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arranged for adjustment to accommodate heels of different
sizes, and means providing connection between the several
sets of gauges whereby they may be adjusted simultaneously.
(9.) In a machine for inserting nails in heels, a heel-holder
provided with a breast-gauge and a back-gauge for engaging
respectively the breast and the back of a heel, and means for
simultaneously adjusting said gauges in opposite directions
upon said holder. (10.) In a machine for inserting nails in
heels, a heel-holder provided with a back-gauge held adjust-
ably in stationary position upon said holder, a breast-gauge
yieldingly held toward the back-gauge, a stop for limiting the
movement of the breast-gauge toward the back-gauge, and
means for controlling the position of said stop in accordance
with the position of the back-gauge. (11.) A machine for
nailing heels, having, in combination, a shoe support, a pres-
sure-plate for engaging the tread-face of a heel, means for
adjustably sustaining said plate in a position inclined longi-
tudinally of the shoe, and a heel-holder for sustaining a heel
in line with the heel-seat of the shoe arranged for adjustment
simultaneously with said plate. (12.) A machine for nailing
heels, having, in combination, a die-block arranged to enter a
shoe, drivers working in said die-block for driving nails from
within the shoe into a heel, a pressure-plate engaging the
tread-face of the heel, and means for adjustably sustaining
said plate in a position inclined longitudinally of the shoe
arranged to permit adjustment of said plate about an axis
approximately at the level of the heel-seat of the shoe.

(Specification, 13s. 3d. ; drawing, 5s.)

No. 22159.—2nd February, 1906.—ADOLF GENTZSCH, of
1 Stiftgasse, Vienna, Austria, Mineralogist. Improvements
relating to the utilisation of waste rubber.

[NOTE.—This is an application under section 106 of the Act, the date
given being the official date of the application in Germany.]

Claim.—Process for reclaiming old vulcanised rubber,
characterized by the fact that the old rubber is mixed with
only from a fifth to a tenth part of a solvent for sulphur,
such for example as aniline oil or anthracene, or a mixture of
both, this mixture being then softened preferably by heating,
whereupon the resultant mass is reworked in the usual manner,
and may also be vulcanised.

(Specification, 2s. 3d.)

No. 22160.—5th December, 1906.—ADOLF GENTZSCH, of
1 Stiftgasse, Vienna, Austria, Mineralogist. Improvements
relating to the utilisation of waste rubber.

Claim.—Process for reclaiming the waste of vulcanised
rubber by mixing the waste divided into small particles
with resins, waxes, hydrocarbon residues, paraffin, stearine,
oils, or fats, characterized by the fact that from 80 to 90
parts of old rubber are mixed with 20 to 10 parts of the said
additions until an entirely homogeneous mass is obtained.

(Specification, 3s.)

No. 22166.—6th December, 1906.—GEORGE EDWARD
HUMPHRIES, of 61 Adelaide Road, Wellington, New Zealand,
Contractor. Improvements relating to scaffolding.*

Extract from Specification.—Upon brick buildings I use
the eye integrally formed with a claw-hook, as described in
one of my specifications aforesaid, with small hook at bottom
and bevelled slot, and a scaffold of considerable length may be
formed with only two brackets, one at each end, with inter-
mediate pudlick bars driven into the wall between them.
Each bar is tapering at its inner end, and has a small pro-
jecting snib to engage in the brickwork. The outer end of
the bar has also a lip for the purpose of facilitating with-
drawal of the bar from the wall. Upon wooden buildings
the screw-eyes described in one of my specifications aforesaid
are employed. Upon the brackets and bars is placed a com-
paratively deep fender-board, which may be secured to the
pillars of the brackets by suitably shaped hooks. An “S”
hook also hooks over the fender-board just above each pudlick
bar, its opposite hook engaging with the end of said bar.
By this means the strength due to the depth of the fender-
board is utilised for the support of the scaffold, this being
an essential feature of my invention. The scaffold planks
are placed across the brackets and pudlick bars in the usual
way. In order to provide for the attachment of the brackets
to a building as occasion may require, I build into the brick-

work metal sockets to receive the hooks referred to; said
sockets are specially shaped from sheet metal, and may
have wings or flanges to hold them secure.

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

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

No. 22195.—13th December, 1906.—THOMAS SUTHERLAND,
of Wellington, New Zealand, Plumber. Means for use with
cooking-vessels to prevent the burning thereof while in
use.*

Claims.—(1.) Means for use in cooking-vessels, the same
consisting of a flat metal plate formed with perforations
therein and provided with knobs or projections upon its
under surface, such plate being adapted to fit upon the bottom
of the cooking-vessel, substantially as and for the purposes
specified. (2.) Means for use in cooking-vessels, the same
consisting of a flat metal plate formed with perforations
therein, and with a number of upwardly inclined indentations
on its under surface, arranged concentrically around the plate,
and each one ending at its upper end at one of the perfora-
tions and provided with knobs or projections upon its under
surface, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

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

No. 22240.—21st December, 1906.—JOSEPH BARTLETT
DAVIES, of 330 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,
Accountant. An improved spouting-bracket.

Claims.—(1.) In a spouting-bracket, made of wire bent
to suit the sectional form of spouting, a screw formed integral
with it on the inner end thereof by which to support the
bracket, substantially as described and shown. (2.) In a
spouting-bracket, made of wire bent to the sectional form
of spouting, a screw and coiled jaw formed on the inner
part thereof, substantially as described and shown. (3.) A
spouting-bracket formed of wire bent to suit the sectional
form of spouting, having a screw and a coiled jaw on its inner
part and a flexible clip on its outer end, substantially as de-
scribed and shown. (4.) A spouting-bracket formed of bent
wire to suit the sectional form of spouting, having one end
made in the form of a screw and the other end formed into a
pliable clip which is designed to be sprung on the head of
spouting, substantially as described and shown. (5.) A spout-
ing-bracket or rest formed of bent wire, with one end made
in the form of a screw and having at the other end a flexible
metal clip attached by folding and clenching about an enlarged
head on the bracket, substantially as described and shown.
(6.) A spouting-bracket, comprising a bent wire having a
screw formed on its inner end and an enlarged part or head
on its other end, and a metal clip one end of which is designed
to be folded over said enlarged part while its outer end part
is long enough to be bent over the beading of spouting, sub-
stantially as described.

(Specification, 5s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 22267.—3rd January, 1907.—HILARY QUERTIER, of
Oraki House, Rattray Street, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand,
Engineer. Suction-cleaner for tramway-rails and the like.*

Extract from Specification.—This invention provides a
rail-cleaner, wherein fans or their equivalent are employed
to induce currents of air for the purpose of raising dust and
dirt from the rails and of carrying the dirt into hoppers.

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

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

No. 22642.—3rd April, 1907.—LOOMIS BURRELL and DAVID
HAMLIN BURRELL, JUN., both of Little Falls, Herkimer, New
York, United States of America, Manufacturers (assignees
of Matthew La Rue Hoyt, of Little Falls aforesaid, Manu-
facturer). Improvements in shaft-mountings for centrifugal
machines.

Claims.—(1.) A mounting for a vertical shaft carrying the
load at its upper end, such mounting comprising a self-center-
ing ball-bearing which supports the load and is arranged