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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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these parts while in clamped relation. (2.) In a machine of the class described, means for pressing together the upper and insole channel-lip of a shoe, and means for forming and inserting a fastening through these parts and clinching it while they are thus pressed together. (3.) In a machine of the class described, means for pressing together the upper and insole channel-lip of a lasted shoe while in its original lasted condition, and means for forming and inserting a fastening through these parts while thus pressed together.
(Specification, £1 4s.)

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

No. 28854.—8th December, 1910.—WALTER WILLIAM MARTIN, of 41 Nairn Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Gas Engineer (nominee of Jonathan Thomas Catling, of 60 Weston Road, Plaistow, London, England, Gas Engineer). Improvements in or relating to the prevention of obstructive deposits in hydraulic mains in gasworks.*

Claim.—(1.) The combination with a hydraulic main of a chain-like agitator, disposed in the base thereof, or otherwise, with means for actuating and travelling the same when required, for the purposes of stirring up the contents of the main, to prevent the permanent settlement and solidification of deposits, substantially as set forth. (Specification, 5s.)

[NOTE.—Here follow two other claims.]

No. 28930.—29th 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, Massachusetts, in said United States of America (assignees of Arthur Bates, of Leicester, England, Engineer). Improvements in or relating to machines for use in conforming uppers to lasts.*

Claim.—(1.) A machine of the class described, having, in combination, a rotary shoe-beater, and a second beater arranged relatively thereto to treat the side of the shoe while the shoe-bottom is being treated by the rotary beater, and a shoe-bottom rest arranged relatively to the two beaters to sustain the work for the action of both beaters simultaneously.
(Specification, 8s. 9d.)

[NOTE.—Here follow nine other claims.]

No. 28944.—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 Massachusetts, in said United States of America (assignees of Lester Leland Glidden, of Natick, Middlesex, Massachusetts aforesaid, Inventor). Improvements in or relating to heeling-machines.*

Claims.—(1.) In a heel-attaching machine having a nailing-die and a jack, means operating automatically to move the jack towards the die through a distance determined by the thickness of the work either by engagement of the work with the die or otherwise, mechanism (operating after said movement of the jack) to move the die towards the jack to compress the work, and a single controlling-device for said means and said mechanism. (2.) A heel-attaching machine having, in combination, co-operating members comprising a nailing-die and a jack, and means for adjusting the distance between said members comprising locking-mechanism, including a series of oppositely disposed wedges, and means for moving the contiguous wedges simultaneously in opposite directions.
(Specification, £1.)

[NOTE.—Here follow three other claims.]

No. 29017.—19th 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 Massachusetts, in said United States of America (assignees of Frederick Henry Perry, of Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts aforesaid, Inventor). Improvements in or relating to machines for rounding or channelling or for performing other operations upon the soles of boots and shoes.*

Claims.—(1.) For a machine for operating upon the soles of boots and shoes, the combination with a tool and a pattern mechanism that in conjunction with the relative travel of the tool about the shoe determines the path along which the tool operates, of means for shifting the pattern mechanism at pre-determined points in the relative travel of the tool about the shoe to bring the said mechanism into correct time relationship with such relative travel. . . . (11.) For a machine for operating upon the soles of boots and shoes, the combination with a sole-support mounted to accommodate itself to the lateral curvature of a sole, and a channel-knife mounted in the sole-support, of mechanism for throwing the channel-knife into and out of action during the operation upon the sole. . . . (13.) For a machine for operating upon the soles of boots and shoes, the combination with a sole-support, a channel-knife, and mechanism for projecting and retracting the knife adjustable to vary the projection of the knife, of an adjustable stop for supporting the knife against forward movement while in the work, which stop automatically adjusts itself to the forward position of the knife, together with means for securing the stop in adjusted position.
(Specification, £2 16s. 6d.)

[NOTE.—Here follow six other claims.]

No. 29018.—19th 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 Massachusetts, in said United States of America (assignees of George S. Hill, of Strafford, New Hampshire, United States of America, Inventor). Improvements in or relating to buttonhole-finishing machines.*

Claims.—(1.) For a buttonhole-finishing machine, the arrangement that the needle, shuttle or looper, and take-up are all positively operated by a compound crank on the driving-shaft. . . . (6.) For a buttonhole-finishing machine, the combination with a substantially flat work-support having a hollow raised projection and stitch-forming mechanism located and operating beneath the work-support, of a bender and a bender-carrier that is pivoted slightly above the level of the work and that extends from the interior of the said projection to a point above the work-support. . . . (8.) For a buttonhole-finishing machine, the combination with a lever carrying a bender for bending the material into the path of the stitch-forming mechanism, of a spring-pressed or other presser-foot carried by a lever mounted upon the same axis as the bender-carrying lever, and means for raising the said presser-foot.
(Specification, £1 16s. 3d.)

[NOTE.—Here follow six other claims.]

No. 29804.—4th October, 1911.—HENRY MARK LEVINGE, of Okato, Taranaki, New Zealand, Medical Practitioner. An improved method for preparing acetate of soda, potash, or lime from pyroligneous acid.

Claim.—(1.) A method or process of preparing acetate of soda, acetate of potash, and acetate of lime from pyroligneous acid consisting in neutralizing acetic liquor, obtained by distillation, evaporating to dryness, fusing, redissolving in water, and percolating through bone-charcoal, substantially as specified.
(Specification, 2s.)

[NOTE.—Here follow two other claims.]

No. 29900.—21st July, 1911.—JOHN LEE SCOTT and GEORGE SCOTT, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineers. Improvements in gas-producers.

Extract from Specification.—In carrying out our invention we make the producer oblong in horizontal section, either elliptical in form or rectangular, with the corners filled to arcs of circles, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.)

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

No. 29909.—21st July, 1911.—JAMES McILVENNA, of North Bay, Ontario, Canada, Locomotive-engineer. Improvements in automatic governors for marine engines.

Extract from Specification.—My invention consists of a casing extending through the stern of the vessel and formed at the exterior in cage-like form, a lever provided with a float suitably journalled at the inner end of the casing and having the float at the stern outside of the vessel in the cage, a suitable air-reservoir deriving a supply of air from a suitable air-compressor, a main cylinder and piston connected by a rod to the lever and by pipes to the air-reservoir, and coacting pistons and cylinders connected by pipes to the main cylinder and to each other and to the controlling and exhaust valve of the engines, the parts being otherwise constructed and arranged as more particularly explained. (Specification, 7s.)

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

No. 29923.—22nd July, 1911.—HORACE NORGROVE, of Lake Road, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand. Building dry docks in any depth of water.

Claims.—(1.) The building of a hull or vessel to contain the dock required. (2.) The design of the pontoon, as per plan and specification. (3.) The system of using the pontoon for constructing the floor and walls of the dock before launch-