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No. 13686.—EDWARD WATERS, Jun., a member of the firm of Edward Waters and Son, Patent Agents, of 414–418, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria (nominee of the Linotype Company, Limited, of 188, Fleet Street, London, England, the assignees of William Henry Lock, of 188, Fleet Street, London, aforesaid, William Fletcher, of Mercers Buildings, Endell Street, Long Acre, Middlesex, England, and Harry Lawrence Cox, formerly of 1, Swanage Road, Wandsworth, but presently of Lower Tooting, Surrey, England). Improvements in linotype machines.

Claims.—(1.) In a linotype machine, the combination of metal-pot throat, mouthpiece having a slot and an undercut groove opening out into each other, and a series of slides each adapted to fit the said groove and having a row of metal ports, the lengths of the several rows differing from each other to correspond with the working length of the respective mould. (2.) In a linotype machine, the combination of metal-pot throat, mouthpiece having a slot and an undercut groove opening out into each other, a series of slides each adapted to fit the said groove and having a row of metal ports, the lengths of the several rows differing from each other to correspond with the working length of the respective mould, and a device for withdrawing it from the said groove. (3.) In a linotype machine, the combination of metal-pot throat, mouthpiece having a slot and an undercut groove opening out into each other, a series of slides each adapted to fit the said groove and having a row of metal ports, the lengths of the several rows differing from each other to correspond with the working length of the respective mould, a device for checking its position in the said groove, and a device for withdrawing it therefrom. (4.) The described combination of wiper, wiper-carrier, and mechanism for putting it through its down and up travels. (5.) The described combination of wiper, wiper-carrier, vertical wiper-guide, and mechanism for putting the said wiper through its down and up travels. (6.) The described combination of compound wiper and mechanism for putting it through its down and up travels. (7.) The described combination of wiper, wiper-carrier, vertical wiper-guide, lever, and link pivotally connected by its ends to the wiper-guide and lever respectively. (8.) The described combination of wiper, wiper-carrier, vertical wiper-guide, link pivotally connected by one end to the wiper-guide, transverse sleeve in the opposite end of the said link, rod in the said sleeve, cam-surface on the rear end of the said rod, spring between the said rear end and the link to keep the former in the path of the said lever, cam-surface to move the said rear end of the rod out of the path of the said lever, and spring to put the wiper through its return travel as soon as the rear end of the said rod is out of the path of the lever. (9.) The combination with each measure in a composed line of matrices for tabular matter, of an abutment intermediate of it and the next one, means for holding the said abutment in the proper position whilst the said line is being justified, and means for justifying each measure independently of the other measures in the line. (10.) The combination with a line of matrices composed for tabular work, of an abutment at and for each end of the said line at a distance from each other equal to the standard length of line, an abutment intermediate of each measure and the next one, means by which the said abutments are held in their respectively proper positions whilst the said line is being justified, and means for justifying each measure independently of the other measures in the line. (11.) The combination of measure-quad, socket in the mould-block to hold the same against vertical or horizontal movement during the act of justification, means for enabling the mould-block to engage the said measure-quad, and an independent plate on the justifying-plate for each measure. (12.) The combination of measure-quad adapted to act as a character matrix, socket in the mould-block to hold the same against vertical or horizontal movement during the act of justification, means for enabling the mould-block to engage the said measure-quad, and an independent plate on the justifying-plate for each measure. (13.) The combination of measure-quad adapted to act as a rule matrix, socket in the mould-block to hold the same against vertical or horizontal movement during the act of justification, means for enabling the mould block to engage the said measure-quad, and an independent plate on the justifying-plate for each measure. (14.) The described measure-quad adapted to act as an abutment for one end of a measure in a composed line of matrices for tabular work. (15.) The described measure-quad adapted to act as an abutment for and as a character matrix at one end of a measure in a composed line of matrices. (16.) The combination of a line of matrices composed in measures for tabular work, a measure-quad adapted to act as an abutment between each measure, an abutment at each end of the composed line, a space-bar in each measure, and an automatic justifying-plate carrying a spring-supported justifying-plate for each of the said measures. (17.) The combination of a line of matrices composed in measures for tabular work, a measure-quad situated between each two adjacent measures to act as an abutment there for them both, means for holding the said measure-quads in their respectively proper positions in the said line whilst the latter is being justified, an abutment at each end of the composed line separated from its fellow by a distance equal to the standard length of the line, a space-bar in each measure, and an automatic justifying-plate carrying a spring-supported justifying-plate for each of the said measures.
(Specification, 14s. 6d.; drawings, 6s.)

No. 13693.—8th June, 1901.—FREDERICK LAMBERT LOR-DEN, of Wellington, New Zealand, Draughtsman. An improved machine for cutting tobacco.

Claims.—(1.) The combination and arrangement of parts comprising my machine for cutting tobacco, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (2.) In a machine for cutting tobacco, in combination, a disc provided with knives and sloping faces for the knives, slots in the disc, a handle to turn the disc, and a box for receiving the cut tobacco attached to the disc, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (3.) A machine for cutting tobacco comprising in combination a disc provided with knives and sloping faces for the knives, slots in the disc, a handle to turn the disc, a box for receiving the cut tobacco attached to the disc, a bracket to which the disc is pivoted, and a mouthpiece placed centrally in relation to the disc, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (4.) A machine for cutting tobacco comprising in combination a disc provided with knives and sloping faces for the knives, slots in the disc, a handle to turn the disc, a box for receiving the cut tobacco attached to the disc, a bracket to which the disc is pivoted, an adjustable mouthpiece placed centrally in relation to the disc, and means for securing the bracket to a table or the like, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (5.) A machine for cutting tobacco comprising in combination a disc provided with knives and sloping faces for the knives, slots in the disc, a handle to turn the disc, a box for receiving the cut tobacco attached to the disc, a bracket to which the disc is pivoted, a pin upon which the disc revolves screwed into the bracket and secured by a lock-nut, a loop for holding the pin from turning while screwing up the lock-nut, an adjustable mouthpiece placed centrally in relation to the disc, and a cramp formed on the lower part of the bracket with a sloping screw and a bevelled washer with a flat side bearing against the face of the bracket, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (6.) In a machine for cutting tobacco, in combination, a disc provided with knives having their back edges turned up and sloping faces for the knives, slots in the disc, a handle to turn the disc, and a box for receiving the cut tobacco hinged to the handle and secured by a spring catch, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 4s.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 13695.—8th June, 1901.—HYRUM SMITH WOOLLEY, of Paris, State of Idaho, United States of America, Mining Engineer. Improvements in and relating to furnaces.

Claims.—(1.) In a furnace, the combination of a primary combustion-chamber, a secondary combustion-chamber, an imperforate air-feeding conduit extending from below the secondary combustion-chamber to within the same, and forming with the walls thereof a restricted passage, and a grate for the primary combustion-chamber adapted to direct the incandescent fuel against the imperforate air-feeding conduit. (2.) In a furnace, the combination of a primary combustion-chamber, a secondary combustion-chamber situated above and centrally of the primary combustion-chamber, a grate for the primary combustion-chamber sloping towards the centre thereof, and an imperforate air-feeding conduit extending from the centre of the grate to within the secondary combustion-chamber, and forming with the walls of said chamber a restricted passage. (3.) In a furnace, the combination of a primary combustion-chamber, a secondary combustion-chamber situated above and centrally of the primary combustion-chamber, an imperforate conical air-feeding conduit extending from below the secondary combustion-chamber to within the same, and forming with the walls thereof a restricted passage, and a grate for the primary combustion-chamber adapted to direct the incandescent fuel against the imperforate conical air-feeding conduit. (4.) In a furnace, the combination of a primary combustion-chamber, a secondary combustion-chamber, an imperforate air-feeding conduit extending from below the secondary combustion-chamber to within the same, and forming with the walls thereof a restricted passage, a grate for the primary combustion-chamber adapted to direct the fuel against the imperforate air-feeding conduit, and means for controlling the delivery of air through said conduit. (5.) In a furnace, the combination of a primary combustion-chamber, a secondary