Aug. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 11734.—23rd June, 1899—JOHN FITCHETT, of Wordsworth Street and Ohuro Road, Wellington, New Zealand, Coachbuilder. An improvement in the wheels of vehicles.

Claim.—My improvement in the wheels of vehicles consisting of the attachment of a plate to the rim to form a bearing for the spoke, substantially as and for the purpose described.
(Specification, 9d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 11878.—8th August, 1899.-ERNEST ROBERT GODWARD, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements in hairpins.

Claim.—Improvements in hairpins consisting of a single spiral of the corkscrew kind, either bellied, tapered, or of even diameter throughout, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth in the specification.
(Specification, 1s. 3d.)

No. 11879. — 11th August, 1899. — WILLIAM THOMAS NUTTALL, of Dannevirke, New Zealand, Gunsmith. An improved non-refillable bottle.

Claims.—(1.) In a non-refillable bottle, in combination, a chamber in the neck of the bottle, a valve-seat at the bottom of the chamber, a ball-valve in the chamber, and a cylindrical top to the neck of a diameter to admit the ball-valve when force is applied, substantially as set forth. (2.) In a non-refillable bottle, in combination, a chamber in the neck of the bottle, a valve-seat at the bottom of the chamber, a ball-valve in the chamber, a top to the chamber so shaped that nearly half of the ball-valve must extend beyond the shoulder forming the top of the chamber, and a cylindrical top to the neck of a diameter to admit the ball-valve when force is applied, substantially as set forth. (3.) A bottle having a ball-valve in a chamber formed in the neck of the bottle, the said ball and chamber operating together to prevent the introduction of liquid into the bottle, or insertion of a brush to clean the bottle, substantially as set forth. (4.) The non-refillable bottle consisting of parts in combination constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 11896.—15th August, 1899.—ANDREW STENHOUSE, of Morgan Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Timber Merchant, and EDWARD ATKINSON WHITEHEAD, of Wolfram Street, Broken Hill aforesaid, Mechanical Engineer. Apparatus for automatically operating a valve or the like at any predetermined time or times.

Claims.—(1.) In combination, an alarum-clock or alarum mechanism having a crank disc or barrel, a valve, means of connection between crank disc or barrel and valve, whereby the valve may be opened or closed at any predetermined time or times, substantially as and for the purposes described. (2.) In combination, an alarum-clock or alarum mechanism having a winding-barrel, a cord, pivoted catch-lever as “10,” weighted lever as “4” connected with valve, substantially as and for the purposes described. (3.) In combination, an alarum-clock or alarum mechanism having a crank disc or barrel, cord and cord-gripper, and connection between cord-gripper and valve, whereby valve may be opened and closed at any predetermined time or times, substantially as and for the purposes described. (4.) The combination and arrangement of the whole of the parts substantially as illustrated upon and described with reference to Fig. 3 of the drawings. (5.) The arrangement of alarum mechanism in a clock whereby such mechanism may be released and stopped at any predetermined time or times, and so that any one of the arbors of the alarum-train shall make any predetermined portion of a revolution or number of revolutions, substantially as and for the purposes described. (6.) The arrangement of an alarum mechanism in a clock, so that upon being released by the clockwork at any predetermined time or times the alarum mechanism ceases to act after having made any predetermined number of revolutions or portion of a revolution, substantially as and for the purposes described. (7.) The combination of a wheel driven by the clock-train with discs or levers carrying pins, which by acting upon other levers start the alarum mechanism, and stop it after it has travelled through a predetermined distance, substantially as set forth. (8.) Discs or levers in duplicate which actuate the alarum mechanism, so arranged that each set of discs or levers acts separately and at different times, substantially as set forth. (9.) The combination of wheels driven by the clock-train, and segmental wheels driven by the alarum-train, so that when the alarum-train is started by the clock it will stop itself by the segmental wheels engaging with and overhauling the wheels driven by the clock-train, substantially as set forth. (10.) The combination of a wheel or wheels driven by the clock-train and a disc or discs, driven by either the clock-train or the alarum-train, having a notch or notches cut in the periphery or peripheries, or a groove or grooves cut in their face or faces, for the purpose of determining the length of time during which the alarum-train shall be free to revolve, substantially as set forth. (11.) The combination and arrangement of the whole of the parts constituting alarum mechanism substantially as illustrated on Figs. 6, 7, and 8 of the drawings, and for the purposes described. (12.) The combination and arrangement of the whole of the parts constituting alternative alarum mechanism substantially as illustrated on Figs. 9, 10, 11, and 12 of the drawings, and for the purposes described. (13.) The combination and arrangement of the whole of the parts constituting alternative alarum mechanism substantially as illustrated on Figs. 13 to 20 of the drawings, and for the purposes described. (14.) The combination and arrangement of the whole of the parts constituting alternative alarum mechanism substantially as illustrated on Figs. 21 and 22 of the drawings, and for the purposes described. (15.) In combination, alarum mechanism, a crank and pin and a slotted lever as “14b,” at one end of which latter the tap or its equivalent is operated, substantially as and for the purposes described. (16.) In combination, alarum mechanism, slotted lever as “14a, 14b,” and crank disc, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, £1 ; drawings, £2 7s. 6d.)

No. 11900.—18th August, 1899.—Dr. WILHELM LANWER, of Mittelstrasse, 20, Bremerhaven, Germany, Chemist, and ERNST RÜPING, of Karlsburg, 4, Bremerhaven aforesaid, Apothecary. Process of preserving perishable food and other material against infection, atmospheric and other influences.

Claims.—(1.) Process for providing provisions and other materials in sterile state with a covering resistant against infection, temperature, and weather influences, as also against accidental mechanical influences, wherein the object to be enclosed without bringing it into touch with the means of preserving is first rendered sterile by dipping it into boiling water, and is then provided with one or more coatings of a cementitious and easily setting substance consisting of liquid glue, gelatine, and dextrine, or equivalent ingredients, which covering is hardened by dipping it into a solution of about 5 p.c. of formaline, and then dried for about forty-eight hours at 30°—40° Celsius. (2.) A modified form of execution of the process described in claim 1 for such provisions as are rich in juice but not provided with a tight surrounding skin—as, for instance, fresh meat, fruits, and the like, wherein the object is dipped first for a short time into boiling paraffin, stearin, ceresin, or the like, and then into similar substance cooled to about 90° C., then covered with resin dissolved in alcohol, and then, as mentioned in claim 1, provided with one or more coatings of a cementitious, easily setting substance, consisting of liquid glue, gelatine, and dextrine, or equivalent ingredients, which coating is hardened by dipping it into a solution of about 5 p.c. formaline, and dried for about forty-eight hours at 30°—40° Celsius.
(Specification, 3s. 3d.)

No. 11904.—18th August, 1899.—JOHN RANALD, of 62, Streatham Hill, London, England, Gentleman. Improvements in and connected with the extraction of the metals bismuth and antimony from ores containing them.

Claim.—The extraction of bismuth or antimony from their sulphide ores, or of bismuth from its oxide or oxide-and-sulphide ores, by subjecting the crushed ores to the action of a solution of ferric chloride at or about boiling temperature, and then precipitating the metal by means of iron, and recovering the iron for use in the process, the same solvent (ferric chloride) being also used repeatedly, substantially as explained.
(Specification, 7s.)