Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Feb., 1887.
Specification Accepted, 19th Apr., 1887.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
My invention relates more especially to straight knitting machines, or those having
flat beds and latch-needles; and it consists in a novel construction and arrangement
of the parts as hereinafter fully set forth, by which a more effective device of this
character is produced than is now in ordinary use.
In straight or flat bed knitting machines as ordinarily constructed, but more
especially of the pattern or class used in the manufacture of fabrics for cardigan
jackets, jersey cloth, stockinet, scarfs, etc, the carriage is usually provided with two
thread carriers, which as the carriers traverse back and forth over the needle-bed,
alternately "lead" and "trail" for instance the leading thread carrier as the carriage
traverses from right to left, becomes the trailing carrier as the carriage returns or
advances from left to right, and vice versa the result of this arrangement and operation
of the carriers being that their respective threads are alternately drawn to the front
and rear of the web, or are so interknitted as to show equally on either side of the
fabric.
It is sometimes desirable to use threads of different colors; for instance a red thread,
and a black thread, and that the red should be drawn entirely to one side and the
black to the other, so that when the fabric is finished it will be red on one side and
black on the other.
It is also sometimes desirable to use two qualities of stock or yarn, one thread being
composed of fine wool and the other of coarse, or one of wool and the other of cotton,
or cotton and wool, and that the finest or best quality should be drawn to the front, or

page_text: appear on the face or "right side" only of the fabric, the poorer quality being drawn
to the back to form the wrong side. To accomplish this, that is, to adapt a knitting
machine of this character to produce "plaited goods" or a fabric having its opposite
sides composed of different qualities of stock, and also, whenever desired, to produce
a fabric having its opposite surfaces of different colors as described, is one object of
my invention.
A straight or flat bed machine has heretofore been used in connection with a shifter
or shifters adapted to change or transfer a loop or loops from one needle or series of
needles to another needle or series of needles and thereby produce cross-ribbed or
ornamental work; but such shifters have usually been complicated and generally
operated by hand rendering the process a very laborious one, and requiring the most
constant attention to prevent producing imperfect work.
To simplify this part of the mechanism and adapt the loop-shifters to be operated
automatically in connection with the other working parts of the machine is also
another object of my invention.
For convenience of description and to enable the nature and operation of my
improvement to be more readily understood by those conversant with such matters,
the principal divisions or sections of the machine will, as far as possible be considered
and described separately. These are four in number, and consist first, in a knitting
machine proper, or the ordinary mechanism of a flat-bed or straight knitting machine
with but slight changes, second in mechanism for automatically transposing the
threads or thread carriers to produce "plaited work ;" third in mechanism for
automatically shifting or changing the loops to produce cross-ribbed or ornamental
work; and fourth, in a Jacquard mechanism for automatically controlling the shifters
and enabling the style or pattern of the work to be changed at will, these mechanisms
in combination with suitable supporting, connecting and operative mechanism,
constituting the machine in its entirety.
The construction, arrangement, and functions of the various parts of the device will
be apparent from the following explanation
In the accompanying drawing.
Figure 1 is an end elevation of my improved knitting machine.
Figure 2 a vertical transverse section shewing the bracket and adjustable arm.
Figure 3 a front elevation of the machine.
Figure 4a rear elevation of the same.
Figure 5 a sectional view shewing the carriage as at the right hand end of the
machine.
Figure 6 side and top views of a shifter jack and shifter.
Figure 7 a front sectional view shewing the construction of the bed for the shifter
jack.
Figure 8 a side elevation of the bed shewn in Figure 7.
Figure 9 a side elevation of the gate or guard mechanism for closing the groove
in the shifter cam-plate the plate being shewn in vertical transverse section.
Figure 10 a bottom plan view of the cam-plate for the shifters reversed, or turned
end for end.
Figure 11 a rear elevation or edge view of the same.
Figure 12 an isometrical perspective view shewing the gate or guard mechanism
enlarged.
Figure 13 a sectional view shewing the left hand end of the carriage..
Figure 14 a vertical transverse section of the machine shewing the mechanism for
racking the shifters.
Figure 15 a side elevation shewing the racking lever.
Figure 16 a perspective sectional view of the racking lever cam.
Figure 17 a top view shewing one of the shifters and a section of its jack.
Figures 18 to 25 inclusive views shewing the principal positions in which the needles
and shifters are placed during the operation of shifting the loops.
Figure 26 a sectional front elevation shewing the right hand bank of shifters in
operation with the carriage moving from right to left.

page_text: Figure 25 an isometrical perspective view of the carriage and right hand end of the
needle bed.
Figure 30 a rear elevation of the carriage detached.
Figure 31 a sectional view shewing the right hand end of the carriage.
Figure 32 a plan view of the switch lever or guard.
Figure 33 a view of a piece of the fabric produced on the machine; and
Figure 34 a bottom plan view of the cam-plate for the shifters.
Like letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different
figures of the drawings.
A A represent the legs or standards of the main frame or knitting machine proper
these being connected by the tie rods Q² and R².
Mounted longitudinally on this frame there is an ordinary double inclined needle
bed P provided with two banks of latch needles P² one on either side in the usual
manner.
A carriage E is disposed on the gils or ways S2 arranged longitudinally of the
needle-bed and provided with the ordinary mechanical appliances adapting it to
traverse back and forth over the same with reciprocating movements. The needles P²
are provided with butts or shanks T which engage the usual cams on the carriage E,
and by which reciprocating movements of the needles are produced.
The carriage is provided with two thread carriers, suitable thread guides and also
with the ordinary latch guards 93. There is also a friction rod 98 attached to the
needle bed for supporting a friction block U² and beneath the frame there is a roll V
for receiving and winding up the fabric or web 65 the roll being actuated by the
cam d' excentric rod M and ratchet L.
A standard 39, carrying thread guides W2 is disposed at the rear of the machine,
the spools or bobbins (not shown) for the threads or yarn being arranged in any
convenient position near the same.
A shaft K carrying a hand-wheel J and gear 11, is also mounted in said frame;
and journalled in a bracket f. attached thereto is a shaft F carrying the pulleys GH,
cam d², gear 9, and a sprocket wheel (not shewn) for the chain. belt 10. A corre-
sponding sprocket wheel e² is disposed in the opposite end of the machine around
which the belt 10 also passes. An ordinary shipping lever S1 is also provided for
starting up and stopping the machine by shipping and unshipping the belt I.
These parts in connection with suitable operative mechanism constitute the leading
features of the knitting machine proper or first section of my improved machine, but
some of the parts of this section I have changed and added to as will be hereinafter
more fully described to adapt them for other purposes than plain or ordinary knitting.
The second section or that embracing the mechanism for transposing the threads
and producing plated work will be understood by the following description and
reference more especially to Figures 3, 29 and 30 of the drawings, in which D²,
represents the table of the machine and E the carriage, the table being supported by
the frame A, in front of the needle bed P.
Journalled horizontally on pivots G2 at the front of the carriage E and supported
thereon by brackets 101, there is a rocking bar 76 provided with a lever 74 carrying
a thread guide, f, the lever being adapted to slide longitudinally on said bar, and
having at its lower end two upwardly projecting flanges K², J.
Attached to the right hand end of the bar 76 there is an arm 77, adapted to engage
a bent rod 73, supported in a bracket S0 on the right hand end of the frame A, and at
the opposite end of the said bar there is a corresponding arm 75 adapted to engage a
bent rod c supported in a bracket a² on the left hand end of said frame.
The arm 75 is elongated or carried upwardly towards the top of the carriage, and
pressing on its upper end there is a spring 82, which is secured to the carriage at g
the spring acting on the upper end of the arm to depress the thread carrier f³.
Attached to the arm 77, there is an arm h² and secured to the latter there is a
spring catch 78, projecting inwardly and provided with a bend ♬ adapted to engage

page_text: the slide H2 of the lever 74. A corresponding arm projects from the arm 75 and
attached to this there is a spring catch 79, corresponding with the catch 78, and also
adapted to engage the slide H the bends of the catches falling into corresponding
depressions in the slide H2 when in engagement therewith.
Attached to the top of the carriage Eat either end thereof are two arms 90, projecting
inwardly or towards the centre of the carriage and stretched between the ends of these
arms as best shown in Figure 29 there are two parallel wires 91 and 92, these wires
being so disposed in relation to the guards 93 as to prevent the threads from catching
on said guards while being transposed as hereinafter described.
Disposed longitudinally on the front of the carriage E, and resting on the arms
carrying the front guards 93, there is a bar 97, which acts as a stop to prevent the
thread carrier from falling too low when depressed by the spring 82.
A horizontally arranged stop-rod 72 projects inwardly from the bracket 80 at the
right hand end of the machine said rod being adapted to engage the flange on the
slide H2 of the lever 74, as the carriage moves from left to right on the needle bed, a
corresponding stop-rod 62 is also disposed at the left hand end of the machine, said
last named rod being supported in the bracket a² and adapted to engage the flange K²
on the slide H2 as the carriage moves from right to left.
The thread carrier 95 is mounted on a slide 2 adapted to traverse on ways 94, at
the rear of the carriage E and is attached to the friction block U2 on the rod 98, which
rod is provided with the usual supports and also with an auxiliary support m² to
prevent it from sagging or vibrating at its centre. These parts in connection with
suitable operative mechanism constitute the leading features of the plaiting mechanism
or second section of my improved machine..
The third section, or that embracing the mechanism for shifting the loops and
producing ornamental work will be understood by the following explanation,
reference being had more especially to Figures 1 to 13 inclusive, 17 to 26 inclusive
and 30 and 31.
The construction of the shifters is best seen in Figure 6 in which
shifter proper and Y the jack or butt.
represents the
The shifter proper consists of a piece of wire preferably oval in cross section, and
provided with an elongated longitudinal slot or eye n² and with a transverse notch or
groove y, on its upper side, its outer end being pointed to enable it to enter the loop
readily.
The butt or jack is composed of metal, preferably iron or steel and is about eight
inches in length, six eighths of an inch in width and two eighths of an inch thick.
It is provided with an elongated slot 4 for receiving the rod 2, on which the
shifters work, and also with a downwardly projecting stud 3 on its lower edge and an
upwardly projecting stud z on its upper edge.
In the machine shown two banks of shifters are employed one at the left and the
other at the right hand end of the machine each bank containing sixteen shifters ; but
one or more banks may be employed and each bank be provided with as many shifters
as desired, or a single bank extending the entire length of the needle banks may be
used by making the necessary changes in the actuating and other mechanism.
The shifter jacks Y are mounted in beds or ways the construction of which is
best seen in Figures 7 and 8, each shifter being independent of the others. The bed
consists of alternate wide and narrow strips of metal preferably iron or steel, suitably
planed and finished and secured in position side by side by means of the rods and
nuts p2, the jacks being inserted between the wide strips 5 and resting on the narrow
strips 6, being held in position by the rod 2 in the slots 4.
At either side of the bed there is a plate 7 provided with clamps or brackets S
which pass under and partially embrace the bars or ways T the clamps keeping the
bed in proper position as it is moved back and forth on said ways as hereinafter
described.
One object of constructing the bed in sections as shown is to enable it to be readily
repaired in case any portion becomes worn or broken. Another object is to have the
grain of the iron or metal of which the bed is formed run in the same direction in

page_text: which the jacks move thereby causing less friction and wear of the parts. The bed
can also be made with much greater accuracy and in a more workman-like manner when
formed in sections than is possible when all of its parts are integral or when the
grooves are cut in the face of a solid piece of metal.
For the purpose of supporting the shifters and other mechanism hereinafter
described an auxiliary frame is employed. This frame consists principally of the
standards B, which are connected by the longitudinally arranged tie-bars NO, and
secured to the legs A A, of the main frame of the machine by the cross-bar Cand
bars or braces D.
Projecting from the front side of the bar N and inclined thereto at an angle of
about forty five degrees, there are three brackets R, one in the centre and one near.
either end of the machine.
Mounted on each of these brackets there is a bar S secured near its upper end by
the bolt 13 and rendered vertically adjustable by the bolt and nuts 12.
Disposed longitudinally of the machine and secured to the bars S there are two
bars T forming the ways for the shifter beds or carriages.
Mounted transversely on the bars T there are a series of cross-bars U secured in
position by bolts d and clanips g².
Projecting upwardly from either end of each of the bars U there is an adjustable
standard a and mounted on these standards there are two bars V arranged in
parallelism with each other and with the bars T the bars V forming the ways for the
shifter cam bar hereinafter described.
Disposed transversely on the bars V there are a series of cross-bars provided at
either end with an overhanging clamp which holds them in position and permits them
to be moved back and forth on said bars.
A har Wis arranged longitudinally of the machine and secured to the lower side
of the bars b, by bolts 2. This bar is provided on its lower side at the right hand
end with two cam-plates 26 and 27 and at its left hand end with two corresponding
plates 23 and 24. There is also a cam-plate 25, at its centre, the arrangement of these
plates being such as to form the cam grooves 29 and 28 (as best seen in figure 10) in
which the studs of the shifter jacks Y work.
The cam groove 29, opens outwardly through the upper or working edge of the
bar W, as seen at s and the groove 28, as seen at in Figure 10, a guard or switch
being provided at the month of either groove to close the same and prevent the entry
of the studs, whenever required. This construction of this guard is best seen in
figures 9, 12 and 32, in which W is the shifter cam-bar, ba cross-bar; 34 a lever
pivotted at 36 to the bar 6; 35 a spring for raising the lever; 33 a handle or lever
for depressing the lever 34 and 37 the guard or switch proper attached to the upper
end of the lever 34, and provided with the flange or lip 38.
By raising the handle 33, the guard 37 closes the entrance to the cam-groove 29
or 25, as the case may be, and causes the studs, of the jacks Y to pass by the
grooves as the bar W, is moved back and forth on its ways V and by lowering the
handle the guard is raised opening the mouth of the groove and permitting the studs
to enter.
It will be understood that the right hand bank of shifters are actuated by the cam-
plates 26 and 27, on the right hand end of the bar W (which is represented as reversed
in figure 10,) and the left hand bank by the cam-plates 23 and 24, on the left hand
end of said bar, the studs, of the right hand bank working in the groove 29, and
the studs of the left hand bank in groove 28; and that when said studs are out of
their respective grooves in the bar W the shifters will not be moved longitudinally to
engage the needles, in consequence of which the knitting will be performed in the
ordinary manner.
It will also be understood that the shifters may be employed to equal advantage
whether the machine uses one or two threads, or whether the threads are transposed or
run in the ordinary manner.
Attached to the forward or lower ends of the bars, there are two horizontally
arranged bars 66 and 67, connected by the cross-bars, 69. These bars have their

page_text: contiguous or inner edges so shaped and arranged as to form a cam-groove, 102, in
which the lower ends of the jacks Y, of the shifters rest, the bars traversing with
the cam-bar W, and raising and depressing the points of the shifters at suitable
intervals to cause them to engage and disengage the needles P2 properly.
The upper cam-bar 67, is loosely connected to the cross-bars, to enable the
cam bar W, to rise and fall slightly without moving the bars 66 and 67, vertically,
The lower cam-bar 66 rests on a series of cross-bars or brackets 70 which are attached
to the upper side of the bars T, and project downwardly in front of said bars forming
ways on which the bar 66 rests and in which it slides longitudinally. Disposed
on the top of the bar W, and adjustably secured thereto by suitable bolts and nuts,
there are two upwardly projecting bent arms e, adapted to engage the slide 22,
working on a bar 21, which is supported on brackets 16, projecting upwardly from
the tie-bar N.
The slide 22, is driven by the chain belt 19, passing over the sprocket wheels 18, in
the direction indicated by the arrows, the chain being attached to a stud W2, on the
lever 103; which lever is pivotted to the slide at 104, and as it passes the sprocket
wheels 18, reverses the motion of the slide.
One of the sprocket wheels 18, is mounted on the inner end of a shaft 15, which is
journalled in a bracket, on the standard B, at the right hand end of the machine,
and the other is correspondingly journalled in a bracket on the standard B, which is
at the left hand end of the machine.
The shaft 15, also carries at its outer end a sprocket wheel 17, which is connected
by the chain-belt 14, with a corresponding wheel 20 on the main shaft F, and through
which motion is communicated to the chain belt 19, slide 22, cam-bar W, and
shifters æ.
A stop 105, on the slide 22, prevents the free end of the lever from rising too high
when the slide is passing from right to left, and thereby cramping the slide
on the bar.
A shaft X is journalled horizontally on the tie-bars C which connect the main and
auxiliary frames of the machine said shaft being provided at its right hand end with a
miter gear and centrally with two corresponding or twin cams m, m.
A bracket projects inwardly from the right hand standard B, and journalled
vertically therein is a short shaft h, provided near its upper end with a worm gear i,
and at its lower end with a mitre gear & the latter gear intermeshing with the gear lon
the shaft X. A worm jis disposed on the main shaft F, which intermeshes with the
worm gear, motion being communicated to the shaft X, and cams m, through the
shafts worm j and
gears
i kl.
Each of the cams m, is provided with a lever n, which is centrally pivotted at a in
a bracket or arm p, secured to the under side of one of the bars T, the lower ends of
the levers being kept in contact with the cams by springs s.
Disposed on the upper end of each of the levers n, there is a cam-plate q, which
works in a slot in a bent plate r, attached to the lower part of the shifter-bed
or carriage in which the shifter jacks Y, are mounted as best seen in Figure 14; and
as the cams m, revolve and the levers n, are rocked or vibrate, the shifter beds
and their shifters are moved back and forth laterally on the ways T, by the action of
the plates
in the bent plates 7, the distance the shifters are moved in either direction
laterally corresponding with the distance between any two needles P2 in the bed P.
The cam m which moves the right hand bank of shifters laterally on the ways T, is
set differently on the shaft X, from its companion cam or that which moves the left
band bank, or so that when the carriage E, starts to go from right to left the left hand
bank of shifters will be moved laterally, and when it starts to return from left to right
the right hand bank of shifters will be moved laterally, the lateral movements of the
shifters varying with each alternate traverse of the carriage.
The carriage E, is provided on its front side at either end with appliances which
have special reference to the shifters a. These consist of the extension plate 99, on
the right hand end of the carriage, and a corresponding extension plate L, on the left
hand end, the right hand plate being provided with cau-plates, 100. and A², and the

page_text: left hand plate with cam-plates M² N' so arranged as to respectively form the
cam-grooves B* and O².
The butts or shanks T2 of the needles P, werk in the grooves D and 0, which
grooves are respectively connected at the ends of the carriage E, with the groove in
the ordinary needle cams beneath said carriage, the object of the extension plates and
its cams being to control the needles properly for the action of the shifters.
Attached to the plate 99, at the right hand end of the carriage E, there is a plate 83,
for opening and closing the latches of the needles P2 in the right hand end of the
needle bed. This plate is provided with a point 84, and a thin or sharp rounded
edge 85, and, as the carriage traverses from left to right the point 84, passes under the
latches of the needles and opens all of them which have not been properly opened by
the loops on the needles, and when the carriage passes from right to left the curved
edge 85, acts to close the latches of all of the needles which are engaged with any of
the right hand bank of shifters, the corresponding plate 89, on the left hand end of
the carriage acting in a like manner on the needles at the left hand end of the needle
bed, the needles being kept in proper position for the action of the plates 83 and 89,
by the cam-grooves B2 and 02.
An auxiliary latch opener 87, is also attached to the right hand end of the
carriage E, its point projecting under the saddle of the carriage as best seen in
figure 31, this opener acting to open any latches not properly opened by the loops on
the needles, as the carriage traverses from right to left, a corresponding opener 88,
being disposed on the left hand end of the carriage to open the latches as the carriage
travels from left to right.
Stretched between the plate 83, and opener 87, at the right hand end of the carriage
there is a horizontally arranged wire 86, a corresponding wire being stretched
between the plate, 89, and opener 88, at the left hand end of the carriage.
These wires are so arranged in respect to the needles as to keep the latches of all the
needles which are immediately beneath them at any given time open and thereby
insure the proper action of the needles and shifters.
Attached to the bracket 101, on the front of the carriage E, near its right hand end,
there is a guard 96, formed of wire and projecting inwardly under the guard plate 93.
This wire is so arranged as to prevent the latches of the empty needles immediately.
under it from closing accidently as the carriage traverses from left to right, a
corresponding guard wire 96, being placed at the left hand end of the carriage and
employed for a like purpose as the carriage traverses from right to left.
Disposed in either of the grooves 28 and 29, in the cam bar W, there is a switch-
tongue or "drop-lock" 31, provided with a stud which passes through to the upper
side of said bar, the stud being provided on its outer end with a crank-pin, and
spring V2 the spring acting contractively to draw the point of the switch tongue down
into the lower side of the groove the groove being enlarged in the vicinity of the
tongue, as best seen in figures 10 and 3.
These parts in connection with suitable operative mechanism, constitute the
leading features of the loop shifting mechanism, or third section of my improved
machine.
The fourth section, or that embracing the jacquard mechanism for automatically
controlling the shifters will be understood by the following description.
Pivotted by their lower ends to the tie-bar O, near its left hand end and at the rear
of the machine, as best seen in figures 4 and 27, there are two swinging arms 40,
connected by cross-bars 41 and 42; and journalled horizontally on the shaft 56 in the
upper ends of these arms there is a quadrangular tube or cylinder 43, provided
of its four sides with a series of transverse parallel slots 45, and at either end with
spurs 44.
on each
Disposed on one end of the shaft 56, there is a ratchet wheel 53, and locking disc or
wheel 52, the ratchet being provided with a pawl 54, pivotted at its inner end to the
tie-bar N, and the wheel with a pawl or stop lever 48, pivotted at its lower end to a
bracket 47, on the bar 42, the stop lever being provided at its upper end with a dog or
catch 51, adapted to engage the wheel 52, and hold said wheel and the cylinder 43,.

page_text: stationary after the pawl 54, has acted and while the ratchet 53, is passing inwardly
under it.
Mounted on the shaft X, there is a cam 50, and projecting inwardly from one of the
arms 40, there is an arm 49, adapted to engage said cam and provided with an anti-
friction roll at its inner end the roll being kept in contact with the cam by the
contractile action of a coiled spring 57, one end of which is attached to the arm 40, and
the other to the bracket R, on the frame.
Projecting downwardly from the tie-bar N, there are two arms or brackets w, and
mounted in lugs 63, disposed thereon there is a horizontally arranged rod v carrying a series
of centrally pivotted independent levers t. Each of the levers is provided near its
lower end with the outwardly projecting pin or stud u, adapted to enter one of the
slots 45 in the cylinder 43, and with a spring 60, for forcing the stud into the slot, the
lower end of the spring being attached to the front portion of the lever bélow its
pivotal support, and the upper end to a rod 59, supported in lugs 58, on the
bar N.
Mounted in the lugs 63 on the arms W, there is also a horizontally arranged rod e',
passing under or behind the levers t, and acting as a stop to prevent them from falling
too low, this rod being rendered vertically adjustable in unison with the rod V, and
levers by screws d'in the lugs 63.
A series of perforated cards 46, connected at their sides and arranged in the form of
an endless belt H, passes around the cylinder 43, each of the cards corresponding in
size with one of the sides or faces of the cylinder and the perforations in the cards
being so disposed as to register with the slots 45, in the cylinder, a hole f*, is formed
in either end of each card for receiving the spurs or studs 44, on the cylinder by which
the belt is fed forward as the cylinder revolves.
The upper ends of the levers t, are adapted to engage the studs 3, on the lower
sides of the jacks Y, and draw the shifters upward in their beds sufficiently
to prevent the studs = on the upper sides of said jacks from entering the
grooves 28 and 29, of the cani-bar W, thereby keeping the shifter out of
action as desired.
It will be understood that the arms 40, carrying the cylinder 43, are swung or
vibrated on their support by the cam 50 and that when said cylinder is moved
inwardly by the spring 57, and brought into contact with the studds or pins, some of
said studs will enter perforations in the cards 46, and others will strike on the blank
spaces between said perforations, and that all of the levers the studs of which enter the
perforations will be left in their normal condition, while those the studs of which strike
on the blank spaces of the cards between the perforations will be raised and draw up
corresponding shifter jacks.
In Figure 4 the machine is represented as provided with a jacquard mechanism at
its left hand end for controlling the left hand bank of shifters, but it will be
understood that a corresponding jacquard mechanism is also provided for the right
hand bank of shifters and that it operates in substantially the same manner.
Also
that when more than two banks of shifters are employed a corresponding number
of jacquard mechanisms are likewise used; and that when but one bank of shifters,
extending the entire length of the needle banks, is employed, but one jacquard
mechanism, coequal in length with the bank of shifters, will be required.
These parts, in connection with suitable operative mechanisın, constitute the leading
features of the jacquard mechanism, or fourth section of my improved machine.
It will be obvious that the loop shifters for producing ornamental work may be used
to advantage with the knitting machine proper, whether the same is provided with
mechanism for transposing the threads and producing plaited work or otherwise; also
that the mechanism for transposing the threads may be used on the knitting machine
proper whether the same is provided with shifters or the shifters are omitted; also that
the jacquard mechanism may be used with the knitting machine proper when the same
is provided with shifters, whether the thread transposing mechanism is employed or
omitted also that the jacquard mechanism may be omitted entirely, if desired, in

page_text: which case the machine will produce a uniform pattern in accordance with the
construction and arrangement of the shifter cams and shifters.
I will now describe the operation of the mechanism for transposing the
threads:
As hereinbefore stated in the ordinary machine the thread carriers alternately lead
and trail as the carriage traverses back and forth over the needle-bed, the result being
a fabric which is alike on both sides.
In my improved machine the position of the thread carriers is changed or reversed
at each traverse of the carriage, thereby causing one and the same carrier to lead at
all times when over the working needles of the machine and whether the carriage is
moving from right to left or left to right, the result being that one of the threads (the
trailing) will always be drawn to the front or "right side," and the other (the leading)
to the back or wrong side" of the fabric, thereby producing either a plaited fabric or
one of two colors, or both, as desired, or in accordance with the quality and colors
of the thread used.
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To cause one of the thread-carriers to lead and the other to trail continuously it is
necessary to transpose them at each end of the route traversed by the carriage, for
instance: The carrier on the lever 74, leads, and the carrier 95, trails as the
carriage E traverses from left to right, and in order, therefore to have the same carrier
lead on the return of the carriage from the right to the left hand end of the machine it
is necessary to bring the lever 74, to the front or left of the carrier 95, at the time or
immediately after the reverse movement of the carriage commences.
The method of accomplishing this transposition of the thread-carriers is as follows
The lever 74, being at the right hand end of the carriage E, and held in position by
the spring catch 78, in the notch ², of the slide H², on the bar 76, and the carrier 95,
at the left hand end of the carriage against the stop g, if now the carriage E is caused
to traverse towards the right hand end of the machine, the thread carrier /", will lead
and the carrier 95, trail. When the carriage has proceeded far enough on its course
to bring the flange J on the slide H2, into contact with the rod 72, the carrier, will
be stopped, but the carriage E, will continue to advance, disengaging the spring.
catch 78, from the slide H, and causing said slide and the carrier to remain
stationary. As the carriage E, advances the arm 77, is brought into contact with the
bent-rod 73, causing the bar 76, to rock or be partially rotated on its pivots, and
the lever 74, to be tilted or thrown up into the position shown in figure 29, or raised
out of the path of the trailing carrier 95. The carriage continuing to advance towards
the right with the lever 74, clevated the spring catch 79, engages the slide H², after
which engagement the movement of the carriage is reversed in the usual manner and
commences to travel towards the left, the lever 74, being still elevated.
As the carriage E proceeds towards the left, the carrier 95, is held stationary by the
friction block Ü³, on the rod 98, until the slide 13 of the carrier 95, is brought into
contact with the stop h, on the right hand end of the carriage E. In the meantime
the carriage continuing to advance towards the left the carrier, passes the carrier 95,
and the arm 77, is withdrawn from beneath the bent rod 73, permitting the bar 76, to
partially rotate, and the lever 74 to drop onto the bar or stop 97, in which position it
is held by the spring 82. The carriage now advances to the left hand end of the needle
bed, the carrier leading, and the carrier 95, trailing the action of the friction
block U, on the rod 98, being overcome by the advancing carriage, said block pressing
against the stop h*.
When the carriage reaches the left hand end of the needle bed as the carriers are
again transposed in substantially the same manner as already described, it is not deemed
essential to explain the operation more fully.
At the time the transposition of the threads takes place, both of the carriers are
outside of or beyond the needles in the needle bed of the machine.
The wires 91 and 92, prevent the threads from catching on the guards 93, as the
threads are transposed.
I will now describe the operation of the shifters, or mechanism for producing
ornamental work.

page_text: The carriage E, being at the centre of the needle bed P and moving towards the
right and the slide 22, in contact with the right hand arm e, on the cam-bar W, and
said bar also moving towards the right, when the bar has advanced far enough in that
direction to remove all of the studs, on the right hand bank of shifter jacks out of
groove 2), and bring them onto the upper or working edge of the cam-plate 25,
thereby elevating or removing all of the shifters in the right hand bank out of the
path of the carriage, the movement of the slide 22, is reversed and it commences
traversing towards the left.
The carriage E, continues to advance towards the right to the end of its course, and
the threads are transposed as hereinbefore described. The slide 22, being midway
between the arms e, the motion of the carriage is now reversed and it commences to
travel towards the left, the slide 22, being brought into contact with the left hand arme,
and moving the cam-bar W, also towards the left.
The butts or shanks T2, of the needles P2, having passed the ordinary cam-grooves
in the carriage, and the needles performed the ordinary process of knitting, the shanks
now enter the groove B2, in the extension cam-plate 99, of the carriage from the
left and the needles are pushed upwardly through their loops to open the latches
preparatory to receiving the shifters, but not far enough to permit the loops to escapo
over the latches.
In case any of the threads have been broken, or a needle has become empty from
any other cause, and there is no lock to open its latch when it is pushed upwardly by
the cam-plate 99, as described the latch opener 87 will open the latch, and the wire 86,
hold it down in proper position. The carriage E, and cam-bar W, both continuing to
advance towards the left, when the carriage-proper has passed the right hand shifter in
the right hand bank of shifters, the switch of guard lifter 33, being depressed, the
switch 37, raised and the groove 29, open the stud z, on the jack of the right hand
shifter in the right hand bank of shifters will enter said groove, and the shifter be
forced downwardly in the direction of the needles.
Just hefore the descending shifter reaches its corresponding needle the cam-bars 66
and 67, moving towards the left with the cam-bar W, act on the jack of said shifter to
raise it, and permit the shifter to pass downwardly over the hook of the needle as seen
in figure 18.
The cam-bars 66 and 67, now depress the shifter, causing it to pass downwardly over
the hook of the needle and the hook to enter the slot 2 in the shifter.
The drop lock or switch tongue 31, in the groove 29, is now brought into contact
with the studz, causing the stud to ride over said tongue, thereby drawing up
the shifter and causing it to engage the hook on the needle as shown in figure 19, the
shifter continuing to be drawn up carrying its needle with it until the loop has been
shed from the latch, as shewn in figure 20.
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The stud, having passed the drop-lock 31, passes downwardly in the groove 29,
causing the shifter to descend, the cams on the extension plate 99, at the same time
acting to draw down the needle in unison with the shifter.
As the needle passes downwardly engaged with its shifter, the curved edge 85, of
the latch opener and closer 83, passes under the latch of the needle and partially closes
the same, as seen in figure 21.
The needle and its engaged shifter continuing to descend the needle is drawn down-
wardly fully closing the latch until it passes through the loop and the loop is shed or
slipped off the needle onto the shifter.
The shank of the needle having now arrived at the right hand or outer end of the
groove B2, which is straight at that point, the needle stands still, but the shifter
continues to pass downwardly through the loop until the loop drops into the groove y,
in the shifter, and the latch is fully opened by the point of the shifter.
The cam-bars 66 and 67, now act on the jack of the shifter to lift it above the hook
of the needle so that it may be detached therefrom, and at the same time the sharp.
bend or cam 30, in the groove 29, acts on the studs, to slightly withdraw the shifter
or pull it upwardly from over the needle, as shown in figure 22, whereby the loop on

page_text: the shifter is drawn back out of the way of the adjoining needles preparatory to
racking" the shifter, or transferring the loop to an adjoining needle.
2:
In the foregoing description of the operation of the shifters, the description has
been confined to the right hand shifter in the right hand bank of shifters, from the
time it first descended to engage its needle until it had received its loop and was ready
to be "racked" as described; but it will be understood that all of the shifters in said
bank are operated in the same manner and in regular succession as best seen in
figure 26, until they are all brought into a uniform position over their respective
needles, have received their loops and are ready to be "racked."
The shifters in the right hand bank having received the loops from their respective
needles and being in readiness to be racked, the right hand cam, m on the shaft X now
acts on the right hand lever n, causing the cam 7, on said lever, acting in the slot of
the bracket r, attached to the shifter bed and right hand bank of shifters bodily to the
right a distance between any two needles in the needle bed, thereby bringing the
shifters over the adjoining needles to the right of those from which the loops have just
been removed. The carriage E, and cam-bar W, having now completed their course
towards the left, and had their movements reversed, return towards the right the
slide 22, being in contact with the right-hand arm e.
The shanks of the needles immediately below the left hand shifters in the right hand
bank now commence to enter the right hand end of the groove B in the extension
plate 99, thereby bringing the loops of all the needles under the right hand bank of
shifters on to the same plane; and at this point I will describe the operation of the
shifters in discharging their loops, confining the description to the left hand shifter in
the right hand bank of shifters, it being understood that all of the shifters in said
bank transfer or shed their loops in the same manner, and in regular succession from
left to right.
The cam bars 66 and 67, traversing from left to right now depress the left hand
shifter, the loop being held in the groovey of the shifter.
The cams on the cam-bar W then act to draw up the jack causing the shifter to shed
its loop from the groove y as shown in figure 23, and the shifter to engage the hook of
the needle.
The shifter continuing to be drawn upwardly carrying the needle with it, the loop
is shed from the shifter and slipped on over the hook of the needle above the latch as
shown in figure 24.
The carriage E, still moving to the right now carries the latch opener and closer
past the needles below the right hand bank of shifters, its point 84, opening any
latches of the empty needles which have been accidentally closed and the wire 86,
holding them open.
The stud z, having now arrived at the drop-lock 31, in the groove 29, passes down
the groove or bend under the same, overcoming the spring, as it continues on its
course.
As the stud passes down beneath the drop-lock the shifter descends a short distance,
the needle at the same time standing still, after which the cam-bars 66 and 67, raise
the shifter or lift it above the hook as shown in figure 25, and the cams on the bar W
draw it up out of the way of the advancing carriage.
The shifters in the right hand bank having performed their work as described, a
portion of the needles will be left without loops and their latches are consequently
liable to be accidentally closed.
These latches, that is to say those of the empty needles which become accidentally
closed, are opened by the opener 83, and kept open by the wire 86, so long as said
wire is over them; but as the carriage advances carrying the wire from over them
they are liable to be closed again. To prevent this a bent guard wire 96 is used at
either end of the carriage, that at the right hand end of the carriage keeping the
latches open as the carriage traverses from left to right and that at the left hand end
keeping them open when the carriage moves from right to left, the right hand guard
working in connection with the right hand bank of shifters and the left hand guard
with the left hand bank of shifters.

page_text: The shifters in the right hand bank after having been racked or moved to the right
to transfer the loops as described are at the next traverse of the carriage E, moved or
racked to the left by the reverse action of the lever n, cam m, and cam ; but the
cam m, lever n, and cam y, may be readily so constructed and arranged as to rack the
shifters in one direction only by returning the shifter bed to its normal position while
the shifters are disengaged, and the studs rest on the cam-plate 25; or the shifters
may be racked any desired number of times in either direction by a change of the
cams m q, and their operative mechanism.
It will be understood that the left hand bank of shifters are operated in substantially
the same manner as described for the right hand bank, but in reverse order, that is to
say, the left hand shifter in the left hand bank corresponds with the right hand shifter
in the right hand bank.
It will be understood that either or both banks of shifters may be kept out of action
by the guards 37, which close the cam grooves 28 and 29, in the bar W, the studs,
when the shifters are thus withdrawn from use riding on the upper or working edges
of tlfe cam-plates 23, 25 and 26.
It will also be understood that the guard 37, shuts out the entire bank of shifters,
or is adapted to keep the entire bank out of action whenever desired but that a single
shifter or as many shifters as desired cannot be withdrawn from action by means of
the guard, this being accomplished by the jacquard mechanism, the operation of which
I will now proceed to describe.
When the studs " in the left hand bank of shifters rest on the cam-plate 25, of the
bar W, the arms 40, carrying the jacquard cylinder 43, are moved inwardly or towards
the shifters by the movements of the cam 50, and sping 57, the pins u, on the lower
ends of the levers t, being brought into contact with one of the perforated cards 40,
of the belt H4, part of said pins passing through the perforations of the card and
corresponding slots 45, of the cylinder, and the rest being stopped by the blanks
between the perforations.
As the jacquard cylinder is moved forward or in to bring one of the cards. 46,
against the pins u, all of said pins which do not pass through perforations in the card
will be pushed or pressed back causing their respective levers t, to be swung or tilted
on the rod, and the upper ends of the same to engage the studs 3, on the jacks Y,
of the shifters, thereby drawing up the jacks and removing the shifters from action
where they are held until the cam-bar W, moves towards the right sufficiently to bring
all of the studsz, in the left hand bank of shifters over the cam-plate 23.
The cam 50 continuing to revolve now swings the arms 40, and cylinder 43, away
from the pins y, disengaging the levers, from the studs 3, and permitting the studs
of the elevated jacks to fall on the upper or working edge of the cam 23, the
springs 60, bringing said levers back into their normal position preparatory to
engaging a new set of jacks.
As the cylinder recedes from the pins u, when it has moved far enough to withdraw
such of said pins as are in the perforations of the card from said perforations, the
pawl 54, is brought into action and the cylinder continuing to swing outwardly on the
arms 40, is revolved a distance corresponding with one fourth part of its circumference,
bringing a new card 46, into position opposite the pins, the belt H4, of cards being fed
along intermittently as the cylinder revolves by means of the spurs or points 44,
entering the holes, and the cylinder held in position by the locking lever 48.
The shifters are arranged on the same incline, or at the same angle of the front bank
of needles in the needle bed, and work in connection with them only, the needles in
the rear bank of the bed being omitted entirely or left in and permitted to knit in the
ordinary manner as may be desired.
All the working parts of the machine are made adjustable by proper appliances for
that purpose, and all of said parts are so constructed and arranged or "timed" as to
perform their functions properly.
It will be understood that suitable take-ups, guides and tension devices are used for
the threads, and that suitable appliances for applying motive power to the machine are
to be employed in combination with the parts shown and described.

page_text: The extension plates 99, and I, may be omitted if desired, in which case the cam-
plates 100, A2, M and N are attached directly to the carriage, and the carriage made
of greater length than when the plates are not used.
I am aware that a knitting machine provided with means for transposing the thread-
carriers to produce plaited work is not new, and I do not, therefore, claim the same
broadly but the thread transposing mechanism in all the machines heretofore known
or used is essentially different from mine.
I am also aware that a knitting machine provided with shifters for shifting or
changing the loops or stitches from one needle or series of needles to another is not
new and I do not therefore, claim the same broadly; but the shifters in all the
machines heretofore known or used are essentially different in their construction and
mode of operation from mine.
As a series of independently working shifters operating automatically on the same
general principle may be applied to circular knitting machines, I do not confine
myself to their use with straight or flat bed machines exclusively. Neither do 1
confine myself to constructing and arranging the shifters in such manner as to have
them act independently of each other as they may be connected or constructed in
clusters or "combs" if desired by making the necessary changes in the other parts of
the mechanism, each comb containing two or more shifters adapted to act in unison.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is
First In a machine for making knit fabrics the combination of the following
instrumentalities, to wit a needle-bed a series of needles, a thread carrier a shifter or
shifters substantially such as described adapted to automatically change the loops or
stitches from one needle or series of needles to another, and operative mechanism
substantially as set forth.
Second In a machine for making knit fabrics the combination of the following
instrumentalities, to wit, a needle-bed, a series of needles, two independent thread
carriers, a shifter or shifters adapted to automatically shift or change the loops or
stitches from one needle or series of needles to another, means for automatically
transposing the thread-carriers, and operative mechanism substantially as described.
Third In a machine for making knit fabrics the combination of the following
instrumentalities, to wit, a needle bed, a series of needles, two independent thread
carriers, a shifter or shifters adapted to automatically shift or change the loops or
stitches from one needle or series of needles to another, means for automatically
transposing the thread carriers, a jacquard device for automatically controlling the
shifters and operative mechanism substantially as set forth.
Fourth In a machine for making knit fabrics the combination of the following
instrumentalities, to wit:-a needle bed, a series of needles, a thread carrier, a shifter
or shifters adapted to automatically shift or change the loops or stitches from one
needle or series of needles to another, a jacquard device for automatically controlling
the shifters, and operative mechanism substantially as described.
Fifth In a machine for making knit fabrics the combination of the following
instrumentalities, to wit:-a needle bed, a series of needles, a thread carrier, a shifter
or shifters adapted to automatically shift or change the loops or stitches from one
needle or series of needles to another, a switch-guard or device for keeping the shifter
or shifters out of action when desired, and operative mechanism substantially as set
forth.
Sixth In a machine for making knit fabrics the shiftere, having the slot or eye u²
and provided with the groove y substantially as and for the purpose, set forth.
Seventh In a machine for making knit fabrics, the jack Y, carrying the shifter a,
and provided with the stud = or means for engaging a cam adapted to impart
longitudinal movements to the jack substantially as described.
Eighth In a machine for making knit fabrics, the jack Y carrying the shifter æ,
and provided with the slot 4 for receiving the rod 2, substantially as set forth.

page_text: Ninth In a machine for making knit fabrics the jack Y, carrying the shifter a, and
provided with the stud 3, or means for engaging the jacquard lever t substantially as
described.
Tenth In a machine for making knit fabrics, a bed for the shifter jacks Y, composed
of a series of: wide and narrow metallic bars or strips 5 and 6 alternately arranged and
suitably connected substantially as and for the purpose, set forth.
Eleventh In a machine for making knit fabrics, the plates 7 provided with the
clamps 8 in combination with the ways T for keeping the shifter bed on said ways,
substantially as described.
Twelfth In a machine for making knit fabrics, the cam-bar W provided with the
grooves 28 and 29, arranged as shown, in combination with the shifter jacks, Y
carrying the shifters a, and with mechanism for giving said bar regular reciprocating
longitudinal movements substantially as set forth.
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Thirteenth In a machine for making knit fabrics, the plate 25, in combination with
the bar W said plate being disposed between the inner ends of the grooves 28 and 29
and adapted to hold the studs when not in said grooves substantially as described.
Fourteenth- In a machine for making knit fabrics, the cam-bar W, provided with
the arms e in combination with the jacks Y, shifters, ways V, bars 6, clamps C,
slide 22 and mechanism for actuating said slide substantially as set forth.
Fifteenth In a machine for making kuit-fabrics the combination of the following
instrumentalities and operative mechanism, to wit a needle bed, a series of needles, a
thread-carrier, a shifter or shifters for shifting or changing the loops or stitches from
one needle or series of needles, to another said shifter or shifters being adapted to
automatically engage the needles and draw the same through their loops or stitches,
and the needles being adapted to be drawn thereby through their loops or stitches,
said shifter or shifters being also adapted to pass automatically with the needles back
through the loops or stitches, receive the loops or stitches from the needles and cast
them off onto adjacent needles substantially as described.
Sixteenth In a machine for making knit fabrics the combination of the following
instrumentalities, to wit a needle-bed, a series of needles, a thread-carrier, a carriage
on which the thread carrier is mounted said carriage being adapted to traverse the
needle-bed with regular reciprocating movements, and a shifter or shifters adapted to
automatically shift or change the loops or stitches from one needle or series of needles
to another, ineans for withdrawing the shifter or shifters from the path of the carriage
in season to prevent injurious contact therewith as the carriage traverses back and
forth, and operative mechanism substantially as set forth.
Seventeenth-In a machine for making knit fabrics a shifter for changing a loop or
stitch from one needle to another in combination with mechanism for raising said
shifter above the plane of the hook of the needle, advancing it over the needle,
dropping or bringing it into engagement with the needle, withdrawing the shifter
and pulling the needle through its loop, again advancing the shifter over the needle,
again elevating it above the plane of the hook of the needle, slightly withdrawing it
to pull up its pendant loop, "racking" or moving it laterally to an adjacent needle
advancing it over said adjacent needle dropping it into engagement with the hook of
said adjacent needle withdrawing the shifter and pulling said adjacent needle through
its loop casting off the loop from the shifter onto said adjacent needle, again advancing
the shifter to disengage it from the hook of said adjacent needle and then withdrawing
the shifter substantially as described.
Eighteenth The standards, B, carrying the arms or brackets R. for supporting the
shifters and their immediately connected operative mechanism in combination with
the frame or standards A substantially as set forth.
Nineteenth The adjustable bars S in combination with the brackets or arms R and
means for regulating the incline or angle of the shifters æ in respect to the needles
substantially as, and for the purpose set forth.
Twentieth-In a machine for making knit fabrics, the shaft F provided with the
worm and pulley H, in combination with the shaft, provided with the worm-gear, i

page_text: and gear and the shaft X provided with the gear and cam m, substantially as
described.
Twenty first In a machine for making knit fabrics, the pivotted lever 34, pivotted
cam-lever or handle 33, spring 35, and guard 37 in combination with the cain bar W
and jacks Y substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.
Twenty second In a machine for making knit fabrics, the guard 37 provided with
the lip or flange 38 in combination with the cam-bar W having the groove 29, and
with means for depressing and raising said guard to close or open the end of said
groove as required substantially as described.
Twenty third In a machine for making knit fabrics the pivotted lever t adjusted
to engage the shifter jack Y and withdraw its shifter froin action, in combination
with mechanism for actuating said lever substantially as set forth.
Twenty fourth In a machine for making knit fabric, a series of pivotted levers t,
in combination with a series of shifter jacks Y carrying the shifters a. and means for
automatically causing certain of said levers to engage certain of said jacks and
withdraw their shifters from action in accordance with a fixed or predetermined
pattern or plan, whereby figured or ornamental fabrics may be produced in great
variety, substantially as described.
Twenty fifth-In a machine for making knit fabrics the pivotted levert provided
with the spring 60 and pin u in combination with the jack Y carrying the shifter a
and with a series of perforated jacquard cards adapted to withdraw said shifter from
action whenever desired or in accordance with the arrangement of the perforations in
the card substantially as set forth.
Twenty sixth In a machine for making knit fabrics the cylinder 43 provided with
the perforations 45, in combination with the pivotted levers t, perforated cards 46,
shifter jacks Y, means for intermittently revolving said cylinder and means for
causing the cards to be alternately pressed against and withdrawn from the pins u of
said levers substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.
Twenty seventh-In a machine for making knit fabrics the ratchet wheel 53,
pawl 54, notched wheel 52, and locking pawl 51, in combination with the cylinder 43
pivotted arms 40, spring 57 shaft X and cam 50 for moving said cylinder laterally
out of and into contact with the levers and causing it to revolve on its axis
substantially as described.
Twenty eighth In a machine for making knit fabrics, the cylinder 43 provided
with the slots 45, in combination with the cards 46 and means for moving said
cylinder out of and into contact with the levers and revolving it intermittently
substantially as set forth.
Twenty ninth-In a machine for making knit fabrics the latch opener and closer S3
in combination with the groove B2, needles, shifters, carriage E and operative
mechanism substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Thirtieth In a machine for making knit fabrics, the latch opener and closer 89 in
combination with the groove 02, needles, shifters, carriage E and operative mechanism
substantially as described.
Thirty first In a machine for making knit fabrics, the latch openers. 83 and 89, in
combination with the grooves P², O, needles, shifters, carriage E and operative
mechanism substantially as set forth.
Thirty second-In a. machine for making knit fabrics, the auxiliary latch-
opener 37, in combination with the needles, shifters, carriage E and operative
mechanism substantially as described.
Thirty third In a machine for making knit fabrics, the auxiliary latch-opener SS,
in combination with the needles, shifters carriage E and cperative mechanisın
substantially as set forth.
Thirty fourth-In a machine for making knit fabrics, the auxiliary latch openers 87
and S8 in combination with the needles, shifters, carriage E and operative mechanism
substantially as described.
Thirty fifth-In a machine for making knit fabrics, the carriage E provided with
the wire guards 86, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

page_text: Thirty sixth In a machine for making knit fabrics, the wire guard 86, mounted
on or stretched between the openers 83 and 87 in combination with the carriage E
and needles and operative mechanism substantially as described.
Thirty seventh In a machine for making knit fabrics, the wire guard 86 mounted
on or stretched between the openers 87 and 89 in combination with the carriage E
needles and operative mechanism substantially as set forth.
Thirty eighth-In a machine for making knit fabrics, the latch openers and
closers 83 and 89, openers 87 and 88, wires 86, carriage E, needles and operative
mechanism substantially as described.
Thirty ninth-In a machine for making knit fabrics, the carriage E provided with
the wire guards 91 and 92 in combination with the needles and operative mechanism
substantially as set forth.
Fortieth In a machine for making knit fabrics, the carriage E having the extension
plate 99 provided with the cam plates 100 and A2 in combination with the needles,
shifters and operative mechanism substantially as described.
Forty first In a machine for making knit fabrics, the carriage E having the
extension plate L provided with the cam-plates M² N2 in combination with the
necilles, shifters and operative mechanism, substantially as set forth.
Forty second In a machine for making knit fabrics, the carriage E having the
extension plates 99 and L2 and cam-plates 100, A2, M², N2, in combination with
the needles, shifters and operative mechanism substantially as described.
Forty third In a machine for making knit fabrics, the carriage E provided with
the cam-grooves B2 and O2 in combination with the needles, shifters and operative
mechanism substantially as set forth.
Forty fourth In a machine for making knit fabrics, the carriage E provided with
the guards 96, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Forty fifth In a machine for making knit fabrics, the carriage E provided with the
guards substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.
Forty sixth-In a machine for making knit fabrics, the chain belts 14 and 19,
wheels 17, 18 and 20, slide 22 and lever 103 in combination with the shaft F, cam
plate W, ways for said slide and operative mechanism substantially as described.
Forty seventh-In a machine for making knit fabrics, the jacks Y provided with
the slot 4, studs and shifters a having the grooves y and slots or eyes n² in
combination with the rod Q, suitable beds for the jacks, levers t, cam bars 66 and 67
and operative mechanism substantially as set forth."
Forty eighth In a machine for making knit fabrics, the flanges K², J2 in combina-
tion with the tilting bar 74, bar 76, stops 72, 02 carriage and operative mechanism
じ
substantially as described.
Forty ninth-In a machine for making knit fabrics, a series of independent loop-
shifters mounted in a bed or suitable ways and operating automatically, said shifters
being adapted to be advanced to engage the loops on the needles and transfer them to
the adjacent needles in combination with means for withdrawing one or more of said
shifters from action substantially as set forth.
Fiftieth In an organized mechanism for producing knit fabrics the combination of
the following instrumentalities, to wit, a knitting machine proper or device for
producing ordinary or plain work, a device for transposing the threads, a device for
shifting or changing the loops or stitches from one needle or series of needies to
another, a jacquard mechanism or device for automatically controlling the shifting of
the stitches and suitable supporting, connecting and operative mechanism substantially
as described.
Fifty first In a knitting machine the following instrumentalities in combination
with operative mechanism, to wit:-a carriage adapted to traverse back and forth
over the needle-bed and two thread carriers adapted to traverse with the carriage, one
of said carriers being adapted to be thrown back or tilted and to remain stationary
while the other passes it, substantially as set forth.
Fifty second-ln a knitting machine the following instrumentalities in combination
with operative mechanism to wit:-a needle-bed, a series of needles, a carriage

page_text: adapted to traverse back and forth over the needle-bed, a thread carrier adapted to
traverse with the carriage but not to start at the same time and a thread carrier adapted
to traverse with the carriage, to start at the same time, and to be tilted or thrown back
to pass the other carrier substantially as described.
Fifty third In a knitting machine in combination with operative mechanism the
following instrumentalities to wit:-a needle-bed, a series of needles, a carriage
adapted to traverse back and forth over the needle-bed a thread carrier adapted to
traverse with the carriage and stop at the same time but not to start until after the
carriage starts, and a thread-carrier adapted to traverse with the carriage, start at
the same time, stop before the carriage stops, and be tilted or thrown back out of the
path of the other carrier to enable the carriers to pass substantially as set forth.
Fifty fourth-In a knitting machine in combination with operative mechanism, the
following instrumentalities, to wit:-a needle-bed, a series of needles, a carriage
adapted to traverse back and forth over the needle-bed, a thread-carrier adapted to
traverse with the carriage and stop at the same time, but not to start until after the
carriage starts, means for holding said thread carrier stationary until forced to move
forward by the carriage, a thread-carrier adapted to traverse with the carriage, to start
at the same time, stop before the carriage stops, and be tilted or thrown back out of
the path of the other carrier to enable the carriers to pass and means for tilting said
last named carrier and stopping the same before the carriage stops substantially as
described.
Fifty fifth-In a knitting machine the arm or lever 74 carrying an eye or guide for
the thread near its inner or free end and pivotted or jointed to the carriage E near its
outer end in combination with means for tilting and stopping said lever substantially
as, and for the purpose set forth.
Fifty sixth-In a knitting machine the arm or lever 74, provided with an eye or
guide for the thread near its inner or free end, and pivotted or jointed to the carriage E
near its outer end, in combination with means for tilting or throwing back the inner
end of said arm, means for preventing its traverse with the carriage during a portion
of its journey, means for locking or coupling it to the carriage and causing it to
traverse therewith at the end of the route of the carriage, or at each reverse move-
ment of the carriage, and operative mechanism substantially as described.
Fifty seventh In a knitting machine the arm or lever 74, provided with an eye or
guide for the thread near its inner or free end, in combination with the carriage E
pivotted rocking bar 76, rods 72, and 73, spring catches 78 and 79, slide Hand
operative mechanism substantially as set forth.
Fifty eighth-In a knitting machine the arm or lever 74, provided with a guide or
eye for the thread near its inner or free end and adapted to slide laterally on the
bar 76, in combination with means for tilting or throwing out said arms and means
for detachably locking or holding it at each end of said bar substantially as
described.
Fifty ninth In a knitting machine the arm or lever 74, provided with an eye or
guide for the thread near its inner or free end, in combination with the rocking bar 76,
rods 72 and 73, arms 75 and 77, flanges J, K, spring 82 and carriage E substantially
as set forth.
Sixtieth-In a knitting machine the rod or stop 72 in combination with the arm 74
and carriage E substantially as, and for the purpose set forth.
Sixty first In a knitting machine the rod 73 in combination with the arm 77,
bar 76, arm 74 and carriage E substantially as described.
Sixty second In a knitting machine the arm or lever 95 carrying any eye or guide
for the thread near its inner or free end, in combination with the rod 98, friction
block U and carriage E substantially as set forth.
Sixty third-In a knitting machine the slide or gib H2 mounted on the bar 76 and
carrying the arm or lever 74, said slide being provided with the notches in combina-
tion with the carriage E, catches 78 and 79 and means for detaching the slide from
said catches substantially as described.

page_text: Sixty fourth-In a knitting machine the stop or bar 97, in combination with the arm
or lever 74 and carriage E substantially as set forth.
Sixty fifth-In a knitting machine the combination of the following instrumentalities;.
to wit:-a series of needles, a needle bed, adapted to receive and hold the needles, a
carriage adapted to traverse back and forth over the needle bed, two thread-carriers
mounted on the carriage and adapted to be transposed in such manner as to enable one
and the same carrier to lead at all times while passing over the working needles and
the other to trail, means for keeping the latches of the needles in position and causing
them to operate properly in the vicinity of the thread-carriers, mechanism for auto-
matically transposing the thread carriers at each traverse of the carriage over the
needle-bed, guards for preventing the threads from being caught as the thread carriers
pass each other and operative mechanism substantially as described.
Sixty sixth-In a machine for making knit fabrics, the combination of the needle-
bed, the needles, the carriage, a rocking her on said carriage, a thread carrier connected
to said bar and adapted to rock therewith and slide thereon, means for detachably
locking said thread carrier at each end of said bar, means for rocking said bar, and a
thread-carrier adapted to slide longitudinally of said carriago but not to rock,.
substantially as described.
Sixty seventh In a machine for making knit fabrics, the combination of the needle-
bed, the needles, the carriage, a horizontal bar attached to the rear of said carriage
and provided with stops at its opposite ends, a thread-carrier adapted to slide on said
bar between said stops, a rod parallel with said bar and a friction block or slide. on
said rod adapted to engage said thread-carrier, substantially as set forth.
Sixty eighth-In a machine for making knit fabrics, the combination of the needle-
bed, the needles, the carriage the transposing thread-carrier and a guard or guards:
adapted to prevent the thread from catching as the thread-carriers are transposed' and
to keep the latches of the needles open and permit them to close, substantially as
described.
Sixty ninth In a machine for making knit fabrics, the rods 72 and 73, in com-
bination with the carriage E, the rocking bar 76, having the arms 74 and 75,
flange J, spring 82 and thread carrier 74 substantially as set forth.
Seventieth In a machine for making knit fabrics, the spring catches 78 and 79
in combination with the bar 76 rods 72 and 73, arm 74 having the flanges J, K²,
and thread eye f2, slide H2, having the depressions ² and the pivotal supports G²
substantially as described.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.