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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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of the class described, the combination with nailing-means, of
relatively movable heel-pressing members, one of said members
having its effective face inclined to the path of movement
whereby heels having non-parallel tread and heel-seat faces
may be held under pressure between said members, a movably
mounted wedge-shaped device arranged to bear upon the
rear curved surface of the heel to prevent displacement thereof
in a direction away from the inclined pressing-face, and means
for actuating the nailing-means while the heel is under pres-
sure.

[NOTE.—Here follow eight other claims.]
(Specification, £1 11s. 9d.)

No. 28946.—5th January, 1911.—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, in the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, in said United States of America (assignees of Fred
Alvah Rumney, of Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts afore-
said, Agent). Improvements in or relating to eyeleting-
machines.

Claims.—(1.) A machine for setting eyelets or the like,
having, in combination, oppositely disposed punches, an
intermediate cutting-block, means for actuating said punches
for punching the work, and a single device for retracting
both punches. . . . (8.) A machine for setting eyelets
or the like, having, in combination, an anvil-plate, a cutting-
block and upsetting-dies carried thereby, a pair of oppositely
disposed punches, a pair of oppositely disposed setting-dies,
a single device for actuating either the punches or the dies,
a single spring for retracting both punches, and a second
spring extending parallel to the first-mentioned spring for
retracting both setting-dies.

[NOTE.—Here follow twelve other claims.]
(Specification, 15s. 3d.)

No. 28947.—5th January, 1911.—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, in the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, in said United States of America (assignees of
Benjamin Franklin Mayo, of Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
aforesaid, Inventor). Improvements in or relating to heeling-
machines.

Claims.—(1.) In a machine of the class described, a nailing-
block arranged for engagement with a heel to be attached
and constructed to contain nails to be driven into the heel,
means for supplying nails to said nailing-block, a plurality of
magazines (one to contain heel-blanks, and the other to con-
tain top-lift blanks), and a heel-carrier and a top-lift carrier
arranged to be operated in unison and to be moved alternately
from their respective magazines to the nailing-block, and
from the nailing-block to said magazines. (2.) In a heel-
nailing machine, a top-lift carrier, a heel-carrier, means to
move the heel-carrier, and a yielding connection between the
heel-carrier and top-lift carrier. (3.) In a heel-nailing ma-
chine, a stationary nailing-block arranged to be engaged by
the tread-face of a heel, a heel-carrier and a top-lift carrier
located at opposite sides of said nailing-block, and means to
move both said carriers toward and from said nailing-block
in a plane parallel with the face of said nailing-block, as a
heel-blank or top-lift blank is to be presented alternately over
said nailing-block.

[NOTE.—Here follow thirty other claims.]
(Specification, £1 14s. 9d.)

No. 28948.—5th January, 1911.—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, in the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, in said United States of America (assignees of
Benjamin Franklin Mayo, of Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
aforesaid, Inventor). Improvements in or relating to heel-
trimming machines.

Claims.—(1.) For a heel-trimming machine, a counter-guide
that for the purpose described is separate from, and movable
independently of, a rand-guide. (2.) For a heel-trimming
machine, the combination with a cutter and a rand-guide,
of a counter-guide, and means to effect relative movements
between the counter-guide and the rand-guide for the purpose
of controlling the distance from the cutter at which the
counter of the shoe can be held during successive stages of
the trimming operation.

[NOTE.—Here follow four other claims.]
(Specification, 18s.)

No. 28949.—5th January, 1911.—REGINALD LUCKOCK
MUIR, of No. 34 University Place, Manhattan, New York,
United States of America, Manufacturer. Improvements in
saws, especially endless-chain saws.

Extract from Specification.—One of the chief objects of the
invention is to provide an improved mounting for saws of
this kind, the mounting which I have devised being prefer-
ably “universal” — that is, capable of such adjustment as to
enable the saw to operate in practically any plane and at any
desired angle. Another object is to provide improved means
for keeping the saw-chain at a suitable tension, thereby
increasing its efficiency. A further object is to provide
improved means for supporting the frame or bar in which the
sprocket wheels are mounted, to give the apparatus the
desired rigidity and strength and to make it more convenient
in manipulation.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]
(Specification, 17s. 9d.)

No. 28970.—9th January, 1911.—CECIL GEORGE MCKELLAR,
Assoc.Mech.Eng.C.E., of Christchurch, New Zealand, Con-
sulting Engineer. Improvement in closet-basins.

Extract from Specification.—According to this invention, the
inlet is arranged with its opening leading into the basin long
and narrow in section, the upper portion of which being
arranged to swill under the flushing-rim in a horizontal manner,
while the lower portion thereof is arranged to deliver the
flush in a decided downward direction at approximately 45°
in order to provide a whirlpool in the lower part of the basin.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]
(Specification, 2s. 3d.)

No. 28972.—10th January, 1911.—DAVID MUDIE MIDDLE-
TON, of Greymouth, and JOHN ALFRED DEWHIRST, of Kotuku,
both in the Dominion of New Zealand. Improved return-
feed mechanism for saw-benches.

Extract from Specification.—The means designed consist in
a roller that is arranged at right angles to the bench, prefer-
ably at the feeding-end thereof, and is caused to revolve in
the same direction as the saw. This roller is so mounted that
it may be caused to assume a position such that its surface
will be below the level of the usual feeding-rollers, or such
that its surface will be above the level thereof, at the will
of an operator and by the actuation of a sliding-bar or other
device. Thus when it is below the level of the feed-rollers
the timber will be free to rest on such rollers and to be carried
by them into the saw. When the return roller is raised, the
timber will rest on it and be clear of the feed-rollers and
thereby be carried back to the feed-end.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]
(Specification, 3s. 9d.)

No. 28979.—11th January, 1911.—LOUIS COLESTIN MOORE,
of City Road, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Timber-
merchant. Machine for reinforcing boards of wood or other
suitable material with metal and partially fastening same
together for boxes and other useful purposes.

Claims.—(1.) A machine in which boards of wood or other
suitable material are fed to a position to receive a wire or
wires cut into sections, each of such sections being bent to
the desired shape, inserted in the material, and clinched to