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SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1899.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1899.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1899.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the under-mentioned 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.

No. 11036.—7th October, 1898.—ALEXANDER COUBROUGH, of 54, Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer. An improved process and apparatus for extracting titanic acid or titanium from ironsand.*

Claims.—(1.) The process of extracting titanic acid or titanium from ironsand consisting in drying and heating the particles of ironsand, dashing the grains of sand against a plate to separate the titanium from the iron-ore, afterwards dashing the separated particles against a second plate to scatter the same, sieving the same into a tank through which water is allowed to flow, and in which the iron-ore sinks, whilst the titanium is carried on the surface of the water and over an overflow, substantially as set forth. (2.) The apparatus for extracting titanic acid or titanium from ironsand comprising a hopper having a pipe leading into a blast-pipe, which enters a box provided with a plate, and with a pipe leading to a second blast-pipe, and delivering into another box likewise provided with a plate, a sieve placed below the second box, and a tank containing running water below the sieve, substantially as set forth. (3.) The process and apparatus for extracting titanic acid or titanium from ironsand substantially as set forth.

(Specification, 4s.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 11042.—10th October, 1898.—VICTOR BERGMAN, of Mysia, Victoria, Wheelwright, and WILLIAM GEORGE BOYLE, of Mysia aforesaid, Storekeeper. Improvements in fastenings or clasps for boots and other articles.*

Claims.—(1.) In a fastening for articles, a major link, having pivotally and adjustably connected thereto a removable side link or links, and in combination with either or both side-links an end-hook or end-link, substantially as set forth. (2.) In a fastening for articles, the combination of parts substantially as described, and illustrated by reference to Figs. 1 and 2, consisting of an apertured major link E, side-links F adapted to pass through the said major link in closing, and end-hook G and means for engaging the said hook with an article as A, as set forth. (3.) In a fastening for articles, the combination of parts substantially as illustrated in Figs. 3 to 7, consisting of a major link having at each end sockets for the pivotal connection thereto of side-links, adjustable removable side-links, and means for the connection of such side-links to articles A and B, as set forth. (4.) In a fastening for articles, a major link, having at one end a side-link pivotally connected thereto, and at the other end a staple or like connection to a base-plate, in combination with a projection under the major link at the base-plate end, the side-link being of such length as to be adapted, when folded into its closed position, to have one end above the said projection, as set forth. (5.) In a fastening for articles, the respective combinations of parts illustrated in Figs. 13 and 14 of the drawings for the purposes set forth, and all substantially as above described.

(Specification, 5s. 9d.; drawings, 8s.)