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No. 13487.—22nd March, 1901.—UNITED SHOE-MACHINERY COMPANY, of Paterson, New Jersey, United States of America, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey, and having its principal place of business at 205, Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (assignees of Benjamin Franklin Mayo, of Salem, Massachusetts aforesaid, Inventor). Improvement in boot and shoe driving-machines.

Extract from Specification.—The exigencies of trade in boots and shoes require that the heels and soles be provided with protectors to lessen the rapidity of the wear of the same, and hence we have devised a practical machine for doing this work automatically and rapidly. These protectors, commonly of horse-shoe or other irregular contour or shape, and composed of metal, are driven in the face or tread of a heel or sole of a shoe throughout more or less of the surface thereof. We find, in driving this class of protectors, that the stock must be firmly clamped when the protector is being driven into it, otherwise the stock is distorted laterally, leaving bulges or ridges, which interfere with subsequent trimming operations, and especially in the heel, where the protectors are driven close to the edge. We have devised a raceway to conduct the protectors, and said raceway is so constructed that slight variations in size and shape of the protectors do not interfere with their free movement toward the delivery end of said raceway; and we have devised special devices to insure the delivery of said protectors singly, and without any liability of delivering two protectors at the same time, our delivery apparatus having been devised to act against the side of the second protector from the end of the raceway preparatory to discharging the endmost protector from the raceway into a carrier, which quickly puts said protector into position, to be driven therefrom directly through a nose or foot-plate and into the heel or sole lying on a horn which at that time is elevated to firmly clamp the stock between it and said foot-plate. In one form in which we have herein chosen to illustrate our invention, the carrier is made as a solid piece of metal, it having a space of a shape to receive within it the protector of whatever form externally, and said carrier has projected from it into said space an inner guide or tongue to enter the space between the wings or open end of the protector. The fin of the raceway straddled by the protector, and which acts to guide the protector from the receiving end of the raceway into position to be discharged from the raceway, is herein shown as having a quarter-turn, so that the protector is turned by the raceway and made to assume a position wherein its upper and lower edges stand substantially horizontal, with the openings between the wings or ends of the protectors exposed preferably towards the operator. The delivery end of the raceway is shaped to substantially surround or embrace the protector externally, and said delivery end presents a positioning portion which enters between said wings or open ends and stands in the space of the protector, said positioning portion registering each protector in position with relation to the feed which acts against the edge of the sole or heel in feeding the material over the horn, so that the open ends of the protectors which are delivered in succession from the end of said positioning portion stand uniformly with relation one to the other. The protectors are made to pass from the positioning portion of the raceway singly into a space of the carrier having an inner guide which is aligned with the positioning portion when a protector is transferred from the raceway into the space of the carrier, and this inner guide remains in position in the open end of the protector while it is being moved from a position opposite the end of the raceway into position above the driver-passage in the nose or foot-plate, and the latter may have, as shown, an inner guide which occupies such position as to receive upon its opposite sides the wings or open ends of the protectors as they are moved from the carrier into the passage in the nose or foot-plate. Thus it will be seen that the protectors are positively controlled as to the position of their open ends or wings while leaving the raceway and throughout their subsequent movements by the machine until they arrive in position to be driven by the driver, and the inner guides of the carrier and of the bushing in the nose-plate act to position the open ends of the protectors throughout the driving operation. We prefer to eject the protector positively from the raceway into the protector space of the carrier rather than let it drop by gravity, for thereby the speed of operation of the machine may be greatly enhanced. The carrier shown in the drawings, Figs. 1 to 20, inclusive, presents a suitable space for the reception of a protector, the said space being shaped to receive the exterior of the protector to be driven, and the nose or foot-plate is also provided with a protector passage or throat, shown as made in a bushing, also shaped internally to receive the protector, and by changing the carrier for one having a different-shaped space and the bushing for one having a different-shaped passage or throat, and also the raceway, if necessary, the machine may readily be adapted to drive protectors of any desired irregular shape or contour.

To enable the machine to be run at a high speed we prefer to employ a stop or ejector to insure the quick delivery of a protector from the delivery end of the raceway into the space of the carrier, rather than to depend upon gravity for the entrance of the protector into the space of the carrier. Also, in the machine shown in the drawing, Figs. 1 to 20, inclusive, the protector when put into the space of the carrier is immediately covered, and it remains covered while the carrier takes the protector and puts it in position in line with the driver which is to drive it from the carrier, the covering of the protector obviating the overturning of the protector during this movement, and preventing its accidental escape from the carrier in the rapid motions of 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, £3 5s.; drawings, 14s.)

No. 13526.—3rd April, 1901.—WALTER CHARLES WRIGHT, Inventor, and WALTER HENRY PEARSON, Gentleman, both of Dunedin, New Zealand. An improved eccentric window and burglar-proof grip.

Claims.—(1.) In grips for keeping a window-sash from rattling, or keeping it propped open, or keeping it locked at any desired point, either fully or partly open or shut, the combination with such sash and frame of an eccentric and lever-handle pressing from one to the other, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawing. (2.) In combination with a sash and frame of a sliding window or the like, an eccentric screwed to the one, and so set as to be capable of pressing against the other, substantially as set forth.

(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 13563.—26th April, 1901.—WILLIAM MEIKLE, of Mercury Bay, Auckland, New Zealand, Mechanical Engineer. A combined stirrup and spur.

Description.—The combined stirrup and spur is made of steel, brass, or other metal, and consists of the main part marked A, and the adjustable part marked B. The adjustable part can be moved so as to make the stirrup longer or shorter as may be required, which is done by sliding it between the snugs marked C, through the slot marked D, and fastening it on the stud marked E. The stirrup can be made in different sizes as may be considered necessary. The advantages of this stirrup are that the rider has at all times an equal weight on all parts of the foot at the same time, thereby relieving the muscles and tendons of the leg and foot, thus preventing any undue exertion on any particular part, consequently avoiding the tired feeling so common to certain muscles after a long ride by the foot being continually required to sustain the weight of the body on only one portion of the foot, as results at present from the stirrup now in use. This stirrup will be free from any danger of locking or jamming the foot, as is so often the case with the ones now in use, and will also be free from chafing. The spur can be used or not at the rider’s option, as it is made to screw on and off as shown on drawings. There is a small guard at each end of the stirrup marked G, to prevent the foot slipping backwards or forwards. This stirrup is designed to avoid the discomforts of the one now in use, and to insure greater safety to the rider.

Claim.—The combination and application of the different parts as described in this specification and drawings, and for the stirrup as a whole.

(Specification, 1s. 3d.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 13570.—27th April, 1901.—JOHN MORGAN TAYLOR, Plumber, and HENRY OAKLEY, Plumber, both of Tuam Street, Christchurch, New Zealand. Improvements in water-closet flushing-cisterns.

Claims.—(1.) In a water-closet flushing-cistern provided with an annular siphon, the combination with said annular siphon of a relieving air-pipe D, connected, arranged, and operating in the manner substantially as and for the purpose described, and illustrated in the drawings. (2.) In a water-closet flushing-cistern provided with a U siphon, the combination with said U siphon of a relieving air-pipe D’, connected, arranged, and operating in the manner substantially as and for the purpose described, and illustrated in the drawings.

(Specification, 1s. 9d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 13577.—3rd May, 1901.—ALBERT HAYES, of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Inventor. Improvements in vaporising and burning hydrocarbon oils.