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tions are then graded and arranged along line Y at correct
distances from the various back widths at yy. When drafting
a pattern (the back having been drawn) the front pattern is
then drawn as far as underarm seam line. The number corre-
sponding to across back on line yy is then placed on upper
end of underarm line VV opposite size marked at aa, line Y
resting on front bust dot at aa. The correct size is then
marked at line Y for size of bust; front line is now drawn
from neck, passing over dot made at Y, and continued down to
dot at S. By this method all-round size of bust must come
out correctly in every case irrespective of back widths. By
the introduction and placing of slots T and U the correct depth
of underarm is marked in proportion to every front length
as described. After marking for darts at N and R the
chart is moved outwards till arrows X and XX rest on dot
made. A dot is then made along line T at number corre-
sponding to front length. The chart is then moved up or
down, and the size corresponding to underarm is placed on
the dot made. The size for waist and hip is then marked on
lines V and W. When underarm line is drawn it will be
found that by this method the waist-dot will be at correct
depth for underarm, while the position of waist-line and hip
will come out correctly to measurement except in the case of
a figure with a very long front and short underarm. The
waist-line, then running up at an angle, may come out larger
than measurement. To provide for this a test-measurement
has been supplied from arrow at VV to line of figures V¹. The
method of using this measurement is as follows: Before
drawing underarm line place arrow at VV on outside of dart
at dot N, with line V¹ resting on dot V, and dot at correspond-
ing numbers to size of waist at V¹; then draw underarm line
to dot V¹, and continue line on to hip-dot W.

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

(Specification, £4 10s.; drawings, 9s.)

No. 23232.—31st July, 1907.—HARRY JOSEPH RABONE, of
the firm of John Rabone and Sons, of Hockley Abbey Works,
Whitmore Street, Birmingham, Warwick, England, Manu-
facturers. Improvements in flexible steel or metal measur-
ing-tapes.

Claim.—In flexible steel or metal measuring-tapes, producing
the lines or division-marks and figures of the subdivisions in
relief, and the lines or division-marks and figures and letters
of the main divisions in intaglio on plain or bright raised
tablets or the reverse, so as thereby to obtain a clear dis-
tinction between the lines or division-marks and figures of
the subdivisions and the lines or division-marks and figures
and letters of the main divisions, substantially as described
and illustrated in Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the drawing.

(Specification, 4s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 23234.—31st July, 1907.—ERNST VALDEMAR GANDIL,
of 2 Hobrogade, Copenhagen, Denmark, Mechanical Engineer.
Improvements in milking-machines.

Extract from Specification.—The present invention relates
to improvements in milking-machines of the kind in which
the milking-devices consist of a fixed pad and a movable pad
actuated by a spring-casing carried on a slide, the upper
end of the latter pad being pressed against the root of the
teat, and subsequently during the further forward movement
of the slide executes a swinging movement, the lower part of
the pad being pressed against the teat, while the spring-casing
above is squeezed together. The present invention consists
in the arrangement whereby the milking-devices may be
brought nearer to or further from each other in such a manner
that they may be adjusted according to the distance between
the teats in the longitudinal direction of the cow, without the
distance between the milking-devices, fixed and movable pads,
which are previously adjusted to the diameter of the teats,
being changed during this adjustment—that is to say, the
fixed and movable pads move together during the adjustment.

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

(Specification, 5s. 6d.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 23256.—5th August, 1907.—JAMES JOSEPH BLOCKLEY,
of Morris Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand, and JOHN
ALFRED LISSINGTON, of Clifton Street, Palmerston North
aforesaid. Improvements in ventilators and the like.

Claim.—A force-draught attachment to ventilator cowls
and the like, comprising in combination holes inserted in and
around vent-pipe at intervals, bell-shaped hood so fixed to
completely protect holes and create vertical wind-pressure,
partitions fixed at intervals between hood and vent-pipe so
as to check a circular current within the hood, substantially
as described and illustrated in the drawings.

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

No. 23257.—5th August, 1907.—CHARLES THOMAS TATUM,
of Wellington, New Zealand, Settler. An improved orchard
or garden step-ladder.

Claims.—(1.) A step-ladder formed with the sides carrying
the steps or rungs converging towards each other at their
top ends, and with a single supporting stay-piece pivoted at
its top end between the top ends of the ladder’s sides, sub-
stantially as specified, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(2.) The improved ladder, substantially as described and ex-
plained, and as illustrated in the drawings.

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

No. 23258.—2nd August, 1907.—KNUT IVAR LINDSTROM, of
Nykvarn, Sweden, Proprietor. Improvements in milking
apparatus.

Claims.—(1.) Milking organ consisting of two or more
superposed pistons, each movable in a cylinder and pressing
successively on the teat from the uppermost to the lower-
most one by means of intermittently acting press-air, whereby
the pistons act as slide-valves for the inlet respectively the
outlet of the press-air. (2.) In milking organs as described
in claim 1, an improvement characterized thereby that the
press-air escapes from the uppermost piston through a channel
(7) to the piston (2ˣ), lying underneath, only when said upper
piston has been carried to its end position, and, if more than
two pistons are employed, successively and in the same manner
to the following pistons. (3.) In milking organs as described
in claim 1, the arrangement that the pistons by means of
one or more springs are conducted back to or near their start-
ing positions as soon as the admission of press-air is inter-
rupted, whereby communication is established from an under-
lying cylinder to the outer air by means of a channel (7)
and orifice (6) in said channel, the interior of the upper
piston and an orifice (15) in the wall of said piston.

(Specification, 4s. 3d.; drawing, 2s.)

No. 23260.—3rd August, 1907.—JOSEPH MCKAY SUTHER-
LAND, of 78 George Street, Camperdown, New South Wales,
Australia, Gentleman. An improved apparatus for opening
and closing field or like gates.

Claims.—(1.) In an improved apparatus for opening and
closing field or like gates, a pivot-bolt passing through a
hinging-post, a pivot-pin above the said bolt, and on each side
of said pivot-bolt steadying spurs, the inner post of a gate
resting upon said pivot-pin, the upper portion of the post
being connected to the hinging-post by a link on each side
of a collar, which collar is free upon the top of said inner
post, a lifting and deflecting lever pivoted to a sleeve en-
gaging with the said inner post, said lifting and deflecting
lever at its inner end being pivoted to the hinging-post, all
as and for the purposes described or as illustrated in the
drawings. (2.) In an improved apparatus for opening and
closing field or like gates, a gate the bottom of the inner
post of which rests upon a pivot-pin, beneath which is a pivot-
bolt having on each side of it steadying spurs, the top end
of the said gate being connected to the hinging-post by a collar
and two collar-links, the said gate being opened or closed by
a combined lifting and deflecting lever, the inner end of which
lever is pivoted to the hinging-post or to an eye-bolt attached
to the hinging-post, and the outer end of which has a balance
weight thereon and opening and closing lines, two on each
side, attached thereto; a sleeve having an open mouth, and en-
gaging with the top of the inner post, said sleeve being pivoted
to said lifting and deflecting lever; a cross arm attached
to the hinging-post, through rings or pulleys upon which
pass opening and closing lines; a fastening-post opposite
the hinging-post, and a holding-open post on each side of the
said hinging-post; a latch on the outer gate-post, and a fas-
tening-plate on the fastening-post and on the holding-open
posts: all as and for the purposes described, or as illustrated
in the drawings.

(Specification, 6s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)