Oct. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1863

No. 13037.—2nd October, 1900.—ALFRED LAUNCELOT JAMES TAIR, of 5, Balmain Street, Richmond, Victoria, Inventor. Improvements in and connected with clothes-pegs for holding suitable material on lines.

Claims.—(1.) A clothes-peg comprising a main body A, and forked portions at one or both ends thereof B, and having a longitudinal hole C through the main body whereby such peg is threaded upon a line D, as shown in the drawings, and as described and ascertained. (2.) Improvements in and connected with clothes-pegs for holding suitable material on lines, the said peg combined with the line and attached thereon, as shown in the drawings, and as described and ascertained.
(Specification, 2s. ; drawings, 5s. 6d.)

No. 13038.—4th October, 1900.—DONALD McDONALD, of 14, River Street, Yarraville, Victoria, Engineer. An improved acetylene-gas-generating apparatus.

Claims.—(1.) In an improved acetylene-gas-generating apparatus, a carbide-generator having a gas-outlet and water-inlet and distributer therein, and a downwardly opening pivoted door at its bottom to permit the passage of charged or exhausted carbide-holders, said door having a relief-valve compressed to its outer face by a spiral spring adjusted by a nut on a bolt, the inner end of which bolt is held by a bridge-piece, all as and for the purposes described, and as illustrated in the drawings. (2.) In an improved acetylene-gas-generating apparatus, a main tank containing an open-bottomed, closed-top, stationary gas-reservoir having a water-outlet therein and a gas-inlet with a purifying-box thereon, and a gas-outlet, above which reservoir is an auxiliary tank having a dome thereon and a service-pipe therefrom and a float, the communication-pipe over the outlet having thereon a valve controlled by a lever actuated by the said float, all as and for the purposes described, and as illustrated in the drawings. (3.) The improved acetylene-gas-generating apparatus consisting of a main tank containing an open-bottomed, closed-top, stationary gas-reservoir having a water-outlet therein and a gas-inlet with a purifying-box thereon, and a gas-outlet, above which reservoir is an auxiliary tank having a dome thereon and a service-pipe therefrom and a float, the communication-pipe over the outlet having thereon a valve controlled by a lever actuated by said float, in combination with a carbide-generator having a gas-outlet and a water-inlet and distributer thereon and a downwardly opening pivoted door at its bottom, said door having a relief-valve compressed to its outer face by a spiral spring adjusted by a nut on a bolt, the inner end of which bolt is held by a bridge-piece, all as and for the purposes described, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 5s. 9d. ; drawings, 11s.)

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

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The date of acceptance of each application is given after the number.

Provisional Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 9th October, 1900.

APPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional specifications, have been accepted as under:—

No. 13013.—24th September, 1900.—WILLIAM LISLE, of Darwin Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand, Carrier. A self-lifting cart-jack.

No. 13014.—26th September, 1900.—JOHN WILLIAM DEEGAN, of Winton, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved scoop for cleaning up the bottoms of straw-stacks.

No. 13015.—27th September, 1900.—JOHN WELSBY, Engineer, and HENRY GEORGE BEDELL, Plumber, both of Wellington, New Zealand. Improvements in water-closet siphons and the like.

No. 13020.—28th September, 1900.—EDWIN PHILLIPS, of 533, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Certified Patent Agent (nominee of Luther Lock, of 321, 322, 323, 324, Poto-mac Block, 217, South Broadway, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Miner and Manufacturer). An ore-concentrator.

No. 13024.—27th September, 1900.—WILLIAM PAINTER, of Hinds, Canterbury, New Zealand, Ploughman. Improved skeith-regulating attachment for ploughs.

No. 13025.—25th September, 1900.—JAMES JOHN GIBSON, of Thames Street, Oamaru, New Zealand, Cycle-manufacturer. An improved gear for cycles, motor-cars, and other carriages.

No. 13027.—29th September, 1900.—HENRY GEORGE BEDELL, of Wellington, New Zealand, Plumber. An improved spouting-bracket.

No. 13028.—28th September, 1900.—WILLIAM ROBERT BLYTHE, of Napier, New Zealand, Outfitter. An improvement or improvements in shirts.

No. 13029.—1st October, 1900.—HENRY MAXIMILIAN WHATMAN, Sheep-farmer, and WILLIAM J. EALAM, Ploughman, both of Cheviot, New Zealand. Improvements in ploughshares.

No. 13030.—27th September, 1900.—LAMBERT VAN LAAK, of 3178, 17th Street, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Manufacturer, and HUGH CRAIG, of 210, Sansome Street, San Francisco aforesaid, Merchant, and WILLIAM SWINTON LAURIE, of Auckland, New Zealand, Merchant. The manufacturing and production of brooms, brushware, and scrubbers of each and every kind and description from the leaves and fibre of the Phormium tenax (New Zealand flax).

No. 13031.—27th September, 1900.—OSCAR PEAT, of York Street, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand, Carpenter. An automatic adjustable chair.

No. 13032.—3rd October, 1900.—JOHN WILLIAM WILLETT and CHARLES O’CONNOR HADDO GORDON, both of Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineers. An improved spark arrester and extinguisher.

No. 13033.—3rd October, 1900.—JOSEPH ADDISON FRANCIS of Norwood, South Australia, Irrigation Engineer. An improved “buzz” fly or insect trap.

No. 13035.—2nd October, 1900.—ALEXANDER TWIDLE, of Whangarei, New Zealand, Labourer. Improved shears for sheet metal.

No. 13040.—1st October, 1900.—ALEXANDER AITKEN, of Kumara, New Zealand, Civil Engineer, and ROBERT MARK AITKEN, of Reefton, New Zealand, Metallurgist. An invention for sinking shafts or cylinders through wet alluvial drifts or deposits below water-level without pumping the water or using air-locks, for prospecting and other purposes.

No. 13041.—3rd October, 1900.—CHARLES SIMPSON, of Springvale, Wanganui, New Zealand, Labourer. An improved garden rake.

No. 13042.—5th October, 1900.—CHARLES ALISTER TROTTER, of Opunake, New Zealand, Blacksmith. An improved method of and appliances for ascertaining distances and calculating altitudes, the same being specially applicable for range-finding for rifles.

No. 13043.—7th October, 1900.—JOHN DUNN, of Otamita, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved root cutter or slicer.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

NOTE.—Provisional specifications cannot be inspected, or their contents made known by this office in any way, until the complete specifications in connection therewith have been accepted.

The date of acceptance of each application is given after the number.

Letters Patent sealed.

LIST of Letters Patent sealed from the 27th September, 1900, to the 6th October, 1900, inclusive:—
Nil.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Letters Patent on which Fees have been paid.

[NOTE.—The dates are those of the payments.]

SECOND-TERM FEES.

No. 8632.—A. Jordan, disintegrating-apparatus. 28th September, 1900.

No. 8910.—T. Boyd, cycle-bearings. 3rd October, 1900.

No. 8973.—C. W. H. Göpner and H. L. Diehl, recovering gold, &c., from solutions. 5th October, 1900.

No. 9014.—F. Ljungstrom, evaporator. 28th September, 1900.

No. 9254.—G. Westinghouse, rotary steam-engine. (C. A. Bäckström.) 28th September, 1900.