US1406128A

US1406128A - Knitting-machine attachment

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Publication number: US1406128A
Application number: US477485A
Authority: US
Inventors: George W Wilson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-06-14
Filing date: 1921-06-14
Publication date: 1922-02-07
Anticipated expiration: 1939-02-07

Description

G. W. WILSON.

KNITTING MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14. 1921.

.1,406,128. Patented Feb. 7, 1922.-

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- G. W. WILSON.

KNITTING MACHINE ATTACHMENT. APPLICAUON YFILED mm: 14, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT omen.

GEORGE W. WILSON, EAST DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA.

i KNITTING-MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

an extremely simple and inexpensive, yet a highly eflicient attachment for knitting machines of the cylinder type which will absolutely prevent any oil on the cylinder or on the inner side of the usual discharge sleeve extending below said cylinder, from soiling the knitted product. a

A further aim is to provide a device of the character set forth which may be used in connection with well-known knitting machines, without the necessity of making any alteration in the construction thereof.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel construction and association of parts hereinafter described and claimed, the descriptive matter being supplemented by the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a knitting ma chine equipped with one form ofmy invention, a portion of the latter being in vertical section.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view as indicated by line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional View as indicated by line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing a different form of the invention;

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view on line 55 of Fig. 4. a

Figure 6 is a detail horizontal section on line 66 of Fig. 5.

Figure 7 is a perspective View of the at tachment shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6.

In the drawings above briefly described, I have shown a well known form of knitting machine which comprises a table 1' supporting the usual cylinder 2 and its driving gear 3. The needles are designated by the -nu-' meral 4 and their operating cam is indicated at 5, these several parts being operable in the well known manner to'form a knitted product 6 which is usually discharged through. a sleeve 7 secured to the table 1 and depending therefrom., Proper lubrication oi. the nee- Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

Application filed June 14, 1921. Serial No. 477,485.

dles 4 and associated parts often causes a] quantity of oil tocollect on the inner side of the cylinder 2 near its lower end, and some of this oil runs down the inner side of the sleeve 7, so that there is danger of forming oil spots on theproduct 6, as it is discharged.

This is very undesirable since any portion of the product which is oil-soaked will not properly take the dye when the dyeing open ation is performed. Oil-snotting of the product is prevented by my invention, which I have shown in twoforms for knitting short or long hose or the like. In Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the numeral9 designatesa vertical elongated casing received within the sleeve 7 and provided at its upper end with. a neck 8 extending upwardly into the cylinder 2 so as to receive the product 6 and guide it into the casing 9 without permitting said product to contact with the cylinder or with the sleeve 7. The casing 9 is relatively long and isintended for use when'long hose or the like is being knitted and the casing in question is preferably increased gradually in size at its lower end, which end is equipped with a laterally extending portion 9 whose top formed with an opening 10 by means of which the work may be removed. A flange 11 inclines from the inner edge of the opening 10 and serves to prevent any oil which might possibly accumulate on the top of the extension 9 from entering the casing through the opening 10.

Any suitable means may be employed for secur ng the attachment in place, but I prefer to equip it with a pair of metal strips 12 and 13 through which screws 14 are passed, said screws being threaded into the lower end of the sleeve 7.

Figures 4 to 7 disclose the form of my invention which is employed when knitting relatively short work. In these figures, the

numeral 20 designates ,a vertically elongated casing positioned totally within the sleeve 7 and provided with a reduced inlet neck 21 to extend upwardly into the cylinder 2 as shown in Fig. 5. 7 One side of the casing 20 is provided with an opening 22 for registration with the usual opening 23 in the sleeve 7 and the uppermost and vertical edges of said opening 22 are provided with metal flanges 24 (preferably formed of lead) which are adapted to be bent outwardly along the corresponding edges of the opening 23 (see Figs. 5 and 6). These flanges form guards to prevent any, oil running down the inner sideof the sleeve'7, from possibly entering the casing 20 through its opening 22. One of thefianges is secured to the sleeve 7 by appropriate screws 25. I V

From the foregoing, taken in connection with, the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that I have provided a very simple, yet 'a highly eflicient and desirable device to abmay be made. F urthermore, foradapting the attachment to difierent types of ma chines, itmay be manufactured in numerous forms other than those disclosed. a

I claim:

1. The combination with a knitting ma chine, of a receiving casing forthe knitted product having an inlet neck extending upwardly into the cylinder of said machine to prevent the product from coming in contact;

with any oil on said cylinder,-saidcasing having a closed bottom and an outlet open ing, and a guard to prevent any oil on the exterior of said casing from running. into the latter through said opening.

2, The-combination with a knittingomaa chine having a sleeve extending below'its cylinder and provided with an opening in one side, of a receiving casing for theknitted; product positioned in said sleeve and having sleeve opening.

,an opening registering with the aforesaid opening, and flanges on said casing bent outwardly around the edges of said first named opening, said casing having an inlet neck extending upwardly into said cylinder of the knitting machine.

3. An attachment for knittin machines k:

comprisinga receiving casing for the knitted product having an outlet neck adapted to'extend upwardly into the cylinder of a knitting machine, said casing'ha'ving a closed bottom and being provided with an outlet opening, and a guardto prevent oil on the exterior of the casing from'running into said casing through said opening, I a v 4. An attachment for knitting machines 1 comprising a verticall elongated tubular casing having an inlet neck at'its upper end 1 1 adapted to extend upwardly into the ,cylin der of a knitting machine, said casing being adapted for reception in the usual sleeve of the machine and having an outlet opening for registration withan opening in the aforementioned sleeve, and a flange on said casing at the edge of its openingtadaptedto be bent outwardly around the edge ofthc In testimony where my hand. a I g a his 7 GEORGE X W. WILSON.

. mark I a Witnesses:

W. R. PARTIN,

M. GLADSTEIN.

f I have hereunto set