A one-page patent abstract from an 1897 engineering journal describing J. Edge's improved flat-stripping motion for revolving flat carding engines (patent 18,115, filed August 15, 1896). It explains how a stripping comb is given an oscillating motion by a cam-driven lever and shaft, plus a second rotary oscillation through a bracket and pin, to strip short fibres from the flats more efficiently. Two line diagrams show the comb and its levers.