July 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1543

Claims.—(1.) In fencing-droppers, the improved device consisting of a strip of light sheet-iron, or other suitable material, formed into T-shaped lengths, and having transverse grooves or indentations upon the face thereof at regular intervals, as described, and for the purpose set forth. (2.) In fencing-droppers, the adjustable clip as described, having lugs which are slotted to receive a strand of wire, and which is adapted to be locked upon a dropper, as illustrated, and for the purposes set forth. (3.) In fencing-droppers, in combination, a T-shaped iron having transverse grooves formed at regular intervals upon its face, and an adjustable clip as described, which locks the strand of wire to the dropper, as set forth. (4.) The modified form of dropper, as shown in Fig. 3, consisting of a strip of iron shaped concavely, and furnished with flanges in which are formed transverse grooves or indents, as described, and for the purpose set forth.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 13797.—9th July, 1901.—JAMES PETER ROE, of 721, King Street, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Mechanical Engineer. Improvements in and relating to puddling-machines.

Claims.—(1.) In a machine for puddling and balling or massing iron, the combination of a hearth having an opening at one end for the discharge of the iron in a mass, a door for said opening, means for movably supporting said hearth, means for oscillating said hearth, means for feeding heated gases to the hearth, and suitable chimneys or stacks carried at each end of the hearth for the escape of the products of combustion. (2.) In a machine for puddling and balling or massing iron, the combination of a hearth, means for movably supporting the hearth, means for imparting a rocking motion to the hearth, means for delivering products of combustion to the hearth, and means for conveying away from the hearth said products of combustion, said delivering and conveying means being located one at the middle and the other at the ends of the hearth. (3.) A machine for puddling and balling or massing iron, comprising a hearth having its bottom and the lower parts of its sides composed of water-pipes, and oxide of iron superposed on and adhering to said pipes, means for rocking said hearth, and means for delivering heated gases to said hearth, whereby all parts of the hearth are exposed to the heated gases, and the bottom and sides rebuilt from the oxide of iron contained in the bath. (4.) A machine for puddling iron, comprising a trough extending the full length of the machine, the bottom thereof consisting of a hollow metallic foundation and oxide of iron resting thereon, means for causing a circulation of water through said metallic foundation, means whereby one end of said trough is alternately raised and lowered below the level of the other end, and means for delivering the products of combustion to said trough, whereby the bath is caused to shift from end to end of the trough and thus expose said trough to the heating gases. (5.) A machine for puddling and balling or massing iron, comprising a hearth, means for feeding heated gases to said hearth, chimneys or stacks mounted on said hearth at each end thereof, and converging above the same, and means for rocking said hearth. (6.) A machine for puddling iron, comprising a trough, means for rocking said trough, a chimney or stack at each end of said trough, a damper for each chimney or stack, means whereby the dampers are opened and closed alternately, and means for delivering products of combustion to the trough located between said chimneys or stacks. (7.) A machine for puddling and balling or massing iron, comprising a trough, means for alternately raising and lowering the opposite ends of said trough, a chimney or stack at each end of said trough, dampers for said chimneys or stacks, and means for automatically opening one of said dampers and closing the other at each oscillation of the trough. (8.) A machine for puddling and balling or massing iron, comprising a trough having a chimney or stack mounted on each end thereof, means for feeding heated gases to said trough from each side thereof, and means for rocking said trough. (9.) A machine for puddling and balling or massing iron, comprising a trough having a chimney or stack mounted thereon at each end, means for feeding the heating agent to said trough between the ends thereof, and means for rocking said trough. (10.) A machine for puddling and balling or massing iron, comprising a trough having a chimney for the escape of the products of combustion of each end, means for feeding heated gases to said trough, and means for alternately tilting the ends of the trough, whereby the bath is caused to gravitate from end to end of the trough. (11.) In a machine for puddling and balling or massing iron, the combination of a furnace comprising a trough or hearth extending the full length of the machine, a roof over said trough or hearth, means for movably supporting said furnace, means for imparting a rocking motion thereto transverse the longitudinal axis of the furnace, and means for delivering hot products of combustion uniformly to all parts of the interior of the furnace. (12.) The combination, in a puddling-furnace, of a door-frame having a convex seat around the opening for the door, and a door having a similar convex seat around its inner face, to abut against the convex seat on the frame, whereby a rounded surface is presented to the liquid cinder, and the latter thus prevented from adhering to the door-frame and door upon chilling. (13.) The combination, in a puddling-furnace, of a door-frame comprising side jambs formed in sections arranged one above the other, an upper cross-girder, a lower cross-piece, a door comprising a series of castings to hold the lining arranged side by side, cross-girders to which said castings are secured, and a lining of refractory material. (14.) The combination, in a puddling-furnace, of a door-frame comprising an upper cross-girder having a flange formed with a convex seat, a lower cross-piece or plate having a convex seat, and side jambs having convex seats, and a door having a convex seat extending around the same and arranged to abut against the door-frame convex seats when the door is closed. (15.) The combination, in a puddling-furnace, of a door-frame comprising side jambs composed of a series of sections each having a convex seat at its edge, an upper cross-girder having a flange formed with a convex seat and said flange being slotted at intervals, a bottom cross-piece composed of a series of plates, each of which is formed with a convex seat, and a door having a convex seat surrounding the same to engage the convex seats on the frame. (16.) The described door for puddling-furnaces, comprising a series of castings each of which having a top and bottom flange on one side thereof, a recess on the opposite side having inclined side walls, refractory material for said recess, a joint-plate for securing said material in place, and suitable cross-girders arranged for connection with said castings to hold the same together. (17.) The combination, in a puddling-furnace, of a door-frame comprising an upper girder having a convex seat, a pipe arranged in proximity to said seat, a lower girder or cross-piece composed of separate plates each having convex seat formed thereon, side jambs having convex seats, and a door having a convex seat around its inner face arranged to engage the convex seats of the frame. (18.) The combination, in a puddling-furnace, of a door-frame having a convex seat surrounding the opening for the door, a door having a surrounding convex seat arranged to abut against the convex seat on the frame, and means for pivotally supporting the door in position.
(Specification, 13s. 6d.; drawings, 6s.)

No. 13800.—9th July, 1901.—PARNELL RABBRIDGE, of Ben Boyd Road, Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Electrician. Improvements in magneto-telephones.

Claims.—(1.) In telephones, a circuit starting from line, passing through the bell coils as a secondary of the transformer to earth, as set forth. (2.) In telephones, a circuit starting from line, passing through the bell coils as a secondary of the transformer, then through the generator to return line or earth, as specified. (3.) In telephones, a circuit which will include the receiver, the primary coil, transmitter, and battery, as specified. (4.) A telephone constructed with but two circuits instead of three, the same being effected by placing the receiver in the primary circuit, and utilising the secondary circuit for the purpose of either inductively connecting the speaking circuit to line or of sounding an alarm when the necessary current is passed through it from line, as specified. (5.) A telephone which will include with the primary wire of the transformer a receiver, transmitter, and battery, the receiver being either in series with transmitter, and battery, or in shunt with them, as specified. (6.) A telephone with two circuits inductively connected by a transformer, the one circuit consisting only of a length of wire on the transformer between line and return, while the other circuit contains the receiver and transmitter and a length of wire on the transformer to inductively connect it with line, as set forth. (7.) In telephones, the bell coils used as a transformer for the purpose of connecting extension services such as domestic telephones and fire-alarms, as specified. (8.) In telephones, the receiver inductively connected with line, as specified. (9.) The improvements in telephones as specified, as illustrated in the drawings, and for the several purposes set forth.
(Specification, 7s.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 13804.—10th July, 1901.—HAL GOODACRE, of New Plymouth, New Zealand, Boot-manufacturer. An improved boot-upper.

Claim.—A boot-upper formed from a single piece of leather or the like, having only one seam at the back, and with the stiffening on the outside at the back of the upper, and with the counter extending along each side on the outside of the stiffening to protect the seam and stiffening, substantially as and for the purposes specified and illustrated.
(Specification, 1s.; drawings, 1s.)