Year: 1885

page_text: We, WILLIAM HARRISON of 69 Hyde Grove Chorlton-on-Medlock and 128 Port-
land Street Manchester both in the County of Lancaster and 67 Oxford Street
London in the County of Middlesex Manufacturer, and CHARLES WALLACE
HARRISON of 69 Hyde Grove Chorlton-on-Medlock and 128 Portland Street
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster, Clerk do hereby declare the nature
of our said invention to be as follows
The object of our invention is to produce a fabric with various colours, one side
being a different color to the other side of the fabric, and also to convey yarn, silk
or cotton, two or more threads or colors at once, by one yarn guide.
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This invention applies to that class of knitting machines, known as the "Harrison
Patent No 4894 November 8th 1881-Figs. 3 and 11 and partly to circular " knitting
machines."
We make two or more holes in the one yarn guide, for the purpose of supplying
simultaneously to the needles, two different colors of wool, silk or cotton, one color
passing through one hole and another color passing through the other hole, so as to
keep the two colors separate, until two colors are immediately seized by the
needles. We ordinarily place the yarn guide at the extreme hook end of the
friction lever yarn guide carrier, or we place the yarn guides at the right angles
of the end of the friction yarn carrier lever.
We also make a frame which is "horse-shoe" shaped. We make a number of
jointed links which also takes the shape of the "horseshoe" with a handle midway
of the circle & at each of the two ends we attach a yarn guide each with two or
more holes in, for the purpose of using different colors of thread. The jointed links
are so arranged that when the handle is pushed backwards or forwards, one yarn
guide is thrown out of action, and the other yarn guide is simultaneously put into
action. Thus, one yarn guide being substituted for the other, a striped & mingled
color fabrick is produced.
A revolving band perforated similar to a jacquered pattern, may be used to give
a changing action to the yarn guides.

page_text: Improvements in Stocking and Clothing Knitting Machines.
We, WILLIAM HARRISON, Manufacturer, and CHARLES WALLACE HARRISON,
Clerk, both of 69 Hyde Grove, Chorlton-on-Medlock and 128 Portland Street,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, and 67 Oxford Street, London in the
County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN STOCKING AND CLOTHING KNITTING MACHINES and in what manner the
saine is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The object of our invention is to produce a fabric with various colours: one side
being a different colour to the other side of the fabric, and also to convey yarn,
Bilk or cotton two or more colours, or threads at once, by one yarn. guide. This
invention applies to that class of knitting machines known as "The Harrison
Patent" described in specification N° 4894 A.D. 1881 (Figs. 3 and 11) and partly.
to circular knitting machines.
We make two or more holes or eyes in each yarn guide or feeder, at any distance
from each other and mount same upon a frame with links and double yarn guides,
so by moving the handle one is substituted for the other yarn guide or feeder, and
therefore a double colour and stripe is given to the fabric.
Also we attach to one yaru guide carrier a single yarn guide, with two or more
separate holes or eyes formed therein.
A revolving band perforated similar to the jacquard card pattern may be used
to give action to the yarn guides.
In order that our invention may be fully understood, we now describe the
accompanying sheet of drawings reference being made to the figures and letters
marked thereon.
Fig. 1 shows a yarn guide a pivotted on frame b. c and d are two holes through
which passes the yarn, silk, wool or cotton the links a are for the purpose of
causing the yarn guides to work in and out of action and are operated by pushing
the handle e to and fro thus causing a change of colour of wool.
The two holes c and c¹ are for the purpose of admitting two colours of wool, silk
or cotton, so as to produce one colour at the back and another at the front of the
fabric: A coil spring f attached to the frame b directs the position of the yarn
guide. The alternative position of the yarn guide is shown by dotted lines:
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Fig. 2 shows two yarn guides a and a¹ set at a distance on each side of the yarn
guide carrier b which substitutes one yarn guide carrier when two sets of cams aré
used upon each side of one carriage, which formerly necessitated the use of two.
yarn guide carriers.
Fig. 3 represents.front.and side views of a single yarn guide with two holes o
and c for the purpose. of producing in a new and simple manner a two colour
fabric: if black yarn is passed through hole c'and scarlet yarn is passed through
hole c¹ the fabric at the back would be mostly black whilst the colour at the front
would be mostly scarlet.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1st For the purposes specified and substantially as herein before described the
plate b fitted to the swing of the yarn guide carrier as illustrated in sheet 1 Fig. 1
in' combination.
2nd a and a¹ each set at a convenient distance from the swing yarn guide carrier
as described and for the purpose specified in combination Fig. 2.
3rd Fig. 3..c and c' substantially for the purpose specified We apply also c and c¹
O to the round knitting machines in combination.
GEO. DOWNING,
Agent for Applicants.