lift-receiving cavity. (6.) In a heel-building machine
in which a presser-head is moved into operative position with
relation to a work-support, the arrangement that a clutch
is thrown into action by the head in the said movement to
cause (a) the pressing of the head against the work, or (b) the
insertion of fasteners into the work, or (a) and (b) to be effected
by devices rendered operative by the said clutch.
(9.) In a heel-building machine, the mechanism for effecting
the pressing of the head against the work and the insertion
of fasteners into the work, substantially as described with
reference to Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings.
(Specification, £1 5s.)

No. 25888.—28th April, 1909.—SIDNEY WILMOT WINSLOW, of 541 Cabot Street, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts,
United States of America, Manufacturer (assignee of Charles
Peder Holmes, of Lynn, Essex aforesaid, Inventor). Improvements in or relating to method of and machine for
forming chain stitches.*

Claims.—(1.) That improvement in the art of forming
chain stitches which consists in drawing a loop of thread
through the materials to be sewn and through a previously
formed loop, relieving the supply side of the last-formed
loop of tension, and acting on the last-formed loop in the
general direction of the previously formed seam to shorten
the preceding loop, and thereafter setting the stitch of which
the preceding loop forms a part. (2.) That improvement in
the art of forming chain stitches which consists in drawing
a loop of thread through the materials to be sewed, and
through a previously formed loop, pulling on one side only
of the last-formed loop to shorten the preceding loop and
then either pulling said preceding loop forward to set the
stitch of which the loop forms a part, or pulling on both sides
of the last-formed loop to exert a stitch-setting strain on
the seam. (3.) That improvement in the art of forming
chain stitches which consists in drawing a loop of thread
through the materials to be sewed and through a previously
formed loop and, preferably also, pulling on the last-formed
loop to shorten the preceding loop, then passing an instrument through the last-formed loop and through the materials
at the point where the next loop is to be drawn, and finally
engaging and pulling on the last-formed loop while the instrument is in the work to exert a stitch-setting strain on
the seam.
[NOTE.—Here follow sixteen other claims.]
(Specification, £1 10s.)

No. 25959.—20th May, 1909.—HANNAM'S LIMITED, a company registered under the laws of the State of New South
Wales, Australia, and having its registered office at 134 Castle-reagh Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Manufacturers (assignees of William Henry Hannam, of 134 Castle-reagh Street aforesaid, Director of said Company). Improvements in bath-water heaters.*

Claim.—(1.) In a bath-water heater, the combination of
a long cylindrical shell with fire-box at foot, an annular liner
in said shell above said fire-box, a water-header in the upper
part of said fire-box, a nest of coiled tubes within said liner
connecting said header with the upper part of the annular
space between said shell and liner, an exit for the gases of
combustion, a cold-water service connected to said header,
and a hot-water service from said annular space, substantially
as described.
[NOTE.—Here follow six other claims.]
(Specification, 10s.)

No. 26008.—1st June, 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 William Arthur Bond, of Lynnfield,
Massachusetts aforesaid, Machinist). Improvements in or
relating to lasting or like machines.*

Claims.—(1.) For a lasting or like machine, the combination
with wiping-means of mechanism for reciprocating one portion of said means (for example, 90) approximately lengthwise
on the edge of the shoe, and another portion (for example, 91)
approximately transversely on said edge. (3.) For
a lasting or like machine having a wiper provided with an
acting-edge, the combination with a pivotal support for the
wiper adjacent to one end of said edge of automatically
operated means connected to the wiper near the other end
of said edge for actuating the wiper. (4.) For a lasting or
like machine, the combination with grippers and a wiper of
means for oscillating said wiper back and forth over the
work in time relation with the pulling movements of the
grippers. (5.) For a lasting or like machine, the combination
with grippers and means for actuating them to pull and plait
the upper of a wiper, and means for oscillating it in a path
over the sole which is approximately that of the pulling and
plaiting movement of the grippers.

[NOTE.—Here follow twenty-three other claims.]
(Specification, £1 5s.)

No. 26009.—1st June, 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 Alvah Clement Spencer, of Beverly,
Massachusetts aforesaid, Drafsman, and Louis Amedee Casgrain, of Beverly aforesaid, Inventor). Improvements
in or relating to impression or imitation-stitch machines.*

Claim.—(1.) An impression or imitation-stitch machine
having, in combination, an indenting tool arranged to act
upon the upper surface of the projecting edge of the shoe, a
work-support arranged to engage the tread-surface of the
sole, and means for supporting the work-support against the
thrust of the tool while permitting it to move under the force
exerted by the tool on the work to automatically adapt itself
to that portion of the sole with which it is in engagement.

[NOTE.—Here follow sixteen other claims.]
(Specification, 17s. 6d.)

No. 26010.—1st June, 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 Karl Engol, of Arlington Heights,
Massachusetts aforesaid, Shoe-manufacturer). Improvements
in or relating to machines for use in the manufacture of and
method of assembling the parts of boots and shoes.*

Claims.—(1.) The method of laying soles which consists
in locating a sole in substantially its flat condition in proper
transverse relation to the path of relative movement of the
sole and shoe during the sole-laying operation, and then
effecting a relative movement of the sole and shoe such that
the parts of the sole beginning with the shank and extending
in both directions therefrom are successively brought into
attaching relation with the corresponding parts of the shoe.
(2.) In a machine for assembling the parts of boots and shoes,
sole-laying means in combination with a pair of toe-clamping
jaws and a pair of heel-clamping jaws constructed and arranged to automatically embrace the toe and heel respectively
of shoes of varying width and support the sole-attaching
flange of a shoe against the pressure of the sole during the sole-laying operation. (3.) In a machine for assembling the parts
of boots and shoes, sole-laying means in combination with
means (such, for example, as 42, 44) for supporting the sole-attaching flange of a shoe against the pressure of the sole
during the sole-laying operation, constructed and arranged
automatically to adapt themselves (by means such, for example, as springs 52, 78) to shoes of varying width with or
without means (such, for example, as 108, 408, 402, and the
vertical adjustments of these parts) for adjusting the said
flange-supporting means to shoes of varying vertical dimensions and spring.

[NOTE.—Here follow eleven other claims.]
(Specification, £1 17s. 6d.)