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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 88

No. 25305.—9th December, 1908.—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, carrying on business as Shoe-machinery Manufacturers, and having a place of business at 205 Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, in said United States of America (assignees of Arthur Ernest Jerram, Engineer, Arthur Bates, Engineer, and Joseph Gouldbourn, Engineer, all of Leicester, England). Improvements in or relating to machines for skiving leather or the like.*

Extracts from Specification.—This invention consists in providing a dished or cone-shaped knife which is preferably mounted upon the end of its shaft and with its convexed portion or apex outward. . . . The combination with a table or suitable work-support having an aperture therein, of a dished or cone-shaped knife located below such table, and arranged with a portion of its cutting-edge projecting through the aperture, and its remaining portion sloping downwards from the level of the table, and so disposed in relation to the surface thereof that the upper marginal portion of the knife is approximately in the plane of such surface with its cutting-edge in position to oppose the work. . . . The grinding-means which we employ are combined with the dished or cone-shaped knife in such a manner as to act upon both surfaces of the knife. . . . Relatively moving the grinding-means and the knife to and from operative grinding position, together with means whereby these parts may be moved together relatively to the feed-roll of the machine. . . . Improved means for guiding or controlling the material as it is presented to the knife. &c.

[NOTE.—The above extracts from the specification are inserted in place of the claims.]

(Specification, £1 1s. 6d.)

No. 25315.—9th December, 1908.—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, carrying on business as Shoe-machinery Manufacturers, and having a place of business at 205 Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, in said United States of America (assignees of Arthur Bates, of Leicester, England, Engineer). Improvements in or relating to the supporting and positioning of work in machines used in the manufacture of boots and shoes.*

Extracts from Specification.—Comprises—Mechanism which effects relative movement between the work-holder and tool in a predetermined path. . . . Means whereby the lateral surfaces as well as the surface being operated upon are maintained in substantial parallelism throughout the relative movement. . . . Locking-means that prevents accidental relative movement between the work-holder and tool while the latter is operating upon the work. . . . Means whereby the relative movement of the tool and work-holder, although following the same path as before, will be in the reverse direction. . . . Means for centring the work in the work-holder to bring it into such relation to the movements of the mechanism that the operations of the tool upon it would bear a proper relation to it, and the provision of automatic mechanism for effecting the relative movement above referred to, which can conveniently be placed out of operative relation to the tool, whereby the tool may be used independently of said mechanism. &c.

[NOTE.—The above extracts from the specification are inserted in place of the claims.]

(Specification, £1 1s. 6d.)

No. 25316.—9th December, 1908.—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, carrying on business as Shoe-machinery Manufacturers, and having a place of business at 205 Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, in said United States of America (assignees of Charles Stonehall Wells, of Leicester, England, Engineer). Improvements in or relating to jacks or work-supports for use in machines employed in the manufacture of boots and shoes.*

Extract from Specification.—A device that by the endwise or other change of the position of the jack is brought into action to vary the extent of the canting movement of the jack, or to lock it against the said canting movement.

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

(Specification, 12s.)

No. 25317.—9th December, 1908.—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, carrying on business as Shoe-machinery Manufacturers, and having a place of business at 205 Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, in said United States of America (assignees of Frederic Eli Bertrand, of Swampscott, Massachusetts aforesaid, Inventor). Improvements in or relating to machines for operating upon the soles of boots and shoes.*

Extracts from Specification.—With this mechanism there may be provided adjusting-means for predetermining both the fast and slow speeds of operation. In operating this type of machine it has been customary heretofore to feed the sole by means of a device acting on the “between substance,” having a toothed work-engaging portion. Such a form of work-feed is disadvantageous, as, in order to obtain a good hold on the work, the teeth for engaging the work must be of such length that the between substance is unduly mutilated, and thus seriously weakened. Another object of this invention, therefore, is to provide means to overcome these disadvantages by the provision of work-feeding devices adapted to perform their proper function by acting on the surface of the sole in such manner that the strength of the between substance is unimpaired. . . . Means are provided to maintain the chamfer-knife and edge-gauge in constant relationship during the in-and-out movement of the edge-gauge, to secure a uniform chamfer on different widths of feather. . . . Means for manipulating the knives at will for the purpose described. &c.

[NOTE.—The above extracts from the specification are inserted in place of the claims.]

(Specification, £1 15s.)

No. 25318.—9th December, 1908.—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, carrying on business as Shoe-machinery Manufacturers, and having a place of business at 205 Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, in said United States of America (assignees of Arthur Bates, of Leicester, England, Engineer). Improvements in or relating to heel-finishing machines.*

Extract from Specification.—An object of the invention is to provide a compact machine comprising a series of finishing members or appliances arranged in such relative position that a heel-edge, for example, can be presented to said devices for surface-finishing operations in proper sequence, and with a minimum of travel or movement in going from operative relation to one device to operative relation to another. Other characteristic features of the invention include the wax-feeding mechanism, the wax-applying roll, the arrangements for heating said roll, and a novel apparatus for making local applications of wax to portions of the stock requiring special attention.

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

(Specification, 12s. 6d.)

No. 25332.—9th December, 1908.—HUGH LAING MAINLAND, of Burke’s, Dunedin, New Zealand, Mechanical Engineer. Improved attachments to a spring-jaw trap.*

Extract from Specification.—A wire rod ending in a barrel-shaped spiral spring, swivelled, preferably at both ends, to prevent twisting, said spring acting as giving a start to the closing of the jaws, and also when the said jaws are closed the said spring acts as a tug-spring to prevent jolts that happen with an animal struggling to escape.

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

(Specification, 2s. 6d.)

No. 25379.—23rd December, 1908.—WILLIAM FRANCIS DUGINS, of Peel Street, Kew, Victoria, Australia, Engineer. An improved fastener for boots, shoes, and other analogous articles.*

Claims.—(1.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts constituting my improved fastening for boots and other analogous articles, as described, and operating in the manner explained. (2.) For the purposes indicated, a