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of the spindle and the spindle may be maintained always in substantial alignment with its point of support and the pounding-up means. (2.) Mounting the heel-post and the forepart rest of the jack so that they are movable toward and from each other and simultaneously are raised or lowered so that as the jack is shortened to adapt it to the length of a small shoe it is simultaneously raised to adapt it to the thickness of such smaller shoe, while the jack will be lowered at the same time that it is lengthened to receive a large shoe. (3.) Providing means for smoothing from the side of the shoe any inequalities which may exist in the upper material after the operation of the blocking means. The means for smoothing the side of the shoe is shown as located adjacent to the path of the blocking and pounding-up means in position for the shoe to be pressed against it when presented to the blocking and pounding-up means, said means serving as a gage or rest for determining the position of the shoe and acting to smooth the shoe, as the shoe is turned to present its different portions to the pounding-up and blocking means. In the form shown, said smoothing means comprises members or rests, arranged on either side of the path of the pounding-up and blocking means, and movably mounted to enable them to adapt their positions to the contour of the portion of the shoe pressed against them. Preferably, said members or rests will be arranged to permit the end portions of the shoe to be presented nearer to the machine than the side portions of the shoe, whereby the pounding-up means may engage the shoe for a greater distance inwardly from its edge at the ends than at the sides, and the blocking means may act on the end portions of the shoe without necessarily acting on the side portions.

[NOTE.—The above extracts from the specification are inserted in place of the claims.]

(Specification, £3; drawing, 7s.)

No. 18672.—27th January, 1905.—MATTHEW BELK, of Palmerston North, New Zealand, Engineer. An improved brand for branding and embossing carcases of mutton.*

Claims.—(1.) A brand, block, or die for producing impressions upon carcases of meat under pressure, having projections corresponding with and producing the interior spaces of the letter, character, or device, and recesses corresponding with and producing the component or constituent elements of said letter, character, or device, said recesses having raised edges, substantially as illustrated and described. (2.) A spring or clip bearing dies or brands, and consisting of two pieces telescopically arranged, substantially as illustrated and described, and for the purposes set forth.

(Specification, 3s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19482.—17th May, 1905.—WILLIAM ERNEST HUGHES, of Queen’s Chambers, Wellington, New Zealand, Patent Agent (nominee of C. B. Cottrell and Sons Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey, and having its principal business office at No. 41, Park Row, New York, United States of America—the assignees of Milton Abbott McKee, of No. 41, Park Row aforesaid, Printer). Improvements in the art of colour-printing.

Claims.—(1.) The improvement in the art of colour-printing which consists in printing successively upon the same portion of a sheet or web from a series of plates, each having “make-ready” formed in its face, and the “make-ready” being different in the different plates. (2.) The improvement in the art of colour-printing which consists in first preparing a plurality of printing-plates, one for each of the colours to be printed, each of said plates having in its face gradations according to the heavier and lighter printing impressions to be produced by different parts thereof, and the said gradations differing in the several plates according to the difference of pressure required on or from their corresponding parts, and then printing from said plates successively with a different colour for each on the same portion of a sheet or web to produce a coloured picture.

(Specification, 7s.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 19491.—8th May, 1905.—FREDERICK WILLIAM BARTON, Gardener, WILLIAM MORTON, Mechanical Engineer, and JOHN HERCUS, Agent, all of Dunedin, New Zealand. Improved turnip-thinning machine.

Claims.—(1.) In machines for thinning turnips and such-like, in combination, blades, acting as ploughshares, undercutting the ground on each side of the plants, with a reciprocating blade for removing some of said plants as needed, all substantially as shown and as described and as explained. (2.) In combination, a machine consisting of a frame, a lower adjustable frame carrying a rocking shaft and blade and worked by a cam from the wheels of said machine, with scraper or cutting plough-blades for the purpose of cutting

and removing the desired number of plants, all substantially as described and as explained, and as illustrated in the drawing. (3.) In combination, in a machine for thinning plants, such as turnips, &c., the adjustable blade D with the adjustable blades or shares E E, with their mechanism and uses and their relations to one another, all substantially as set forth, and as shown on the drawing.

(Specification, 3s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19551.—5th June, 1905.—JOHN CUTHBERT TRAILL, of 34, Mercer Road, Malvern, Victoria, Australia, Gentleman. Improvements in safety-pins, usable for fastening and hanging curtains and drapings, and for other purposes.

Claims.—(1.) An improved double-ended safety-pin, usable for fastening and hanging curtains or drapings, wearing-apparel, or for other purposes, substantially as described and as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the drawings. (2.) An improved double-ended safety-pin, usable for fastening and hanging curtains or drapings, wearing-apparel, or for other purposes, substantially as described and as illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings. (3.) An improved double-ended safety-pin, usable for fastening and hanging curtains or drapings, wearing-apparel, or for other purposes, substantially as described and as illustrated in Fig. 8 of the drawings.

(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19552.—5th June, 1905.—THOMAS DRIFFIELD, of 9, Douglas Wallace Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Photographer; and PETER THOMAS JOHNS, of Rona Bay, New Zealand, Engineer. An improved chimney top or ventilator.

Extract from Specification.—The funnel S, with the cone F, are arranged in a revolving cowl C, which is placed on an uptake shaft A and air-chamber B, with fittings and spindle D pointed and grooved round for screw which works in a brass cup H and is secured by a screw. A round hole is in the side of the shaft A to get at that screw in order to fasten on or take off the cowl. The uptake shaft A has an air-chamber B, open at bottom and top, with a deflecting, flattish ring K, and is supported with iron side brackets N. See Figs. 1 and 2.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 19553.—5th June, 1905.—ROBERT WALKER ASHCROFT, of Dawson Street, Pahiatua, Plumber; SEPTIMUS ASHCROFT, of High Street, Dannevirke, Company Manager; MORGAN MORGAN, of Dannevirke, Ironmonger; ARTHUR WEBBER, of Dannevirke, Ironmonger; and ANDREW CHARLES POCOCK, of Dannevirke, Plumber, all in New Zealand. Improvements in water-closets.

Extract from Specification.—According to this invention a lever, pivoted beneath the seat, is operated when the seat is depressed, and the other end of the lever lifts a vertical rod which operates an upper lever pivoted upon the water-cistern. One end of this upper lever is weighted, and the other end is pivoted to a vessel closed at the top which surrounds the end of the downpipe, the said downpipe being provided with a flaring mouth. The vessel has a bottom in which an inlet-valve is provided.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

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

No. 19564.—7th June, 1905.—ROLAND HENRY EASDOWN, of Mount McDonald, New South Wales, Australia, Postmaster. An improved trap for rabbits and other noxious animals.

Claims.—(1.) An improved trap consisting of a box-shaped body open at both ends, said ends being closed one at a time by means of hinged doors standing at right angles to each other and connected for that purpose by means of a hinged false floor, bell cranks, and connecting-rods, substantially as described and as illustrated. (2.) In an improved trap, the combination of a box-shaped body open at both ends, which ends are adapted to be closed one at a time by means of hinged doors standing at right angles to each other, with a hinged false bottom operated by the weight of an animal within the trap, said false bottom so connected with the doors as to open or close them, substantially as described, and as illustrated in the drawings. (3.) The use of a trap constructed as described in the specification as a passage for animals from the open country to a suitably prepared enclosure, in conjunction with a decoy crop, water-hole, or the like, substantially as described.

(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)