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Jeg F for attaching the apparatus to the cooking-utensil, slotted so that the contrivance may be adjusted to suit the size of the particular utensil to which it is required to be attached, and the lever K for starting and stopping the machinery or clockwork, substantially as set forth in the specification and drawings. (2.) In a self-acting stirrer for attachment to utensils used in culinary operations, the special arrangement, construction, and combination of the parts as described and illustrated in the specification and drawings.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14342.—13th December, 1901.—José da Silva, of New Plymouth, New Zealand, Hairdresser. An improvement in kerosene-pumps.

Claims.—(1.) In a kerosene-pump, a tube of small diameter fixed in the downwardly projecting end of the delivery-nozzle, containing a cork float attached to a flag. (2.) In a kerosene-pump, a wire secured to the flange, and extending downwards, and ending in a foot at right angles to hold the pump steady when in use, substantially as shown and described.
(Specification, 1s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14343.—17th December, 1901.—Henry Mark Levinge, of Wanganui, New Zealand, Medical Practitioner. An improved fire-escape.

Claims.—(1.) A fire-escape comprising a frame pivoted at its foot to a building, and a counterpoise attached by a rope to the top of the frame, substantially as set forth. (2.) A fire-escape comprising a frame provided with cross-seats forming boxes for holding flowers when the escape is not in use, said frame being hinged to the base of the building, and having a counterpoise to check its descent, substantially as set forth. (3.) A fire-escape comprising, in combination, a frame with cross-seats, and hinged to the base of the building, and a pipe with a rose for spraying water to protect the operator, substantially as set forth. (4.) A fire-escape comprising a frame hinged to the base of a building, and having cross-boxes at the sill of the windows, said boxes having holes for the operator’s legs, a counterpoise and rope attached to the top of the frame, and the other end to an eye-bolt below the surface of the ground at a distance from the building, substantially as set forth. (5.) A fire-escape comprising a frame upon which the operator sits, and is carried away from the building as it swings on its hinge, whilst he is protected by a spray of finely-divided water, substantially as set forth. (6.) The combination and arrangement of parts forming in combination my improved fire-escape, substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 2s.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14350.—18th December, 1901.—James Watson, of 33, Thorndon Quay, Wellington, New Zealand, Designer. Improvements in metallic glazing-bars, and appliances thereof.

Claims.—(1.) The convolute or scroll-shaped gutters of sheet-metal glazing-bars as described, and as shown in the drawings. (2.) A bottom rest which forms the lower transverse portion of frame of skylight and other glazed structures for the purpose of providing the necessary ventilation and escape of condensation, as described, and as illustrated by Fig. 8 of the drawings. (3.) The use of a lead-edge weather-capping in the erection of large glazed structures, as described, and as shown by Fig. 9 of the drawings. (4.) A cross-gutter device constructed on the principle described, and as illustrated by Fig. 10 of the drawings, which is used in the erection of skylights and other glazed structures over the ordinary length where two or more sheets of glass are necessary to make up the required length to provide a transverse watertight joint, between sheets of glass, of a glazed surface. (5.) The construction and arrangements of parts forming my improvements in metallic glazing-bars and appliances thereof which have for their object the erection of skylights and other glazed structures, as described, and illustrated by the drawings.
(Specification, 7s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14356.—19th December, 1901.—Illius Augustus Timms, of 2, Great George Street, Westminster, S.W., England, Civil Engineer. Improvements in the construction of bogies for railway rolling-stock.

Claim.—A mechanical arrangement fitted to a bogie and the vehicle it carries, whereby the point on the bogie from which it is pulled or pushed is in advance (or ahead) of the centre of the bogie in whichever direction the bogie is running.
(Specification, 5s.; drawings, 4s.)

No. 14359.—19th December, 1901.—Charles Perdrisat, a member of the firm Perdrisat, Blan, and Co., of Territet, Switzerland, Manufacturers. Coin-freed sale apparatus.

Claims.—(1.) A coin-freed sale apparatus characterized by the combination of a spiral spring adapted to receive in its convolutions the goods to be delivered, with a horizontal or substantially horizontal channel or casing, the inner section of which corresponds to the size of the articles to be delivered, so as to prevent the said articles rotating with the said spring, and with a device adapted to allow said spring to be axially rotated, and with a stop-mechanism determining the number of rotations which the said device may impart to the spring after the introduction of a predetermined coin into the apparatus, substantially as described, and illustrated by the drawings. (2.) In coin-freed sale apparatus, the combination of a spiral spring a with a channel b, the section of which corresponds to the size of the goods to be delivered, substantially as described, and illustrated by the drawings. (3.) In coin-freed sale apparatus, the combination of a cam h fixed on the shaft d with a pawl i adapted to prevent the rotation of the said cam h in one direction and of a pawl k adapted to prevent rotation in the opposite direction, substantially as described, and illustrated by the drawings. (4.) A coin-freed sale apparatus constructed, arranged, and combined to operate substantially as described, and illustrated by the drawings.
(Specification, 4s.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14360.—19th December, 1901.—William Frederick Ellis, of 18, Cornell Street, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States of America, Tire-manufacturer, and Edwin Curtis Davis, of Springfield aforesaid, Tire-manufacturer. Vehicle-wheels.

Claims.—(1.) In a vehicle-wheel having a substantially inflexible channelled rim, a flexible tire resting upon the edges of the rim, and having side flaps which pass outside of said rim, and an exterior shield substantially conforming to the contour of the adjacent surface of the rim, between which and the rim said side flaps are clamped to hold the tire against the rim. (2.) In connection with the subject-matter of the foregoing claim, extending the shield to the junction of the flaps with the solid portion of the tire, and providing its edges with stiffening-means along the lines of said junction. (3.) In connection with the subject-matter of claim 1 or claim 2, covering the channelled rim with leather 24 shrunk upon the rim, substantially as described. (4.) In a vehicle-wheel having a substantially inflexible channelled rim, a spoke-fastening comprising a non-rotating socket extending through said rim, and normally thrust outward therefrom by resilient means in the rim-channel, a collar threaded to said socket, and a spoke-sleeve held by said collar, substantially as described. (5.) In connection with the subject-matter of either of the first three claims, holding the shield in place and clamping it against the flaps of the tire by means of the socket and collar of the spoke-fastening recited in the fourth claim. (6.) In connection with the subject-matter of the fourth claim, the elongated washer 25, having a hole shaped and adapted to receive and lock against a flattened surface of the socket, and itself held against turning by the walls of the rim-channel.
(Specification, 4s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14361.—20th December, 1901.—Frans Johan Emil Johansson, of Upsalagatan 12, Stockholm, Sweden. Improvements in steam-engines or the like.

Claims.—(1.) In a steam-engine, the combination of a driving-shaft, cam drums secured to said shaft, two sets of high- and low-pressure steam cylinders arranged axially around said shaft, pistons for said cylinders, the pistons of each set of cylinders engaging with one of said cam drums, and distributing-valves common to both sets of cylinders, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. (2.) In a steam-engine, the combination of a driving-shaft, cam drums secured to said shaft, two sets of high- and low-pressure steam cylinders arranged axially around said shaft, pistons for said cylinders, the pistons of each set of cylinders engaging with one of said cam drums, a distributing-valve common to both sets of cylinders, and means for giving the said distributing-valve an oscillating movement, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
(Specification, 6s. 6d.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 14362.—20th December, 1901.—George Henry Tiller, of North Avon Road, Richmond, near Christchurch, New Zealand, Upholsterer. A new or improved apparatus for holding tablets containing list of names, books, prices, and the like, ready for reference.

Claims.—(1.) A cabinet provided with slots in its bottom, tablets containing lists or the like, cords passing over pulleys