Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Sept., 1887
Specification Accepted, 25th Oct., 1887
I Louis GODDU of Winchester in the State of Massachusetts one of the United
States of America, Machinist do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement
This invention has for its object to improve the construction of that class of nail
making machine wherein the nail is cut from across a nail strip or plate.
In my improved machine the strip or plate of material to be cut in the direction of
its width to form nails tapering at their sides from point to head, is held in a spindle
which, as herein shown, has imparted to it a varying rotary movement in the same
direction, the spindle presenting the end of the strip to cutters which cut it trans-
versely, the said spindle being provided with mechanism for feeding the nail strip or
plate longitudinally.
Besides its movement of rotation, the said spindle is vibrated toward and from
the cutter.
The centre of the spindle is inclined with relation to the cutting edges of the
cutters, and the degree of taper of the body of the nail is determined by the angle of
presentation of the nail strip or plate to the edge of the cutters.
The speed of rotation of the spindle is automatically varied at each rotation to
cause it to run fast when the spindle is curving laterally away from the stationary
cutter, the slow speed being operative while the cutters are acting to cut the strip or
plate.
The end of the strip or plate just before it is to be cut off is grasped between a
hook or clamp and the end of the inovable cutter, the said hook moving longitudinally
with the cutter, while the latter, co-operating with a stationary cutter located near
the dies to shape the body of the nail into the strip or plate to form a blank, the said
hook and movable cutter member serving to grasp and hold the blank as cut from
the strip until the said blank is placed in line with the dies which are to be closed
together about the said blank to shape its body, and it may be its head.
The head end of the blank, always uppermost, is grasped between a pair of jaws
which take it laterally from between the said hook and the end of the movable member
of the cutter, the said hook being moved independently of the said cutter to release
Price 1171

page_text: the said blank after the jaws have caught it, and the jaws having taken the blank
from between the hook and movable cutter member, the said hook and cutter member
are moved backward into position ready to again receive the end of the strip or plate
between them.
These jaws carry the blank laterally into the stationary die, where it is caught by !
the movable die, and the body of the blank is shaped to form a nail, and preferably
the said blank is headed by a header which descends between the jaws which are
opened just after the dies catch the blank.
The blank having been shaped, the dies are separated to release the blank prior to
its discharge from between the dies.
When the jaws are opened as described to release the head of the blank as the body
of the blank is grasped by the dies, that one of the jaws nearest the movable die is
moved back but not as far as the movable die is thereafter to be retracted, and
consequently as the movable die is subsequently retracted, the head of the nail, should
it happen to stick in the movable dic, meets the end of that jaw and detaches the
nail from the movable die.
On the contrary, should the nail happen to stick in the stationary die, its head
will be struck and dislodged by that member of the said jaws nearest it, as the two
jaws, previously opened, are further oscillated in the same direction to bring them
back into their normal open position to receive the head of the next blank.
The dies are opened as soon as the header delivers its blow, but the open jaws are
not returned, as described to their normal position, until after the header has been
retracted.
Each of the jaws referred to is operated independently of the other in its opening
and closing movement, and both jaws turn about the same centre, but their move-
ments are unlike in extent according to the requirements of the machine, the particular
movement of each jaw with relation to the other and the dies and other devices, being
determined by two cams.
My invention in nail making machine consists essentially in the combination with
a spindle to carry a nail-strip or plate and cutters to serve the said strip or plate,
combined with a hook or clamp co-operating with one of the cutter members,
preparatory to severing the strip or plate to form a blank, as will be described.
Also, in a nail making machine, a spindlo to receive a nail strip or plate, and means
to both rotate and oscillate it, combined with cutters to sever the said strip or plate,
and with a hook or clamp to move with one of the cutters and aid in holding the
blank after it has been cut from the said strip or plate.
Also, in a nail making machine, a spindle to carry a nail strip or plate, and means
to rotate the said spindle at a variable speed, combined with cutters to sever the said
strip or plate transversely.
Also, in a nail making machine, a rotating spindle to carry a nail strip or plate,
cutters to sever the said strip or plate, and a hook or clamp to co-operate with one
of the members of the said cutters to hold the severed blank, combined with a pair of
jaws to take the blank from the hook or clamp and cutter member and with a pair of
dies to shape the body of the blank.
Other features of my 'invention will be hereinafter described and specified in the
claim.
Figure 1 is a plan view of a machine embodying my invention.
Figure la is a detail of the spindle carrying frame detached.
Figure 2 is an elevation of Fig. 1 looking at it in the direction of the arrow thereon,
the spindle being omitted.
Figure 3 a sectional detail of the end of the header.
Figure 4 is a section of Figure 2 in the dotted line X-X, looking toward the right.
Figure 5 is a partial horizontal section of Figure 2 in the line chiefly to show
the dies, cutters, and hook or clamp.
Figure 6 a detail of the cam hub and part of the devices for moving the jaws to be
described.
Figure 7 is a side elevation of the cam N for moving the head forming tool.

page_text: Figures 8, 9, and 10 represent other developed cams to be described.
Figure 11 is a longitudinal section of the spindle.
Figure 12 a section of Figure 11 in the line X 2.
Figure 13 is a section of Figure 11 in the line X 3.
Figure 14 is a section of Figure 11 in the line X 4 looking toward the right.
Figure 14a is a plan view of the spindle looking down on Fig. 11.
Figure 15 is a detail of the pawl and ratchet of the feeding mechanism of he
spindle.
Figure 16 is a detail of the stationary die and stationary cutter member.
Figure 17 is a detail of the movable cutter member and the hook or clamp
co-operating with it.
Figure 18 is a section of Figure 17 in the line X 5.
Figure 19 is a detail view of the lever and cam employed to move the rock-shaft
that actuates the heading tool or header.
Figure 20 a detail in front elevation of the jaws for the transferring the blank into
the stationary die.
Figure 21 a partial top view of Figure 20.
Figure 22 is an underside view of one of the jaws detached from its carrier and
enlarged.
Figure 23 a top view of Figure 22.
Figure 24 is a detail of the blank as shaped between the jaws, and
Figure 25 shows a completed headed nail.
The frame-work A of the machine, of proper shape to sustain the working parts,
has suitable bearings to support the main driving shaft A provided with a belt
pulley A and a balance wheel, the said shaft having at one end a bevel pinion A²
which engages a bevel gear A³ fast on and rotating the cam shaft A.
The shaft A' is provided with a pinion A which engages a gear A having attached
to it a pinion A', which latter engages a gear A fast on and rotates the shaft A, the
said pinion A and gear A being simply intermediate for the reduction of speed.
The shaft A has fast on it a cam hub B, which receives in it a roller or other
stud B¹ secured to one end of and so as to vibrate a three-armed lever or spindle-
carrier B2, pivoted at B³, to a part of the frame-work, the said lever having two.
ears b, b, shown best in Figure 2, and slotted at 61, 61, for the reception of suitable
bolts, as 6, but one bolt being shown in see Figure I by which to adjustably attach
to the said lever B², a yoke D, see Figure 1a, it having one-half of each bearing B
for the spindle B.
The spindle B is composed of two nearly semi-circular parts, see Figure 12,
suitably grooved for the reception of a nail strip, or plate 63 of metal to be cut
diagonally to form blanks for nails.
The slots enable the bearings B for the spindle B' to be adjusted in such manner
as to vary the inclination of the centre of rotation of the said spindle with relation to
the edge of the cutter c, to thus provide for variations in the taper of the blank to be cut ;
and so also the said bearings may be raised or lowered together to place the centre or
rotation of the spindle B more or less distant from the upper corner of the stationary
cutter c to thus adapt the machine to strips of different width and also to enable more
or less of the blank to be left above the hook or clamp g¹ to ensure more or less of a
head.
The caps B¹ co-operating with the bearing portions B are held in place by
bolts B
The strip 3, is herein shown as taken from a hub or spool +, mounted to rotate on
a stud or other suitable axis or shaft B6, mounted in a yoke-like extension B' of the
spindle.
The cam B, in its rotation, causes the lever B³ to be vibrated about its pivot B³ and
carry with it the spindle B so that the delivery end or nose of the said spindle is
vibrated toward and from the stationary member c, see Figures 5 and 16, of the
cutting mechanism and toward and from the dies e, e¹, to be described.

page_text: This spindle B has fast upon it a hub B³ provided with a gear B' and with a cam
groove B¹º
The spindle B near its delivery end is recessed for the reception of the feeding
rolls C, C, which are to feed the strip or plate 3 longitudinally in the said spindle.
The boxes which act upon the journals of the said feeding rollers are held in place
by caps C² and screws C³.
The journals or heads c² at the ends of the feed rolls c, c¹, are toothed to constitute
ratchet wheels to be engaged by pawls ca pivoted each on a stud c attached to the
casing 0, the said pawls being acted upon each by a spring c, shown only in
Figure 15.
The casing C forms a connected part of a sleeve which is extended through that
one of the bearings B₁ nearest the delivery end of the spindle B³, the sleeve (8
constituting not only a pawl holder, but also a lining for the said bearing.
The sleeve C is screw-threaded at one end, see Figure 11, and inserted through the
bearing B, has applied to it a nut C, the sleeve being enough shorter than the
distance between the shoulder C20 for the spindle B and the end of the cam hub B10,
to permit a slight longitudinal movement of the spindle B within the said sleeve.
The movement of the spindle in the direction of the arrow upon it in Figure 11,
causes the ratchet toothed heads a² at the ends of the feed rolls C, C, to engage the
pawls and effect the positive rotation of the said feed wheels, and the latter grasping
the strip or plate 63, between them, feed the same longitudinally out from the end of
the spindle.
In the movement of the spindle B' in a direction opposite the arrow in Figure 11,
the teeth of the ratchet wheels click under the pawls c³, and are not rotated.
The delivery end of the two part or divided spindle B is provided with
guides e, c³, grooved as at 3, 3, see Figures 11 and 14, to receive the edges of the
strip or plate 3, the said guides being made adjustable to different widths of strip by
the adjusting screw having a right and left thread see Figure 14, which engages a
threaded portion of each guide e, the said screw having an annular groove which is
entered by a screw 100 to prevent longitudinal movement of the said screw.
The acting edge of the cutter member c is vertical, and the bearings B₁ for the
spindle B³, are so adjusted as to place the centre line of the spindle at an angle with
relation to the edge of the said cutter, so that whenever the metal strip or plate
projected from the nose of the said spindle is brought against the said cutter
meinber c and the movable cutter member d co-operates with it to sever the said
strip or plate, the cut will be made diagonally across the said strip to form a
tapered blank.
The gear B fast to the spindle B' is engaged and rotated by a gear D¹ fast on a
shaft having its bearings in the extension D× of the yoke D referred to as
containing portions of the bearings B and shown separately in Figure 1a.
The yoke D has a stud erected on it which is provided with a roller d² that
enters the cam groove B10, the rotation of the cam B vibrating the yoke D and the
spindle B³.
The inner end of the shaft D2 is provided, see Figure 2, with a forked head d
which is loosely connected by screws 6, 6, to a block in turn connected loosely by
screws 9 to a forked head or ear S extended from one side of a gear D' attached to a
long stud, shown by dotted lines Figure 1, inserted in a hole in the frame-work A.
The gear D is engaged by the gear D having fast to it an elliptic gear D'
mounted on a stud 101, the said elliptic gear being engaged and driven by an elliptic
gear D fast on the shaft A before described.
The elliptical gears and the train of gearing described driven by them, causes the
spindle B to be rotated, as herein shown at a fast and slow or variable speed during
each rotation, and the spindle holding the nail strip or plate rotates the latter in
unison with it.
The spindle is rotated at its fastest speed when the lever B2 is turned to move the
delivery end of the spindle away from the cutter member c and dies e, c', and slowest

page_text: as the cutter members act to cut the strip or plate transversely and in the rotation
of the spindle, the cam B10 acting against the roller stud d' causes the spindle B³ to
be moved longitudinally in the sleeve C to effect the turning of the feed rolls and the
feeding of the strip or plate from the spindle.
Referring to the dies e, e¹, between which the body of the blank is shaped, it will
be seen, see Figure 5, that the die e is stationary, and the die e¹ is movable.
The die e is cut into a blank e which is attached to a block es by a screw e¹, shown
by dotted lines, the said block es being fastened to the frame-work by a long bolt e* *
extended therethrough from the rear side of the machine.
The die e has attached to, or made as a part of it, the stationary cutter member c.
The movable die e¹ is secured to a slide plate E, toothed at e to be engaged by a
toothed sector forming part of a lever c, see Figure 2, pivoted at e', and having a
roller or other stud extended through its upper side, see Figure 1, the said stud
entering like grooves in the two cam hubs F, F1, the said two cams giving a powerful
movement to the said slide and its attached die e¹.
The movable member d of the cutter mechanism is composed of a steel plate fitted
into guides of a slide f, the said cutter at its rear having two rods fx, fx, which at
their outer ends are acted upon by screws,, which enable the member d to be
adjusted longitudinally in the said slide to provide for wear in sharpening it.
This slide, at its rear side, is toothed, as best shown in Figure 5, to be engaged
and reciprocated by a partial gear 2, fast on the rock-shaft f having an armf
provided with a roller or other stud which enters the cam groove f in the hub G
fast on the shaft A'.
The teeth of the slide are held in engagement with the partial gear by means
of a cap the latter receiving through it the screws f7.
The cutter member d is kept in the guide f by a plate 104 held in place by
screws 105.
The slide is slotted longitudinally for the reception of a bar g. to one end of which
is suitably attached a hook or clamp g³, the end of which extends across the end of the
movable cutter member d.
This hook or clamp g' co-operates with the end of the cutter d to receive between
them from the delivery end of the spindle B³, the free end of the nail strip or
plate 3 just as the latter is fed forward through the spindle, preparatory to cutting
off a blank.
The nail strip 63 having been fed into position between the hook or clamp g', and
the cutter member d, the clamp g' is drawn slightly by the sector g², fast to the rock-
shaft git having an attached arm g' provided with a roller or other stud, which
enters the cam groove g in the cam hub G.
The cams f and yo are of such shape as to first ensure the entrance of the nail strip
or plate 63 between the hook g' and the end of the cutter member d, then to clamp
the strip closely, and thereafter the cutter d and hook or clamp are moved forward
in unison, and both act to hold firmly the end of the nail strip or plate 63 while the
cutter member d co-operating with the cutter c severs the said strip diagonally to
form a blank.
The clamp and cutter d, the blank having been severed from the strip, hold the
blank firmly between them and continue to move until the larger upper end of the
tapering blank is brought in position between jaws h, h, and in line between the
cavities of dies e, e¹.
The jaws h, h, both alike in shape are composed as best shown in Figures 20, 22,
and 23, of segmental or curved blocks held by bolts 106 between check-pieces 102
extended at right angles from two shafts h2, h3, the shaft 2 passing through the
shaft which is tubular, the shaft 2 being the shorter.
:
The shaft has attached to it an arm h², and the shaft 3 has attached to it an arm³,
cach of the said arms having roller or other studs, the stud of the arm h* entering the
groove m, and the stud of the arm h the groove m', both of the said grooves being
made, as herein shown, in the same side of a cam hub m².
The blank having been carried into the position stated the jaws h, h', preferably

page_text: grooved at their ends, as at 15, as shown in Figures 22 and 23, are closed upon the
upper end of the said blank, and preferably with such force as to partially round the
said blank, as shown at 107 in Figure 24 where it is grasped to thus aid in the
formation of a more perfect head.
The jaws having been closed firmly upon the head of the blank, the clamp g¹ is
moved sufficiently to release the blank, and then the two jaws are rocked or moved
together in the same direction until the blank is moved laterally from between the
clamp and cutter member, and is placed into the groove of the stationary die e, and
thereafter the clamp g and cutter member d are withdrawn and left lightly separated
ready to again receive the end of the said nail strip or plate 6³.
The blank having been placed in the groove of the dice, the movable die e¹ is moved
up to the stationary die e, and the body of the blank is shaped in the said die
grooves.
The die grooves may be either plain or corrugated, and they may be so cut or shaped
as to form heads either round or of any desired shape.
Co-operating with the dies e, el, is a header n, shown partially in longitudinal
section in Figure 3, it being attached to or forming part of a rod or bar n' fitted into
a sleeve or guide n², and provided at its upper end with rack-teeth as at n which
teeth are engaged by a tooth portion, as n*, of a gear or it may be a part of a rock-
shaft n extended through a long bearing no forming, it may be, a part of the frame-
work of the machine.
The rock-shaft n' has fast to its other end an arm 7, which by a link n is jointed
to a lever n³ pivoted at n¹º the said lever having a roller or other stud n¹³, see Figure 19
in dotted lines, which enters a cam groove, see dotted lines Figure 19, in a cam N
fast on the shaft A', the rotation of the cam through the mechanism described actuat
ing the header positively to strike the nail blank while held between the dies e, e¹, to
form a head, the shape of the head being determined by the shaft of the die groove.
Figure 25 shows a finished nail.
I am aware that it is not new to oscillate a spindle carrying a nail strip, but prior to
my invention I am not aware that a spindle carrying a mail strip has been rotated with
relation to the cutters ; and I am not aware that a spindle carrying a nail strip has
ever been rotated at a various speed.
My improved machine may be run at a very fast speed, and the nail strip may be
of as long length as can be cut or rolled, it being wound upon a hub or spindle, and
hence the production of nails is very rapid.
I do not desire or intend to limit my invention to the exact construction of the
devices herein shown, as it will be obvious to a mechanic, that the form of the parts
might be somewhat modified without departing from my invention, as for instance,
other well known devices for varying the speed of two shafts might be used.
The cap or plate has adjustably attached to it by the screw or bolt p, a rest p²
against which bears the lowermost edge of the strip or plate as the latter in the
rotation of the spindle is brought against the edge of the cutter c to be cut, the said
rest by its adjustment being adapted to strips or plates of different width.
The cam grooves in the cam m² directly controlling the movement of the jaws h, h³,
are of such shape with relation to each other as to cause the said jaws when they first
grasp the head of the blank to take it from between the cutter member d and the
hook or clamp g, to compress or shape the head of the blank in the grooves 15 of the
jaws, one groove in each jaw, and thus partially round the blank near its end thus
better adapting it to fit the usual head-forming concavity cut in the dies e¹.
e,
This preliminary shaping of the blank near its head and preparatory to placing the
blank in the dies to be upset by the header, insures a more uniform and perfect head
than when the header and dies alone are depended upon to shape the nail just at and
below the head.
Prior to my invention I am not aware that a nail blank has ever been partially
rounded at or near its head end prior to the upsetting of the head in the dies.
A part of Figure 24 shows the head of a blank as left by the action of the jaws, the
corners being somewhat rounded.

page_text: I might rotate the spindle at a uniform speed by employing usual circular gearing
instead of the elliptical gears, but I prefer to use the latter.
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 :-
1. In a nail making machine, a spindle to carry a metal strip or plate to be cut into
nail blanks, combined with cutters to sever the said strip or plate, and the clamp or
hook; co-operating with one of the said cutters to clamp the end of the strip or plate in
the direction of its thickness and hold it while the cutters operate to sever a blank from
the strip or plate, substantially as described.
2. A rotating spindle to carry a metal strip or plate the cutters to sever the strip
or plate to form blanks, and a hook or clamp co-operating with one of the said
cutters to hold the blank as described, combined with the jaws to take the blank from
the cutter and hook or clamp holding it, substantially as described.
3. A rotating spindle to carry a metal strip or plate, the cutters to sever the strip
or plate to form blanks, and a hook or clamp co-operating with one of the said cutters
to hold the blank as described, combined with jaws to take the blank from the cutter
and hook or clamp holding it, and with dies e, e¹, into the grooves of which the blank
is delivered, substantially as described.
4. A rotating spindle to carry a metal strip or plate, the cutters to sever the strip
or plate to form blanks, and a hook or clamp co-operating with ono of the said cutters
to hold the blank as described, combined with the jaws to take the blank from the
cutters and hook or the clamp holding it, and with dies e, e¹, into the grooves of
which the blank is delivered, and with a header to strike and upset the head of the
said blank, substantially as described.
.
5. In a nail making machine, a spindle to carry a metal strip or plate to be cut to
form blanks, and cutters to sever the said strip, combined with means substantially
as described to rotate the said spindle continuously but at a varying speed during
each rotation, substantially as described.
6. In a nail making machine, the continuous rotary spindle to carry a metal strip
or plate, the feed rolls connected by it to feed the strip or plate from the said spindle,
a pivoted lever or carrier to support the bearings for the said spindle, and means
substantially as described to vibrate the said lever or carrier and rotate the spindle in
its bearings, combined with cutters to cut the said strip or plate, substantially as
described.
7. In a nail making machine, two cutters to sever a strip or plate, a hook shaped
clamp g co-operating with the movable member of the cutters to hold the end of the
strip or plate at its opposite side while it is being cut and hold the blank, combined
with the rotating spindle, and with feeding mechanism carried by the spindle to move
the strip or plate in the spindle, substantially as described.
8. In a nail making machine, two cutters to sever a strip or plate, a clamp
co-operating with the movable member of the cutters to hold the end of the strip or
plate while it is being cut and to hold the blank, combined with a spindle, a vibrating
lever to carry the bearings for the spindle and with feeding mechanism, and with
mechanism to rotate the spindle and vibrate the yoke, substantially as described.
9. The spindle to rotate the nail strip or plate, the cutter member c, and the movable
cutter member d, combined with a hook or clamp, and with means substantially as
described, to reciprocate the cutter member d. and hook or clamp and to also move
the said hook or clamp longitudinally with relation to the cutter member d to grasp
the end of the strip or plate and to thereafter release the blank, substantially as
described.
10. The rotating spindle, its extension B' to hold the: metal strip or plate in reel
form, suitable bearings for the said spindle, the feed rolls having attached ratchet
wheels carried by the spindle, and the cam hub B attached thereto and means
co-operating with the said cam hub to move the spindle longitudinally as it is being
rotated, combined with the sleeve Cª and frame and pawls to rotate the feed rolls,
substantially as described.

page_text: 11. The rotating spindle, its attached gear B, the vibrating lever B2, and the
yoke D attached to the said lever and the shaft D³ and gear D¹, combined with the
gear D³, the universal joint mechanism between the shaft D2 and the said gear D³,
and with a gear D₁ to rotate the gear D³, and with mechanism to vibrate the lever B2,
all substantially as described.
12. In a nail making machine, the cutter member c, the cutter member 'd, and the
hook or clamp co-operating with it to hold the nail blank, means to move the said
cutter member and hook or clamp, and jaws to grasp the head of the blank held between
the cutter member d and the hook or clamp, combined with the die e into the groove
of which the jaws carry the said blank, and a die e co-operating with the die e, and
with means substantially as described for operating the said jaws independently,
whereby the jaws release the head of the blank after the blank has been caught
between the dies, and whereby one of the jaws, the dies having been separated, is
rotated, substantially as described.
13. In a nail making machine, two dies e, e¹, to shape the blank, and a header,
combined with the clamp g' and cutter member d to grasp the blank near its head end
and place the body of the blank in position in the stationary die, substantially as
described.
14. In a nail making machine, two dies e, e', to shape the blank, and a header,
combined with a pair of jaws to grasp the blank near its head end and place the body
of the blank in position in the stationary die, the said jaws having cavities 15 to
partly round the end of the blank preparatory to placing the said blank in the said
dies, substantially as described.
15. In a nail making machine, dies to shape the body of the nail, and a header, combined
with the clamp gl and cutter member d. constituting jaws to grasp the blank near
its head and center the blank in the grooves of the dies, and with means substantially
as described to move the said jaws, each independently of the other, to grasp and
release the blank at the proper time, substantially as described.
16. In a nail making machine, dies to hold the blank to be headed, combined with
the header, its toothed carrying bar n', the rock-shaft toothed at n', the arm n', link n³,
lever n and cam to move it, substantially as described.
17. The die e¹ and the toothed slide E to which it is attached, combined with the
sector lever e provided with a pin or stud es extended each side of it and with two
cams to operate the said sector lever, substantially as described.
18. In a nail making machine, the combination with cutters of a spindle provided
with an extension to secure and sustain a spool or reel containing a flat metal strip or
plate wound thereon, and with feeding mechanism to feed the said strip or plato
longitudinally to the said spindle, substantially as described.
19. In a nail making machine, two cutters to sever a strip or plate, a clamp
co-operating with the movable member of the cutters to hold the end of the strip or
plate while it is being cut and to hold the blank, combined with a spindle having its
axis of rotation placed diagonally to the edges of the cutters, a vibrating lever to
carry the bearings for the spindle, and with feeding mechanism, and with mechanism
to rotate the spindle and vibrate the yoke, substantially as described.
Dated the 20th day of September 1887
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicant.