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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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behind said share and adjustable in relation thereto, substantially as and for the purposes described and illustrated. (3.) In a machine for cleaning water-races, a share carried at the forward end of a sole-plate, a pair of mould-boards extending rearwardly behind said share, and a second pair of mould-boards secured to and operating in the rear of the first pair, substantially as specified and illustrated. (4.) In a machine for cleaning water-races, a sole-plate carrying a share at its forward end, a draw-beam arranged above the sole-plate, a steering-wheel in front of the share, and means by which the share is adjusted vertically in relation to said steering-wheel, substantially as specified and illustrated. (Specification, 3s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 12790.—17th July, 1900.—United Shoe Machinery Company, of Paterson, New Jersey, United States of America, a corporation organized under the laws of New Jersey, and having its principal place of business at 111, Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (assignees of Ronald Francis McFeely, of Beverly, Massachusetts aforesaid, Inventor). A pulling-over machine for use in the manufacture of boots and shoes.*

[NOTE.—The title in this case has been altered. See list Provisional Specifications, Gazette No. 94, of the 8th November, 1900.]

Extract from Specification.—In operating the machine, the workman takes in hand the shoe, the materials composing which, it will be understood, have been previously assembled upon the last, and presents its bottom upwardly to the rests 354, 355, 356 of the last-supporter. This operation simultaneously puts the upwardly and outwardly standing edges of the shoe-upper and lining material into place between the toe- and side-pulling grippers, ready for the gripping operations to take place. By one foot he next depresses the treadle-lever X54, and thereby puts the machine into action, whereupon the grippers close together for gripping the upper, and then lift for pulling it between said grippers and the last. The relative timing of the machine-parts is such as to cause the toe-pulling grippers to act for pulling, and thereby straightening the material on the last from heel to toe, in anticipation of the side-pulling operations, which then taking place will more effectively shape the material to the last-lines along and forwardly of the instep part thereof, the said toe-grippers contributing to this result by yielding during the side-pulling operations and thus permitting the material to bend inwardly along the top curvature of the last. The grippers having gripped for pulling the upper, the last-supporter swings downwardly. In this operation the toe-rest 354 pushes the toe of the last downwardly against the gripped and now tightly strained upper material, whereby it is made to settle the last downwardly and backwardly against the heel-part of the upper, for more tightly stretching the lines of the upper from heel to toe, and consequently stretching and shaping the lines of the said heel-part of the upper into conformity with the contour of the heel of the last. In the machine represented, said movement of the last-supporter downwardly also operates for depressing the shoe to the plane or altitude for the wiping- and tacking-mechanisms to be moved inwardly over the shoe-bottom, and thereupon, the machine-shaft D having completed one-half of a revolution, the machine is stopped by the cam-face X30 acting through roll X36 and stopping connections before described. Opportunity is now presented for the workman to shift the grippers by hand-manipulation so as to bodily move and replace, if necessary, the upper, in whatsoever manner is required to insure it being properly positioned to the last, after which the machine is restarted by again depressing the lever X54, whereupon the arms 20, 22 move forwardly the finger-rests 52, 56, and then the arms 672, 674, 676 are caused to move inwardly, carrying forward the tacks and driving-connections, and simultaneously moving the wipers 932, 934, 936 into bearing with the material, wiping it over and holding it in place upon the inner sole, after the grippers let go. This letting-go of the grippers is effected by the arms 672, 674, 676 coming into bearing with and consequently tripping the locking-levers 88 of the respective gripper-mechanisms, and consequently relaxing the grip of the grippers. By this arrangement, it will be observed the letting-go of the grippers is in the nature of giving way to the pull of the material, the clinging of the grippers to such material being protracted by the inclined faces of the locker and slide rubbing past each other. In said forward movements, the arms 672, 674, 676 are limited by the edge-gauges 938, 940, 942 coming into bearing with the edge of the shoe, after which the tack-driving operations take place. The arms 20, 22 then retire, and the last-supporter moves further downwardly for placing the shoe below the plane of the wipers, and then the arms 672, 674, 676 are moved backwardly from over the shoe-bottom, followed by the gripper-mechanisms. Said gripper-mechanisms are then depressed and simultaneously opened apart for again receiving the

edges of the material therebetween. The last-supporter and the drivers having been lifted to their positions of normal rest, the machine is again stopped by the cam-face X30 acting upon the roll and stopping connections as before, whereupon the shaft D will have completed a full revolution. It is considered desirable for the workman to have full view of the fore part of the last, in order to observe the progress of the work and to see at a glance the relative positions of the upper and the last, and observe the conformity of the upper with the lines of the last. To this end the last-supporting and upper-manipulating mechanisms of this present machine are relatively disposed so that the last is supported bottom-upwardly in a plane inclined to the perpendicular and at the height or altitude for presenting full view of the fore part of the upper to the operator who is working the machine.

[NOTE.—The number and length of the claims in this case preclude them from being printed, and the foregoing extract from the specification is inserted instead.]
(Specification, £4 5s.; drawings, £1 5s.)

No. 13425.—22nd February, 1901.—WALTER PECK, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. Centrifugal tailings-elevator.*

Claims.—(1.) In dredges, especially for the recovery of gold, the combination of a wheel B, provided with beaters C, or C¹, C³, C⁵, and direction- or concentrating-plates E, E¹, with the tailings-shoots D, D¹, or D, D³, all substantially as described, and as illustrated in the drawing. (2.) In dredging, the combination of a wheel B, swivelled if required, and provided with beaters, some in advance of others where needed, with the direction-plates E, E¹, and side-plates if needed, and the shoot D, D¹, D³ as needed, all substantially as described, and as set forth on the drawing. (3.) In gold-dredging, in combination, a dredge or other platform capable of carrying the invention A; a delivery-shoot D¹, or D³, with a wheel B working on bearings on a shaft driven by power, and furnished with beaters to catch the descending stream of tailings and send them off centrifugally and at a tangent, the said tailings being guided by direction-plates or a tube for the purpose of stacking the tailings at a distance from the machine, all substantially as set forth, and as illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 2s.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 13446.—28th February, 1901.—JOHN MITCHELL, of Auckland, New Zealand, Architect. An improved leg-guard.

Claims.—(1.) A leg-guard characterized by being so formed as to require a horizontal wrapping round the leg to enwrap all parts thereof between the lower and upper parts of the shin, and consisting of bottom and top leg-encircling and fastening parts situate in parallel horizontal planes respectively at about the ankle-level, and there formed of a relatively flexible tongue-like formation adapted to be connected to wound horizontally around and bound down to the boot-top by an adjustable fastening, and at a level intermediate of the calf and the knee, and there formed of a relatively stiffened band-like formation adapted to be wound horizontally around such part of the leg, and with meeting and fashioned parts adapted to be secured behind and under the bend of the knee, and separated longitudinally of the leg-guard at an approximately constant distance for all (say) men’s sizes, and of a leg- or calf-enwrapping part intermediate of such bottom and top horizontally disposed fastening-parts, and of an intermediate flexibility and stiffness, gradually widening from continuity with the tongue-like lower-shin-encircling fastening-parts and gradually merging into the fullness of the upper shin-encircling fastening-part, as set forth. (2.) A leg-guard consisting of bottom and top leg-encircling and fastening parts situate in parallel horizontal planes respectively at about the ankle-level, and there formed of a relatively flexible tongue-like formation adapted to be connected to wound horizontally around and bound down to the boot-top by an adjustable fastening, and at a level intermediate of the calf and the knee, and there formed of a relatively stiffened band-like formation adapted to be wound horizontally around such part of the leg, and with meeting and fashioned parts adapted to be secured behind and under the bend of the knee, and separated longitudinally of the leg-guard at an approximately constant distance for all (say) men’s sizes, a leg- or calf-enwrapping part intermediate of such bottom and top horizontally disposed fastening-parts, and of an intermediate flexibility and stiffness, gradually widening from continuity with the tongue-like lower-shin-encircling fastening-part and gradually merging into the fullness of the upper-shin-encircling fastening-part, and a knee-protecting part superimposed upon the upper-shin-encircling band, as set forth. (3.) A leg-guard having the parts 1 and 7 and the part 2 adapted to protect only the shin-front, and to be fastened by end straps and buckles, as set forth. (4.) A leg-guard having the parts 1 and 7 and the part 2 consisting of