1890
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(3.) An attachment to metal-shearing machines consisting of a plate bolted to the front of the anvil or block and bent round over the top surface of the same, such plate being capable of vertical adjustment upon the block, and connected to a plate secured to the face of the block beneath by means of a set-screw passing loosely through a flange on the upper plate and screwing into a flange on the lower plate, as and for the purposes specified.
(Specification, 3s. ; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14288.—28th November, 1901.—SAMUEL SMYTH COBURN, of 38, Maningtree Road, Hawthorn, Victoria, Medical Student. An improved field-gate.*

Claims.—(1.) In a collapsible field-gate such as described, a main rail such as A¹, rocking or working pivotally on a cross axle at a point between the butt and gear posts, capable of being raised and lowered by a hand-cord or cable and counterbalanced by a weight such as a, as described and illustrated. (2.) In a collapsible field-gate such as described, a fore dropper such as L³, and a series or plurality of swinging droppers such as L suspended from rigidly set metal loops secured to the main rail, capable of collapsing or folding in closely to the line of such main rail when such main rail is raised from a horizontal to a practically vertical position, as described and illustrated. (3.) In or on the droppers of a collapsible field-gate such as described, a plurality or series of diagonally set semicircular projecting loops such as L², carrying and keeping the wire rails of such gate in position, as described, and as illustrated in Fig. 8 of the drawings. (4.) In the wire rails of a collapsible field-gate such as described, a tension-spring formed by a series of ringed convolutions bent or turned in the rail, and a detachable wire strain-check loop fitted thereto such as L¹, as described, and as illustrated in Fig. 9 of the drawings. (5.) As a collapsible field-gate such as A, and operating mechanism, the combination of a main rail such as A¹, standard such as E, counterbalance-weight such as a, boss and cross axle such as A², tension-wire such as G, rigid loops such as F, fore dropper such as L³, a plurality of swinging droppers such as L with diagonal loops such as L², a plurality of wire rails such as M with springs and strain-check loops such as L¹, butt post such as B, gear post such as D, double pulley and mountings such as I, I¹, forked fore post such as C, double operating-cable such as H, lock-operating cable such as J, sextant-rocking pulley such as J¹, lock-spring such as j, and lock-catch such as K, fitted together, adjusted, and operating as described and as illustrated.
(Specification, 4s. ; drawings, 2s.)

No. 14333.—16th December, 1901.—FREDERICK HAAR, of Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand, Farm-hand. An improved attachment to sewing-palms.*

[NOTE.—The title in this case has been altered. See List Provisional Specifications, Gazette No. 3, of the 9th January, 1902.]

Claims.—(1.) In attachment devices for the purpose described, a metal plate, one end of which is rounded, and which is provided with a flange upon three of its sides that is recessed, as described and set forth. (2.) The combination with a sewing-palm of a metal plate that is attached thereto by rivets and that is provided with a flange upon three of its sides, which flange is recessed upon its inner part, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 1s. 6d. ; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14398.—4th January, 1902.—JAMES NEAGLE, of Dannevirke, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, Saddler. Improvements in or relating to lead-bags for racehorses.*

Claim.—My improvements in or relating to lead-bags for racehorses, in which the weight is carried in front of the saddle or over the shoulders of the horse, substantially as described, and as illustrated on drawings.
(Specification, 1s. ; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14407.—8th January, 1902.—FRANK HORNBY, of 13, Hawarden Avenue, Sefton Park, Liverpool, England, Manager. Improvements in toy or educational devices for children and young people.*

Claims.—(1.) As a new or improved article of manufacture for forming toys or educational devices for children, flat strips of strong material perforated with a series of holes arranged transversely along the centre line therein at equidistant intervals apart, in combination with interchangeable pins or bolts and angle-pieces, substantially as and for the purpose described. (2.) As a new or improved article of manufacture for forming toys or educational devices for children, a series of pieces such as flat strips and angle-pieces with holes at equidistant intervals apart to form framings, railway-tracks, or other structures, rods to form shafts, discs for wheels, tubes for chimneys, and so on, the said parts being so made, substantially as described, that by the exercise of inventive ingenuity they can be assembled and fastened together to form mechanical and other objects. (3.) In a toy or educational device for children of the kind mentioned, the means for fastening the wheels to their axles, which consist of a piece of thin steel bent to grip the shaft, and having a laterally projecting tongue adapted to engage in a groove in the shaft and also a groove in the wheel, substantially as described. (4.) A series of pieces so constructed and arranged that by the exercise of inventive ingenuity they can be assembled and fastened together to form mechanical and other toys or devices, substantially as described with reference to and shown in the drawings.
(Specification, 4s. 6d. ; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14549.—20th February, 1902.—LAMSON STORE SERVICE COMPANY, LIMITED, a registered company of Great Britain, carrying on business at 20, Cheapside, London, England, and at 234, Clarence Street, Sydney, New South Wales (assignees of James T. Cowley, of Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America) Improvements in travelling cable systems of cash-carriers, and in apparatus therefor.*

Extract from Specification.—This invention has been devised to enable a cash-railway or system of cash-carrying to be cheaply installed in stores, &c, where power is available. These improvements in travelling-cable systems of cash-carriers consist in the installation in a store, building, or the like of an endless travelling cord or cable running from the cashier’s desk or main station to a series of stations throughout said stores and back again the reverse way to said stations and the cashier’s desk or main station so that carriers gripping thereon may be carried one way to any predetermined station and returned from that station in the opposite direction. This endless travelling cord or cable runs in each direction below a permanent-way or track consisting of two wires, one on either side of each cable, suspended by hangers from overhead. These improvements in apparatus for travelling-cable systems of cash carriers consist in the particular constructions, and combinations, and arrangements particularly described and specifically claimed summarised as follows: namely, the combination of parts for guiding the cables around an angle or corner; the combination of parts to enable the carrier to select the station at which it will terminate its journey; the combination of parts forming a switch for receiving the carrier from off the main track and reversing it; the combination of parts enabling an automatic release of carrier from the cable; the particular construction of carrier; the combination of parts constituting gripping-devices or a “grip” on the carrier and a trip or lever for actuating said grip; and generally the combination of parts constituting a travelling-cable cash-carrier apparatus.

[NOTE.—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, 9s. ; drawings, 3s.)

No. 14773.—19th April, 1902.—CHARLES ALISTER TROTTER, of Opunake, New Zealand, Blacksmith. An improved method of and appliances for ascertaining distances and calculating altitudes, the same being specially applicable in range-finding for rifles.*

Claims.—(1.) In means for ascertaining distances, a lever-arm pivoted upon a spindle that is mounted in bearings at the back end of a horizontal base plate and that is formed with an aperture in the outer extremity thereof, in combination with a cam-arm, pivoted in bearings upon the base plate with its free end overlying the free end of the lever-arm so that, when such lever-arm is raised on its pivot, the cam-arm will be raised a corresponding radial distance on its pivot, such cam-arm being formed, on its outer extremity, with a notch in the same line as the aperature in the lever-arm, and means whereby the arms may be raised and locked in any position, as specified. (2.) A lever-arm loosely pivoted upon a spindle mounted in bearings upon the back end of a horizontal base plate that is provided with means whereby the lever may be locked thereto, in combination with a spindle loosely mounted in bearings upon the other end of the base plate and provided with a pendant weighted arm, a rigid rod connecting the weighted arm with a pendant arm upon the back spindle, and means whereby the weighted arm may be turned with its spindle and locked in any position, as specified. (3.) A spindle mounted in bearings upon the front end of a horizontal base plate and provided with a pendant weighted arm secured thereto, a sighting lever-arm loosely pivoted thereon, and means whereby the arm may be locked to the spindle, in combination with an