US patent No. 334,619, granted January 19, 1886 to Edward W. Serrell Jr., for an improvement to automatic silk-reeling machines. It moves the croisure (the point where filaments are twisted to consolidate and dry the thread) to a position between the filament-attaching device and the feeding drum. This keeps uneven thread motion from disturbing the levers that control filament supply and the stop motion. The document has a drawing page and a two-page specification with a single claim.