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of flax-fibre, which is twisted into a rope or strands, and then
woven by wires, string, or the like into a mat of parallel
approximately flat strands. (Specification, 2s.)
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]

No. 28987.—12th January, 1911.—ALEXANDER COPLAND
ROBERTSON, Agent; ALEXANDER COLIN MURRAY, Insurance
Agent; and WILLIAM WALTER SMITH, Merchant; all of Timaru,
New Zealand. An improved apparatus for controlling and
recording the speed of steam-engines and other machinery.*
Extracts from Specification.—A brake-strap is made in two
parts, hinged together at the front, and carries brake-blocks
surrounding or partially surrounding the main shaft or a
pulley fixed upon the said shaft. The hinge-pin passes
through brackets and forms a pivot for the brake-strap. The
rear ends of the strap are pivoted to levers fulcrummed in
brackets, and having their ends coupled by links to a cross-
head, which is fixed to a piston-rod. . . . The cross-
head slides upon a guide-bar fixed at one end to the cylinder
and at the other end to the brackets of the lever. A governor
receiving motion from the main shaft has its spindle con-
nected by a bell-crank lever to a valve for admitting, in the
case of a steam-engine, steam to the back of the piston, and
a bracket projecting from the cross-head operates a relief-
valve to allow the piston to make its return stroke.
(Specification, 10s.)
[NOTE.—The above extracts from the specification are inserted in place
of the claims.]

No. 29055.—26th January, 1911.—ERNEST HAYES, of
Oturehua, Otago, New Zealand, Millwright. Improved gate-
hanger.*
Claim.—(1.) A gate-hanger consisting of two members
fastened respectively to the gate and the gate-post, and each
formed by a length of angle-iron arranged to have one of
its sides extending out horizontally from the other and over-
lapping with the horizontally extending side of the other
member, apertures made at intervals in the length of each
horizontal portion, and a rivet-pin adapted to be passed
through any of the apertures in both members, substantially
as specified. (Specification, 2s. 9d.)
[NOTE.—Here follows one other claim.]

No. 29070.—1st February, 1911.—JOHN WILLIAM BOYCE,
of Emerson Street, Napier, New Zealand, Tailor. An
improved method of and means for use in draughting patterns
or garments.*
Extract from Specification.—The invention embodies the
employment of the known form of pattern garment of the
required shape of the garment to be draughted, but divided
up into a number of sections joined together by elastic con-
nections such as will allow of the joints opening out.
(Specification, 3s. 9d.)
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]

No. 29072.—1st February, 1911.—JAMES BYRNE, of Goldie
Street, Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia, Carpenter. Improve-
ments in concrete and like fireplaces and chimneys.*
Claims.—(1.) The sections of concrete or the like, com-
prising jambs, a back, a breast, and a hearth, constructed
and combined together to form a fireplace, substantially as
described. (2.) The sections of the preceding claim in com-
bination with chimney-sections, constructed substantially as
described, with reference to Figs. 1 to 3. (3.) A fireplace-
breast of concrete or the like, having a flue, as described.
(Specification, 4s.)
[NOTE.—Here follow three other claims.]

No. 29076.—1st February, 1911.—UNITED SHOE MA-
CHINERY 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 busi-
ness at 205 Lincoln Street, Boston, in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, in said United States of America (assignees
of John Benjamin Hadaway, of Swampscott, Essex, Massa-
chusetts aforesaid, Inventor, and Arthur Lyman Russell, of
Hyde Park, Norfolk, Massachusetts aforesaid, Lawyer). Im-
provements in or relating to machines for operating upon
boots and shoes after the welt has been attached.*
Claims.—(1.) A welt-beating machine having, in combina-
tion, a stationary work-support upon which the welt directly
rests, a hammer, a lever carrying the hammer and having
a fixed fulcrum, means for oscillating the lever about said
fulcrum to cause the hammer to beat the welt, with or with-
out a spring between the hammer and said actuating means
to be compressed when the hammer strikes the welt and while
the actuating means completes its stroke whereby the hammer
has a dwell upon the work, and additional means to actuate
the hammer toward the body of the machine and during the
said dwell to draw out the welt widthwise. . . . (19.) A
shoe-shaping machine having, in combination, welt-engaging
devices, and means to operate said devices for extending the
welt of a welted shoe lengthwise, and then, while holding it
so extended, pulling it widthwise. (Specification, £1 6s.)
[NOTE.—Here follow eleven other claims.]

No. 29112.—27th January, 1911.—BERNARD JACOB WEGER,
of Gisborne, New Zealand, Driller. An improved bit for
deep well-borings.*
Extract from Specification.—The invention consists in form-
ing the bit with a rimmer attachment extending eccentrically
from the side of the bit and so disposed that its outer edge
will swing clear of the pipe when it is lowered beneath the
bottom edge thereof. (Specification, 1s. 6d.)
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]

No. 29157.—22nd February, 1911.—UNITED SHOE MA-
CHINERY 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 busi-
ness at 205 Lincoln Street, Boston, in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, in said United States of America (assignees
of Henry Wallace Winter, of Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts
aforesaid, Machinist). Improvements in and relating to sole-
and heel-finishing shafts.*
Claims.—(1.) A machine of the class described having, in
combination, a sectional shaft, and an operating member
mounted thereon, the sections of said shaft being mounted
for angular movement, whereby said shaft may be broken
at a point intermediate its ends. (2.) A machine of the
class described having, in combination, a sectional shaft,
an operating member mounted thereon, a plurality of bearings
for said shaft, said bearings being capable of angular move-
ment in two directions, and means for rotating said shaft.
(Specification, 9s. 3d.)
[NOTE.—Here follow five other claims.]

No. 29203.—2nd March, 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 busi-
ness at 205 Lincoln Street, Boston, in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, in said United States of America (assignees of
Orrell Ashton, of Swampscott, Essex, Massachusetts afores-
said, Machinist). Improvements in or relating to machines
for assembling parts of boots and shoes.*
Claims.—(1.) In a machine of the class described, the
combination of means for supporting a shoe, and means for
inserting a fastening in the shoe at a point out of the plane of
the sole thereof and in a direction at an angle to a median
plane extending longitudinally in the direction of the height
of the shoe. . . . (10.) In a machine for assembling
parts of boots and shoes, the combination of a last, means
for wiping an upper over the edge of said last during the wiping operation,
and means for applying additional pressure to said last at
the completion of said wiping operation. . . . (19.) In
a machine for assembling parts of boots or shoes, the com-
bination of a last, and means for inserting a plurality of
fastenings in the rear face of a shoe mounted upon the last.
(Specification, £1 6s.)
[NOTE.—Here follow two other claims.]

No. 29386.—7th April, 1911.—ANNIE WHITE, of Waiareka
Junction, New Zealand. Egg tester, grader, and carrier.*
Claim.—For the purposes indicated, a crate comprising
a fixed side made of battens spaced apart, battens secured
to the ends of the crate, superposed removable trays resting
on the battens, a plurality of holes in the trays, and a hinged
side opposite the fixed side and made of battens spaced apart,
as set forth. (Specification, 2s.)

No. 29396.—11th April, 1911.—WILLIAM NICHOLAS, of
Hook, Waimate, New Zealand, Farmer. Improvements in
hydraulic rams.*
Extract from Specification.—The invention consists in form-
ing the top of the air-dome with an opening which is normally
kept sealed and providing it with an air-inlet valve through
which air under pressure may be introduced into the dome.
A second air-inlet valve is arranged in the waste-pipe of the
ram, through which, also, air under pressure may be introduced
into such pipe. (Specification, 3s. 6d.)
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]