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SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1899.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1899.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 8th November, 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. 11310.—12th January, 1899.—EDWARD GOODRIDGE, of Mossvale, New South Wales, Hotelkeeper. An improved urinal.*

Claims.—(1.) The combination in a urinal of the outer trough A and inner perforated trough E, containing filtering material, having an air-space all round the sides and under the bottom thereof, substantially as described, and as illustrated in the drawings. (2.) In an improved urinal, the combination of the trough A and inner perforated trough E, containing filtering material, with hinged supporting brackets, substantially as described, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 2s. ; drawings, 5s. 6d.)

No. 11340.—24th January, 1899.—JAMES MACALISTER, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineer. An improvement in string-binder harvesting-machinery.*

Claims.—(1.) The distinct novelty in an elevator string-binding harvesting-machine of a descending needle-arm for tying sheaves placed above the binding-table instead of coming up from underneath the table, as common in other machines. (2.) In a harvesting-machine as described, a needle placed above the binding-table, and descending through the grain when binding sheaves, and operating with knotting-mechanism underneath table, substantially as described and set forth in plans and specifications. (3.) In a combination as described and set forth, the novelty of the position of the binding-twine, being such as to form a top tension on the grain as it is elevated on to binding-table, holding same securely against binding-table until the sheaf is formed, when needle-arm descends and ties the sheaf.
(Specification, 1s. 6d. ; drawings, 3s.)

No. 11535.—15th April, 1899.—BENJAMIN GARVER LAMME, of 230, Stratford Avenue, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Electrical Engineer. Improvements in direct-current systems of electrical distribution.*

Claims.—(1.) A system of distribution of direct currents from a compound-wound generator so arranged that translating devices situated at different distances from the generator exert different compounding effects thereon, substantially as described. (2.) A system of distribution of direct currents from a compound-wound generator in which different fractions of the main current, corresponding to the different distances of the translating-devices from the generator, are caused to pass through the series magnet-coil of the generator, for the purpose specified. (3.) A compound-wound generator provided with a resistance or resistances shunting its series magnet-coil, the leads to the translating-devices being connected to different points in the said resistance or resistances, for the purpose specified. (4.) The systems of distributing direct currents from a compound-wound generator substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
(Specification, 3s. 9d. ; drawings, 3s.)

No. 11536.—15th April, 1899.—GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, of Westinghouse Building, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Engineer ; CHARLES APPLETON TERRY, of New York, United States of America, Lawyer ; and HARRY PHILLIPS DAVIS, of 327, Neville Street, Pittsburg aforesaid, Electrical Engineer. Improvements relating to collectors and conductors for electric railways on the overhead system.*

Claims.—(1.) For electric vehicles, a contact-device provided with downwardly and outwardly extending arms which are curved in such a manner that the concave sides of the arms are directed toward the rear of the vehicle, for the purpose specified. (2.) In an apparatus for conveying current from a conductor to an electric vehicle, a support for the contact-device capable of rotation on a pivot perpendicular to the axis of the support, and provided with a locking-device which is automatically operated by the rotation of the support on said pivot so as to permit it to rotate round a second pivot at right angles to the first pivot, for the purpose specified. (3.) In an apparatus of the kind described, the means for maintaining the contact-device in connection with the conductor, comprising a spring either surrounding the support or surrounding or within an arm to which the support is pivoted, and connected by a rod or rods to the support and