US430803A - Knit fabric - Google Patents

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C. HEINOLD. KNIT FABRIC.

No. 430,803. Patented June 24,1890.`

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CONRAD IIEINOLD, OF LAKE, ILLINOIS.

KNIT FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,803, dated June 24, 1890.

Application led November 22, 1888. Serial No. 291,540. (Specimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CONRAD IIEINOLD, of La ke, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented anewand Improved Knit JFabric, of which the following is a specifica- This improved fabric is intended more particularly for use in hammocks, the fabric belng especially adapted for this purpose on account of its strength and elasticity. The improved fabric is knitted in such manner that thc loops thereof are locked together so that if a thread breaks its ends will be firmly clamped, so that the fabric Will not unravel. The improved fabric has been knitted by me on large 'wooden knitting-needles, the diameter of the needles determining the size of the meshes and two of the needles being used.

In order that the characteristic features of the fabric and the method of making it may be clearly understood, the method of making will first be specifically described, and then the peculiar features of the fabric will be pointed out. y

The invention is illustrated in the aecompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view of a portion of the body of the improved fabric, and Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are views illustrative of the different steps in the making of the same.

The material preferably used in the making of the fabric is seine twine or cord,which is strong in itself and inelastic, so that it is admirably adapted for knitting, since it will not bind upon the needles, and will give the finished fabric a symmetrical appearance.

The fabric is commenced by casting onto one of the needles A a series of loops or stitches a d, the number of which is determined by the size of the fabric to be made. These loops or stitches are cast on in any well-known method of plain knitting which will produce aseries of initial loops or stitches. Fig. 2 shows the loop-holding needle A, provided with a series of such loops or stitches in readiness for commencing the knitting of the stitch or, loop peculiar to the improved fabric. v

The knitting is carried on with the second or working needle B, as follows:

First step: The first loop a on the loopholding needle A is taken onto the pointof the working-needle B, and cast off from needle A, thus becoming the first loop b on needle B. When this isdone, a few stitches. may be taken in any well-known way for forming a heavy selvage, if so desired. This is, however, not essential to the improved fabric.

Second step: The cold C is then thrown under and then over the working-needle B, constituting a loop b2 on needle B above the loop b. Fig. 3 shows the condition of the work at the end of this step.

Third step: The next two loops a2 and a3 on the loop-holding needle A are then taken onto the point of the working-needle B.

Fourth step: While the loops a2 a3 are thus held on both needles A B the cord C is passed beneath the strands of the said two loops eX- tending between the needles, and then over the point of the Working-needle above the said-loops. The position of the needles and loops at this stage of the operation is shown in Fig. 4. Y

Fifth step: The point of the working-needle B is then moved along the side of theloopholding needle A, thus carrying the free end of the cord between the strands of the two loops a2 a3. As soon as the point of the working-needle has passed clear through both loops a2 a3 it is entirely freed therefrom, and the needles and loops occupy the position shown in Fig. 5. The portion of the free end of the cord which has been drawn through the two loops a2 a3 is left as aloop h3 around the working-needle. It will be observed as the result of this movement that both strands of the Spo loop b3 are drawn through loops o1.2 and a3, so

that its two strands are embraced by two strands. rlhe two loops a2 a3 are then cast oif from the loop-holding needle A, constituting the first double loop of the fabric.

This completes a single sequence of operations, and vsteps two, three, four, and five are repeated in order until all of the loops a a are cast off from needle A and a series of loops b b2 b3, dre., are vformed on needle B. Needle B then becomes the loopholding needle, and needle A the working-needle, and the operations are continued until the fabric is completed. This method of knitting produces a fabric like that shown in Fig. 1. This figure shows the fabric in a position which it would occupy on the assumption that the IOO of the loops and strands.

rows of loops run up and down, so that in following the loops it must be noted that they extend up and down -instead of from side to side. An examination of this figure will show that it is made up of rows of double loops, each double loop being composed of two outside strands c e and an intermediate strand d, forming loops fg at opposite ends of strand d. The strand c comes from and is a continuation of strand e of the preceding double loop and lies adjacent to the loop f, and the strand e passes adjacent to the loop g to the next succeeding double loop, becoming strand c thereof.

From the description of the knitting just given it will be noted that. the first loops knitted onto one needle are the last to be cast olf therefrom, so that a'ny given row of double loops is knit in a direction opposite to that of the adjacent rows of double loops. This is indicated in Fig. 1 by reversing the lettering The loop f and its adjacent strand' c are embraced by the loop g and its adjacent strand e of the preceding row of double loops, and the'loop g and its adjacent strand eare embraced by the loop f and its adjacent strand c of the succeeding 'row of double loops.

The relation between the strands and loops as lettered in Fig. 1 and of the loops as lettered in Figs. 2 to 5 are as follows: Strand cis that portion of loop b2 which is above needle B. Loop g is that'portion of the cord which connects loops b2 and b3, and which passes beneath the loopsol.2 and as, as stated in the description of the fourth step. l Strand d is that portion of the loop b3 which is drawn through the loops a2 a.s viu the fifth step, and

which, as shown in Fig. 5, surrounds the needle B. Lofop f is the portion of the cordover whichthe loops a2 a3 are passedin being cast off-the needle A, and strand e is the next adjacent part of the cord which is in`readiness to continue the knitting.

In the fabric thus formed it will be seen that every single loop of one row is embraced by two strands of the adjacent row, so that at every interlocking of the rows when the same' are strained by a weight, two strands pull against two strands. Thus the fabric isl made twice as strong as a fabric-such as hammocks ordinarily are made of-in which vone strand passes over a single strand at a time. This feature of the improved fabric makes it particularly adapted for use in hammocks, which have hitherto been made either of knotted cords or of strands simply inter woven. The knotted hammocks are expensive in their manufacture, and do not accommodate themselves readily-to the position of a' person using the same, and in case of a cord breaking in the woven hammocks it at once unravels, leaving large holes in the hammock. The improved fabric makes an elastic and yet yielding hammock, which accommodates itself to the occupant, and has no hard knots to render it'uncomfortable, and incase a cord breaks its broken ends will not unravel, since the tension at the next double loops will bind the ends of the cord, so that` they cannot unravel.

I claim as my invention- A knit fabric composed of rows of double loops, each double loop being formed of three strands, one reaching from the preceding double loop, one extending to the next double loop, 'and an intermediate strand connecting the other. two strands and forming a single loop with each strand, one of said single loops being embraced by-a singleloop and a strand of the preceding row of double loops, and the other single loop being embraced by a single loop and a strand of the succeeding row of double loops, substantially as setforth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.4 v

' CONRAD HEINOLD.

Witnesses: Y

. JOHN W. LANEHART, J AMES H. OKELLY.

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