SEPT. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3397

No. 26775.—21st October, 1909.—ELLENA BAMFORTH, of King Street, Hastings, New Zealand, Nurse. An improved breast-pump.*

Claims.—(1.) In a breast-pump of the kind described, an opening in the bulb, and a rubber teat fitted to the opening, as set forth. (2.) In a breast-pump of the kind described, an opening in the bulb, a rim surrounding the opening, and a rubber teat fitting the said rim, as set forth. (3.) A breast-pump comprising, in combination, a hollow rubber ball, a glass bell, a glass bulb communicating with the bulb, and a rubber teat fitted to an opening in the bulb, as set forth.

(Specification, 1s. 9d.)

No. 26874.—10th November, 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 Ernest Jerram, Marshall Henry Pearson, and John William Goddard, all of Leicester, England, Engineers). Improvements in or relating to sewing-machines.*

Claims.—(1.) A sewing-machine having, in combination, an eye-pointed needle, and a shuttle arranged to operate in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the loop of thread forced through the work by the needle, and acting to engage said loop and draw thread from the supply through the eye of the needle in substantially the direction in which the thread leads through the eye, with or without a deflector arranged to engage the loop of needle-thread and move it into a position to be engaged by the shuttle. (2.) A sewing-machine having, in combination, an eye-pointed needle, a holder for the locking-thread, and a device moving in a plane substantially parallel to that of the loop of thread forced through the work by the needle, and arranged to engage the needle-thread loop and pull thread from the supply through the needle-eye in substantially the direction in which the thread leads through the eye, and pass the loop thus formed around the locking-thread holder, with or without a deflector arranged to engage the loop of needle-thread and move it into a position to be engaged by said device. (3.) In a sewing-machine such as is defined in either of the preceding claiming clauses, the arrangement that the holder or shuttle pulls thread through the eye of the needle downwardly and away from the needle.

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

(Specification, £1 10s.)

No. 26875.—10th November, 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 Orrell Ashton, of Lawrence, Massachusetts aforesaid, Machinist). Improvements in or relating to shoe-shaping machines.*

Claims.—(1.) In a pounding-machine for boots and shoes of the type described, resting-means for the shoe, comprising stationary shoe-resting portions, and a movable portion constructed and arranged to be rendered operative to beat said shoe by the pressure of the work against it.

[NOTE.—Here follow three other claims.]

(Specification, 6s.)

No. 26883.—11th November, 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 Eli Brothers, of Lynn, Massachusetts, Inventor). Improvements in or relating to machines for working an upper over a last.*

Claims.—(1.) A pulling-over machine having, in combination, side-grippers, tip-straightening means, and means adapted to relieve the tension on the upper during the operation of the tip-straightening means.

[NOTE.—Here follow eight other claims.]

(Specification, 12s. 6d.)

No. 27316.—18th February, 1910.—JOHN WILSON, of Auckland, New Zealand, Cement-maker. An improvement relating to the construction of concrete roads and the like.

Claims.—(1.) For the purpose indicated, the combination with a foundation of concrete and a wearing-surface of the same material, of a separating-layer of paper coated with tar or the like, substantially as set forth.

(Specification, 1s. 9d.)

No. 27329.—18th February, 1910.—WILLIAM FINDLAY, of 33 Summer Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand, Brush and Broom Manufacturer. Improvement in brush and broom making.*

Claim.—In the manufacture of brooms or brushes, the improved manner of securing the fibre, hair, or other materials used to the stock, consisting in doubling over the bunches of material used, inserting the doubled ends into shallow holes in the stock, and fastening them therein by means of staples encircling the doubled ends and driven into the bottoms of the holes, substantially as specified.

(Specification, 1s. 9d.)

No. 27778.—16th June, 1909.†—HERMAN BERNARD VAN DAALEN, of 142 Portsdow Road, Maida Vale, London, England, Engineer. Improvements in and relating to the actuation of controllers and the like for electric machinery.

Claim.—(1.) Apparatus by means of which two, three, or more arms working independently are actuated gradually and successively by a single operating-arm carried by a rotary spindle, substantially as described.

[NOTE.—Here follow five other claims.]

(Specification, 6s. 6d.)

No. 27779.—15th June, 1909.†—HERMAN BERNARD VAN DAALEN, of 142 Portsdow Road, Maida Vale, London, England, Engineer. Improvements in and relating to electric dynamos and motors.

Claim.—(1.) An improved arrangement for obviating sparking in electric dynamos and motors having field-windings superposed on one another in such a manner that the axis of the one winding passes through the other winding superposed thereon and vice versa without the two axes coinciding with one another.

[NOTE.—Here follow five other claims.]

(Specification, 6s. 6d.)

No. 27803.—31st May, 1910.—THOMAS AUGUSTUS DRING, of Sunny Bank, Trowbridge, Wilts, England, Accountant. Improvements in flying-machines.

Extract from Specification.—Using two or more devices adapted to produce in the air the same effects as are produced by the wings of these insects. These devices—which I call “vortex-lifters”—each consists of a shaft adapted to be rapidly rotated, and carrying one or more blades or vanes which spring from a common hub or centre and extend beyond the end of said shaft at an angle with its axis, said blades or vanes being so shaped and arranged that their outer and [or] inner edges or surfaces lie at an acute angle with the axis of the shaft, so that during rotation said blades or vanes take a coned path about their axis of rotation.

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

(Specification, 6s.)

No. 27891.—14th June, 1910.—ANDREW GRAY, Managing Director of the New Zealand Consolidated Dental Company, Limited, of Wellington, New Zealand. Improved closure for telegraph forms and the like.

Extract from Specification.—In my invention a ribbon or tape of paper is employed having three longitudinal stripes of gum, one gummed stripe being secured to one of the wings referred to, the opposite gummed stripe to the other wing, while the middle stripe of gum is secured to the back of the form.

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

(Specification, 1s. 9d.)