[Illustration: Piano Steam-Power Card-Stamping Machine, For Jacquard
Cards.
The speed is completely at the will of the operator, and will punch as
high as 170 strokes per minute. The capacity is about double that of a
foot-power machine. Two cards can be stamped at once.]
[Illustration: Dobby Card-Punching Machine
This machine is built for punching Jacquard or Dobby Cards of the
strongest pasteboard, punching the whole card at one revolution or
stroke. After the keys are set, any number of duplicates can be
punched. It is well constructed, simple, and a most effective machine.]
[Illustration: Piano Foot-Treading Card-Stamping Machine.
I have lately reconstructed this machine, making it more compact by a
novel and durable escapement of the rack.]
The only successful machine ever introduced for this purpose.
Far superior to hand lacing for regularity and durability.
Light-running, simple and durable.
Can be operated by a small girl or boy.
[Illustration: Jacquard Card-Lacing Machine.]
Will lace 800 to 2000 cards per hour.
Thoroughly and satisfactorily tested.
Weighs about 500 pounds.
Machines now in operation and ready for the inspection of manufacturers.
Machines placed on trial with responsible parties.
W. P. UHLINGER,
Nos. 14 to 36 Canal Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
(Take red car on Third Street to Frankford Avenue and Canal Street.)
Knowles’ New Ingrain Power Carpet Loom.
Designed to meet a want long felt in the manufacture of Ingrain
Carpets, for a loom that should be simple in its construction, easy of
operation, positive in its motions, and could be run at a high rate of
speed.
The =KNOWLES LOOM WORKS= take pleasure in calling the attention of
carpet manufacturers to their new INGRAIN CARPET LOOM, as one in which
all the above features are combined in such a manner as to make a loom
that meets the requirements mentioned above, and one that will be
highly appreciated by manufacturers of those goods for which the loom
is designed.
[Illustration]
The following are among the important features:
_The journals on the loom are controlled by a cam motion_, or by the
same efficient chain motion that is used on our Worsted Loom instead of
the cam motion, handling the warp with the greatest ease and _calling
either journal at will_, which cannot be done on other carpet looms,
thus giving a wider range of pattern and design than on other looms;
and should it be necessary to change the shading, it can be done by
changing the chain, instead of cutting out the warp and re-drawing it.
_The box mechanism is positive_, and controlled by a chain on the same
shaft as the journals, and may be used with the chain alone, or with
the chain in combination with the cards. The motion can be run forward
or reversed at will, and any box called as desired, thus giving a wide
range to the shading facilities of the loom, and _any combination of
colors_ can be produced on this loom that can be done _on any_ 4 × 4
_box loom in the world_.
_The Jacquard is of our own manufacture_, and of the most improved
pattern. Great care is used in its construction, thus making it a very
efficient part of the loom, and is driven from the same shaft as the
journals and box motion, thus working in harmony with them.
_The take-up motion is positive_, and is very substantial and accurate,
consisting of fluted rolls, and operated by the usual train of gearing,
while the goods are wound up on a roll below.
_The let-off_ is controlled by the tension of the warp over a rocking
whip roll, operated by a cam on the bottom shaft, held by a clamp
friction, geared to the head of the beam.
_Two filling motions are used_, one at each end of the lay, _each
working independently_ of the other, inside the selvedge, so that the
breakage of the weft is _instantly detected_, and these motions are
so combined with friction pulley and brake, that the loom is stopped
instantly “_on the pick_,” and consequently, when filling is replaced,
the loom is ready to start without loss of time in finding the pick, or
setting of Jacquard or box motion.
_The shuttle-smash protector_, which knocks off the loom when the
shuttle does not box properly, thus preventing what are known as
“shuttle smashes;” _a shuttle check_, for easing the force of the
shuttle as it enters the box; _a foot lever_, for throwing the lay
back when the loom is stopped, making it very easy for the weaver, and
the _speed at which the loom can be run_, together with the features
mentioned above, combine to make this loom the best in the market for
the purpose for which it is designed.
Correspondence solicited and circulars sent on application.
KNOWLES LOOM WORKS,
No. 57 Jackson Street, Worcester, Mass.
Schaum & Uhlinger,
1030-1038 New Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MANUFACTURERS OF
RIBBON, TAPE AND WEBBING LOOMS,