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Claims.—(1.) The general construction, arrangements, and combinations of the whole of the parts forming a complete judges’ recorder for sports and race-meetings, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings. (2.) Flags B (shaped as shown in Fig. 8) attached to rods F with handles G, having stops G¹ and G¹¹ and clutch H, arranged and operating in the manner and for the purposes described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings. (3.) Flaps C attached to spindles L with pinions J, working in racks K at one end of rods D, arranged and operating in the manner and for the purposes described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 3s. 6d. ; drawings, 8s.)

No. 12256.—21st December, 1899.—EUGEN SANDOW, of 32, St. James Street, Piccadilly, London, England, Athlete. Improvements in dumb-bells for physical-culture exercises.

Claims.—(1.) The improvements in dumb-bells for physical-culture exercises which consist in making the handle or bar (which unites the two bells) compressible and at the same time resilient by means of springs, so that when in use the grasp of the hands compresses the springs, thus causing a continuous tension and play of the muscles of the arms, wrists, and hands, thereby enabling a person using these dumb-bells to gain strength and health in a much more efficient manner and with less exertion than with the ordinary dumb-bells, in the manner substantially as described. (2.) A dumb-bell having a handle consisting of two or more parts, and resilient means for expanding said parts, adapted to be compressed by the hand, substantially as and for the purpose described. (3.) A dumb-bell that is formed solid as an ordinary dumb-bell, fitted with springs placed thereon or secured thereto externally so as to obtain a resilient or compressible handle adapted to be compressed by the hand, substantially as described, and as shown on the drawings. (4.) A dumb-bell that is formed solid as an ordinary dumb-bell, with elastic bands or pneumatic cushions placed around the handle of said bell by which to obtain a resilient or compressible handle adapted to be compressed by the hand, substantially as and for the purpose described.
(Specification, 4s. 3d. ; drawings, £1 16s.)

No. 12259.—22nd December, 1899.—FRANK GOLD, of Palmer Street, Richmond, Victoria, Nail-manufacturer. A combination mushroom-shaped fixed watertight washer-head and screw-nail for securing corrugated-iron roofing and fencing.

Claim.—A roofing-and-fencing nail comprised of the combination of a screw-nail shank A made with a head B having a notch C, with a mushroom-shaped washer-head D rigidly fixed to said shank by galvanising together the said parts A, B, D, as described, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 2s. 6d. ; drawings, 3s.)

No. 12266.—28th December, 1899.—ALFRED ROBERTO PULLEN, of “Belvedere,” Arthur Street, North Sydney, New South Wales, Engineer. Improvements in rail butt-joints and fish-plate fastenings for railways and tramways.

Claims.—(1.) The construction of rails for permanent-ways of railway or tramways, having their ends with the end-face of the tread or weight-bearing portion approximately in the form of the letter S, with its tails extensible at right angles or thereabouts to the length of the rail, substantially as described and explained. (2.) The combination and arrangement with the butted rails and fish-plates and fish-bolts of a guard- or protector-box for the joint, and for locking the nuts of the bolts, substantially as described and explained. (3.) The particular construction of guard- or protector-box and locking-plate and cover substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the drawings. (4.) The modified construction of locking-plate for nuts of fish-bolts and the like, consisting of flanged pieces such as D and of rabbeted nuts such as E adapted to receive said locking-pieces behind and within their rabbets, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the drawings. (5.) The combination and arrangement with fish-bolts of rail-joints of a crescent-sectioned convex washer or spring of tempered steel or like material, adapted to take between the fish-plate and the nut, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 4s. 9d. ; drawings, 8s.)

No. 12269.—29th December, 1899.—ALEXANDER SMITH, of Oringi, near Dannevirke, New Zealand, Station-manager. New and improved machinery for cleaning sheep-dags, part of which machinery is also applicable to the washing of wool in general.

Claims.—(1.) The stamping-machine described, and illustrated in the drawings, for crushing the dung adhering to sheep-dags—that is to say, a trough in which the said dags are operated upon by stamps so constructed as to have both a crushing and a propelling action, the said trough being furnished with a suitable feed-platform and with a feeder of the kind described, and communicating with a water-race along which the dags are carried to the wool-washing machine, the several parts of the said machines being constructed and arranged and operating essentially as described, and illustrated in the said drawings. (2.) The improved wool-washing machine described, and illustrated in the drawings—that is to say, a revolving cylindrical cage or receptacle for containing the dags or other wool to be washed, such cage or receptacle having a perforated false bottom and a perforated side, and being actuated either by means of bevel-toothed gearing or of paddles affixed to its periphery, all essentially as described, and illustrated in the said drawings.
(Specification, 9s. 6d. ; drawings, £1 6s.)

No. 12271.—30th December, 1899.—CHARLES BRISTOW, of Marton, New Zealand, Engineer. An improved fastener for driving-chains of sprocket-wheels.

Claims.—(1.) A fastener for driving-chains used upon sprocket-wheels, comprising a bracket upon one end-link and made to receive the other end-link of the chain, and a screw to retain the said other end-link in the said bracket, substantially as set forth. (2.) The fastener for driving-chains of sprocket-wheels consisting of parts constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 1s. 6d. ; drawings, 3s.)

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

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The date of acceptance of each application is given after the number.

Provisional Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 4th January, 1900.

APPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional specifications, have been accepted as under:—
No. 12222.—2nd December, 1899.—JOHN THOMSON, of Eye Street, Invercargill, New Zealand, Draper. Improvements in lifting gold from hard or rocky bottoms.
No. 12242.—18th December, 1899.—JOHN WELSBY, of Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements in dredging-machinery.
No. 12243.—18th December, 1899.—FREDERICK WILLIAM ADAMS, of Blenheim, New Zealand, Plumber and Gasfitter. An improvement in the manufacture of riddles or screens used in threshing and seed-cleaning machines, for the better sampling and cleaning of all varieties of seed and grain.
No. 12245.—15th December, 1899.—FRANCIS JAMES OLSEN, of Sprey Street, Invercargill, New Zealand, Photographer, and EDWARD HENRY WHITMORE, of Don Street, Invercargill aforesaid, Printer. Improvements in purifying water.
No. 12246.—4th December, 1899.—WILLIAM GRIFFITHS, of Main Street, Dobson Town, Brunnerton, New Zealand, Miner. A borehole sludge-and-water pump.
No. 12247.—4th December, 1899.—WILLIAM GRIFFITHS, of Main Street, Dobson Town, Brunnerton, New Zealand, Miner. An invention for sinking boreholes.
No. 12249.—21st December, 1899.—EDWARD JOSEPH DE COURCY and ROBERT CRAWFORD, both of Belfast, Ireland, Gentlemen. New or improved machinery for breaking or scutching flax.
No. 12258.—22nd December, 1899.—ALFRED B. JACKSON, of Tuparoa, East Cape, New Zealand, Saddler. Improvements in spur-fasteners.
No. 12260.—27th December, 1899.—WILLIAM TREMAIN, of Willow Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Coachsmith. A safety draught-hook.
No. 12261.—21st December, 1899.—FREDERICK CLIFFORD, of Westport, New Zealand, Hotel-manager. A flax drying, bleaching, and fielding machine.
No. 12262.—27th December, 1899.—ANTON DORNBUSCH, of Whangamomona, Taranaki, New Zealand, Settler. Automatic coupling for railway and other locomotives, carriages, and trucks.