Oct. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2309

No. 15001.—11th June, 1902.—GEORGE WILLIAM BASLEY, of Vulcan Chambers, corner of Queen Street and Vulcan Lane, Auckland, New Zealand, Patent Agent (nominee of Michael Alexander McLaughlin, of the Dr. McLaughlin Electric Belt Company of San Francisco, United States of America). An improved electric belt, and extensions therefrom, for medical purposes.

Claims.—(1.) An electric-battery cell comprising an internal zinc plate or plates, an absorbent layer on each side of such plate or plates, and brass or copper plates folded upon the absorbent material, such brass or copper plates being of a size to completely cover and form a protection for such zinc plate or plates, as set forth. (2.) In an electric belt, a battery of cells in combination with a rheostat or switch, whereby the intensity of the current developed by the battery may be regulated before its transmission to the body of the wearer of the belt, as specified. (3.) In an electric belt, the metal discs, which form the flesh terminals, in combination with the felt and wash-leather coverings, whereby the metallic surfaces of the discs are prevented from blistering the skin of the wearer, as set forth. (4.) In combination, a battery of cells, whereby an electric current may be developed; a rheostat or switch, whereby the intensity of the current may be regulated before it enters the body of the wearer; and the flesh terminal discs, which are covered with wads of felt and wash-leather, whereby the skin of the wearer is prevented from being blistered by the intensity of the current, as set forth. (5.) In combination, an electric belt, and extensions therefrom, consisting of flesh discs or terminals which are secured to the extremities of the body of the wearer of the belt in any suitable manner, and connected to the battery in the belt by covered wire connections, as and for the purposes specified. (6.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts in the improved electric belt, and extensions therefrom, for medical purposes, as set forth, as illustrated in the drawings, and for the purposes specified.
(Specification, 4s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15091.—10th July, 1902.—JOHN KERWIN STEWART, of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America, Mechanical Engineer. An improvement in tools for shearing and clipping, in respect to the devices for transmitting motion and pressure to the oscillating cutter for lubricating the parts.

Claims.—(1.) A shearing-tool, comprising a fixed cutter and a vibrating cutter; a lever by which the latter is held in contact with the former, said lever having an upstanding knob or boss; a saddle having a downwardly concave seat by which it is lodged upon the top of the knob, said saddle having a flat extended upper face; means for vibrating the cutter, and a tension-screw set through the top of the case having a flat lower end bearing upon the flat upper face of the saddle. (2.) A shearing-tool, comprising a fixed cutter and a vibrating cutter; a lever by which the latter is held in contact with the former, said lever having an upstanding knob or boss; a saddle having a downwardly concave seat by which it is lodged on the knob, said saddle having an extended flat upper face provided with a central concavity; means for vibrating the cutter, and a tension-screw set through the top of the case, terminating at the lower end in a flat face which bears upon the upper flat face of the saddle beyond the margin of the concavity in the latter, said tension-screw having an oil-cavity, and an oil-port leading from such cavity opening through its lower terminal flat face above the concavity of the saddle. (3.) A shearing-tool, comprising a fixed cutter and a vibrating cutter, a tension-lever by which the latter is held in contact with the former, a lever for actuating the vibrating cutter and the tension-lever, said cutter-actuating lever being apertured and the tension-lever being exposed from above through such aperture, an upstanding knob or boss on the tension-lever, a saddle extending into such aperture and having a downwardly concave seat by which it is lodged on the knob or boss, said saddle having a broadly extended flat upper face, and a tension-screw set through the case, having a flat face at the lower end bearing upon the flat upper face of the saddle. (4.) A shearing-tool comprising a fixed cutter and a vibrating cutter, and a lever for actuating the latter, having at its end remote from its engagement with the cutter a downwardly projecting spindle, a ball having a vertical aperture to afford bearings for the spindle, a spherical seat in which such ball is retained, a longitudinal shaft and a crank-stud thereon engaging the lever forward of its fulcrum in the ball to vibrate it about the axis of the spindle, and means mounted on the case forward of the crank-engagement with the lever for causing the lever to press upon the vibrating cutter. (5.) A shearing-tool comprising a fixed cutter and a vibrating cutter, a lever for actuating the latter, a ball to which said lever is fulcrumed at its end remote from its engagement with the vibrating cutter, a spherical seat in which such ball is retained, a longitudinal shaft, and a crank-stud thereon engaging the lever forward of its fulcrum in the ball to vibrate it about said fulcrum, and means mounted on the case forward of the crank-engagement of the shaft with the lever for causing the lever to press upon the vibrating cutter. (6.) A shearing-tool comprising a fixed cutter and a vibrating cutter, a lever for actuating the latter, a longitudinal shaft and a crank-stud thereon engaging the lever to vibrate it, a ball to which the lever is fulcrumed, having a spherical seat above the bearing of the longitudinal shaft rearward from the crank-engagement of said shaft with the lever, and means mounted on the case forward of said crank-engagement for causing the lever to press upon the vibrating cutter.
(Specification, 5s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15338.—1st September, 1902.—PETER PETERSON, of Timaru, New Zealand, Engineer (nominee of Lars Rosengren, of Trilleborg, Sweden, Inspector). An improved life-saving appliance.

Claims.—(1.) In life-saving appliances of the kind mentioned, the combination with a garment such as a waistcoat or jumper of a plurality of flexible air-cells that are internally connected with each other, and means for inflating them, as specified. (2.) In life-saving appliances of the kind described, in combination, a plurality of air chambers or cells of india-rubber that are placed between the linings of a garment, tubes for connecting them with each other internally, tabs for attaching them to the linings of the garment, and tubes for inflating them provided with self-closing valves, the whole as described and illustrated and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 2s.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15357.—3rd September, 1902.—WALTER ALFRED GARRETT, of Auckland, New Zealand, Warehouseman. Improvements in the manufacture of wire mattresses.

Claims.—(1.) The wire cables encircled by a number of spiral wires forming a network on the edge or border of the mattress. (2.) The cross or diagonal cables interwoven into the centre of the mattress. (3.) The grooves countersunk into the headstock of the framework to carry the cables. (4.) The strip of felt, preventive of dust settling and accumulating in the cavity. All as described and illustrated on drawings.
(Specification, 1s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15360.—5th September, 1902.—GEORGE TURNER, St. Andrew’s, Blenheim, Marlborough, Fruit-grower. Improvement in the lacing of boots and shoes, gaiters, leggings, broad belts, belts for machinery, corsets, bodies of dresses, jackets, and other articles of dress.

Claims.—(1.) The lacing, with a lace of any material, into the row of holes on one side of the boot, having an open loop between the holes from the bottom to top of the row. (2.) A row of holes on one side of the upper and a row of attachments on the other side of the upper corresponding to the holes on the other side of the upper, being the first row described in this second claim. (3.) The first and second of these claims taken together as a combination. (4.) This “open-loop lacing” applies to boots and shoes, gaiters, leggings, broad belts, belts for machinery, corsets, bodies of dresses, and other articles of dress.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15382.—9th September, 1902.—THOMAS DANKS, 198 and 200, Lichfield Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements in bending sheet metals for making tubes and pipes.

Claims.—(1.) In a press for making moulded sheet-metal forms for pipes or tubes with a movable bar J (Fig. 1), and a mandrel A, and grooves or moulds B for making approximate circular forms of sheet metal, a metal bracket D of peculiar form and for the purposes as shown and described. (2.) In a press for making moulded sheet-metal forms for pipes or tubes with a movable bar J (Fig. 1), with a mandrel A and a mould B, a bracket as shown (Fig. 4), for the purposes as shown and described. (3.) In a press for making moulded sheet-metal forms for pipes or tubes with a movable bar J (Fig. 1), with a mandrel A and mould B, a bracket (Fig. 5), for the purposes shown and described.
(Specification, 3s; drawings, 1s.)