Improved Construction of Self-acting Looms for Weaving Looped or Cut Pile Carpets and other Pile Fabrics.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Aug., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 10th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 6th Aug., 1898
Improved Construction of Self-acting Looms for Weaving Looped or
Cut Pile Carpets and other Pile Fabrics.
1, ADRIEN DUQUESNE, of No. 10, Rue d'Abonkir, Paris, France, Carpet Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
The manufacture of pile fabrics with looped and tied pile such as the pile carpet
known as "Tapis Parisien" presents peculiar difficulties, in particular when it is
required to manufacture figured fabrics. In this case as certain threads require
to be raised separately although grouped together with other threads that have to
make the net-twist, it was necessary to specially separate such threads for enabling
a regular weaving to be effected and prevent the formation of knots and other
similar faults.
When working by hand this separation is effected satisfactorily by a skilful
workman, who introduces a rod in the open shed of the warps, and separates the
threads by pressing the rod more or less forcibly against the tissue by means of
the batten.
But in the self acting looms this operation presented a difficulty which I have
succeeded in overcoming by means of separating devices which I have invented
and which imitate automatically the action of the hands. I will describe such
devices with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shews a
front view of the loom, Figure 2 is the side view to the left of the front view,
Figure 3 is the opposite side view, Figure shews a diagram of a longitudinal
section through the loom, indicating the working of the threads. Figures 5 to 12
shew detached details.
The warp threads intended to appear at the front end back surfaces of the fabric
for producing looped pile fabrics and which I will assume to be woollen threads,
are arranged on the bobbin racks GG¹, to the number of five in the present
instance.
The binding warps are on the beam E¹ and are maintained in suitable tension
by weighted regulators F¹.
The warps intended for forming the under surface of the fabric are on another
beam E in front of the first one and are also kept in tension by weighted regulating
brakes F.
The threads from the rack bobbins pass through the long holes of the vertical
metal plates K, Figures 2 and 4 fixed at the lower part to a transverse beam P
Figure 4 which connects them together.
The binding warps and the straight warps pass respectively through the eyes of
the two bars SS. For the one har S serving for the tying warps can be substi-
tuted a comb, the teeth of which are provided at their upper ends with eyes the
size of which corresponds to that of the eyes of the bars. After passing through
the bars SS or of the bar for the straight warp and the comb for the tying warp,
the two warps, as also the wool threads from the bobbins, pass through the guiding
J1.....מ

page_text: comb I. R shews the jacquard healds with their eyes and leads; the rack bobbin
threads which are required to produce the pattern pass through the heald eyes
before passing through the holes of the plates K.
The guiding comb I is placed between the healds and the said plates.
The three groups of threads pass through the reed of the batten G and the fabric
formed as will be explained, is coiled up on the cloth beam L.
The fabric is produced in three distinct stages.
1st Stage. The rise of the jacquard mechanism is effected by means of the
lever D¹.
Previously the frame P of the needle comb has been raised by the rods O
Figure 1 and the transverse levers N pivoted to the brackets M and placed sym-
metrically on each side of the loom framing; at this moment the plates or needles
of the comb, the long openings of which carry the rack bobbin threads, have passed
to the right of the straight warp forming an angle below the fabric and the binding
warp. The threads which for the time being are not raised by the jacquard lie
on the bottom of the holes of the needles.
The batten G is pushed backward so as to fully open the shed. At this moment
a rod is introduced in front of the reed of the batten as in weaving by hand; this
insertion is effected by means of a cam F fixed upon a transverse shaft E in a
similar manner to the insertion of the pile wires. According to a modification of
this arrangement two semi rods are employed which are passed in from each side of
the frame, so as to meet at the middle. This arrangement is shewn at Figure 5
which shews the eccentric F fixed on shaft E and actuating, by means of the two
levers Hand the two transverse links H', the levers D' which carry the two semi
rods C.
The cranked shaft usually employed for actuating the batten is replaced by a
straight shaft J Figure 6 (which is a side view of Figure 5), and the batten is
actuated in the following manner. On the shaft E of the cams there is fixed at
each end a star with six arms M N O P Q R₁ of unequal lengths; these arms of
different lengths have for their object to vary the stroke of the batten, according to
whether a rod is or is not inserted in front thereof; the succession of the movements
is as follows.
The arm N of the star, which is shorter than the arm M¹, moves the batten to
a less extent than before the introduction of the rod, so as to strike this and separate
the threads, while allowing for the space occupied by the rod; the batten recedes,
the rod also retires and re-enters at once for disengaging the threads which could
not be separated at the first stroke, and for this purpose the arm 0¹ of equal length
with N imparts the same motion to the batten, whereby the threads are entirely
separated. The batten again retires as also the rod, the pile wire which is intended
to raise the loop of the pile is passed in below the threads raised by the jacquard.
This wire is actuated by the levers Z which works as in the known construction of
looms for pile fabrics.
Second Stage. The jacquard lowers the raised threads, the needle comb which,
as stated, had passed, to the right of the straight and binding warps, for the rising
motion of the jacquard, also descends, and at the same time moves from right to
left to an extent equal to the pitch of the rods of the batten reed and of the
guiding comb I. The needle comb then rises in this new position, thus causing
the previously raised threads as also those remaining at the bottoms of the openings
of the needles, to coil partly round the said warps, that is to say, producing the
net-twist with all the threads carried by the needle comb. The arm P¹ of the star,
of the same length as M¹ causes the batten to give two strokes against the fabric,
the batten recedes, the shed opens, the rods or semi-rods again enter the shed,
and the arm Q which is of the same length as N¹ and 01 produces the before
described effect; the rod recedes and the shuttle passes over the straight and
binding warps and below the threads of the rack bobbins.
Third Stage. The needle comb re-descends, while shifting laterally in the
contrary direction, to the second stage, that is, from left to right; the binding

page_text: warp is then alone raised by the bar S or by the needle comb above referred to;
this bar or comb receives a lateral to and fro motion, like the needle comb with,
long holes so as to cause the binding warp to perform the same net-twist as was
done by the other comb with the wool threads. The shuttle then passes over this
warp; the bar or comb of the binding warp descends, and the other needle comb
with long holes, as also the jacquard are ready for performing the urst stage again.
It is of course to be understood that at each passage of the weft, and of the pile
wires, the batten strikes and tightens the fabric.
Each of the two semi rods is preferably in duplicate, that is to say, formed of
two superposed rods; in this case the reed of the batten has bars A Figures 5 and 8
enlarged at the back and having two superposed holes a of a slightly larger
diameter than the section of the semi rods CC.
These two sets of superposed semi rods, on each side of the frame on meeting
in the fabric, occupy together the whole width of the latter; they are passed
horizontally through the uprights R² of the batten by means of the levers D₁;
the cam of the shaft E above mentioned actuates these levers by the levers H
and links H' as above described.
When the jacquard threads are raised, the cam F', as stated raises the lever H
to the point L' Figure 5; this motion causes the levers D' to approach each other
and consequently also the four rods C.
The batten beats, and during the double stroke thereof the rods separate the wool
threads, and they then retire into their original position.
The pile wire having been entered, the jacquard threads are lowered, and the
rising of the needle comb is effected in performing the net-twist as described.
The rods CC then again enter between the wool threads and the straight warps
and binding warps and separate them under the stroke of the batten.
A modification of the arrangement for separating the threads consists in fornuing
the rod into a number of short lengths, without altering the comb, and in employ-
ing the cranked shaft for actuating the batten. In this case as shewn at
Figures 1, 2 and to a larger scale at Figure 10, the rod is formed of a number of
hooks J; one of which is shewn detached at Figures 11 and 12 to half full size.
These hooks are held between two bands of flat iron V by means of the collars T;
they are connected at top to a bar U by screws Q, while the lower parts of the
pieces Jare bent at right angles. The flat bands V are connected to the upper
back part of the reed of the batten. On the bar U is fixed the stud X which slides
in a cam groove B actuated by the levers Y which receive their motion from the
cam A acting upon the roller C¹ Figure 2.
Assuming the batten to be performing its forward stroke with the shed closed;
the jacquard threads are raised; the hooks being turned into the position at
Figure 10, constitute a continuous bar; the batten then moving away for opening
the shed, the roller C drops simultaneously into the inner part of the groove of the
cam A. The cam groove B then acts upon the stud X and causes the hooks J to
turn so as to be situated at right angles to the reed; they thus pass between the
raised jacquard threads. When the batten arrives at the end of its back stroke,
the roller C will have reached the outermost part of the cam groove and will
thereby cause the hooks J to turn so as to lie parallel to the reed, so that as the
batten now moves forward for striking the fabric the hooks separate the raised
threads.
The roller C then passes down again into the inner part of the cam groove A¹
causing the hooks to turn into the position parallel with the warps; the raised
jacquard threads descend, and the cam brings the hooks back into their original
position at right angles to the warps, in which position they remain during the
other stages of the weaving operation.
Independently of these separating hooks, I make use of a horizontal and trans-
verse bar I Figure 2, which by means of a cam is made to bear against the straight
and binding warps for preventing them from being carried along when the cloth
beam is turned.

page_text: Lastly, for the same purpose as above, but only for separating the selvage threads,
the hooks I Figure 1 penetrate between the selvage threads at each edge, and in
front of the batten, and thus facilitate the insertion of the weft and the proper
formation of the selvages.
If instead of producing a figured fabric, a plain fabric is to be produced accord-
ing to the present invention, the jacquard is done away with, and on the one hand
the needle comb with long holes is replaced by a needle comb the same as that for
the binding warps, and on the other hand the rack bobbins are replaced by a warp
beam.
The above described construction of loom enables not only figured or plain
fabrics with looped or cut pile to be produced but also fabrics presenting on their
two sides a reversed rep surface, that is to say a transverse rep on the one side and
a longitudinal rep on the other; it suffices for this purpose to replace the ordinary
pile wires by a filling of any suitable material.
Dated this 9th day of August 1897.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improved Construction of Self-acting Looms for Weaving Looped or
Cut Pile Carpets and other Pile Fabrics.
I, ADRIEN DUQUESNE, of No. 10, Rue d'Abonkir, Paris, France, Carpet Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
The manufacture of pile fabrics with looped and tied pile such as the pile carpet
known as "Tapis Parisien" presents peculiar difficulties, in particular when it is
required to manufacture figured fabrics. In this case as certain threads require
to be raised separately although grouped together with other threads that have to
make the net-twist, it was necessary to specially separate such threads for enabling
a regular weaving to be effected and prevent the formation of knots and other
similar faults.
When working by hand this separation is effected satisfactorily by a skilful
workman, who introduces a rod in the open shed of the warps and separates the
threads by pressing the rod more or less forcibly against the tissue by means of
the batten.
But in the self acting looms this operation presented a difficulty which I have
succeeded in overcoming by means of separating devices which I have invented
and which imitate automatically the action of the hands. I will describe such
devices with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 shews a
front view of the loom, Fig. 2 is the side view to the left of the front view
Fig. 3 is the opposite side view, Fig. 4 shews a diagram of a longitudinal
section through the loom, indicating the working of the threads. Figs. 5 to 12
shew detached details. Figs. 13 to 20 shew diagrams of the mode of working.
The warp threads intended to appear at the front and back surfaces of the fabric
for producing looped pile fabrics and which I will assume to be woollen threads,
are arranged on the bobbin racks G'G', to the number of five in the present
instance.
The binding warps are on the beam E¹ and are maintained in suitable tension
by weighted regulators F¹.
The warps intended for forming the under surface of the fabric are on another
beam E2 in front of the first one and are also kept in tension by weighted regulating
brakes F2.

page_text: The threads from the rack bobbins pass through the long holes of the vertical
metal plates K, Figures 2 and 4 fixed at the lower part to a transverse beam P
Figure 4 which connects them together, forming a comb.
The binding warps and the straight warps pass respectively through the eyes of
the two bars S S¹. For the one bar S¹ can be substituted a comb, the teeth of
which are provided at their upper ends with eyes the size of which corresponds
to that of the eyes of the bars. After passing through the eyes of the bars $ $¹
or of the bar for the straight warp and the comb for the tying warp, the two warps,
as also the wool' threads, from the bobbins, pass through the guiding comb I.
R shews the jacquard healds with their eyes and leads; the rack bobbin threads
which are required to produce the pattern pass through the heald eyes before
passing through the holes of the plates K.
The guiding comb I is placed between the healds and the said plates.
The three groups of threads pass through the reed of the batten G and the fabric
formed as will be explained, is coiled up on the cloth beam L.
In the arrangement shewn at Figures 23 and 4 where the warp threads from El
and both pass through the eyes of bars SS1 operating as ordinary healds, the
fabric produced is as shewn at Figure 20, where these warp threads are both
straight and parallel, being interlaced with the pile warps and weft threads as
there shewn; but it is preferred to make the one warp thread f¹ operate as a bind-
ing warp with a lateral motion, as shewn in the enlarged diagrams of the fabric
respectively in vertical section, plan and in perspective view at Figures 17, 18
and 19, in which case the one set of heald bar S is replaced by the comb S¹,
Figures 13, 14, 15 and 16 through the eyes of which the warp threads f¹ are passed,
and which can be traversed laterally below the straight warps e¹.
I will describe the process of manufacture of the fabric with reference to Sheet 5
of the accompanying drawings in which Figure 13 shews a diagram of the loom
at rest. Figures 14, 14, 15, 15%, and 16, 163, shew the three stages of manufac-
ture.
In the pile fabric produced by the arrangement of loom forming the subject
of the present invention, the pile threads, pass, as shewn in Figures 17, 18,
and 19 first underneath from right to left of the double warp formed by the
threads elf, then rise at the left hand and pass over a weft thread ; then,
descending again they pass beneath the warp threads and rise on the other side
thereof while a second weft thread h¹ passes under the warp thread f' and over e¹,
thus producing the binding together of the several parts of the fabric. The warp
thread is called binding thread because it winds partially round the other
one, el, alternately in opposite directions, so as to enable the weft thread h¹ to
firmly unite the two warp threads together.
The different stages of the formation of the fabric are as follows. I will con-
sider a single one of the plates K with slotted eye of the comb P which serves to
impart the required above described sinuous motion to the pile warps.
In Figures 13, 14, 15 and 16 KP is the pile warp comb, G the batten, I the
guiding comb, and B a pressing bar, serving to effect the separation of the woolen
pile threads. RR are the healds actuated by the jacquards for raising at the
proper times the threads 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, which are assumed to constitute the group
of pile warps which pass through the slot of the plate K. SS are the healds for
the sinuous warp threads 6, and for the straight warp threads 7. At Figure 16
a comb S¹ is substituted for the healds of the sinuous warp threads.
At the first stage, Figure 14 the jacquard raises one of the pile threads such as 1;
the plate K is to the right of the double ground warp thread corresponding thereto,
the pressing bar B1 descends upon all the threads and begins to detach the raised
thread 1 from the others at the point where it issues from the portion of woven
fabric already completed by drawing it taut as shewn.
The rod C Figure 14 then enters the shed under the said raised thread, and
above the lower threads, and in front of the batten G which then moves forward
so as to force the rod C as far forward as possible in the shed. The batten then

page_text: moves away again, the rod C is withdrawn and again introduced and pushed home
by the batten, so as to complete the separation of the threads 1.
The batten then again retires and the rod is withdrawn, and the wire for forming
the pile is inserted in its place under the threads raised by the jacquard, such
introduction being effected in any known manner.
At the second stage the jacquard lowers the threads 1, the comb KP descends
below the warp threads and moves laterally from right to left to an extent equal
to the distance apart of the reeds of the batten G, that is to say, double the dis-
tance between the double warp threads; by this motion the plate K carries with it
all the pile warp threads which it contains.
It then rises again as at Figure 15 and 15, thereby causing these threads to be
partially coiled round their respective ground warp threads, bringing them to
the left hand thereof and opening the shed between these pile threads and the
ground warps. The rod C is then again inserted and operated as above described,
and retires.
The shuttle then passes over the ground warps and under the pile warps.
At the third stage, the comb K P again descends carrying with it the pile warps
as at Figure 16 and passes laterally to the right of the ground warp so as to assume
the same position as at starting. The pressing bar B₁ being raised as shewn, the
binding warp 6 is then raised after having been displaced laterally so as to be to
one side of the straight warp; another weft thread is then inserted, which will thus
be bound below the sinuous warp thread 6 and above the straight warp 7, like the
pile warp threads. The binding warp 6 then descends again and the parts will
again operate as in the first stage.
I will now describe the mechanisms of the loom which I employ for carrying out
the above described several operations.
1st Stage. The rise of the jacquard mechanism is effected by means of the
lever D¹.
The frame of the comb K P is raised by the rods 0 Figure 1 and the transverse
levers N pivoted to the brackets M and placed symmetrically on each side of the
loom framing the middle rod O being operated by a lever connected thereto at 01,
actuated in the known manner and forming no part of my invention; at this
moment the plates or needles of the comb, the long openings of which carry the
rack bobbin threads, have passed to the right of the straight warp forming an
angle below the fabric and the binding warp. The threads which for the time
being are not raised by the jacquard lie on the bottom of the holes of the plates A.
The batten G is pushed backward so as to fully open the shed. At this moment
a rod is introduced in front of the reed of the batten as in weaving by hand; this
insertion is effected by means of a cam F fixed upon a transverse shaft E in a
similar manner to the insertion of the pile wires. According to a modification of
this arrangement two rods of half the length are employed which are passed in from
each side of the frame, so as to meet at the middle. This arrangement is shewn
respectively in front and side view at Figures 5 and 9 which shew the cam F fixed
on shaft E and actuating by means of the lever H, connecting rod H3 and the two
transverse links H¹, the levers D2 which carry the two semi rods C.
The cranked shaft usually employed for actuating the batten is replaced by a
straight shaft J¹ which imparts motion by gearing J3 J3 to the shaft E carrying the
device shewn at Figure (which is a side view of Figure 5) whereby the batten
is actuated in the following manner. On the shaft E of the cams there is fixed
at each end a star with six arms M'N' O'P' Q'R' of unequal lengths; these arms
of different lengths have for their object to vary the stroke of the batten, according
to whether a rod is or is not inserted in front thereof; the succession of the move-
ments is as follows..
The arm N of the star, which is shorter than the arm M¹, moves the batten to
a less extent than before the introduction of the rod, so as to strike this and separate
the threads, while allowing for the space occupied by the rod; the batten recedes,
the rod also retires and re-enters at once for disengaging the threads which could

page_text: not be separated at the first stroke, and for this purpose the arm 0¹ of equal length
with N imparts the same motion to the batten, whereby the threads are entirely
separated. The batten again retires as also the rod, the pile wire which is intended
to raise the loop of the pile is passed in below the threads raised by the jacquard.
This wire is actuated by the levers Z Fig. 1 which work as in the known construc-
tion of looms for pile fabrics and forming no part of my present invention, do not
require to be further described.
Second Stage. The jacquard lowers the raised threads, the comb K P which,
as stated, had passed, to the right of the straight and binding warps, for the rising
motion of the jacquard, also descends, and at the same time moves from right to
left to an extent equal to the pitch of the rods of the batten reed and of the
guiding comb I. The comb K P then rises in this new position, thus causing
the previously raised threads as also those remaining at the bottoms of the openings
of the needles to coil partly round the said warps, that is to say, producing the
net-twist with all the threads carried by the comb K P. The arm P¹ of the star,
of the same length as M¹ causes the batten to give a second stroke against the fabric,
the batten recedes, the shed opens, the rods or semi rods again enter the shed,
and the arm Q¹ which is of the same length as N' and O₁ produces the before
described effect; the rod recedes and the shuttle passes over the straight and
binding warps and below the threads of the rack bobbins.
Third Stage. The comb KP redescends, while shifting laterally in the contrary
direction to the second stage, that is, from left to right; the binding warp is then
alone raised by the comb S¹ above referred to; this bar or comb receives a lateral
to and fro motion, like the comb K P with long holes so as to cause the binding
warp to perform the same net-twist as was done by the other comb with the wool
threads. The shuttle then passes over this warp; the bar or comb of the binding
warp descends, and the other comb KP with long holes, as also the jacquard are
ready for performing the first stage again. It is of course to-be understood that
at each passage of the weft, and of the pile wires, the batten strikes and tightens
the fabric.
Each of the two semi-rods is preferably in duplicate, that is to say, formed of
two superposed rods; in this case the reed of the batten has bars A Figures 5 and 8
enlarged at the back and having two superposed holes a of a slightly larger
diameter than the section of the same rods C C.
These two sets of superposed semi rods on each side of the frame on meeting
in the fabric, occupy together the whole width of the latter; they are passed
horizontally through the uprights R2 of the batten by means of the levers D2;
the cam F of the shaft E above mentioned actuates these levers by the lever H
and links H₁ as above described.
When the jacquard threads are raised, the cam F, as stated raises the lever H
to the point L Figure 5; this motion causes the levers D2 to approach each other
and consequently also the four rods C.
The batten beats, and during the double stroke thereof the rods separate the wool
threads, and they then retire into their original position.
The pile wire having been entered, the jacquard threads are lowered, and the
rising of the comb K P is effected in performing the net-twist as described.
The rods CC then again enter between the wool threads and the straight warps
and binding warps and separate them under the stroke of the batten.
A modification of the arrangement for separating the threads consists in forming
the rod into a number of short lengths, without altering the comb, and in employ-
In this case as shewn at
ing the cranked shaft for actuating the batten.
Figures 1, 2 and to a larger scale at Figures 10, the rod is formed of a number of
books, one of which is shewn detached at Figures 11 and 12 to half full size.
These hooks are held between two bands of flat iron V by means of the collars T:
they are connected at top to a bar U by screws Q. while the lower parts of the
pieces are hent at right angles. The flat bands V are connected to the upper
back part of the reed of the batten. On the bar U is fixed the stud X which slides

page_text: in a slotted bar B pivoted at B actuated by the levers Y which receive their motion
from the cam A¹ acting upon the roller C, Figure 2.
Assuming the batten to be performing its forward stroke with the shed closed,
the jacquard threads are raised; the hooks being turned into the position at
Figure 10, constitute a continuous bar; the batten then moving away for opening
the shed, the roller C¹ drops simultaneously into the inner part of the groove of the
cam A¹
The bar B then acts upon the stud X and causes the hooks J to
turn so as to be situated at right angles to the reed; they thus pass between the
raised jacquard threads. When the batten arrives at the end of its back stroke,
the roller C will have reached the outermost part of the cam groove and will
thereby cause the hooks J to turn so as to lie parallel to the reed, so that as the
batten now moves forward for striking the fabric the hooks separate the raised
threads.
The roller C then passes down again into the inner part of the cam groove A¹
causing the hooks to turn into the position parallel with the warps; the raised
jacquard threads descend, and the cam brings the hooks back into their original
position at right angles to the warps, in which position they remain during the
other stages of the weaving operation.
Independently of these separating hooks, I make use of a horizontal and trans-
verse bar B1, Figure 2, which by means of a cam B33 and lever B2 is made to bear
against the straight and binding warps and the pile warps for the purpose herein-
before described.
Lastly, for the same purpose as above, but only for separating the selvage threads,
the extreme hooks J marked 12 Figure 1, penetrate between the selvage threads
at each edge, and in front of the batten, and thus facilitate the insertion of the
weft and the proper formation of the selvages.
If instead of producing a figured fabric, a plain fabric is to be produced accord-
ing to the present invention, the jacquard is done away with, and on the one hand
the comb K P with long holes is replaced by a comb the same as that for
the binding warps, and on the other hand the rack bobbins are replaced by a warp
beam
The above described construction of loom enables not only figured or plain
fabrics with looped or cut pile to be produced but also fabrics presenting on their
two sides a reversed rep surface, that is to say a transverse rep on the one side and
a longitudinal rep on the other; it suffices for this purpose to replace the ordinary
pile wires by a filling of any suitable material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
A construction of loom for the manufacture of looped or cut pile fabrics of
the kind herein referred to, wherein on the one hand means are employed for
effecting the separation of the threads, consisting either of a single rod or of two
half rods such as C either single or double, or of a rod composed of articulated
fractional elements such as J and operating either along the entire width of the
loom or only on the selvage threads, and wherein on the other hand, a counter
pressure is exercised upon the straight and binding warps in the contrary direction
to the rising motion of the woollen threads, by means of a rigid bar B₁ or equivalent
device for effecting the same object, substantially as described.
Dated this 10th day of December 1897.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.