IMPROVE- MENTS IN LOOKS FOR WEAKING AND TV ADDADARIO 19
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Holden, of the City of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Machine Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN LOOKS FOR WEAKING
AND TV ADDADARIO 19
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Holden at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st January 1864.
I, JOHN HOLDEN, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THERE-
WITH," to be as follows:-
First, I employ an improved arrangement of mechanism by which the weft
motion is used in connection with the wheeled shuttles. I dispense with the
ordinary wide groove in the shuttle board, and make only a narrow one,
sufficient to allow a lever to work in it, so that when the lever is down in the
said groove its upper edge is perfectly level with the shuttle board, and thus
allows the wheels to pass over freely, as described in the Specification of an
Invention for which Letters Patent were granted to me, dated March 16,
1861, No. 664. The said lever is for the purpose of raising the weft thread,
in order that it may act upon the fork, but instead of giving the lever motion

page_text: by its coming in contact with an inclined plane attached to the breast beam, I
give it motion by an inclined plane or projection on the lever, moved by a
tappet on the tappet shaft for working the ordinary hammer lever of the weft
motion. Or I let a metal plate into the lathe, the top surface of which is
even with the shuttle board, in which are two or more narrow grooves,
according to the number of prongs in the weft fork, in which grooves the
prongs of the weft fork work and catch the weft thread as the lathe beats up,
or if the weft is absent, knock off the strap and stop the loom in the ordinary
manner, and in case of two or more shuttles being used, I fix a pointer to the
fork holder or its fixture, so that as the lathe beats up it passes over and
depresses the weft threads that may be attached to the shuttles in the drop
boxes, and passes under and raises the thread that is issuing from the shuttle
in motion as it leaves the shed, and thus allows the weft fork to act in the
usual manner.
Secondly, I employ metal cards for weaving fancy goods by a shedding or
jacquard machine made of thin sheets of brass, or other suitable metal of the
requisite length and breadth to suit the machine, instead of paper or paste-
board, as hitherto adopted; the said metal plates to be perforated with the
full number of holes requisite for the size of the machine. Into any number
of these holes as the pattern may require to be filled up, I affix metal blanks,
removeable at pleasure, so that any number of patterns may be continually
changed with the cards for every change of pattern.
Thirdly, my improvements relate to self-acting temples having a toothed bar
in front of the toothed roller of the temple, for giving a stretch to the fabric
as it is woven, and which is described in the Specification of my former
Patent before mentioned; but instead of giving it a horizontal sliding move-
ment only, I give it a vertical and horizontal movement at the same time, for
enabling it after it has stretched the fabric to be released from it, there being
a serrated bar or edge between the roller, and serrated or toothed slide to hold
the fabric, and prevent it being taken back with the backward movement of
the slide; and instead of allowing the temple to be moved onwards simply by
the onward motion of the fabric, I hold it by friction upon a shaft caused to
revolve by a ratchet and ratchet wheel, so that the roller may pull the fabric,
and may also be pulled by it, the amount of yielding and pulling being
regulated by the friction.
Or, as another improvement in the self-acting temple, I make an endless
chain of brass or other suitable metal, in which I fix a requisite number of
steel pins or teeth in an angle with the surface of the chain, and of sufficient
length to penetrate and hold the cloth. I fix this chain in a frame with

page_text: grooves on each slide to hold down the chain whilst in action, which frame I
make angular with the selvage or edge of the cloth, the point of the angle
being that nearest the reed. I also fix a small roller at each end of the frame
inside the chain, which is at liberty to move along with the cloth, and to
assist this movement I attach to the end of the roller nearest the breast beam
a friction pulley and ratchet wheel and catch, the said pulley and wheel being
driven either from the lathe by a tappet, stud, or lever, or by a band from the
cloth beam. To the front of the chain I attach a guard over the edge of the
cloth, which presses the cloth upon the teeth in the chain, and thus holds it.
The angular position of the frame with the edge of the cloth stretches the
piece wider as it moves towards the breast beam, and enables it to keep the
cloth the full width of the yarn in the thread.
Fourthly, I employ certain improvements connected with the weft motion
for adapting it to woollen or other wide looms. I place the weft fork at the
opposite end to the setting-on rod or spring handle, and the rod which carries
the fork is held in a bracket working in or on a slide. To the bracket is fixed
a stud enclosed in the slot of a lever fixed to the top of a vertical shaft which
works in a bracket fixed to the breast beam of the loom. The slot in the
lever allows the fork rod to move in a straight direction, and at the same time
give motion to the vertical shaft; at the lower end of this shaft there is
another lever connected by a rod or wire with an L lever, having one of its.
arms in contact with the setting-on rod. When there is a breakage or absence
of weft, the fork rod is acted upon by the ordinary hammer lever, giving
motion by the upper lever to the vertical shaft which turns the lower lever,.
and by pulling the connecting rod or wire moves the L lever, which shifts the.
setting-on rod out of its detent and stops the loom.
Fifthly, I employ a break covered at the end with an elastic substance,
intended to act upon the middle of the slay or lathe near the bottom when the.
loom requires to be stopped. The break is formed as a lever, having upon it
a pad of india-rubber or other elastic material, the lever being attached to a
shaft working in a bracket fixed to the breast beam of the loom. To the
lower end of the shaft is fixed another lever jointed to the rod or wire con-
nected to the lever in contact with the setting-on rod, as before described..
When on account of the breakage or absence of weft the rod or wire is pulled
and throws off the setting-on rod, it moves the break lever, and places it in
position to meet the slay or lathe as it comes forward, and stop it at the
first pick. The return movement of the break lever being caused by a spring.
Sixthly, in the shedding motion for weaving fancy goods I place two
quadrangular slides in a vertical metal frame, one at the top and the other at

page_text: the bottom of the inside frame; these two slides are connected together by a
rod and lever working on a pivot or stud moving the bottom slide downwards
when the top slide is lifted up, so that the two slides recede from each other
when a shed in the warp is to be formed, and approach each other when the
healds return to their level. Inside of these quadrangular slides I place any
practical number (say, to twenty-four) of thin flat vertical slides with a hook
or catch at each end, and an upright slit in the middle, through which passes
a round metal rod fastened to each side of the frame. To the top and bottom
of the hooked slides I attach the top and bottom of each heald, either by
cords passing over and under guide pulleys to the top and bottom of the
healds, or by the usual means of jacks and treddles. To each hooked slide I
place a moveable pusher, which gives motion to the hooked slide, and pushes
back the top of it, throwing the bottom forward, thus detaching the hook
from the top quadrangular slide, and throwing the bottom of the hooked slide
upon the bottom quadrangular slide, so that when the quadrangular slides are
put in motion the hooked slides being pushed back take hold of the bottom
quadrangular one and raise the bealds by the tops, the remainder taking hold
of the top quadrangular one and depressing those healds attached to them,
and thus form a perfect shed in the warp for the shuttle to pass through. The
said pushers are worked forward by cords in, the usual way adopted in the
jacquard machine, and are brought back to their original position by springs
fixed upon the frame. The cards are worked or noved round by means of
a barrel and rack wheel in the ordinary manner. The two quadrangular slides
are put into motion by a crank or eccentric pulley connected to the top slide by
a lever and rod, which when the crank shaft revolves puts the whole machine
in motion, and by the healds being moved according to the pattern on the
cards, both from the top and bottom separately, a double shed is formed the
same as by common treddles in a hand loom. Any length of a pattern may
used, the breadth being only
be woven according to the number of cards
limited by the number of healds.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Holden in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 1st July
1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
HOLDEN, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Machine 3
Maker, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-seventh year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said John Holden, Her special license that I, the said John
Holden, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said John Holden, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
LOOMS FOR WEAVING, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said John Holden, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Holden, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the Figures on the accompanying
two Sheet of Drawings, and to the letters marked thereon (that is to say):-
:-
First, I employ an improved arrangement of mechanism by which the weft
motion is used in connection with wheeled shuttles. I dispense with the
ordinary wide groove in the shuttle board and make only a narrow one
sufficient to allow a lever to work in it, so that when the lever is down in the
said groove its upper edge is perfectly level with the shuttle board, and thus
allows the wheels to pass over freely, as described in the Specification of an
Invention for which Letters Patent were granted to me, bearing date the
Sixteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-one, No. 664. The said lever is for the purpose of raising the weft
tbread in order that it may act upon the fork, but instead of giving the lever
motion by its coming in contact with an inclined plane attached to the breast
beam, I give it motion by an inclined plane or projection on the lever moved
by a tappet on the tappet shaft for working the ordinary hammer lever of the
weft motion.
Fig. 1, Sheet 1, is a vertical section, and Fig. 2 a plan, of parts of a loom to

page_text: which the before-mentioned lever is applied for raising the weft thread and
the lever and parts for giving it motion.
a represents the lathe or slay; b, one of the lathe swords; c, the breast
beam; d, the tappet shaft ; e, the hammer lever; and f, the lever for giving it
motion. The lever for raising the weft thread is shewn at g, it is formed with
or connected to a bar h having a knob at the bottom and working in a guide;
at the front of the lathe, and to the lever f which works the hammer lever e, is
fixed a plate i having an incline kc. The lever 9, as shewn by the dotted lines, is
in its lowest position, having its top level with the top of the lathe for allowing
the wheels of the shuttle to pass freely over it, but the full lines g represent
the lever in its elevated position for. raising the weft in order that it may act
on the fork, and the lever is raised at the time required by the incline k and
plate as the lathe comes forwards and the lever f moves upwards. When
two or more shuttles are used I fix a pointer 1, Figs. 1 and 2, to the fork
holder or its fixture, so that as the lathe beats up the pointer shall pass over
and depress the weft threads that may be attached to the shuttles in the drop
boxes and also pass under and raise the thread that is issuing from the
shuttle in motion as it leaves the shed, and thus allows the weft fork to act in
the usual manner.
Secondly, I employ metal cards for weaving fancy goods by a shedding or
jacquard machine made of thin sheets of brass or other suitable metal of the
requisite length and breadth to suit the machine instead of paper or pasteboard
as hitherto adopted; the said metal plates to be perforated with the full
number of holes requisite for the size of the machine. Into any number of
these holes as the pattern may require to be filled up, I affix metal blanks
removeable at pleasure, so that any number of patterns may be continually
changed with the cards for every change of pattern. This improvement in
metal cards is shewn in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, Sheet 1. Each card is perforated
with the required number of holes in the usual manner, but around each hole
I form a recess m, Fig. 3, about half the thickness of the plate and also punch
out of the metal a notch or space n. One of the metal blanks used for closing
the holes is shewn in Figs. 4 and 5, it is made a little less in diameter than
the recess m, and has at its edge two portions pressed back and afterwards
bent as clips, as shewn in Fig. 5, and in the blank there are two holes for the
entry of a tool for turning it partly round. A number of these blanks are
made ready for use, and when a hole in the card has to be stopped, according
to the pattern of the fabric to be woven, a blank is entered into its corre-
sponding recess and one of the clips passed through the notch, after which the
blank is turned partly round by means of the holes and tool, and the blank is

page_text: held firmly by the clips, it being understood that this improved method
of closing the holes is to be applied to cards for jacquard or any other indexing
machine.
Thirdly, my improvements relate to self-acting temples having a toothed bar
in front of the toothed roller of the temple for giving a stretch to the fabric as
it is woven, and which is described in the Specification of my former Patent
before mentioned, but instead of giving it a horizontal sliding movement only,
I give it a vertical and horizontal movement at the same time, for enabling it
after it has stretched the fabric to be released from it, there being a serrated
bar or edge between the roller and serrated or toothed slide to hold the fabric
and prevent it being taken back with the backward movement of the slide;
and instead of allowing the temple to be moved onwards simply by the onward
motion of the fabric, I hold it by friction upon a shaft caused to revolve by a
ratchet and ratchet wheel, so that the roller may pull the fabric and may also
be pulled by it, the amount of yielding and pulling being regulated by the
friction; Fig. 12, Sheet 2, is an end elevation of a self-acting temple provided
with a toothed bar having my improved vertical and horizontal movements and
also one arrangement for turning the shaft of the toothed roller; Fig. 13, a
a front elevation, and Fig. 14 a plan, of part of the same, the plan shewing
the roller in section with one of my improved modes of holding it to the shaft
by friction.
Fig. 15 is an end view shewing another arrangement for turning the shaft
of the toothed roller; and Fig. 16 another mode of holding the roller by friction;
and Fig. 17 an end view shewing a mode of regulating the pressure upon the
toothed rollers; o represents the temple head; p, the toothed roller or rollers;
9, its shaft or shafts; and 7, the toothed bar, which has at one end an inclined
slot s, and at the bottom parts are cut out of an inclined or cam shape, as
shewn by the dotted lines t, which parts ride upon the curved bearings u
marked by the dotted lines. To the temple head, Figs. 12 and 18, is fixed a
pin on which works a lever having one arm w formed with an inclined end x
working in the inclined slot of the toothed bar and another arm y weighted as
required. To the top of this arm is jointed a catch or ratchet z working in
the teeth of a ratchet wheel a¹ fixed to the shaft of the toothed roller, between
which and the toothed bar there is a stationary serrated bar or edge b', Fig. 14,
for holding the fabric, and at the back a plain bar c¹ for stripping the roller, there
being in the serrated bar a curved slot in which works a pin d' fixed to the
inside of the toothed bar. The toothed roller is held to its shaft by the
friction cone e', Fig. 14, or by a plate or pad f¹, Fig. 16, fixed on the shaft,
and to the lathe is fixed a projection ', Fig. 12, so placed that it can come in

page_text: contact with the weighted army and raise it at each forward movement of
the lathe. When the weighted arm is rising the inclined end of the arm is
working downwards in the slot and moves the toothed bar sideways, and as
the parts t ride on the parts and the pin d¹ moves in its slot the said bar is
also moved upwards, and during these operations the catch is moving forwards
to seize one or more teeth of the ratchet wheel a¹. When the lathe is moving
back the projection upon it is removed from the weighted arm, thereby
allowing it to fall down and give an upward movement to the inclined end
and a backward movement to the catch, the effect of which is to give reverse
motions to the toothed bar r and also allow the catch to turn the ratchet
wheel one or more teeth, the fabric being held until the next operation of the
toothed bar by the stationary serrated bar b¹.
In Fig. 15 I shew the application of a spring for giving motion to the
toothed roller instead of the weighted arm shewn in Fig. 12. To the temple
head I joint a lever g' having a catch h', and at the back of the lever there is
a spring . Thus when a knob or screw in the lathe comes in contact with
the lower end of the lever g¹ it gives motion to the catch ', and the spring
gives reverse motion to the lever and catch and turns the ratchet wheel and
toothed roller as the cloth progresses, it being understood that the ratchet
wheels in Figs. 12 and 15 may be made of any suitable diameter and have
any required number of teeth.
In Fig. 17 I shew a mode of regulating the pressure on one or more toothed
rollers. I employ an elastic pressure roller, as described in my former Patent;
but instead of having the bearings stationary I place one of them in a slot at
one end of the temple lid, as at a, and shift it up and down by a screw b
screwed in the top of the temple lid.
Fig. 9, Sheet 1, represents another improvement in the self-acting temple.
I make an endless chain j¹, of brass or other suitable metal, in which I fix a
requisite number of steel pins or teeth in an angle with the surface of the
chain, and of sufficient length to penetrate and hold the cloth. I place this
chain in a frame with grooves on each side to hold down the chain whilst in
action, which frame I make angular with the selvage or edge of the cloth, the
point of the angle being that nearest the reed. I also employ a small roller
at each end of the frame inside the chain to enable it to move along with the
cloth, and to assist this movement I attach to the end of the roller nearest the
breast beam a small pulley or a ratchet wheel and catch, the said pulley
being driven by a band from the cloth beam and the ratchet wheel by a tappet,
stud, or lever on the lathe. To the front of the chain I attach a guard m
over the edge of the cloth which presses the cloth upon the teeth in the chain

page_text: and thus holds it. The angular position of the frame with the edge of the
cloth stretches the piece wider as it moves towards the breast beam and
enables it to keep the cloth the full width of the yarn in the reed. This
endless chain and angular frame can be applied with advantage by bleachers,
printers, dyers, and finishers, for stretching or widening the fabrics.
Fourthly, I employ certain improvements connected with the weft motion
for adapting it to woollen or other wide looms. I place the weft fork at the
opposite end to the setting-on rod or spring handle, and the rod which carries
the fork is held in a bracket p¹ working in or on a slide p'. In Figs. 1 and 2,
Sheet 1, the fork is shewn at n', the rod that carries it at o', and the bracket
that holds the rod at p'. To the bracket p' is fixed a stud r¹ enclosed in the
slot of a lever s¹ fixed to the top of a vertical shaft t¹ which works in a
bracket u fixed to the breast beam c of the loom. The slot in the lever allows
the fork rod to move in a straight direction and at the same time give motion.
to the vertical shaft, at the lower end of which there is another lever v¹
connected by a rod or wire w¹ with an L lever x having one of its arms in
contact with the setting-on rod y'. When there is a breakage or absence of
weft the fork rod is acted upon by the ordinary hammer lever e giving motion
by the upper lever s¹ to the vertical shaft t' which turns the lower lever v¹, and
by pulling the connecting rod or wire w¹ moves the L lever, which shifts the
setting-on rod y' out of its detent and stops the loom.
away from it, there being a
In Figs. 6 and 7, Sheet 1, I shew another arrangement for stopping the
loom when a weft thread breaks or is absent, and also when the shuttle is
lodged in the warp or not properly boxed. a represents the lathe of a loom ;
6, part of one of the shuttle boxes; and c, one of the swells. The weft fork is
carried by a rod held in a bracket in the same manner as shewn in Figs. 1
and 2; but the tail d², instead of being hooked downwards, is bent sideways.
At the front of the lathe I place a lever e² in such a position that its top:
can be in contact with the tail d³ or be pulled
shoulder for the lever to rest against and a spring for keeping it up to its
place. At the front of the shuttle box I employ an L lever having one arm g²
in contact with a projection h² on the swell and another arm connected by
a wire or cord 12 with the lever e. When the weft acts on the weft fork the
tail d is raised above the top of the lever and no stoppage takes place, and
when the shuttle acts upon the swell the arm and wire l' pull the top of the
and no stoppage takes place.
lever and prevent its contact with the tail d
When the weft breaks or is absent the tail d' is depressed and the top of the
lever comes in contact with it and moves the rod o¹ and causes the stoppage
of the loom; and when the shuttle is not in the box the lever e² is not pulled

page_text: out, and therefore it comes in contact with the tail d and moves the rod o
and causes the stoppage of the loom, the connections with the rod o' being the
same as in Figs. 1 and 2.
Fifthly, I employ a break, covered at the end with leather or an elastic
substance, intended to act upon the middle of the slay or lathe near the
bottom when the loom requires to be stopped. One arrangement for this
purpose is shewn in Fig. 2. The break is formed as a lever n having upon it
a pad o, of leather, india-rubber, or other elastic material, the lever being
attached to a shaft på working in a bracket g² fixed to the breast beam c of the
loom. To the lower end of the shaft is fixed another lever, attached by the
rod or wires to the lever v¹ connected with the weft motion. When, on
account of the breakage or absence of weft, the rod or wire w¹ is pulled and
throws off the setting-on rod, the lever v¹ pulls at the same time the rod or
wires and moves the break lever into the position shewn by the dotted lines,
so as to meet the slay or lathe as it comes forward and stop it at the first pick,
the return movement of the break lever being caused by a spring.
In Fig. 8 I shew two views of another arrangement for working a break.
To the back of the breast beam I joint a lever t having upon it a rod u³ to
which is attached a pad or buffer 2, and to the lever is attached one end of a
cord wwhich passes over guide rollers and is attached at the other end to the
setting-on rod. When the said setting-on rod is in its detent the lever t is
in its lowest position, as shewn by the dotted lines, and thereby places the pad
or buffer below the slay or lathe; but when the setting-on rod is shifted out
of its detent it pulls the cord and raises the lever t² and pad v², as shewn by
the full lines, so that when the lathe comes forward it shall come in contact
with the pad or break and stop the loom at the first pick. Or instead of
attaching the lever t² to the setting-on rod, I attach it to the lever v', Figs. 1
and 2, connected with the weft motion.
Sixthly, I employ an improved shedding motion for weaving fancy goods,
and represent the principal parts of it in Figs. 10 and 11, Sheet 1.
I place
two knife slides a³, each having a knife edge, in a vertical metal frame b³, one
at the top and the other at the bottom; these two slides are connected
together by the levers c³, d³, and the rod e³, so as to move the bottom slide
downwards when the top slide is lifted up, the two slides receding from each
other when a shed in the warp is to be formed, and approaching each other
when the healds return to their level. Inside of these knife slides I place
any practical number, say, to twenty-four, of thin flat vertical slides f³ with a
hook or catch g at each end and an upright slot in the middle, through which
slot passes a round metal rod h³ fastened to each side of the frame, and which

page_text: acts as a fulcrum. To the top and bottom of the hooked slides I attach the
top and bottom of each heald, either by cords i³ passing over and under guide
pulleys to the top and bottom of the healds, or by the usual means of jacks
and treddles. In connection with each hooked slide I employ a moveable
pusher and spring 13, which pusher pushes forwards the top of the hooked
slide and moves back the bottom of it, thus placing the top book on the top
knife and detaching the bottom book from the bottom knife, so that when the
knife slides are put in motion the booked slides, being pushed forwards, are
caught by the top knife and raise the healds by the tops. The remainder of the
hooked slides being pushed back by the springs 13 bring forward the bottom
hooks so that they can be caught by the bottom knife slide and depress those
healds attached to them, and thus form a perfect shed in the warp for the
shuttle to pass through. The said pushers are worked forward by cards in
the usual way adopted in the jacquard machine and are brought back to their
original position by springs fixed upon the frame. The cards are worked or
moved round by means of a barrel and rack wheel in the ordinary manner.
The two knife slides are put in motion by a crank or eccentric connected to
the bottom or top slide either directly or by means of a lever and rod which,
when the crank shaft revolves, puts the whole machine in motion, and by the
healds being moved, according to the pattern on the cards, both from the top
and bottom separately. A double shed is formed the same as by common
treddles in a hand loom. Any length of a pattern may be woven, according
to the number of cards used, the breadth being only limited by the number of
healds.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be understood
that I claim,
First, the improved mode of working the lever g, Fig. 1, by means of the
plate i and incline k fixed to the lever f which works the hammer lever e, also
the pointer for raising the weft.
Secondly, the system of closing the holes of metal cards used in jacquard
and other indexing machines.
Thirdly, the improved arrangement of giving horizontal and vertical motion
to the toothed bar r, Figs. 12, 18, and 14, and the modes of giving revolving
motion to the toothed roller, and the improved methods of holding the toothed
roller to its shaft by friction, and the mode of regulating the pressure of the
pressure roller on one or two rollers, and also the angular temple with an
endless chain.
Fourthly, the mode shewn in Figs. 1 and 2 for enabling the weft fork and

page_text: rod connected to it to move in a straight line, and also the lever for connecting
the weft motion to the setting-on rod.
Fifthly, the improved modes of working the break.
Sixthly, the improved mode of working the weft motion shewn in Figs. 6
and 7.
And, seventhly, the improved shedding motion shewn in Figs. 10 and 11,
as all such improvements are herein described and illustrated in the accom-
panying two Sheets of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Holden, bave hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named John Holden, in the
presence of
E. J. HUGHES,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.
JOHN HOLDEN. (L.S.)