Improvements in pelerine machines
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 4th May, 1887
Complete Left, 4th Feb.,. 1888
Complete Accepted, 9th Mar., 1888
We JOHN DOVE HARRIS, Braunstone Gate, Leicester, Hosiery Manufacturer, and
ARTHUR WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN SHUTTLEWOOD, 78 King Richard's Road, Leicester,
Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of our invention to be as follows :-
Our present improvements consist of three series of apparatus applicable to pelerine
machines, described in the Specification of a former patent granted to the above
named Arthur William Chamberlain Shuttlewood for Improvements in pelerine
machines No. 8824 dated 22nd July 1885.
The first series of apparatus consists in employing an extra cam shaft to operate the
pelerine machine in addition to the cam shaft carrying the cams which operate the
other parts of the machine, the extra shaft and the cams it carries we traverse by
the following means, a lever the back end of which rocks upon an axle carried by a
bracket secured to a back rail of the machine, the front end of the lever rises and falls
in a forked bracket secured to a front rail, the front end of the lever is hinged to a
link having its upper end connected to one end of a right angled lever rocking on an
axle secured to a front rail, the other end of the angle lever is hinged to a sliding bar
operated by a dropper or droppers, connected to a jacquard, the first named rocking
lever is provided with two vertical arms each provided with an adjustable stud, between
the studs a cam revolves which has cam segments on each side, this cam is secured
on the shaft to be traversed, as the stud lever first named is immovable sideways, the
cam segments striking against the studs forces the cam shaft to the right or left,
thereby placing one or other of the cams in each set carried by the shaft in position to
operate its respective trucks.
The second series of apparatus consists of the following parts, between the work
made on the machine and the pelerine points we employ a slide carried by arms
secured to an axle bar which rocks in bearings attached to a frame the back of which
is carried by thimbles or axles secured to the framing of the machine, vertical move-
ments and to and fro movements are communicated to the slide at each course by
means of arms, links and truck bearing levers operated by cams on the traversing
shaft.

page_text: The third series of apparatus we employ for selecting either of a series of thread
carriers by the following means, the carrier driving bolt is secured to a carriage which
slides upon a bar rocking in bearings in the usual way, this bar is provided with a cam
which rocks with the bar, upon the outer edge of this cam the inner end of a gauge
screw, which is capable of adjustment, rests, and regulates the position of the thread
carriers, one end of the rocking bar is provided with a hand lever the back end of
which is hinged to the upper end of a link having its lower end attached to a truck
bearing lever operated by a cam which rocks the bolt bar to its highest point at every
other course, the downward rocking movement is governed by catches formed on the
ends of rocking levers operated by a jacquard, thus selecting the carrier required.
By the employment of the above described series of apparatus we are enabled to
produce a greater variety of patterns than heretofore.

page_text: We JOHN DOVE HARRIS Braunston Gate Leicester Hosiery Manufacturer and
ARTHUR WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN SHUTTLEWOOD 78 King Richards Road Leicester
Machinist do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
Figure 1 shows a front view of the left end of a pelerine machine with an improved
apparatus in position.
Figure 2 a front view of the right end of the machine.
In the above views the lower ends of the standards two bearing brackets and levers
are broken away such portions being shown separately at Figures 1 and 2^.
Figure 3 a view at the right end of the machine showing the relative position of
three series of apparatus embodying our improvements.
Figure 4 shows an enlarged front view and Figure 5 a right end view of a carrier
driving bolt and carriage hereafter referred to.
Figures 6 and 7 show respectively a right side view and a front edge view of a
shaft traversing cam.
Figures 8. 9. 10 and 11 are right side views of cams severally referred to
hereafter.
Our present improvements consist of three series of apparatus applicable to pelerine
machines described in the specification of a former patent granted to the above named
Arthur William Chamberlain Shuttlewood for Improvements in pelerine machines
No. 8824 dated 22nd July 1885 but with the toothed gearing and jacquard placed at
the reverse ends of the machine.
We
We employ two cam shafts the length of the machine. In the first series of appa-
ratus the upper one carries the cams which operate the pelerine machine and a
knocking over cam of the usual construction and also a cam A to traverse the shaft by
the following means, the back end of a lever B rocks upon an axle carried by a
bracket B' secured to the lower back rail of the machine, the front end of the lever
rises and falls in a forked bracket B' secured to the lower front rail, the front end of
the lever is hinged to the lower end of a link B³ having its upper end connected to a
right angled lever B* which has its lower end hinged to a sliding bar C which is pro-
vided at its outer end with a box in which two droppers Care raised or lowered by
strings (connected to a jacquard, when one dropper is lowered "as shown at Figure 2"
it lies between the outer end of the sliding bar and the upper end of a truck bearing

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lever D actuated by a cam D¹ secured on a cross shaft which revolves in bearings D'
attached to the right end standard, the cross shaft carries a toothed mitre wheel D³
which gears into a similar wheel D carried by the outer end of the upper cam shaft
which is grooved to receive a key secured in the mitre wheel, this arrangement allows
the end of the shaft to slide to and fro in the wheel as the shaft is traversed, the
rocking lever B is provided with two vertical arms, one on each edge under the centre
of the cam shaft, each arm carries either an adjustable or fixed stud B which point
towards each other, between these studs the cam A revolves which has three or more
cam segments on each side three only upon each side are shown at Figures 6 and 7,
the number varying according to the number of traverses to be given to the shaft, the
height of the segments above the cam plate and each other equalling the distances the
shaft is to be traversed, as the stud lever B is immovable sideways, the cam segments
striking against the studs forces the cam shaft to the right or left thereby placing one
or other of the cams in each set carried by the shaft in position to operate its
respective truck.
Thus the position of the stud lever B when both droppers C₁ are raised by the
jacquard will be at its highest the shaft and the cams it carries being traversed towards
the left of the machine, when one dropper is lowered by the jacquard the lever B
will be in its intermediate position as shown at Figure 2 the shaft and the cams it
carries being in the intermediate position shown at Figures 1 and 2 but when both of
the droppers C¹ are lowered by the jacquard the lever B will be at its lowest position
the shaft and the cams it carries being traversed towards the right of the machine.
The second series of apparatus consists of the following parts, between the work
made on the machine and the pelerine points we employ a slide E carried by arms E
secured to an axle bar E' which rocks in bearings in the front ends of a frame E³ the
back of which is carried by thimbles or adjustable axles E* in brackets secured to the
framing of the machine, rocking to and fro movements are communicated to the slide
at each course by the following means, the left end of the axle bar E' is extended to
beyond the left standard where it has a lever E' secured to it the upper end of which
carries an adjustable axle to receive the front end of a link E the back end of which is
carried by an axle adjustable in the upper end of a lever E7 which is secured on the
outer end of a short shaft which rocks in bearings E8 attached to the upper back rail
of the machine the shaft is provided with a truck bearing lever E3 which is operated
at each course by one of the cams 1. 2 or 3 below it shown at Figure 1, secured on
the traversing cam shaft.
The vertical movements of the slide are communicated in the usual way by a cam 4
shown in side view at Figure 10 operating a truck bearing lever having its front end
hinged to the lower end of a vertical arm E its upper end being U shaped to receive
a rounded portion of the front rail of the slide frame E³ which rocks in it.
The slide rocking cams 1. 2 and 3 are shown in side view at Figures 8 and 9 the
third cam being like the second.
The third series of apparatus we employ for selecting either of a series of thread
carriers "six carriers only are shown in the drawings" but a greater number may be
selected by the following means:
The carrier driving bolt F is secured to a carriage which slides upon a bar Fi
rocking in bearings in the usual way the sliding being effected by gut bands passed
round grooved pulleys operated as described in the former patent before referred to,
the bar F¹ is provided with a cam F2 which rocks with it, upon the outer edge of this
cam the inner end of a guage screw rests the screw is capable of adjustment in the
upper end of a bracket F3 to regulate the thread carriers to ensure them passing clear
over the needles. The right end of the rocking bar is provided with a hand lever for
the attendants use, the back end of the lever is hinged to the upper end of a link F
which has its lower end hinged to a truck bearing lever F operated by a cam 5
"shown in side view at Figure 11," which rocks the bolt bar F so as to place the
driving bolt F at its highest point at every other course when the carriage is at the
right end of the machine, the truck on the lever F5 being slid upon its axle to the left
so as to clear the cam at every other course by the following means, the truck is

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grooved to receive a stud projecting from the lower side of the front end of a lever Fe
which rocks on an axle secured to the truck lever the back end of the lever
attached by a double swivel to the right end of a connecting link F7 which has its left
end carried by an axle in the drawing lever described in the former patent before
referred to. The driving bolt F is ensured passing in to one or other of the thread
carrier forks II at the end of cach left to right traverse by a cam F" which is secured
to the left end of the driving bolt carriage, pressing upon the left side of the carrier
forks and placing them in line, the downward movement of the driving bolt is
governed by catches formed near the lower end of a number of levers G which rock
upon an axle projecting from the upper end of a bracket G¹ secured to the right end
standard, the levers G are each attached to a string operated by a jacquard, when
neither of the five levers G are lifted the driving bolt F engages with the front thread
carrier fork H and traverses the carrier from right to left and back again, to be
repeated unless one or other of the levers G is lifted by the jacquard in which case its
catch will engage with the lower edge of a short arm G³ which projects from the
link F before named and prevent it falling placing the driving bolt in one or other of
the carrier forks behind the front one according to the selection of the jacquard. We
are thus enabled to automatically select either of the six thread carriers and thereby
change the colour or material of the yarn employed according to the pattern.
The combined movements of the machine during the drawing of three courses are
as follows:-
In the first course the upper cam shaft being at the left of its traverse, the slide at
its lowest point, the fabric on the needles being behind the slide, when the usual cam
has placed the pelerine points sufficiently high above and between the needles to catch
the loops, the jacks are drawn for their sinkers to form loops of the required length
for the next course, the pelerine points are brought forward being followed by the
slide operated by cam 1, the sinkers come forward and knock the previous loops over
the heads of the needles, the sinker loops falling on to the front of the pelerine points,
the points and the slide then rise, the points are rocked into an horizontal position on
to the beards of the needles, the slide is rocked backward to carry the loops off the
points on to the needles, the slide and the pelerine points resume their first position
ready for the next course, the rise and fall of the slide being effected by the cam 4.
In the second course the upper cam shaft is traversed to the right to place cam 2
under the truck of the slide rocking lever, the slide being at its lowest point, the
fabric on the needles being behind the slide the pelerine points rise above and between
the needles to catch the loops, the jacks are drawn for their sinkers to form loops of
the required length for the next course, the points are brought forward being followed
by the slide operated by cam 2. the points and slide remain stationery until moved to
their first position on the completion of the course.
In the third course the slide motions are the same as the last course being operated
by cam 3 but the pelerine points are lowered to miss taking the loops.
By the employment of the above described series of apparatus we are enabled to
produce a greater variety of patterns than heretofore.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is-
1. Traversing a cam carrying shaft in pelerine machines.
2. The cam A provided with two sets of segments, the rocking lever B having
vertical arms and studs B bracket B¹ forked bracket B' link B³ right angled lever B
sliding bar C provided with a box carrying droppers to be operated by a jacquard,
truck bearing lever D, and its operating cam D' for effecting the traverse of the cam
carrying shaft substantially as described and illustrated in the Drawings.
3. The slide E rocking in the frame E³ and operated independently of the pelerine
machine.
4. The independent slide E slide arms. E' rocking axle bar E' frame E³ axles E*
le ver E' link E lever E' a short shaft rocking in bearings E³ truck bearing lever E°,

page_text: the three traversing cams 1. 2. 3 for effecting the rocking movements of the slide E
and the cam 4 for raising the slide frame substantially as described and illustrated in
the Drawings.
5. The cam F adjustable screw and bracket F3 hand lever and link F* and arm G
truck bearing lever F truck traversing lever F connecting link F7 cam F8 the catch
levers G, operated by a jacquard, and bracket G₁ the whole employed to ensure the
driving bolt F engaging with the fork of the thread carrier as selected by the jacquard
substantially as described and illustrated in the Drawings annexed.
Dated this Third day of February 1888
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Agent.