IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR MOVING THE WARP IN LOOMS
Year: 1845

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LOUIS
JOSEPH LECOUR, of Lille, in the Kingdom of France, but now residing at
Leicester Square, in the County of Middlesex, Fringe Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
at Westminster, the Sixteenth day of January, in the eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Louis Joseph Lecour, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege
and authority, that I, the said Louis Joseph Lecour, my exors, adiñiors, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Louis Joseph Lecour, my exors, adñiors,
or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales,
and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR MOVING THE WARP IN LOOMS;" in which said Letters Patent is
contained a proviso that I, the said Louis Joseph Lecour, shall cause a

page_text: particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's
High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and
by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large
appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Louis Joseph Lecour, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and
ascertained in and by the following Statement thereof, reference being had to
the Drawing hereunto annexed, that is to say:-
In the weaving of fabrics there is employed what are called beddles
or harness for opening what is called a shed in the warp for the passage
of the shuttle, and in so doing it has been heretofore usual to employ a
peculiar spun thread or fine cord of linen, or other vegetable fibre called
liesh, which, as is well known, wears away quickly, and is therefore costly.
Now my Invention consists in making the harness or apparatus used for
moving the warp of fine metal wire, which will be found to last much
longer.
In making heddles or harness, according to my Invention, with wire, I form
the openings for the passage of the warp similar to those heretofore used when
employing liesh, according to the fabrics to be made, and as is well under-
stood; but, in order that the Invention may be understood by a workman,
I have in the Drawing shewn wire twisted and formed in different directions
suitable for moving and opening the warp, whether when used the same be
formed into leaves of heddles or for Jacquard weaving. In making the appa-
ratus I prefer to use iron or copper wire; when using iron wire 1 first have
it covered with a suitable varnish. At the same time I would remark, that
I do not confine my Invention to the precise forms shown, so long as the
peculiar character of my Invention be retained; but what I claim is, the mode
herein described for manufacturing apparatus for moving the warp of looms
in weaving by making the same of metal wire.
In witness whereof; I, the said Louis Joseph Lecour, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and forty-five.
LOUIS JOSEPHI (t.s.) LECOUR.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Fourteenth day of July, in the
year of our Lord 1845, the aforesaid Louis Joseph Lecour came before our said
Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the
tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Sixteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord Ono
thousand eight hundred and forty-five.