Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woolen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects . of the can, andthe fabric rolled up as shown in Fig. 67. Head and Cam Ring and Cam Dial Plate. Fig 68 repre-sents a plain body machine head, without the needle cylinder andneedle dial, and more clearly represents the position of the sectionalcam ring, the cam dial cap, the cross-bar, the thread guides and themanner of holding and adjusting the cam dial cap in position. Theseparts are all stationary. The sec
Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woolen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects . of the can, andthe fabric rolled up as shown in Fig. 67. Head and Cam Ring and Cam Dial Plate. Fig 68 repre-sents a plain body machine head, without the needle cylinder andneedle dial, and more clearly represents the position of the sectionalcam ring, the cam dial cap, the cross-bar, the thread guides and themanner of holding and adjusting the cam dial cap in position. Theseparts are all stationary. The sectional cam ring consists of an ar-rangement of the cam ring in a number of sections, corresponding to 148 KNITTING 129 the number of feeds on the machine, so that each section may beremoved, exposing all the needles covered by that section when neces-sary for repairs, cleaning, etc. Fig. 69 shows a section of the camring, inside view, and Fig. 70 shows the cylinder cams, full size, thoseattached to the cam ring and actuating the cylinder needles. Fig. 71 represents the under side of the sectional cam dial and asection removed. The sectional dial cap is divided in a similar way FULL. Fig. 72. Dial Cap Cams. to the cam ring, each section containing in addition, the dial cams ofthe feed for actuating the dial needles, and the yarn carriers, or guidesfor delivering the yarn to the needles. Any or all of the sections maybe removed, without running the fabric off the needles, by looseningthe take-up. The dial cap cams (Fig. 72) are disposed in positions to cause theneedles to be reciprocated in a proper manner to co-operate with thecylinder needles to form the stitches, the cylinder needles first takingthe yarn, after which the radial or dial needles operate with it to formthe stitches. The Automatic cam dial is provided with movablecams so pivoted that they act on the butts of the dial needles and 143 130 KNITTING move them in or out as the character of the knitting may
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