[SEPT. 23.]

No. 26590.—15th September.—K. M. Stevens, Maungatapere, N.Z.
Milking-machine teat-cup release.

No. 26591.—15th September.—A. Yancey, Biloxi, U.S.A.
Shelling crustacea.*

No. 26592.—15th September.—E. L. Holly, Katanning,
West. Aus., and A. E. Radford, Bermuda,
West. Aus.
Collapsible crate.*

No. 26593.—15th September.—T. A. Wells, Wellington,
N.Z., G. L. Hooper, Petone, N.Z., and
W. J. Monkhouse, Wellington, N.Z.
Cleaning, &c., rails.

No. 26594.—15th September.—T. Scheie, Spy Hill, Canada.
Traction-engine-wheel rim.*

No. 26595.—15th September.—United Shoe Machinery Company, Paterson, U.S.A.
Boot-machine. (E. Brothers.)

No. 26596.—15th September.—United Shoe Machinery Company, Paterson, U.S.A.
Boot-machine. (E. Brothers.)

No. 26597.—15th September.—United Shoe Machinery Company, Paterson, U.S.A.
Work-support. (R. F. McFeely.)

No. 26598.—15th September.—United Shoe Machinery Company, Paterson, U.S.A.
Machine for inserting fastenings. (G. Goddu).

No. 26599.—15th September.—United Shoe Machinery Company, Paterson, U.S.A.
Bootmaking apparatus, &c. (R. F. McFeely.)

No. 26600.—15th September.—United Shoe Machinery Company, Paterson, U.S.A.
Tack-pulling machine. (L. V. Miller.)

No. 26601.—15th September.—United Shoe Machinery Company, Paterson, U.S.A.
Heel-nailing machine. (H. Hall.)

No. 26602.—15th September.—United Shoe Machinery Company, Paterson, U.S.A.
Heel-blackening machine. (F. M. Furber.)

No. 26603.—2nd February.+—H. L. Blackwell, Sydney, N.S.W.
Body-belt.*

No. 26604.—15th September.—W. Goodwin, Richmond, N.Z.
Seed-sower.*

No. 26605.—15th September.—W. J. Harvey, Taihape, N.Z.
Boot, &c., heel.

No. 26606.—15th September.—A. G. Jackson, Brisbane, Q.
Turret clock.*

No. 26607.—14th September.—A. W. Halliday, Roslyn Bush, N.Z.
Traction-engine.

No. 26608.—14th September.—S. Levy, Dunedin, N.Z.
Removing sediment from barrels.

No. 26609.—14th September.—J. Scott, Dunedin, N.Z.
Raising and lowering curtain-poles.

No. 26610.—14th September.—W. Castles, Stanmore, N.S.W.
Excavator, &c.*

No. 26611.—15th September.—A. Cates, Ashburton, N.Z.
Kerosene-pump.

No. 26612.—15th September.—E. Le Roy, Devonport, N.Z.
Hammock and cot.

No. 26613.—17th September.—V. R. Johns, Pukekohe, N.Z.
Tennis-racket.

No. 26614.—15th September.—P. Kohlenberg.
Coal-holder.

Complete Specifications filed after Provisionals.

[IIST of complete specifications filed after provisional
specifications, from the 4th to the 17th September,
1909, inclusive :—

No. 25326.—D. Fraser, revolving jig saw.

No. 25330.—A. W. B. Corry and C. H. Alley, nail-punch.

No. 25413. — United Shoe Machinery Company, sole-
moulding, &c., machine. (A. A. Ball.)

No. 25414. — United Shoe Machinery Company, pressure-
applying machine. (E. N. Preble.)

No. 25415. — United Shoe Machinery Company, lasting.
&c., machine. (W. O. Wheeler, E. E. Winkley, and J. C.
Smith.)

No. 25453.—W. Dall, wire-fence dropper.

No. 25990.—B. Sorenson, gig-seat.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1909.

COMPLETE SPECIFICATIONS relating to the under-
mentioned applications for Letters Patent have been
accepted, and are open to public inspection at this office.
Any person may, at any time within two months from the
date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing of opposition
to the grant of any such patent. Such notice must set forth
the particular grounds of objection, and be in duplicate. A
fee of 10s. is payable thereon. The copies of claims and
extracts from the specifications and drawings are merely
intended to give some further indication of the invention than
is disclosed in the title, and the complete specifications and
drawings should be referred to for a description of the invention.
Copies of drawings may be obtained at the uniform
price of ls. each. Where, in exceptional cases, they are of
exceptional length, this price may be increased at the discretion
of the Office.

No. 24932.—17th September, 1908.—UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, of Paterson, in the State of New Jersey,
United States of America, a corporation duly organized
under the laws of the said State of New Jersey, carrying on
business as Shoe Machinery Manufacturers, and having a
place of business at 205 Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts,
United States of America (assignees of Andrew Eppler, of
4l Aldie Street, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts aforesaid,
Inventor). Improvements in or relating to sewing-machines.*

Claims.—(1.) In a chain-stitch shoe-sewing machine having,
in combination, a needle, looper, thread-finger, take-up,
and auxiliary take-up, the provision of means for preventing
the auxiliary take-up from acting during (a) the first part
of the retracting stroke of the needle, or (b) the time the
thread-finger is giving up thread to the needle, or (c) a portion
of the cycle of operation while the take-up still has capacity
for movement to give up thread. (2.) In a chain-stitch
shoe-sewing machine having, in combination, a curved hook
needle, a looper, a thread-finger, a take-up, and a spring-
actuated auxiliary take-up, the employment of a relatively
fixed stop for limiting the thread-pulling action of the auxiliary
take-up, and means for actuating the parts, all timed
and arranged to prevent the auxiliary take-up from stealing
thread from the thread-finger during its thread-delivering
stroke.

[NOTE.—Here follow twenty-one other claims.]

(Specification, £1 15s.)

No. 24943.—17th September, 1908.—ROBERT McGAFFIN, of Hastings, New Zealand, Contractor. Improved means
and apparatus for catching flax leaves or fibre from flax-
strippers, and for placing such leaves or fibre on the apparatus
used in conveying the same on to and over the water scutcher
or washing-machine.*

Extract from Specification.—The action of my said invention
is as follows : The catching-wheel a is caused to revolve
in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1 by means of the
worm and pinion Cl and Bl respectively. As the wheel
revolves the aforesaid rollers bb1 bb2, bb3, bb4, bb5, and bb6,
on the follower-arms b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, and b6, follow round
the guides e1, e2. As each roller approaches the point D
and follows the cam-like outline of the said guides the follower-arm
carrying it is caused to move outwards in the arc
of a circle and so turn the axis on which it is mounted, thereby
causing the catching-arm keyed to that axis to move outwards
in the arc of a circle till it assumes the position of the
arm c1. The said wheel revolving still further and the roller
following the said guides causes the follower-arm carrying
it to again move in the arc of a circle till thereby the catching-
arm keyed to the axis on which that follower-arm is mounted
is closed against the periphery of the catching-wheel. As
the said wheel revolves yet further and the roller in question
approaches the point E the operation aforesaid is repeated,
and so on with that and every one of the said rollers
and follower-arms as they come and again come towards the
points D and E respectively in the successive revolutions of
the catching-wheel. In this manner the flax-leaves falling at
or near the point D are caught and held by the catching-arms,
are carried to the point E, and are there dropped on to the
travelling-web.

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

(Specification, 7s. 6d.)