Sept. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1795

No. 11892.—12th August, 1899.—GEORGE HENRY LITTLE and DAVID LITTLE, both of Auckland, New Zealand (trading under the name and style of “Little and Little”), Carpenters and Joiners. A device for setting out or marking rails and styles for windows, doors, frames, and other carpenter's and joiner's work.

Consists of a piece of timber with a block or stop, and a divisional strip running down its centre. On either side of this separating-piece there is a groove for the purpose of receiving one end of plates carrying cutters or markers. In operation the cutters or markers are moved along the groove into the required position, and clamped. The timber is then laid on the face of the cutters, and marked in one operation by pressure or a blow.

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Claim.—A device for the setting-out, striking, or marking of rails, styles, frames, sashes, doors, and similar carpenter's and joiner's work ready for cutting, length, tenon, mortise, and other like work, as substantially set forth in specification and drawings.

(Specification, 2s.; drawings, 3s.)

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No. 11933.—26th August, 1899.—ALEXANDER STORRIE, of Dee Street, Invercargill, New Zealand, Implement Agent. An improvement in seed-sowing apparatus.

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Claims.—(1.) A cylindrical casing adapted to contain seed to be sown, a revolvable spindle passing therethrough, a pair of discs mounted upon the spindle, fitting within the casing and connected together by stirring-bars, said discs being adjustable upon the spindle to regulate the size of an opening in the casing through which seed is discharged, substantially as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in the drawing. (2.) The improvement in seed-sowing apparatus consisting of the parts arranged, combined, and operating substantially as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in the drawing.

(Specification, 2s.; drawings, 3s.)

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No. 11937.—21st August, 1899.—ALEXANDER TAYLOR, of Orepuki, New Zealand, Dairyman. Improvements in tin-openers.

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Claims.—(1.) Improvements in tin-openers. I do not claim as especial novelty any part of the invention except the concave shape of the handle above the knife, and the guides and grippers, and these I claim as my invention. (2.) Improvements in tin-openers consisting of the combination of the concavely shaped handle and guides and grippers, together with a claw-hammer and screwdriver, the whole as described, and shown in the drawing.

(Specification, 1s.; drawings, 3s.)

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No. 11939.—31st August, 1899.—THE ACETYLENE PURIFYING COMPANY, LIMITED, of 83, Farrington Road, London, England, Manufacturers and Merchants (assignees of Albert Rudolph Frank, of 80, Leibniz Strasse, Charlottenburg, Germany, Chemist). An improved process for purifying acetylene, and apparatus for same.

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Claims.—(1.) An improved process for purifying acetylene, consisting in treating the acetylene with a solution of an acid salt, more especially of such a metal which forms several degrees of oxidation or possesses in alkaline condition a special affinity for acetylene, such solution being absorbed in a porous substance, or otherwise distributed over a large surface, as set forth. (2.) An improved process for purifying acetylene, consisting in conducting the acetylene through a mass composed of a solution of the acid salts and bodies melting at a low temperature, which, when cooling, again become solid, as set forth. (3.) An improved process for purifying acetylene, consisting in conducting the acetylene through a mass composed of a solution of the acid salts in a body melted in its crystal water, said solution becoming solid upon cooling, as set forth. (4.) In an acetylene-cleansing apparatus for acid purifying, the combination of an outer vessel with an inner vessel of acid-proof material, said inner vessel having at its lower end perforations, and with two tubes to supply and conduct away the gas, as set forth. (5.) In an acetylene-cleansing apparatus for acid purifying, the combination of an outer vessel with an inner vessel of acid-proof material, said inner vessel having at its lower end perforations, and with two tubes to supply and conduct away the gas; and with a shell or pan of acid-proof material underneath the said inner vessel, as set forth.

(Specification, 4s. 3d.)

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No. 11944.—29th August, 1899.—ERNEST ROBERT GODWARD, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements in pins.

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Claims.—(1.) Improvements in pins consisting of an ascending or corkscrew spiral, either belled, tapered, or of even diameter throughout, with any such number of involved circles, and with such space between them that, by pressing or pulling on the cap into which the end or ends of the pin fit, this particular spiral claimed will revolve. (2.) Improvements in pins consisting of one or more of the said particular class of spirals as above claimed, fitted into and combined with a cap to cause the said spiral to revolve by pressing or pulling the cap, the whole for the purposes set forth, and accomplished as in the manner described in the specification.

(Specification, 2s.)

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No. 11945.—31st August, 1899.—DANIEL WHITBURN, of Auckland, New Zealand, Carpenter. A fruit and vegetable cutter and grater.

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Claim.—In combination in a fruit and vegetable cutter and grater, an upright frame having a recess near its lower end with a screw for clamping, adjusted to upper part of frame by an axle or shaft, a boss or disc carrying three or more prongs, said axle or shaft having a handle secured to its outer end, a perforated, punched, or punctured cylinder to fit on to and over said prongs and boss or disc, a flange on said boss or disc, and a turnable flat piece screwed or otherwise held to upper part of frame in a line with top of boss or disc, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described and illustrated.

(Specification, 3s.; drawing, 3s.)

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No. 11949.—31st August, 1899.—WALTER BERTIE O’TOOLE, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Gas-meter Repairer. A carpenter’s-bench grip.

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Claim.—A carpenter’s-bench grip consisting of metal levers or jaws, each working upon a pin and having a self-adjusting holder attachment, the invention being a simple and secure means of gripping or holding timber when being worked on a carpenter’s bench, the same being suitable for attachment to either the top or side of a carpenter’s bench by means of a metal bar or other similar attachment, with holes to receive the pins on the levers or jaws, and to be made in various sizes. The grip to be formed either by one of the levers or jaws to grip or hold against a block or beam, or by two of the levers or jaws, one to grip or hold against the other.

(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawings, 3s.)

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No. 11951.—4th September, 1899.—GEORGE ARCHIBALD LOWRY, of 1124, Monadnock Block, 260, Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Mechanical Engineer. Apparatus for compressing fibrous or other material.

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Claims.—(1.) In a press, an open-ended chamber, a cap or head for one end thereof, said cap or head provided with a plurality of slots therethrough, and means for relatively rotating said chamber and cap. (2.) In a press, an open-ended chamber, a cap or head having a feed-slot there-through, the compressing or far edge of which is inclined towards the inner surface of the cap, and means for relatively rotating said chamber and cap. (3.) In a press, an open-ended chamber, a cap or head provided with a plurality of slots therethrough, the compressing-edge of each slot being inclined towards the under-surface of the cap. (4.) In a press, a chamber or holder, a cap or head provided with one or more slots, said slots being inclined relative to the line of travel of the material past them, and means for relatively rotating said chamber and cap. (5.) In a press, a chamber or holder, a cap or head provided with one or more slots, said slots terminating at their inner ends at a point to one side of the centre of the cap, and means for relatively rotating said chamber and cap. (6.) In a press, a chamber or holder, a cap or head for one end thereof, said cap or head provided with narrow slots therethrough extending from near the centre thereof outwardly towards the periphery, and the width between the lips of which is insufficient to permit the compressed material to rise therein, the under-surface of the compressing edge or lip of each being inclined towards the under-surface of the cap, and means for relatively rotating the chamber and cap. (7.) In a press, a chamber or holder, a cap having one or more slots formed therein, the outer surface of the cap on opposite sides of each slot being inclined towards said slot, and means for relatively rotating the chamber and cap. (8.) In a machine for compressing fibrous or other material, a cap or abutment, and means for rotating the mass of compressed material in contact therewith, said abutment being provided with one or more slots extending from near the middle to near the periphery thereof, said slots being in-