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In putting this new and improved Knitting Machine before the
public,
the manufacturers feel that with an experience of nearly fifteen
years in the manufacture and sale of Knitting Machines they are
qualified to discriminate between a good article and one of very limited
value or capacity.
The difficulty with all Circular Knitting Machines heretofore manufactured
is, that they are confined to plain work. Before the introduction
of the "Tuttle"' Machine, there was not one that even pretended to
accomplish the ribbed stitch; and the want of the ribbing attachment
has materially reduced their usefulness in the family and the factory.
The "Tuttle" Machine, an improvement upon every other in a variety
of ways, has the further especial recommendation, that besides every
variety of other work performed by any circular knitter; also knits a
genuine hand ribbed Stitch, and this, with its capacity for every style of
plain and fancy work, has already made it the most popular machine
wherever introduced.
To produce the ribbed stitch, a machine similar in appearance to
the ordinary circular knitter, is used as a base, into the needle cylinder,
C, (see large cut,) is introduced a conical needle cylinder, D, (see small
cut,) by the rotation of the cylinder "C," the needles in the cone cylinder D, are made to cross those in the straight cylinder while both are
knitting, thereby producing a perfect hand rib stitch. This cone cylinder
while in operation is supplied with needles taken from the perpendicular
cylinder C, while removing the stitch, thus turning the outside
stitch which was knit on the cylinder C, to the inside of the work, precisely
as in hand knitting. The cone cylinder is so arranged, that no more rib
stitches is made than are desired, for instance, if it is required to knit just
a few rib stitches on the instep of the stocking, it can be done, and
immediately changed back to plain at the will of the operator.
To knit a rib top on hosiery, remove every other needle (or as many
as desired,) from the needle cylinder, and place them in the conical
cylinder
and knit as far as may be required for the top and then change, or return
the needles from the conical cylinder to the needle cylinder, swing the cone
out of work, and go on with the plain stitch for the leg. When the ankle or
instep is reached, the conical cylinder may be re- turned to work and the
ribbing performed either upon one side, or all the way round at pleasure.
It will readily be seen that the ribbing may be continued all the way down
the leg or foot, thus making the most complete ribbed or Shaker sock ever
produced.
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