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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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formation of a fastening, with a wire-curve, represented as
an eccentric secured adjustably to the lower end of the
shaper. Other features of our invention will be hereinafter
set forth and claimed at the end of specification.

[NorE.--The number and length of the claims in this case preclude
them from being printed, and the foregoing extract from the
specification is inserted instead.]

(Specification, £1 8s.; drawings, 4s.)

No. 14649.-20th March, 1902.-WILLIAM ERNEST
HUGHES, of Queen's Chambers, Wellington, New Zealand,
Patent Agent (nominee of Benjamin Garver Lamme, of
230, Stratford Avenue, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United
States of America). Improvements in systems of electrical
distribution.

Claims.-(1.) The method of starting rotary transformers
which consists in first supplying to the armature-winding,
through a resistance, a direct-current electro-motive force of
more than half but less than the full normal rotary-transformer voltage, and then supplying such voltage to the armature-winding through said resistance and a transformer.
(2.) In a system of electrical distribution by rotary transformers, the arrangements for starting said transformers
and bringing them to synchronous speed, substantially as described.

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

No. 14656.-21st March, 1902.-JAMES EDWIN GEE, of 2,
Devonshire Square, London, England, Engineer. An improved apparatus for washing, scrubbing, and cleansing floors.

Claims.-(1.) An apparatus for washing, scrubbing, and
cleansing floors, comprising a scrubbing-brush and a swab,
a rod for manipulating the swab to which first a plain longitudinal movement and secondly a combined rotary and
longitudinal movement are imparted by operating a handle
or sleeve sliding longitudinally on the hollow handle carrying the brush, substantially as described. (2.) In an apparatus for washing and cleansing floors, comprising a wring-
able swab, mechanism whereby the said swab may be
stretched or elongated and twisted or wrung at the same
time by a single traversing movement of the operator's hand,
substantially as described. (3.) In an apparatus for washing, scrubbing, and cleansing floors and the like, comprising
a scrubbing-brush and a wringable swab, a holder for carrying one end of the swab, so constructed and arranged as to
keep the swab when in use in its most effective form, as set
forth. (4.) In an apparatus for washing, scrubbing, and
cleansing floors, the combination with a scrubbing-brush, of
a swab attached at one end to the bracket carrying the
brush, of a rod located in the tubular handle to which the
other end of the swab is attached, the said rod carrying or
having a quick-pitched multiple screw-thread for a portion of
its length and a screw-thread at its upper end, of a sliding
nut engaging the said quick-pitched multiple-threaded
screw, of a handle or sleeve sliding longitudinally on the
tubular handle and connected to the said nut, of a screw-thread carried on the upper end of the handle and with
which the screw on the top of the internal rod engages, and
of mechanism for causing the said screw to engage with the
female thread on the upper end of the said tubular handle at
predetermined positions of the sliding handle or sleeve and
internal rod, as set forth. (5.) In an apparatus for washing,
scrubbing, and cleansing floors, the combination with a
scrubbing-brush, of a swab attached at one end to the
bracket carrying the brush, of a cup-shaped holder to which
the other end of the swab is attached, of a rod located in the
tubular handle on which rod the said cup-shaped holder is
attached, the said rod carrying or having a quick-pitched
multiple screw-thread for a portion of its length and a
screw-thread at its upper end, and of a sliding nut engaging
the said quick-pitched multiple-threaded screw, of a handle
or sleeve sliding longitudinally on the tubular handle and
connected to the said nut, of a screw-thread carried on the
upper end of the handle and with which the screw on the top
of the internal rod engages, and of mechanism for causing
the said screw to engage with the female thread on the
upper end of the said hollow handle at predetermined positions of the sliding handle or sleeve and internal rod, as set
forth. (6.) An apparatus for washing, scrubbing, and cleansing floors constructed and arranged substantially as described and shown.

(Specification, 5s. 6d.; drawings, ls.)

No. 14661.-19th March, 1902.-EDWARD WATERS, Jun.,
a member of the firm of Edward Waters and Son, Patent
Agents, of Nos. 414-418, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria
(nominee of Frederic Hamlet Long, of 84, Adams Street,
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Chemist). Improvements in metallurgic filters.

Claims.-(1.) In metallurgic filters, the combination with
the closed perforated tank having an internal fabric septum
and external drip pan, of the feed-pipe opening into the tank-
bottom and the separate wash-water pressure-tube, substantially as described. (2.) In metallurgic filters, the combination with the closed perforated tank having an internal
fabric septum and external drip pan, of the feed-pipe opening
into the tank-bottom and the separate wash-water pressure-tube united to said feed-pipe between the inlet and outlet
valves thereof, substantially as described. (3.) In metallurgic filters, the combination with the closed perforated tank
having an external drip pan and an internal fabric septum
with stretcher-frame therefor to rest against the tank-walls,
of the feed-pipe leading into the tank-bottom and the separate
wash-water pressure-tube united to said feed-pipe between
the inlet and outlet valves thereof, substantially as described.

(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawings, ls.)

No. 14662.-19th March, 1902.-EDWARD WATERS, Jun.,
a member of the firm of Edward Waters and Son, Patent
Agents, of 414-418, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria
(nominee of Frederic Hamlet Long, of 84, Adams Street,
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Chemist). Improvements in electrolytic converters.

Claim.-In electrolytic converters, the combination with
the closed reducer-vessel, having an open cross-partition, an
upper set of anodes, a lower cathode, an intermediate diaphragm and suitable means for forcibly circulating the charge past the anodes above the diaphragm, of a separator vent-pipe opening from beneath the diaphragm and extended above the level thereof to afford free escape for refuse gases without materially lessening the pressure on the confined charge, substantially as described.

(Specification, 4s. 9d.; drawings, ls.)

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, and the number.

Provisional Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1902.

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

No. 14603.-10th March, 1902.-EDWARD TREFERNE TOWGOOD, YERBURY STEPHEN TOWGOOD, and JAMES ALLISON, all of Wanganui, New Zealand, Settlers. Improvements in tents and in the manner of pitching the same.

No. 14605.-8th March, 1902.-FRANK OAKDEN, of Dunedin, New Zealand, General Manager of the Millburn Lime and Cement Company, Limited. Improvements in the process of manufacturing Portland cement.

No. 14607.-10th March, 1902.-WILLIAM THOMAS, of Geraldine, New Zealand, Journalist. An improved process of printing.

No. 14608.-12th March, 1902.-GEORGE THOMAS HEPBELL, of Hokitika, New Zealand, Gold-dredging Agent. Improvements in or relating to the screens and tables of gold-saving dredges.

No. 14609.-12th March, 1902.-THOMAS STANLEY PHILPORT, of Mein Street, Newtown, New Zealand, Saddler. An improved device for oiling axles of vehicles.

No. 14610.-11th March, 1902.-ERNEST GEORGE RAWNSLEY, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Accountant. Improved apparatus for use in playing the game of table tennis.

No. 14612.-13th March, 1902.-THE INVERTED INCANDESCENT GAS-LAMP SYNDICATE, LIMITED, having their registered offices at 9, New Broad Street, London, England, Manufacturers (assignees of Walter William Hare, of 12, Farringdon Avenue, London, England, Manager). Improvements in or connected with gas-burners.

No. 14613.-13th March, 1902.-HERMAN TAS, of 33, Cobden Street, North Melbourne, Victoria, Inventor. A new or improved bedstead.

No. 14621.-14th March, 1902.-JAMES PURKISS, of Halcombe, New Zealand, Commission Agent. Safety match-box.

No. 14622.-10th March, 1902.-ALEXANDER COLIN MURRAY, of Cromwell, New Zealand, Commission Agent. Improvements in taps.