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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 102

No. 15558.—24th October, 1902.—WILLIAM SWINNERTON, of Wyndham Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Turner. An adjustable stand for ironing-board.

Extract from Specification.—The mode of adjustment is as follow: I take the stand or frame B and place the end C on a table or ledge to support the stand. The other end D is placed on the floor. I then move the adjustable bar E up or down the frame B until it is in a place to give the board F an horizontal position. I then place the board F on the adjustable bar E and through the frame B and under the table or ledge support A, so that the device is complete for use.

Claim.—An adjustable stand for an ironing-board, simple in construction, suitable for any height or position, strong and portable, and inexpensive, as substantially set forth in foregoing specification and drawings. The device of an adjustable stand suitable for the reception of an ironing-board, as set forth.

(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15670.—22nd November, 1902.—JAMES CONSTABLE, of Shakespeare Road, Napier, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, Plumber. Improvements in siphons for water-closets.

Claims.—(1.) In apparatus for the purpose described, a bell covering a cylinder within which an extension of the downpipe projects and a pipe from the top of the cylinder descends, substantially as set forth. (2.) In apparatus for the purpose described, in combination, a bell provided with a hood communicating with the top of the bell, the said hood having holes in its lower part, a cylinder within the bell secured to the bottom of the cistern by a nozzle to which the downpipe is attached, a pipe on the nozzle forming an extension of the downpipe, and a pipe open to the bell and depending from the top of the cylinder, substantially as set forth. (3.) In combination with a cistern such as is used in water-closets, of a bell operable by the ordinary lever and chains, a cylinder within the bell, and within which an extension of the downpipe projects, and from the top of which cylinder a pipe open to the bell descends, substantially as set forth. (4.) The combination and arrangement of parts comprising the improvements in siphons for water-cisterns, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15678.—25th November, 1902.—JAMES CHANNON, of “Pa-kenham,” Hornsby, near Sydney, New South Wales, Baking-powder Manufacturer (assignee of John Joseph Russell, of Milton, New South Wales, Assistant Postmaster). Improvements in seal locks specially applicable for strap-buckles as of mail-bags.

Claims.—(1.) In a seal lock, the combination with a hinged leaf or cover having a tongue-piece fitting a socket so as to make a passage through the walls of such socket and said tongue-piece, of a tag-piece adapted to pass partly through said passage to lock said tongue-piece in said socket and to pass wholly through said passage to release said tongue-piece. (2.) In a seal lock, the combination with a hinged leaf or cover having a tongue-piece adapted to fit a socket, with a passage therethrough and through the walls of said socket, of a paper or other ticket held on said leaf or cover and adapted to be easily destroyed, and a tag-piece adapted to pass through said passage to lock said cover to said socket, and to destroy said ticket upon wholly passing through said through passage. (3.) In a seal lock, the combination with sides such as 6, and hinged cover such as 10, having orifice such as 14, of tongue-piece such as 11, having slots such as 12 and 13, and a socket such as 25, whose walls such as 21 and 23 have slots such as 22 and 24, and tag-piece such as 26, having knife-edge such as 27, orifice such as 28, and offset or tongue such as 29, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings. (4.) In a seal lock, the combination with the integers or parts set forth in the preceding (third) claiming clause of a ticket of paper or easily destroyed material for closing the orifice in the hinged cover, and devices on the under-face of said cover for fastening said ticket in place, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings. (5.) A seal lock for strap-buckles consisting of the combination or aggregation together of the mechanical parts or integers as and for the purposes set forth, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.

(Specification, 4s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15680.—22nd November, 1902.—JAMES CORMACK, of Mokoreta, Wyndham, Southland, New Zealand, Farm-labourer. Improved coulter-centre.

Claims.—(1.) The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts composing my improved coulter-centre, all substantially as and for the purposes described with reference to the drawings. (2.) A coulter-centre consisting of a flange adapted to rest against a circular coulter, a shoulder portion adapted to fit the central hole of said coulter, a threaded portion of smaller diameter than said shoulder portion and adapted to pass through said central hole, spindled portions adapted to revolve in a coulter-shank, one of said spindled portions being of less diameter than said threaded portion, and a nut adapted to screw on said threaded portion, substantially as described.

(Specification, 2s.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15682.—15th February, 1902.—HARRY BURGON, of 136, Oakbrook Road, Sheffield, York, England, Sheep-shear Manufacturer. Improvements in the manufacture of sheep-shears for clipping wool off sheep or other animals.

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

Claims.—(1.) Sheep-shears whereof the blades are detachably connected to the bow by shanks of substantially the cross-sectional form described and shown, forged integrally with the blades and bow respectively, and adapted a shank of the one to fit in a shank of the other, and to make a longitudinally sliding non-torsional interlocking engagement therewith, substantially as specified. (2.) Sheep-shears whereof the blades are detachably connected to the bow by shanks on the blades slidably fitting in and making longitudinally sliding non-torsional interlocking engagement with shanks on the bow, the said shanks being of substantially the cross-sectional form shown, and the male shanks being longitudinally slitted and divergently formed so as to fit tightly within the female shanks or sockets by spring-pressure, as described.

(Specification, 4s.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15683.—26th November, 1902.—BICKFORD AND HUFFMAN COMPANY, of Macedon, New York, United States of America (assignee of James Samuel Heath and Ernest Baseman, both of Macedon, State of New York, aforesaid). Furrow-opener for seeding-machine.

Claims.—(1.) In a seeding-machine, the combination of an angularly inclined rotatable disc and a conduit located in proximity thereto and projecting beyond the cutting-line of the disc, the whole forming a furrow-opener. (2.) In a seeding-machine, the combination of an angularly inclined rotatable disc suitably journalled in the frame, with a conduit also suitably connected to the frame in proximity to the disc and projecting beyond the cutting-line of the disc, the lower edge of the conduit being curved to raise the soil, the whole constituting a furrow-opener. (3.) In a seeding-machine, the combination of an angularly inclined rotatable disc and a conduit formed with a furrow-opening device which projects beyond the cutting-line of the disc, the whole constituting a furrow-opener. (4.) In a seeding-machine, the combination of an angularly inclined rotatable disc and a conduit provided with an edge conforming to the shape of the disc, and a lower flaring edge which projects beyond the cutting-line of the disc, the whole constituting a furrow-opener. (5.) In a seeding-machine, the combination of an angularly inclined rotatable disc and a conduit which projects beyond the cutting-line of the disc, the whole constituting a furrow-opener, together with a projection in the rear inner surface of the conduit to deflect grain or seed passing therethrough. (6.) In a seeding-machine, the combination of an angularly inclined rotatable disc and a conduit provided with a lower flaring edge which coacts with the disc in the opening of a furrow for the reception of grain or seed from the conduit. (7.) In a seeding-machine, the combination of an angularly inclined rotatable disc and a conduit provided with a forward edge conforming to the shape of the disc, and a lower flaring edge which coacts with the disc in the opening of a furrow for the reception of grain or seed from the conduit.

(Specification, 6s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15684.—26th November, 1902.—WILLIAM ALFRED GAMMAN, of Dannevirke, New Zealand, Sawmiller. Improvements in means for reversing the rotation of shafting.

Claims.—(1.) In means for reversing the rotation of shafting, a pair of loose pulleys mounted upon the shaft and upon each side of a fast pulley, the adjacent faces of such pulleys being formed with frictional contact surfaces, a pair of arms loosely mounted upon the shaft, and one against each of the outer faces of the loose pulleys, a screw-threaded shaft pass-