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US1980666A
US1980666A US654139A US65413933A US1980666A US 1980666 A US1980666 A US 1980666A US 654139 A US654139 A US 654139A US 65413933 A US65413933 A US 65413933A US 1980666 A US1980666 A US 1980666A
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
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    • D04B39/00—Knitting processes, apparatus or machines not otherwise provided for

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  • the invention relates to a loom and with regard to its more specific features to a. loom for simultaneous knitting and weaving.
  • One object of the invention is to provide a 5 practical loom for simultaneously knittingvand weaving. Another object of the invention is to provide a loom adapted to produce a fabric comprising spaced sections of woven fabric connected by sections of knitted fabric. Another object of the invention is to provide a loom adapted for the production of textile goods in a variety of patterns of weaves and looped structure. Another object of the invention is to provide a loom of the type indicated which may readily be adjusted and set up for the manufacture of a wide variety. of fancy goods. Another object of the invention is to provide a shuttle driving mechanism adapted also to lay yarn for knitting. Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and efhcient mechanism for controlling the sinkers of a knitting mechanism.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and efllcient slur cock motion. Another object of the invention is to provide 'sinkers and an actuating mechanism therefor coordinated with picking or wefting mechanism for weaving. Another object of the invention is to allocate space in a loom for adjacent weaving and knitting mechanism without interference.
  • Another ob- :lect'of the invention is to provide a method for the manufacture of dress goods material whereby a great number of different designs may be produced.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a textile fabric which is extremely elastic in one direction and comparatively inelastic in another direction. Another object of dress goods.
  • the invention is to provide an attractive piece of Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical method for the manufacture of combined knitted and woven goods. Another object of the invention is to provide textile goods such as curtainings, and upholstering goods susceptible of embodiment in a great number of different designs. Another object of the invention is to provide a type of textile material in which a lacelike fabric is incorporated with woven fabric in a single piece. Another object of the invention is'to provide a combined woven and knitted fabric in which the demarcation between the woven and knitted portions is fixed and firm. -Another object of the invention is to provide a combined knitted and woven fabric susceptible of embodimentin a single piece of goods in many colors. Other objects will be in part obvious or in part pointed out hereinafter.
  • the inventionv accordingly consists in the features of constructiomcombinations of elements and arrangements of parts and in the several steps'and relation-and order of each of said steps to oneor more of the others thereof, all as will be exemplified in the structure to be hereinafter described, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.
  • Figure 1 is a front elevation of a loom embodying the invention, the elevation being, however, taken from behind the breast beam, and part of the frame-being shown in cross-section on the line 1-1 of Figure 2;
  • Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of the m on an enlarged scale, the section being taken along the line 2 -2 of Figure 1;
  • Figure 3 is likewise a vertical sectional view, complementary to Figure -2 showing the rear of the loom;
  • Figure 4 is a sectional plan view of the loom, the parts being shown on the same scale as 100 Figure 1 and the section being taken along the line 4-4 thereof; I
  • Figure 5 is a fragmentary plan view of a portion of the loom, the parts being shown on a larger scale than in Figure 2, and certain parts being shown in section;
  • Figures 6 and 'l are complementary sectional views showing the parts on the same scale as Figure 2, the section line being indicated by 7-7 in Figure 4;
  • FigureJB is'asectional view taken on the line in width-by, the addition of weaving sections of Figure -4, the parts being shown on ,the
  • Figure 9 is a side elevation of a portionof the loom showing the take-up
  • Figure 10 is a fragmentary front elevation of the loom showing the cloth roll and'brackets, the take-uproll and change gearing, :the parts being shown on the scale'of Figure 2 but foreaway the shafts,
  • Figure 12 is a sectional view on the samescale as and taken on the line 1212 of Figure 5;
  • Figure 13 is a front elevation of the sinker and divider comb and associated parts, on the scale of- Figures 5 and 12;
  • Figure 14 is, a side elevation of asinker;
  • Figure 15 is a side elevation of adivider;
  • Figure 16 is a plan view of a comb for the sinker .tail pieces, sinker resetting bars, slur cocks, and a magnet box;
  • Figure. 17 is a front elevation of a magnet I I box, and a side elevation of a commutator and,
  • Figure 18 is a sectional view'taken on the line 18-18 of Figure 3, showing the warp beams;
  • FIG. 19 is a plan view of a'shuttle
  • Figure 20 is adiagrammatic view of shuttles and blocks showing the shuttles successively in different positions
  • Figure 21 is a loom timing chart
  • Figures 22 and 23 are pattern chain drafts
  • Figure 24'- is a view similar to Figure. 12, illustrating a modification of the invention.
  • Figure 25 is a front elevation of a lay show ing humidifying piping therein;
  • Figure 26 is a fragmentary front elevationof a lay, a shuttle and shuttle blocks showing a modification of the invention whereby-to in-' crease the width of woven sections relative toknitted sections.
  • Figure 27 is a'plan view of a textile fabric constructedflin accordance with the invention.
  • Fig. 28 is a' diagrammatic plan view of the textile fabricfof Figure 27, the yarn being shown on am'enlarged scale for clearnesspand certain proportions being arbitrarily chosen to more clearly illustrate in details. typical structure.
  • a gear 35 which meshes with a gear 36 mounted on the knitting camshaft 32, and the ratio'of the diameters of the gears 35 and 36 is two-to-three, so that, in this particular embodiment of the invention, the knitting camshaft 32. revolves at one-third the speed of'the crankshaft 30.
  • Figure v2 I have shown thesegears by their pitch circles only.
  • Each warp-beam 43 has a trunnion 42 on each side thereof, and the warp-beams 43 are preferably of the type used in the pro- ;duction of narrow fabrics.
  • One of the heads 44 ofeach warp-beam is grooved on its periphery and receives a strap or rope 45 which is anchored at 46 to the frame 40 and at the other end connected to the hook spindle 47 of a scale platform 48 adapted for the support of weights 49.
  • the warp 50 extends upwardly ever and between to the heddles of the harness frames.
  • the roll 62 may be considered to be a sand roll, and the goods pass over a glass rod 63 secured to the breast beam 61, and it is noted that from the fell to the takeup roll 62 the goods touch nothing but the glass rod 63, excepting the usual temples if such are used, and the considerable distance between the fell and the take-up roll 62 makes possible a considerable elasticity ofthe fabric at the fell which assists in knocking. over as will be hereinafter described.
  • the instrumentalities, motions and combinations of the in vention are adapted for the production of a fabric out of any yarn, including woo'lens and wcrsteds as well asthose heretofore mentioned, merely the gauge, size of material and certain instrumentatlities being properly selected for the desired type of fabric.
  • a take-up cam 64 which is engaged by a roller 65 on a lev r :66 that is journaled on a stud 6'? which in turn'js journaled in .and extends throughthe loon'i'side 20.
  • a take-up ratchet wheel 68 Fastened to the stud 6'7 on one side of the loom side 20 is a take-up ratchet wheel 68 which is engaged by a pawl 69 mounted on a pin '10 on one end of the lever 66.
  • a pinion gear '11 whichmeshes with one .of two change gears '12 and '73 which are fastened together and journaled on a stud '74-.projecting from an adjustable bracket which is fastened to the loom side 20 by means of a single bolt '16 which passes through a longslot '17 in the bracket .75.
  • the change gear 73- meshes with a gear '18 fastened to the shaft '19 of the take-up roller 62.
  • the roller 65 is held against the cam' 64 by means of a spring 66a fastened to the end of the lever 66 and secured to the 100111 side at 66b.
  • the specific take-up desc bed is in itself well known and readily adjustable by the substitution of different change gears '72, '73 as well as dif-' ferent ratchet wheels 88 and gears '78, but for the particular embodiment of the invention shown in thedrawings I desire to take up double the amount for certain picks as compared with other picks by reason of the fact that periodically the'loom" lays 'two picks in a shed instead of one.
  • the hold-pawl 83 may have incorpo-. ⁇ '
  • the fabric 60 winds upon a cloth roll 85 which has a shaft 86 the ends of which rest in open slots 87 formed in. guide brackets 88 fastened to the frame secformed the cam 64 with,
  • Pins 94 ex- 90 tend laterally from the ends of the tappets 92 and straps 95 connect the pins 94 with connectors 96 connected to harness frames 97 having heddles 96 with heddle eyes 99.
  • Connectors 100 are connected to straps 101 extending partially around and fastened to rolls 102 and 103 of an overhead motion,. the rolls 102 and 103 being formed on or fastened to a shaft 104 journaled by means of brackets 105 extending from the loom arch 23.
  • the ends of the warp 50 pass through the heddle eyes 99.
  • the harness frames 9'7 have heddles 98 located at a plurality of portions to correspond with the number of separate warp beams 43 and warps 50 as in narrow fabric practice.
  • a plurality of lower shuttle blocks 113 preferably of. wood.
  • long lower I blocks 114 Located in line with the blocks 113 are long lower I blocks 114, there being two of the long lower blocks 114, one at either end of the series of blocks.
  • the loom may be made as wide as desired, and the number of shuttles, blocks and spaces increased.
  • j- I have further provided means'to move the slidable member 130 and therefore the shuttles 125 double the usual distance, whereby each shuttle, except each end shuttle, will move through two spaces 133 without stopping until it comes to rest between shuttle blocks which are separated from the shuttleblocks from which it started by a pair of intervening shuttle blocks.
  • a stud 145 mounted on the upper end of the lever 141 is a stud 145 and mounted on the upper end of the lever 143 is a stud 148. These two studs are approximately in the same horizontal plane, but the stud 148 is located nearer the front-of the loom than the stud 145 and they clear each other as the levers 141 and 143 are moved.
  • a vibrator connector 147 Removably connectedto the stud 145, and
  • a-vibrator connector '1148 connected tov the stud 146 is a-vibrator connector '1148.
  • These vibrator connectors 147 and 148 are vibrator connectors of a vibrain Figure 1.
  • Fastened tothe shaft 151 is a bevel gear 155 which meshes with a bevelv gear 156-secured to the shaft 157 on the bottom of which is a bevel gear 158, likewise secured to the shaft 157, and
  • the bevel gear- 158 meshes with aibevel gear- 159 secured to a. horizontal shaft 160 whose axis is in the same vertical plane'as the shaft 151.
  • the shaft 157 is supported and journaled by a bearing bracket 181 extending laterally from the bracket 153.-
  • the shaft 1601s revolved in a qlirection opposite to that of the shaft 151,
  • the vibrator gears 164' and 165 are illustratedln Figures 6 and 8, in both figures the gear 165 being shown depressed, and the gear 164 being shown elevated.
  • the vibrator gears 164 and 165 are partial gears and adapted to beirotated approximately one-half revolution upon being brought into contact with either of the gears 162 or 1.63, and are mounted respectively on vibrator levers 166 and 187 (see Figure 8) which are removably pivoted on a stud 168 secured to a bracket 189 of frame 153.
  • a chain'shaft 176 iournaled in the bracket 153 has secured to it a chain carrier 177 that carries the pattern chain 178 which, to achieve the particular cycle described herein, is made up as will be hereinafter set forth under the section, devoted to timing.
  • the chain shaft 176 is driven in any usual manner, for example from the shaft 160,thiswell order to simplify them.

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US3224446A (en) * 1963-01-30 1965-12-21 Graves T Gore Knit-woven diaper
US3556165A (en) * 1967-12-22 1971-01-19 Statni Vyzkumny Ustav Textilni Fabric having integral and sectional weft threads, and loom for making the same
US3735606A (en) * 1970-02-03 1973-05-29 Singer Co Method and apparatus for the production of textile fabrics and the fabric produced thereby
US20100206422A1 (en) * 2009-02-19 2010-08-19 Keiko Wada Method for weaving layered beaded fabric and beaded fabric woven by the method

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3224446A (en) * 1963-01-30 1965-12-21 Graves T Gore Knit-woven diaper
US3556165A (en) * 1967-12-22 1971-01-19 Statni Vyzkumny Ustav Textilni Fabric having integral and sectional weft threads, and loom for making the same
US3735606A (en) * 1970-02-03 1973-05-29 Singer Co Method and apparatus for the production of textile fabrics and the fabric produced thereby
US20100206422A1 (en) * 2009-02-19 2010-08-19 Keiko Wada Method for weaving layered beaded fabric and beaded fabric woven by the method
US7909066B2 (en) * 2009-02-19 2011-03-22 Keiko Wada Method for weaving layered beaded fabric and beaded fabric woven by the method

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