IMPROVEMENTS IN KNITTING MACHINERY
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine,
Lake, & Co, Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN KNITTING MACHINERY."—A com-
munication from abroad by Charles James Appleton, of Elizabeth,
New Jersey, United States of America.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said William Robert Lake at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 4th November 1875, pursuant to the 9th
Section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN KNITTING MACHINERY," and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto
me, my executors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent

page_text: for the same, and have made solemn Declaration that it has been
communicated to me from abroad by Charles James Appleton, of
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Robert Lake, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and 5
seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawing forming
a part of this Specification :-
:-
Figure 1 represents a top view or plan of a machine constructed
according to this Invention, and Figure 2 a longitudinal section thereof 1
taken through the centre of Figure 1.
A represents the welt cam; B, the ratchet; C, the pattern cam; D,
the shaft for pulleys 1, 2, 3, 4; E, the welt lever post; E', the spring
welt lever; F, the driving gear wheel; g, the catch and dog; H, the dial
ring; J, the cam ring; K, the needle cylinder; M, the brace to hold cap 2
and dial; N, the cap; O, the dial; P, the collar on shaft; q, pin to move
slide R; S, S, the slide boxes; 81, the ratchet pawl to work ratchet B;
T, the spring on shaft D; U, the bed plate; V, V, the pillars holding
brace M; W, the collar working against cam C; X, X, the shaft lugs;
Z, the ratchet and cam shaft; Z', the belt shifter.
One object of this Invention is the production at the same time of
two striped knit fabrics with selvage sides of any desired pattern on a
circular knitting machine, with a single feed for each fabric, the fabrics
being similar to "hand loom work."
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Another object is the production of welts on each fabric automatically 3
at pleasure. I accomplish these objects by giving the cam ring an
oscillating and at times a circular motion. On a section of the needles
in the cylinder and dial yarn of one color is placed, and on another
section yarn of a different color, and the yarn changes sections at

page_text: semicircular movements may be imparted to the cam ring J at pleasure,
as above specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Fourth day of November, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy
Ano
Witness,
.
· H. JA³. NOONE.
W. ROBT. LAKE. (L.B.)