Improvements in Knitting Machines.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 19th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 21st Nov, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Knitting Machines.
I WILLIAM HARRISON of 48 Upper Brook Street and 69 Hyde Grove,
Chorlton on Medlock both in Manchester in the County of Lancaster Patentee
and Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to latch needle knitting machines of a circular or
cylindrical construction, and the object of this invention is to enable the operator
to obtain greater speed and occupy less time in the shaping of the stockings, and
the opening of the needle latches by a spring latch opener.
In this invention I construct a knitting machine of a circular or cylindrical form,
having a cylinder of less depth than is ordinarily used, and a horizontal dial, and
I employ the same length of needle in both said cylinder and dial.
In order to raise or lower the dial for the purposes of adjustment, I place an
adjusting screw or screws near the ribbing arm, at the socket end of the said arm,
the cylinder cam shell and circular toothed ring fitting immediately below shell
and connected with the toothed wheel or driving wheel are held down securely
by a lip which is formed on the ridge at the lower edge of the cylinder, by which
means said cylinder cam shell and tooth ring are held firmly by the cylinder, after
the two cylinder screws are tightened.
I place rollers on the butt ends of the needles in order to facilitate working and
obtain increased speed by reducing the friction on cams, said combination of rollers
with needles is also applicable to all knitting machines in which latch needles are
employed.
I make a needle latch opener which yields vertically or at any angle so as to
avoid damaging needles this is applicable to all knitting machines which use
latch needles.
Dated this 19th day of January 1891.
WILLIAM HAKKISUN,
Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Knitting Machines.
I, WILLIAM HARRISON of 48 Upper Brook Street, and 69 Hyde Grove
Chorlton-on-Medlock, both in Manchester, in the County of Lancaster Patentee
and Manufacturer 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:—
This invention relates to latch needle knitting machines of a circular or
cylindrical form, and the object of this invention is to enable the operator to obtain
greater speed, and thereby occupy less time in the shaping of stockings.
In order more clearly to describe my invention, I have annexed hereunto two
sheets of drawings: in the several views therein shown, similar letters refer to
similar parts.
Fig. 1 represents a front view of a knitting machine constructed according to

page_text: In this invention I construct a knitting machine of a circular or cylindrical
form, having the cylinder a of less depth than is ordinarily used, and a horizontal
dial b.
I employ needles c and c¹ that are of the same length both in the cylinder and
dial.
In order to raise or lower the dial 6 for the purposes of adjustment I place an
adjusting screw e¹ near the ribbing arm d at the socket end of said arm either in
the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 or as represented in Fig. 4: the cylinder cam
shell e and circular toothed ring f fitting immediately below shell and connected
with the toothed wheel or driving wheel gare held down securely by the lip a¹ which
is formed on the lower edge of cylinder, by which means said cylinder cam shell
and tooth ring are held firmly by the cylinder after the two cylinder screws h are
tightened, against the under side of the bed j.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1st. In a latch needle knitting machine of a circular or cylindrical construction,
in which the dial is at right angles to the cylinder, the combination of said dial
and cylinder with needles that are of the same length both in the dial and
cylinder for the purpose and in the manner substantially as herein before
described.
2nd. In a latch needle knitting machine of a circular or cylindrical construction,
the vertical adjustment of the dial plate by means of the screw e for the purpose and
in the manner substantially as herein before described.
Dated this 19th day of October 1891.
WM. HARRISON.