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the radius of such guide, as set forth. (14.) In a machine
of the class described, in combination with a rotatable table
having openings for the contact of cans with their caps, a
groove for the passage of a belt 59 arranged to pass over a
fixed table, an adjustable bracket 75 having reciprocating-
fingers 79 arranged in mechanism therein, such mechan-
ism connecting with a cam wheel by an oscillatory lever,
whereby the fingers will be thrust back and forth over the
said belt 59, as and for the purposes set forth. (15.) A
fixed table (33) having a belt passing over a groove or
recess in the same, means for imparting movement to
such belt, a can-spacing mechanism on one side thereof,
and means for pushing cans at intervals around a com-
mon centre from the belt on one side to pass over to
the other side without contacting with such belt, by a plate
intervening. (16.) In a device for feeding caps to cans in a
machine as described, the combination of a table 33, and a
recess therein for a belt travelling thereover, a can-feeding
wheel having seats for cans which push the cans forward over
the table, a guide 63 arranged to control the cans, a bracket
86 pivotally fixed without the track of the cans, oppositely
disposed arms on said bracket projecting into the path of the
cans, of a cap-feeding belt 69 arranged over a bracket or
slideway 36, an adjustable bracket 91 secured to a lug on
such bracket 38, and a finger-cap-releasing mechanism
arranged on the bracket 91, the same being connected to
the arm 88 as shown and described, whereby each can
engaging the arms of the bracket 86 will release its own
cap. (17.) In combination with a rotatable table having open-
ings therein for the passage of caps, can-supports arranged
below said openings, and seats for the caps in such open-
ings, a fixed table 33 and means for passing cans there-
over on a plane with the can-supports beneath the rotat-
able table, a bracket 38 arranged above the table 33, a groove
for a cap-feed belt 69 which takes thereover and around
a pulley 70 on a shaft 71, and means for imparting movement
to such pulley by a sprocket belt 98 taking over a wheel 99
secured on the shaft 16, said belt 69 arranged on a plane with
the table 20, and means for simultaneously depositing a
can and a cap respectively below and above one of the said
openings, as set forth. (18.) In a can-capping machine, the
combination of a rotating frame having reciprocally movable
can-seats, a rotatable table having contractible openings
for the cans and provided with cap-seats, means for simul-
taneously feeding a can to one of the seats and a cap to its
seat, vertically reciprocal cap-pressers, and means for simul-
taneously elevating the can-seats and for depressing the cap-
pressers, and for releasing and delivering the same to a belt,
substantially as described. (19.) In combination with a
rotatable table having openings therein, each opening being
formed by members arranged at an angle to each other,
and having tongues on the under-sides resting in grooves
in a movable ring, which are placed at a differential
axis to the opening, and the whole being supported by
brackets or plates 53, an arm passing through such plate
diametrically in line with the table, a rigid pin secured to
said ring and engaging in a slot in the deflected end of such
arm, and means for forcing the arm in and out, whereby the
jaw member will contract and expand the opening, as set
forth. (20.) In a can-capping machine, the combination of
a rotary table having openings, reciprocating-discs above the
openings, reciprocating-plates at opposite sides of the open-
ings for supporting the caps, and connections between the
discs and plates, whereby the plates will be withdrawn when
the discs are moved downward, substantially as described.
(21.) In a can-capping machine, the combination of a rotary
table having openings, vertically reciprocating-discs located
above the openings and adapted to engage the caps, recipro-
cating-plates located at opposite sides of the openings for
supporting the caps, and levers connecting the discs and the
plates, whereby the latter will be withdrawn when the former
move downward, substantially as described.
(Specifications, £1; drawings, 7s.)

No. 14764.—18th April, 1902.—HALIBURTON PECK, of Van-
couver, British Columbia, Canada, temporarily of Sydney,
New South Wales, Canning-machine Specialist (nominee of
James Moore Kelly Letson and Frank Watts Burpee, both
of 142 to 148, Alexander Street, Vancouver aforesaid, Can-
ing Specialists and General Machinists). Improvements in
dies or stamps for forming can-ends.

Claim.—In a die for forming the ends of cans, the com-
bination of a base, the outer cutting-ring rigid with the base
and having an upper cutting-edge, a detachable centre-piece
rigidly mounted upon the base, the vertical springs housed
in the base and engaging the lower face of the centre-piece,
and having their upward movement limited by the same, said
springs projecting beyond the periphery of the centre-piece,
a depressible ring located between the centre-piece and the
cutting-ring and supported upon the said springs, and a
punch, substantially as described.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14772.—17th April, 1902.—HENRY DROUTLEGE, of
Auckland, New Zealand, Clerk. An improved registering
and recording machine for use in connection with total-
isators, voting-apparatus, and suchlike.

Claims.—(1.) In a registering and recording machine of
the kind specified, in combination, the individual outer
registering-wheel, an over pawl and under pawl operat-
ing said outer registering-wheel, a lever having said over
pawl connected thereto, a stud carrying said under
pawl and projecting at right angles from arm jutting
out from jacket or sleeve, said jacket fitted on to shaft and
suitably secured thereto, said shaft carrying said outer
registering-wheel, said stud carrying spiral spring con-
nected with under pawl, said lever connected at its outer
end to crank by rod and worked by handle or other suitable
mechanism, said lever fulcrumed to said arm on or about its
centre, whereby said over pawl is made to engage ratchet
wheel fixed to said outer registering-wheel, all for the pur-
pose set forth, substantially as described and illustrated.
(2.) In a registering and recording machine of the kind
specified, in combination, the grand total outer registering-
wheel, an over and under pawl operating said outer re-
gistering-wheel, a lever having said under pawl connected
thereto, a stud carrying said under pawl and projecting at
right angles from arm jutting out from jacket or sleeves,
said jacket fitted on to shaft and suitably secured thereto,
said shaft carrying said outer registering-wheel, said stud
carrying spiral spring connected with under pawl, said lever
fulcrumed to said arm on or about its centre, whereby said
over pawl is made to engage ratchet wheel fixed to said
outer registering-wheel by upright rod connected to said
lever, said upright rod connected to under arm, said under
arm connected to and working with a horizontal rod, said
horizontal rod having an upper arm extending upwardly
and diagonally, said upper arm having a jaw-formation at
its upper end, with stud passing through ends of said jaw,
said jaw made to engage slot in inner end of horizontal
piece, said horizontal piece loosely held at its outer end by
pin connection and connected at its inner end to an upright
rod, and said upright rod connected to inner end of lever,
claimed for in first claim, all for the purpose set forth, sub-
stantially as described and illustrated. (3.) In a registering
and recording machine of the kind specified, in combination,
the inner wheel of either the individual or grand total sets,
the ratchet wheel affixed thereto, the lever with upper pawl
attached, the lower pawl fulcrumed to arm jutting out from
jacket, said arm, said jacket, the screw, the stud, the spiral
spring, and the projecting pin, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5,
all for the purpose set forth, substantially as described and
illustrated. (4.) In a registering and recording machine of
the kind specified, the combination and arrangement of the
several wheels, ratchet wheels, shafts, levers, pawls, jackets
or sleeves, screws, arms, studs, springs, projecting pins,
horizontal rod, horizontal pieces with slots at inner ends
thereof, arms working with horizontal rod and having jaws
and studs on upper arms, upright rods, slotted plate, and
handle with cranks and connecting-rod, all for the purposes
set forth, substantially as described and illustrated.
(Specification, 6s.; drawings, 1s.)

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

An asterisk (*) denotes the complete specification of an
invention for which a provisional specification has been
already lodged.

NOTE.—The cost of copying the specification and drawings
has been inserted after the notice of each application. An
order for a copy or copies should be accompanied by a post-
office order or postal note for the cost of copying.

The date of acceptance of each application is given, and
the number.

Provisional Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 30th April, 1902.

APPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional
specifications, have been accepted as under:—

No. 14697.—3rd April, 1902.—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 their principal place of business at
205, Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of
America (assignees of Benjamin Franklin Mayo, of Salem,
Essex, Massachusetts aforesaid, Inventor). Improvements in
heel-nailing machines.

No. 14736.—9th April, 1902.—JOSEPH HENRY THOMAS, of
177A, Salisbury Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Coffee-
stall Proprietor. An improved hedge-cutter.

No. 14740.—11th April, 1902.—JAMES HENRY SEYMOUR,
of Oxford Street, South Dunedin, New Zealand, Cycle