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substantially as specified. (2.) The improved means for use in ascertaining the temperature of baled goods, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.

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

No. 21812.—19th September, 1906.—THE IMPERIAL FIBRES SYNDICATE, LIMITED, of 231-233 Dashwood House, New Broad Street, London, England, Manufacturers (assignee of Taylor Burrows, of Hope Villa, Clarence Street, Staines, Middlesex, England, Engineer, and Walter Harcourt Palmer, of 34 Queen Street, Melbourne, Australia, at present residing at “Ivydene,” Lynden Road, Romford, England, Civil Engineer). Machine for decorticating and scutching, and, if desired, combing ramie, hemp, or other fibrous materials.

Claims.—(1.) Machine for decorticating and scutching, and, if desired, combing ramie, hemp, or other fibrous material, wherein the fibrous material is by suitable mechanism, such as a travelling-nip, caused to travel across and between a pair of sets of travelling scrapers, blades, brushes, combs, or the like, which act from opposite sides on one end of said fibrous material, and wherein the other end of the fibrous material is similarly treated, so that said fibrous material is thereby acted on throughout its entire length, substantially in the manner and for the purposes described. (2.) Machine for decorticating and scutching, and, if desired, combing ramie, hemp, or other fibrous material, in which the fibrous material is by suitable mechanism, such as a travelling-nip, caused to travel across and between a pair of sets of travelling scrapers, blades, brushes, combs, or the like, which act from opposite sides on one end of said fibrous material, and in which the other end of the fibrous material is similarly treated, so that said fibrous material is thereby acted on throughout its entire length, wherein one or both sets of scrapers, blades, brushes, combs, or the like is or are arranged and mounted so as to be capable of adjustment vertically, horizontally, or otherwise, substantially in the manner and for the purposes described. (3.) Machine for decorticating and scutching, and, if desired, combing ramie, hemp, or other fibrous material, comprising a pair of sets of travelling-scrapers, such as 12 (which may be plain or serrated, or both), either with or without brushes 15 or combs 16, which intersect with one another as they are caused to travel round, and a travelling-nip in which the fibrous material is held and caused to travel between and across said pair of sets of blades in combination and arranged to act in conjunction with a second pair of sets of such scrapers, &c., and a second travelling-nip adapted to hold the cleaned or treated part of the fibrous material and present the other end thereof to said second pair of sets of travelling-scrapers, &c., substantially in the manner and for the purposes described. (4.) Scrapers or blades, such as 12, having a smooth edge at one part, and provided with coarse or [and] fine teeth or serrations, such as 13 and 14, at another part for use in machines of the type referred to. (5.) In a machine of the character claimed in claims 1 or 2, arranging and mounting the blades, scrapers, brushes, or combs upon the endless travelling-carriers in suchwise that same can be readily detached and replaced by others of a different size, shape, or character, substantially as and for the purposes described. (6.) A machine for decorticating and scutching, and, if desired, combing ramie, hemp, or other fibrous materials, having the several parts thereof constructed, combined, and arranged to act all substantially in the manner and for the purposes described with reference to and as illustrated in the drawings.

(Specification, 17s. 6d. ; drawing, 3s.)

No. 21881.—5th October, 1906.—HENRY NORTH, of Little Taranaki Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Manufacturer. Improvements in upholstering springs and supports therefor.*

Claims.—(1.) A support for upholstering springs, consisting of a bar and means for securing the springs to the bar, substantially as set forth. (2.) A support for upholstering springs, consisting of a channelled sheet-metal bar and means for securing the springs to the bar, substantially as set forth. (3.) A support for upholstering springs, consisting of a sheet-metal bar having a central rib and side-channels, substantially as set forth. (4.) The combination with a bar, constructed as claimed in claim 3, of springs having their bases secured in the channels, substantially as set forth.

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

No. 21975.—13th November, 1906.—HARRY GORDELIER KETTLE, of Commercial Travellers’ Club, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Machinery Agent. Improvements in teat-cups of milking-machines.*

Claims.—(1.) The described means for securing a mouthpiece to a teat-cup, comprising a flange fitting over the end of the teat-cup and adapted to force the mouthpiece down upon the teat-cup, substantially as set forth. (2.) The described means for securing a mouthpiece to a teat-cup, comprising a flange fitting over the end of the teat-cup, a shoulder integral with the flange, and a screw-thread upon the interior of the flange adapted to engage a corresponding thread upon the teat-cup, substantially as set forth. (3.) The described means for securing a mouthpiece to a teat-cup, comprising a flange integral with the mouthpiece and fitting over the end of the teat-cup, sloping slots in the flange and pins in the cup adapted to be engaged by the slots, substantially as set forth. (4.) The combination and arrangement of parts comprising the improvements in teat-cups of milking-machines, substantially as and for the purposes described and illustrated.

(Specification, 2s. 6d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 22048.—12th November, 1906.—CATHERINE MACKAY STEWART, of Wellington, New Zealand, Teacher of Dress-cutting (nominee of Emily Langer, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia). Improvements in dress-cutting charts.*

Claims.—(1.) In dress-cutting charts of the class described, marking each series of holes or slots with a numeral or letter corresponding in numerical or alphabetical order with the order in which such series is to be used in the operation of drafting a pattern from the chart, substantially as specified. (2.) In dress-cutting charts, providing each chart with an outline figure imprinted thereon and corresponding in design to the pattern to be formed with the use of the chart, substantially as specified.

(Specification, 2s.)

No. 22066.—15th November, 1906.—UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, of Paterson, 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 Louis Amedee Casgrain, of Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Inventor). Improvements in or relating to machines for inserting fasteners of metal or wire in leather goods and the like, or for producing as well as inserting said fasteners.*

Extract from Specification.—In the machine described as embodying the preferred form of the present invention, means are provided for causing the insertion of different selections of fasteners alternately, or a predetermined number of fasteners of one selection may be inserted alternately with a similar or different number, or another selection or several selections may be inserted in any desired prearranged order, means being provided for causing the design chosen to be repeated automatically if desired until the machine is stopped. . . . . A novel governing device, under control of the operator, is provided. . . . . The machine is preferably designed to operate upon a plurality of sources of fastener-supply, whose location with relation to the inserting mechanism is such that fasteners may be automatically presented for insertion in substantially any desired order so as to produce a predetermined design. A further object of the invention is to provide improved means for feeding the stock in which the fasteners are to be inserted by the use of a novel, movable engaging means which does not enter the stock. Preferably, the means for supporting the stock in proper position relative to the inserting mechanism to receive the fasteners are provided with a novel actuating mechanism. . . . . With this construction one object of the invention is to provide novel means for inserting and severing different lengths of material, and for feeding the stock. As here shown, the fastener material is partially inserted, preferably by the severing means, when the desired length is severed, and the projecting portion is engaged by a movable member to effect the feeding of the stock, the partially inserted fastener being thereafter driven further into the stock. The fastener-inserting mechanism is preferably carried by a member formed of a plurality of operatively engaging parts, which member is connected to the main shaft and has imparted to it a continuous reciprocatory movement while the shaft rotates,