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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



Gaffe's Patent Knitting Machine, for funnily, plantation, and manufaC' 



turing purposes. 



H. C. Lee, agentj No. 575 Broadway, N. Y. 



The above is a perspective view, showing the complete machine. A is the table, 

 and B is the working cylinder by which the needles are moved up and down, and 

 which carries the feed and the presser-roUer. L, bobbin, on which the yarn is 

 wound from the hanks in order that it may pay -off easily to the feed. The wheel 

 K, on the end of the shaft E, receives motion through the band G, pulleys FF, and 

 link I, from the treadles J J, the motion being rendered uniform by the fly-wheel 

 H. When K is put in motion, the spindle upon which L, the bobbin, is placed, 

 receives a rapid rotation, so that yarn can be wound rapidly upon it. The feed 

 takes its yarn from the other bobbin, Avhich stand on a vertical spindle, over a 

 pulley, and feeds it to the needles, which are closed by the presser-roller following 

 the feed and are drawn down by the cam action. A weight, W, is used to give 

 proper tension to the work. This is secured by a self-closing clasp, upon the work, 

 which, being a uniform weight, acts with uniform tension upon the web. 



Price of family machines, complete, $*50.00. Each machine is furnished with 

 one winder for spooling yarn, which can be used while the machine is in operatioD; 

 one pair flexible swifts; four spools; one soldering plate; one wrench; one working 

 hook: twenty-four extra needles with steel jacks. 



[ji large silver medal awarded. 



