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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 13145.—8th November, 1900.—WILLIAM ERNEST HUGHES, of Queen’s Chambers, Wellington, New Zealand, Patent Agent (nominee of Benjamin B. Lathbury and Henry S. Spackman, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America). An improved process of and apparatus for the manufacture of cement and other products.

Claims.—(1.) The improved process for roasting or calcining the raw material used in the manufacture of cement and other products, consisting in the introduction into an inclined kiln or furnace down which the raw material is fed of a blast of mingled coal-dust and air, which is ignited within the kiln, and the flame from which acts directly upon the raw material therein, as specified. (2.) In apparatus for roasting or calcining the raw material used in the manufacture of cement and other products, an inclined rotatable cylindrical furnace or kiln mounted in suitable bearings, and connected to a smoke-stack or flue at its upper end, in combination with a hopper adapted to hold the material to be treated and a conveyer whereby the material within the hopper may be fed in a continuous manner into a shoot leading into the upper end of the furnace or kiln, as and for the purposes specified. (3.) In apparatus for roasting or calcining the raw material used in the manufacture of cement and other products, an inclined rotatable cylindrical furnace or kiln mounted in suitable bearings, the lower end of such kiln being closed by a removable cap or cover mounted upon wheels and provided with an exit-opening therein, as set forth. (4.) In apparatus such as that described, a storage-hopper or bin adapted to receive pulverised fuel, such hopper being provided with a screw conveyer whereby the fuel contained therein may be led from the hopper to a mixing-chamber, where it will be mingled with a blast of air traveling from a blowing-engine, as and for the purposes set forth. (5.) In apparatus such as that described, a mixing-chamber provided with an inlet-hopper and deflector, a nozzle projecting into one end of such chamber and extending to a short distance from its opposite end, such nozzle being connected to a blowing-engine or other blast-producing machine, and a pipe leading from the opposite end of the chamber, as and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 6s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 13151.—8th November, 1900.—JOHN MCCOMBIE, of Auckland, New Zealand, Mining Engineer, and ALFRED EVERARD MACINDOE, of Auckland aforesaid, Engineer. An improved miners’ folding candle-holder.

Claim.—The combination in a miners’ candle-holder of the holder, bow formation, spike with square formation at inner end pivoted to fold in or out, and hook also pivoted to fold in or out, all for the purpose set forth, substantially as described and illustrated.
(Specification, 1s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 13152.—8th November, 1900.—JOHN MCCOMBIE, of Auckland, New Zealand, Mining Engineer, and ALFRED EVERARD MACINDOE, of Auckland aforesaid, Engineer. An improved fuse-cutter and cap-fastener.

Claim.—The combination in the instrument portrayed of the pivoted parts comprising the handles, cutting-edges, and angularly cut-out recesses, for the purposes set forth, substantially as described and illustrated.
(Specification, 1s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 13156.—15th November, 1900.—FREDERICK GALE, of High Street, Lancefield, Victoria, Engineer, and JOHNSTON HEMPHILL, of Lancefield aforesaid, Farmer. Improvements in the system of sowing, manuring, and harrowing in combination with ploughs, and in attachment to ploughs, for conducting certain of these operations simultaneously with ploughing.

Claims.—(1.) In attachments to ploughs, the combination with the plough-frame, by a support, of a hopper to receive manure, a well at its base, an aperture at the centre of the well, another well-aperture not central, a manure-feed wheel having vanes to turn in said well, and an apertured cover over said manure-feed wheel, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (2.) In attachments to ploughs, the combination with a hopper to receive manure, of an aperture at its base having a comb to disintegrate the manure, said aperture being non-central, and adapted to receive manure carried round by a manure-feed wheel having vanes, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (3.) In attachments to ploughs, the combination with a hopper to receive manure, of a manure-feed wheel having vanes, a cover or apertured plate as 1, a pinion as s connected to said manure-feed wheel, a worm to actuate said pinion, and a spindle provided with said worm, and connected with driving-mechanism, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (4.) In attachments to ploughs, the combination with the rear hopper, of mechanism operated by the furrow-wheel, comprising toothed wheels as e, f, sprocket i, clutch as at j, chain k, a series of sprocket-wheels l of different sizes on a spindle passing across beneath said hopper, and a seed-feed wheel and worm on the said spindle, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (5.) In attachments to ploughs, the combination with the plough-frame, by a support, of a seed- and manure-hopper having two compartments formed by a hinged door, and convertible into a seed-hopper exclusively by allowing the door to fall down on one side, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (6.) In attachments to ploughs, the combination with a seed- and manure-hopper having a compartment for manure with a well at its base apertured for the exit of the manure, and a compartment for seed, having an aperture in two parts of different lengths for the exit of seed, between which parts is a door adapted to close either part, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (7.) In attachments to ploughs, a seed-feed wheel having pockets and also having a fluted groove arranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (8.) In attachments to ploughs, the combination with a seed-feed wheel having pockets and also having a fluted groove, of a hopper having a seed-compartment with an aperture in two parts for the exit of seed, and a door adapted to close either part as required, the said seed-wheel being adapted to turn, and being located relatively to said aperture substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (9.) In attachments to ploughs, the combination with a seed- and manure-hopper of a manure-feed wheel and a seed-feed wheel, both operated by the same spindle, a flexible tube leading from below the manure-feed wheel to a funnel at the top of a drill, and a seed-shoot leading from below the seed-feed wheel into the said flexible tube, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (10.) In attachments to ploughs, the combination with the frame, of the driving-mechanism, the seed-feeding mechanism, and the manure-feeding mechanism, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (11.) In attachments to ploughs, the combination with a drill having a seed- and manure-receiving funnel attached to the top of said drill, a bar as 20 having a slot as 22, of a mouldboard having a pin as 23 entering said slot, and a spring as 24 to depress the drill; all substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (12.) In attachments to ploughs, the combination with the seed-shoot of the drilling-mechanism, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (13.) In attachments to ploughs, the combination with the frame, of the seed-feeding, manure-feeding, and drilling-mechanism, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (14.) In attachments to ploughs, the combination with the drilling-mechanism having a rear exit for seed and manure, of the harrowing-mechanism adapted to be adjusted, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (15.) In attachments to ploughs, the combination with the driving-mechanism of the seed-feeding, manure-feeding, drilling, and harrowing mechanism, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 12s. 6d.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 13159.—16th November, 1900.—JOHN EDWARD THORNTON, of Rokeby, Oldfield Road, Altrincham, Chester, England, Manufacturer; and CHARLES FREDERICK SEYMOUR ROTHWELL, of Worsley Mills, Worsley Street, Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire, Chemist. Improvements in transparent photographic films, and in the manufacture thereof.

Claims.—(1.) A photographic stripping film in which the stripping medium and the film of sensitive emulsion are coated or mounted upon a transparent-paper base, substantially as described. (2.) A photographic stripping film comprising in its construction a transparent-paper base, a layer or coating of a stripping medium, and a layer or layers of sensitive emulsion, with or without gelatine, celluloid, or other transparent substance to strengthen the film, substantially as described. (3.) A photographic stripping film comprising in its construction a base of transparent paper, a stripping medium prepared from an aluminium or zinc salt of fatty or resin acids or mixture thereof, dissolved and dried, and a layer or layers of sensitive emulsion, with or without a strengthening of gelatine, celluloid, or like substance, substantially as described. (4.) A photographic stripping film prepared substantially as described.
(Specification, 4s. 3d.)