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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 48

Notice of Application to amend Specification.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1891.

A REQUEST to be allowed to amend the specification (including drawings forming part thereof) relating to the under-mentioned application has been received, and is open to public inspection. Any person may, at any time within one month from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing, in duplicate, of opposition to the amendment, stating in such notice the particular grounds of his objection. A fee of 10s. is payable with such notice:—

No. 4728.—CHARLES BURGON, of La Plata Works, Malin Bridge, Sheffield, England, Sheep-shear Manufacturer. An invention for improvements in machines for shearing or clipping sheep or other animals.

The applicant states his reasons for desiring the amendment made to be as follows: That objections have been taken by the Commissioner of Patents in Victoria and by the Registrar of Patents in Queensland to the specification and drawings as originally framed, the same having been amended and allowed in those colonies in the form as now proposed to be amended in New Zealand.

The following are particulars of the proposed amendment, viz.:—

1. By striking out the words “and ascertained,” in line 9.
2. By striking out all the words contained in lines 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19.
3. By striking out the word “is,” in line 22, and inserting instead the words “and its attached parts are.”
4. By inserting the word “hinged” immediately before the word “base,” in line 25.
5. By inserting the words “hinge or” between the words “the” and “base,” in line 26.
6. By inserting the words “spindle with its” between the words “crank” and “pin,” in line 28.
7. By inserting the words “its alternative” immediately before the word “ball,” in line 28.
8. By inserting the words “for a portion” between the words “covering” and “of,” in lines 29 and 30.
9. By inserting the words “a side view of the covering being shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2,” immediately at the end of line 30.
10. By striking out the word “pins,” in line 31, and inserting instead the words “studs or pivots.”
11. By striking out the word “And,” in line 32.
12. By striking out the words “bar of my improved machine,” in line 33, and inserting in place thereof the words, &c., “or oscillating bar, and Fig. 8 a side view of same.”
13. By striking out the words “In carrying out my invention in practice I recess the,” in lines 36 and 37, and inserting instead the words “To construct a sheep-shearing machine according to my improvement I provide a.”
14. By striking out the words “of my sheep-shearing machine to the necessary depth and shape,” in lines 37 and 38, and inserting in their place the words, &c., “with a slot (b) in it.”
15. By striking out the word and letter “at b,” in line 38, and inserting instead the word “in.”
16. By striking out the words “on the accompanying drawing,” in lines 38 and 39.
17. By inserting the words “or slot” immediately after the word “recess,” in line 39; and the words “slot or” immediately before the word “recess,” in line 41.
18. By striking out the words “it is supported on or at the sides of the base plate by,” in lines 43 and 44, and inserting in place thereof the words “that one screwed through the sides of.”
19. By striking out the words from and including the word “and,” in line 45, to and including the word “it,” in line 49, and inserting instead the following words, letters, &c., viz.: “The plate (c) has a tapped hole in it to receive the lower screwed end of a stud (g) or (g’) upon which a rocker or oscillating bar (e) is centered, and such bar may be canted or lifted by the hinged base plate.”
20. By striking out the words “rocking motion I obtain,” in lines 49 and 50, and inserting instead the words “canting is done.”
21. By striking out the word “or,” immediately after the letter “(f),” in line 50, and inserting instead the words, &c., “in a tapped hole in the frame (a), or it may be done by.”
22. By inserting the word “hinged” immediately before the word “base,” in line 52.
23. By inserting the word “from” immediately before the word “where,” in line 53.
24. By striking out the word “hinged,” in line 53, and inserting in place thereof the words “centered on its pivots.”
25. By striking out the words “I pass,” in line 54, and inserting instead the words, &c., “of the bar (e) it is centered as before stated on.”
26. By striking out all the words from and including the bracketed words, &c., in line 54, to and including the word “plate,” at the end of line 59, and inserting instead the words, &c., “at or near its centre, the screw end of which passes into the plate (c) then.”
27. By striking out the words “or a pin,” in line 66.
28. By inserting between the words “the” and “rear,” in line 66, the words, &c., “fore end of oscillating bar (e), and fitted in a recess on its under side is a spring finger (e’) that bears on the centre tooth of the top cutter as shown at the.”
29. By striking out the words “of the spindle or driving shaft of,” in line 67, and inserting in place thereof the words “and connected to the spindle or driving shaft of.”
30. By inserting the word “are” between the words “machine” and “three,” in line 68.
31. By striking out the words, &c., “universal joints (j), with ball-couplings are attached, and they are,” in lines 68 and 69, and inserting instead the words “core-pieces united by ball-couplings (j) and forming universal joints or a flexible shaft, and such is.”
32. By inserting immediately after the letter “k,” in line 70, the words “connected to and.”
33. By inserting immediately after the word “nuts,” in line 71, the words “or bush ferrules.”
34. By crossing out the words “cutting mechanism,” in line 72, and inserting in place thereof the word “machine.”
35. By striking out the words “of the machine,” in line 73.
36. By crossing out the words “They are,” in line 73, and inserting instead the words “The foregoing universal or flexible driving medium is.”
37. By striking out the words “this appliance,” in line 75, and inserting instead the words “the foregoing flexible driving medium.”
38. By striking out the words “wish it to be understood,” in line 85, and inserting instead the word “declare.”
39. By inserting immediately after the letter “a,” in line 91, the words “together with the slot or.”
40. By striking out the final letters “ed” in the word “recessed,” in line 92.
41. By striking out the word “oscillating,” in line 94.
42. By striking out the words “tipping and rocking,” in line 97, and inserting instead the word “oscillating.”
43. By crossing out the word “rocker,” in line 98.
44. By striking out the words “The mode of connecting,” in line 103, and inserting instead the words “The combination and arrangement of.”
45. By striking out the words “to the base,” in lines 103 and 104, and inserting instead the words, &c., “screw-stud (g) or (g’).”
46. By striking out all the words from and including the word “thus,” in line 104, to and including the word “equivalent,” in line 107.
47. By crossing out the words “this sheep,” in line 110, and inserting in place thereof the words “the driving medium at back of.”
48. By inserting between the words “less” and “ball,” in line 111, the words “core-pieces coupled together by.”
49. By striking out the words “like action of the coiled wire,” in lines 112 and 113.
50. By inserting immediately after the word “nuts,” in line 113, the words “or bushes.”
51. By inserting at the beginning of the 7th claim the words “In a shearing or clipping machine.”
52. By striking out the words “and use,” in line 114, and the word “claimed,” in line 115.
53. By striking out all the words from and including the word “with,” in line 115, to and including the word “animals,” in line 119.
54. By inserting the letter “s” at the end of the word “drawing,” in line 121.
55. By making additions to Figures Nos. 1, 2, 5, and 7 in the drawings, and including therein a fresh figure (Fig. 8).

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Registrar of Patents, Designs, and Trade-marks.

Provisional Specifications accepted.

LIST of Provisional Specifications accepted, from the 11th June, 1891, to the 24th June, 1891:—

No. 5024.—THOMAS BRINING and GEORGE LISTER, of Leeds, England, Boot- and Shoe-engineers. An invention for improvements in or relating to machines for feeding and driving tacks, rivets, nails, and other similar fastenings.

No. 5041.—WILLIAM CURPHEY CORLETTE, of Burwood, near Sydney, New South Wales, Financial Agent. An invention for improvements in the manufacture of coke and the collection of the bye-products thereof, and in apparatus therefor.

No. 5046.—THOMAS WILLIAM QUELCH HONEYWILL, Inventor, and WILLIAM CHRISTIAN JULIUS KORTEGAST, Brewer, both of Hokitika, New Zealand. An invention for improvements in brewers’ cleansers.

No. 5048.—PETER ROBERTSON, of Melbourne, Victoria, Marine Engineer. An invention for improvements in lamps.