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1797

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1900.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1900.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 26th September, 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. 12189.—23rd November, 1899.—GEORGE HENRY GREEN, of Unley Road, Unley, South Australia, Accountant. Improved mechanism for fare boxes and tills for receiving and automatically registering and recording fares.

Claims.—(1.) In mechanism for fare boxes and tills, a shutter-lock such as J mounted upon a centre pin such as H, and provided with a spring J4 and a spring-governed catch J5, substantially as described and as illustrated. (2.) In mechanism for fare boxes and tills, a slot-shutter consisting of sides Q, a cover plate Q1, an elliptical-shaped cylinder or drum Q2, mounted up n a centre pin such as H, connected with the parts above claimed, substantially as described and as illustrated. (3.) In mechanism for fare boxes and tills, a coil spring such as J1, one end of such spring being attached to a pin J2, mounted upon a sliding plate D, the opposite end of such spring being coiled in tension round a revolving centre pin such as H, said pin being connected with the mechanism specifically set forth in claims 1 and 2. (4.) In mechanism for fare boxes and tills, a vertically sliding plate such as D, formed with guides or slots such as D1, and characterized by a lock slot such as K, and a bevelled guide such as K1, substantially as described and illustrated. (5.) In mechanism for fare boxes and tills, a sliding plate such as D, characterized by the projections D4 and D5, within a peculiarly shaped opening N in said plate, for the purposes set forth. (6.) In mechanism for fare boxes and tills, a sliding plate such as D, characterized by diagonal projection D3 near the base thereof, substantially as described and illustrated, and for the purposes set forth. (7.) In mechanism for fare boxes and tills, a spring-governed bell-hammer such as F, mounted upon a claw such as F4, and provided with a governing-spring such as F2, the several parts being secured to a sliding plate such as D by means of the centre pin F1, substantially as described and as illustrated. (8.) In mechanism for fare boxes and tills, a bell lock-plate such as G, mounted upon a fixed centre pin such as G2, and provided with a projection such as G1, a governing-spring G3, and a fixed pin G4 arranged upon the vertical wall C, substantially as described and as illustrated, and for the purposes set forth. (9.) In mechanism for fare boxes and tills, a locking lever such as M2, and a flap such as M1, both parts being mounted upon a common spindle M, and arranged in relation to the detail mentioned in claim 6, substantially as described and illustrated. (10.) In mechanism for fare boxes and tills, a spur-wheel such as W, attached to the unit spindle of the recording-mechanism, and so arranged that its teeth come into contact alternately with the projections D4 and D5 of the sliding plate D, substantially as described and illustrated, and for the purposes set forth. (11.) In mechanism for fare boxes and tills provided with the details above claimed, an upper chamber characterized by a dividing plate such as Y, and a lower chamber characterized by a dividing plate such as Z, substantially as described, and as illustrated in Fig. 15 of the drawings, for the purposes set forth. (12.) In fare boxes and tills, the construction and arrangement of the sliding plate D, with its various characteristic features, and of the several separate groups or portions of the mechanism hereinbefore separately claimed as new, substantially as described and illustrated, and for the purposes set forth, as a combination of parts.

(Specification, 16s.; drawings, £1 11s.)

No. 12219.—5th December, 1899.—WILLIAM HENRY CUTTEN, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Mining and Consulting Engineer. Improvements in apparatus for elevating tailings.

Claims.—In dredging-machines, a well or sump placed at the rear end of the dredge, in combination with an elevator, the buckets of which are adapted to dip into the well or sump and pass beneath a chute leading from the revolving screens, such buckets being provided with backs that slope forwards and outwards, as and for the purposes set forth.

(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawings, 8s.)

No. 12220.—5th December, 1899.—HENRY HODGSON, of Main Street, Opunake, New Zealand, Plumber. Improvements in milk aerators and coolers.*

Claims.—(1.) In a milk aerator and cooler as described, in combination, a strainer fitting into a receiver, holes in the bottom of the receiver, a perforated dish below the receiver, a central support between the receiver and the dish, and a pail, substantially as set forth. (2.) A milk aerator and cooler comprising in combination a strainer fitting into a re-