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star type-wheel V affixed to printing arm or lever A by the screw W, and the moveable-type sectors S and T, arranged and operating in the manner and for the purposes described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings. (5.) In combination in a ticket printing and issuing machine, applicable to enumerating-machines such as totalisator-machines, the printing arm or lever A, with the arm G and pin GG, working in the eccentric slot H¹ in lever H, and inking-roller Q in arm P, hinging to lever H, arranged and operating in the manner and for the purposes described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings. (6.) In combination in a ticket printing and issuing machine, applicable to enumerating-machines such as totalisator-machines, the cam U, with moveable triangular centre-piece U¹, oscillating on a pivot O¹ to the cam U, with spring to keep it in a set position, and connecting-rod L, and the lever K keyed to the shaft AA, the arm N, and the guides O, arranged and operating in the manner and for the purposes described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 15s.; drawings, £1 6s.)

No. 12107.—21st October, 1899.—WILLIAM ERNEST HUGHES, of Queen’s Chambers, Wellington, New Zealand, Patent Agent (nominee of Charles Howard Windle, of Calcutta, India, Deputy Manager of the Calcutta Port Trust). Improved method and means for attaching corrugated-iron sheets upon buildings.

Claims.—(1.) The hook and shank of the pattern or form described, and applied to the purposes aforesaid. (2.) The method substantially as described of fixing the hook to the purlin for the purposes aforesaid. (3.) The method substantially as described of utilising that portion of the purlin which is parallel with the arms of the hook so as to admit of the insertion of the upper side of the lower sheet between the purlin and the lower arm of the hook. (4.) The method substantially as described of keeping the sheeting in position by inserting the upper edge of the lower sheeting between the hook and the purlin, and gripping the lower edge of the upper sheeting between the arms of the hook. (5.) The combined form, construction, and position of the hook substantially as described, and the creation thereby of an efficient means of fastening corrugated-iron sheeting to roof-purlins.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 12113.—25th October, 1899.—MASSEY-HARRIS COMPANY, LIMITED, a company duly incorporated under the Joint-stock Companies Act of the Dominion of Canada, of 925, King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Manufacturers (assignees of Charles McLeod, of 925, King Street West, Toronto aforesaid, Manufacturer). Improvements in seeding-machines.

Claims.—(1.) In a seeding-machine, the combination with the feed-run and grain-wheel of a yieldingly-held gate located intermediately of the length of the feed-run, as and for the purpose specified. (2.) In a seeding-machine, the combination with the feed-run and grain-wheel of a gate extending through a slot in the narrowest part of the feed-run and projecting into the feed-run, and a suitable spring for yieldingly holding the gate in position in the feed-run, as and for the purpose specified. (3.) In a seeding-machine, the combination with the seed-run and grain-wheel of a gate extending through a slot in the narrowest part of the feed-run and projecting into the feed-run, and provided with a stem extending into a hollow boss in the casing of the feed-run, and a spring for normally pressing the gate into the feed-run, as and for the purpose specified. (4.) In a seeding-machine, the combination with the feed-run and grain-wheel of a gate extending through a slot in the narrowest part of the feed-run and projecting into the feed-run, and provided with a stem extending into a hollow boss in the casing of the feed-run, a spiral spring extending between the end of the boss and the gate, and nut on the threaded end of the stem provided with end-notches, and a cotter-pin extending through the threaded end of the pin or stem and the notches of the nut, as and for the purpose specified. (5.) In a seeding-machine, the combination with the feed-run and grain-wheel of a yieldingly-held gate located in the narrowest part of the feed-run, and means for adjusting the gate, as and for the purpose specified. (6.) In a seeding-machine, the combination with the feed-run and grain-wheel of a yieldingly-held gate located in the narrowest part of the feed-run, and provided with a rounded upper end, as and for the purpose specified. (7.) A feed-run comprising a casing having a broad mouth at the upper end, and a narrow central portion, and a flaring arc-shaped discharge end for the feed-run, as and for the purpose specified. (8.) A feed-run comprising a casing having a broad mouth at the upper end, and a narrow central portion, and a flaring arc-shaped discharge end for the run, and a gate situated in the narrowest part of

the run, as and for the purpose specified. (9.) The combination with the feed-run of the grain-wheel and axle, and the disc located adjacent to the wheel and substantially on the same arc as the arc of the feed-run, as and for the purpose specified.
(Specification, 4s. 9d.; drawings, 8s.)

No. 12114.—25th October, 1899.—ARCHIBALD WHITE MACONOCHIE, of the firm of Maconochie Brothers, 131, Leadenhall Street, London, England, Merchants. Improvements in or connected with tins for enclosing preserved provisions or foods and the like.

Claims.—(1.) A tin for enclosing preserved provisions or foods or the like, having a body-part which is made by removing the corners from a plate and bending the edges which are to meet, and engaging these bent edges together and pressing them, substantially as described. (2.) A tin for enclosing preserved provisions or foods or the like, having the ends made from tin-plate, to which is cemented paper, linen, or the like, so that the said paper, linen, or the like covers the internal surfaces of the ends and also extends between the flanges at the joints, substantially as described. (3.) A tin for enclosing preserved provisions or foods or the like, having a body-part which is made by removing the corners from a plate and bending the edges which are to meet and engaging these bent edges together and pressing them, and having ends made from tin-plate to which is cemented paper, linen, or the like, so that the said paper, linen, or the like covers the internal surfaces of the ends and also extends between the flanges at the joints, which joints are formed by spinning or rolling, or otherwise engaging together flanges on the body-part and on the ends, all substantially as described.
(Specification, 3s.; drawings, 5s. 6d.)

No. 12116.—24th October, 1899.—ALEXANDER LAVERY, of Waipukurau, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, Wire-fencer, and MICHAEL FRANCIS BOURKE, of Riverside, Clive, Hawke’s Bay aforesaid, Wool-buyer. Improvements in droppers for wire-fencing.

Claims.—(1.) The improvement in fencing-droppers described and illustrated in the drawing—that is to say, making at the ends of the said droppers slotted hooks to clip the top and bottom wires of a fence, the said hooks being fixed in position upon the said wires by means of keys or wedges driven through the said slots and between the ends thereof and the said wires, as described, and illustrated in the said drawing. (2.) Making fencing-droppers (whether of the form described, and represented in the drawing, or of the ordinary form) of elastic steel.
(Specification, 4s.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 12119.—27th October, 1899.—FRASER AND CHALMERS, LIMITED, of 43, Threadneedle Street, London, England (assignees of John Stumpf, of Rankestrasse, 27, Berlin, Germany, Professor). Improvements in high-speed pumps.

Claims.—(1.) A pump characterized by a force-chamber having a suction lift-valve, a pump-plunger separate from said valve, and means upon said plunger within said chamber for seating the suction-valve in the movement of the plunger toward the end of its suction-stroke. (2.) The pump characterized in claim 1, wherein the suction lift-valve is annular and surrounds the plunger. (3.) The pump characterized in claim 1, wherein the means for seating the suction-valve comprise a yielding head upon the plunger, provided with valve-engaging projections. (4.) A liquid-pump characterized by a reservoir communicating with the inlet of the pump force-chamber, and an air-exhaust conduit leading at one end from the reservoir, and exposed for its discharge at the opposite end to the suction action of the pump-plunger. (5.) A pump characterized by claim 4, in which the air-exhaust conduit comprises an ejector-pipe extending from the upper end-portion of the reservoir to a point close to the inlet-port of the force-chamber. (6.) A pump characterized by claim 4, in which the air-exhaust conduit comprises a pipe extending from the upper part of the reservoir to the force-chamber, and is provided with a check-valve. (7.) A liquid-pump having a force-chamber, and a plunger provided with an abutment outside the force-chamber, exposed to a resistance-medium, whereby change in the direction of pressure upon the joints of the plunger-operating mechanism is avoided. (8.) A pump characterized by claim 7, wherein the abutment on the plunger moves in a chamber in one direction against a fluid resistance-medium and in the other direction with the aid of the fluid resistance-medium. (9.) A pump characterized by claims 7 and 8, wherein the pressure of the fluid resistance-medium against the abutment may be regulated.
(Specification, 8s. 3d.; drawings, 15s. 6d.)