Improvements in or relating to Parallel and Straight-bar Knitting Machines.
11,969. Preston, E. E. Aug. 19. Parallel machines; straight-bar machines; warp machines.-Relates to parallel and straight-bar machines in which the knocking-over bar 2, fitted with blades 1, is arranged in front of the needles 8, and consists in the provision of means to prevent displacement of the needles from between the blades, and also in an arrangement of the knocking-over bars in fine-gauge parallel or double-rib warp machines. As shown in Fig. 1, a wire or rod 14 is passed through the blades 1 behind the needles to prevent displacement and serves also to support bearded needles during pressing. Fig. 4 shows the arrangement of the knocking-over bars. Carrier bars 3, 3<a> of angle section are supported by lugs 15 pivoted to brackets 17 carried by brackets 18 secured to the frame 20 and connected by distancepieces 22. The angle, height, and distance between the blades 1 is adjustable by screws 24, 21, 19 ; and the bars can also be adjusted longitudinally by screws 16 passing through slots in the lugs 15.