Knitting or Warp Weaving Machines.
Year: 1888

page_text: Knitting or Warp Weaving Machines.
1, ARTHUR PAGET, Mechanical Engineer of Radmoor, Loughborough in the
county of Leicester do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to make certain improvements in Warp Machines,
sometimes known as Warp Knitting or Warp Weaving Machines, using a separate thread
or threads to each needle; such improvements enabling the machines to produce
more work and of a superior quality and of a greater variety and at the same time
lessening the cost of the machines.
The first part of my invention consists of a method of imparting a smooth, easy,
reliable and easily variable motion to the needle bar and so to the needles.
To do this I use a rocking shaft with arms, or levers, cast, keyed or otherwise
fixed upon it.
This rocking shaft is mounted in suitable bearings and 1 connect two or more
of the said arms or levers to the needle-har by suitable connecting-rods or brackets;
such rods or brackets being attached to the needle-bar and hinged to the rocking
shaft arms or levers by knuckle or other suitable joints, so that when an oscillating
motion is imparted to the rocking shaft by one or more levers or arms upon it.
actuated by a cam or cams, the needles will thus be made to reciprocate suitably
as governed by the shape or form of the said cam or cams.
The second part of my invention consists of a method of imparting a smooth,
easy, reliable and easily variable motion to the hook-bar and so to the hooks. To do this
I use a rocking shaft with arms or lovers cast, keyed or otherwise fixed upon it.
This rocking shaft is mounted in suitable tearings and I connect two or more
of the said arms or levers to the hook-bar by suitable connecting rods or brackets:
such rods or brackets being attached to the hook-bar and hinged to the rocking
shaft arms or levers by knuckle or other suitable joints so that when an oscillating
motion is imparted to the rocking shaft by one or more levers or arms upon it,

page_text: actuated by a cam or cams the hooks will thus be made to reciprocate suitably as
governed by the shape or form of the cam or cams.
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The third part of my invention consists of a method of imparting both to the
needles and the hooks a regularly varying speed of motion during each complete
reciprocation. This motion I impart by means of a cam or cams suitably shaped.
It is also desirable in some classes of work that the amount of motion of both the
"needles" and "hooks" should be controllable at will in order to produce "stiff"
"slack "
work (viz.-work with longer or shorter loops or stitches).
In some cases I produce this variation of amount of needle and hook pull by
making a portion of the "path" of the cam adjustable to a greater or less radius
without breaking the continuity of the cam path; such adjustable portion being in
two parts, cach part being jointed at one end to the body (or main part) of the
cam, the other ends meeting and over-lapping each other sideways, the over-lapping
parts being so curved that as they are moved to or from the centre of the cai (in
order to bring the "path" of the said adjustable portion of the cam nearer or
further from the centre of the cam shaft) they slide side by side, the curve or path
of each coinciding with the curve or path of the other, so that the continuity of
the path of the cam is not broken. The said adjustable parts may be boited together
by a bolt passing through both of them or they may be both adjusted and fixed in
position by a screw adjustinent.
The fourth part of my invention consists of a method of varying the stiffness of
the fabric easily and quickly and in some cases without stopping the machine I alter
the amount of "needle pull" and "hook pull" in proper positions by one handle rod
or lever.
To effect this I arrange suitable adjustable stops to engage projections upon the
"noodle" and "hook" rocking shaft arms.
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By these stops the amount of reciprocation of the needles and hooks (and
consequently the amount of "needle-pull
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and hook-pull ") can be regulated in
any proper proportions to each other.
Each stop is held and adjusted by a suitable incline or wedge which is attached
to a har in such a manner that when the said bar is moved in the direction of its
length the inclines or wedges move the said adjustable stops to or from the pro-
jections upon the rocking shaft arms and thus regulate their amounts of motion.
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The "
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" inclines or wedges which regulate the "needle stops may be carried by
one bar and those for regulating the hook stops by another, and the two said bars
may be connected by suitable connecting rods to a lever in such a manner that
when the said lever is moved upon its centre or fulcrum the two bars (which
carry the adjustable stop wedges) move also and thus by moving one handle rod
or lever all the needle-stops and all the hook-stops are moved simultaneously.
The fulcrum upon which the said lever works may in some cases bo made
adjustable so that the amount of motion imparted to the one wedge-bar may be
different to the amount imparted to the other, and thus any desired proportions of
"needle pull" and "hook pull" may be obtained by moving one handle rod or lever.
The fifth part of my invention consists of arranging the lever (above referred
to) so that it can roll on its fulcrum, so that the lengths of the lever on each side
of the point of contact of the lever with its fulcrum) shall vary as the lever is moved
and so that the proportions between the amount of the movements of the stops for
the needle-pull and the hook-pull shall be varied differently and in any desired
proportions in different parts of the movements of the lever.
The sixth part of my invention consists of an arrangement for governing auto-
matically the movements of the wedge-bar and stops for regulating the amount of
needlo and hook pull. To effect this I use a chain or a suitable equally divided strap
or band in such a manner that it shall be moved one link or division for one or
more revolutions of the machine. Upon this chain or band I arrange suitable
inclines which engage with a suitable lever or levers. The said lever or levers being
arranged so as to transmit motions to the before mentioned wedge-bars so that
when the inclines upon the said chains engage with the said lever or levers the

page_text: said wedge-bars are moved and consequently the needle and hook-stops also and thus
by suitably arranging the said inclines upon the said chain and the other parts
of the machine, any desired alteration of stiffness of the fabric can be obtained
automatically.
In like manner in some cases suitable inclinos may be placed upon the said chain
which will engage with a suitable lever and stop the machine after any desired
number of the courses of the fabrics have been made.
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In some classes of work similar inclines may also be arranged on the same chain
or upon another similar chain so as to act upon the shogging movements (or to and
fro movements) which govern the motions of the thread-troughs "thread
channels" or thread guides" to the right or left in any desired manner.
The seventh part of my invention consists of a method of producing a fringe
upon "Towels ""shawls" or any other similar goods by arranging the Hook-bar so
that it can be attached to a handle or lever by means of which the hooks can bo
moved several inches beyond the ordinary motion and thus long loops be formed at
any desired interval in the fabric produced, such long loops can be afterwards cut
and pulled out and thus form a fringe, quickly and easily.
The eighth part of my invention consists of a method of preventing the " presser-
bar" and "knocking-over-bar" from springing apart and so allowing the needles
to "mispress." To do this I connect the two bars together by means of small flat
hooks or " connectors "made of steel plate or other suitable material, a suitable
number of such " connectors aro placed between the needles at convenient intervals.
One end of each "connector " is hooked to the knocking-over-bar and the other
end to the presser-bar, thus the two bars are firmly held together and all "spring"
is avoided.
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The ninth part of my invention consists of a method of producing a cheap and
durable Presser bar and to avoid expensive cutting (or grooving).
In some cases I make the presser-walls (the parts of the presser-bar which pross
the needles-beards) of steel (or other suitable metal) using one separate "wall" for
each needle. Such walls can be conveniently made with two arms or horns at right
angles to each other, these arms or horns being so arranged that one rests in a suitable
recess in the front of the presser-bar, and the other in a similar recess in the top.
These walls are placed in their position in relation to the presser-bar at the right pitch
or intervals apart by being held by a "comb-bar or "chuck" (which is cut to the
right gauge) and the walls are then soldered to the "Presser-bar" and the comb-bar
is then removed as soon as the walls are soldered in.
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The tenth part of my invention consists of a method of avoiding the strain brought
upon the thread or "Warp" by the "snatch" or pull of the needle as it takes its
loop, I arrange a "take-up" or "Reservoir-bar" such bar being as light as can to be
strong enough and being pressed against the threads or "Warp" by a suitable number
of suitable adjustable springs which are made as light as possible but strong enough to
press the bight of the threads or "Warp" against a suitable guide rod or rods so as
to form a bend or bight in the thread which I prefer to be at least sufficient or more
than sufficient for the needles to form the next loop or stitch without the thread being
"snatched" directly from the beam. By this means the Beam delivers the throads
or Warp" more constantly and regularly and with loss strain upon the thread or
yarn used and better work is produced with less risk of breaking or straining the
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yarn.
The eleventh part of my invention consists of a method of producing a constant
and sufficiently equal and regulatable drag or tension upon the selvedge threads I
wind the thread upon a suitable reel or bobbin and hang a weight so that it presses
direct on to the surface of the thread on the reel or bobbin. To do this I form a
hood, or bonnet slightly less in width than the width between the flanges of the reel
or bobbin and sufficiently large in depth from back to front to cover a full reel or
bobbin. To this hood or bonnet a wire is attached which hangs down below the reel
or bobbin and terminates in a hook upon which weights can be hung to create any
drag or tension required. A wire spring or rod is provided to prevent undue.

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oscillation of the before mentioned wire with its hook and weight. In some cases I
use a similar arrangement for creating the tension upon the "warp" threads by
having a hood or bonnet to hang upon the beam with the necessary weight suspended
from it.
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The twelveth part of my invention consists of a method of arranging the machine
so that a Beam can be dispensed with altogether and the threads or warp can be
drawn direct from the " cops" cones or "bobbins" placed upon a suitable "creel'
which I form by arranging a number of "cops cones or "bobbins " on a stand
so arranged in plan at the necessary distances apart in parallel rows one behind the
other in front of the operative each cop cone or bobbin being placed not directly
behind the cop cone or bobbin in front of it but slightly on one side of the cop cono
or bobbin in front of it. The row of cops cones or bobbins behind the front row is
also in elevation one step higher than the row before it. As many more rows of cops
cones or bobbins are arranged in this manner behind each other as can be so arranged
to allow the operative to reach easily the back row. A number of top guides for
the threads equal in number to the cops cones or hobbins on this stand are arranged
in plan so that each top guide is perpendicularly over the centre of each cop cone or
bobbin on the stand. The row of top guides over the front row of cops cones or
bobbins is placed at a height just conveniently over the head of the operative but
not too high for the operative to be able easily to thread the threads into the top
guides. The row of top guides over the row of cops cones or bobbins next behind
the front row is arranged pependicularly over each cop cone or bobbin of its row at
a height so much lower than the front row as is convenient to prevent the threads
when led forward from the "creel" to the machine becoming entangled with the
threads from the front row and so on for each row further from the front row.
length of the front of each stand is arranged to suit the width of needles in the warp
machine and the space in the ground plan occupied by each cop cone or bobbin.
A number of stands such as that above described can be compactly arranged close or
near behind the machine each stand being so arranged in plan that it is sloped at an
angle to the front of the machine and a number of other stands can be similarly
arranged in plan behind these first named stands and so much higher than these first
named stands that some of the threads can pass from the stands furthest behind the
machine over parts of the first named stands to the machine.
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The thirteenth part of my invention consists of a method of creating a tension
upon the "warp" when drawn direct from a creel by causing the threads to pass
between a series of bars or rods one half the number of the rods. being fixed to the
machine longitudinally and parallel one with another, the other half being attached
to a movable frame in such a manner that when the said frame is lowered into place
cach rod in the said frame shall be between two of the fixed rods. Thus when tho
machine is to be started on a fresh sort of yarn and filled with threads the movablo
frame can be lifted and when the threads have been laid over the fixed rods and
threaded in the troughs or guides, then the rods in the movable frame can be lowered
and in so doing they will draw the threads in bights between the fixed rods so that
the threads are then in bights between the series of rods i.e. the threads will pass
alternately above one rod and below the next rod. I also provide a suitable screw
stop or adjustment to the movable frame so as to regulate the distance the movable
rods shall pass down between the fixed rods and so regulate the amount of tension
required.
The fourteenth part of my invention consists of an arrangement for producing
several widths of fabric (each with two selvedges) simultaneously from one beam
in which case at each selvedge there will be one or more threads upon the beam
which are not required (the selvedge threads being taken from seperate bobbins) and
these threads which are not required must be taken off the beam simultaneously with
the rest of the "warp."
In order to dispose of these spare threads I arrange a shaft (which is driven by a
belt or other suitable means) at the back of the machine. Upon this shaft I fix a
series of drums TI
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page_text: thread to be disposed of) which is held in suitable guides in such a manner that as
the said shaft and drums revolve the reels or bobbins revolve also by the friction of
the drum upon the thread as it is wound up. Thus each of the spare threads to be
disposed of is wound up and disposed of as it comes off the beam.
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The fifteenth part of my invention consists of a method of threading the fresh
threads from a fresh full beam into the machine when an empty beam is taken out
and a full fresh one is to take its place. In some cases I use a threading-bar.
In some cases this consists of a series of hooks in a light bar (one hook for each
thread) set to the same gauge as the "thread-troughs" in the machine. The hooks
in this bar are hooked on to all the threads of the " warp so that each hook hooks
one thread. This is done when the beam is filled at the warping machine.
the threading bar is hooked to the threads, the ends of the threads are gripped or
hold in a suitable clip-bar before they are cut from the warping machine then when
the beam is placed in the warp weaving machine the threading bar is placed so
that each hook (with its thread) is in a thread-trough." Then if the threading-bar
is pulled forward, each hook (with its thread) will be pulled through its proper "trough"
and the whole beam full of threads will be threaded simultainously. In some cases
I attach, or couple, the threading-bar to the hook-bar or some other convenient part
of the machine, and then by turning the machine round through part of a revolution
the books and threads are pulled through the troughs by the machine itself.
The sixteenth part of my invention consists of a method of using in some classes
of work (instead of hooks in the threading-bar above referred to) a simple
tr holding-bar" or clip-bar" of wood, metal, or other suitable material one part
being a bar of a U or trough shape and the other part being a smooth wedge-bar.
The trough shaped bar being placed under the warp threads near to a suitable reed
or reeds of a suitable exact gauge attached to the "warping-machine" the wedge
bar is then pressed into the trough-bar carrying all the threads into the trough with
it and firmly holding each and all of them in the said bar correctly to " gauge.
The threads are then cut, leaving the clip-bar attached to the ends of all and each of
the threads on the full beam. When the bean is placed in position in the warp
weaving machine the said " clip-bar" is brought down to the "thread-troughs
and guided by suitable guides each and every thread of the warp is threaded
simultainously into its proper "trough-guide."
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The seventeenth part of my invention consists of a method of threading, in those
cases in fine gauges when it is desirable to use in any given width of the machine
two beams at once, one being above or behind the other and each beam having
wound upon it a number of threads sufficient to fill (or thread) half the "trough-guides
(i.e. each alternato "trough guide") contained in the width of warp woaving
machine for which the beam is intended in which cases the threads from each beam
are inserted in alternate "thread guide troughs." In such a case 1 thread one
beam at a time, the threading-bar being arranged so that each thread is threaded
through each alternate "trough-guide."
The eighteenth part of my invention consists of a method of insuring that the
threads shall be correct to gauge when attaching the threading-bar to the threads at
the warping machine. In some cases I place a bar in front of the front reel of tho
warping machine. Upon the top edge of this bar I cut V shaped grooves exactly to
the required gauge, then if a weighted bar be laid on the top of the threads (or tho
bar be lifted) the threads will be pressed into the bottom or point of the V grooves ;
thus every thread will be brought correctly "to gauge" and I can then take hold of every
thread exact to "gauge" on the "clip-bar" previously described or in the "hook-bar"
previously described even in cases where the ordinary front "reed" of the warping
inachine is not exactly "correct to gauge."

page_text: I ARTHUR PAGET Mechanical Engineer of Radmoor Loughborough in the County
of Leicester 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 :-
The object of this invention is to make certain improvements in Warp Machines
sometimes known as Warp Knitting or Warp Weaving Machines using a separate
thread or threads to each needle.
Such improvements enabling the machines to produce more work and of a superior
quality and of a greater variety and at the same time lessening the cost of the
machines.
The said improvements hereinafter described will be better understood by referring
to Figures 1 to 16 sheets 1 to 9 which show the general arrangement of a machine
of the class to which the said improvements are applicable.
Figure 1 sheet 1 is a view of the left hand ond of such a machine. Figure 2
sheet 2 is a view of the right hand or driving end. Figures 3 and 4 sheets 3 and 4
are part front views of same. Figure 5 sheet 5 is a part plan of same Figure 6 sheet 6
is a part section of a machine showing some of the primary working parts. Figure 7
sheet 7 is a general cross section of the upper part of a complete machine and
Figures 8 to 16 sheets 8 and 9 are enlarged views of the primary parts. A A are
the needles, which are held in the needle-bar A¹. To this bar AI and consequently
to the needles A A also motion is imparted (in the directions of the arrows A3 A³) :13
hereinafter described. B B are the hooks (one of which works between each needle
and the one next to it) which are held in the hook-bar B. To this bar B' and
consequently to the hooks 13 also motion is imparted (in the directions of the
arrows B B) as hereinafter described.
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CC are the "thread-guide-troughs a plan, elevation, and three sections of one of
such thread-guide-troughs are shown in Figures 13 to 16 sheet 9. These troughs are
attached to the trough bar or thread-guide-bar C to which the necessary motions (in
the direction of the arrows C C Figure 5) are imparted by any convenient means
such as what is well known as the "M'Nary switch cam" (which is shown as applied
to this machine at CC Figure 5 sheet 5) or by any other suitable equivalent.
When the thread-guide-troughs have had the necessary motions imparted to them
they can in cases where this is necessary be locked in position by the thread-guide-
bar-lock as shown in these drawings at C³ Cª and C³ Figures 4 and 5 sheets 4 and 5

page_text: or by any other equivalent. E is the presser which is attached to the main bar F.
G is the "knocking-over-bar" against which both the needles A and the hooks B rest
and work.
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The motions and method of action of the four primary parts of the machine (that
is those parts which manipulate the threads viz.-The "thread-guide-troughs" C.
The needles A. The hooks B and the knocking-over-bar G) will be best understood
by referring to Figures 8 to 12 sheets 8 and 9 where the said primary parts are
shown enlarged. The needles A A come forward in the direction of the arrow A³
(see Figure 8) until the "needle-beards" are right through the previously formed
row of loops and between the threads which run from the "beam" through the
thread-guide-troughs" to the said previously formed row of loops. The thread-
guide-bar (and consequently the troughs C) is then moved or "shogged" (by the
before mentioned switch cam C or other equivalent) across the needles, so that each
throad is laid partly round and over the stem of one needle. The needles then return
in the direction of the arrow A³ (see Figure 9) and in so doing the "needle beards"
pass over the threads so laid and the needle-beards are then "pressed" as they
come in contact with and slide under the prosser E (see Figure 10) and a fresh row
of loops is then pulled through the previously formed row of loops (see Figure 11).
While this last formed row of loops is being pulled through the previously formed
row of loops the hooks B are caused to move in the direction of the arrow B³ (see
Figure 11) and then in the latter portion of their descent they assist in pulling the
previously formed row of loops over and off the needle heads and then the said hooks
hold down and hold back the previously formed row of loops and the last formed
row of loops (see Figure 12) while the needles again come forward to receive from
the thread-guide-trough a fresh row of loops.
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The first part of my invention which I will describe consists of a method of
imparting a smooth easy reliable and easily variable motion to the needle bar and so
to the needles. To do this I use a rocking shaft with arms or levers cast keyed or
otherwise fixed upon it.
This rocking shaft is mounted in suitable bearings and I connect two or more of
the said arms or levers to the needle bar by suitable connecting-rods, or brackets;
such rods or brackets being attached to the needle bar and hinged to the rocking
shaft arms or levers by knuckle or other suitable joints so that when an oscillating
motion is imparted to the rocking shaft by one or more levers or arms upon it
actuated by a cam or cams, the needles will thus be made to reciprocate suitably as
governed by the shape or form of the said cam or cains. Figures 1 to 7 sheets 1 to 7
show this arrangement. A is a rocking-shaft working in suitable bearings, upon
this rocking shaft I cast, koy or otherwise fix two or more arms or levers A'. These
arms or levers are connected to the needle-bar A¹ by suitable connecting rods or
brackets A, the said connecting rods or brackets being firmly bolted or otherwise
attached to the needle-bar and hinged or jointed to the armis or levers A³ at A².
The needles A rest and work in suitable grooves in the top of the knocking-over-
bar G and are kept in the said grooves by the weight of the needle-bar A'.
At the ends of the arms or levers As I arrange "bowls" "trucks" or rollers A
(Figures 6 and 7 sheets 6 and 7) working upon the pins A°. These "bowls"
trucks" or rollers are actuated by suitably shaped cams A1 A10 and the springs A"
(Figures 5 and 7 sheets 5 and 7) and the needles are thus caused to reciprocate in
the direction of the arrows A³ A³ according to the shape or form of the "path" of
the said cams.
The second part of my invention which I will describe consists of a method of
imparting a smooth, easy, reliable and easily variable motion to the hook-bar and so
to the hooks. To do this I use a rocking-shaft with arms or lovers cast, keyed or
otherwise fixed upon it. This rocking-shaft is mounted in suitable bearings and I
connect two or more of the said arms or levers to the hook-bar by suitable connecting
rods or brackets-such rods or brackets being attached to the hooklar and hinged to
the rocking shaft arms or levers by knuckle or other suitable joints so that when an

page_text: oscillating motion is imparted to the rocking shaft by one or more levers or arms
upon it, actuated by a cam or cams, the hooks will thus be made to reciprocate
suitably as governed by the shape or form of the cain or cams. Figures 1 to 7
sheets 1 to 7 show this arrangement. B is a rocking shaft working in suitable
bearings. Upon this rocking-shaft I cast, key or otherwise fix two or more arms or
levers B these arms or levers are connected to the hook-bar B' by suitable connecting
rods or brackets B, the said connecting rods or brackets being firmly bolted or
otherwise attached to the hook-bar and hinged or jointed to the arms or levers B³
at B 7, at the other ends of the arms or levers B³ I arrange "bowls" "trucks"
rollers B (Figures 2. 5 and 7 sheets 2. 5 and 7). These "bowls" "trucks" or
rollers are actuated by suitably shaped cams B B and the springs B10 (Figures 5
and 7 sheets 5 and 7) and the hooks are thus caused to reciprocate in the direction of
the arrows B2 B3 according to the shape or form of the "path" of the said cams.
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The third part of my invention which I will describe consists of a method of
imparting both to the needles and the hooks a regularly varying speed of motion
during each complete reciprocation.
It is
also desirable in some classes of work that the amount of motion of both the
"needles" and "hooks" should be controllable at will in order to produce "stiff" or
"slack" work (viz. :-work with longer or shorter loops or stitches). In some cases
I produce this variation of amount of needle and hook pulls by making a portion of
the "path" of the cam adjustable to a greater or less radius without breaking the
continuity of the cam path, such adjustable portion being in two parts, each part
being jointed at one end to the body (or main part) of the cam the other ends
meeting and overlapping each other sideways, the overlapping parts being so curved
that as they are moved to or from the centre of the cam (in order to bring the
path" of the said adjustable portion of the cam nearer or further from the centre
of the cam shaft) they slide side by side the curve or path of each coinciding with
the curve or path of the other so that the continuity of the path of the cam is not
broken.
This motion I impart by means of a cam or cams suitably shaped.
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The said adjustable parts may be bolted together by a bolt passing through both
of them, or they may be both adjusted and fixed in position by a screw adjustment.
Figures 17 to 20 sheet 10 show an arrangement of such a cam which is found
useful in this machine for some classes of work.
Figure 17 is a side view of such a cam.
Figures 18 to 20 are sections of parts of same as indicated.
It will be seen that the cam here represented is a " double acting" or "thrust and
pull" cam.
The portions of the can "path" between Hand H³, also between H and H³ are
the parts which are adjustable to a greater or less radius. They are reprosented in
Figure 17 us out to their greatest radius. It will be seen that the said adjustablo
portion of the cam consists of two parts H and H, the part H* being jointed at one
end to the body (or main part) of the cam, the other end terminating in a slot H
which works on a bolt H which said bolt bolts the end H of the adjustable
portion H to the body (or main part) of the cam.
The set screw H³ forms a firm stop and easy means of adjustment to the said
adjustable portion H. In like manner the adjustable portion H is jointed at one
end H to the body (or main part) of the cam and terminates in a slot H' which
'works on a bolt H0 which said bolt bolts the end H of the adjustable portion H* to
the body (or main part) of the cam. The set screw H¹ forms a firm stop and easy
ineans of adjustment to the said adjustable portion H. It will be seen that the two
said adjustable portions H and H³ over-lap each other sideways at the part H³
(Figures 17 and 19) the said overlapping parts are so curved that as they are
moved on the joints H¹ H³ to or from the centre of the shaft D they slide side by
side the curve or t path "of each coinciding with the curve or "path" of the other
so that the continuity of the path of the cam is practically not broken and the

page_text: "bowl" "truck or roller can run round the complete cam "path" with a smooth
easy motion without shock or jar.
In some cases I omit one or both of the set screws HH" and the slotted ends H° H°
and simply bolt the two said adjustable portions H H together at the point H' one
or both of them being provided with a suitable slot to allow for the adjustment.
The fourth part of my invention which I will describe consists of a method of
varying the stiffness of the fabric casily and quickly and in some cases without
stopping the machine-l alter the amount of needle-pull" and "hook-pull" in
proportions by one handle rod or lever. To effect this I arrange suitable adjustablo
stops to engage with suitable projections upon the "needle" and "hook" rocking
shaft arms.
By these stops the amount of reciprocation of the needlos and hooks (and
consequently the amount of "needle pull" and "hook pull") can be regulated in any
proper proportions to each other. Each stop is held and adjusted by a suitablo
incline or wedge which is attached to a bar in such a manner that when the said bar
is moved in the direction of its length, the "inclines" or wedges move the said
adjustable stops to or from the projections upon the rocking shaft arms and thus
regulate their amounts of motion.
The "inclines" or wedges which regulate the needle stops may be carried by one
bar and those for regulating the hook stops by another and the two said bars may be
connected by suitable connecting rods to a lever in such a manner that when the said
lever is moved upon its centre or fulcrum the two bars (which carry the adjustable
stop wedges) move also, and thus by moving one handle rod or lever all the needlo
stops and all the book stops are moved simultaneously.
The fulcrum upon which the said lever works may in some cases be made adjustablo
so that the amount of motion imparted to the one wedge-bar may be different to the
amount imparted to the other and thus any desired proportions of "needle-pull” and
"hook-pull" may be obtained by moving one handle.
Figures 1. 3 and 7 sheets 1. 3 and 7 and Figures 21 and 22 sheets 11 and 12 show
this arrangement.
Figure 21 sheet 11 is an end elevation of this arrangement and Figure 22 sheet 12
is a part plan of same.
J is one of the needle stops having hooked ends J' which catch the projections J
upon the needle rocking shaft arm A. The stop J is free to move in the slide J³ in
the direction of the arrows J and J and is pulled in the direction of the arrow J'
by the spring J. J' is a bar carrying a wedge J the end J of the stop J turns
down in front of the wedge J8 so that when the bar J' is moved in the direction of
the arrow J the wedge J pulls the stop J in the direction of the arrow J and the
needle rocking shaft arın A and consequently the needles also are stopped sooner in
their backward or inward movement and the length of needle pull is consequently.
reduced. It will be evident that when the wedge bar J' is moved in the direction of
the arrow J the stop J will move in the direction of the arrow J and the length of
needle pull will be consequently increased.
In a similar manner the stop K acts by its hooked ends K' upon the projections K'
on the end of the hook rocking shaft arm B. Thus it will be seen that when the
bar K³ is moved in the direction of the arrow K' the stop K is moved in the direction
of the arrow K7 and the length of the hook pull will be reduced and when the
bar K is moved in the direction of the arrow K' the stop K is moved in the
direction of the arrow K* and the length of the hook pull is consequently
increased.
In like manner each of the other needle-rocking-shaft arms is provided with a
similar stop and wedge on the bar J and each hook-rocking-shaft arm with a stop
and wedge upon the bar K³. Thus when the bar J' is moved in the direction of the
arrows JJ all the needle stops are moved simultaneously, and when the bar K³
is moved in the direction of the arrows K K' all the hook stops are moved
simultaneously.

page_text: K³ is a lever working upon the centre K connected to the wedge bars J' and K³
by the connecting rods K and K". K is a notched sector into which the end K¹³
of the lever K latches. Thus it will be seen that by moving the handle K" in the
direction of the arrows K and K the wedge-bars J and K³ are moved and
consequently all the needle stops and all the hook stops are moved simultaneously and
in the proper proportions and the length of the needle and hook pulls are regulated
at pleasure in the proper proportions and relations towards each other by the move-
ment of the one handle K
In some cases it is desirable that the amount of needle-pull may vary proportionally
to the amount of the hook-pull. This I effect by making the centre K³ of the lover K
adjustable. K is a bracket carrying the centre pin K upon which the lever K³
works. It will be seen that this bracket K" is adjustable (in the direction of the
length of the lever K³) on the bracket K¹. It will also be seen that the bracket K"
(which forms the bearing for the lever K on the pin K) is adjustable upon the
lever K in the direction of its length. Thus by adjusting the two brackets K"
and K simultaneously the position of the centre K is altered on the lever K
without altering tho position of the said lover in relation to the two bars J' and K'.
Thus the relative proportions of the amounts of the movements of the two bars J!
and Kare varied at pleasure by adjusting the centre K'.
The fifth part of my invention which I will describe consists of an arrangement
for governing automatically the movements of the wedge bars and stops for regulating
the amounts of needle and hook pulls.
To effect this I use a chain or a suitable equally divided strap or band in such a
manner that it shall be moved one link or division for one or more revolutions of the
Imachine.
Upon this chain or band 1 arrange suitable inclines which ongago with a suitable
lever or levers. The said lover or levors being arranged so as to transmit motions to
the before mentioned wedge-bars, so that when the inclines upon the said chain
engage with the said lever or levers the said wedge-bars are moved and consequently
the needle and hook stops also and thus by suitably arranging the said inclines upon
the said chain, and the other parts of the machine, any desired alterations of stiffness
of the fabric can be obtained automatically. In like manner in some cases suitable
inclines may be placed upon the said chain which will engage with a suitable lever
and stop the machine after any desired number of courses of the fabric have been
made.
This arrangement is shown in Figures 23 and 24 sheet 13 Figures 25 and 26
sheet 14 and Figures 27 sheet 15 and 274 27" 27° sheet 13. Figure 23 is a part
section through the apparatus for working the said needle and hook wedge bars.
Figure 24 is a plan of same Figure 25 is an end view and Figure 26 is a plan of the
chain apparatus which puts the apparatus shown in Figures 23 and 24 in and out of
gear and Figure 27 is a part general plan of the whole apparatus as applied to the
machine.
K³ Figure 23 is the hook wedge bar L is a rack which is fastened to the said hook
wedge bar K. L' (Figures 23 and 24) is a worm gearing into same, the said worm
being free to turn upon the shaft L2 carried by the brackets L' I. It will here be
seen that when the worn L is turned upon the shaft I the rack L is moved in the
direction of its length and the hook wedge bar K³ with it and consequently the needle
wedge bar also as herein before described. Thus by turning the worm I in one
direction the length of the needle and hook pulls are increased and by turning it in
the opposite direction they are decreased.
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Fixed to the said worm L are two ratchet wheels L L (Figures 23 and 27) one
at each end, with the teeth cut in opposite directions.
Two "ratchets" or "pawls" L and L are carried by suitable arms and gear into
the two said ratchet wheels L and L. These ratchets are so arranged that when the
ratchet" L is in gear it turns the worm L' in the direction of the arrow L and
when the "ratchet "L' is in gear it turns the worn in the direction of the arrow L'.

page_text: The tail I of the arm which carries the ratchet L' is kept against the stop by the
spring L.
The "ratchet" L' has a tail L which comes in contact with the bracket L" in
such a manner that as the ratchet L' is drawn back to the stop L' by the spring L¹8
the bracket L" catches the tail L of the said "ratchet" and lifts it out of gear. In
like manner the "ratchet" L is lifted out of gear by the bracket L" as the arm
which carries the ratchet LB is brought up to its stop L" by the spring L¹³. The two
connecting rods L1 and L2 (Figure 24) are jointed to the two arms which carry the
two ratchets in such a manner that when the rod L" is pushed in the direction of the
arrow L" the ratchet L goes into gear and the worm is turned in the direction of
the arrow L (Figure 23). In like manner when the rod L is pulled in the direction
of the arrow L the ratchet L' goes into gear and the worm L' is turned in the
direction of the arrow L. L" and I (Figures 23 and 27) are two cams attached to
the main shaft D. These cans work two lovers L and I.2.
Two arms L and I, which are attached to the rocking shafts M' and M° (Figures 23
and 27) carry two rods L and L (Figures 23 and 24) which two said rods are
hooked at their bottom ends and support in these hooked ends the rods L1 and L³°
(Figure 24) in such a manner that when the arm L" (Figures 23 and 27) is raised
the rod L (Figures 24 and 25) lifts the rod L into such a position that the end of
the said rod L is brought into contact with the end of the lever L (Figure 23) and
is thus pushed by it, and the worm L' is consequently turned in the direction of the
arrow L (Figure 23) and when the arm L is lowered the rod L1 is lowered also
and the lever L swings past it, and so the worm L' is not racked by it until the said
rod L is again lifted by the lever L.
In like manner the lover L28 lifts and lowers the connecting rod L30 (Figure 24) in
and out of gear with the lever I and the worin L' is racked or not in the direction of the
arrow L (Figure 23). The arms L and L are lifted and lowered automatically by
the apparatus shown in Figuros 25, 26 and 27 sheets 14 and 15. M. is a chain or
suitably divided strap or band but I prefer to use what is sometimes known as "Chaino
Vaucanson" or better known among makers of knitting machinery as "Paget's Chain"
which is shown in full size as adapted to this apparatus in Figures 27 27 and 27°
shoet 13.
This chain slides freely over the chain guide M¹ and is moved forward in the
directions of the arrows M by the ratchet M³ one link or division for each revolution
of the machine. The ratchet M is carried by the rod M which is worked by a
suitable cam M fixed upon the main shaft D. Upon the chain M suitable
"inclines" M are arranged, upon the end of the rocking shaft M' is an arm or
lever M³ and upon the end of the rocking shaft M' is an arm or lever M10, these two
arms or levers M8 M10 are so arranged that as the chain M advances some of the
"inclines" upon the chain will lift one or other of the said arms or levers depending
upon which side of the clain the said "incline" occurs. Upon the other ends of the
said rocking shafts M' and M' are fixed the two lovers L and L (Figures 23. 25
and 26).
Thus it will be seen that as the said chain M advances and one of its "inclines" M*
passes under the arms or levers M or M one of the rocking shafts M' or M° is
turned and one of the lovers L or L38 is lifted and the worm is turned and the
length of the needle and hook pull is increased or decreased as hereinbefore
described.
A third arm or lever M" (Figures 25 and 26) working upon the centre M¹³ is
arranged over the centre of the chain M in such a manner that it is lifted by an
"incline" placed in the centre of the width of the chain, when this arm or lover is
lifted by the said "incline" it stops the machine by means which I will now proceed
to describe. M" (Figures 25 and 26) is a cam upon the main shaft D. This cam
imparts motion to the swinging lever M which turns or swings upon the centre M",
hinged to this lever is a push-piece M which it will be seen rests upon the end of the
before mentioned arm or lever M" and as the machine works, the said push-piece Me
simply slides upon the end of the lever M". M" is another lever which can turn or

page_text: swing upon the centre M8, upon this lever is a "lug" or pin M" so arranged that
when the arm or lever M is lifted by an "incline" upon the chain M as shown in
Figure 25 the push-piece M is lifted into the position shown and the said push-pieco
catches the said "lug" or pin M" and pushes the lever M. To the end of the
lever M is attached a cord (or rod) M20, this cord is attached to a latch which keeps
the driving gear in its position for running the machine. Thus when the said
lever M is moved by the "push-piece" M the cord M2 is pulled and the latch is
pulled and the driving gear is thus thrown out of gear and the machine is stopped.
Thus it will be seen that "inclines" can be arranged upon the said chain M so that
the longths of the needle and hook pulls can be lengthened and shortened at any part
of the fabric which is being woven and the machine can be also arranged to stop
automatically at any part of the fabric and thus any variations of "stiff" and "slack
work can be produced at any parts of the fabric, thus producing what are known as
shaped or "Fashioned" hosiery goods.
The sixth part of my invention which I will describe consists of a method of
preventing the "presser-bar" and "knocking-over-bar" from springing apart and so
allowing the noodles to "mispress."
To do this I connect the two bars together by means of small flat hooks or
connectors" made of steel plate or other suitable material. A suitable number of
such "connectors "
are placed between the needles at convenient intervals. One end
of each "connector" is hooked to the "knocking-over-bar" and the other end to the
presser bar
thus the two bars are firmly held together, and all
avoided.
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Figures 28 and 28 sheet 16 show a plan and elevation of one of such "connectors"
twice full size one of which is also shown in position at N Figure 6 sheet 6. It will
be seen that the said "connectors" are shaped at the ends N so that they fit into a
recess provided for them in the main bar F and in some cases the presser-bar E rests
upon them and helps to hold them in position. In some casos I attach the said
"connectors" to the main bar F by solder or other suitable means and in some cases
I attach them to the presser-bar E. The other ends N³ of the "connectors" N are
suitably shaped so as to form a hook or notch which hooks into a recess provided for
them in the knocking-over-bar G as shown (Figures 6 and 7 sheets 6 and 7) and thus
the said bar G is supported by the hooks. It will be seen that one of the
connectors " may be placed between every needle and the one next to it but it is
generally sufficient to place them between three or four consecutive needles at intervals
of from one to six inches apart. The said connectors thus form a very rigid con-
nection between the main-bar F and knocking-over-bar G and effectually resist all
tendancy the two said bars may have to spring apart when the needle boards are being
pressed and also help to resist any strain which may be brought upon the knocking-
over-bar G when the needles A pull their loops against the hooks B which rest against
and are supported by the knocking-over-bar G.
It will be evident that in some cases the connectors N may be connected to the main
bar F and the knocking-over-bar G in such a manner that the main bar F can be
arranged to support the presser bar E without the "connectors" N giving any direct
and immediate support to the said presser-bar E.
The seventh part of my invention which I will describe consists of a method of
producing a cheap and durable prosser-bar and to avoid expensive cutting (or
grooving). In some cases I make the presser-walls (the parts of the presser-bar which
press the needlo beards) of steel (or other suitable metal) using one separate "wall"
for each needle. Such walls can be conveniently made with two arms or horns at
right angles to each other, these arms or horns being so arranged that one rests in a
suitable recess in the front of the presser-bar and the other in a similar recess in the
top. These walls are placed in their position in relation to the presser-bar at the right
pitch or intervals apart, by being held by a
" comb-bar" or "chuck" (which is cut to
the right guage) and the walls are then soldered to the "presser-bar" and the comb-
bar is then removed as soon as the walls are soldered in.
Figures 29 and 294 sheet 16 shows such a presser wall, double full sizo, and

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Figure 30 shows a section of a presser-bar also double full size (with the presser walls
as held in position by the comb-bar O' while being soldered in). Figure 31 shows a
front view of part of such a bar and Figure 32 a plan of same. The presser-bar E is
made of a suitable section somewhat similar to that shown at Figure 30 from which it
will be seen that the said bar is recessed in the direction of its length so as to receive
the two arms or horns 0¹ 0° of the presser "wall" O a suitable comb-bar or chuck 0³
Figures 30 and 32 is cut or recessed to the gange or "pitch" of the needles of the
machine for which the bar is to be made, each of the said recesses being just wide
enough to receive part of one of the said presser "walls." It will be seen that if the
said chuck or comb-bar Os is held in the position shown in Figures 30 and 32 by
any convenient means and a prosser wall" "is placed in each of the said recesses in
such a manner that they also rest in their proper places in the presser bar E. The
said presser walls will be held by the said chuck or comb-bar in the said recesses in
the presser bar in a right position in reference to the said bar E and correct to gauge
or pitch, while so held the spaces between the two said arms or horns O' and O' arc
filled up with solder in the parts indicated by fine section lines the "walls" having
boen previously properly "tinned" in these parts. The comb-bar or chuck O' is thon
removed and the "walls are left firmly fixed in their place correct to gauge or
pitch" in the bar E.
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The eighth part of my invention which I will describe consists of a method of
avoiding the strain brought upon the thread or "warp" by the "snatch" or pull of
the needle as it takes its loop.
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I arrange a "take-up" or "reservoir-bar" such bar being as light as can to be
strong enough and being pressed against the thread or warp" by a suitable number
of suitable adjustable springs which are made as light as possible but strong enough to
press the bight of the threads or "warp" against a suitable guide rod or rods so as to
form a bend or bight in the thread, which I prefer to be at least sufficient (or more
than sufficient) for the needles to form the next loop or stitch without the thread being
"snatched" directly from the beam.
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By this means the beam delivers the threads or warp more constantly and
regularly and with loss strain upon the thread or yarn used and better work is
produced with less risk of breaking or straining the yarn.
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Figures 33 and 34 sheet 17 show this arrangement. Figure 33 is a part section
showing the part of the machine referred to and Figure 34 is a front view of same.
P is a guide rod which guides the threads to the thread-guides or "troughs" as shown
in Figure 33. P' is the take-up or " reservoir" bar referred to which is carried upon
the ends of two or more rods P2 which rods may pass through the main bar
shown. The other ends of the said rods P2 are carried by and suitably attached to
suitable springs P³. These springs are fastened to a suitable bar or rocking shaft P4,
the turned ends P of which can turn freely in suitable bearings P. Fixed to one
end of the said bar or rocking shaft P is the handle Po. It will be seen that by
shifting the handle P in the direction of the arrow P' the take-up or "reservoir
bar Pis pressed by the said springs against the threads from the beam and so forms
a bend or bight in the threads over the guide bar P. The handle P can be fixed in
any desired position upon the sector or quadrant Ps. The springs P³ are so regulated
for strength that they allow the take-up or reservoir-bar to spring back in the
direction of the arrow P whon the needles pull the threads to form a row of loops, at
the same time they are strong enough to press the bar P¹ back to a position near to
the position shown in Figure 33 directly the neodles have pulled their loops. Thus it
will be seen that instead of the needles pulling the throads direct off the beam and so
giving a "snatch" or jerk at the threads at each pull of the needles and so jerking the
beam round by "fits and starts" the springs Ps and bar P' receive the "snatch" of
the threads and keep the beams constantly turning and not moving by little jumps,
and thus the threads are delivered more constantly and regularly to the needles and
less strain comes upon the yarn used and better work is produced.
A modification of this arrangement is shown at Figures 35 and 36 sheet 18, whero
Figure 35 is a part section and Figure 36 a part front view of the parts to be

page_text: described. is a thread-guide rod which guides the threads to the "thread-guides
ог "thread-troughs" C as shown in Figure 35.
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The take up or . reservoir-bar "P' is in this arrangement carried by suitable thin
hooks PI which are attached to the guide rod or shaft P (shown in the drawing as
hollow). This rod or shaft P is free to turn in the bearings P and upon the end of
the said rod or shaft P is an arm or lever P¹³ to the end of which is attached a spring
or springs P. It will be seen that the threads from the beam pass under the rod or
shaft P then over the take-up or "reservoir" bar P¹ then down and behind the guide
bar P to the "thread-guides" or thread-troughs C. Thus the tako-up or "reservoir "-
bar P¹ forms a bend or bight in the threads so that when the needles pull their loops
the take-up or reservoir "bar P₁ is pulled downwards or around the centre of the
said guide rod or shaft P so that the rod or shaft P is caused to turn on its centre in
the direction of the arrow P1 and the spring or springs P is stretched. Then while
the noodles are returning for a fresh set, or row, of loops the spring or springs P
contract and pull the take-up or "reservoir "-bar P' into somewhat the same position
as shown in Figure 35. Thus it will be seen that the said spring or springs P take-
up and receives the "snatch" of the needles on the threads and the beam is kept
turning regularly without shock or jerk as before described.
The ninth part of my invention which I will describe consists of a method of
producing a constant and sufficiently equal regulatable drag or tension upon the
selvedge threads. I wind the thread upon a suitable reel or bobbin and hang a weight
so that it presses direct on to the surface of the thread on the reel or bobbin. To do
this I form a hood or bonnet slightly less in width than the width between the flanges
of the reel or bobbin and sufficiently large in depth from back to front to cover a full
reel or bobbin. To this hood or bonnet a wire is attached which hangs down below
the reel or bobbin and terminates in a hook upon which weights can be hung to create
any drag or tension required. A wire, string, or rod is provided to prevent undue
oscillation of the before mentioned wire with its hook and weight. In some cases I
use a similar arrangement for creating the tension upon the "warp" threads by having
a hood or bonnet to hang upon the beam with the necessary weight suspended
from it.
Figures 37 and 38 sheet 19 show this arrangement. Figure 37 is an end view and
Figure 38 a front view of the same. Qis the reel or bobbin upon which is wound
the selvedge thread. The said reel or bobbin being free to turn upon the rod Q¹
which may be supported in any convenient manner in front of or above the
machine Qis the hood or bonnet, attached to this hood or bonnet is a wire hook Q³
upon which weights Q are hung. Qis a wire, string, or rod against which the
bottom end of the hood or bonnet Q rests. It will be seen that whether the bobbin Q
be full or nearly empty the hood or bonnet Q always rests upon the surface of the
thread and creates a constant drag or tension upon the selvedge thread the amount of
which depends upon the weights Q*.
In some cases a similar arrangement can be applied to the warp threads, in which
case the hood or bonnet Q2 is made large enough to cover nearly the whole beam from
end to end or in some cases several hoods or bonnets are hung upon the beam side by
side.
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cops concs or
The tenth part of my invention which I will describe consists of a method of
arranging the machine so that a "beam" can be dispensed with altogether and the
threads or warp can be drawn direct from the "cops cones ог bobbins" placed
upon a suitable "creel" which I form by arranging a number of "
"bobbins " on a stand so arranged in plan at the necessary distances apart in parallel
rows one behind the other in front of the operative, each cop cone or bobbin being
placed not directly behind the cop cone or bobbin in front of it, but slightly on ono
side of the cop cone or bobbin in front of it. The row of cops cones or bobbins
behind the front row is also in elevation one step higher than the row before it. As
many more rows of cops cones or bobbins are arranged in this manner behind each
other as can be so arranged to allow the operative to reach easily the back row.
number of top guides for the threads equal in number to the cops cones or bobbins on
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page_text: this stand are arranged in plan so that each top guide is perpendicularly over the
centre of each cop cone or bobbin on the stand. The row of top guides over the front
row of cops cones or bobbins is placed at a height just conveniently over the head of
the operative, but not too high for the operative to be able easily to thread the threads
into the top guides. The row of top guides over the row of cops cones or hobbins
next behind the front row is arranged perpendicularly over each cop cone or bobbin
of its row at a height so much lower than the front row as is convenient to prevent the
threads when led forward from the "creel" to the machine becoming entangled with
the threads from the front row and so on for each row further from the front row.
The length of the front of each stand is arranged to suit the width of needles in the
warp machine and the space in the ground plan occupied by each cop cono or bobbin.
A number of stands such as that above described can be compactly arranged close or
near behind the machine, each stand being so arranged in plan that it is sloped at an
angle to the front of the machine.
And a number of other stands can be similarly arranged in plan behind these first
named stands and so much higher than these first named stands that some of the
threads can pass from the stands furthest behind the machine over parts of the first
nained stands to the machine.
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Figures 39 to 41 sheet 20 and Figure 42 sheet 21 show this arrangement,
Figure 39 is an end view. Figure 40 a part front view and Figure 41 a part plan of
a creel such as above referred to, and Figuro 42 shows a plan of the arrangement of
four creels bohind a machine. In figure 40 only a few of the "cone-pegs" are shown
to avoid confusion in the drawing, but it will be readily understood that those
cone-pegs are arranged in rows along the bars R' as shown in plan in Figure 41.
In like manner only a few of the top-guides R' are shown in Figures 39 and 40
and also only two concs R³ are shown in each view. In Figure 42 sheet 21 R
is an outline plan of a machine, R are the creels and the dotted lines R' Rª
show the directions of the first and last threads leading from each creel to the
machine, the two outside creels being arranged a little higher than the two inside
creels so as to allow some of the threads which lead from the former to pass over
the corners of the latter, by which means less floor space is occupied.
A raised floor or platform is also provided for the operative or operatives in front of
each of the two outside creels which aro raised higher, and this raised floor or
platform enables the operative or operatives to reach the threads passing overhead
from these two outside creels as easily as the operative or operativos can reach the
threads passing overhoad from the two inside creels. In like manner any other
convenient number of creels instead of four as shown may be arranged upon the
samo principle.
The eleventh part of my invention which I will describe consists of a method
of creating a tension upon the "warp" when drawn direct from a creet by causing
the threads to pass between a series of bars or rods some of the rods being fixel
to the machine longitudinally and parallel one with another, others being attached
to a moveable frame in such a manner that when the said frame is lowered into
place each rod in the said frame shall be between two of the fixed rods. Thus
when the machine is to be started on a fresh sort of yarn and filled with threads the
moveable frame can be lifted, and when the threads have been laid over the fixed rods
and threaded in the troughs or guides, then the rods in the moveable frame can be
lowered and in so doing they will draw the threads in bights between the fixed rods
so that the threads are thon in bights between the series of rods i.e. the threads will
pass alternately above one rod and below the next rod. I also provide a suitable
screw stop or adjustment to the moveable frame so as to regulate the distance the
moveable rods shall pass down & between the fixed rods and so regulate the amount
of tension required.
Figures 43 and 44 sheet 22 show this arrangement. Figure 43 is a part section
through this arrangement and some adjacent parts and Figure 44 is a front view of
same.
S. S. are the fixed bars or rods which are attached to a bracket S¹. S' are the

page_text: This frame S carrying
fixed bars or rods S in
the said bars or rods S*
moveable bars or rods which are attached to the frame S³.
the bars or rods S' is hooked on to the top one of the
such a manner that the said frame is free to move so that
can be lifted into any desired position such as shown by dotted line in Figure 48.
When starting a fresh set of threads the frame S with the rods Ss is first removed.
Then the threads S (Figure 43) coming from the "creol" are passed through a
"reed" S then down in front of the fixed rods S behind the guide rod P to the
"thread-troughs" or "guides," the frame S is then placed in position as shown. It
will thus be seen that the moveable rods S³ press the threads between the fixed rods S
in "bights." The moveable rods are held in this position by a suitable scrow and
nut S by which the distance the moveable rods press the threads between the fixed
rods is regulated, and the amount of drag or tension upon the threads is thus regulated
at pleasure.
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The twelfth part of my invention which I will describe consists of an arrangement
for producing several widths of fabric (each with two solvedges) simultaneously from
*" beam
in which case at each selvedge there will be one or more threads upon
the beam which are not required (the selvedge threads being taken from separato
bobbins) and those threads which are not required must be taken off the beam
simultaneously with the rest of the "warp." In order to dispose of theso sparo
threads I arrange a shaft (which is driven by a bolt or other suitable means) at the
back of the machine. Upon this shaft I fix a series of drums. Upon each of these
drums I place a reel or bobbin one for each thrend to be disposed of) which is held in
suitable guides in such a manner that as the said shaft and drums revolve the recls
or bobbins revolve also by the friction of the drum upon the thread as it is wound
up. Thus each of the spare threads to be disposed of is wound up and disposed of as
it comes off the beam. Figures 45 and 46 sheet 23 show this arrangement. Figure 45
is a part side view and Figure 46 a part back view of the arrangement for disposing
of one or more spare threads. T is a shaft running across the back of the machine.
This shaft is caused to rotate by a cord, belt or any other suitable means from the
main shaft D. Upon the shaft T I fix a drum T. 1 is a reel or bobbin resting upon a
the periphery of this drum, and running upon the pin T³, which is carried by a fork,
forked guide, or carrier frome T. This fork has slotted holes, through which the
shaft T passes as shown, the bottom end being guided by a suitable bracket T', carried
by a rod or bar T. It will thus be seen that the said fork is free to be lifted in a
vertical direction by the thread T', as it is wound upon the cylinder or barrel of the
reel or bobbin T. T' is the spare thread coming from the beam to the reel or bobbin T.
Then as the drum T revolves in the direction of the arrow 18 the reel or bobbin T³,
resting upon its periphery, is caused to revolve in the direction of the arrow T,
by the friction created by its own weight, and the weight of the said fork T upon the
periphery of the drum T. It will thus be seen that if the said drum T be caused to
revolve at a suitable speed, the spare thread T will be wound upon the reel or
bobbin T as it comes off the beam. If the said drum T and the guide bracket T
be respectively attached to the shaft T and the rod or bar Te by suitable screws, tho
whole arrangement can be easily shifted to any part of the length of the shaft T
as required. It will be evident that any convenient number of the said drums T¹ 4
and bobbins T2 can be placed upon the shaft T and so dispose of any number of spare
threads as required.
The thirteenth part of my invention which I will describe consists of a method of
threading the fresh threads from a fresh full beam into the machine when an empty
beam is taken out and a full fresh one is to take its place. In some cases 1 use a
threading-bar. In some cases this consists of a series of hooks in a light bar (one
hook for each thread) set to the same gauge as the "thread-troughs" in the machine.
The hooks in this bar are hooked on to all the threads of the "warp" so that each
hook hooks one thread. This is done when the beam is filled at the warping machine.
After the threading bar is hooked to the threads, the ends of the threads are gripped
or held in a suitable clip-bar before they are cut from the warping machine, then
when the beam is placed in the warp weaving machine the threading-bar is placed so

page_text: that each hook (with its thread) is in a "thread-irough.” Then if the threading bar
is pulled forward each hook (with its thread) will be pulled through its proper
"trough" and the whole beam full of threads will be threaded simultaneously.
In some cases I attach or couple the threading-bar to the hoek-bar or some other
convenient part of the machine and then by turning the machine round through part
of a revolution the hooks and threads are pulled through the troughs by the machine
itself.
Figures 47 to 51 sheets 24 and 25 show this arrangement. Figure 47 is a part
front view of such a threading-bar. Figure 48 is a section of same. Figure 49
shows the method of hooking the threads. Figure 50 is an end view of a beam with
the threads hooked and Figure 51 shows the said threading-bar in the act of
threading.
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U Figures 47 and 48 is a bar of wood or other suitable material in which are fixed
the hooks U which are set to the same "gauge as the thread troughs in the machino
to be threaded, one hook for each thread trough. U³ Figure 49 shows a full beam on
an ordinary warping machine which is well known and understood by those conversant
with ordinary weaving or warping or beaming machinery. U are the threads
coming to the same from the creel (as ordinarily used with such warping or beaming
machines) and passing through the "reed" U. When the beam is full the threading-
bar U is placed so that the hooks pass between the threads into the position shown in
Figure 49 so that one hook passes down the side of every thread and between that
thread and the thread next to it. It will be seen that the ends U of the hooks U²
Figures 47 and 48 are bent to one side.
When the hooks are passed down between the threads the bar is moved a little in
the direction of the arrow U' and then pulled up, the bent ends U of the hooks then
catch the throads and guide them into the hooks so that every thread is caught by
one of the hooks. The threading-bar U is then placed as shown in dotted lines at U
Figure 49 and the threads are cut (between the said threading bar and the creel) the
ends being tied in bundles to a suitable bar, or caught in a clip as shown at U'
Figure 50.
The threading-bar and clip (or bar which holds the ends of the threads) are then
tied to the flanges of the beam as shown Figure 50 and the beam is then placed in
its position in the warp weaving machine. The threading-bar and clip are then
unfastened from the beam flanges the clip being held or fastened in any convenient
position such as shown at U Figure 51. The threading-bar U and threads are then
pulled down into the position shown in Figure 51 that is with one hook in each thread-
guide-trough C. If the threading bar be now moved in the direction of the arrow 10
all the hooks U with all the threads will be moved downwards along the throad-guide-
troughs C and when the hooks U' approach the lower ends or edges of the said
thread-guide-trough each hook U will spring open the sides of the thread-guide-trough
in which it is and will so pass out of the lower end or opening of the thread-guide
trough C and draw with it its thread which will thus be threaded into and through
its thread-guide-trough C, the whole beaur full of threads will be thus pulled through
(or threaded through) the thread-guide-trough simultaneously. In some cases
Ì place a bar or rod U" Figure 51 above the said hooks U. This bar I connect by
suitable hooks or rods U" to the hook-bar B' or other convenient part of the machine.
Then if the machine be turned by hand for one revolution, the hook-bar B' will pull
the rod U, and the hooks U will be pulled down also and the whole beam of threads
will be threaded simultaneously.
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The fourteenth part of my invention which I will describe consists of a method of
using in some classes of work (instead of hooks in the threading-bar" above
referred to) a simple "holding-bar" or "clip-bar" of wood, metal, or other suitable
material one part being a bar of a U or trough shape and the other part being a
smooth wedge-bar. The trough shaped bar being placed under the warp threads near
to a suitable reed or reeds of a suitable. exact gauge attached to the warping-
machine" the wedge-bar is then pressed into the trough bar carrying all the threads

page_text: into the trough with it and firmly holding each and all of them in the said bar
correctly to "gauge." The threads are then cut, leaving the clip-bar attached to the
ends of all and each of the threads on the full beam. When the beam is placed in
position in the warp weaving machine the said "clip-bar" is brought down to the
"thread-troughs" and guided by suitable guides each and every thread of the
warp is threaded simultaneously into its proper "trough-guide."
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Figures 52 to 55 sheets 26 and 27 show this arrangement. Figure 52 is a part
front view and Figure 53 is a section of such a holding-bar or clip-bar."
Figure 54 shows such a bar in the act of clipping the threads and Figure 55 shows
the same in the act of threading the threads through and into the thread-guide-
troughs C.
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It will be seen (Figures 52 and 53) that the "holding-bar" or "clip-bar V is made
of a U or trough shape section, into this U or trough shaped bar a bar V₁ of a wedge
shape section is inserted. V Figure 54 represents a full beam on the warping
machine as herein before referred to with the ends of the threads in the act of being
"clipped." V₁ are the threads coming from the "creel" as hereinbefore referred to and
passing through the "reed" V to the beam Vs. The U or trough shape part of
the holding-bar or clip-bar is placed below the threads to be clipped as shown.
Figure 54 the wedge-bar V₁ is then placed above the threads as shown (Figure 54)
and pressed down into the U or trough in the bar V as shown (Figure 53) taking the
threads down with it and firmly clipping all the threads side by side at exactly the
same distance apart as they are held by the reed V, thus the end of every thread on
the beam V is firmly clipped to gauge the threads are then cut (between the
holding-bar and the reed V³) and the holding bar is then tied or otherwise fastened
to the beam flanges as shown in dotted lines Figure 54. The beam is then placed in
position in the warp weaving machine. The "
holding-bar" or "clip-bar" is
unfastened from the beam flanges and is brought down into the position shown
in Figure 55 a suitable guide or stop is attached to the thread-guide-bar C¹ against
which the end of the "holding-bar or clip-bar" V is pressed, this guide or stop is
so arranged that each thread comes down over the upper end or mouth of each thread
guide trough. Then the "holding-bar or clip-bar' "V is moved down by the
operator in the direction of the arrow V and then it will be easily seen that each
thread is threaded simultaneously into and through each trough C in a manner similar
to that herein before described in connection with the hook-bar U.
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The fifteenth part of my invention which I will doscribe consists of a method
of insuring that the threads shall be correct to gauge when attaching the threading-
bar to the threads at the warping machine. In some cases I place a bar in front of the
front reed of the warping machine. Upon the top edge of this bar I cut V shaped
grooves exactly to the required gauge, then if a weighted bar be laid on the top of
the throads (or the bar be lifted) the threads will be pressed in to the bottoms or
points of the V grooves, thus every thread will be brought correctly "to gauge
can then take hold of every thread exact " to gauge" on the "clip-bar" previously
described or in the "hook-bar" previously described even in cases where the ordinary
front "reed" of the warping machino is not exactly "correct" to gauge.
Figures 56 and 57 show this arrangement.
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Figure 56 is a part front view and Figure 57 is a part end view of this arrangement.
V is the ordinary adjustable or other "reed as used in an ordinary warping machine as
herein before referred to. In front of this "reed" 1 place the V bar W cut as shown
(Figures 56 and 57) with V grooves at its top edge correctly to gauge. The
threads when they are being wound occupy a position somewhat as shown by a
full line in Figure 57 but when the beam is full and it is desired to "trap" or tako
hold of the ends a weight or bar W' is placed on top of the threads and presses the
throads down into the position shown by a dotted line and thus every thread is pressed
down to the bottom of a V groove in the bar W and is thus brought at once correctly
to gauge ready for being trapped by the bars V and V as heroin before described.
I have not in this specification described and ascertained the parts of my provisional

page_text: specification numbered in that specification Five-seven-seventeen and the last part
of part six as I do not desire to claim as any parts of my invention these parts of my
provisional specification or any parts of them."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I desire it to be understood that I
do not confine myself to the exact details herein set forth as such may be varied and
modified without departing from the principle thereof but what I claim as my
"Improvements in Warp-machines sometimes known as Warp-Knitting or Warp-
Weaving machines" are :—
First. The method of or mechanism for imparting a smooth easy, reliable and
easily variable motion to the needle bar and so to the needles (when resting in grooves
in a suitable bar) by useing a rocking shaft with arms or levers cast, keyed or
otherwise fixed upon it.
This rocking shaft is mounted in suitable hearings and two or more of the said
arms or levers are connected to the needle bar by suitable connecting rods or brackets,
such rods or brackets being attached to the needle bar and hinged to the rocking shaft
arms or levers by knuckle or other suitable joints so that when an oscillating motion
is imparted to the rocking shaft by one or more lovers or arms upon it actuated by a
cam or cains, the needles will thus be made to reciprocate suitably as governed by the
shape or form of the said cum or cams substantially as hereinbefore described with
reference to Figs. 1 to 7 sheets 1 to 7.
Second. The method of or mechanism for imparting a smooth, easy, reliable and
easily variable motion to the hook-bar and so to the hooks (when resting in grooves in
a suitable bar) by useing a rocking shaft with arms or levers cast keyed or otherwise
fixed upon it.
This rocking shaft is mounted in suitable bearings and two or more of the said
arms or levers are connected to the hook-bar by suitable connecting rods or brackets-
such rods or brackets being attached to the hook bar and hinged to the rocking shaft
arms or levers by knuckle or other suitable joints so that when an oscillating motion is
imparted to the rocking shaft by one or more levers or arms upon it, actuated by a
cam or cams, the hooks will thus be made to reciprocate suitably as governed by the
shape or form of the cam or cams substantially as herein before described with reference
to Figs. 1 to 7 sheets 1 to 7.
Third. The method of or mechanism for imparting both to the needles and the
hooks a regularly varying speed of motion during ouch complete reciprocation by
means of a cam or cams suitably shaped.
A portion of the "path" of such cam or cams being adjustable to a greater or less
radius without breaking the continuity of the cam path such adjustable portion being
in two parts, each part being jointed at one end to the body (or main part) of the
cam, the other ends meeting and overlapping each other sideways, the overlapping
parts being so curved, that as they are moved to or from the centre of the cam (in
order to bring the "path" of the said adjustable portion of the cam nearer or further
from the centre of the cam shaft) they slide side by side, the curve or path of each
coinciding with the curve or path of the other, so that the continuity of the path of the
cam is practically not broken.
The said adjustable paris may be bolted together by a bolt passing through both of
them, or they may be both adjusted and fixed in position by a screw adjustment
substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 17 to 20 sheet 10.
Fourth. The method of or mechanism for varying the stiffness of the fabric ca ily
and quickly and in some cases without stopping the machine by altering the amount
of "needle-pull" and "hook-pull" in suitable proportions by one handle rod or lover
by means of an arrangement of suitable adjustable stops to engage with suitable
projections upon the "needle" and "hook" rocking shaft arms.
By these stops the amounts of reciprocation of the needles and hooks (and
consequently the amounts of "needle pull" and "hook pull") can be regulated in
any proper proportions to each other. Each stop is held and adjusted by a suitablo

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" incline
or wedge which is attached to a bar in such a manner that when the said
bar is moved in the direction of its length, the "inclines" or wedges move the said
adjustable stops to or from the projections upon the rocking shaft arms and thus
regulate their amounts of motion.
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The "inclines or wedges which regulate the needle-stops may be carried by one
bar and those for regulating the hook stops by another and the two said bars may be
connected by suitable connecting rods to a lever in such a manner that when the
said lover is moved upon its centre or fulcrum the two bars (which carry the adjustable
stop wedges) move also, and thus by moving one handle rod or lover all the needle
stops and all the hook stops are moved simultaneously.
The fulcrum upon which the said lover works may in some cases be made adjustable
so that the amount of motion imparted to the one wedge-bar may be different to
the amount imparted to the other, and thus any desired proportions of "needle-pull
and "hook-pull" may be obtained by moving one handle, rod or lever substantially
as hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 21 and 22 sheets 11 and 12.
Fifth. The method of or mechanism for governing automatically the movements
of the wedge bars, and stops for regulating the amounts of needle and hook pulls
by useing a chain or a suitable equally divided strap or band in such a manner
that it shall be moved one link or division for one or more revolutions of the
machine.
Upon this chain or band are arranged suitable "inclines" which engage with a
suitable lever or lovers. The said lever or levers being arranged so as to transmit
motions to the before mentioned wedge bars so that when the inclines **
upon the
said chains engage with the said lever of levers the said wedge-bars are moved and
consequently the needle and hook stops also and thus, by suitably arranging the said
" inclines" upon the said chain and the other parts of the machine, any desired
alterations of stiffness of the fabric can be obtained automatically.
In like manner in some cases suitable "inclines" may be placed upon the said
clain which will engago with a suitable lever and stop the machine after any desired
number of the courses of the fabric have been made substantially as hereiubefore
described with reference to Figs. 23 to 27 sheets 13 to 1.5.
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Sixth. The method of or mechanism for preventing the "
presser bar" and
"knocking-over-bar" from springing apart and so allowing the needles to "mispress
by connecting the two bars together by means of small flat hooks or connectors
made of steel plate or other suitable material. A suitable number of such
"connectors" are placed between the needles at convenient intervals. One end of
cach "connector" is hooked to the "knocking-over-bar and the other end to the
presser bar; thus the two bars are firmly held together, and all"
spring" is
avoided substantially as herein before described with reference to Figs. 28 sheet 16 and
Figs. 6 and 7 sheets 6 and 7.
Seventh. The method of or mechanism for producing a cheap and durable presser-
bar, and avoiding expensive cutting (or grooving) by making the presser-walls
(the parts of the prosser-bar which press the needle-beards) of steel (or other
suitable metal) using one soparate "wall" for each needle.
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Such walls can he conveniently made with two arius or horns at right angles to
each other, these arms or horns being so arranged that one rests in a suitable recess
in the front of the presser-bar, and the other in a similar recess in the top. These
walls are placed in their position in relation to the presser-bar at the right pitch or
intervals apart by being held by a
"
comb-har
or chuck," (which is cul to the
right guage) and the walls are then soldered to the "presser-bar" and the "comb-
bar "
is then removed as soon as the walls are soldered in substantially as hereinbefore
described with reference to Figs. 29 to 32 sheet 16.
Eighth. The method of or mechanism for avoiding the strain brought upon the
thread or "Warp" by the " snatch 39
or pull of the needles as it takes its loop by
arranging a "take-up or "Reservoir-bar" such bar being as light as can to be
strong enough, and being pressed against the thread or Warp" by a suitable
number of suitable adjustable springs which are made as light as possible but strong
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page_text: enough to press the bight of the threads or "Warp" against a suitable gnide rod or
rods so as to form a bend or bight in the thread which I prefer to be at least
sufficient (or more than sufficient) for the needles to form the next loop or stitch
without the thread hoing "snatched "directly from the beam, substantially as herein-
before described with reference to Figs. 33 to 36 sheet 17 and 18.
Ninth. The method of or mechanism for producing a constant and sufficiently
oqual-regulatable, drag or tension upon the selvedge threads by winding the thread
upon a suitable reel or bobbin and hanging a weight so that it presses direct on to
the surface of the thread on the reel or bobbin.
To do this I form a hood or bonnet slightly less in width than the width between
the flanges of the reel or bobhin and sufficiently large in depth from back to front
to cover a full reel or bobbin. To this hood or bonnet a wire is attached which
hangs down below the reel or bobbin and terminates in a hook upon which weights
can be hung to create any drag or tension required. A wire, string or rod is
provided to prevent und ne oscillation of the before mentioned wire with its hook
and weight. In some cases a similar arrangement can be used for creating the
tension upon the " Warp threads by having a hood or bonnet to hang upon the
beam with the necessary weight suspended from it, substantially as herein before
described with reference to Figs. 37 and 38 sheet 19.
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Tonth. The method of arranging the machine so that a "beam" can be dispensed
with altogether and the threads or
warp can be drawn direct from the "cops,"
cones or "bobbins" placed upon a suitable "creal" which is formed by arranging
a number of "cops cones or bobbins on a stand so arranged in plan at the
necessary distances apart in parallel rows one behind the other in front of the
operative, each cop cone or bobbin being placed not directly behind the cop cone
or hobbin in front of it, but slightly on one side of the cop cone or bobbin in
front of it.
The row of cops cones or bobbins hehind the front row is also in elevation one step
higher than the row before it. As many more rows of cops cones or bobbins are
arranged in this manner behind each other as can be so arranged to allow the operative
to reach easily the back row. A number of top guides for the threads equal in
number to the cops cones or bobbins on this stand are arranged in plan so that each
top guide is perpendicularly over the centre of each cop cone or bobbin on the stand.
The row of top guides over the front row of cops cones or bobbins is placed at a
height just conveniently over the head of the operative but not too high for the
operative to be able easily to thread the threads into the top guides. The row of top
guides over the row of cops cones or bobbins next behind the front row is arranged
perpendicularly over each cop cone or bobbin of its row at a height so much lower
than the front row as is convenient to prevent the threads when led forward from
the "creel" to the machine becoming entangled with the threads from the front row
and so on for each row further from the front row.
The length of the front of each stand is arranged to suit the width of needles in
the warp machine and the space in the ground plan occupied by each cop cone or
bobbin.
A number of stands such as that above described can be compactly arranged close
or near behind the machine each stand being so arranged in plan that it is sloped
at an angle to the front of the machine. And a number of other stands can be
similarly arranged in plan behind these first named stands and so much higher than
these first named stands that some of the threads can pass from the stands furthest
behind the machine over parts of the first named stands to the machine, substantially
as hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 39 to 42 sheets 20 and 21.
Eleventh. The method of or mechanism for creating a tension upon the "warp"
when drawn direct from a creel by causing the threads to pass between a series of bars
or rods, some of the rods being fixed to the machine longitudinally and parallel one
with another others being attached to a movable frame in such a manner that when
the said frame is lowered into place each rod in the said frame shall be between two

page_text: of the fixed roils. Thus when the machine is to be started on a fresh sort of yarn
and filled with threads the movable frame can be lifted and when the threads have
been laid over the fixed rods and threaded in the troughs or guides then the rods in
the movable frame can be lowered and in so doing they will draw the threads in bights
between the fixed rods so that the threads are then in bights between the series of
rols .e. the threads will pass alternately above one rod and below the next rod.
A suitable screw stop or adjustment may be applied to the movable frame so as to
regulate the distance the movable rods shall pass down between the fixed rods and so
regulate the amount of tension required, substantially as hereinbefore described with
reference to Figs. 43 and 44 sheet 22.
Twelfth. The method of or mechanism for producing several widths of fabric
(each with two selvedges) simultaneously from one "beam," in which case at each
selvedge there will be one or more threads upon the beam which are not required
(the selvedge threads being taken from separate bobbins) and those threads which
are not required are taken off the beam simultaneously with the rest of the "warp."
These spare threads are disposed of by arranging a shaft (which is driven by a
belt or other suitable means) at the back of the machine.
Upon this shaft is fixed a series of drums. Upon each of these drums is placed
a reel or hobbin (one for each thread to be disposed of) which is held in suitablo
guides in such a manner that as the said shaft and drums revolve the reels or bobbins
revolve also by the friction of the drum upon the thread as it is wound up. Thus
oach of the spare threads to be disposed of is wound up and disposed of as it comes
off the beam substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 45 and 46
sheet 23.
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Thirteenth. The method of or mechanism for threading the fresh threads from a
fresh full beam into the machine when an empty beam is taken out and a full fresh
one is to take its place by using a threading-bar consisting of a series of hooks in
a light bar (one hook for each thread) set to the same guage as the "thread-troughs"
in the machine. The hooks in this bar are hooked on to all the threads of tho
warp" so that each hook hooks one thread. This is done when the beam is filled
at the warping machine. After the threading bar is hooked to the threads, the ends
of the threads are gripped or held in a suitable clip-bar before they are cut from the
warping machine then when the beam is placed in the warp weaving machine the
threading-bar is placed so that each look (with its thread) is in a " thread-trough.”
Then if the threading-bar is pulled forward each hook (with its thread) will be
pulled through its propor "trough" and the whole beam full of threads will be
threaded simultaneously, and in some cases the threading-bar may be attached or
coupled to the hook-bar or some other convenient part of the machine and then by
turning the machine round through part of a revolution the hooks and threads are
pulled through the troughs by the machine itself substantially as hereinbefore described
with reference to Figs. 47 to 51 sheets 24 and 25.
Fourteenth. The method of or mechanism for using a simple "holling-bar" or
"clip-bar" of wood, metal, or other suitable material one part being a bar of a
U or trough shape section and the other part being a sinooth wedge-bar. The trough
shaped bar being placed under the warp threads near to a suitable réed or reeds of a
suitable exact gauge attached to the "warping machine." The wedge-bar is then
pressed into the trough bar carrying all the threads into the trough with it and firmly
holding each and all of them in the said bar correctly to guage. The threads are then
cut, leaving the "clip-bar" attached to the ends of all and each of the threads on
the full beam. When the beam is placed in position in the warp weaving machino
the said "clip-bar" is brought down to the "thread-troughs" and guided by suitable
guides each and every thread of the warp is threaded simultaneously into its
proper
trough-guide" substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 52
to 55 sheets 26 and 27.
Fifteenth. The method of or mechanism for insuring that the threads shall be
correct to guage when attaching the threading-bar to the threads at the warping.
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page_text: machine by placing a bar in front of the front reed of the warping-machine. Upon
the top edge of this bar are cut V shaped grooves exactly to the required guage, then
if a weighted bar be laid on the top of the threads (or the bar be lifted) the threads
will be pressed into the bottoms or points of the V grooves thus every thread
will be brought correctly "to guage" and every thread will then be held exact to
guage" on the "clip-bar" previously described or in the "hook-bar" previously
described even in cases where the ordinary front "reed" of the warping machine is
not exactly correct to guage substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to
Figs. 56 and 57 sheet 28.