Num. 59.

1321

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1900.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1900.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 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. 11956.—4th September, 1899.—EBENEZER MAXWELL, of Opunake, New Zealand, Grazier. A new method of preventing sand and shingle accumulating in harbours, mouths of rivers, or around piers, sea-walls, and similar places.*

Claims.—(1.) The described method of preventing the accumulation of sand and shingle on sea-coasts where the wave-action is checked, as set forth, consisting in passing the sand and shingle through pipes or channels beyond the obstruction causing the check to a point where the wave-action recommences, substantially as set forth. (2.) The described method of preventing the accumulation of sand and shingle on sea-coasts where the wave-action is checked, as set forth, consisting in pumping the sand and shingle and forcing the same through a pipe beyond the obstruction causing the check to a place where the wave-action recommences, substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 4s.; drawings, 8s.)

No. 12402.—19th February, 1900.—JOHN WRIGHT, Farmer, and JOHN WILLIAM MITCHELL, Machinist, both of Mosgiel, New Zealand. Improved means for branding carcases.

[NOTE.—The title in this case has been altered. See list Provisional Specifications, Gazette No. 18, of the 1st March, 1900.]

Claims.—(1.) Improved apparatus for producing an embossed brand-marking, consisting of a drum having a recessed chamber in the form of the brand-mark to be produced, said chamber having an opening through which air may be drawn, and an exhausting air-pump communicating with the chamber through said opening, substantially as described. (2.) The combination in apparatus for producing an embossed brand-mark of a vacuum tank, an air-pump for extracting air therefrom, a drum having a recessed chamber of the form of the brand to be produced, and a pipe connecting said chamber with said vacuum tank, substantially as described and illustrated.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawings, 5s. 6d.)

No. 12460.—16th March, 1900.—WILLIAM TODD, of Sydney, New South Wales, Sharebroker. An improved sheep-dip powder.

Claim.—A sheep-dip powder consisting of lime, sulphur, bicarbonate of soda, yellow ochre, and arsenic, as described, to destroy ticks and lice and their eggs on sheep and other animals, and to improve the appearance and value of wool, and to increase the growth of the wool.
(Specification, 1s. 3d.)

No. 12590.—10th May, 1900.—NAPOLEON DU BRUL, of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Manufacturer. Improvements in cigarette-machines.

Description.—This invention relates to improvements in machines for making cigarettes, and more particularly to that class of machines generally known as “continuous cigarette-machines,” and has for its object to improve and simplify the general arrangement of the machine as a whole, as well as the several mechanisms or parts thereof which are employed in carrying out the several steps in producing the finished cigarettes and delivering them in orderly condition ready for introduction into the boxes. My invention, therefore, involves improvements in the main frame upon which all the mechanisms are mounted, in the tobacco feeding and dressing mechanism, in the tobacco-rope-former, in the tape guiding and directing mechanism, in the wrapping-tube, in the pasting-device, in the cutter or severing-device, in the discharger, and in the conveyor.

[NOTE.—The number and length of the claims in this case preclude them from being printed, and the foregoing general description is inserted instead.]
(Specification, £2 2s.; drawings, £9 9s.)

ERRATA.—In Supplement to Gazette, No. 50, of the 7th June, 1900, under heading “Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications,” for “29th May, 1900,” read “30th May, 1900.”

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