JUNE 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1859

No. 28111.—19th July, 1910.—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 Massachusetts, in said United States of America (assignees of William Christian Meyer, of Boston, Suffolk, and said Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Mechanical Engineer, and Charles Peder Holmes, of Lynn, Essex, and said Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Inventor). Improvements in or relating to tension devices for sewing-machines.*

Claims.—(1.) For a sewing-machine, the combination with means offering a yielding resistance to a pull on the thread, of mechanism for varying said resistance when the speed of the machine is varied. . . . (5.) For a sewing-machine, a tension device including a brake, a spring for actuating the brake, two sets of connections between the brake and spring, and means for throwing one set of connections out of operation during each cycle of operations of the machine, with or without means for varying the tension of the spring in response to variations in the speed of the machine.

[NOTE.—Here follow three other claims.]

(Specification, 17s.)

No. 28112.—19th July, 1910.—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 Massachusetts, in said United States of America (assignees of John Benjamin Hadaway, of Swampscott, Essex, and said Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Inventor). Improvements in or relating to apparatus for cutting leather or other material.*

Claims.—(1.) A machine for cutting leather or other material comprising co-operating cutting-members (for example, 1 and 2) between which and a work-support there is provision for relative angular adjustment, for the purpose or purposes described. (2.) A construction of the machine claimed in preceding claiming clause No. 1 comprising a work-support, a shear frame adjustable about an axis located in or substantially in the plane of the supporting surface of the work-support, a shear blade pivoted upon the said frame, and a co-operating shear blade secured to the frame in such a position that its cutting-edge coincides or substantially coincides with the said axis.

[NOTE.—Here follows one other claim.]

(Specification, 8s. 3d.)

No. 28136.—23rd July, 1910.—FREDERICK SUTTON, of Coalgate, Canterbury, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved appliance for use in coiling or uncoiling wire.*

Extract from Specification.—The appliance devised consists in the combination with the usual wooden cross-frame provided with a central aperture to receive an axial pin and a handle for turning it, of a collapsible metal plate ring with radial flanges thereon, and means for securing this ring-edge on against the cross-frame.

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

(Specification, 3s. 9d.)

No. 28355.—29th August, 1910.—JAMES JOSEPH BLOCKLEY, of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand, Plumber. An improved flushing-apparatus for water-closets and the like.*

Extract from Specification.—According hereto, a valve-seat is fixed within the cistern or storage-tank containing a supply of water. A standard passing through the valve-seat or integral therewith is provided with ports and a cupped leather washer on the top. A cylinder fitting upon the standard has a flange with a leather washer forming a face adapted to close upon the valve-seat. Ports through the cylinder below the flange are adapted to be brought into correspondence with the holes in the standard. A non-return valve in the top of the cylinder is adapted to admit water, and a split screw provides for the escape of water. The cylinder is operated by a lever and pull-cord of ordinary construction.

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

(Specification, 3s. 9d.)

No. 28368.—2nd September, 1910.—CHARLES ALBERT OLDMAN, of Waiau, Canterbury, New Zealand. An improved oil-can.*

Claims.—(1.) An improvement in oil-cans of the usual round type, said improvement being a suitable valve fastened into the bottom of the oil-can for the purpose of admitting air behind the oil, so as to cause the oil to flow freely from the spout, substantially as described and explained in the specification.

[NOTE.—Here follows one other claim.]

(Specification, 1s. 3d.)

No. 28377.—2nd September, 1910.—LUDWIG FREDERICK CONRAD HAVERLAND, Saddler and Surgical-appliance Manufacturer, and JOHN HENRY THOMAS, Engineer, both of North Adelaide, Australia. Improvements in saddles.*

Extract from Specification.—According to our invention, the panel is detachably attached to the tree and to the flap by means of fasteners, which can be released and resecured as often as may be necessary for any purpose, as, for instance, to enable repairs to be effected.

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

(Specification, 2s. 9d.)

No. 29001.—17th January, 1911.—WILLIAM LEWIS, of 232 Clarence Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Agent. Improvements in the warming, or drying, or lasting of footwear.

Claims.—(1.) Improvements in the warming, or drying, or lasting of footwear characterized by a combined radiator and last of heat-conducting material, having an external conformation similar to the interior of the footwear within which it is inserted, and having within it a single chamber of similar conformation to accommodate a heating-agent, the heat from which passes through the chamber-walls direct to the interior of the footwear enclosing them, whereby the footwear is warmed, or dried and lasted, or reshaped in one operation. . . . (5.) In improvements in the warming, or drying, or lasting of footwear as claimed in claim 1, a toe-vapour-escape groove (14), and a side heel-vapour-escape groove (16) at each side of the radiator and last, said grooves having a common grooved exit at each side of the said last, a back heel-vapour-escape groove (15), a longitudinal sole-vapour-escape groove (17) joining said groove (15), to facilitate the exit of fumes and vapours from the footwear.

[NOTE.—Here follow two other claims.]

(Specification, 5s.)

No. 29026.—28th February, 1910.†—JOHN INSHAW RODWAY, Cycle Agent, and JAMES ESSON, Engineer, both of 67 Bree Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Improvements in means for automatically inflating the tires of vehicle-wheels while in motion.

Claims.—(1.) In apparatus of the class set forth, means for automatically locking the piston-rod of the inflator in its retired position, comprising a pivoted clutch-lever through an aperture in which the piston-rod slides, said rod being gripped and held between opposite sides of the aperture when the lever is canted, substantially as set forth.

[NOTE.—Here follow four other claims.]

(Specification, 5s.)

No. 29052.—26th January, 1911.—WILLIAM EDMOND BROWN, of White Bluff, Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved milk-separator.*

Extract from Specification.—According hereto, my milk-separator consists of a cylindrical vessel 1 arranged with its axis vertical and having a conical bottom 2 provided with a draw-off tap 3. In the bottom is an inclined window 4 of glass or the like, which may be removable for cleaning purposes, and which is used to enable the skim-milk to be distinguished from the cream. The top 5 of the vessel is provided with a conical cover 6 having an internal flange 7