US2074080A - Ladder mending device for knit goods - Google Patents

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March le, 1937.

LADDER MENDING DEVICE FOR KNIT `GOODS Filed May 25, 195s wNVENTbR RUDOLF BELLMAMN' ma.; F/g.

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LADDER MENDING DEVICE FR KNIT GOODS VRudolf Bellmann, Chemnitz, Germany Application May 25, 1936,` Serial No. 81,721 In Germany January 17, 1935 1 8 Claims.

. This invention relates to a device for mending ladders, i. e., picking up meshes in knit goods, particularly stockings.

The invention affords the advantage of providing a small implement of simple design and easy to handleforrepairingvery fine meshes, as only the1.headA of a `spring needle need be passed through the mesh to be repaired.

The invention' attains its object by fitting the guiding, part ofthe spring needle with means for pressing the needle and, further, with a knocking overf device. Y

One form of--the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a'side.view,partly infsection, of the mending I device; Fig. 2, a front view of the device, with the guide sleeve of the needle partly in section;

and Fig. 3, a rear view of the device.

Referring to the drawing-When a stitch is mended, the spring needle I cooperates with the presser member 2 and the knocking over means 3, the spring needle I being displaceable in its longitudinal direction relative to the members 3 and 2. To make possible the pressing of the needle point on passing the presser edge into the groove of the needle stem, the free edge of the presser plate 2 is bent so as to form a guiding face directed obliquely to the stem for guiding thereon the point of the hook-shaped portion of the needle when the latter is drawn back. Otherwise, the three parts I, 2, 3 cooperate in the manner known in knitting frames when a new mesh is formed. With the new mending device it is, however, not necessary to move the needle transversely to the longitudinal direction thereof,

that is, in the direction of the presser plate, or to move the latter up to the needle. To make sure that during its return the needle is pressed first and then-the previously formed mesh is knocked over the presser plate projects somewhat farther than the knocking over plate 3, as indicated in Fig. 3.

The longitudinal displacement of the needle I relative to the members 2 and 3 can be carried out in different ways. In the embodiment shown the needle is longitudinally displaceable in a sleevelike guide member 4 and for this purpose v secured to a holding bar 5, thefree end of which carries the handle or push knob I0 whereas the front end thereof is guided in the top of the guide member 4. The bar 5 is further guided by the cover I2 which can be screwed into the rear end of the guide member 4 and possesses a pro- 55 jecting edge II to facilitate unscrewing of the member I2 from the member 4 during disassembling of the mending device.

To one side of the free end of the sleevelike member 4 the presser bar 2 and to the other side the knocking over plate 3 are secured in any suitable manner, for instance by means of screws.

The needle I is removably attached to the holding rod 5 by means of a longitudinal slot of the rod 5, in which the needle stem is inserted, and of a cross bore at the point where the heel of the'needle must be held. To secure the needle in the slot a sleeve or a small spring I5 is ate tached to the holding bar 5 at the point con-f cerned. i v

The holding bar 5 is further fitted with a guide needle 6 which may have a groove like a nar-r rower for the reception of the head of the needle I after removal of theV holding bar 5 from the vguide member 4. The free end of the guide needle 6 is slightly bent away from the needle stem I. When introducing the holding bar 5 into the guide member 4 the guide needle 6 must pass through a perforation I5 of the presser plate 2, so that the latter during forward pressure of the holding bar 5 is positioned between the spring needle I and the guide needle E. The point of the needle 5 facilitates proper picking up of the stitch t be mended, as the guide needle indicates at what point during the next depression of the bar 5 the needle I will take up a ladder. The arrangement described may be varied in many ways. For example, the guide needle 6 may be secured to the top side of the presser plate 2 or be replaced by an arrow printed on the latter.

To insure easy handling of the device the hold.- ing bar 5 is automatically urged into knocking over position by the spring 1. For this purpose one end of the spring 1 is supported by an. abutment surface inside the guide member 4 and the rearward end of the spring 1 by an adjusting ring 8. The ring 8 carries a guide pin I8 engaging a groove 9 of the guide member 4 and thus preventing rotation of the bar 5 and of the needle I during use of the device, so that the head of the needle I can always reliably cooperate with the presser plate 2. i

When the mending device is to be used, the guide member 4 is held. between the thumb and the middle finger while the foreflnger is placed on the free end of the handle I Il. By exerting pressure with the forefinger the member 5 is displaced against the action of the spring 1 in such manner that the needle I is pressed forward out of the vn'thdrawn position it occupies between the members 2 and 3 when not in use so as to permit on the fabric to be mended, whereby operationis.

facilitated.

For depressing the needl'eifa small' electric motor may be used. Furthermore, the members 2, 3, 4 can be made integral byslopingtheiront end of the sleevelike member 4 so that the farther projecting edge portion thereofserves as lpresser plate and the more rearwardly disposed one as knocking over means.

1.-A device for mendingJa'ddersin knitl'goods; comprising a.l guide member,v a spring needlelongi'- tudinally displaceable in said'guide member, and needle `presser and knocking over means 'carriedi bysaid guide member and'cooperating-withj said spring -needle to form a new mesh.

2. A device according to claim 1, Whereinlthe presser means isl immovably secured to thev guide member and the free edgethereof is bentawayfrom the spring needle to form a guide face extending obliquely to the needle for pressing/.during return of the needle theY point thereof onto the stem.

3. A device according to claiml, wherein the presser means extends farther away from the guide member of the spring needle than the knocking over means.

4. A device according to claim 1, comprising a spring for influencing the spring needle and moving it into the guide member after each working stroke to bring the needle head into knocking over position between the presser and knocking Over means.

5. A device for mendingA ladders inz'knit goods, comprising a guide member, a holding bar longitudinally displaceably arranged in said guide member and forming with its free end a handle for actuatingthe device, a spring needle removably secured to said holding bar and longitudinally displaceable therewith, and needle presser and knocking over means carried by said guide memberand cooperating with said spring needle to form a new mesh.

6. A device according to claim 5, comprising a guide needle attached to the holding bar with the. presser means' positionedlbetweenA it and: the spring needle.v

'7. A device according to claim-.5, conxpu'ising."al guideneedle attached to the'. holdingibar .witlr the pressermeans'` positioned between it'andrr the spring. 'needle and.l a cover'rremovably: secured vto the guide memberof' the springxneedle and penetrated by the holdingzbar` to permit afterits re'- moval the. Withdrawal of theholding-bar, spring andguideV needles from thev guide? member.A

8.v A devicer according to :claim -'5, comprising means cooperating with the guidemember to se# cure the spring needleA against rotation."

RUDOLF BELLMANN.

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