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Instructions for operators of J. B. Aiken's family knitting machine. Explaining the manner in which the goods are finished up, the machine kept in order, &c., &c. .. (1861)

Aiken, Jonas B · New York, Baptist & Taylor, steam job printers · leaf 13

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at it will not press down upon the needles, but leave suffi- cient room for the yarn to pass freely between the under side of it and the needles ; but care should be taken not to raise the heel of the carrier-needle too high, for the hooks of the needles will be liable to draw ;n below the thread,… … (FIG. 6) Is a sectional view of the cam-plate D, and the needle-plate B, cut in a radial line, perpendicularly through them. The manner in which the straps (referred to in page 4, Fig. 2) are adjusted so as to keep these plates together, is here illustrated. TO UNSCREW THE NEEDLE-PLATE, (Reference…

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