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Hill, R. P., Auckland, N.Z. .. .. .. Coupling taps to hose ; 30412 ; 24th October.
Lobnitz, F., Crookston, Scot. .. .. .. Rock-cutter ; 30413 ; 26th October.
McNab, A., Bridgeport, U.S.A. .. .. .. Marine indicator ; 30414 ; 26th October.
Hastings, C. D., Detroit, U.S.A. (Nelson, E. A.) .. .. .. Vehicle-spring ; 30415 ; 26th October.
Kowastch, A., New York, U.S.A. .. .. .. Blasting-charge ; 30416 ; 26th October.
Crowe, P. L., Jersey City, U.S.A. .. .. .. Stoker mechanism ; 30417 ; 26th October.
Crowe, P. L., Jersey City, U.S.A. .. .. .. Stoker mechanism ; 30418 ; 26th October.
Brown, R. J., Saltwater Creek, N.Z... .. .. .. Gas-producer ; 30419 ; 24th October.
Hayman, W. H., Studholme Junction, N.Z. .. .. .. Sheaf-elevator, &c. ; 30420 ; 24th October.
Potter, F., Whangarata, N.Z. .. .. .. Milk-pail gauge ; 30421 ; 26th October.
Walker, B., Leeds, Eng. .. .. .. Loom* ; 30422 , 24th December, 1910.†
Barnett, A., Waimataitai, N.Z. .. .. .. Skirt-ironing board ; 30423 ; 26th October.

Complete Specifications filed after Provisionals.

LIST of complete specifications filed after provisional specifications from the 13th to the 26th October, 1911, inclusive:—

No. 28889.—Imperial Cash Register Company, Limited, cash-register. (C. Bristow.)
No. 29020.—D. McAuslin, boot.
No. 29021.—W. Aitken and H. F. March, seed-thresher, &c.
No. 29027.—R. Burn, tag-label, &c., printing and forming machine.
No. 29040.—C. Christie, earth-excavator. (H. R. M. Whittell.)
No. 29055.—E. Hayes, gate-hanger.
No. 29112.—B. J. Weger, deep-well-boring rimming.
No. 29530.—P. H. Best, teat-cup.
No. 29698.—J. R. Bullen, spraying-attachment.
No. 29762.—J. D. Smith, scaffolding-hanger.
No. 29971.—J. Stewart, metal label.
No. 30319.—C. Burridge, water-tank filter.
No. 30282.—J. B. Salmon and E. W. Roy, skiving-machine-cutter mounting.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 1st November, 1911.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the undermentioned applications for Letters Patent have been accepted, and are open to public inspection at this office. Any person may, at any time within two months from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing of opposition to the grant of any such patent. Such notice must set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be in duplicate. A fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

The copies of claims and extracts from the specifications and drawings are merely intended to give some further indication of the invention than is disclosed in the title, and the complete specifications and drawings should be referred to for a description of the invention.

No. 28717.—10th November, 1910.—RAFFAELLO PALADINI, of 9 Panama Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker. Improved cord holder and adjuster for transoms, windows, blinds, and the like.*

Extract from Specification.—To a suitable plate capable of being fastened to the side of the window, door, or the like, I attach another plate parallel to and a short distance from it. This latter plate has a slot extending nearly its whole length, providing a slide for a metal block to which a pulley is suitably connected. A projection from the block passes through the slot, and is provided with a hook, or other means, to which one end of a spring is attached. The other end of the spring is connected to the lower part of the slotted plate by means of a screw or other device. (Specification, 2s.)

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

No. 28794.—29th November, 1910.—HUGH MCFADYEN DOUGLAS, of 90-94 Victoria Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Account-book Manufacturer. Improvements in loose-leaf price-books, loose-leaf pocketbooks, temporary binders, and the like.*

Extracts from Specification.—A locking-plate attached to one bar works alongside a corresponding locking-plate in the other bar, and a clamp is provided for locking these plates together. Racks consisting of pillars turned with circumferential grooves are fixed to one of the bars upon opposite sides of the locking-plates, and a hollow presser-bar, fitting over the posts, the racks, and the locking-plates, is provided with a sliding catch to engage both racks. . . . The binding-margin of the leaf is made more flexible by making a row of holes, or parallel rows of holes, at a short distance from the edge and beyond the holes through which the pillars pass. (Specification, 4s.)

[NOTE.—The above extracts from the specification are inserted in place of the claims.]

No. 28844.—7th December, 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 Ebenezer Pocock, of Paris, France, Engineer). Improvements in or relating to cutting-dies.*

Claims.—(1.) A die for cutting blanks from sheet material, comprising a closed frame that by being resilient will yield under the action of a distorting-force, but will reassume its normal condition, wherein it conforms to the outline of the blank to be cut, when such force is removed. . . . (5.) A die for use with clicking-presses or the like, comprising a continuous strip of thin flexible ribbon steel permanently bent to the desired contour and having its ends connected and presenting a resilient closed frame capable of promptly returning to normal contour automatically after distortions incident to its use. (Specification, 10s.)

[NOTE.—Here follow four other claims.]

No. 28845.—7th December, 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 Wilfred John Drey, of Catawissa, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Superintendent). Improvements in or relating to the art of making welt shoes.*

Claims.—(1.) That improvement in the art of making welt shoes which consists in lasting the upper over the edge of the insole and securing it in lasted position in the usual manner, permanently uniting the upper and the insole by inserting separate metallic fastenings through the upper and the channel-lip of the insole while the shoe is in its original lasted condition, then removing the original means for securing the upper in lasted position and uniting the welt, upper, and insole with stitches. . . . (12.) That improvement in the art of making welt shoes which consists in pressing the upper and the channel-lip of the insole into close contact with each other at a point between the lasting-tacks, while the shoe is in its original lasted condition, permanently uniting these parts, while in this relation, by inserting through the upper and the channel-lip a staple of fine wire, clinching the ends of the staple upon the inside of the channel-lip, removing the lasting-tacks, and then uniting the welt, upper, and insole with stitches. (Specification, £1 7s. 6d.)

[NOTE.—Here follow eighteen other claims.]

No. 28846.—7th December, 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 Wilfred John Drey, of Catawissa, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Superintendent). Improvements in or relating to machines for use in the manufacture of boots and shoes.*

Claims.—(1.) In a machine of the class described, means for clamping together the upper and insole channel-lip of a shoe, and means for forming and inserting a fastening through