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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 25412.—7th January, 1909.—UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, of Paterson, State of 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, Massachusetts aforesaid, Inventor). Improvements in or relating to machines for inserting fastenings.*

Claims.—(1.) In a machine for inserting fastenings, the combination with a pair of cutters constructed and arranged to grip a strip of fastening-material, insert the end thereof into a piece of work, and sever a portion of said strip to form a fastening, of means for controlling positively and continuously the operations of said cutters. (2.) In a machine for inserting fastenings, the combination with a reciprocating carrier, and gripping and severing means mounted upon said carrier, of means to cause said gripping and severing means to grip positively a strip of fastening-material, to insert its end, and to hold said gripping and severing means positively in a predetermined relation to said strip throughout the inserting movement. (3.) In a fastening-inserting machine, the combination with a continuous fastening-strip, of reciprocating, gripping, and severing means adapted to grip, partially insert, and sever said strip, and a single means for positively actuating said gripping and severing means at one point in its reciprocating movement to grip the strip, and for positively actuating the said gripping and severing means at another point in its movement to sever the strip. (4.) In a machine for inserting fastenings, the combination with a reciprocating carrier, gripping and severing members mounted upon said carrier to grip, insert, and sever a strip of fastening-material, of means to impart to said members a positively predetermined amount of gripping movement, said means being constructed to hold the gripping ends of said members stationary relatively to the strip in the direction of its length until the completion of the gripping movement.

[NOTE.—Here follow 127 other claims.]
(Specification, £6 10s.)

No. 25429.—8th January, 1909.—GEORGE WILLIAM PENNEY, of Gore, New Zealand, Fellmonger. Broom handle and socket.*

Claim.—In handles and sockets for brooms as described, a tapered or bell-shaped straw-serving part, a tapered socket of malleable sheet metal, a spiral groove spun thereon in combination with a spirally grooved pointed handle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth and as illustrated.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.)

No. 25493.—27th January, 1909.—UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, of Paterson, in the State of 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, United States of America (assignees of Arthur Bates, of Leicester, England, Engineer). Improvements in or relating to machines for dieing out thin sheet material, such as upper-leather for boots and shoes.*

Claims.—(1.) A machine of the class described, having in combination co-operating presser-members and a platen carried by one of said members angularly and bodily adjustable upon said member to bring it into operative relation to different parts of the pressure-surface of the other member.

[NOTE.—Here follow twenty other claims.]
(Specification, 15s. 6d.)

No. 25494.—27th January, 1909.—UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, of Paterson, in the State of 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, United States of America (assignees of Arthur Bates, of Leicester, England, Engineer). Improvements in or relating to machines for dieing out thin sheet material, such as upper-leather for boots and shoes.*

Extract from Specification.—A single shaft for operating the machine and immediate connections between the presser-member and said shaft; a fly-wheel upon said shaft having considerable inertia, whereby it may the more readily overcome the variable resistance encountered during the die-cutting operation, and whereby only a small amount of power

may be needed to operate the machine; means for maintaining the immediate connections between the presser-member and the single shaft normally interrupted; means under the control of the operator for restoring said connections for a single rotation only of said shaft; means beyond the control of the operator for automatically interrupting the connections at the end of a single rotation; a brake for insuring the stopping of the shaft with the presser-member in its raised position; direct connections between said brake and the vertically reciprocating plunger to which said presser-member is attached; novel means for adjusting said presser-member, and a novel bearing for the plunger carrying said presser-member whereby it may more readily be turned with said member to bring said member into different operative relations to the bed.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, £1 10s.)

No. 25517.—3rd February, 1909.—JOSEPH PATRICK CAR-MINE, of Post-office, Westport, New Zealand, Clerk. An improved automatic coupling.*

Claims.—(1.) The combination for the purpose set forth, of a metal box, a horizontal bar sliding vertically therein, a lever for operating said bar, with the means connecting said lever to said bar, substantially as specified and illustrated. (2.) For the purpose indicated, in combination, a plurality of hooks projecting from the end of a railway-vehicle, and a vertically sliding bar upon the end of the opposing vehicle adapted to engage said hooks, with means for raising said bar by a person at the side of the vehicle, substantially as specified and illustrated. (3.) For the purpose indicated, the employment of the horizontal bar sliding in vertical guide, substantially as set forth. (4.) The combination and arrangement of parts comprising my improved automatic coupling constructed, combined, and operating substantially as specified, and illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 3s. 3d.)

No. 25868.—27th April, 1909.—FRANCIS THOMAS KENNEDY, of New Plymouth, New Zealand, Carpenter. A window-sash and sliding-door hanger and holder.*

Extract from Specification.—Consists of a flat plate A, to one end of which is attached or welded a curved spring B so disposed as to form an acute angle with the plate. To the free end of the spring is attached a roller C, the face of which is cut or notched lengthwise with the notches DD. A further and smaller spring E, which is attached by one end to outside of the curved spring B, engages by its free end with the notches DD in the roller C so as to form a ratchet, enabling the roller C to revolve in one direction only. To the smaller spring E is attached a releasing key F, which passes backwards through the larger curved spring B and also the flat plate A, and projects sufficiently beyond the flat plate A as to pass through the material to which the attachment is fitted, so that by pressure on the key F the smaller spring E may be disengaged from the notches and the roller C released, &c.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 3s.)

No. 26323.—29th July, 1909.—GEORGE SAMUEL THOMSON, of Albury, New Zealand, Inventor (assignee of William John Blair, of Princes Street, Dunedin, New Zealand). An improvement in the automatic generation and storage of acetylene gas.

Claims.—(1.) In the automatic generation and storage of acetylene gas, in combination, a generator having a perforated bottom on which the carbide lies, a water-supply capable of having its waste cut off or closed so that the water rises to meet the lower layers of the said carbide, and when gas is generated in sufficient quantity to cause the gasometer to rise high enough the said waste is automatically opened so that the said water is withdrawn from the said carbide, taking with it any waste material from the said carbide and depositing same in a sludge-tank, all substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawing. (2.) In generating acetylene gas automatically as needed, a generator to which water rises to the carbide within same by shutting off the waste water by the fall of the gasometer, the automatic withdrawal of the said water by the said waste being opened by the rise of the said gasometer, which takes any waste carbide with it in withdrawing, thus allowing the carbide to fall and meet the water when next it rises, all substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 5s. 3d.)