Aug. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1545

No. 11862.—4th August, 1899.—AMZI LORENZO BARBER, of 11, Broadway, New York, United States of America, Manufacturer (assignee of Freelan Oscar Stanley and Francis Edgar Stanley, both of Newton, Massachusetts, United States of America, Machinists). Improvements in apparatus for propelling vehicles, and in parts thereof, and in vehicles adapted for use with propelling apparatus.

Claims.—(1.) The within-described generator for the motors of automobiles and other purposes, comprising a burner and a boiler having a flanged shell of soft metal, a wire-winding, and heads and rings between which the soft-metal flanges are forcibly compressed, substantially as set forth. (2.) The combination in a steam-generator of a boiler having vertical tubes, and a burner consisting of a casing arranged below the boiler, with an intervening combustion-chamber closed at the sides, air-tubes extending vertically through the casing, and each surrounded by a series of gas-outlet openings, with means for supplying the casing with gas, substantially as set forth. (3.) A burner for generators consisting of a substantially flat casing, air-tubes extending vertically through the casing, perforations in the top of the casing arranged in circles enclosing the tubes, and means for introducing gas into the casing, substantially as set forth. (4.) The described combined boiler and burner each having vertical tubes, a combustion-chamber between the two, closed at the sides, with openings in the top of the casing arranged in circles enclosing the tubes extending through the casing of the burner, substantially as set forth. (5.) The combination of a boiler, a burner, and an intervening combustion-chamber closed at the sides, means for supplying the burner with gas and for regulating the supply thereof, and means for maintaining a reduced or pilot flame, substantially as set forth. (6.) The combination with a burner and a boiler of a pressure-regulator controlled by the pressure of the boiler, and a valve connected with said regulator controlling the supply of gas to the burner, and means for maintaining a master-flame at the burner, substantially as set forth. (7.) The combination with a boiler and a burner of a gas-supply pipe provided with a valve, a regulator controlled by the boiler-pressure and connected with the said valve, and means for adjusting the working-pressure of the regulator, substantially as set forth. (8.) The described device for starting a vapour-burner supplied with volatile liquid, the same consisting of a detachable tubular heater, and means for temporarily connecting it with the liquid-supply reservoir, said device having a nozzle for passing the gas to the burner, substantially as set forth. (9.) The described means of maintaining a supply of gas to a burner connected with a liquid-fuel reservoir, the same consisting in passing the conducting-pipe between the reservoir and the burner through or adjacent to a body capable of receiving heat and maintaining a heated condition. (10.) The combination with a boiler and a vapour-burner, and a tank of liquid fuel communicating by a pipe with said burner, of a body of water arranged to be heated by said burner or otherwise, and enclosing a portion of said pipe, substantially as set forth. (11.) The combination with a boiler and a vapour-burner and liquid-supply tank of a pipe extending from the supply-tank through the boiler to the burner, substantially as set forth. (12.) The combination with a vehicle, a motor, and connections for propelling the vehicle, and a boiler and burner, of means for discharging the products of combustion passing from the burner downward beneath the vehicle, substantially as set forth. (13.) The combination of a motor vehicle, a boiler, and discharge-pipe extending downward, and an exhaust-pipe extending from the motor into the discharge-pipe, substantially as set forth. (14.) The combination of the motor arranged within the body of a vehicle, a boiler, and casing extending from the discharge-end of the boiler and communicating with a down-pipe and with an outlet at the top of the casing, substantially as described. (15.) The described engine for motor vehicles provided with cylinders, crank-shafts, or wrist-pins, or eccentrics, and connecting-rods with ball-bearings surrounding the wrist-pins and crank-shaft, together with the ball-bearings for the eccentrics, and straps connected with the valve-gear, substantially as set forth. (16.) The combination with the generator and supply-pump operated thereby, and water-tank communicating with the pump, of a pipe and valve, and means for adjusting the latter for directing the water from the pump to the supply-tank, substantially as and for the purpose described. (17.) The combination with the boiler and water-pump of operating devices arranged and proportioned to pump into the boiler a greater amount than can be evaporated, but an amount less than that which can be carried away by the steam when saturated, substantially as set forth. (18.) The described improvement in the driving-axle of a motor vehicle, the same consisting of a lower member and separated hollow sections in line with each other and connected by a yoke, and an upper arched member, the members united by socket-pieces at the ends, substantially as described. (19.) The steering-axle of a motor vehicle consisting of straight and hollow arched members united at the ends by socket-pieces, with central brackets supporting a vertical tube for receiving the steering-shaft, substantially as set forth. (20.) The combination with the front and rear axles, each consisting of straight and arched members, of perches each in two sections held in juxtaposition with one capable of turning or torsion independently of the other, with brackets extending to the different sections, substantially as set forth. (21.) The vehicle provided with a motor, oil, casing, and a body of non-combustible fluid surrounding said casing, substantially as described.
(Specification, £1 4s.; drawings, £4 12s. 6d.)

No. 11864.—3rd August, 1899.—REUBENS ALONZO CROFTS KERRY, of Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand, Agent. An improved knife-cleaner.

Claims.—(1.) In a knife-cleaning apparatus, a knife-carrying sliding-piece actuated by cord, rope, chain, or other pliable encircling substance attached to and winding on a roller placed below the sliding-piece and axled to the frame carrying said sliding-piece, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described and illustrated. (2.) In combination in a knife-cleaning apparatus, a framework having a batten within it on which a suitable piece of material is fixed at one end of the frame, with another piece hinged thereto to fold down on to the other and be suitably secured to the framework, at the other end a sliding-piece adjusted to carry one or more knives so that their blades will lie between the said first-mentioned pieces when folded on to one another said sliding-piece being actuated by cord, rope, chain, or other pliable encircling substance attached to and winding on a roller placed below the sliding-piece and axled to the frame carrying said sliding-piece, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described and illustrated.
(Specifications, 3s; drawings, 3s.)

No. 11868.—7th August, 1899.—ALFRED BILLENS, of Cashel Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Lampmaker. Improved apparatus for aerating milk.

Claims.—(1.) Apparatus for aerating milk consisting of an air-pump within a cylinder, said cylinder being adapted to contain water through which air is passed by said pump, and means for conveying air from the cylinder to a receptacle containing milk, substantially as and for the purposes described and illustrated in the drawings. (2.) The air-pump a within cylinder e, the base comprising the vessel p and the foot-plate 1, with means for conducting air from the cylinder e to a receptacle containing milk, substantially as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in the drawings. (3.) Apparatus for aerating milk consisting of the parts combined, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 11869.—4th August, 1899.—ANNA DE RUSSETT BRANDON, of Auckland, New Zealand, Spinster. An improved method of lacing boots and shoes.

Claims.—(1.) Boot- or shoe-laces bunched at one end into or connected to a loop, with their other ends detached from one another, and having a form of holder such as a hook, button, or the like, secured to each end for the purpose set forth, as described, and as illustrated by the drawing. (2.) In combination with a boot or shoe having a fastener or fasteners secured thereto, laces bunched at one end into or connected to a loop with their other ends detached from one another, and having a form of holder such as a hook, button, or the like, secured to each end for the purpose set forth, as described, and as illustrated by the drawing.
(Specification, 2s.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 11871.—9th August, 1899.—WILLIAM CROSS, of Logan Road, Brisbane, Queensland, General Dealer. An improved method of preserving timber and other material.
Consists of applying a solution of arsenious acid and an alkali, and, after the timber has been allowed to dry, a solution of sulphate of copper. An outer coating of tar and bitumen may be applied, and in cases of teredo-infested timber a certain quantity of yellow prussiate of potash (ferro-cyanide of potassium) is added to the first-named solution.

Claim.—The improved compounds and method of preserving timber and other material by treating the same in the manner described.
(Specification, 2s.)