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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

No. 29327.—27th March, 1911.]—ALBERT JOHN HAINSWORTH, of Wellington, New Zealand, Electrical Engineer. Improvements in and relating to electrical heaters.*

Claim.—(1.) In electrical heaters, the employment of a hollow cylindrical insulating-core of burnt clay having a helical groove upon its periphery to receive the electrical wire and terminals, at each end to which the ends of said wire are secured, substantially as specified, and illustrated in the drawing.

(Specification, 2s. 9d.)

[NOTE.—Here follow two other claims.]

No. 29343.—29th March, 1911.—THOMAS MCGANN, of Mortlake, Victoria, Australia, Manager Butter-factory, and ROBERT GEORGE PITTS, of Mortlake aforesaid, Blacksmith. Improvements in window anti-rattling fastening-means.*

Claims.—(1.) In a device of the class indicated, a base plate, a spring thereon with projections from its upper part, and a slotted lever movable on a post on the base plate, the spring and lever being locatable as described. (2.) The combination of parts substantially as illustrated in Fig. 1, with or without a cord T, as described. (3.) In a device of the class indicated, the combination with a window-frame of the fastening-means illustrated in Fig. 2, substantially as described.

(Specification, 3s. 6d.)

No. 29349.—30th March, 1911.—HENRY WILLIAM YEOMAN, of 1 Bolton Street, Petone, New Zealand, Clerk. Improvements in step-ladders.*

Extract from Specification.—The back strut is formed in two parts or frames, an inner frame being hinged to the top of the ladder and pivoted at the bottom to the outer frame. The upper end of the outer frame is bevelled and slidable in a corresponding groove across the ladder. The pivot is provided with a spring sufficient to set the top of the outer frame free in its groove while the ladder adjusts itself to an uneven surface.

(Specification, 2s. 9d.)

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

No. 29372.—5th April, 1911.—DOUGLAS JAMES HAWKES, of 86 Kilmore Street, Christchurch, New Zealand. Combined door stop and holder.*

Claims.—(1.) The door stop and holder with knob and rubber ring or other resilient substance, substantially as and for the purpose described. (2.) The door stop and holder as described and explained, as illustrated in the drawing, and for the purpose set forth.

(Specification, 1s.)

No. 29385.—10th April, 1911.—JAMES RYLAND CRUICKSHANK, of New Plymouth, New Zealand, Produce Broker. An improved construction of receptacle for the transport of butter and like goods.*

Extracts from Specification.—According to this invention, the body 1 of the receptacle is formed of a sheet or sheets of compressed fibre, strawboard paper, or like material, rendered non-porous, which are strengthened by metal reinforcements, such as strips 2 or bands 3 of metal. . . . The ends 5, 6—that is, top and bottom of the receptacle—are made of similar material and provided with flanges 7, 8 which overlap the ends of the body and are secured in position by fastenings, such as screws 9 passed through the flanges into the metal reinforcements of the body.

(Specification, 4s. 3d.)

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

No. 29388.—11th April, 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 Orrell Ashton, of Swampscott, Massachusetts aforesaid, Machinist). Improvements in or relating to machines for use in the manufacture of boots and shoes.*

Claims.—(1.) An organized machine for step-by-step lasting having, in combination, a single gripper arranged to extend transversely across a shoe-bottom to engage an upper on the side of the shoe more remote from the machine, and operating-mechanism to move the gripper inwardly for pulling the upper towards the machine. . . . (3.) A machine for use in the manufacture of boots and shoes having, in combination, a tacker, a gripper, and operating-mechanism therefor, said machine being organized to permit the gripper to transfer the shoe into tack-receiving position and then to pull the upper into position to be fastened by the tacker.

(Specification, £1 10s.)

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

No. 29415.—20th April, 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 Ronald Francis McFeely, of Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts aforesaid, Inventor). Improvements in or relating to machines for removing surplus material from stock.*

Claim.—(1.) For a machine for use in the manufacture of boots and shoes for removing surplus material from stock, the combination with a shell having abrading projections and adjacent perforations, of means for propelling a current of air through the shell for the purpose of removing waste material from the said perforations and from the shell.

(Specification, 17s. 6d.)

[NOTE.—Here follow nine other claims.]

No. 29449.—27th April, 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 Thomas Lund, of Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts aforesaid, Foreman). Improvements in or relating to the manufacture of boots and shoes.*

Claims.—(1.) A die of the class described, provided with a peripherally continuous cutting-edge, and cutting-portions extending at an angle to said edge. . . . (8.) In the manufacture of boots and shoes, the method which consists in dying out a blank and simultaneously snipping an edge thereof, skiving the snipped edge and folding said edge back upon the blank.

(Specification, 9s. 6d.)

[NOTE.—Here follow six other claims.]

No. 29467.—1st May, 1911.—GEORGE ALLAN CLARK, of Cambridge, New Zealand, Commercial Traveller. Improved means for use in mixing manure.*

Claims.—(1.) Means for use in mixing manure, consisting of a receptacle to receive the ingredients having slot openings in the bottom thereof, angular ridges arranged in the bottom of the receptacle with their surfaces inclining upwards and outwards from the slot openings, wedge-shaped blocks fitting into the top of the slot openings, and means for alternately raising and lowering such blocks, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (2.) Means for use in mixing manure, consisting of a receptacle, to receive the ingredients, having slot openings in the bottom thereof, angular ridges arranged in such receptacle and having inclined sides extending to the edges of the slots, wedge-shaped blocks fitting in such slots, means for alternately raising and lowering the blocks, and angular ridges arranged within the receptacle and extending at right angles across the lower ridges, substantially as specified. (3.) In the means for use in mixing manure described in claims 1 and 2, frames to which the wedge-shaped blocks are attached, and eccentrics on which the frames are suspended, and a shaft upon which the eccentrics are mounted, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (4.) In means for use in mixing manure, the combination with the means described in claims 1 and 2, of a screen on to which the manure is fed, an inclined shaking table or chute beneath the screen, and a bagging-chute into which the lower end of such shaking table or chute fits, substantially as specified. (5.) In the means for use in mixing manure described, the employment of a cylindrical rotating screen made of increasing diameter towards its delivery-end, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (6.) In means for use in mixing manure, the combination with the bagging-chute, of a pipe leading from the side thereof, and a dust-box into which such pipe enters, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (7.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts in my improved means for use in mixing manure substantially as described and explained, as illustrated in the drawings, and for the several purposes set forth.

(Specification, 7s.)

No. 29598.—22nd May, 1911.—ANDREW CHARLES POCOCK, of Hamilton, New Zealand, Agent. Improved milk-releaser.*

Extract from Specification.—This object is effected by providing, at the bottom of the milk-can or receptacle, a valve-box having a number of ports in its upper and lower faces, which ports are caused to alternately correspond with ports formed in the bottom of the can, and ports in a lower plate situated below the valve-box, and which will allow the milk to escape from the can without admitting air.

(Specification, 3s. 3d.)

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