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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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of the shoots, boxes, or tables of a dredge, with movable or hinged covering-plates for keeping such material clear of the gold-catching surfaces, and depositing it clear of the point of the tailings, so that it may remain on the surface or where desired, substantially as described, and as shown on the drawing. (2.) In dredging, especially where agricultural soil or non-gold-bearing material is alternately dredged with the usual gold-bearing wash, in combination, plates C, C, C³, B, forming when in working position shoots for the non-gold-bearing material to run in and be deposited further than the wash-tailings when needed by the extension B, with the ordinary tables and shoots, having the usual coverings A, to be used when gold-bearing wash is being used, the said covers being then out of the way, as C¹, C¹, B¹, all substantially as shown and as described.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14077.—1st October, 1901.—GEORGE TINNISWOOD SHILTON, of Greymouth, New Zealand, Jeweller. An improved metallic device for fastening up mail matter.

Claims.—(1.) In fastening-devices for mail matter, a metal staple held in the flap of an envelope, and that engages with a slotted fastener securely held upon the body of the envelope, said fastener being provided with a bent tail-piece forming a bolt that can be inserted through the staple, thereby locking the flap to the body of envelope, as described and set forth. (2.) In fastening-devices for mail matter, a metal staple that is held in the flap of an envelope as described, a slotted fastener having lugs that form dogs, and a bent tail-piece or bolt upon said fastener that passes through the loop of the staple, and an inner flap that covers up the fastener, as described and illustrated, and for the purposes set forth. (3.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts comprising my improved metallic device for fastening up mail matter, substantially as described and illustrated, and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14083.—3rd October, 1901.—EDUARD SCHARRER, of Cannstatt, Wurtemberg, Germany, Manufacturer. Improvements in beams or rails for loading and unloading goods and the like.

Claims.—(1.) A loading-beam provided with anti-friction devices operating in one direction, in combination with means for locking the anti-friction devices against movement in one direction, substantially as described. (2.) A loading-beam provided with anti-friction rollers, in combination with means for locking said anti-friction rollers against reverse rotation, substantially as described. (3.) A loading-beam provided with a series of recesses, in combination with anti-friction rollers journalled in and projecting beyond the same, and means for locking said rollers against reverse rotation, substantially as described. (4.) A loading-beam provided with a series of recesses and elongated journal-bearing slots, in combination with anti-friction rolls arranged within and projecting beyond the recesses, and journalled in the elongated bearings, the recesses and slots being so arranged that the rollers in their rear position will bear against the inner surfaces of the recesses, substantially as described. (5.) A loading-beam provided with a series of recesses and elongated downwardly-inclined journal-bearing slots, in combination with anti-friction rolls arranged within and projecting beyond the recesses, the recesses and slots being so arranged that the rollers in their rear position will bear against the inner surfaces of the recesses, substantially as described. (6.) A loading-beam provided on one edge with anti-friction devices, and means for locking the anti-friction devices against movement in one direction, the opposite edge of said beams being provided with a smooth surface, substantially as described.
(Specification, 4s. 9d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14084.—3rd October, 1901.—WILLIAM JOHN ROBINSON, Corn-Miller, and HENRY HIGGINS, Foreman Miller, both of the Provost Oat-Mills, Annan, Dumfries-shire, Scotland. Improvement in or relating to the drying of grain and the like.

Claims.—(1.) In a grain-kiln, the combination with two stepped surfaces such as B, B¹, of a device for transposing the strata of the grain. (2.) In a strata-transposing device, the combination with two stepped surfaces of an intermediate grain-support such as D, a passage such as D¹ between the upper surface and the grain-support, and a passage such as E¹ between the upper and lower surfaces, substantially as and for purpose described, and with or without means for controlling the openings of one or both passages. (3.) In a strata-transposing device, the combination with two stepped surfaces of an intermediate grain-support such as D, a passage such as D¹ between the upper surface and the grain-support, a passage such as E¹ between the upper and lower surfaces, and a guide-wall such as E⁴ for the passage E¹, substantially as and for the purpose described. (4.) In a grain-kiln, the combination of two stepped drying-surfaces, a layer of grain flowing thereon, a device for transposing the strata of the grain situated at the step, apparatus for controlling the rate of flow of the grain, and means for heating the drying-surfaces, substantially as described, or illustrated in Fig. 9 or in Fig. 10 of the drawings, and with or without a rake such as P, P¹, P². (5.) In a grain-kiln, the combination with two or more stepped drying-surfaces of a device for transposing the strata of the grain situated at the steps, and a drum O controlled by a brake and having buckets or blades O¹, for the purpose described. (6.) The complete strata-transposing device substantially as described, or illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, or in Figs. 6, 7, and 8 of the drawings. (7.) The complete grain-kiln substantially as described, or illustrated in Fig. 9 or in Fig. 10 of the drawings.
(Specification, 8s. 6d.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 14085.—3rd October, 1901.—JAMES WILLIAM BLAKEY, of 155, Ryan Street, Bradford, York, England, Engineer. Improvements in and connected with incandescent gas-burners.

Claims.—(1.) An incandescent gas-burner comprising as essential elements a double-coned mixing-chamber and a central pivotal support for the mixing-chamber and parts carried thereby, constructed and operating substantially as described. (2.) In incandescent gas-burners, supporting the burner, mixing-chamber, and mantle upon a central pivotal support, substantially as and for the purposes described. (3.) In incandescent gas-burners, supporting the burner, mixing-chamber, mantle, and chimney-gallery upon a central pivotal support, substantially as and for the purpose described. (4.) The improved incandescent gas-burner substantially as described, and illustrated in Fig. 1, or 4, or 5, or 6.
(Specification, 4s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14086.—3rd October, 1901.—MICHEL LION LION, of Lion’s Corner, Widegate Street, Bishopsgate, London, England, Manufacturer, and THOMAS COWBURN, of Spring Villa, Brook Street, Gloucester, England, Engineer. Improvements in the manufacture of boots and shoes, and fastenings and apparatus therefor.

Claims.—(1.) In the manufacture of boots and shoes, attaching the parts together by means of double-ended fastenings of the character described, such fasteners being driven into one of the parts to be joined through its meeting face end, the other part being hammered or forced on to the projecting part of the fastening, substantially as described. (2.) The method of manufacturing boots and shoes consisting in placing the inner sole upon the last, partially lasting the upper thereon, driving in fastenings of the character described through the upper and inner sole, and then hammering or pressing the outer sole on to the projecting barbed ends of the fastenings, substantially as described. (3.) Fastenings for use in the manufacture of boots and shoes, comprising a body having both ends provided with a barb, substantially as described. (4.) Boots and shoes the parts of which are attached together by fastenings of the character described, substantially as described. (5.) A hand-tool for use in the manufacture of boots, comprising a cylinder f, spring-controlled plunger with conical recessed end f³, f⁵, nozzle f¹, and feed-passage f⁸ for the fastenings, substantially as described, and illustrated in Fig. 5. (6.) The combination and arrangement of parts forming the machine for applying fastenings in the manufacture of boots and shoes, substantially as described, and illustrated in Figs. 7 to 15 of the drawings.
(Specification, 8s. 6d.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 14087.—4th October, 1901.—JOSEPH FLETCHER, of Narford Road, Clapton, London, N.E., England, Engineer. Apparatus for carbonating liquids, and filling bottles under pressure.

Claims.—(1.) An apparatus for aerating liquids and filling bottles, comprising a turn-over bottling device upon a hollow spindle, the mixing-cylinder A in connection with the gas-holder through a reducing-valve supplied with gas at constant pressure, and a force-pump supplying liquid to the cylinder, the mixing-device and pump being actuated by the turn-over bottling-device, substantially as described and illustrated. (2.) The improved aerating and bottle-filling machine constructed and operating substantially as described, and shown in the drawings.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)