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the pintle is pivoted, a spring coiled around the pintle and having one end secured to the frame-post and its other end fixed to the rocking-plate, substantially as set forth.

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

No. 22625.—2nd April, 1907.—ERNEST SMITH BALDWIN and HENRIE HAMPTON RAYWARD, carrying on business as “Baldwin and Rayward,” at 71 Lambton Quay, Wellington, Patent Agents (nominees of the Sutherland Rifle-sight Company, Limited, of Westville, Nova Scotia, Canada— the assignees of Murdock Evett Sutherland, of Westville aforesaid). Improvements in rifle-sight.

Claims.—(1.) In a leaf sight for firearms, a pivoted plate having a central slot, laterally projecting perforated lugs on said plate, a sighting-bar transversely mounted across said slot, a laterally extending perforated lug integral with said sighting-bar, a tangent screw mounted in the lugs on said plate, a sleeve slidable in the lug of the sighting-bar and engaging said tangent screw, and means for locking the sighting-bar on said sleeve. (2.) In a leaf sight for firearms, a pivoted plate having a central slot, laterally projecting perforated lugs on said plate, a sighting-bar transversely mounted across said slot, a laterally extending perforated lug integral with said sighting-bar, a tangent screw mounted in the lugs on said plate, a sleeve slidable in the lug of the sighting-bar and engaging said tangent screw, and means for locking the sighting-bar on said sleeve, in combination with a transversely extending screw, a wind-gauge in screw-threaded engagement with said screw, and a spring-actuated pin. (3.) In a leaf sight for firearms, a pivoted plate having a central slot, perforated lugs on said plate, a sighting-bar transversely mounted across said slot, a laterally extending perforated lug integral with said sighting-bar, a tangent screw mounted in the lugs on said plate, an internally threaded and longitudinally slotted sleeve mounted on said screw and slidable on the lug of the sighting-bar, said sighting-bar having a pair of recesses therein, an adjusting-screw in one of said recesses, a wind-gauge in screw-threaded engagement with said screw, an enlarged head on said screw, and a spring-actuated pin in the other of said recesses bearing against said enlarged head. (4.) In a leaf sight for firearms, a pivoted leaf plate having a central slot, a sleeve extending longitudinally of said plate, a recessed sighting-bar slidable mounted on said plate, means for adjusting said sighting-bar longitudinally of said plate, a wind-gauge having a screw-threaded portion, said member being mounted in said sighting-bar, and means for locking said sighting-bar in position on said sleeve. (5.) In a leaf sight for firearms, a pivoted plate having a central slot, lugs projecting laterally from said plate, a sleeve slidable mounted on said lugs, a sighting-bar slidable mounted on said plate, and a set-screw carried by said sighting-bar, said set-screw being adapted to engage said sleeve to lock the sighting-bar in position. (6.) In a leaf sight for firearms, a pivoted plate having a central slot, perforated lugs on said plate, a sighting-bar transversely mounted across said slot, a laterally extending perforated lug integral with said sighting-bar, a tangent screw mounted in the lugs on said plate, an internally threaded and longitudinally slotted sleeve mounted on said screw, said sleeve being guided by said lugs on the plate, in combination with a wind-gauge having an internally screw-threaded lug connected therewith, a screw-threaded adjusting-member rotatably mounted in a recess in said sighting-bar, and a spring-actuated pin adapted to bear against said screw-threaded member. (7.) In a leaf sight for firearms, a pivoted plate having a central slot, a sighting-bar transversely mounted across said slot, a laterally extending perforated lug integral with said sighting-bar, a tangent screw mounted in said lug, an internally threaded and longitudinally slotted sleeve guided by said lug and mounted on said screw, in combination with means for locking said sighting-bar upon said sleeve, a wind-gauge mounted upon said sighting-bar, a lateral screw-threaded projection formed upon said wind-gauge, a mill-headed adjusting-screw extending longitudinally within a recess in said sighting-bar, means for locking said adjusting-screw in position in said sighting-bar, and spring-actuated means for giving an audible signal when said adjusting-screw is rotated to shift the wind-gauge. (8.) In a leaf sight for firearms, a pivoted plate having a central slot, perforated lugs on said plate, a sighting-bar transversely mounted across said slot, a laterally extending perforated lug integral with said sighting-bar, a tangent screw mounted in said lug, an internally threaded and longitudinally slotted sleeve mounted on said screw, a lug on the plate engaging a slot in said sleeve, in combination with means for locking said sighting-bar upon said sleeve, a wind-gauge having a screw-threaded lug connected therewith, said lug being adapted to travel in a recess in said sighting-bar, and

means for shifting said wind-gauge longitudinally of the sighting-bar and transversely of the central slot. (9.) In a leaf sight for firearms, a pivoted plate having a central slot and integral laterally projecting perforated lugs, a recessed and perforated sighting-bar slidable mounted on said plate, an internally screw-threaded longitudinally slotted sleeve projecting through a perforation in said sighting-bar, said sleeve being guided on said lugs, a tangent screw mounted in the said perforated lugs and engaging said sleeve, in combination with a wind-gauge having a screw-threaded lug portion, an adjusting-screw passing through said lug portion of the wind-gauge, and a spring-actuated pin co-operating with recesses in the head of said adjusting-screw. (10.) In a leaf sight for firearms, a pivoted plate having a central slot, lugs projecting laterally from said plate, an internally screw-threaded sleeve slidable mounted on said lugs, a sighting-bar slidable mounted on said plate, a set-screw carried by said sighting-bar, said set-screw being adapted to engage said sleeve to lock the sighting-bar in position, and a screw-threaded stem passing through said lugs in engagement with said sleeve. (11.) In a rifle-sight, a sighting-bar having a perforated lug projecting therefrom, in combination with a wind-gauge slidable mounted on said sighting-bar, a screw-threaded lug on said wind-gauge, and a screw-threaded member rotatably mounted in said sighting-bar, in engagement with said wind-gauge, in such manner that it is closely surrounded on three sides by the material of said sighting-bar for substantially the entire length of said screw-threaded member. (12.) In a rifle-sight, a leaf plate, a screw-threaded sleeve carried by said plate, means for moving said sleeve longitudinally of the plate, a sighting-bar slidable on said leaf plate independently of the movement of said sleeve, and means for locking said sighting-bar to said sleeve.

(Specification, 11s.; drawing, 3s.)

No. 22636.—4th April, 1907.—GEORGE JAMES COX, of Campbell Road, Balwyn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Gas-engineer. Improvements in appliances for securing cash-boxes of coin-freed apparatus.

Extract from Specification.—The novelty of this invention consists—(a) in attaching one end of a long metal tube, of comparatively small diameter, to the inside of the front of a cash-box drawer, or to the detachable front of a cash-box, or to the bottom of a cash-box, which in either case forms an appurtenance to or a portion of a coin-freed apparatus, and wherein the said tube is formed to project within such cash-box approximately the full height or depth of the box, and to carry upon such projected end a screw stud-pin or an equivalent hook-stem as a portion of a fastening-device, and in such a manner that when a box spanner or an equivalent screw-turning appliance is passed into the aforesaid tube from the outside of a cash-box drawer, or front or base of such cash-box, the said turnscrew or spanner appliance can operate on the aforesaid screw-pin or equivalent hook-stem in a manner that when the cash-box or a detachable component part thereof is in its normal position the said screw-pin or hook-fitting will screw or hook into or on to a complementary nut, or a catch portion of the fastening-device, which is permanently attached to the body of the gas-meter, or to any suitable portion of the structure of a coin-freed apparatus, and in a manner as will securely attach the cash-box to the main structure of the apparatus; (b) in arranging the tube provided to carry a portion of a cash-box-fastening appliance as aforesaid, to be applied to a cash-box, or the drawer of such cash-box, as a detachable and a separate fitting, and providing a flange or clip to the end of the tube that would otherwise be attached to the box for the purpose of causing the said flange to bear on the outside plane of the cash-box front, and so act in a manner equivalent to the purpose for which the tube is otherwise attached to the cash-box or its drawer or front as aforesaid; (c) in arranging the said flanged tube to act protectively, analogous to the action of a sliding-bolt shaft, by passing such tube through the sides of a cash-box casing, and either through wings formed on a detachable cash-box front or through the sides of a cash-box drawer, in addition to such tube acting as the carrier of a portion of a cash-box-fastening appliance as aforesaid; (d) in forming the projected end of the aforesaid tube as a swivel formation, or as a nut, or as a collar, within or against which a screw connecting stud-pin or hook-ended device is actuated by a box spanner or fork, or screwed socket turnscrew appliance, passed up the said tube, for the purpose aforesaid; (e) forming a box spanner or equivalent screw-wrench appliance wherein the spindle of such is formed in jointed links, and centring sections of such links, for the purpose of enabling a spindle of the necessary length being passed into or withdrawn from a tube for purposes as aforesaid,