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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 12329.—23rd January, 1900.—JOHN McINNES, of Kaurihohore, Whangarei, New Zealand, Mechanic. An improved machine for dressing New Zealand flax.*

Claims.—(1.) An improved machine for dressing New Zealand flax, a boiler and steam-box for steaming the green flax. (2.) A long shaft with several cylinders fixed on by clutches to be easily put in and out of gear. (3.) Several teeth working in guides properly framed above the cylinders. When the cylinder-shaft is put in motion the steamed flax passes between the teeth and the cylinders, and scrapes the gum off. Cylinders to have slots in and clips on, to hold the flax firm. The cylinders’ lower side must be working in a tank of water. (4.) A reversing-gear on shaft to turn either side of leaves alternately. (5.) A water scutcher placed over a tank of water, its lower edge revolving in water, which washes the leaves and removes any gum or slime left.
(Specification, 1s. 9d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 12500.—3rd April, 1900.—CHARLES DAHL, of Palmerton North, New Zealand, Importer and Manufacturer. Improvements in covers for horses and other animals.*

Claims.—(1.) In covers for horses and other animals, an improved method of securing the same to the hind legs by employing in combination a strap or cord which, by means of a spring hook or snap at one end thereof, is attachable to a ring sewn or otherwise affixed at the rear end of and outside of the cover, and, after being passed inside the leg, is drawn from underneath through a slit or hole in the cover made for the purpose round the thigh, and fastened on the outside by tying the said strap or cord in an adjustable knot. (2.) In covers for horses and other animals, an improved method of securing the same by means of a combination of parts constructed and attachable substantially as above described. (3.) In covers for horses and other animals, the readiness and expedition with which my invention can be used, and, in particular, the readiness and expedition with which the strap or cord O, C, can be readily fastened round or unfastened from both thighs of the animal by standing on one side only of the animal, without the operator having to move round to the other side.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 12743.—29th June, 1900.—HENRY ARTHUR WILSON, of 29, Bligh Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Clerk. An improved wire-strainer.

Claims.—(1.) A wire-strainer consisting of a drum or stem from the one end of which extend in opposite directions two arms, each of which arms terminates in a claw, whilst the other end of the drum is bifurcated into two prongs, each of which prongs also terminates in a claw, substantially as described, and illustrated in the drawings. (2.) A wire-strainer consisting of a drum or stem from the one end of which extend in opposite directions two arms, each of which arms terminates in a claw, whilst the other end is bifurcated into two prongs, each of which prongs also terminates in a claw, and having a hole near the root or base of the drum for receiving the two ends of a broken wire, substantially as described, and illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 3s. 3d.; drawings, 13s.)

No. 12825.—31st July, 1900.—THOMAS HENRY PEARSE, of 89, State Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Gentleman (assignee of Matthew Prior, of 15, Paten Street, Watertown, Massachusetts aforesaid, Inventor). Improvements in cotton-gins and wool-burrers.

Claims.—(1.) A machine for handling cotton or other described fibre, having a ginning-roll, a stationary knife adjacent thereto, a clearer for co-operating with said knife, and a card-case or nipping-device below said knife and partly embracing said roll for straightening and retaining the fibres as they are carried around by the roll. (2.) A machine for handling cotton and the like, having a ginning-roll, a knife or blade bearing thereon, and a clearer co-operating with said knife and roll, said clearer being provided with independent separated pin-like teeth arranged parallel to each other, each tooth having its sides parallel, and blunt at the end. (3.) In a machine for handling cotton and the like, a ginning-roll, a knife or blade, and a clearer, said clearer being divided into a number of sections, said sections being operated out of step with each other, eccentrics for operating said sections, and pivotal connections between said eccentrics and said sections. (4.) A machine for handling cotton and the like, comprising a ginning-roll, a knife, and a clearer, said clearer being composed of a plurality of independently movable sections, a braced or reinforced cross-plate on which said sections are movably mounted, guides for maintaining said sections against lateral or up-and-down movement, and means for operating said sections dissimultaneously. (5.) A machine for handling cotton and the like, comprising a ginning-roll, a knife, and a clearer, said clearer being composed of independently movable sections, eccentrics for operating the same, said sections being independently detachable from said eccentrics, and guides for maintaining said sections against endwise or up and-down movement. (6.) A machine for handling cotton and the like, having a ginning-roll, a knife or blade bearing thereon, a clearer co-operating with said knife and roll, and a clearer-support extending rigidly between the ends of the frame and adjustable therein for changing the position of the clearer relatively to said roll and knife. (7.) A machine for handling cotton, having a ginning-roll, a clearer, and a knife, said knife being supported by a frame pivotally mounted adjacent its front edge, and means at the rear edge of said frame for adjusting the same and varying the angle of said knife. (8.) A machine for handling cotton and the like, comprising a ginning-roll, a vibrating clearer, and a knife, said knife having a card-case extending downwardly from its under-side partially about said roll. (9.) A machine for handling cotton and the like, comprising a ginning-roll, a vibrating clearer, a knife, and a series of card-rolls, each roll being arranged tangential to the preceding roll, and provided with a card-case or nipping-device extending partially about the same, and serving to retain and straighten out the fibres as they are carried along by the roll, each roll receiving the cotton from the preceding roll as it is held between said preceding roll and the nipping-device. (10.) A cotton-handling machine, comprising a ginning-roll, a knife, a vibrating clearer, a stationary feed-hopper, and a feeding-apron therein, and an endless carrier for carrying the cotton from said apron, said carrier extending down into and near the bottom of the hopper adjacent said roll.
(Specification, 8s. 9d.; drawings, £2 2s.)

No. 12827.—28th July, 1900.—JOHN CORBETT, of Orepuki, New Zealand, Miner. An improved prospecting-machine.

Claims.—(1.) In combination with the ordinary bucket-dredge apparatus, cylindrical or other shaped casings, made in sections, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. (2.) In combination with the ordinary bucket-dredge apparatus, cylindrical or other shaped casings made in sections, with guides forming grooves, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. (3.) In combination with the ordinary bucket-dredge apparatus, cylindrical or other shaped casings, made in sections, with guides forming grooves, and a ladder made in sections and to fit grooves, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 3s. 3d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 12829.—2nd August, 1900.—GRENIER ART COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of West Virginia, one of the United States of America, having offices and doing business at 251, Fifth Avenue, New York, United States of America, Manufacturers (assignees of Prosper Marie Constant Grenier, of 251, Fifth Avenue, New York, aforesaid, Artist). Improvements in coloured photographs, and process of producing the same.

Claims.—(1.) The process of making photographs in colours which consists in first applying a solution of alum to the photographically printed fabric, then drying without washing, and then colouring the photograph as required. (2.) The process of making photographs in colours which consists in photographically printing upon silk or suitable fabric, and then fixing and washing the photograph, and thereafter impregnating the fabric with a solution of alum, and subsequently applying the colours. (3.) The process of making photographs in colours which consists in first producing upon a fabric a photograph without colours, then applying alum to the rear or back of the fabric and drying-on the alum, and subsequently applying the colours to the face of the fabric, substantially as set forth. (4.) The process of making photographs in colours which consists in first producing upon woven fabric a photographic print, then applying alum and incorporating it in the woven fabric and drying, and subsequently applying the colours to the face of the fabric, substantially as set forth. (5.) A photograph in colours on fibrous material, having alum in the material and on the back thereof, and the colours applied to the face thereof, substantially as set forth. (6.) A photograph in colours on textile fabric, having alum in the dry state in the fabric and the colours applied on the face of the photograph, substantially as set forth. (7.) A photograph on textile fabric, without gelatine or albumen, having alum applied to the said fabric and the colours applied to the face thereof, substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 3s. 3d.)