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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 10th October, 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. 12281.—4th January, 1900.—JOHN ALGEN BELK, of Feilding, New Zealand, Coachbuilder. Improvements in driving-mechanism for steamships.*

Claims.—(1.) The improved driving-mechanism for steamships consisting of a number of vertical shafts that are passed down through the hull of the vessel, such shafts having mounted thereon a number of blades or fans, which may be curved or flat, the top ends of the shafts being provided with cranks that are in connection with the connecting-rods of the driving-engines, as described and explained. (2.) In driving-mechanism for steamships, a number of vertical shafts, on each of which are mounted a number of vertical blades or fans, such shafts being stepped in extensions of the hull of the vessel and passing upwards through tubes that are made watertight with the hull, as specified. (3.) A pair or pairs of vertical shafts, each one of which is provided with a number of blades or fans, and which pass upwards through the hull at the stern of the vessel, in combination with a concave plate placed upon the blunted stern of the vessel, and another concave plate placed behind the vertical shafts, so that they shall lie between the two concave surfaces of the plates, as and for the purposes set forth.

(Specification, 4s.; drawings, 5s. 6d.)

No. 12309.—16th January, 1900.—CHARLES BRISTOW, of Grovely, Marton, New Zealand, Mechanical Engineer. Improvements in seed-feeding devices.*

Claims.—(1.) In apparatus for the purpose described, a roller fixed upon a spindle revolvable beneath a seed-hopper, holes or indentations in the circumferential periphery of said roller receiving seed to be sown, and means for conducting seed from said hopper to the periphery of the roller, substantially as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in the drawings. (2.) In apparatus for the purpose described, a revolvable roller having holes or indentations in its circumferential periphery to receive seed to be sown, means for conducting seed from a hopper to the periphery of said roller whereby it passes into said holes, and an ejector working in a groove in the roller for removing seed from said holes, substantially as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in the drawings. (3.) In apparatus for the purpose described, a roller revolvably mounted beneath a receptacle containing seed to be sown, and a riding hopper beneath said receptacle riding upon the roller, means for admitting seed to said riding hopper from said receptacle, and holes or indentations in the circumferential periphery of said roller receiving seed within the said riding hopper and conducting it therefrom, substantially as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in the drawings. (4.) In apparatus for the purpose described, a roller revolvably mounted beneath a receptacle containing seed to be sown, and a riding hopper beneath said receptacle riding upon the roller, means for admitting seed to said riding hopper from said receptacle, and a continuous groove upon the circumferential periphery of said roller receiving seed within the said riding hopper and conducting it therefrom, substantially as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in the drawings. (5.) In apparatus for the purpose described, a receptacle for seed, a roller revolvably mounted beneath it, and a riding hopper beneath said receptacle and riding upon the roller, said roller being provided with means for receiving and conducting seed from said riding hopper, substantially as specified and illustrated. (6.) In apparatus for the purpose described, a receptacle containing seed, a roller revolvably mounted beneath it, said roller being provided with means for receiving and conducting seed from a scraper or riding hopper arranged beneath the seed-receptacle and riding upon the roller, substantially as and for the purposes specified, and illustrated in the drawing. (7.) In apparatus for the purpose described, a receptacle for seed divided into compartments, a hopper beneath said receptacle riding upon a roller and also divided into compartments, and means upon the circumferential periphery of said roller for receiving seed and conducting it from each compartment, the bottom of each compartment of the seed-receptacle having an opening for the passage of seed to the riding hopper and a shutter between the seed-receptacle and said riding hopper, having openings arranged to admit seed to either compartment of the riding hopper independently, and said shutter also being arranged to shut off seed from both the compartments simultaneously, substantially as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in the drawings. (8.) In apparatus for the purpose described, a receptacle containing seed, means for conducting seed from said receptacle to a roller mounted revolvably beneath it, holes or indentations in the form of a ring or rings upon the circumferential periphery of the roller receiving seed within and conducting it from the riding hopper, a groove or grooves circumscribing the roller and passing through said holes, and an ejector fitting within said groove or grooves adapted to eject seed from said holes, substantially as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in the drawing. (9.) In apparatus for the purpose described, a receptacle containing seed, means for conducting seed from said receptacle to a roller mounted revolvably beneath it, said roller having holes or indentations in the form of a ring upon its circumferential periphery receiving said seed, a groove surrounding the roller passing through said holes, and an ejector fitting within said groove for ejecting seed from the holes, said ejector being in the form of a blade, wedge-shaped one end and held in the groove by a spring, substantially as and for the purposes specified and illustrated. (10.) In apparatus for the purpose described, a receptacle for seed divided into two compartments, a riding hopper beneath said receptacle divided by a dividing-plate, the bottoms of said compartments each having a hole communicating with one of the divisions of the riding hopper, and a roller beneath said riding hopper provided with means whereby seed is simultaneously withdrawn from one division of the riding hopper and discharged intermittently, and from the other division of the riding hopper discharged in a continuous flow, said means consisting of a number of holes in the circumferential periphery of the roller for giving the intermittent discharge, and of a circumferential groove for providing a continuous flow, substantially as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in the drawings. (11.) The improved apparatus for sowing seeds consisting of the parts arranged, combined, and operating substantially as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in the drawings.

(Specification, 7s. 9d.; drawings, 10s. 6d.)

No. 12574.—4th May, 1900.—ARTHUR GRIFFITH, of 169, Phillip Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Patent Agent (nominee of Giovanni Enrico, of Turin, Italy, Civil Engineer). An improved cycle.

Claims.—(1.) A cycle in which the entire weight of the rider is supported directly by the pedals, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. (2.) A cycle constructed in such a manner that the rider occupies the standing position thereon, and rotates the driving-wheel by alternately shifting his weight from one foot to the other, substantially as set forth. (3.) In a cycle of the type set forth, the speed gearing, comprising the lever b keyed to the axle, the gearing c and d constructed and operating so as to increase to the required degree the number of revolutions of the driving-wheel of the cycle, substantially as set forth. (4.) In a cycle of the type set forth, the system of pedal levers with moving fulcrum adapted to support the rider in the standing position, said levers connected, on the one hand, to the cranks a keyed upon the axle x, and, on the other hand, to the rods oscillating upon the pivot l, substantially as described, and shown in the drawings. (5.) In a cycle of the type set forth, pedals p, allowing the foot of the rider to be moved thereon towards the oscillating rods t, or towards the cranks a, so as to vary the driving-power in accordance with the resistance of the road. (6.) The combination of parts forming the improved bicycle, constructed and operating substantially as set forth, and shown in the drawings.

(Specification, 3s.; drawings, 10s. 6d.)

No. 12942.—28th August, 1900.—JOSEPH MORGAN, of Greymouth, New Zealand, Mining Engineer, and JAMES KERR, Jun., of Greymouth aforesaid, Compositor. A set of improved dredging-scoops.*

Claims. — (1.) Constructing the elevators of dredging-machines with a number of series of buckets, each of such series consisting of five buckets, which are each provided with the different means described whereby the earth may be ploughed and scooped up, substantially as set forth. (2.) A series of buckets for use in the elevators of dredges, such series consisting of five buckets, the first one of which is provided with a single projection on its under-lip, the second bucket with two projections, and the third with three projections, while the lip of the fourth bucket is made to project slightly at its centre, and the fifth is formed in the ordinary manner, the projections on the first three buckets and the lips of the fourth and fifth being provided with steel wearing-shoes that are removably secured to the bodies of the buckets, all as and for the purposes set forth and explained.

(Specification, 3s.; drawings, 3s.)