Sentence:  We claim as our invention—The rigid parts G and H′, and flexible part H with screws I, for forcibly operating when the parts are <WSD>flared</WSD>, as represented, and the strap H is drawn obliquely inward or together at the sides, so as to press all the surface of the bent and flared casket end, as herein set forth. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To open outward in shape.