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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 97

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 21st 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. 12299.—6th January, 1900.—JAMES MACALISTER, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineer. A rotary-disc ridger.*
[NOTE.—The title in this case has been altered. See list Provisional Specifications, Gazette No. 6, of the 18th January, 1900.]

Claims.—(1.) The distinct novelty of a machine for forming raised drills by means of rotary steel discs A, A, A, A, in conjunction with shoe C, placed as shown, and described in plans and specifications. (2.) In a rotary-disc ridger, the combination of a shoe C in conjunction with discs A, A, A, A, capable of being operated by bell-crank and levers and chain O, in the manner and for the purpose specified and described. (3.) The novelty of carrying the whole of the weight on the wheels Z, Z, and V, V, the machine thus being quite independent of pole. (4.) The novelty of adjusting depth of seed-coulter L by means of frame-holes and pin, as shown at G1, and described in specification. (5.) The novelty of distributing manure in the manner described in specification, by means of holes in tube T, U, and slide for covering or opening same, as shown in detail view on plans. (6.) The novelty of using spiral springs to apply pressure to rollers F, as described and shown in plans and specifications.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawings, 13s.)

No. 12308.—16th January, 1900.—CAMILLE MICHEL MALFROY, of Park Street, Hokitika, New Zealand, Engineer. An improved self-disengaging snatch-block.*

Claim.—An improved snatch-block, consisting of a combination of parts so arranged that when an egg-shaped bulb on a hauling-rope comes in contact with the sliding catch the block opens automatically, without undue strain on the catch, as described and illustrated.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 4s.)

No. 12376.—12th February, 1900.—SYDENHAM OXENHAM, of Makuri, Poverty Bay, New Zealand, Brickmaker. Improvements in or relating to hoppers for spouting.*

Claims.—(1.) A spouting-hopper provided with a curved perforated top, above which is a hinged lid or cover formed with an opening therein for the admission into the space between the lid or cover and the perforated top of the hopper of the downpipe of the spouting, the front of such space being covered by means of a hinged flap-door, all as and for the several purposes set forth. (2.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts in my improved hoppers for spouting, as described and explained, and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 12406.—20th February, 1900.—PERCY STUART IRWIN and SAMUEL JAMES LUKE, of Princes Street, Dunedin, New Zealand. Improvements relating to dredging.*

Claims.—(1.) In dredging-appliances, an auxiliary bucket elevator mounted in front of the main bucket elevator and so disposed and arranged as to dredge and elevate the silt and soft matter overlying the washdirt, as specified. (2.) In dredging-appliances, an auxiliary bucket elevator mounted in front of the main bucket elevator, and so disposed and arranged as to dredge and elevate the silt and soft matter overlying the washdirt, in combination with a travelling conveyor, into which the buckets shall empty their contents, and which shall convey and stack the silt and soft matter beyond the stern of the dredge and above the stones and gravel delivered from the screen and gold-saving tables of the dredge, as specified. (3.) In dredging-appliances, an endless conveyor leading from an auxiliary elevator mounted in front of the main bucket elevator to the rear of the dredge, such conveyor being composed of a number of shallow buckets whose front ends are made taper and with lips that project over the rear of the preceding bucket, as and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 4s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 12412.—21st February, 1900.—ROBERT IRELAND, of Hunter ville, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved fastening for boots and shoes.*

Claims.—(1.) The fastening for boots and shoes consisting in securing flaps upon each side of the front opening in the upper, such flaps being adapted to be folded one above the other across such opening, and provided with straps whereby they may be secured in the folded position, as specified. (2.) In fastenings for boots and shoes, a pair of flaps secured one on each side of the front opening of the upper, one of such flaps being provided with a number of slits therein, and a number of straps secured to the outer edges of the flaps, such straps being adapted to be passed into and secured within buckles upon the sides of the upper, as set forth.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 12414.—22nd February, 1900.—BINNS KERSHAW, of 62, Livesey Street, Manchester, England, Manufacturer. Improvements in and connected with the manufacture of fabrics for covering meat.*

Claims.—(1.) The printing of knitted or woven fabric used for covering meat separate from the loom in which it has been manufactured, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth. (2.) A machine for printing knitted or woven fabric in the manner and such as specified in the preceding claim, consisting of a printing- and a tension-device, employed between a letting-off and a taking-up beam or shaft, which tension-device opens or extends the fabric whilst passing the said printing-device, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
(Specification, 3s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 12415.—22nd February, 1900.—THOMAS BURRELL, o 193, Abbotsford Street, North Melbourne, Victoria, Stonemason. An improved tire for cycles and other road vehicles.*

Claims.—(1.) A tire for cycles and other road vehicles, consisting of blocks of cork or other equivalent resilient compressible material, having holes therethrough, and having their adjacent sides formed so that they will interlock or fit together to form a ring which is enveloped in rubber, substantially as and for the purposes described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings. (2.) In a tire, a number of spherical or spheroidal blocks of cork or other equivalent resilient compressible material, each having a comparatively large hole bored transversely therethrough, and each formed with a cup-shaped or concave recess on one side, as O, corresponding to the contour of the adjoining block, substantially as and for the purposes described and explained, and as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings. (3.) In a tire, a number of spherical or spheroidal blocks of cork or other equivalent resilient compressible material, each having a comparatively large hole bored transversely therethrough, each alternate block being formed with a cup-shaped or concave recess on opposite sides, said recesses corresponding to the contour of the adjoining blocks, substantially as and for the purposes described and explained, and as illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. (4.) In a tire, a number of cylindrical and spheroidal blocks of cork or other equivalent resilient compressible material arranged alternately, said cylindrical blocks having longitudinal holes therethrough, and said spheroidal blocks having transverse holes there through, the ends of said cylindrical blocks being made concave to correspond with the contour of the adjoining spheroidal blocks, substantially as and for the purposes described and explained, and as illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings. (5.) In a tire, a number of cylindrical blocks of cork or other equivalent resilient compressible material, each having a longitudinal or axial hole therethrough, and each having one end concave and one end convex, substantially as and for the purposes described and explained, and as illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawings. (6.) In a tire, a number of cylindrical blocks of cork or other equivalent resilient compressible material, each having a longitudinal or axial hole therethrough, and both ends of the alternate blocks being concave and convex respectively, substantially as and for the purposes described and explained, and as illustrated in Fig. 8 of the drawings. (7.) In a tire, a number of cylindrical blocks of cork or other equivalent resilient compressible material, each having a transverse hole there through, one end of each of said blocks having a convex projection, whilst the opposite end has a corresponding cup-shaped or concave recess, substantially as and for the purposes described and explained, and as illustrated in Fig. 9 of the drawings.
(Specification, 5s.; drawings, 1s.)