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  this 
  mold 
  thus 
  moves 
  back 
  the 
  second 
  mold-bar 
  is 
  drawn 
  with 
  it 
  by 
  rea- 
  

   son 
  of 
  the 
  connection 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  and 
  the 
  spring 
  before 
  referred 
  

   to. 
  The 
  second 
  mold-bar 
  having- 
  thus 
  shifted 
  back 
  and 
  dropped, 
  the 
  

   other 
  mold-bar, 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  highest, 
  will 
  take 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  

   mold-bar 
  just 
  employed, 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  row 
  of 
  meshes 
  will 
  therefore 
  be 
  

   formed 
  upon 
  said 
  highest 
  mold-bar. 
  The 
  fingers 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  sets 
  being 
  

   diagonally 
  opposite 
  each 
  other, 
  admit 
  of 
  the 
  meshes 
  being 
  formed 
  in 
  

   diagonal 
  lines, 
  and 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  a 
  Hue 
  of 
  knots 
  have 
  been 
  tied, 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  

   meshes 
  formed, 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  already 
  described, 
  and 
  the 
  warp-threads 
  

   taken 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  thread-holder, 
  this 
  thread-holder 
  will 
  be 
  shifted 
  to 
  one 
  

   side 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  the 
  forked 
  lever 
  engaging 
  it, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  warp-threads 
  

   will 
  be 
  moved 
  laterally, 
  so 
  that 
  when 
  engaged 
  again 
  by 
  the 
  weft-threads 
  

   the 
  diagonal 
  mesh 
  will 
  be 
  formed. 
  After 
  the 
  next 
  series 
  of 
  meshes 
  have 
  

   been 
  formed, 
  and 
  the 
  thread-holder, 
  which, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  remembered, 
  re- 
  

   leased 
  the 
  warp-threads 
  during 
  the 
  operation 
  of 
  tying 
  the 
  knots, 
  has 
  

   again 
  taken 
  up 
  the 
  warp-threads, 
  the 
  thread-holder 
  will 
  be 
  shifted 
  in 
  a 
  

   direction 
  reversely 
  to 
  that 
  just 
  described. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  devices 
  for 
  forming 
  the 
  warp-threads 
  

   into 
  loops, 
  of 
  the 
  brocheurs 
  carrying 
  the 
  weft-threads, 
  mechanism 
  for 
  

   causing 
  said 
  brocheurs 
  first 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  half-hitch 
  of 
  the 
  weft-threads 
  

   around 
  said 
  loops, 
  and 
  then 
  for 
  passing 
  the 
  weft-threads 
  through 
  the 
  

   loops 
  to 
  complete 
  the 
  knot, 
  devices 
  for 
  tightening 
  the 
  knots, 
  and 
  devices 
  

   for 
  shifting 
  the 
  thread-holder 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  move 
  the 
  warp-threads 
  laterally 
  

   in 
  order 
  to 
  form 
  the 
  diagonal 
  mesh, 
  substantially 
  as 
  described. 
  

  

  " 
  2. 
  The 
  brocheur-frame, 
  the 
  brocheur 
  carrying 
  a 
  reel, 
  and 
  mechanism 
  

   for 
  causing 
  said 
  brocheur 
  to 
  turn 
  upon 
  two 
  centers 
  upon 
  the 
  brocheur- 
  

   frame 
  to 
  engage 
  the 
  weft-thread 
  with 
  the 
  warp-thread 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  

   described, 
  in 
  combination 
  with 
  devices 
  for 
  manipulating 
  and 
  looping 
  

   the 
  warp-threads, 
  whereby 
  the 
  brocheur 
  in 
  turning 
  upon 
  one 
  center 
  will 
  

   pass 
  the 
  weft-thread 
  around 
  a 
  loop 
  in 
  the 
  warp-thread 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  

   half-hitch 
  therearound, 
  aud 
  in 
  turning 
  around 
  the 
  remaining 
  center 
  will 
  

   pass 
  the 
  weft-thread 
  through 
  the 
  loop 
  formed 
  in 
  the 
  warp-thread 
  to 
  

   form 
  the 
  second 
  hitch 
  and 
  complete 
  the 
  knot, 
  substantially 
  as 
  described. 
  

  

  "3. 
  The 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  oscillatory 
  brocheur-frame, 
  carrying 
  a 
  

   series 
  of 
  pinions 
  having 
  heads 
  upon 
  their 
  spindles, 
  and 
  a 
  rack-bar 
  for 
  

   actuating 
  the 
  said 
  pinions 
  with 
  the 
  brocheur 
  carrying 
  a 
  reel 
  and 
  adapted 
  

   to 
  engage 
  aud 
  turn 
  with 
  the 
  heads 
  of 
  the 
  pinion-spindles, 
  substantially 
  

   in 
  the 
  manner 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  described. 
  

  

  " 
  4. 
  The 
  combination 
  of 
  the 
  oscillatory 
  brocheur-frame 
  provided 
  with 
  

   the 
  fingers 
  having 
  hooks, 
  the 
  brocheur 
  supported 
  by 
  said 
  frame 
  and 
  

   carrying 
  reels 
  for 
  the 
  weft-threads, 
  the 
  swinging 
  thread-holder 
  for 
  the 
  

   warp-threads, 
  adjusted 
  to 
  be 
  brought 
  into 
  position 
  above 
  the 
  fingers 
  of 
  

   the 
  brocheur-frame, 
  the 
  thread-leader 
  adapted 
  to 
  bring 
  the 
  warp-thread 
  

   down 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  loop, 
  and 
  mechanism 
  for 
  imparting 
  the 
  movements 
  spec- 
  

  

  