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No. 13316.—15th January, 1901.—CHARLES SCOTT SNELL, of Culver Park, Saltash, Cornwall, England, Engineer. Improvements in apparatus for compressing gas, air, or the like.

Claims.—(1.) The apparatus for compressing gas or air for incandescent gas lighting, in which the attainment of the increased gas- or air-pressure is effected by the direct expansive action of heat upon the gas or air to be used, without intermediate compressing accessories, substantially as described and illustrated. (2.) In apparatus for compressing gas or air for incandescent gas lighting, the combination of vessel A having sections such as C, and containing a displacer such as H attached to diaphragm L, controlled by springs J and K, with a reservoir such as M, and cooling-department such as F, as described, and substantially in the manner indicated on the drawings. (3.) In combination with an apparatus as in claim 1, the governor-arrangement consisting of a needle T opening or closing the burner-orifice by action of the heated gas or air on a diaphragm X, substantially as described and shown.
(Specification, 6s.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 13320.—17th January, 1901.—OLIVER COURT LAND BARBERIE, of Batlow, Adelong, New South Wales, Schoolteacher. An improved tin for holding jams, jellies, and the like.

Claim.—In a tin for holding jams, jellies, and other preserves, the combination with the body and removable lid of the tin of a jointless metal ring, substantially as described, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 13325.—17th January, 1901.—THE CONCENTRATED BEER COMPANY, LIMITED, whose registered offices are at 28, Bush Lane, Cannon Street, London, England (assignee of Herbert Amos Hobson, of 54, Church Road, Acton, London aforesaid, Analytical Chemist). Improvements in and connected with the production of beer and other beverages and of alimentary substances.

Claims.—(1.) Producing hopped wort by first digesting hops in hot water and then mashing malt (or malt and grain) in the hop-extract itself as the mashing-liquor, substantially as specified. (2.) A process of producing hopped wort, which process consists in first digesting hops in hot water, then digesting or boiling with the hop-extract a substance containing albuminous matter capable of combining with tannic acid, and then mashing malt (or malt and grain) in the hop-extract itself as the mashing-liquor, substantially as specified. (3.) The described process of brewing beer, which consists in first mechanically removing the lupulin (i.e., the flour, or condition) from hops, then digesting the hops in hot water, then digesting or boiling with the hop-extract some soluble albumen-containing substance, then mashing malt (or malt and grain) in the hop-extract itself as the mashing-liquor, then straining off and fermenting the hopped wort thus produced, and finally adding the lupulin (flour, or condition) abstracted from the hops at the outset to the fermented wort or finished beer, substantially as specified. (4.) The described process for the manufacture of concentrated hopped wort, which process consists in first mechanically removing the lupulin (i.e., the flour, or condition) from hops, then digesting the hops in hot water, then digesting or boiling with the hop-extract some soluble albumen-containing substance, then mashing malt (or malt and grain) in the hop-extract itself as the mashing-liquor, then straining off and concentrating the hopped wort thus produced, and finally adding thereto the lupulin (flour, or condition) abstracted from the hops at the outset, substantially as specified. (5.) A concentrated hopped wort consisting of a wort formed by mashing malt in an extract or infusion of hops, and then concentrating the wort and adding the lupulin abstracted from the hops previous to making the extract, substantially as specified.
(Specification, 6s.)

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

An asterisk (*) denotes the complete specification of an invention for which a provisional specification has been already lodged.

NOTE.—The cost of transcribing the specification, and an estimate of the amount required for copying the drawings, have been inserted after the notice of each application. An order for a copy or copies should be accompanied by a post-office order or postal note for the cost of copying.

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

Provisional Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1901.

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

No. 13279.—28th December, 1900.—FRANK MARRYAT NORRIS, of Hunter ville, New Zealand, Settler. An oil-distributing appliance for craft in the case of heavy sea.

No. 13284.—2nd January, 1901.—WILLIAM NICOL, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Watchmaker. A device to prevent dust, draughts, or water from entering underneath doors.

No. 13291.—4th January, 1901.—GEORGE FOSTER, of Heriot, Otago, New Zealand, Teacher. Gold-saving mat.

No. 13292.—5th January, 1901.—EDWIN JOSEPH MACKBELL, of Buln Buln, Gippsland, Victoria, Butter Expert. An improved butter-overturning attachment for butter-working or other machines.

No. 13295.—5th January, 1901.—HERBERT WILLIAM ACTON-ADAMS, of Tipapa, Canterbury, New Zealand, Stationholder. Improved adjustable shoe-tree.

No. 13299.—7th January, 1901.—WILLIAM HORNSBY and JOHN LOWSON, both of Spittlegate Ironworks, Grantham, Lincoln, England, Engineers. Improvements in or connected with ploughshares.

No. 13303.—5th January, 1901.—HERMAN HOUSE, of Tyne Street, Oamaru, New Zealand, Importer. Improvements in adjustable seat and adjustable body of gig or cart.

No. 13305.—8th January, 1901.—ALBERT JAMES WHITLEY, of High Street, Kaiapoi, Canterbury North, New Zealand, Bootmaker. An attachable wind-gauge for rifles.

No. 13306.—8th January, 1901.—JOHN HEATH NEWLYN, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Gentleman. An invention for improving the coupling of metal rails.

No. 13310.—10th January, 1901.—JAMES SHEPHERD, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineer. A hook adjustable button.

No. 13312.—12th January, 1901.—JAMES HAY CAMPBELL, of 159, Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch, New Zealand, Electrical Engineer. Improved method of and apparatus for separating black sand and similar magnetisable mineral particles from other matters.

No. 13314.—15th January, 1901.—ROBERT THOMPSON BATLEY, of Moawhango, New Zealand, Sheep-farmer. An appliance to be used in transplanting plants, and for other analogous purposes.

No. 13318.—16th January, 1901.—JOHN NEWSOME CLAPHAM, of Ashhurst, New Zealand, Hairdresser. Improved rein-holder and wheel-stop for holding horses.

No. 13319.—15th January, 1901.—JAMES HENRY LOCHWOOD BARRY, Farmer, and DONALD WOOD MACKAY, Sawmiller, both of Mataura, New Zealand. A contrivance to be affixed to carriages and the like for instantaneously detaching horses.

No. 13324.—16th January, 1901.—NEWTON WATT, of Melville Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements in spark-arresters.

No. 13326.—14th January, 1901.—ALEXANDER STORRIE, of Dee Street, Invercargill, New Zealand, Implement-manufacturer. A combined lime and manure lifter and distributor.

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 10th January, 1901, to the 23rd January, 1901, inclusive:—

No. 12066.—J. Wright, W. Andrews, and A. W. Beaven, manure-mixer.

No. 12094.—E. Bartley, stud for securing scrim to walls.

No. 12099.—W. L. Page and G. P. Mollison, dredge.

No. 12146.—D. W. Cotton and J. F. W. H. Schadick, quicksilver-injector.