Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application 30th Apr, 1895-Accepted, 27th July 1895

page_text: Connected to the lower end of
raised portion of the base of
18 forced out of connection with the cam cylinder
ths post and normally resting upon the edge of
machine is a lever 101 and a coil spring a surrounds a portion of the
post a secured at one end to a colla on said post and at the other to the frame of
machine, s as to be in compression when the bottom of post is resting on the
portion of base The lower end of this post has a collar 60 61 is a lever pivoted
at 62 to the fiame of the machine, one end of which lever is in alignment with the
colla 60 and adapted to be struck by it when the post a is forced off the raised
portion of base
63 is a bell crank lever, one end of which is in alignment with
lever 61, the other end in alignment with hand lever 64 which hand lever rests in
a projection 65 68 is a spring acting upon the hand lever 64 66 is a link
connecting the hand lover and the belt shifting fork 67 The arrangement being
such that when the post is on the raised portion of the base the lever 68 is resting
on the projection and the belt shifting fork is in position to hold the belt upon the
nctive pulley, but when the post a 1s moved off the raised portion of the base the
collar 60 moves the lever 61, which in turn operates the bell clank 63 which acts
upon and forces the lever 64 from the projection 65, and the spring 68 acting upon it
moves it so that through the link 66 the shifting fork 67 is operated, and the belt
moved to the idle pulley
1
When the connection between the inch plate and cam cylinder is broken as
before de cribed, the outer end of the plunger, in the movement of the rack plate,
strikes the projection at upper end of post, turning the nost so that the lever 101
passe beyond the edge of i used portion of base, and the spring a forces the post a
down, shifting the belt In order to accomplish the result, if, for any reason, the
good should be disconnected from the machine, I pass the goods around ti e
roller a³, and the roller a¹o, the toller at having the spring a to place the desired
tension on the goods a¹² is a bell cıank lever, one end resting against lever 101,
the other end having a weight, a¹³, and a roller a resting against the goods, the
weight as is sufhcient to pull the lever 101 from the ledge when the weight is
allowed to operate but it is prevented from operating by the goods pressing against
the roller, a and holding that end of the lover up gunst the weight
goods should pass from the needle cylinder it will no longer hold tp said lever and
the weight being free to net, will force the level 101 from the raised surface, and
the spring will force the post downward shifting the bolt as before described
The bevel
the
It the
B is a gear which meshes with the teeth of the lack plate and by which the rack
plate is operated This gear Bis scoured upon, so as to rotate with, the vertical
Shaft / I cathered upon this shaft midway between the gear Banlhvel or B,
both loo upon the lift, is the clutch B, said clutch being alipted to ena
cither the gear B₁on bevel gear B dependent upon the direction which it i movel
7611 B given a 1otary movement and the gear B' an oscillating
movement in the following manne (is the main driving shift driven by a bolt
upon tl pulley (bon, in idle pulley ( is a bevel who 1 up in the shatt
me hing with the bevel wheel B2, and in the rotation of wheel
wheel B 1
rotated Upon the hift is the gear (³ meshing with the gear is a crank
connecting the gen and the vibratory rod C7 pivoted at one end, C at the othet
end it is slotted and encloses a pin C connected to a rach C" which meshes with
the gear B' so that in the rotation of the shaft C, the gear B' is given an oscillating
movement Dependent upon which gear, B or B2, is connected to the clutch B
the geu B will oscillate o otite causing corresponding movements of the rack
plate and cam cylinder As is well known, in the manufacture, say of hosiery, the
rotation of the cam cylinder takes place when the tubular goods (leg and foot) are
being made while the oscillation takes place when some of the needles are thrown
out of action and the heel and toc are being formed The means by which I
accomplish the shifting of the clutch, in the pioper manner and it the proper time
is as follows D is a frame connected to 1od d, which is secured so as to be adapted
to slide This fiame D has the upper and lower cam surfaces d', d
and Dis
am roller within the fi ime, the shaft 200 of thi riller bun supported m
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page_text: bearings 201 and 202 on the back of the machine The cam roller has a raised
portion d adapted in its rotation to strike the cam surfaces d', d², moving the frame
and with it the clutch rod d connected to rod d the forked end of rod d*
surrounding the clutch B³, thus moving the clutch B³ into engagement with either
the wheel B' or bevel wheel B2 (dependent upon the direction it is moved)
Motion is given to the cam roller D in the following manner Upon the shaft of
the cam roller D¹ is the ratchet E operated by the pawl e, and the pawl is operatel
by being pivoted to the arm e¹, which arm is pivot illy secured to a link 103 which
link is connected to the vibratory rod C7, see Fig 1
The ratchet wheel E, as
shown in detail Fig 10, has a number of short teeth, 400 one loug tooth e² and one
tooth 401 longer than the short teeth, and shorter than the lon tooth When the
machine is knitting tubular work and using all the needles the pawl rests upon the
crown of the long tooth, e², and the play of the pawl is less than the extent of
the crown of sud tooth, so the ratchet wheel E is inactive Running upon a sprocket
continuously driven is a sprocket chain, and on this chain at predetermined points
are lugs 104 in alignment with the end of a pivoted lover loosely pivoted upon the
shaft of ratchet wheel E, to which a dog F is pivoted, said dog resting in a
tooth 100 formed in a collar Dx, fast on the shaft of said 1atchet wheel and cam
roller D¹ The ratchet and cam roller, as well as colla aie fast on .haft 200 when
said roller is in the position to control the clutch into engagement with the wheel B²
and the lugs on the chain being in the position to change the knitting to recipro-
cating When the lug stikes the lever, the dog operates upon the tooth of
collar D forcing it and with it the ratchet wheel F, around a distance sufficient
to carry the crown of the tooth e² beyond the pawl, and the pawl operates upon said
tooth and the succeeding ones until again thrown out of action in the manner
hereinafter set out, the extent of its operation being sufficient to turn the roller D¹
until the projection strikes the projection d' on the frame D, moving the frame and
1od d changing the clutch from the bevel gear wheel B2 to reciprocating gen B¹,
and the cam cylinder is reciprocated In Figure, I have shown the fashioning
rick plates, G, and the pawl, a, g', for operating the same to throw the fashioning
needles in and out of action These pawls are operated in the following manner
The pawls g, g', are pivoted one at each end of the aim G¹, which arm is centrally
broadened and encicles a bu hing o² surrounding needle cylinder a and upon which
bushing it is adapted to rock 9, 9, are projecting aims from the centi il portion
of num G¹, and having the rollers, 9, 9, respectively, which rest upon the cam
surfaces, 96,
6, 97, respectively, of the cam roller G2 [his cam rolle has rece ses
and the gear H loose upon the shaft h, which gear meshes with the geu B' on the
side opposite to that of the lack, and is of less width than the gear B¹, has pins
adapted to enter these recesses in cam roller Engaging the hub of gear Hi the
forked clutch rod h', which is connected to the clutch rod of clutch 13³, so as to
move with it and bring into engagement the gear II and cam roller G2, when the
clutch B is engaged with gear B, and disengage eat II from the cain roller, G³,
when clutch B3 is engaged with the heel B (see Figure 10 and 161, so that when
the cam cylinder is caused to reciprocate, the fashion acl plate pawls are thrown
in action, and are cut out of action when the change is made to rotation of the cam
cylinder Pivotally connected to the frame of the machine adjacent to the fashion
rack plates, is the fiame I, which his the slot 2, and the projection 22 in the slot, in
this slot is the loosely pivoted arm 23 pivoted upon a bricket 300 so as to move
vertically, and the bincket 300 15 pivoted so as to move horizontally swivel
thereby being formed, the aim ³ is acted upon by the sping ', which normally
holds the arm from under the projection, ² J is an arm, one end connected to
frime I, the other to the tail piece k of the pivoted clutch pawl shield K, pivoted
on the shaft of 1atchet wheel E The shield K is of length sufficient, with
addition of the crown of the tooth 401 in relation to the play of the pawl, to
prevent the pawl, when the shield is in its rai ed position, from striking the opciative
part of this tooth The shield is forced down by me ns of the projection, upon
the arm 3 being struck, and the arın moved up agunst the projection 2 in the

page_text: slot, by a lug 28, on one of the fashion rack plates which is in position to strike
said projection 2 when the said plate is in the position prior to or at the end of the
formation of the toe or heel, and this causes the frame I, to rock, elevating arm J
and tail piece k, throwing the shield K out of alignment with the pawle In order
to prevent this being done when one plate only is in the position above described,
I use the spring, which normally holds the arm 3 from under projection The
aim projects beyond the slot in alignment with a lug on the other fashion plate,
and which lug is in such position as to strike the arm and force it under the projection
when the last tooth of that rack plate is being acted on, and just before the lug 2° strikes
the projection 2 on arm 23 When the machine is initially starting, the pawle is on
the crown of the long tooth e³, and the clutch B' is in engagement with the bevel
gear B, and the cam cylinder rotates This continues until the lug on the pattern
chain operates the dog F, causing the cam roller D' and ratchet wheel E to rotate
a distance sufficient to enable the pawl to drop into the long tooth, and the ratchet
wheel and cam roller are moved by the pawl The pawl continues to act on the
succeeding short teeth until the ratchet wheel and cam roller have made a one-
half rotation, when the projection on the cam roller strikes the projection on the
frame, moving it, its rod and the clutch B3 into engagement with reciprocating
wheel B', ard the cam cylinder reciprocates, as before described This movement
of the clutch throws into action the fashion ratchet plate pawls, and the rack plates
begin to move to throw the fashion needles one by one out of action
This moves
the lug from projection 25, and the arm 3, diops, the spring moving the arm from
under projection 2, and the tail piece k, falls, elevating the shield, K, in line with
the pawle
The pale continues to act on the teeth until the tooth 401 is
reached, the length of the clown of this tooth with the shield is sufficient to
prevent the pawl acting on the tooth, but in the action upon the previous teeth,
the projection upon cam roller, D', has been brought to a position ready to act
upon the other projection of the cam frame to return the clutch B³ to the bevel
gear B²
The shield presents the pawle acting until the rack plates are returned to
their initial position, which is at the end of the formation of the heel or toe
When the lugs, and i, again lift the tail piece k, and release the shield, and the
pawl acting upon the ratchet brings the clutch into engagement with the havel
wheel B, and the cam cylinder rotates this also severs the connection with fa hon
ratchet plate pawl mechanism and the lack plates no longer operate The next
tooth to the tooth 401 18 the tooth 2, and, as before stated its crown is so long as
to prevent the pawl in its reciprocation from acting on the tooth until the cam
roller D is moved by a lu on the pattern cham The arrangement for throwing
the pawl into action in the change from reciprocation to 10taly vorl, 1 > >
to prevent the change from bung made until both fashioning rac' plites are in
proper position, and, if by any chanet, a tooth should be in ssed in cit ic, then the
machine simply ous on knitting heels or to, and the machine can neve be
thrown out of time
I also provide mechanism for fashionng the leg of the stocking, which is as
follows On the back side of the pattuin chain and in proper position, is a lug L,
which is in alignment with one arm L', of a bull crank lever L³, pivoted at 7 to
the frame of machine The arm L'inclines toward the chain fiom its pivot point,
and has at its upper end a pin, 21s a latch pivoted to and projecting from
standard 3, and having the notched end 13* When the lug stikes the rm L',
and as it travels upward, the arm is gradually moved outward and when the pin
his reached beyond the latch, it is caught, preventing the return of the au L',
until the second lug 105 on the pattern chain lift the latch and the ght of
the arm returns it to its initial position
I the
The needle cylinder is supported on the rod I 10, upon which d
wa hers P, between which is connected the lever 1, leticen the 1 ver in the
bottom washer 7, is the spring l The end of this lover is 1 to 1 1 lukis
commuttu at one end in the slot of liver, and tt' other
oil crank Lol which L is the long arm
1
I
The spring "cured to the

page_text: frame of the machine acts against the rear end of lever to hold it normally in
such position that the needle cylinder is normally down (see Figures 17 and 3)
When the lug L strikes the arm L¹ and moves upward, the aim is gradually forced
outward, gradually elevating the needle cylinder and loosening the stitches,
thereby gradually increasing the size of tubular goods, and the aim ¹ will be held
at the greate t increased size by the latch
By changing the inclination of lever L' the fashioning can be made mole or
less gradu il, and by changing the position of latch 12 the extent of the widest
portion can be varied
In the formation of the heel and tue of a stocking the mechanism for operating the
paula, g', is thrown into action, the pawls being, as shown, double pawls, one end
of ich pawl acting to move its corresponding plate in one direction, and the
other end to move its corresponding plate in the other direction Speaking
generally, alternately the pawls act upon their corresponding rack plates to which
are connected the fashioning cams, first moving the ack plate in one dnection until
the desired number of fashioning needles at thrown out of action, then the pawls
are turned so that the other end acts to throw said needles again into action one
by one, as is shown in Figures 19, 20 and 21 of this application
Each pawl 9 and g' has the pins 40, 41, and springs 42 43, are adapted to act
gainst the pins, 40, 41, respectively, and, dependent upon which pin is acted upon
by its spring, one end or the other of the pawl is active
7 is a centrally pivoted lever having projections 98, 98, one at cach end, and
in lignment of movement with the spring 42, 43, respectively Dependent upon
the position of this lever g', the sping which acts upon its corresponding pin is
controlled Upon the rack plates G, at points corresponding to each end of its
desired limit of travel, are placed the projections 97, 98, and when he plate has
been moved in either direction to its desued limit, the corre ponding projec-
tion or tilts the lever q*, causing the projection 9 or go to throw the spring
in action out of action, and the other into action, thus reversing the pawl
Now, starting at the beginning of the heel or toe, the plates will be in the
position shown in Figure 19, and confining the operation to that which exi ted
prior to my improvement in this operation, which will hereinafter be described
Nedies 1-14 being the fashioning needles on one side controlled by the right
hand rack plate G, and needles 15-28 being the needles controlled by the left
hand rack plate G, and the movement of each 1ack plate at starting being as shown
by full arrows
The first movement causes the right hand pawl g to move its acl plate G so as
to throw out of action fashioning needle No 1 At the same time left hand
pawl q moves in the opposite direction, to enable it in the next movement to act on
a tooth, and in the movement operates its rack so as to throw out of action needle
No 1o, or the first needle on its side The operation now continues, pawl g and
pawl alternately throwing out of action the needles, pawl g throwing out
needle 2, then pawl o' throwing out needle 16, pawly throwing out needle 3, then
pawl g throwing out needle 17, until, when the pawlg his moved sufficient
number of teeth to throw out the last needle on it- side, to wit needle 14, its rack
plate has reached the desired limit of its travel in one direction, and by the
mechanism before de cribed the pawl is turned and the same thing occurs with
reference to pawl 9' when it has operated to throw out of action needle No 28
Then the pawls alternately throw into action the needles previously thrown out,
the plates moving ir the direction of the dotted arrows
As may be seen from this operation, at the end of the period when the pawl g is
acting to throw its needles into action, that is during the movement of the pawl g
to throw No 1 needle into action the pawl g' is drawn back so as to prepare for throw-
ing needle 1 into action With the movement by which piwly throws needle No I
into action by the mechanism bereinbefore described, it is simultaneously turned,
its corresponding plate having reached the limit of its travel Therefore if we
were to allow pawl g¹ to rack in needle No 15, the same movement would cause

page_text: the pawl g (it having turned) to lack out needle No 1, so that in any event, whe
the circular knitting takes place, one reedle on either one or the other side would
be out of action and held out of action by the cam of the rack plate, which
controlled the needle and therefore the yarn, so far as that needle is concerned,
in the circular knitting would merely wind upon the needle without forming i
stitch, and merely form a lump and spoil the fabric
In order to obviate this, the common practice is, during the action of panla to
rach needle No 1 into action to throw needle No 15 into action by means of
mechanism which will stake its rack plate, moving it independently of the pawl,
the rack plate being capable of independent movement This therefore leaves at
the end of the formation of the heel or toe, the rack plates in the position which
they would be in if needle lo had been thrown into action by the pawl g'
This
movement of the rack plate will also turn the piwl g¹ so that it will be ready and
in such position that the first operative movement that it will have will be to move
its rack plate to throw out the needle 15
A certain improvement which I am now about to descube has for its object the
making of the proper number of stitches during the formation of the heel and toe,
and at the conclusion having all the needles in action it being essential that the
fst course in the formation of the heel and toe shall be with all the fashioning
needles, and, at the end of the formation, all of the fashioning needles shall be
brought into action, and while this is accomplished in mach nes heretofore, still it
requires complicated machanism adapted at the proper time to strike the lack plate
on one side and the purpose of my improvement is to accomplish this in a simpler
manner Speaking generally, it consists in having one of the fashioning needles
controlled by the plate, which automatically throws the non-fashioning needles out
of action at the beginning of knitting the heel and toe, and providing mechanism
connected to the ack plate corresponding to this needle which it the initial
operation will throw this needle into action, instead of, as in the ordinary case, in
the initial operation throwing it out of action That is, the rack plates on both
sides me at the beginning simultaneously acted on, and the arrangement is such
that the first action of the rach plate on one side is to throw in a needle, and the
other side to throw out a needle instead of both plates initially acting alternately,
and both initially throwing out needles as is now don
I accomplish this by the mechanism which is shown in Figures 5, 12, 13, 17
and 18 The fa honing needles are numbered 1 to 28, 1 to 11 on one side, and
15 to 28 on the other sid
To the rack plates ( are connected the fashioning
necile operating mis PP, and N is the plate for throwing the non-fa homing
needles in and out of action The fashionin, needles, with the execption of No 15,
are provided with long levers which are acted upon by the cams P P³, the cams
acting in one direction of the movement of the plate to move the nulle op rated
on out of action, and in the other direction into action The lover of needle No 15
Is Lorter than the lovers of the remainder of the needles Projecting from the
plate is the projecting pices which rests on the lover of needle 10, and holds
the needle in action when the plate is down Connected to said plate is the
angular piece N¹ to which one end of the spring n is connected, the other end of
the sping being connected to the lever of needle lo, and the projecting piece n
holds the lever against the action of the spring n², so that when the plate N moves
upward and lifts the projecting piece off of the levers the sping n moves the lever
and throws the needle out of action Upon the lack plate G, corresponding to
needles 15 to 28, is the lug Q (Figures 5, 12 and 13) and out of alignment with
the fashioning cam, but in alignment with the lover of needle 1, the lover of
needle 1 being cut of alignment with th fa honing cam
This Ing Q 18
con tructed so as to operate upon the love to how the needle to action
the beginning of the heel or to the plate N is lifted to throw the non-t horing
needles out of action (the pwl
shown) i through the
nadium of pung",
the needle 1) thren out of 1011011 I h f 110vement
1 the fi hiching rack plates is such that the movement of the plate of n edles 1–14
At

page_text: 15 forward in the direction of the arrow and that of needles 15-28 is in the
direction of the aniow so that the lug Q operates upon the lever of needle lo,
throwing said needle into action and working a stitch into that needle also the
pawl of that plate is turned, and when the pawl of the other plate is being drawn
bacl to operate upon its next tooth, the pawl of plate of needles lɔ-28 acts upon
the rich plate to move it in the direction oppo ite to arrow, moving lug away
from the lever of needle 15, and the spring n throws it out of action
Iom this it may be seen that in my construction at the initial operation, the
paul g is in the position to move the rack plate in a direction opposite to that
which the pawl is so arranged to move its inch plate which differs from that
previously described as the position at the beginning of the operation in the prior
art and of cour e at the end of the formation of the heel and toe the pawls are left
in the position in which they are shown in Figure 5
The difference therefore between the operation of my mechanism and that of
the roi art consists in the following
While in the prior at the first operation in the formation of the heel and toe
of both the pawls g and g¹ is to throw out of action needles, the first action of onc
of my pawls is to cause a needle to be thrown into action Therefore when the
machine changes to reciprocating work in my construction the action of plate N
not only throws out of action the non-fashioning needles, but also one of the
fashioning needles, and the first action of the rack corresponding to that needle 1-
to bring said needle into action, while the rach on the other side is throwing
needle out of action, and at once move so as to allow it to go out of action, and at
the end of the recipiocating work this needle, by the movement of plate N, is with
the non-fashioning needles thrown into action
So far as the position of the yarn guide is concerned during circular work it 1-
rot iting to the left, and at the time of change to reciprocating work it is at the
center front of the machine, and then moves in the same direction to the cente
back, from which point it is reciprocated to the right until it again reaches the
center back, then to the left until it reaches the center back and so on until the
reciprocating work is completed So far as the fashioning needles are concerned,
the first operation knits a stitch on all the fashioning needles on the right side
The rack plates on the right side then racks a needle out, and the rack plate on
the left racks the needle 15 in action, and on the return of the yarn guide, so far
as the right hand fashioning needles are concerned, one is out of action, but a stitch
is knit upon all the left hand fashioning needles On the movement of the yarn
guide from the last position, one of the needles on the left hand side is out of action,
while on the right the same number as before are in action
Ihus summarizing, taking fourteen needles on each side, in the first movement
of the yarn guide 14 stitches are knit on the right side, next movement 13 on the
night and 14 on the left, next movement 13 on the left and 13 on the right, next
movement 12 on the right and 13 on the left, next movement 12 on the left 12 ou
the right, and o ou until the yarn guide is about to move to the right from back
with two needles up on night and two on left Then it is as follows one stitch on
night, two on left, one on left two on right (the right hand pawl having turned in
racking out needle No 13), then two on right and two on left (left hand pawl
having been turned) then two on left and three on right, and so on until 13 needles
are up on right and 13 on left, when in racking needle No 1 on the right into
nction the machine changes and simultaneously the needle lo is brought into action
by action of plate N, and the yarn guide, being at the back of the machine,
commences to continuously rotate towards the left, as it was doing prior to going
into reciprocating work
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
clum is
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1 The combination with the cam cylinder and gear for operating the same, of a

page_text: shaft, a gear upon said shaft meshing with the cam cylinder gear a rotating gear
and an oscillating gear operating independent of said shaft, a clutch fastened upon
said shaft, a cam roller, connection between said cam 1oller and clutch, a ratchet
for operating said cam toller, a pawl to operate said ratchet, means to reciprocate
said pawl, said ratchet being provided with a tooth the crown of which is longer
than the throw of the pawl, a tooth moving with the cam roller, a dog adapted to
stuke said tooth, a pattern chain, lug on the pattern chun in alignment with the
heel of said dog, the arrangement being such that when the lug strikes the dog
the cam rolle is tuined, turning the ratchet whecl a distance sufficient to allow the
pawl to engage the long tooth
2 The combination with the cam cylinder and gear for operating the same, of a
shaft, a gear upon said shaft, meshing with the cam evlinder gear, a 1otating gear,
and an oscillating gear operating independent of said shaft, a clutch fastened upon
said shaft, a cam roller connection between said cam roller and clutch, a ratchet
for operating said cam roller, a pawl to operate said ratchet, means to reciprocate
said pawl, fashioning needle rack plates, pawls for operating the same, and
connection between said plates and the pin fast mentioned whereby in the
movement of the plates sud pawl is rendered inactive, and at the end of said
movement rendered active
3 The combination with the cam cylinder and gear for operating the same, of a
shaft, a gear upon said shaft, meshing with the cam cylinder gear, a rotating gear
and an oscillating gear operating independent of said shaft a clutch fastened upon
said shaft, a cam roller, connection between said cam roller and clutch, a ratchet
for operating said cam roller, a pawl to operate said ratchet, me ins to rec procate
said pawl, fashioning needle rack plates pawls for operating the same, a pivoted
lever, a projection upon one of the plates adapted to strike said lever, a shield,
adapted to render the pawl of cam rolle inactive, and connection between said
shield and the pivoted lever whereby when lever is struck by the lug the pawi is
rendered inactive
4 The combination with the cam cylinder and gear for operating the same of a
shaft, a gear upon said shaft, meshing with the cam cylinder gear, a rotating gear,
and an oscillating gear operating independent of said shaft, a clutch fastened upon
said shaft, cam toller, connection between said cam roller and clutch, a ratchet
for operating said cam roller, a pawl to operate said ratchet, means to reciprocate
sad pawl, fashioning needle rack plates, pawls for operating the same, a pivoted
lever, a fiame provided with a slot into which said lever pa ses, a projection upon
the plate adopted to strike said lever, a shield adapted to render the pawl of cam
roller inactive and connection between said fiame and shield whereby when the
lever is struck by the lug the shield is rendered inactive
5 The mbmation with the cum cylinder and gear for operating the same, of a
shaft, a gear upon said shift me hung with the cam cylinder gear a rotating gear,
and an oscillating gear operating independent of said shaft, a clutch fastened u on
said shaft, a cam roller, connection between said cam roller and clutch, a ratchet
for operitin said com roller, pawl to operate said ratelet, morns to reciprocato
said pawl, fa hioming needle lack plate, panls for operating the same, a pivoted
lever a frame provided with a slot through which said lever passes, a projection on
the frame in said slot, a spring adapted to keep said lever from under said
projection, a projection on one of said plates adapted to strike and raise said lever,
and a projection on the other plate adapted to strike said lever and force it under
the projection in the slot of the frame, cam roller ratchet shield and connection
between said frame and shield
6 The combination with the cam cylinder and gear for operating the same, of
a shaft, a gear upon said shaft meshing with the cam cylinder gear, a rotating gear
and an oscillating gear operating independent of said shaft, a clutch fastened upon
said shaft, and mcans to shift said clutch into engagement with either the
reciprocating or rotary gear, a rack plate, and pawls for operating the same, pawl
operating mechanism, a reciprocating gear for driving said pawl operating

page_text: mechanism, mechanisin adapted to cause the last mentioned reciprocating gear to
engage the pawl operating mechanism, said mechanism being connected to and
moving with the first mentioned clutch, the arrangement being such that when the
first mentioned clutch is moved into engagement with the reciprocating gear, the
last mentioned reciprocating gear is thrown into engagement with the pawl operating
mechanism, and in the other movement of the main clutch said recipiocating
mechanism is released from engagement with the pawl operating inechanism
7 The combination with the cam cylinder and gear for operating the same, of a
shaft, a gear upon said shaft meshing with the cam cylinder gear, rotating gear
and an oscillating gear operating independent of said shaft, a clutch fastened upon
said haft and means to shift said clutch into engagement with either the
reciprocating or rotary gear, a lack plate and pawls for operating the same, a
pivoted lever to which said pawls are secured a double opposite faced cam roller,
one cam face being adapted to operate one end of said lever, and the other face
the other end of said lever, a reciprocating gear for driving said cam roller,
mechanism adapted to engage and disengage the gear and cam roller, said last
mentioned mechanism being connected to and moving with the first mentioned
clutch, the arrangement being such that when the first mentioned clutch is moved
into engagement with the reciprocating gear, the cam roller is operated by the
reciprocating geat, and in the other movement of the main clutch the cam toller
is released from being operated by said reciprocating gear
8 The combination with the cam cylinder and gear for operating the same, of a
shaft, gear upon said shaft meshing with the cam cylinder gear, rotating gear,
and an oscillating gear operating independent of sud shaft, a clutch fastened upon
said shaft, a clutch cam roller, and connection between said roller and the clutch
whereby in the movement of the roller one half tun the clutch is moved in one
direction into engagement with one of the gears and in the other half turn is
moved in the other direction into engagement with the other gear, a ratchet wheel
on the shaft of said roller, a reciprocating pawl adapted to operate said intchet
wheel, there being a tooth of said ratchet the crown of which is of greater length
than the throw of the pawl a pivoted shield, a second tooth of length less than
the throw of said pawl, a tooth moving with the cam 1oller, and a dog resting in
aid tooth, a pattern chain, a lug on the pattern chain in alignment with sud dog
and adapted to strike and revolve said roller and said ratchet a distance sufficient
to render the pawl upon the long tooth active, a pivoted lever and connection
between said level and the shield, fashion needle rack plates and pawls for
operating the same, a projection on one of said plates adapted to strike said last
mentioned lever, and ienile the shield inactive the relation of the cam intchet
wheel and the various parts being such that the pawl is on the long tooth when
the lug of the pattern chain operates to move the clutch, to cause the cam cylinder
to reciprocate ind upon the second tooth which co-acts with the shield when the
ratchet is about to reverse the clutch
9 The combination with the needle cylinder of a knitting machine, said cylinder
being secured so as to be movable vertically, of a pattern chain, a lug upon said
pattein chain, a pivoted lover inclined towards the pattern chain, said level being
in line of movement of said lug on the pattern chain and connection between said
lever and the needle cylinder, the connection being such that when the lug strikes
the lever the needle cylinder is moved vertically
10 The combination with the needle cylinder of a knitting machine, said
cylinder being secured so as to be movable vertically, of a pattern chain, a lug
upon said pattern chain, a pivoted lever inclined towards the pattern chain, said
lever being in line of movement of said lug on the pattern chain and connection
between said lever and the needle cylinder, the connection being such that when
the lug strikes the lever the needle cylinder is moved vertically, and
adapted to prevent the return of said lever
catch
11 The combination with the needle cylinder of a knitting machine, aid cylindeı
being secured so as to be movable vertically, of a pattern chain, a lug upon said
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page_text: pattein chun a pivoted lever inclined towards the pattern chain, said lever being
in line of movement of said lug on the pattern chun, and connection between said
lever and the needle cylinder, the connection being such that when the lug strikes
the lever the needle cylinder is moved vertically, and a catch adapted to prevent
the return of said love, another lug in line with said catch and adapted when it
strikes ad catch to release the levei
12 The combination with the needle cylinder of a knitting machine, said
cylinder being secured so as to be movable vertically, of spring to resist said
movement, a pattern chain, a lug upon said pattern chain, a pivoted lever inclined
toward the pattern chain, said lever being in line of movement of said lug on the
pattern chain ind connection between said level and needle cylinder, the connec
tion being such that when the lug stukes the lover the needle cylinder is moved
vertically
13 The combination with the cam cylinder and rack plate of a yielding cou-
nection between the same, belt shifter and devices between said yielding
mechanism and the belt shifting mechanism, and adapted to be engaged by the
yielding mechanism said devices being such that when the connection between the
cam cylinder and lack plate is severed, the belt is shifted on the idle pulley
14 The combination with the cam cylinder and rack plate, of a spring plunge
carried by the rack plate and adapted to make connection between the i ick plate
and cam cylinder, a post adapted to be moved by said plunger when it is released
from the cam cylinder, connection between suid post and the belt shifting mechanism,
the connection being such that when the post is moved by the plunger, the belt is
shifted to the idle pulley
15 I he comtinition with the cam cylinder and rack plate, of a spring plunger
carried by the rack plate and adapted to make connection between the lack plate
and cam cylinder a post adapted to be moved by said plunger when it is released
from the cam cylinder, said post normally resting upon a raised portion of the
base, a spring tending to force said post downward, connection between said post
and the belt shifting mechanism, the connection being such that when the post is
moved by the plunger, the belt is shifted to the idle pulley
16 The combination with the fashioning needle 10, provided with a lever, the
fashioning rack plate corresponding to said needle, pawl for operating the same
and the non-fashioning needle plate N, of a projection from aid plate N, adapted
to rest upon the lover of said needle, when suid plate is down, a sping acting upon
aid lev in the opposite duection to the projection and adapted to move said
level when iclieved from the projection, of a lug connected to said rack plate in
alignment with said lever and constructed to move said lever in a direction opposite
to the spring
17 The combination with the fashioning needle lo provided with lover, the
fashioning rack plate coresponding to and needle, pawl for operating the same
and the non fashioning needle plate N, of a projection from said plate N adapted
to rest upon the lever of said needle when said plate is down, an angular projec-
tion from said plate, a sping one end connected to said angular pi jection, the
other connected to sud lever, a lug connected to said plate, in alignment with
said lever, and constructed to move said lever in a direction opposite to the
spring
18 In combination with the fashioning needle provided with levels and rick
plates corresponding to said needles, cams carried by said plates adapted to operate
upon the levers of said needles, the lever of one of said needles being out of align-
ment with said cams, and a device connected with said rack plate adapted in the
movement of said plate to operate upon the lever of said neɩdle for the purpose
described and means to move said needle out of action
19 The combination with the fashioning needles provided with levers and non-
fashioning needles of a device adapted to throw out of action the non-fashioning
needles, and means to move one of the fashioning needles out of action when said
device is operated to throw the non-fashioning needles out of action, rack plates

page_text: corresponding to said fashioning needles, cams carried by said plates adapted to
operate upon the levers of said fashioning needles, with the exception of the needle
controlled by the non-fashioning needle device, and a device independent of the
ams moved by the rack plate and adapted in the movement of the rack plate in
one direction to move said last mentioned needle into action, and in the other
direction allow it to go out of action, and means to move said needle out of action,
the
said last mentioned fashioning necdle being normally out of action
fashioning
in
20 In a circulai knitting machine, the co nbination with fashioning and non-
fashioning needles, of a device adapted to move the non-fashionin, needles out of
action, at predetermined points in the operation of the machine, and means to throw
out of action one of the fashioning needles when said device is operated to throw
the non-fashioning needles out of action
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HARRY A HOUSEMAN
Haseltine, Lake & Co,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, WC, Agents for the Applicant