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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1905.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the undermentioned applications for Letters Patent have been accepted, and are open to public inspection at this office. Any person may, at any time within two months from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing of opposition to the grant of any such patent. Such notice must set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be in duplicate. A fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

No. 17818.—20th April, 1904.—JOHN WILLIAM ROONEY, of Smith Street, Caversham, Otago, New Zealand, Painter. Improved trolley-poles for electric tram-cars.*

Claims.—(1.) An improved trolley-pole for electric tram-cars, consisting of the parts arranged, combined, and operating, substantially as specified. (2.) An improved trolley-pole, consisting of four arms arranged in the form of a parallelogram, jointed together, and carrying a trolley-wheel, two of said arms being pivoted in a bracket, and springs designed to upwardly extend the parallelogram formed by said arms, substantially as specified. (3.) For the purpose indicated, four arms jointed together and arranged in the form of a parallelogram, a bracket to which two of said arms are pivotally connected, said bracket having lateral extensions upon each side, and springs beneath said extensions, substantially as and for the purposes specified and illustrated.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 17821.—21st April, 1904.—THOMAS KENDRICK, of Argyle Street, Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand, Coachbuilder. Improved spring hand-truck.*

Claims.—(1.) A spring hand-truck, constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as specified. (2.) For the purpose indicated, a truck provided with side springs, each of said springs being secured to one of the side pieces of the truck at one end and having its other end received by a bracket bolted to the side piece, substantially as specified and illustrated.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 17840.—27th April, 1904.—UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, of Paterson, State of New Jersey, United States of America, a corporation duly organized under the laws of said State of New Jersey, and having a place of business at 205, Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (assignees of John Benjamin Hadaway, of Brockton, Massachusetts aforesaid, Inventor). Improvements in or relating to skiving-machines used in the manufacture of boots and shoes.*

Extract from Specification.—One main object of the present invention is to provide an improved machine by which the welt of a welted shoe can be skived upon its lower outer edge at the shank portion of the shoe in a satisfactory manner without liability of injuring the welt or the other portions of the shoe. With this object in view a feature of the invention contemplates providing a welt-skiving machine, comprising a skiving-knife, a feed-roll, and a rotary work-support which is frusco-conical in shape, and so arranged that it supports the inner edge of the welt upon that portion of its conical surface which has the least curvature. The advantage of such a construction and arrangement of work-support resides in the fact that the curvature of the supporting surface, which increases from the inner towards the outer edge of the welt, allows the outer edge of the welt to bend and afford clearance for the skiving-knife. In this connection we believe that we are the first to provide a welt-skiving machine with a work-support of this shape, and we accordingly consider a feature of the invention to consist in a welt-skiving machine comprising a feed-roll, a frusto-conical work-support arranged to support a welt upon its conical surface, and a skiving-knife located between the feed-roll and the work-support, arranged to remove a skiving from the lower outer edge of the welt, whether or not means are provided for rotating the work-support. Another feature of the invention contemplates providing a welt-skiving machine having a skiving-knife arranged to remove a skiving from the lower outer edge of a welt, with two guides for guiding the shoe during the skiving operation, one guide being arranged to enter the crease between the upper and the welt and bear against the in seam above the welt, and the other guide being arranged to engage the in seam below the welt. By the provision of these two guides the correct position of the shoe with relation to the skiving-knife can be readily maintained at all times, and the stitches of the in seam are held out of contact with the cutting edge of the skiving-knife regardless of the manner in which the shoe is manipulated. The guide above referred to which engages the in seam below the welt constitutes a guard for preventing the skiving-knife from cutting the stitches of the in seam. Another feature of the invention consists in an improved form of skiving-knife. Shanking-out machines which have heretofore been devised have been adapted to act upon the welt after attachment to the shoe before the outsole is laid thereon, or to act upon the outsole either before or after the outsole is laid upon the shoe. So far as we are advised as to the state of the art no shanking-out machine has ever been devised which is adapted to act upon both the welt and the outsole after the outsole has been laid, and this invention has for its second main object the production of such a machine whereby the welt and outsole can be skived at one operation. With this second object in view the present invention comprises a shanking-out machine provided with means for skiving the lower outer edge of the welt, and means for skiving the upper outer edge of the outsole, so arranged that both the welt and outsole can be skived at one operation.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, £1 4s.; drawings, 6s.)

No. 17841.—27th April, 1904.—UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, of Paterson, State of New Jersey, United States of America, a corporation duly organized under the laws of said State of New Jersey, and having a place of business at 205, Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (assignees of William Gordon, of Boston aforesaid, Inventor, and Laurence Elmer Topham, of Somerville, Massachusetts aforesaid, Draughtsman). Improvements in stamping-machines.*

Claims.—(1.) A machine of the class described, comprising a work-support, a stamping-die, and mechanism operating to bring the work-support into position of pressure and stop the machine with the work-support and die in position of pressure, said mechanism also operating when the machine is restarted to return the work-support and die to position of clearance. (2.) A machine of the class described, comprising a work-support, a stamping-die, actuating mechanism for relatively moving said members to position of pressure and then to position of clearance, and means adapted to be adjusted for causing the machine to be stopped with the members in position of pressure or clearance, as desired. (3.) In a machine of the class described, the combination with a work-support of a plunger and mechanism for actuating the plunger toward the work, said mechanism comprising a controlling-device adapted to be adjusted for causing the plunger to be retracted automatically or to remain in pressing contact with the work. (4.) A machine of the class described, comprising a work-support, stamping-mechanism, means for sustaining said members, and means for moving said members relatively for acting upon the work until a predetermined pressure is obtained, and then releasing one of said members and moving the two members together while maintaining the predetermined pressure, said machine having provision for varying the time during which the pressure is maintained. (5.) A machine of the class described, comprising a work-support, stamping-mechanism, means for rigidly sustaining one of said members, and means to move said members relatively for acting upon the work until a predetermined pressure is obtained, and then releasing the rigidly sustained member and moving the two members together while maintaining the predetermined pressure, in combination with means for varying the initial position of the rigidly sustained member whereby the time during which the work is under pressure may be increased or diminished. (6.) The complete stamping-machine, substantially as described, and illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the drawings.
(Specification, £1 6s.; drawings, 4s.)

No. 17934.—18th May, 1904.—ALFRED MCKENZIE NORMANBY, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Manufacturer. Improved ladies’ protector.*

Claims.—(1.) An article for wear by ladies, the same consisting essentially of a piece of waterproof material formed with curved sides extending to a point at one end and provided with means whereby its broad end and its pointed end may be attached to a waistband or belt, substantially as specified. (2.) An article for wear by ladies, the same consisting essentially of a piece of waterproof material formed with curved sides extending to a point at one end, a strap secured to such pointed end, and straps secured to the respective corners at the other end, such straps being adapted to be secured to a waist-band or belt, substantially as specified. (3.) An article for wear by ladies, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 2s.; drawings, 1s.)