Carriage for hand knitting machines having integral Jacquard cam pattern changing means
AssigneeThe Singer Company
InventorHoward D. Rogers
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Abstract
A carriage for a hand knitting machine in which a plurality of cams, including upper and lower Jacquard cams, are sequentially arranged and are adjustable between inoperative and operative positions so as to define at least one raceway for the butts of needles reciprocable in the needle bed of the machine. At least the upper and lower Jacquard cams are actuable by individually operable lever means between said inoperative and operative positions. At least one of the lever means is interconnected with at least one of the other lever means such that actuation of one of the said lever means simultaneously actuates at least one of the other lever means to thereby actuate a predetermined combination of said cams.
Claims5
In a carriage for a hand knitting machine having a plurality of cams that are sequentially arranged and adjustable between inoperative and operative positions to thereby define at least one raceway for the butts of knitting needles and in which a multiplicity of said cams are operatively connectable to individually actuable lever means to be shifted between said inoperative and operative positions, the improvement which comprises:
- a first one of said lever means operatively connected to a first plurality of said cams for actuating only said first plurality of said cams to said operative position;
- a second one of said lever means operatively connected to a second plurality of said cams for actuating said second plurality of said cams to said operative position;
- and,
- means associated with said first lever means and said second lever means which upon actuation of said second lever means operates on and actuates said first lever means whereby said first plurality of said cams and said second plurality of cams are both placed in operative positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.