US1022154A - Toy knitting device. - Google Patents

Description

F. O. REHM.

TOY KNITTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 1911.

1 ,022,1 54;, Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

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FREDERICK C. REIIM, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TOY KNITTING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK C. REIIM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Toy Knitting Devices, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a toy knitting device.

It has for its object a small handworked machine employing that class of knitting needles in which the end of the needle is bent to a hook form and is provided with a latch adapted to engage over the hook when withdrawing the hook from the loop, and to turn back to allow the yarn to be inserted under the hook.

The machine in which this invention is embodied is adapted to produce small round cord or a narrow flat strip of knitted work.

In the drawings :-Figure 1, is a side elevation of the completed machine. Fig. 2, is a vertical section. Fig. 3, is a cross section. Fig. 4:, is a side elevation with the outside ring removed. Fig. 5, is a vertical section of the needle holder. Fig. 6, is a cross section of the needle holder.

The machine comprises a needle holder having the form of a hollow cylinder with longitudinal grooves extending on its outside and with a neck projecting at one end around the center bore in which the finished product of the machine is carried. The cylinder holder 1 has the central bore 2 and grooves 3, 4, 5 and 6; beyond the grooved part the body of the cylinder is extended in a short neck 7 against which the ends of the needles 8 engage. Intermediate the ends of the grooved part is an annular groove 9 utilized for the reception of a means for securing the needles in the grooves. The needles are of the well known variety of knitting needles comprising a stem or tang 1O terminating at one end with a hook 11 and provided near the end with a pivoted latch 12 adapted to turn to the reverse position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 or to assume the guarding position shown in full lines. The end of the needle opposite the hook is bent sharply at right angles and returned on itself to provide a means for Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 7, 1911.

Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

Serial No. 601,273.

actuating the needle and also a means for preventing the needle from turning on its own axis. A needle is placed in each groove with the hook end projecting from the groove at that end of the holder which is provided with the neck 7. The hook and the latch part of the needle normally lie against the surface of the neck 7. The needle can be manually moved to project the hook end to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, forcing it through the loop 16 of the fabric under construction so far through that the loop passes below the end of the latch 12, the needle is then retracted and the yarn 17 then drawn under the hook and the needle projected until the loop 16 of the fabric has passed over the latch and the hook has been withdrawn from it, makinghowcver, a new loop of the yarn under the hook. The needles are retained in their place in the grooves by the ring 18 which engages in the groove 9. This ring 18 is supplemented by a broad band 19 extending over the body of the holder from the annular groove 9 to the position occupied by the parts 13 of the needles, and a deep notch 20 cut in the band 19 allows that one of the needles with which the notch is in register to be moved along the notch and prevents all other needles from such move ment. The end of the band 19 is engaged in the annular groove 9 by a head and the band 19 must be turned in the process of using the machine.

The operation of the device is as. follows :The end of the yarn is dropped through the device, and the yarn is wound once around the device at the base of the latches, the band 19 is turned to bring notch 20 into register with groove 3 and the needle therein is projected by pushing on the bent out portion 13 until the latch drops back: the yarn which is now beginning its second turn is drawn across the needle under the hook and the needle is drawn down until the bent out portion will allow the band to be turned one step forward. The yarn of the first turn is lifted over the hook and makes the first stitch. The operator then turns the band until the notch registers with groove 6 (this time he passes groove 4 without attempting to make a stitch). He manipulates the needle in groove 6 to make a second stitch to the stitch made in groove 3, the band is then turned to register with groove 3 (this time the operator passes groove 5 without making a stitch) and a third stitch is made after which the stitches are made with each needle in succession. The needle is each time pushed forward until the latch is driven through the stitch, and on its return forms a new stitch by drawing the yarn through the old stitch and dropping the old stitch over the needle into the finished work. The finished work must be from time to time drawn down to hold the row of stitches near the neck of the machine.

What I claim is 1. A knitting device, having in combination with a cylindrical holder provided with longitudinal grooves in its outer surface and with an annular groove extending about its center portion, hooked needles provided with projecting lower end portions, slidably engaging in said longitudinal grooves, and a notched band engaging in said annular groove, extending over said holder and against projections on said needles, whereby said needles are confined in position with respect to the holder and by the movement whereof around the holder said needles are released for actuation in turn, substantially as described.

2. In a knitting device, the combination of a cylindrical holder having grooves BX- tending lengthwise thereof in its outer surface, hooked needles engaging therein, and a longitudinally slotted band member engaging about said needles and adapted to register in sequence, with its slotted portion opposite the stem portion of each needle, thereby permitting the actuation of each lengthwise of the holder, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK C. REHM.

Witnesses:

CHARLES F. BURTON, VIRGINIA G. SPRATT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. C.

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