1st It works like a Sawmill that as it the1 same frame & Crank—The proportion is that the gate is one third the Size or hight of the frame in which it works & is Six feet in width with 5 breakers 3 below & 2 Above with the Same flare & rake as hemp brakes commonly worked by hand—To explain myself better it is nothing more or less than like a double Saw gate working up & down in the Same Manner as your Saw Mill with 2 grooves in the fender posts in Stead of one their is also a pitman exactly like a Saw Mill as thus—

Crank 7½ In Sweep Lift of the break 13 Inches
To be drawn on a Scale of an inch to the foot as you will See by the inclosd drafts