US360735A - schroeler - Google Patents

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3 s heet she t 1. HINDEN.

(No Model.)

J. B. SGHROEDER' an M. J.

CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE.

No. 360,735. Patented Apr. 5., 1.887.

Jusephinz B. S: hrgedor I arha s'JHindg' my y ggsq WITNESSES (No Model. s Sheets Sh eetg B. SUHR OEDER & M. J. HINDI-1N CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINE.

Patented Apt. 5, 1887,

| IHHIH 3 Sheets-Sheet 3. J. B. SCHROEDER & M. J. HINDBN.

(No udder.)

(JIRG LAR KNITTING MACHINE.

Patented lpr. 5, 1887.

JnsephinmB ehvoeclar Mathias J Hindan WITNESS/58 INVENTORS HTED STATES JOSEPHINE SCHROEDER AND MATHKAS J. HIHDEH, '51) OLEYEL 3N1! OHIO; SAID HINDEN ASSIGNOR TO SAID S-LT$HRGEDEU omeumo-murnmo meei imez.

$3PECIPICATIOI forming palm of Lettem Patent No. 356335, dateci April 5-, 1518?.

Application filmiFeimlm y 15, 1886. Serial No. IQLQEE. {No mnliei To @ZZ {Uh 07711 ii may concern:

'tzmown time we, JosEPHmE B. Somme 1d Mmnms J. HINDEN, of Cleveland, county of il uyahoga and State of Ohio, irwenieei eei'iain' new and useful Imuemeuis in Circular-Knibting Machines; 1:12 we die hereby (lee-hire the following to be H. flai eiear, and exact description of the inveniio'o, one as 'wili enabie others skiiled. in to m'iiivii it pertains to make and nee \entior: i'oiaites'to improvements in h 1 1291213165 in which are ployed two ie-i 1 idem arranged eoiioemrio with each i (Oguilfli' wibh the neceegzu-y meohanism 39 we. enlarged views io perspective, re-

;i'veiy showing the outsifie and inside of wiring H. 7 is a View in perspective of the inclines 333g. 8 is mview in "motive of the arm J and. attachments. I .g. ii is View in perspective ofihe spool-rook attachments. Fig. 10 is a View in perspeeiivo efeiie rod a. Fig. 11 is a. View in per- :ipeot-ive of i-he Sleeve T.

)i'G-Sfill'fli? the base of the machine, to rigiii'iy attached the needle-cylinder no latter having the orciiziai'y needle- .:::,b,feeieg outward. The baso'A. has an :1: chamber, depression, or groove, cg, in oh operates iaiiolatomi beveled ge'ar-ring-D, is engaged by an upright ear, D, the lumenhaving a crank, (Z, for operzising the ma- -iio axle of the geml) being journaleil role boxes depending from the base A. 1e base 15m an opening (not shown) at the om of the chamber a, that admits of the of the two gears aforesaid.

ng i-Wo set-s of needies and for guid--- engage the o iit'zer to ram- oommon use. extends ihrou" Thii huh hole that tieai spindie suit-abie iiigzi V G,- and sp gums 2:. mumbpiece, 0 "021i'oiz tiogthosgiim gby operating which the cam may eieva-ieai o1- oopresiiim toreduoe or inereano he depreesioii or throw of the needle. "w i "le s are rest, the toes 6' rest on the ieaige i of the i'ingG. The oazrrring, on oii iierside of {he c 1r 0, has inclines Rpivote. io Line ring imd'preseno ing, resgieet-iveiy. from. the com the points or free ends of the inclines, resting on the ledge C. When. the earn-rim voiveii, one of tho'inciines ir,a0c0lffiiii em-i1 way the cam is move, engage: sooeeasivoi 1. ii that; by this means are toes 1215s op over the ii" qtoes engage the earn a we aieeii izeioiv iiizie line of the iecige U m page sue fieaoiveiy under the cam. ".iiie was pass ooE under alia oppofi mime. 1: the .35m be ing tiiaed iiy eaieii oiiigoingj'we. The inclines F are rigidiy secured. respeoii. 1y, on pins f, that pose iii-rough holes in the mg 1. and 0x: the opposite side are m oi; on a form ing arms F, that ii i spi'iugsj" iii? tacked, the toneiion of opting in the direction to close the exams; F 13,021 the ledge G. The inclines Eyeing so i, is not safe to depend on their gezwity iosiiig the' Bypivoting the iuaiix 1 stead of allowing them to work up and io'wii groovmms here- 0 har 2:. nub,

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oh the tofore, the fictive-iii this poinL- reduced to springs N and H pass niong,

neeessery further in describe iiie operation of this part of the machine.

G is nneeile-eyiinder havingneedle-grooves that face inward, This eyiindei' carries the some number and kinzi oi neecliee as the outside cylindei', I), the needlegi'ooves being of the same thickness, but the ribs between the needle-grooves being narrower than those of tiie outside cylinder. i

The manner of supporting the eylincierG is as foiiows: Annrm, A, is rigidly attached to the base A. This arm, as shown, extends latrnlly over the center of the machine, andhae igidlyettached thereto the depending rod 0:, the latter being concentric with the cylinders B and G. To the bottom of the mo a is at lacked the plate or a, to which letter is rigidly secured the cylinder Owing to the di ference in the diameters of the cylinders B and G, an annular spaoe is left betweentiie two cylinders, thetie unobstructed below, and through which aonnla r epnee the two stockings oriol her garments wrongl'it are made to pass, the one garment being inside of the other. cylinder G. This ring has a cam, h, and in: elinee that operate the same as those just described on the outside cam-ring.' The nanni-ing rests on the plate a, anti has a. log, it", that is engaged by the lugs i of the sleeve I, line latter being mounted on the rofi a. The upper end of the sleeve I is flattened, as shown in Fig.i.l,nnd this liettenedportion is embraced by the forked end of the arm J, this letter arm being rigidly seemed to the cam-wing C. When the iattei' is rotated, the sleeve 'i' and ring H are nine roiziteii, the two earn-rings, of eonrse, moving in unison. The ringH and its cam and inclines operate the needies oi" the cylin-' {1%}: G in the some manner that the C optiie needles of the cylinder B. A standard, K, idlyettaelned to the ring 0, and is usually locatezi opposite the arm J. Spindles k are attached, on which mounted. in place of these spindles, cages 0i holders i or bolls of yarn or thread may be sobsiitntef, The thread, yarn, or Whatever material is need, leads; n t-6n the outside of the crosepiece K, and thence forward through a hellk, thence into tlieeyesiof the spindles L, out at the end opening ofthe some. From thence the respective threads lead through loops m oiiihe tension-wires M. From thence, rcspeetively, through liolej in tizearm J, and from ilicnue through hon-s 2b and n in the springs N and it, the letter being connected with the ili'lll J, and located, respectively, in such position that the hole n wili guide the thread to the needles of the outside cylinder, Bend the holes n will guide the thread to the needles of the inner cylinder, G. 'ihe respectively, in front of the respective series of needles, and 'PYGVQi'll] the threads from a possible promo lure disengagement from the net-(lie hooks.

A cam-ring, H, operates ineide of the spools one A series of loops or books, 1, are attached to a band, ,2 the latter being" usually of tin. These books are for attaching the loops of yarn 0:: thread in starting the garment than; is to be Wrought on the outside cylinder, the same as in ordinary knittingmachines. To

the band p is attached a weight to keep the garment tent. A smaller inside-ring, p,witi1 hooks P, is provided for the inside garment, and of course has Weights attached for keeping thiegarment tent. The two garments thus simultaneously wrought on the machine, if made of the same material, wiilbe i'ac-similes of each other. The outer garment may be eti'etched'etrifie during the knitting, or the inner garment maybe compressed a, trifle; but when the two garments are re'moved'from the machine and separated it is impossible to tell from their appearance which was the inner and which was the outer garment in the pro cess of knitting.

7 It of course takes double the time to start" the two garments that it would take to start the one garment on a single machine; but after the starting the two garments may be wrought in the sometime that asingle' article would. be wrought on a single machine, with the further advantage that the two articieenesigned for a pair will be absolutely alike, whereos with the single machine the second erticle wrought may or may not be like the first, according as theoperatoihas 0.! has not ineasui'ec'l correctly, or base: has not manipulated the machine the some in knitting thelieel and other irregular parts of the two garments.

What we eiaini is- 1. In a knitting-machine, the combination,

with two needle-cylinders and needles and two (Jamming-e arranged enbstentialiy described, of an arm sleeve, as shown, for connecting the two cam-rings so that they move in unison, substantially set forth.

2., In it knitting-machine, the combination, with the needle-cylinders and needles, two

cam-rings arranged substantially as described,

and. an arm and sleeve connecting the two eanirings whereby they move in unison, of the spindles for supporting the material, and guides, the said spindles and guiiies being supported by the outer comming so as to revolve with the same, substantially as set forth.

3. In at knitting-nmeiiine, the combiif-aiiion, with two needle-cylinders and needles, two cam-rings, and the some and pivoted inclines, of an arm and sleeve, as- SllOWll, for c0nnccting the two cam-rings so that they move in unison, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we sign this epeoificat-ion, in the presence of two witnesses, this 8th day of January, 1886.

JOSEPHIQE B. SCHROICDER. MATHEAS J. IllNDlGN. Witnesses:

ALBERT E. LYNCH, CHAS. H. DORER.

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