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in the furnace, substantially as specified. (2.) The combination, in apparatus for the purpose indicated, of a distributing-chamber, a cap fitting into an opening in the top of said chamber, ribs upon the under side of the cap between which air or steam or air and steam is discharged from the chamber, and means for conveying air or steam or air and steam to the interior of the chamber, substantially as specified. (3.) The combination, in apparatus for the purpose indicated, of a distributing-chamber designed to be substituted for one or more fire-bars of a furnace, a cap fitting an opening at the top of said chamber, ribs upon the under-side of the cap, means for conveying air or steam or air and steam to the chamber, the bottom of said chamber having apertures, a sliding plate having corresponding apertures and designed to open and close the apertures in the bottom of the chamber, and means for operating the sliding plate, substantially as specified. (4.) The combination, in apparatus for the purpose indicated, of a distributing-chamber designed to be substituted for fire-bars of a furnace, a cap fitting an opening at the top of said chamber, ribs upon the under-side of the cap, means for conveying air or steam or air and steam to the chamber, and longitudinal ribs upon the chamber designed to prevent downward deflection of air or steam issuing between said ribs of the cap, substantially as specified. (5.) The combination, in apparatus for the purpose indicated, of a plurality of distributing-chambers, apertures between each cap and chamber through which air thereto, substantially as specified. (6.) The combination, in apparatus for the purpose indicated, of a plurality of distributing-chambers, a cap fitting an opening in the top of each chamber, apertures between each cap and chamber through which air or steam is discharged, a steam-pipe having a branch for each chamber, a nozzle upon the end of each branch, and a pipe upon each chamber having an open end opposed to one of said nozzles, as specified. (7.) The combination, in apparatus for the purpose indicated, of a plate designed to be substituted for fire-bars of a furnace, openings in said plate, a cap over each opening, apertures between the caps and plate for passage of air or steam, a closed chamber beneath the plate, and means for conveying air or steam or air and steam to the closed chamber, substantially as specified. (8.) The combination, in apparatus for the purpose indicated, of a plate designed to be substituted for fire-bars of a furnace, a plurality of openings in said plate, a cap over each opening, a chamber beneath the caps, apertures beneath the caps through which steam or air is delivered from the chamber, an opening in said plate for the discharge of clinker and other matters, a sliding plate normally closing said opening, and a rod for operating the sliding plate, as specified.
(Specification, 5s.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 15318.—28th August, 1902.—FRANK COTTON, of Hornsby, New South Wales, Gentleman. Improvements in the utilisation of carbonaceous liquids as fuel.*

Claim.—An improved apparatus for the utilisation of carbonaceous liquids as fuel, characterized by the combination of a receiving-chamber and vaporising-retort having an internal mixing-chamber communicating with both by means of perforations, a nozzle in the said vaporising-retort for the discharge of the gases produced, and the necessary steam- and oil-supply pipes, so arranged that the steam is superheated and the oil heated prior to introducing into the receiving-chamber, as and for the purpose described, and substantially as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 3s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15537.—18th October, 1902.—ROBERT PEARCE GIBBONS, of Kopu, Thames, Auckland, New Zealand, Sawmill-proprietor. An improved compounded steam-engine.*

Claims.—(1.) In compound engines, cylinders arranged alongside each other with divisional pieces between them, steam-chests formed in such divisional pieces extending throughout the length and parallel with the cylinders, and provided with ports at both ends, which open into the cylinders on each side, or, in the case of the first and last steam-chests, into the cylinders and into steam-chambers respectively, in combination with solid plungers fitting within the steam-chests, and adapted to move up and down therein so as to open and close the ports at each end, and with means whereby a reciprocatory action may be imparted to the plungers, as specified. (2.) In compound engines, steam-chests formed in divisional pieces between the cylinders, such steam-chests being provided with ports at both ends opening into the cylinders on each side, sliding plungers fitting within such steam-chests and adapted to respectively open and close the ports at each end thereof, a shaft mounted in bearings above the cylinders and provided with a lever connected to the eccentric or other link motion

of the engine, and rocking beams mounted upon such shaft, the ends of which are connected by means of connecting-rods with the steam-chest plungers, as specified. (3.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts in my improvements in or relating to compound steam-engines as described and explained, as illustrated in the drawings, and for the several purposes set forth.
(Specification, 6s.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 15651.—23rd November, 1901.—DOMINIK BRUMMER, of Gymnasium Strasse 93, Vienna 19, Austria, Municipal Master Carpenter. Improvements in or relating to portable buildings.

[NOTE.—This is an application under section 106 of the Act, the date given being the official date of the application in Great Britain.]

Claims.—(1.) A building capable of being taken to pieces and altered in form, wherein panels serving for the formation of the outer and partition walls are each composed of two layers of boards joined together and fixed to a frame, and are connected at the corners of the building and at the junction of outer walls with partition-walls, or of partition-walls with partition-walls, by standards each having two suitably formed edges, of which one bears on the adjacent longitudinal dovetailed edges of two outer-wall panels or partition-wall panels, or against a similar pair of surfaces formed by an outer-wall panel or partition-wall panel and a dovetailed upright, whilst the other edge of the standard bears against the edge of a wall-panel of the partition or outer wall, and the joint is in each case covered externally by a post which fits the longitudinal dovetailed adjacent edges of the two panels or of the panel and the upright, and is secured by means of bolts and nuts, substantially as described. (2.) In a building according to the preceding claim, wall-panels for the outer and partition walls which are combined with bed-frames that can be inserted into recesses of the panels in such a way that the upper end of each bed-frame can be slid in its recess by means of lateral pins engaging vertical guides. (3.) In a building according to claim 1, a ceiling composed of panels stiffened by frames and resting on the horizontal tie-beams and the posts, each ceiling-panel adjacent to the wall-plates being provided with a longitudinal hinged board which bears on the adjacent wall-plate and closes the opening between the ceiling-panel and the wall-plate. (4.) In a building according to claim 1, a roof composed of panels which are placed close together longitudinally on the ridge-piece and the wall-plates, are stiffened by frames, and are covered as to their vertical joints by strips, and which are connected to the ridge-piece by means of a common covering-strip and bolts and wing-nuts, and are prevented from sliding on and removal from the ridge-piece and wall-plates by means of pieces of flat iron attached to the ridge-piece and the wall-plates and engaging in recesses in the roof-panels, and with abutments secured thereto. (5.) Portable buildings constructed as described with reference to and shown in the drawings.
(Specification, 7s.; drawings, 4s.)

No. 15727.—3rd December, 1902.—KARL SCHNETZER, of 102, Krammel, Aussig on Elbe, Austria, Engineer. Improvement in soap-moulding machines.

Claims.—(1.) In a soap-moulding machine, the combination of a cooling-vessel and of smooth metal moulds mounted therein, the bottoms of which are formed of movable plungers, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth. (2.) In a soap-moulding machine, the combination of a cold-water container and of smooth metal moulds mounted therein, the bottoms of which are formed of movable plungers, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.
(Specification, 3s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 15981.—13th February, 1903.—CHARLES SYDNEY ALINGTON, of Seafield, Ashburton, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved stripper for grass-seed.

Claim.—The combination with a stripping-machine of the class described of a board sloping upwards and forwards from the machine, and adjustably attached thereto, as described and illustrated, and for the purposes specified.
(Specification, 2s.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15982.—11th February, 1903.—JAMES SALINGER, of Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer. An automatic device for immediately operating air-brakes on trains.

Claims.—(1.) The device consisting of an upright rod loosely jointed at its upper and lower ends to upper and lower pieces, said lower piece having a T formation and