US1523496A - Yarn separator for necktie and like knitting machines - Google Patents

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H. E. SIMEK YARN SEPARATOR FOR NECKTIE AND LIKE KNITTING MACHINES Filed Dec. 4, 1923 4 My. 2 C: ,W 0G m 7 F 3 A 0 :E/ m u 9 n m. g B, 7

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HARRY E. SIMEK, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

YARN SEPARATOR FOR NECKTIE AND LIKE KNITTING MACHINES.

Application filed December 4, 1923. Serial No. 678,377.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY E. SIMEK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Phlladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Yarn Separators for Necktie and like Knitting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The principal objects of the present invention are, first, to prevent undue twist of the yarn below the knitting circle; to provide an eflicient, durable and comparatively inexpensive yarn separator; to provide a yarn separator in which the parts can be made of the most appropriate material and can be readily replaced and renewed; and to provide a yarn separator which cooperates with the ends of the yarn changer fingers in such a way that impact between the two is avoided and durability thereby increased.

The invention will be claimed at the end hereof but will be first described in connection with parts of a necktie machine known as a Brinton machine, and in connection with the embodiment of the invention chosen from other embodiments for the sake of illustration in the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in which- Figure l is an elevational view With parts broken away and other parts in central section.

Fig. 2 is a top or plan View.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the yarn separator with parts of the machine broken away, and

Fig. 4 is an elevational viewof one of the plates detached.

In the drawings 1 is a generally circular open frame having opposed groups 2 and 3, of spaced yarn changer fingers depending toward the opening in the frame. So far there has been described well known parts of a necktie knitting machine which happens to be of the Brinton type. 4 is an arbor detachably mounted on the frame 1 and arranged diametrically across the circular opening and between'the ends 5 of the fingers of the respective groups. As shown notches 6 are provided in the top face of the frame 1 for the reception of the square ends 7 of the arbor t. l/Vhile the arbor is shown as generally cylindrical taching the screws 18, taking off the arbor,

detaching the screws 14, and taking the plates along with the washers over the end of the arbor and then restringing the new plate or plates and washers on the arbor. The hole 15 in each plate is provided with a flat conforming with the fiat on the arbor so that the plates are held firmly and against turning movement.

It will be understood that in the operation of the machine the frame 1 is in rotation and the described yarn separator both by reason of its construction and relative arrangement opposes undue twist of the yarn. Moreover the described yarn separator is durable and by reason of the position of the lobes 11 in respect to the ends 5 of the fingers, the parts are protected from wear while at the same time they operate properly.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that modifications may be made in details of construction and anr'angement and in mere matters of form without departing from the spirit of the invention which is not limited to such matters or otherwise than as the prior art and the appended claims may require.

I claim:

1. A yarn separator for knitting machines of the type set forth comprising a generally circular open frame having opposed groups of spaced yarn changer fingers depending towards said opening, an arbor detachably mounted on the frame and arranged diametrically across the circular openlng and between the ends of the fingers of the respective groups, and aseries of heartshaped plates and washers detachably strung in alternation 011 said arbor and arranged with lobes of the heart-shaped plates between and at the sides of the fingers and above the ends of the latter when in elevated position and with the points of the plates below the ends of the fingers when in depressed position, Substantially as described.

2. A yarn separator for knitting machines of the type set forth comprising a generally circular open frame havingopposed groups of spaced yarn changer fingers depending towards said opening, ail-arbor detachably mounted on the frame and arranged diametrically across the circular opening and be tween the ends of the fingers of the respective groups, and a series of spaced heart-shaped plates mounted on said arbor and arranged with lobes of the heart-shaped plates between and at the sides of the fingers and above the ends. of the latter when in elevated position and with the points of the plates below the ends of the fingers when in depressed position, substantially as described.

3. In a yawn separator the con'ibination of an arbor having a flat surface, a series of heart-shaped plates each having an opening'provided with a flatsurtace and conforming to the arbor, a series of Washers strung in alternation with the plates on said arbor, and means for detachably connecting the arborandthe other elements.

4:. A. varn separator comprising a hollow 'i'rametacially notched, anarbor having an to the-arbor, and aseri'esof 'Washersstrung on the. arbor in alternation with the plates to space thel'atter.

HARRY E. SIMEK.

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