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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 14206.—7th November, 1901.—AUSTRAL NAIL COMPANY PROPRIETARY, LIMITED, whose registered office is at the corner of Ferrars and Lorimer Streets, South Melbourne, Victoria (assignees of John Gibson Lyon, of corner of Ferrars and Lorimer Streets, South Melbourne aforesaid, Manager of the said company’s works). Improvements in barbed-wire machines.

Claims.—(1.) In a barbed-wire machine, a spider or guide for directing the barbed wire on to the coil or drum, such spider being loosely mounted upon a sleeve adapted to be moved laterally by a double- or cross-threaded spindle in gear with the spindle upon which said drum is mounted, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (2.) In a barbed-wire machine, a spider mounted loosely upon a sleeve having a retaining flange screwed upon one end and a winged nut projecting through a lug upon the other end, said nut engaging the threads of a double-threaded spindle driven from the spindle of the winding drum or coil, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (3.) In a barbed-wire machine, a brake-drum connected by gearing with the axial spindle of the twisting-mechanism in such a way that the speed of said brake-drum will be relatively reduced, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (4.) In a barbed-wire machine, a drum for the band brake having a peripheral chamber in combination with inlet- and outlet-pipes through the spindle for supplying same with water, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
(Specification, 4s.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 14207.—7th November, 1901.—THE SMETHURST FURNACE AND ORE-TREATMENT SYNDICATE, LIMITED, of 3, Great Winchester Street, London, E.C., England (assignees of William Smethurst, of Brynmair, Dolgelly, North Wales, Engineer). A new and useful improved gravitation concentrator for ores and slimes.

Claims.—(1.) In a machine for concentrating minerals by gravitation, in combination, a supporting-frame, a jigging-table, flexible resilient slats rigidly attached at one end to the supporting frame and at the other end to the jigging-table, and means for giving the jigging-table a quick motion in one direction and a slow motion in the opposite direction, in an approximately horizontal plane, substantially as described. (2.) In a machine for concentrating minerals by gravitation, in combination, a supporting frame, a jigging-table, adjustable means for supporting the jigging-table on the supporting frame so as to oscillate relative thereto, and means for jigging the table consisting of an adjustable crank-pin engaging in a slot at one end of a rocking-lever, the other end of the rocking-lever being pivotally mounted on the supporting framework, and a connecting-rod coupled at one end to a point on the rocking-lever intermediate to the rocking-pivot and crank-pin slot, and at the other end to the jigging-table, substantially as described. (3.) In a machine for concentrating minerals by gravitation, a supporting frame, a jigging-frame adjustably depended from and supported by the supporting frame, a concentrating-table carried by the jigging-frame, means for adjusting the shape and position of the said table on the jigging-frame, and a jigging-mechanism adapted to give a quick stroke and slow return motion to the jigging-table, substantially as described.
(Specification, 2s. 9d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14209.—11th November, 1901.—ERNEST ROBERT GODWARD, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements in hair curlers or wavers.

Claims.—(1.) A hair curler or waver provided wholly of a yielding material such as indiarubber, having integral means at its respective extremities for engagement, such means consisting, for example, of an eye at one extremity and a bulb at the other extremity, so that after the curling-up of the hair the extremities may be caused to engage so as to positively confine the hair upon the curler, substantially as described. (2.) In a hair-curler or waver such as specified in claim 1, a central slit, provided in the manner and for the purposes described. (3.) A hair curler or waver composed wholly of a yielding material, and formed in the manner and for the purposes described with reference to Figs. 1 to 4 of the drawings. (4.) A hair curler or waver composed wholly of a yielding material, and formed in the manner and for the purposes described with reference to Fig. 5 of the drawings. (5.) A hair curler or waver con-

structed wholly of a yielding resilient material, and moulded into circular form with overlapping ends, as specified.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

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 copying the specification and drawings has 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, 13th November, 1901.

APPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional specifications, have been accepted as under:—
No. 14154.—24th October, 1901.—FREDERICK ARTHUR ALCOCK, of 212, Russell Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Manager. Instrument for standardising bowls.
No. 14171.—29th October, 1901.—ALLAN JOHN ROSS, of Kihikihi, Waikato, New Zealand, Settler. An improved instrument for cutting the teats of cows and other animals.
No. 14172.—30th October, 1901.—JAMES UPCHURCH, of Millward Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Carpenter. A self-adjusting angle cramp.
No. 14173.—30th October, 1901.—THOMAS OWEN MORAN, of Merthyr Road, Brisbane, Queensland, Inventor. A self-adjusting floor-cramp.
No. 14174.—30th October, 1901.—THOMAS OWEN MORAN, of Merthyr Road, Brisbane, Queensland, Inventor. Broom-protector and hanger.
No. 14176.—25th October, 1901.—THOMAS EDWARD LOACH, of Waimate, New Zealand, Plumber and Tinsmith. An improved sectional watering-pot rose.
No. 14178.—28th October, 1901.—CHARLES MORRIS NEWSON, of Grey Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Builder, and MARTIN COULSON, of Alexandra Street, Auckland aforesaid, Contractor. A method of applying boiling tar, paint, lime-wash, and stain to paving-blocks, wood shingles, and ornamental work for buildings and suchlike.
No. 14179.—29th October, 1901.—SIDNEY CHAYTOR ROSSE TREVOR, of Mangawhare, Kaipara, Auckland, New Zealand, Chemist. The production of gas or gases for the purpose of lighting, heating, or for power, from kauri soil, kauri refuse, kauri-gum dust, sawdust, or timber, or any refuse of kauri or product of kauri-trees.
No. 14180.—1st November, 1901.—JESSIE STRETTELE, of 46, Fitzgibbon Street, Parkville, near Melbourne, Victoria, Married Woman. An improved rotary quartz-mill.
No. 14185.—31st October, 1901.—JOHN MCFARLANE, of Tapanui, New Zealand, Insurance Agent. Vibrating cradle sluice for gold-saving.
No. 14186.—1st November, 1901.—PETER TROLOVE, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineer. Handy combination fencing-tool.
No. 14192.—6th November, 1901.—GEORGE OSBORNE, of Tinwald, Canterbury, New Zealand, Farmer. Improved harrow-tree.
No. 14200.—4th November, 1901.—CHARLES ADOLPHUS LOADER, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Carpenter. Improved hydraulic motor.
No. 14201.—5th November, 1901.—JAMES JOHNSTON CLELAND, of Springston, New Zealand, Farmer, and EDWIN PALMER, of Burnham, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved whippletree.
No. 14203.—7th November, 1901.—WILLIAM CHARLES PAGE, of Eltham, Hawera, New Zealand, Builder. A receptacle for kerosene or other similar liquids.
No. 14204.—5th November, 1901.—JOHN FERGUSON HARPER, of 36, Vogel Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Accountant. Improved can-handle.
No. 14205.—4th November, 1901.—JOSEPH BERNARD SHEATH, of Auckland, New Zealand, Accountant. An improved water-brush for press-copying, dyeing, colouring, staining, and suchlike purposes.
No. 14208.—11th November, 1901.—CHARLES AUSTIN BRIGGS, of Wellington, New Zealand, Accountant. Improvements in fire-escapes.
No. 14210.—11th November, 1901.—EDWIN HIBBARD, of Castlecliff, Wanganui, New Zealand, Engineer. An improved provision-safe for preserving perishable products.
No. 14211.—11th November, 1901.—JOSEPH WOODFORD, Shepherd, and ROBERT WILLIAM GRAHAM, Blacksmith, both of Tuparoa, Waiapu, New Zealand. Improvements in or relating to hand sheep-shears.