin connected with said eccentric, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
36. A knitting machine provided with a shaft, a two part weighted drum,
spring pressed pawls connected with the ratchets of said two-part drum and pawls
connected with a cross-arm which is actuated by a crank mounted on a shaft driven
by gears from the main driving shaft, a sprocket-wheel, a chain with a step or
projection, and means for operating said chain, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
37. A knitting, machine provided with two groups of needles, whereof the
needles of one group are provided with curved springs and bits and whereof the
needles of the other group are provided with base-bits, a fixed grooved needle
cylinder, reciprocating segmental needle holders, oscillating strippers or carriages,
longitudinal rack-bars provided with rollers, a counter-weighted two-part drum
with angular cams, a sprocket-wheel and pattern-chain with steps or projections, a
spring pressed pawl connected with each part of said drum and mechanism actuated
from the main driving shaft and adapted to be brought into engagement with said
pawls so as to start the drum and to impart a step-by-step movement thereto so as
to permit of certain of said needles being thrown into and out of action,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
38. A knitting machine provided with longitudinal rack-bars with grooved
channels, feathered brackets engaging therewith, rollers journaled to said rack-
bars, a grooved two-part drum, and means for imparting a step-by-step movement
thereto and to said rack-bars, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
39. A knitting machine provided with needles having base-bits afforded a range
of movement vertically in a grooved support, a complemental needle holder with
an inner recessed or grooved seat and with a detachable plate or rim, a driving-
shaft, an eccentric mounted thereon and provided with a pin and a clutch-shifting
mechanism provided with an arm adapted to engage the pin of said eccentric,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
40. A knitting machine provided with a bed-plate with a dishshaped aperture, &
grooved needle cylinder mounted therein, needles with curved springs and bits,
a complemental needle holder with a grooved or recessed seat and with a slanting
inner surface and oscillating strippers or carriages adapted to disengage said
needles to permit said holders to rise free thereof, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
41. A knitting machine provided with a fixed needle cylinder having radial
notches or slots in the top thereof and carrying a detachable ring forming &
support for the sinker-bed, bars and gear, an oscillating beard closing ring having
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page_text: noses adapted to engage recesses of a spring controlled divided ring and to-actuate
the same, and web-holders engaging said ring, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
42. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles-movable in their
support, needle holders controlled from a main driving shaft by means of eccentrics,
oscillating strippers or carriages, rack-bars, a sectional drum and means for
imparting a step-by-step movement to said drum and strippers or carriages,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
43. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, whereof the
needles of one group have spring arms with bent ends forming bits, and whereof
the needles of the other group have lateral base bits, means for reciprocating the
same in the direction of the lengths thereof, a grooved needle cylinder, a two-part
*counter-weighted drum having grooved cams, rack-bars, strippers, spring pressed
pawis, one of which is arranged at the end and the other near the end of the
ratchets of said drum and fixed pawls arranged opposite said spring pressed pawls
upon said ratchets adapted to shift said drum different distances, spring-controlled
pawl-levers, and a pattern-chain provided with pins or projections, substantially as
and for the purposes set forth.
44. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, means for
-reciprocating the same in the direction of the lengths thereof, strippers or carriages,
a two-part counter-weighted drum having grooved cams, rack-bars provided with
rollers which engage certain of said cams, a sinker bed and sinkers, a sinker-gear,
a gear meshing therewith carried by a vertical shaft journaled to the machine, a nitre-
gear at the lower end of said shaft.meshing with a similar gear on the main driving
shaft provided with sockets having pins therein,adapted to engage complemental
.sockets of adjacent clutch-members on said shaft, a pinion connected with one of.
Baid, clutch members, a sector-gear meshing with said pinion and actuated from the
crank-arm of a cross-shaft provided with a gear meshing with a complemental gear
of said driving shaft, and means for actuating said drum, substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
45. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, segmental holders
for reciprocating the same, eccentrics, a driving-shaft, oscillating strippers or
carriage, rack-bars, a two part drum with grooved cams, rollers adapted to engage
and travel in said grooved cams, spring pressed and fixed-pawls connected with said
drum, pawl-levers pivotally connected with a cross-arm, and means for actuating
said cross-arm, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
46. A knitting machine provided with needles movable in a channeled and
notched cylinder, reciprocating segmental needle holders, oscillating strippers or
carriages therefor, rack-bars, a spring controlled divided ring provided with
recesses, a heard closing ring provided with noses or projections, movable web-
holders engaging the notches of said cylinder, a sectional drum having grooved
cams, devices adapted to engage and travel in said cams-and means for imparting a
step-by-step movement to said arm and actuating said devices and strippers or
carriages, substantially as and. for the purposes set forth.
47. A knitting, machine provided with a grooved needle cylinder having two
groups of needles afforded a range of vertical movement therein, one group of said
needles being engaged by a segmental needle holder, and the other group
detachably connected with a segmental needle holder, said holders reversely
actuated in the direction of the lengths of the respective needles of the groups,
oscillating strippers, a two-part drum provided with grooved cams, and means
connected with the main driving shaft for actuating and controlling said drum,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
48. A knitting machine,provided with needles, a fixed needle-cylinder,' segmental
needle holders alternately reciprocated from the main driving shaft, oscillating
strippers or carriages for throwing said needles into and out of action, an
oscillating beard closing ring provided with noses.or; projections, a divided spring
controlled ring provided with recesses, movable web-holders and means for

page_text: actuating said beard. closing ring so as to engage and disengage meshes of a web to
and from said holders, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
49. A knitting machine provided with a fixed needle cylinder, fashioning needles
provided with spring arms with bent ends forming bits, a segmental needle holder
therefor, movable web-holders, strippers or carriages, an oscillating beard closing
ring with noses or projections, a spring controlled divided ring with recesses, a main
driving shaft provided with an eccentric, a rod and a strap provided with a pivotal
connection for actuating said holder so as to impart a reciprocating motion thereto,
a two-part drum, and means for actuating the same, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
50. In a knitting machine, a fixed needle cylinder provided with two groups of
needles, whereof one group is provided with spring arms having rear bits engaging.
a slanting recessed segmental needle holder, and whereof the other group of needles
is provided with lateral base bits engaging a recessed segmental needle holder' and
vertical connecting rods attached to posts of said holders and to straps of eccentrics
mounted on a main driving'shaft and adapted to impart a reciprocating motion to
said holders, substantially us and for the purposes set forth.
51. A knitting machine provided with a fixed needle cylinder, needles, sectional
needle holders, strippers or carriages, means for actuating the same through the
intervention of a two-part drum provided with grooved cams having means
connected therewith for imparting a step-by-step motion thereto and to said
strippers or carriages, a sinker-gear, sinkers, sinker-bed, means to rotate said
sinker-gear, and means to change the rotary movement into a reciprocating
movement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
52. In a knitting machine, a main driving shaft, having two clutch members' with
provisions for rotating one and reciprocating the other and both of said members
adapted to engage and be disengaged from a mitre-gear, the latter meshing with n
complemental gear connected with a vertical rod, said rod carrying a gear which'
meshes with the gear of a sinker-bed, sinker-bars, said sinker-gear having a cam to
actuate said bars, a cylinder provided with needles, segmental needle holders,
strippers or carriages adapted to be operated so as to throw certain of said needles
out of action, a beard closing ring, and means for actuating the same, substantially
as and for the purposes set forth.
53. A knitting machine provided with needles, a notched and grooved needle-
cylinder, means for reciprocating said needles in the direction of the lengths
thereof, a beard closing ring provided with noses; lugs or projections reversely
disposed with respect to each other, a divided spring controlled ring having
complemental recesses or grooves, web-holders connected with said needle-cylinder
and divided spring-controlled ring and the shanks thereof detachably engaging
the notches of said cylinder, and means for oscillating said beard closing ring
and actuating said web-holders, substantially 'as and for the purposes set forth.
54. A knitting machine provided with a drum having cams, means adapted to
engage therewith and connected' with rack-bars, a lever provided with a roller at
one end and at the other end connected with a rod-which is provided with means
adapted to engage clutch members, whereof one is mounted on the main driving
shaft and whereof the other is mounted on a sleeve loose on said shaft, a pinion"
secured to said sleeve, a sector gear meshing therewith and carried by the crank-
arm of a cross shaft provided with a gear, the latter meshing with a gear wheel
secured to said main driving shaft, a mitre-gear mounted on said main driving shaft
and meshing with a complemental gear of a vertical shaft carrying at the upper end
thereof a gear meshing with a sinker-gear, a sinker-bed and sinkers, eccentrics
mounted on said driving shaft and their accessories connected with needle-holders,
needles, a needle-cylinder, strippers or carriages controlled by said rack-bars,
and means for actuating said drum, substantially as and for the purposes set'
forth.
55. A knitting, machine provided 'with a fixed needle cylinder having a ribbel
or channeled surface engaging a dish-shaped recess in the bed-plate of the machine,

page_text: two groups of needles, whereof one group is provided with spring catches and
whereof the other group is provided with bits, seginental needle holders, a main
driving shaft, means connected therewith. for reciprocating said holders, and
strippers or carriages adapted to permit certain of said needles to be thrown into
and out of action, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
.
6. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, whereof one group
is provided with spring arms with bits which are adapted to permit said bits to
engage and disengage a complemental needle holder, strippers or carriages adapted
to permit of certain of said needles being thrown out of action, and whereof the
other group of needles is provided with lateral bits actuated by a holder having.
actuating means, said means having provisions for being thrown out of and into
action, a ring connected with said cylinder for supporting the sinker-bed carrying
sinker-bars and gear, and a gear having provisions for being connected and
disconnected to and from a clutch device upon the main driving shaft of the
machine and connected to said sinker-gear, substantially as and for the purposes.
set forth.
57. A knitting machine provided with needles movably connected with a fixed.
needle cylinder, segmental holders for said needles, means comprising clutch
members for reciprocating said holders and needles alternately in up and down
directions, a two-part drum provided with angular and annular grooved cams,
rollers adapted to engage said angular cams and connected with rack-bars, strippers
or carriages, a roller provided at one end of a pivotal lever and engaging the cams
of said annular groove, a horizontal rod connected with the other end of said lever
and actuating said clutch members, a main driving shaft, and means connected with
said shaft for imparting motion to said drum, substantially as and for the purposes
et forth.
58. A knitting machine provided with a two-part drum having a ratcheted end,
a shaft carrying a sprocket-wheel, a ratchet-wheel loose on said shaft, means for
actuating said ratchet-wheel, lever-pawls adapted to engage the ratcheted end of said
drum, fixed and movable pawls connected with said drum, a chain mounted on said
sprocket-wheel and provided with lugs for shifting said movable pawls, substantially
as and for the purposes set forth.
59. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, whereof one group
is fixed to a segmental holder, and whereof the other group is detachably connected
therewith, a fixed needle-cylinder, strippers or carriages, a two-part drum provided
with angular grooved cams, spring pressed pawls connected with said drum, a
pawl-lever adapted to actuate said pawls, a pattern-chain, rack-bars, and means for
imparting motion to the said pawl-lever, substantially as and for the purposes set
forth.
60. A knitting machine provided with a needle cylinder, two groups of needles,
whereof one group is provided with spring arms with bent ends forming bits
engaging a segmental holder having a recessed seat and a slanting interior surface,
and whereof the other group is provided with bits engaging a segmental holder,
said needles respectively reciprocated in up and down directions by means of
eccentrics mounted on the main driving shaft and one of said eccentrics clutched
thereto, and means for engaging and disengaging said eccentric to and from said
shaft, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
61. A knitting machine provided with a fixed needle cylinder, two groups of
needles, whereof one group has spring arms with bent ends forming bits, and
whereof the other group is provided with bits, said groups of needles reciprocated
alternately in the direction of the lengths thereof, segmental needle-holders
controlled from the main driving shaft, strippers or carriages oscillated at right
angles to the direction of movement of said needles for throwing one group out of
action, an oscillated beard closing ring, a sinker-bed carrying a sinker-gear and
sinker-bars, and means for rotating the same and changing the direction of
movement thereof, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
62. A knitting machine provided with a main driving shaft, a pivotal forked

page_text: lever actuated by said shaft, a beard closing ring provided with noses or projections,
a horizontal arm connected to the beard closing ring and engaged by said lever, &.
sinker-bed, sinkers and sinker-gear, gearing for actuating said sinker-gear,
comprising clutch mechanism connected with said driving shaft, a divided ring
provided with recesses, a needle cylinder and web-holders having shanks engaging
notches of said cylinder, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
63. A knitting machine provided with a fixed needle cylinder, a spring controlled
divided ring provided with recesses reversely disposed with respect to each other,
said ring afforded a slight range of vertical movement, an oscillating beard closing-
ring provided with lugs or projections engaging said recesses and controlled by
means of a vibrating arm through the oscillations of a pivotal lever actuated from
the main driving shaft, web-holders normally engaging said cylinder and said spring
controlled divided ring, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
64. A knitting machine provided with a fixed grooved needle cylinder, two
groups of needles engaging the grooves thereof, means for reciprocating said
needles alternately in vertical directions, oscillating strippers or carriages for
releasing certain of said needles, a divided spring controlled ring provided with
recesses or grooves, web-holders, an oscillating beard closing-ring provided with
noses, cams or projections, and means for oscillating said beard closing-ring and
throwing said web-holders into and out of action, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
65. A knitting machine provided with a main driving shaft, a gear mounted
thereon and provided with internal pockets, pins in said pockets and adapted to be
brought into engagement with clutches of said shaft, a complemental gear mounted
on a vertical rod and meshing with said gear, said rod carrying a gear, and a
sinker-gear meshing therewith, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
66. In a knitting machine, a main driving shaft a clutch shifting mechanism, an
arm projecting from the clutch shifting rod of said mechanism, and having a
recessed extremity adapted to engage a pin and an eccentric mounted on said shaft,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
67. A knitting machine provided with a fixed needle cylinder, a base-plate having
a tapering or dish-shaped opening therein, two groups of needles, whereof one is
provided with lower flaring springs with angular bits, and whereof the other is
provided with angular bits engaging segmental needle holders, a main driving shaft,
eccentrics mounted thereon and provided with straps and connecting rods in pivotal
connection with posts of said needle-holders, oscillating strippers, rack-bars, a drum,
and means for imparting step-by-step motion thereto, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth."
68. A knitting machine provided with oscillating strippers or carriages, pins
engaging with said strippers or carriages and with the bed-plate of the machine to
prevent displacement thereof, rack-bars provided with grooved ways, feathered
brackets engaging said ways, rollers connected with said rack-bars, a two-part drum
provided with cams, and means for imparting motion to said drum, substantially as
and for the purposes set forth.
69. A knitting machine provided with a fixed needle cylinder having top notches
and recesses in the body thereof, web-holders provided with curved fingers and with
lateral shanks and end projections adapted to engage said recesses or grooves, a ring
provided with reversely disposed recesses or grooves, means for raising said ring,
a beard closing-ring provided with an inner flange having teeth formed in the
surface thereof and cams, lugs or projections depending therefrom, and means for
imparting an oscillating movement to said beard closing ring, substantially as and
for the purposes set forth.
70. A knitting machine provided with a fixed needle cylinder, two groups of
needles, whereof one group has spring arms with beut ends forming bits, which
arms are adapted to permit said bits to engage and to be disengaged from their
segmental holder, and whereof the other group has base-bits adapted to engage a
segmental holder, a flanged beard closing-ring having teeth arranged around the

page_text: inner edge and one tooth 'thereof being larger than the remaining teeth of said ring,
a complemental recess corresponding to the larger tooth of said ring, and means,
substantially as described; for oscillating said ring and controlling said holders,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
71. A kmitting machine provided with two groups of needles, whereof one is
provided with spring catches, needle holders therefor, oscillating, strippers or
carriages, a two-part counter-weighted drum provided with angular grooved cams
and with a ratcheted end and spring pressed pawls, a sprocket-wheel carrying a
sprocket-chain, a ratchet-wheel, and means adapted to be brought into engagement
with the ratcheted end of said drum for imparting step-by-step motion to said drum,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
72. A knitting machine provided with two groups of needles, whereof one group
is provided with spring arms with bent ends forming bits, both groups engaging
segmental needle holders alternately reciprocated in the direction of the lengths of
the needles from the main driving shaft by means of eccentrics, a fixed grooved
needle cylinder, oscillating strippers or carriages connected with rack-bars actuated
by rollers adapted to travel in cams of a two-part weighted drum, a sinker-bed
supported from said cylinder and provided with sinker-bars, sinker-gear, and means
for actuating said sinker-gear, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
73. A knitting machine provided with a drum having spring pressed pawls
limited as to their range of movement by means of pins, a sprocket-wheel mounted
on the drum shaft and carrying a sprocket-chain with stops or projections,
lever-pawls adapted to be brought into engagement with the ratcheted end of
said drum, and with spring pressed pawls, substantially as and for the purposes set
forth.
74. A knitting machine provided with a divided ring having pins projecting
therefrom, a sinker-bed with a depending extension provided with recesses or slots
for the reception of the pins of said ring and means for elevating and depressing
said ring, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
75. A knitting machine provided with needles, a fixed grooved needle cylinder,
reciprocating segmental needle holders or carriers, a spring controlled divided
ring with projecting pins and recesses or grooves, a sinker-bed with a projecting
slotted frame adapted for the reception of the pins of said ring, a sinker-gear and
bars, a beard closing-ring provided with noses, lugs or projections, movable we!
holders actuated by said spring controlled ring, a can mounted on the main
driving shaft and connected with a clutch, a lever limited as to its range of
movement by means of pins and causing the movement of said beard closing-ring.
and actuated by said cam, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
76. In a knitting machine, a divided drum provided with a jacket with grooved
cams for the reception of travellers, said drum provided with spokes and weighted
arms projecting from the divided hubs thereof, substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
77. In a knitting machine, a divided drum provided with a jacket with grooves
or recesses formed therein, said drum having a divided hub, with spokes and
weighted arms and a distance piece between the members of said hub, substantially
as and for the purposes set forth.
78. A knitting machine provided with a shaft having a threaded end, a divided
drum with a two-part jacket having grooves or recesses formed therein, a divided
hub integrally connected with said drum and provided with radial arms having
weights connected therewith, a distance piece between said divided hub, a
sprocket-wheel with a step-like hub having a ratchet-wheel secured thereto,
washers and a jam-nut applied to threaded portions of said shaft, substantially as
Bet forth.
79. A knitting machine provided with a counterweighted two-part drum.
mounted on a shaft having divided hubs with a distance piece and provided with a
grooved jacket, strippers or carriages, means adapted to engage and travel in the
grooves of said jacket carried by rack-bars for actuating said strippers or carriages,

page_text: and means for imparting step-by-step movement to said drum, substantially as and.
for the purposes set forth.
80. A knitting machine provided with fashioning needles having spring arms
with bits, a segmental reciprocating needle holder or carrier actuated by an
eccentric provided with a strap and connecting rod, a main driving shaft, movable
strippers, rack-bars with travellers, a counterweighted drum with a flanged
ratcheted end, a jacket having grooves formed therein, lever-pawls, fixed and
spring pressed pawls connected with the ratcheted end of said drum, and a pattern
chain having lugs adapted to engage said spring pressed pawls, substantially as
and for the purposes set forth.
81. A knitting machine provided with a divided drum having a flanged ratcheted
end, slotted pawls pivoted to said drum, springs engaging said pawls, a pattern
chain with lugs, spring controlled lever-pawls connected with a pivotal cross-arm,
and means for actuating said cross-arm, substantially as and for the purposes set
forth.
82. A knitting machine provided with a drum having grooved cams and a
flanged end with teeth, spring controlled lever-pawls connected with a pivotal
cross-arm, one of said lever pawls provided with a recessed surface, a pin located
in the path thereof, spring pressed pawls pivotally connected with said drum and
limited as to their range of movement by means of pins, a pattern-chain provided
with lugs for actuating said pawls, and means for actuating said cross-arm, sub-
stantially as and for the purposes set forth.
83. A knitting machine provided with a drum having a ratchet, slotted spring
pressed pawls connected with said drum, pins engaging the slotted portions of said
pawls to limit the range of movement thereof, a main driving shaft, lever-pawls
operated from a crank-shaft actuated by said main driving shaft, a sprocket wheel
and a chain provided with steps or lugs, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
Dated at Philadelphia. Pennsylvania this 8th day of Manch
EMIL JOHN FRANCK,
Per J. G. Lorrain, M. Inst. E.E., M. Inst. M.E.,
Chartered Patent Agent.