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KNITTING DEVICE
Filed Jan'. 5, 1928
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i Patented Dec. 11, 1928.
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UNIT-ED STATES PATENT oFFicE.
sUNAo r'UlrrI, or HoNoLULu, rn’nurronï Lor HAWAII.
KNITTING DEVICE.
Application filed January 5, ~`1928. Serial No’. 244;’688.
This invention relates to those knitting outward from >the ends of this medial bar.
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devices wherein the stitch-es are formed upon Disposed ron each side ‘of the medial 'bar l¿10
double rows of pins by looping the yarn are the kbars 14- and 15. Each ‘of these îbars
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from ione pin to the other and thendiÍtin-g
the loop soA formed ‘over upon the pins with
which the yarn was originally engaged.
The general 'object of the present Ainven
tion is to provide a very simple and easily
operated knitting device of this character
which is so constructed that plain or fancy
stitches may be readily made, >and which
is recessed upon- its face, as at 1‘6, andthe
upper wall of this recess is formed with a
ally ydisposed bars having upwardly> extend
the middle slot a screw 20passes.` Byfthis
plurality of transverse ‘apertures 17.'
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The opposite ends ‘or each bar @are 'pro
vided with the angularl members ‘18 which
may be conveniently tor-med 'of Á‘sheet metall.I
these'mem'bers having co‘a'ctin‘g transversely
extendings ‘slots 19, preferably three` in
embodies a medially disposed bar having number. Throughjtwo 'of these slots the
upwardly extending straight pins and later pins or headed nails lâlpass, while through
ing but outwardly ‘curved pins, the laterally means, thevl’aïtera'l‘bars may be adjusted to~
disposed bars being’ so mounted upon the ward or fromth'e medialäly disposed bar fan‘d
medial 'bar ytlîra't either "one of the laterally they may 'be held in t‘hlisa’djus'te'd position
disposedbars maybe iheld raised in an oper Vby tightening up upon thescr‘ews
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ative position or lowered, this ,raisingV or Attached to the outer faces 'oit the> barsv
lowering ofy the bars being >readily accom~ ~14 and 15 adjacent the 'ends thereof and ex
pllishe'd andthe bars, when raised or lowered, tending slightly overv the ends of ‘thev re
being held in these positions.
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cesses 16 are> the'plate‘s 21». Each jot these ‘
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A further lobje’r'ot is to provide a. device of plates is bulged outward at its middle where
'this character in which the spacing between it extends inward beyond 'the wall of recess '
the lateral bars and the Imedialbar maybe 16, als ‘at 22, and attached »to the end Wall
varied 4so as t’o change the length 'of the is a metallic 4plate‘Q-â’» >|`termed t'o provide -a'n
upper tongue '24v and a lower tongue 25
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@ther objects ‘will 'appear Ain the course of which project out into fthe space for/med‘by
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stitches.
the follow-ing description.
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vthe Íoutward deformation'f22 ’of plate 21
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Myinvent'ion is illustrated inßth‘e accom
(see >Figure 4).
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Dis osed within each recess 16 is `apin sa
Figure 1 is a side elevation otra knitting,r cïarrying bar 26 rhaving' upwardly project
device )constructed vin ‘accordance with my ing pins 27 which are angularly bent at their
pany-ing drawings, wherein:
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en'ds, the pins being bent outward vílirom
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Fig. '2 ils a top plan vi'ew yof the'struct'ure t‘heïneïnterl row for pins. This pinlcarrying
shown in Figureí with the/three bars'eX bar_on its extremity has> ?two Ioutwardly pro
lpanded totheirutmost extent.
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jecting studs 28, and "whenv this bar is lifted,
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I Figure 3 ifs a section on the line 3)»3 'of the uppermost fstludï 28l is ` ydisposed above Í«the
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lug 24 and the lower-,most stud 28- 'is/‘dis-y l
j Figure iis a section on um use ¿1_4 of posed below Íthe lug" 221i. When the pin
carryin'g bar is> lowered.,` the studs 28 4`are 95
Figure 5 is ‘aïpers'p‘ective yview of the 'disposed ` respectively above and below the
_three bars separated from each other. 4 _ -, relatively long, outwardly projecting lug
Figure-'6 is a diagrammatic view showing' 425. i Thus means is provided whereby the v
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pin»carrying bar "26 vmay be held either in
Figure 7 lis a diagrammatic view showing ‘a raised orV loweredI position and readily
’ th'e first oper-ation in'lïnitt'ing with " my yde shifted 'from its raised to l'owered position
the manner of 'casting on.
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Referring to these drawings,j1‘0 'designates
a 'medially disposed ,bar having upwardly
projecting rows of pins 11. The row of. pins
is spaced* ‘at its ends'from the `'ends of the
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or vice versa. ` The lpins'27 areV adapted to
extend through the slots 17 formedv in the
respective bars 14 `and y1-5 when the pin
" carrying bar is raised;l When-thefpinscarry
ing bar is depressed,however, ‘the pins will
bar. The pins 11' are formed >-’with heads be disposed entirely below these lslots 17
12v 'at their upper'fends, fandr‘pins r3 extend so that the pins' will be 'entirely 'out of the
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way and there will be no danger of catching
2. A knitting device of the character de
the `thread upon the pins 27. The pin scribed including three parallel bars, the
carrying bars are each provided with a pro middle bar having a longitudinally extend
tuberant portion on the sides whereby they ing row of pins, the lateral bars each being
may be manipulated.
recessed upon its outer face, a pin-carrying
I do not Wish to be limited to any particu
lar materia] for these three bars or sections
and the pin-carrying bars nor to the details
of construction except as delined in the ap
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bar disposed in said recesspand vertically
movable to bring the pins thereon into coac
tive relation to the pins on the middle bar or
out of such coactive relation, and means at
pended claims. This device is very simple, the ends of said recess whereby to hold the
can be easily operated, and may be used for pin-carrying bar in a raised or lowered
knitting a large variety of different stitches. position.
The yarn
cast on the pins in the same
3. A knitting device of the `character de
manner as common in devices of this char scribed including three parallel` bars, the
acter, that is a slip knot is made in the yarn middle bar having a longitudinally extend
and passed over the first pin on one end of ing row of pins, the lateral bars each being
the medial row, the yarn is then drawn left recessed upon its outer face, a pin-carrying
to right over the second pin and a turn is bar disposed in said recess and vertically
made around this second pin until all but movable to bring the pins thereon into
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one of the desired number of stitches are coactive relation to the pins on the middle
cast on. The-yarn is passed right to left
around and between the last two pins of the
series. The device is then reversed end for
end and the pin-carrying bar on the left
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bar or out of such coactive relation, means
at the ends of said recess whereby to hold
the pin-carrìfing bar in a raised or lowered
position inc uding an outwardly projecting
hand side is raised so that the hooks or pins lug at each end of the recess, and pins: pro
thereof are even with the pins of the middle jecting from the ends of the pin-carrying
bar. The yarn is then passed around the bar engageable above or below said lugs.
first hook of the raised bar, then to the sec
4. A knitting device of the character de
ond of the middle bar, then to the second scribed including a mediall disposed bar
hook of the raised bar, and so on to the end and two lateral bars, the mi dle bar having
of the hooks. -The device is then held in the a longitudinally extending series of upright
left hand with the end of the yarn firmly pins, each of the lateral bars being recessed
held between the fingers, and a hooked nee longitudinally upon its outer face, the upper
dle is then used to pick up the yarn between wall of said' recess having openings, a pin
1 the first and second pins of the middle row. carrying bar disposed in each recess and
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i The yarn is then slipped over the second pin having a series of upright, slightly angled
and in the saine manner the yarn is picked pins, means at the ends of each recess Where
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up between the second and third pins, by the pin-carrying bar may be supported
slipped over both these pins, and this opera either in its raised _or its lowered position
tion is repeated, slippin it over two pins against accidental movement, angular mem
each time to the end of t 1e row. The mov bers attached to the ends of the lateral bars
able pin-carrying bar is then dropped so as and extending in overlapping relation across
to leave the` formed stitches on the middle the ends of the middle bar, said angular'
pins.
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members being slotted, and pins on the mid
dle bar extending through said slots, one of
said pins constituting means whereby the
lieved necessary to detail the manner in angular members may be `clamped in ad
which this device may be used for plain or justed position to hold the lateral Vbars in
fancy knitting, except as before stated.
spaced relation to the middle bar.
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I claim:
5. A knitting device of the character de
1. A knitting device of the character de scribed comprising a medially disposed bar
scribed including three longitudinally ex and two lateral bars, means whereby the
tending bars disposed in parallel relation lateral bars may be ad'usted toward or from
and adjustable toward or from each other, the medial bar and hel in this adjusted posi
the middle bar having a longitudinally ex tion, each of the lateral bars being recessed
tending series of upstanding pins, the later upon its outer face and the end walls of
ally disposed bars each having a vertically each recess being formed to provide an out
movable pin-carrying bar mounted thereon, standin lug, members attached to the outer
the pin-carrying bar being shiftable to a lift faces o- the lateral bars at each end thereof
ed position with its pins on the same plane as and arching outward over said lug, pin-car
the pins of the middlebar or to a lowered rying bars disposed in said recesses, each of
position with its pins below the level of the said bars at its ends having outwardly pro
Inasn'luch as the use of a device of this
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character is well understood, it is not be
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upper face of the middle bar, and means for jecting pins, the bars being shiftable out
holding the pin-carrying bars in their raised ward and downward or outward and upward
or lowered positions.
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to carry one of said pins below the lug to
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thereby hold the pin-carrying bar lowered thereby hold the pin-carrying bar -lowered
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or above the lug to hold the pin-carrying bar kor above the lug to hold the pin-carrying bar
raised, the upper wall of each reosss being
raised.
6. A knitting device of the character de transversely slotted for the passage of the
scribed comprising a niedially disposed bar pins on the pin-carrying bar.
and two lateral bars, means whereby the lat-y 7. A knitting device of the character de 25
eral bars may be adjusted toward or from scribed including a _medially disposed bar`
the medial bar and held in this adjusted po having~ outwardly extending,~ pins, and lat
sition, each of the lateral bars being recessed erally disposed pin-Carrying bars mounted
upon its outer face and the end walls of each upon the medially disposed bar for adjust
recess being' formed to provide an outstand ment toward or from the medially disposed 30
ing lug, members attached to the outer faces bar and for adjustment upward to bring the
of the lateral bars at each end thereof and pins thereon into coactive relation toy the
arching' outward ‘over said lug, and pin-car pins on the medial bar or adjustment down
rying~ bars disposed in said recesses, each of ward to bring the pins out of‘such coaetive
said bars at its ends having outwardly pro relation.
jecting pins, the bars being shiftable out~ lIn testimony whereof I hereunto affix my
ward and downward or outward and upward signature.
to carry one of said pins below the lug to
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