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upright door to fit into opening at end of trap, and check for
keeping sloping door closed, all for the purpose set forth,
substantially as specified.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14146.—13th May, 1901.—HANS PETER RASMUSSEN,
Clerk, and WILLIAM HAGERTY, Mechanic, both of Winton,
Southland, New Zealand. Improvements in pneumatic
hubs for cycle and other wheels.

[NOTE.—This is an application under section 106 of the Act, the
date given being the official date of the application in Queens-
land.]

Claims.—(1.) In hubs of cycle and other wheels, an inner
annular ring loosely surrounding the wheel-axle and to
which the driving-pinion is rigidly secured, and an outer
ring concentric with the inner, to the edges of which the
spokes of the wheel are attached, in combination with a pneu-
matic cushion secured within the annular space between the
inner and outer rings of the hub, as specified. (2.) In hubs
of cycle and other wheels, a pneumatic cushion inserted
between the outer and inner rings of the hub, such pneu-
matic cushion being composed of an inner air-tube and an
outer covering to the inner and outer peripheries of which
bands are secured, such bands being formed at intervals
with projections and grooves that engage with corresponding
grooves and projections in the inner and outer rings of the
hub, as specified. (3.) In hubs of cycle and other wheels,
an inner and outer ring arranged concentrically around the
wheel-axle and with an annular space between them, in
combination with disc plates secured upon the inner ring
and covering both sides of the annular space, and means
whereby such disc plates may be fastened to the outer ring,
as specified. (4.) In hubs of cycle and other wheels, an
inner annular ring loosely surrounding the wheel-axle and
provided on its outer periphery with a number of dove-
tailed grooves for the insertion therein of corresponding
dovetailed projections upon a band surrounding it, as
specified.
(Specification, 3s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14184.—14th November, 1901.—JOHN POMEROY, of In-
vercargill, New Zealand, Fish-curer. Improvements in hat-
fasteners.*

Claim.—A hat-fastener consisting of two or more concave
combs having attached to the extremities thereof an elastic-
band capable of adjustment as to length, and attachable to a
hat, constructed, arranged, and operated substantially as set
forth and illustrated.
(Specification, 2s. 9d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14188.—30th October, 1901.—STEPHEN MILLS, of
Greymouth, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker. A combination
commode.

Claim.—An article of furniture applicable for the purposes
of a commode or chair, and which, when not in use, can, by
means of the lid and the portion of the front hinged thereto,
be closed so as to assume the appearance of a chest of
drawers, or, by having the top fastened to the wall, be used
as a dressing-table, all as described, and as shown on
drawings.
(Specification, 1s.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14258.—19th November, 1901.—ALEXANDER FAIR-
BAIRN GIBSON, of Mosgiel, New Zealand, Wool-worker.
Improved cattle-, sheep-, or poultry-branding appliance for
carcases.

Claims.—(1.) In branding-appliances for meat, the com-
bination of the lettering or device, made of thin cutting-
edges so as to cut through the skin into the fat of the
animal, with the case or handle for holding same, sub-
stantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in
the drawing. (2.) In branding-appliances for meat, the
combination of a stencil-plate formed with uniformly thin
lines and a shouldered knife working through the stencil-
plate and cutting the device on the plate through the
skin of an animal’s carcase, substantially as described and
explained, and as illustrated in the drawing. (3.) In
branding meat freshly killed, the combination with the
carcase or a cutting-brand pressed on or punched with a
blow of a mallet applied to the handle, or a stencil and
knife, all substantially as set forth and for the purposes
indicated.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14275.—25th November, 1901.—CHARLES JOSEPH
COOZE, of Carterton, New Zealand, Carriage-trimmer. Im-
provements in acetylene-gas generators.

Claims.—(1.) In appliances for generating acetylene gas,
a gas-holder, a water-tank above the gas-holder, a connection
leading from the tank to the holder, and means whereby the
opening of such connection into the tank may be wholly or
partially closed and opened by the rise and fall of the level
of the water within the tank, as specified. (2.) In appliances
for generating acetylene gas, in combination, a gas-holder, a
water-tank above the gas-holder with a pipe connection
leading from the bottom thereof into the gas-holder, and a
cone-shaped float suspended in the water-tank above the
opening of the pipe connection and provided with a counter-
weighting float, as and for the purposes set forth. (3.) In
appliances for generating acetylene gas, a number of purify-
ing-chambers connected together by pipe connections, into
the first of which the gas is led by means of a pipe passing
upwards through the chamber and returning to near the
bottom thereof, and from the last of which the service-pipes
are led, as specified. (4.) In appliances for generating
acetylene gas, a generating-chamber, a water-jacket sur-
rounding the chamber, and means whereby a circulation of
water through the water-jacket may be obtained, as speci-
fied. (5.) In appliances for generating acetylene gas, in
combination, a water-tank, a generating-chamber, a jacket
surrounding the generator, and pipe connections leading
from the water-tank to the jacket arranged in such a manner
that water from the tank may be caused to circulate through
the jacket when the generator becomes heated, as and for
the purposes set forth. (6.) In appliances for generating
acetylene gas, a gas-generating chamber provided with a
cover and means for securing it, in combination with a
hollow rubber tube with small air-holes therein that is
placed between the cover and the top of the generating-
chamber, as and for the purposes specified. (7.) The general
arrangement, construction, and combination of the different
parts constituting my improvements in acetylene-gas gene-
rators as described and explained, as illustrated in the sheet
of drawings, and for the several purposes set forth.
(Specification, 4s.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14276.—21st November, 1901.—ROBERT LOUIS HOWELL
MURRAY, of Alma House, Upper Symonds Street, Auckland,
New Zealand, Electrician. Improvements in acetylene-gas
generators.

Claims.—(1.) Construction of filter and material it is com-
posed of, the proportions of human hair and granulated char-
coal, and the placing of the human hair, as shown in
drawing, so that the gas percolates through the natural tubes
in the hair. (2.) Carbide-tube and its relation to gas-cylinder.
(3.) The manner in which the carbide-container is con-
structed. (4.) The water-jacket being used as a cooler and
weight-adjuster combined, and the general design of
generator, as described in the specification and shown in
drawings.
(Specification, 2s.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14277.—26th November, 1901.—DAVID SAMUEL
HYAUIASON, of Durham Street, Auckland, New Zealand,
Range-maker and Locksmith. An improvement in boilers
for ranges, stoves, and the like.

Claims.—(1.) An improvement in boilers for ranges, stoves,
and the like, consisting of a boiler which surrounds the fur-
nace on four sides, allowing the water to circulate all round
the furnace. (2.) An improvement in boilers for ranges,
stoves, and the like, whereby the boiler is continued across
the front of the furnace, connected with sides.
(Specification, 1s.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14278.—27th November, 1901.—JAMES PALMER
CAMPBELL, of Wellington, New Zealand, Registered Patent
Agent (nominee of Benjamin Garver Lamme, of 230, Strat-
ford Avenue. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States of
America, Electrical Engineer). Improvements relating to
the regulation and distribution of electric currents.

Claims.—(1.) An arrangement for converting alternating
electric currents into direct currents by means of a rotary
transformer and an induction motor, the rotatable members
of these machines being mechanically coupled together by
gearing or otherwise, and the primary windings of the motor
being supplied with alternating currents, either in series
with the armature windings of the transformer, or from
stationary transformers in series with said armature wind-
ings, the motor being arranged so as to operate at another
speed than synchronous speed. (2.) The arrangements for
converting alternating currents into direct currents sub-
stantially as described with reference to the drawings.
(Specification, 4s.; drawings, 1s.)