Numb. 35.

813

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1900.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1900.

Patent Agent registered.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1900.

IT is hereby notified that

MARTIN MAXWELL FLEMING LUCKIE,

of Wellington, New Zealand, barrister and solicitor, has been registered as a Patent Agent.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1900.

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. 11781.—11th July, 1899.—ROBERT WESSLY MANNING, of Awatuna, near Eltham, Taranaki, New Zealand, Farmer. An improvement in hand sheep-shears.*

Claims.—(1.) The improvement in sheep-shears consisting of parts constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as set forth. (2.) In a hand sheep-shears, sockets upon the handles, and resilient blocks fitted in the sockets to relieve the hand of the operator from jar when the shears are closed, substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 1s. 9d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 11783.—13th July, 1899.—HERMAN HOUSE, Manufacturer’s Agent, ANDREW LOUGHBREY, Solicitor, JOHN ALEXANDER HOLMES, Sheep-farmer, and RICHARD TOMLINE, Engineer, all of 183, Hereford Street, Christchurch, New Zealand. Improved method of and apparatus for steeping grain.*

Claims.—(1.) The improved method of steeping grain consisting in delivering it to a vessel containing steeping-fluid and withdrawing it therefrom by buckets having perforated bottoms, substantially as described. (2.) The apparatus for steeping grain consisting of the parts arranged, combined, and operating substantially as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in the drawings. (3.) In apparatus for steeping grain, the combination of a steeping-vessel containing steeping-fluid, a hopper from which the grain to be steeped is delivered to said vessel, and an endless chain carrying elevator-buckets for collecting the steeped grain and conducting it to a bagging-apparatus, substantially as specified and illustrated. (4.) In apparatus for steeping grain, a vessel in which the grain is steeped, in combination with a reservoir containing the main supply of the steeping-fluid, and means controlling the supply of fluid to the steeping-vessel, and maintaining the fluid therein at a predetermined level, substantially as and for the purposes specified and illustrated.
(Specification, 3s.; drawings, 5s. 6d.)

No. 11809.—18th July, 1899.—JOHN EDWARD JENKINSON, of Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Cycle-manufacturer (nominee of George Henry Jenkinson, of Masterton, New Zealand, Stock Inspector). Improved appliance for mixing and cutting phosphorized (or other poison) pollard or other like matter.*

Claim.—The combination of a cylinder A and ends B and C, in which revolve beaters F for mixing phosphorized pollard or other like matter, the pressing-plate E, which travels along the threaded axle D after beaters F are removed, forcing the mixture through perforated end B, a knife revolving with axle D close to surface of end B meanwhile cutting the mixture into pellets or small cakes.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 5s. 6d.)

No. 11813.—20th July, 1899.—RICHARD DAVID SANDERS, of Hartfield House, Eastbourne, England, Engineer. Improvements in the manufacture of wire.*

Claims.—(1.) In the manufacture of wire by electro-deposition, the employment of a cylinder having removably wound thereon, either on its surface or in a shallow groove in its surface, a round, oval, semicircular, or other suitably shaped wire, in such a manner that the said wire always projects above the surface of the cylinder, substantially as and for the purpose described. (2.) In the manufacture of wire by electro-deposition, the employment of the cylinder having a foundation wire wound thereon, as described in claim 1, in combination with contact-makers adapted to always rest upon the said foundation wire or upon the metal deposited upon the foundation wire, substantially as described. (3.) Wire manufactured by electrolysis on a foundation wire removably wound on a cylinder, as described in claim 1, such manufactured wire being approximately semicircular in cross-section, substantially as described.
(Specification, 3s. 9d.; drawings, 8s.)