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THOMAS n DE FORST, '0F B1.RIMINGH-AM,l coNNEcTicUT. Leffmpam No. 61,110, am@ Jam@ 15, '1867.

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TO ALL- WHOM I'I MAY CONCER N: v

Be it'known that I, '.l; B. DE FOREST, of Birmingham, in vthe county of New Haven, and State of- Con nectiout, have invented a new Improvement invHoop-Skirts; and I do herebyv declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying' drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to' be a full, clear,

and exact description of the same, and which*I said drawings constitute part of this spec'iiication, and represent in` f Figure 1, a front view of a portion of the lowerhoops; and in .Figures 2 and 3, enlarged transverse sections of the-lower hoop., l

This invention relates to e. protection for the lower hoop, to prevent the covering frombeing .worn by dragging, and consists in enclosing a cord upon the lower edge-of the bottonrhoop, which said cord prevents the wire `from coming in immediate Acontact with the oor or pavement, thereby hindering any itrmediate wear upon'the same. A A

To enable others to construct and usel my improvement, I will proceed to describe the same, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The manner in which I prefer vto attach the cord isseen in hg; 2, and is done' in what is known as the vfigure 8 braider'.. The wire, which is denoted in' solid blask, andl the cord, which isV denoted in blue, are both inserted in the machine, one in each of the two circ1es,.andthe covering thread, which is denoted in red, is passed around and between both the cord and wire, as denoted in g. 2. This covers and secures thecord directly to the edge of the'wire, and thus covered, the wire is formed into a hoop, and

attached to the skirt, the corded edge down,as seen in tig. 1, 'so that that edge receives all the wear consequent,

upon the dragging of the lower hoop; and being of a soft ortexihle nature, does -notwear away, as doesthe hard surface of a common hoop. Another manner of cording the hoop is shown in iig. 3. The' wire is first covered in the ordinary manner, or not; then, with the cord, is passed through a tuhe -or casing of woven matelrial, and the tube stitched between the cord and the wire, as -denotedat a.. This, nofdoubt, is. the better plan, but the rst is cheaper. l

i l Iam aware that 4a. cord has been enclosed within rthe coveri'ng'o'frthe wire, as found in the Patent of Thomas S. Gilbert, June'20, 1865; but his invention .places the cordupon the dat side of the wire. "My invention` requires that l the cord should 'he upon' the edge. This cannot he when the cord is enclosed Within the same covering as the wire,i`or it could not be held upon the edge, and could in nowise accomplish the result attained by my invention. I do net therefore hr'oad'ly'claim enclosing a cord uponthe wire and within the same covoring; but having thus fully describediny,invention, what'I doclaim as new and-useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I Y I Attaching a cord to shirt wire, outside the covering which encloses the wire, substantially as herein set forth.

' THos. B. DE FOREST:

Witnesses:

-JonN H. SHUMWAY,

A.. J. Tissus.

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