Year: 1887

page_text: I JOHN SMITH No. 16 King Street Wigan Lancashire Machinist do hereby
declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
My invention has reference to the application of stepped speed pullys by means of
which I am able to regulate the speed of the machine to suit the nature of the material
to he knitted without altering the speed of the motor the stepped speed pullys I use
are either grooved round or flat in the steps so that I can either use round square
chained or flat belts as may be required. To apply these stepped speed pullys to the
ordinary hand knitting machine so as to work them with steam gas air water or
other motor, I either form a bearing on the bracket which carrys the handle shaft on
which I cause the stepped speed pullys to run loose or I place the stepped
speed pullys on the handle shaft to run loose between the bracket and the handle so
that the said stepped speed pullys can continue to run while the machine is stopped,
I next form in the lever on one arm of which the handle for working the machine is
fixed, but on the other arm of it, a hole into which a pin or catch is made to work
freely, and I form either a round hole, a taper slot, snug or snugs in or on the face
of the aforesaid stepped speed pullys into which the said pin or catch can be either
pushed or withdrawn at pleasure so as to either set the machine in motion or stop it
if it is in motion. The said pin or catch and the said hole taper slot, snug or snugs
being the connecting link between the machine and the motor. To move the said pin
or catch I place a fulcrum on the lever to which the handle is fixed, and into which
the said pin or catch works, into this said fulcrum a second lever is made to work,
this said second lever is coupled to the said pin or catch at one end, and at the other
end of this second said lever I fix a knob, this knob is so placed that it revolves with
the lever and its centre is in the centre line of the handle shaft, and therefore it has
no eccentric motion and can be allowed to revolve in the hand or can be got hold of
easily by the operator to stop the machine when it is required. To prevent the said
pin or catch working out of the hole, taper slot, snug or snugs I form two grooves
into the said pin or catch and I form a hole at right angles to the hole into which the
said pin or catch works, so that the two holes intersects, into this second said hole I

page_text: put a piece of steel pointed at one end, the other end being square, the point goes into
the grooves in the pin or catch, a spring is placed at the back of the steel pin to hold
it into the grooves formed into the said pin or catch to prevent it coming out through
the shake of the machine, the said spring being a very weak one the pin or catch can
easily be pushed in or out.
Again my invention has reference to the application of clutches worked by levers,
the said clutches are of two kinds, the first having teeth or lugs on the face of the
said stepped speed pullys, and that part of it into which the groove is formed so as
to be moved by the lever is secured by a float key in the handle shaft. The second
kind of clutch is the conical one, a cone is formed on the face of the stepped speed
pullys and another cone is formed on the part having the groove formed in it and it
is pushed in or out with a lever.
Again my invention has reference to the application of Ball or rollar bearing to
Knitting machines generally instead of the parallel bearings at present in use by this
means friction is greatly reduced, and therefore the power necessary to drive them
will also be reduced.
By the afore mentioned apparatus I work Knitting machines, (which afore time
had to be worked by hand) with steam, gas, air, water, and other motors, and at the
same time they can be worked by hand if it is required.
Signed this 6th day of January 1887.
JOHN SMITH,
16, King Street, Wigan, Lancashire.

page_text: I, JOHN SMITH, of No. 16 King Street, Wigan, Lancashire, Machinist, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVEMENT IN OR CONNECTED WITH
KNITTING MACHINES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention has reference to the working or driving of Knitting Machines with
steam, gas, or other motors; To do this I form on the bracket. B which carrys the
handle shaft C. a boss on which I cause a wheel or pully A to run loose, the said
pully or wheel A being made with one, two, or more steps or speeds as may be
required, by allowing this pully or wheel A to run loose on the boss or shaft C I am
able at pleasure to convey motion from the moter to the machine and that without
stopping the said moter, and by means of the steps or speeds I am able to regulate the
speed of the machine without altering that of the moter, one way to apply my invention
to machines, I either form a bearing on the bracket B which carrys the handle shaft C
on which I cause the stepped speed pullys A to run loose or I place the stepped speed
pully A on the handle shaft to run loose between the said bracket B and the
handle D so that the said stepped speed pully A can continue to run while the
machine is stopped. I next form in the lever on one arm of which the handle D for
working the machine is fixed, but on the other arm of it, a hole into which a pin or
catch G is made to work freely, and 1 form either a round hole, a taper slot E, a snug
or snugs in or on the face of the aforesaid stepped speed pully A into which the said
pin or catch G can be either pushed or withdrawn at pleasure so as to either set the
machine in motion or stop it, if it is in motion. The said pin or catch G and the said
round hole, taper slot È snug or snugs being the connecting link between_the
machine and the moter. To move the said pin or catch G I place a fulcrum Fon
the lever D to which the handle is fixed and into which the said pin or catch G works,
into this said fulcrum F a second lever is made to work, this second lever is coupled
to the said pin or catch G at one end, and at the other end of this second said lever
I fix a knob H, this knob H, is so placed that it revolves with the lever, and its
centre is in the centre line of the handle shaft C, and therefore it has no eccentric
motion, and can be allowed to revolve in the hand or can be got hold of easily by the
operator to stop the machine when it is required. To prevent the said pin or catch G
working out of the hole, taper slot E, snug or snugs, I form two grooves into the
said pin or catch G, and I form a hole at right angles to the hole into which the said
pin or catch G works, so that the two holes intersects, into this second said hole I
put a piece of steel pointed at one end, the other end being square, the point goes
into the grooves in the pin or catch G. A spring is placed at the back of the steel
pin to hold it into the grooves formed into the said pin or catch G, to prevent it
coming out through the shake of the machine. The said spring being a very weak
one, the pin or catch G can easily be pushed in or out.

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Again my invention has reference to the application of "Clutches of ordinary
construction worked by levers. The said clutches are of two kinds the first having
teeth or luggs on the face of the said stepped speed pullys, and that part of it (into
which the groove is formed so as to be moved by the lever) is secured by a float key
in the handle shaft. (A float key, that is a fixed one or a feather the said key I fix
in either the shaft or in the movable part of the claw coupling as the case may be).
The second kind of clutch is the conical one of ordinary construction, a cone is formed
on the face of the stepped speed pullys and another cone is formed on the part
having the groove formed in it, and it is pushed in or out with a lever working in a
groove.
Again my invention has reference to the application of "Ball" or "Roller"
hearings of ordinary construction to knitting machines generally instead of the
parallel bearings at present in use, by this, friction is greatly reduced, and con-
sequently the power necessary to drive them will be correspondingly reduced.
By the afore mention apparatus I work Knitting Machines, (which afore time had
to be worked by hand) with steam, air, gas, water, and other moters, and at the same
time they can be worked by hand if required.
Having now particularly discribed and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
1st. The application of a loose wheel or pully to drive Knitting machines.
2nd. The application of a loose stepped wheel or pully to drive Knitting
Machines.
3rd. The lever arrangement, as discribed; the knob or end of the lever to stop or
start the machine being in the centre line of the handle shaft.
4th. The use of a float key in the handle shaft so as to convey the motion to the
machine.
5th. The application of Claw and Conical Couplings or Clutches to Knitting
Machines.
Dated this 24th day of June 1887.
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