User Guide Series: Homer and Jean Blair Collection of United States Patent Models
Straight Knitting Machine

7.
Straight Knitting Machine, U. S. Patent 55,420, June 5, 1866, Rev. M.T.
Lamb, Valparaiso, Indiana.
This
invention makes improvements to the Lamb Knitting Machine invented by
the inventor's brother, Isaac W. Lamb. The earlier invention was widely
used and won many National and International awards. It was manufactured
in Chicopee Falls, Mass., and a number of European countries.
The 28" x 13" x 6" long model is black painted metal with a wood
handle. The metal is ornately painted with red decorations and two hand
painted crests showing a lion on one side and a lamb on the other (representing
the Lamb Knitting Machine.) The number "85" on one of the two brass
plates attached to the model appears to indicate this machine was the
85th of 100 machines contracted to be built by Sessions,
Arey & Co. of Springfield, Mass.
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