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process of impregnating wood, which consists in submerging the wood in an aqueous solution of chemical, maintaining said solution at boiling-temperature until water of sap and vapours normally contained in the wood are expanded and discharged therefrom, and then causing the wood to imbibe said solution by cooling said solution while the wood is submerged therein. (5.) The described process of impregnating wood, which consists in submerging the wood in an aqueous solution of chemical, maintaining said solution at boiling-temperature until water of sap and vapours normally contained in the wood are expanded and discharged therefrom, causing the wood to imbibe said solution by cooling said solution while the wood is submerged therein, submerging the wood in a second solution of chemical, heating said second solution to boiling-temperature, and then causing the wood to imbibe said second solution by cooling said solution while the wood is submerged therein. (6.) An apparatus for preserving wood, comprising a receptacle which is not corroded by the preservative, means to heat the preservative in said receptacle, and a removable cover for said receptacle arranged to permit communication of the natural atmosphere with the preservative in said receptacle. (7.) An apparatus for preserving wood, comprising a receptacle which is not corroded by the preservative, means to heat the preservative in said receptacle comprising a steam pipe-coil, means to control the admission of steam to said coil, a removable cover 10 for said receptacle provided with rollers, and removable bridge-rails 18 arranged to support said cover above said receptacle. (8.) An apparatus for preserving wood, comprising counterpart receptacles formed of concrete which is not corroded by the preservative, means to cover said receptacles without preventing the communication of the natural atmosphere with the preservative, means to heat the preservative in said receptacles, and a pumping-engine 7 and suitable pipe-connections arranged to circulate the preservative in and discharge it from either or both of said receptacles.
(Specification, 6s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14801.—28th April, 1902.—WILLIAM ANDREWS, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements in apparatus for gripping bags upon chaff cutting and bagging machines and the like.

Claims.—(1.) In a bag-gripping apparatus, studs pivoted upon brackets fixed to the gripping-ring and having holes to receive the lever-arms, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (2.) In a bag-gripping apparatus, springs and lock-nuts upon the pivot-bolt of the bifurcated lever, whereby the said lever may be kept in a central position and expanded as desired, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (3.) In a bag-gripping apparatus, a roller or rollers upon the ring to prevent the said ring catching upon the cylinder, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (4.) The combination, in a bag-gripping apparatus, of studs pivoted upon brackets fixed to the gripping-ring, and having holes to receive the lever-arms, and springs and lock-nuts upon the pivot-bolt of the bifurcated lever, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (5.) The combination, in bag-gripping apparatus, of studs pivoted upon brackets fixed to the gripping-ring and having holes to receive the lever-arms, springs and lock-nuts upon the pivot-bolt of the bifurcated lever, and a roller or rollers upon the ring to prevent the said ring from catching upon the cylinder, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (6.) The combination and arrangement of parts comprising my improvements in apparatus for gripping bags upon chaff cutting and bagging machines and the like, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 3s. 3d.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 14816.—1st May, 1902.—ERNEST JAMES HUME and WALTER REGINALD HUME, both of Junction Building, Mollison Street, Malmsbury, Victoria, Machinists. Improvements in stump-jumping harrows.

Claims.—(1.) In harrows, cultivators, and similar implements, a socket or tine-box such as D, characterized by an elongated slot such as D¹ in its front side, a bolt-hole D² and a pin-hole D³, substantially as described and illustrated, as and for the purposes set forth. (2.) In harrows, cultivators, and similar implements, the combination of a fixed portion of the frame, and a socket or tine-box having a slot, a bolt-hole, and pin-hole therein, with a loop-shaped spring such as F, one end of which is attached to the socket or tine-box and frame whilst the other end is free, the several parts being arranged substantially as described and illustrated. (3.) In harrows, cultivators, and similar implements, the combination, with a socket or tine-box and a spring, of a tooth or tine, the upper end of such tooth or tine being contained and pivotally supported within the tine-box but under the control of the spring, substantially as above claimed. (4.) In harrows, cultivators, and similar implements, the construction, application, and use of the peculiarly formed holding and locking hook or pin H, supporting and retaining the tooth or tine within the socket or tine-box, substantially as described and illustrated, and for the purposes set forth. (5.) In harrows, cultivators, and similar implements, the combination of a frame-bar, a tine-box, and spring, with a tine and holding and locking hook or pin, the several parts being constructed and arranged substantially as described and illustrated, as and for the purposes set forth, as a combination of parts.
(Specification, 4s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14817.—1st May, 1902.—ERNEST JAMES HUME and WALTER REGINALD HUME, both of Junction Building, Mollison Street, Malmsbury, Victoria, Machinists. Improvements in wire fences, and apparatus for the construction thereof.

Claims.—(1.) A wire fence wherein the longitudinal wires are connected together by stretchers or droppers formed with channels or recesses, in which are located bends of the longitudinal wires, these and the stretchers or droppers being fastened together in a manner to produce an interlocking such as described. (2.) A wire fence wherein the longitudinal wires are connected by stretchers or droppers of corrugated cross-sectional form, bends of the said wires being located within channels of the stretchers or droppers, and the wires being suitably secured to the stretchers or droppers, substantially as described. (3.) In a wire fence, a series of stretchers or droppers, which spread the wires, and are characterized in their construction by being divided into an upper and a lower portion, the middle wire being made to pass through a staple in the top of the lower stretcher, and also through a corresponding staple in the bottom of the upper stretcher, so as to form a hinge or joint between the two portions of the stretcher, substantially as described and illustrated. (4.) The construction, as described with reference to Figs. 4 and 5, of a wire fence such as referred to in claim 1. (5.) A wire-bender, comprising a compound lever with nose and a pair of bearing-surfaces, substantially as described, for the purpose specified. (6.) Apparatus comprising a compound guide, with means for fixing same in the ground, and for securing it to a longitudinal fence-wire in such a manner as to serve for guiding a suitable wire-bender successively in each of several longitudinal wires arranged one above another, substantially as described. (7.) The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete apparatus, comprising compound guiding, holding-means, and wire-bender for forming bends successively in several longitudinal wires of a fence, substantially as described and illustrated. (8.) The intertwister described with reference to Figs. 16 and 17, for the purpose specified.
(Specification, 9s.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 14819.—2nd May, 1902.—CYRIL ERNEST NICHOLAS of “Invermay,” corner of Queen and Landale Streets, Launceston, Tasmania, but temporarily of 91, Edgevale Road, Kew, Victoria, Inventor. An improved table game of cricket.

Claims.—(1.) An improved table game of cricket, consisting of the combination of a ball or balls, a bat, a pitch cloth loaded at each end, a pocket supported by a hoop resting on pillars, wickets with one bail thereon, hurdle sticks situated between the wickets and the pocket, and catchers or field-nets on handles, all as and for the purposes described, and as illustrated in the drawings. (2.) In an improved table game of cricket, a net hung to a hoop, said hoop being pivoted on its two opposite sides to supports and locked there by wing nuts turning on bolts, all as and for the purposes described, and as illustrated in the drawings. (3.) In an improved table game of cricket, a pitch cloth loaded at each end, in combination with a net supported by a hoop resting on pillars, a wicket surmounted by a bail, and between said net and wickets a hurdle, all as and for the purposes described, and as illustrated in the drawings. (4.) An improved table game of cricket, consisting of a pitch cloth loaded at each end, above which are wickets surmounted by a bail, hurdle sticks, a net hung to a hoop pivoted to supports, in combination with a ball or balls, and a bat, all as and for the purposes described, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14820.—2nd May, 1902.—FORREST FINLAY, of 1, Trafalgar Street, Newtown, near Sydney, New South Wales, Watchmaker, and CHARLES JOSIAH HEBBLEWHITE, of 377, George Street, Sydney aforesaid, Importer. Improvements in checking-markers of points and games.

Claims.—(1.) In checking-markers of the class set forth, the combination with series of numbered rollers, against