CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS O WID
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Moore, of Coventry, in the County of
Warwick, Machinist, for the Invention of
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
O WID"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Moore at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
2nd June 1874.
I, JAMES MOORE, of Coventry, in the County of Warwick, Machinist,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IM-
PROVEMENTS IN LOOMS AND THEIR APPLICATION FOR THE WEAVING OF WIRE," to
be as follows:-.
My Invention consists in the adaptation and application of the
ordinary rack and pinion loom, such as is used in the weaving of silk
fabrics for the weaving of wire.

page_text: wider. The weft is kept sufficiently tight by means of a coiled spring
inside the quill, which can be regulated to any desired mesh.
Also in the application of steam power to wire weaving, as applied to
the ordinary loom with the improvements above named.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Moore in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
2nd December 1874..
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
MOORE, of Coventry, in the County of Warwick, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said James Moore, Her special licence
that I, the said James Moore, my executors, administrators, and 1
assigns, or such others as I, the said James Moore, 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, 1
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "CERTAIN IM-
PROVEMENTS IN LOOMS AND THEIR APPLICATION FOR THE WEAVING OF WIRE,"
upon the condition, amongst others, that I, the said James Moore,
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 James Moore, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say) :-
My Invention consists in the adaptation and application of the
ordinary rack and pinion loom, such as is used in the weaving of silk
fabrics to the weaving of wire.
I use for carrying the shuttle reverse treadles for two feet space or
wider. The weft is kept sufficiently tight by the means of a coiled
spring inside the quill, which can be regulated to any desired mesh.
Also in the application of steam power not hitherto been used to wire
weaving, as applied to the ordinary loom with the improvements above
named.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Moore, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this First day of December One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four.