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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 94

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 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. 12338.—25th January, 1900.—ERNEST ROBERT GODWARD, of Invercargill New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements in or relating to lids of cans and the like.*

Claims.—(1.) In lids for cans and the like, inclined slots or grooves formed in the flange of the lid and adapted to pass over studs or projections upon the body of the can, in combination with a tapered projection or boss upon the under-surface of the top of the lid that is formed to fit into a correspondingly tapered opening in the top of the can, as specified. (2.) In means for securing the lids or covers of cans and the like, a lid or cover whose under-side is formed with a tapered boss or projection, and whose flange is provided with inclined slots or grooves therein, in combination with a tapered opening in the top of the can, into which the boss or projection upon the lid or cover will fit, and studs or projections upon the sides of the can over which the inclined slots or grooves are adapted to pass, as and for the purposes set forth. (3.) In means for securing the lids or covers of cans and the like, a lid or cover provided with a tapered boss or projection on its under-side, and whose flange is formed with a screw-thread therein, in combination with a can provided with a tapered opening in the top thereof, and with a screw-thread upon its outer periphery, as and for the purposes set forth and explained.
(Specification, 2s. 9d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 12492.—30th March, 1900.—WILLIAM CHAPMAN, of 5437, Potter Street, East End, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Electrical Engineer. Improvements relating to electric railways.*

Claims.—(1.) In electric railways of the kind in which energy is supplied to the cars through sectional conductors, a system of distribution in which the contact feeders are connected through switch-boxes to a plurality of sectional sub-feeders, the sections of the sub-feeders being connected through a junction-box to one or more mains, for the purpose specified. (2.) Systems for supplying energy to electric railways as described and shown in the drawings. (3.) For use in the systems of electrical distribution described, switch-boxes and junction-boxes constructed substantially as described with reference to Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawings.
(Specification, 7s.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 12717.—22nd June, 1900.—HERBERT ROSE, of 15, Surrey Road, South Yarra, Victoria, Geologist, and WILLIAM HOCKIN, of 20, Avoca Street, South Yarra aforesaid, Gentleman. An improved automatic or self-acting gravity wheel.*

Claims.—(1.) A framed wheel or disc rotably mounted upon a shaft or axle, and fitted with a double set of stops, a series of steel spindles or bearings intermediate to the stops, a principal weight and an auxiliary weight loosely mounted upon such spindles, and projecting arms rigidly fastened to the principal weights, substantially as described and illustrated. (2.) In a framed wheel or disc, the combination of a series of principal weights (each weight being more or less pear-shaped, and having a rigid arm affixed thereto) and a series of auxiliary weights, each being approximately one-third lighter than the principal weights, such principal weights and auxiliary weights being mounted loosely on spindles common to both, substantially as described and illustrated. (3.) The specified gravity wheel constructed and arranged substantially as described and illustrated, as and for the purposes set forth, as a combination of parts.
(Specification, 5s.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 13027.—29th September, 1900.—HENRY GEORGE BEDELL, of Wellington, New Zealand, Plumber. Improved means for securing guttering to houses.*

[NOTE.—The title in this case has been altered. See list Provisional Specifications, Gazette No. 87, of the 11th October, 1900.]

Claim.—In means for securing guttering to houses, supporting-brackets composed of springy metal, and whose width is made somewhat less than the width of the gutter, such brackets being secured to the sides of the house, and adapted to spring upon and grip the sides of the gutter when pressed down upon them, as specified.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 13045.—5th October, 1900.—FRANCIS VICTOR RAYMOND, of Esk Street, Invercargill, New Zealand, Solicitor. An improved attachment for keeping liquid-carrying brushes moist.

Claims.—(1.) In brushes carrying their own liquid in their hollow stems or handles, the method of placing such brushes on stands containing wet spongy substances for keeping the brushes moist and ready for use, substantially as set forth, and as shown on the drawing. (2.) A brush such as A, A¹, placed on a hollow stand containing moisture, preferably provided with a cover C and projecting guide D, the moisture preferably kept up by being contained in a spongy substance which remains wet or moist by capillary action, thereby keeping the brush moist, all substantially as set forth, and for the purposes indicated. (3.) A spongy substance kept moist by capillary action, placed in a hollow receptacle, for the purpose of keeping a brush used for semi-liquid or drying liquids moist, substantially as described and explained.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 13053.—8th October, 1900.—CHARLES MILLER, of Alton Street, Nelson, New Zealand, Photographer. Improved cribbage-board.

Description.—The board is made of wood, in two parts, hinged to close up face to face. The usual perforated streets are replaced by bars of magnetized steel A placed across the board below the surface. There are three bars for each half of the board. A thin strip of cardboard or paper (white) punctured with holes is placed over each end of the bars, in close contact, and covering the space shown by C. The divisions B of the holes may be of any suitable colour. The surface of the streets is composed of strips of thin glass, slightly ground to present a certain amount of friction to the pegs, and the same size as the cardboard or paper on which they rest. The glass strips fit into rabbets all round (shown by the dotted lines), and their surfaces come even with the surface of the board. The magnetic circuit may be kept open or closed by small rods of wood D, with a cross-piece of metal attached to one end of each, and which connects the magnets. When in use the cross-pieces attached to the rods D must be drawn out to the position E, so that each magnet will contain its full strength. The back of each half of the board contains a box for a cribbage and euchre pack of cards, and pegs. The pegs are of wood, with flat metallic bases. The board is closed, and held by a hook-and-eye G. The spaces F are the wooden partitions between the bars A.

Claim.—My improved board and pegs for marking at cribbage and the like, substantially as described, or illustrated by drawings.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 13089.—19th October, 1900.—LAWFORD GODFREY REEVES, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Accountant. Smoke-conveyer and spark-extinguisher.

Claims.—(1.) In railway engines and carriages, the combination of the exhaust smokestack of the engine with tubes such as A, A¹, A², B, and C, for creating a draught and conveying all smoke to the rear of the train, extinguishing sparks in the process, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the diagram. (2.) In combination, the smoke part of the chimney-stack of a locomotive engine bent to enter a horizontal tube A², with a tube running to the rear of the train A, A, having junction-pieces B or C, all substantially as shown on the diagram, described, and for the purposes specified.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 13095.—26th October, 1900.—The Honourable WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Banker, of New Court, St. Swithin’s Lane; GERALD DUDLEY SMITH, Banker, of 1, Lombard Street; and JAMES ARMSTRONG WILDING, Engineer, of 11, Clerkenwell Close, all in London, England. Improvements in or relating to ammunition-boxes.

Claims.—(1.) In an ammunition-box for machine guns, gripping the cartridge-band for the purpose described. (2.) In an ammunition-box for machine guns, a device whereby the cartridge-band may be instantaneously gripped, for the purpose described. (3.) In an ammunition-box for machine guns, a device operated by lowering and raising the lid, whereby the cartridge-band may be instantaneously gripped when firing is stopped, or released when firing is to be resumed, substantially as and for the purpose described. (4.) In an ammunition-box, the combination with a fixed supporting edge such as A⁴ of an oppositely arranged movable tongue such as B, with or without a spring control for the supporting edge or tongue, substantially as and for the