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without affecting the steam-controlling valve, substantially
as specified and illustrated. (6.) The apparatus for regu-
lating and controlling admission of steam to marine engines
the essential feature of which consists of a weight suspended
in the manner of a pendulum, with the combination and
arrangement of parts substantially as specified and illus-
trated.
(Specification, 6s. 3d.; drawings, 8s.)

No. 12075.—12th October, 1899.—HERBERT STRAWBRIDGE,
of Waihakeke, Wairarapa, New Zealand, Farmer. Codlin-
moth and blight exterminator.*

Claim.—A compound or composition consisting of sulphur,
lime, arsenic, soda, lamp-black, and water, compounded and
combined substantially in the manner and in the proportions
specified, and for the purposes described.
(Specification, 1s. 3d.)

No. 12082.—13th October, 1899.—WALTER MATTHEW ASH-
TON, of Westmere, Wanganui, New Zealand, Farmer. An
improved device for holding sheep and the like.*

Claims.—(1.) A device for holding sheep and the like, com-
prising a loop for passing around the neck of the animal, and
grippers for holding the hind legs of the same, substantially
as set forth. (2.) A device for holding sheep and the like,
comprising a loop for passing around the neck of the animal,
grippers for holding the hind legs and depressions or kinks
for retaining the forelegs of the same, substantially as set
forth. (3.) The device for holding sheep and the like con-
structed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes
set forth, and illustrated on the drawings.
(Specification, 2s.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 12094.—13th October, 1899.—EDWARD BARTLEY, of
Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand, Architect. An improved
angle-stud for securing scrim to walls of buildings.*

Claims.—(1.) The angle-stud having a recess within which
to fit a fillet, with or without a groove in one of its inner
corners to hold a rod or angle-piece, for the purpose set forth,
substantially as described and illustrated. (2.) The fillet
without a groove to fit into the recess in the angle-stud for the
purpose set forth, substantially as described and illustrated.
(3.) The fillet with a groove in one of its inner corners to hold
a rod or angle-piece, and to fit into the recess in the angle-
stud for the purpose set forth, substantially as described and
illustrated. (4.) In combination, the angle-stud having a
recess, the fillet with or without a groove to fit into said
recess, and the rod or angle-piece to fit into said groove, all
for the purpose set forth, substantially as described and illus-
trated.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 12162.—10th November, 1899.—McKAY SHOE-MA-
CHINERY COMPANY, of Portland, Maine, a corporation organ-
ized under the laws of the State of Maine, and having its
principal place of business at 76, Lincoln Street, Boston,
Massachusetts, United States of America (assignees of Wil-
liam Henry Cuff, of Franklin Street, Braintree, Massa-
chusetts aforesaid, Inventor). Improvements in jacks for
nailing-and-slugging machines.*

Claims.—(1.) In a jack, a jack-spindle mounted upon a
rocking-foot, and a rocker-bed to sustain said foot, sub-
stantially as described. (2.) A rocking-foot, and a jack-
spindle pivotally mounted therein, and a rocker-bed to sus-
tain said foot, substantially as described. (3.) A jack-
spindle mounted upon a rocking-foot, having its under-side
shaped to present end portions lying in the arc of a circle,
the middle portion of the foot being shaped to present a
chord to said arc, and a rocker-bed to sustain said foot, sub-
stantially as described. (4.) A jack-spindle, and a rocking-
foot carrying it, said foot presenting at its opposite ends
blocks of teeth the crowns of which occupy a position in an
arc of a circle, the central portion of said foot between said
toothed portions presenting a surface occupying the position
of a chord intersecting the arc occupied by the crowns of
the teeth referred to, and a rocker-bed to sustain said rock-
ing-foot, substantially as described. (5.) A jack-spindle
having a foot toothed at its lower side, and a toothed bed
shaped to sustain said foot and enable the top of said spindle
to be moved in a substantially right line, substantially as
described. (6.) A jack-spindle having a foot presenting the
opposite ends of its lower side in an arc of a circle and pro-
vided with a slot, and a rocker-bed sustaining said foot and
having side walls, and a bolt inserted through said side-
walls and the slot of said foot, substantially as described.
(7.) A jack-spindle bored and split at its lower end, a stud
inserted in the bore of said jack-spindle, a clamping-device
to clamp said stud in said foot, and a rocking-foot to sustain
said stud loosely that it may tip therein, and a rocker-bed
upon which said foot rests and is free to turn as the spindle
is tipped to properly present the last and shoe in position
for the shoe to receive nails or slugs, substantially as de-
scribed. (8.) In a nailing-machine, a jack-spindle having an
attached curved rocking-foot, and a bed on which the foot
rests and tips, said spindle being movable transversely to the
line of tipping movement of said foot on said bed, substan-
tially as described. (9.) In a nailing-machine, a rocking-
foot, a jack-spindle pivotally mounted on said foot, and a
rocker-bed to sustain said foot, said spindle being movable
to and fro about its pivot on the foot, the foot being free to
rock on the bed in the direction of the length of the pivot of
the jack-spindle, substantially as described. (10.) A jack-
spindle, a foot upon which it is mounted, and a rocker-bed
on which said foot is free to tip, and a last-pin and its
holder carried by said spindle, and means to clamp and
retain the last-pin holder in its adjusted position, substan-
tially as described. (11.) A rocker-bed, a rocking-foot
mounted thereon and carrying a jack-spindle provided with
a tippable last-holding pin, and means to maintain said pin
in any desired position, substantially as described. (12.) A
rocker-bed, a rocking-foot mounted thereon and carrying a
jack-spindle, a last-pin holder containing a last-pin, and
means to adjust said pin that it may occupy one or another
position, substantially as described. (13.) A jack-spindle, and
a rocking-foot upon which it is pivotally mounted, and a
rocker-bed to sustain said foot, and a last-pin having a
shank, a last-pin holder pivotally mounted on said jack-
spindle, and a locking-device co-operating with the shank of
the last-pin to retain it in position in said holder, yet leave
the pin free to be readily changed and to be rotated in said
holder, substantially as described. (14.) In a machine of the
class described, a rocker-bed, a rocking-foot thereon present-
ing a part of its under-side in the arc of a circle, and a part
as a chord to said arc, combined with a jack-spindle having
a tipping last-pin, substantially as described. (15.) In a
machine of the class described, a jack-spindle mounted upon
a rocking-foot having its under-side shaped to present end
portions lying in the arc of a circle, the middle portion of the
foot being shaped to present a chord to said arc, and a rocker-
bed to sustain said foot, the lower curved side of said foot occu-
pying the arc of a circle struck from the top of the heel end
of the last carried by said spindle, substantially as described.
(16.) A jack-spindle, and sustaining means therefor whereby
the part of the spindle sustaining the last may be moved in
a substantially horizontal plane throughout the driving of
nails or slugs into the heel of the shoe on the last. (17.) A
jack-spindle, and a last-pin holder pivoted thereon, and a
device acting against the lower end of said holder, and means
to adjust said device and cause it to take the strain put on
the last-pin and its holder, relieving the pivot which sustains
the holder. (18.) A jack-spindle, and a last-pin holder
pivoted thereon and locked at its lower end and provided
with a last-pin, and an adjusting-device to engage the teeth
of said holder, means to sustain said adjusting-device, and
means to adjust said sustaining-means to insure proper
engagement of the adjusting-device with the last-pin holder.
(19.) A jack having a rocker-foot with a portion of its face
formed in an arc of a circle, and having an adjustable last-
pin which may be put and maintained in any desired posi-
tion. (20.) A jack having a rocker-foot with a portion of its
face formed in an arc of a circle, and provided with rigid yet
adjustable means to sustain a last. (21.) A jack having a
rocker-foot substantially as described, whereby as the jack
is tipped its rigidly held upper end may be maintained in
substantially the same horizontal plane. (22.) In a jack, a
last-pin, a holder therefor having worm-teeth and a worm-
screw in engagement therewith, to change the position of
said holder and pin.
(Specification, 17s.; drawings, 16s.)

No. 12206.—28th November, 1899.—JOHN KING, of Inver-
cargill, New Zealand, Machine Expert. An improved spark
arrester and extinguisher.*

Claims.—(1.) The combination with a chimney of a sheet-
metal spiral fixed within said chimney substantially as and
for the purposes specified and illustrated. (2.) The im-
proved apparatus for arresting or extinguishing sparks con-
sisting of parts constructed and arranged substantially as
set forth.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 12377.—12th February, 1900.—CHARLES JOSEPH
Cooze, of Carterton, New Zealand, Carriage-trimmer. Im-
provements in apparatus for generating acetylene and simi-
lar gases.*

Claims.—(1.) In apparatus for generating gas as de-
scribed, in combination, a gasholder, a water-tank raised
above the gasholder and communicating with the same, and
a carbide-holder and trays communicating with the gas-