2018

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 89

No. 11958.—4th September, 1899.—FREDERICK CHARLES SAUNDERS, of 4, Marli Place, Esplanade, St. Kilda, Victoria, Managing Clerk (nominee of Arthur Saunders, of 22, St. George’s Road, Wimbledon, London, England, Electrical Engineer). An improved framing or support for the display of bottles, jars, and like vessels.*

Claim.—The described framing or support for the display of bottles, jars, and like vessels, consisting of a base having rings or collars as B adapted to fit over the necks and rest upon the shoulders of bottles or the like, together with a rod as C projecting upwardly from said base, and terminating in a ring as D adapted to fit round the body of another bottle or the like, the whole being constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawings, 8s.)

No. 11960.—4th September, 1899.—JAMES NICHOLAS, of Market Street, Blenheim, New Zealand, Coachbuilder and Wheelwright. An improved brake for vehicles.*

Claims.—(1.) An improved brake for vehicles, as set forth in combination and in the combined and separate action of the various parts, and operated substantially as shown in the drawings and in connection with the following parts, as delineated and referred to thereon, together and separately, substantially as described. (2.) Spurs C, C, projecting from brake-arms. (3.) The connecting-rods B, B, attaching clips to cranks at either or both ends of crank-rod G. (4.) Cranked-rod G sliding or revolving through eye-clips A, A. (5.) Lever D on crank-rod for receiving applied power. (6.) Eye-clips A, A, on axle-bed for reception of crank-rod G. (7.) This improvement in brakes, as constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth, and illustrated on drawing.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 12009.—22nd September, 1899.—JOHN FORD, of Tasman Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Pipemaker. Improvements in broom-handle fastenings.

Claims.—(1.) A fastening for broom-handles comprising, in combination, a screw-thread upon the end of the handle, and a wedge driven into the end of the handle after the latter has been screwed into the stock, substantially as set forth. (2.) The improvements in broom-handle fastenings consisting of parts constructed and arranged substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 12043.—30th September, 1899.—GEORGE HALL, Settler, and OLAVE DEACON, Architect, both of New Plymouth, New Zealand. An improved ear-mark for live-stock, and appliance for affixing the same.

Claim.—In an ear-mark for live-stock, a stud or pin attached to a plate, having its end at right angles to its sides, so as to act as a solid punch. In an ear-mark for live-stock, a back plate having a hole through it so as to act as a die for the punch to enter. In an ear-mark for live-stock, a pair of pliers made so as to hold the stud while punching the ear, and closing and fixing the ear-mark in one operation, substantially as described.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawings, 5s. 6d.)

No. 12055.—5th October, 1899.—DAVID GILMOUR, of Dundas Street, Trenton, Ontario, Canada, Lumber-manufacturer. Improvements in the manufacture of lumber.

Claims.—(1.) As an article of manufacture, lumber composed of two parts as A and B, both tongued and grooved to fit each other, combined with a suitable glue or cement, and welded and condensed, substantially as described. (2.) As an article of manufacture, lumber composed of two tongued-and-grooved parts, the grooves having small lateral grooves with the fibre of the tongues pressed laterally thereinto, substantially as described.
(Specification, 5s. 3d.; drawings, 5s. 6d.)

No. 12066.—6th October, 1899.—JOHN WRIGHT, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Merchant, and WILLIAM ANDREWS and ARTHUR WARD BEAVEN (trading as “Andrews and Beaven”), of Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineers. Improved apparatus for mixing and preparing chemical manures.

Claims.—(1.) In a manure-mixer, a plurality of hoppers containing ingredients to be mixed, a feeding-screw beneath each hopper conveying material therefrom to a screw conveyor in which the ingredients are mixed, substantially as and for the purposes described and illustrated. (2.) In a manure-mixer, a plurality of hoppers containing ingredients to be mixed, and a revolvable shaft passing through said hoppers, and a device carried upon said shaft within one or more of the hoppers whereby the material therein is agitated, substantially as and for the purposes described and illustrated. (3.) In a manure-mixer such as described, the arrangement whereby the screws conveying the material to the main mixing-screw can be driven at varying speeds to suit the relative proportions of the ingredients it is desired to mix, said arrangement consisting of the interchangeable sprocket- and tooth-wheels, constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in the drawings. (4.) In combination, a plurality of hoppers containing ingredients to be mixed, a feeding-screw beneath each hopper conveying material therefrom to a screw conveyor in which the ingredients are mixed, an elevator receiving material delivered by said screw conveyor, and a riddle to which the material is delivered from said elevator, substantially as and for the purposes described and illustrated. (5.) In a manure-mixer, the combination and arrangement of parts constructed and operating substantially as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in the drawings. (6.) The improved apparatus for mixing and preparing chemical manure consisting of the combination of parts constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 4s. 9d.; drawings, 10s. 6d.)

No. 12068.—6th October, 1899.—JOHN DAVID PROPER MORGAN, of Pukeroro, Hautapu, New Zealand, Farmer. Improved means for converting straw, vegetable refuse, and the like into charcoal.

Claims.—(1.) The improved means for converting straw, vegetable refuse, and the like into charcoal, as specified and illustrated. (2.) The means for converting straw and the like vegetable matter into charcoal, consisting in placing the material to be treated within a receptacle connected by an opening with a chamber used for firing the material and for the admission of air, substantially as specified and illustrated.
(Specification, 1s. 9d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 12070.—9th October, 1899.—HENRI DOLTER, of 41, Rue Taitbout, Paris, France, Engineer. Improvements in apparatus for electric traction.

Claims.—(1.) A contact formed of two magnetic parts, separated by a non-magnetic piece. (2.) In a contact formed of two magnetic parts, as above, the combination of a box of insulating substance containing an armature in the form of a beam of a balance, the short arm of which carries a piece of soft iron, and the other, suitably bent, a carbon bob, which, when the soft-iron piece is attracted, abuts against a piece of carbon in permanent contact with the underground working conductor. (3.) The system of junction with the working conductor, by means of a double-ball insulator, substantially as described, and shown in Figs. 1 and 2. (4.) The combination with a vehicle of a brush suspended under the vehicle, consisting of two longitudinal flexible bars connected by cross-pieces upon which insulated copper wire is wound, which, being traversed by an electric current, strongly induces the two bars and communicates to one of them throughout its whole length a north polarity, and to the other also throughout its whole length a south polarity, as above described. (5.) In an electric vehicle, the combination of two sets of lamps, one in series with the main circuit, the other in parallel with the battery of accumulators, which act automatically and alternately when the vehicle is in motion or at rest. (6.) The novel method of supplying in underground conduits current for electric traction substantially as described, and illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 6s. 9d.; drawings, 13s. 6d.)