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ing of a plurality of approximately parallel and adjacent bars mounted in side pieces of a frame near the upper edge thereof, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18015.—9th June, 1904.—JAMES THOMAS HUNTER, of Queen’s Chambers, Wellington, New Zealand, Registered Patent Agent (nominee of Karl Fredrik Elers, of Forbes Street and Shady Avenue, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Electrical Engineer). Improvements in current-collecting devices for electric generators and motors.

Claims.—(1.) A device for supporting the brushes of an electrical machine in which the brush-holders are directly mounted upon collector-rings to which they are respectively electrically connected. (2.) A device for supporting the brushes of an electrical machine in which the brush-holders and their respective collector-rings are in direct electrical connection and are secured to but insulated from an annular supporting plate, and in which means are provided for locking said plate, when adjusted, in an invariable position for operation. (3.) An arrangement for supporting the brushes of an electrical machine substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
(Specification, 3s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18016.—9th June, 1904.—JAMES PALMER CAMPBELL, of 15, Featherston Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Solicitor (nominee of Robert Siegfried, of 315, Oxford Street, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America, and Chester Bennett Mills, of 1141, South Avenue, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania aforesaid, Electrical Engineers). Improvements in brush-holders for electrical machines.

Claims.—(1.) A brush-holder for electrical machines in which the brush is rigidly secured to a bracket mechanically and electrically connected by a plurality of flexible resilient bars to a bracket supported by the rocking-gear, so as to obtain substantially parallel motion for the brush, and in which the brush or its supporting bracket is subjected to the pressure of a spring attached to the rocking-gear bracket, substantially as described. (2.) A brush-holder for electrical machines constructed substantially as described with reference to any of the forms shown in the drawings.
(Specification, 6s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18018.—9th June, 1904.—UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, of Paterson, in the State of New Jersey, United States of America, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the said State of New Jersey, and having a place of business at 205, Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (assignees of Arthur Bates, of Leicester, England, Machinist). Improvements in or relating to pulling-over machines.

Extract from Specification.—According to this invention a side-gripper has combined therewith devices which will automatically cause the gripper to move in such a direction in relation to the last as to impart, for the purpose of dealing with the “spring,” foredraw and updraw simultaneously to a part or to certain parts of the upper. Where two or more side-grippers are employed it is part of the present invention to combine therewith either hand-operated or power-operated mechanism which moves, either manually or automatically, different grippers simultaneously in like or in different degrees to impart, for the purpose described, like or different degrees of foredraw movement, prior to or at the same time as or subsequently to the updraw, to certain parts of the upper. The extent of the foredraw movement imparted to the side-gripper or side-grippers in relation to the last according to this invention may be variable. The means for obtaining the foredraw may also include a yielding device which will yield under excessive stress and prevent any damage being done to the work being operated upon. To enable that part of the mechanism which affects the foredraw to be put into or out of operation when desired, a control-device may be combined with the mechanism and operated by means such, for example, as a hand-lever, or pedal, or otherwise. The present invention comprises, also, the combination in a pulling-over or like machine, with a last, a side-gripper, and means by which the relative position of the last and gripper is changed to effect the updraw, of a sliding or other guiding device which, while the updraw is taking place, constrains the gripper to have a positive motion in the direction of the length of the last. The said sliding or guiding device imparts a foredraw movement, which is additional to and simultaneous with the updraw movement, to the part of the upper gripped by the gripper, for the purpose of so pulling upon a portion of the excessive slack upper material thrown by the spring formation into the waist of the last that it is removed and carried forward towards the toe, thus

securing a better distribution of the material and a cleaner and better fit of the upper to the last. The sliding or guiding device may be so fixed relatively to the gripper that only one range of movement lengthwise of the last is obtained for a given amount of updraw movement thereof, or it may be in adjustable connection with the gripper, by which means the extent of movement of the gripper lengthwise of the last in relation to the extent of the updraw may be varied as desired, or even reduced to zero, in which latter instance the sliding or guiding device will be out of action or neutralised so as not to produce any foredraw. Another convenient form of mechanism, according to this invention, for effecting the foredraw movement of the side-gripper for the purpose hereinbefore described may consist of a frame or support reciprocated upon bearings in the main frame of the machine and connected by a link with a side-gripper. To operate the side-gripper to effect the foredraw movement this frame or support is reciprocated automatically or by hand, its link conveying the motion of the side-gripper whereby the upper is given foredraw, as before described. The gripper will be moved in the direction of the length of the last by the reciprocation of the frame or support, and it can be arranged to act either subsequently to, or simultaneously with, or prior to the updrawing according to the timing of the oscillations of the reciprocating frame relatively to the timing of the operations of the parts of the machine by which the updraw is effected. In a pulling-over machine in which, as heretofore, an adjusting mechanism is employed for adjusting the upper upon the last in or approximately in the plane of the sole thereof, which mechanism is usually termed the “tip-straightening” mechanism, and whereby one of the side-grippers can be moved in one direction while the other side-gripper is moved in the opposite direction, a movement can be advantageously given to the support carrying the said mechanism, which movement will so operate the side-grippers that they will be moved in a direction lengthwise of the last to impart the foredraw to certain parts of the upper, as hereinbefore described, this foredraw device being arranged to act yieldingly when so desired in order to avoid damage to the work being operated upon. In such a combined tip-straightening and foredraw mechanism the reciprocating frame or support may, for example, carry a shaft or member capable of being partially rotated thereon by hand. The shaft or member has connected to it, at opposite sides of its axis of rotation, links extending from and connected with the side-grippers, so that by rotating the shaft or member the side-grippers will be moved in opposite directions to effect the usual tip-straightening adjustment of the upper upon the last. In such a tip-straightening and foredraw mechanism that part thereof by which the foredraw is effected can be put into or out of operation, and can also have the extent of its foredrawing movement varied by a control-device, such, for instance, as is described with reference to Figs. 8, 9, and 10.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 18s.; drawings, 4s.)

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Extracts from the drawings accompanying the foregoing complete specifications appear at the end of this Gazette.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Provisional Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 6th July, 1904.

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

No. 18005.—2nd June, 1904.—ROBERT McGILLIVRAY, Jun., of Oamaru, New Zealand, Builder. Improvements in fencing-standards.

No. 18032.—11th June, 1904.—FRANK HENRY TEMPLAR, of Devonport, near Auckland, New Zealand, Company’s Secretary (nominee of Henry Arnold Talbot-Tubbs, of Auckland aforesaid, Professor of Classics). An improved method of treating felt and suchlike thereby making it non-inflammable, antiseptic, damp-resisting, and insulating.

No. 18051.—16th June, 1904.—JOHN ECKERSLEY, of Somerset House, 8, Kent Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand, Engi-