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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 14715. — 7th April, 1902. — WILLIAM TOOGOOD, of Featherston, Wellington, New Zealand, Storekeeper. Fibre washing and cleansing machine.*

Claims. — (1.) In fibre washing and cleansing machines, a pair of feeding-rollers, a stripping-drum and beating-bar, in combination with a washing-drum placed below, such washing-drum consisting of a hollow revolving cylinder with bars joining its two ends, means for delivering water on to the washing-drum, means for conveying the fibre therefrom and for subjecting it to squeezing pressure, and means for conveying the débris and dirty water into troughs, as specified. (2.) In fibre washing and cleansing machines, a pair of feeding-rollers, a stripping-drum and beating-bar, in combination with a washing-drum placed below, such washing-drum consisting of rotating end plates the peripheries of which are jointed together by cross-bars formed with serrated outer surfaces, as specified. (3.) In fibre washing and cleansing machines, a pair of feeding-rollers, a stripping-drum and beating-bar, in combination with a washing-drum placed below, such washing-drum consisting of rotating end plates the peripheries of which are jointed together by cross-bars formed with serrated outer surfaces, in combination with a travelling elastic band beneath the drum and with squeezing-rollers at the end of such band, as specified. (4.) In fibre washing and cleansing machines, a pair of feeding-rollers, a stripping-drum and beating-bar, in combination with a washing-drum placed below, such washing-drum consisting of rotating end plates the peripheries of which are jointed together by cross-bars formed with serrated outer surfaces, in combination with a travelling elastic band beneath the drum and with squeezing-rollers at the end of such band, in combination with a second washing-drum placed beneath the end of the travelling band, and with a travelling band leading from such washing-drum and provided with squeezing-rollers thereupon, as specified. (5.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts in my improvements in fibre washing and cleansing machines, as described and explained, as illustrated in the drawings, and for the several purposes set forth.
(Specification, 5s. 6d. ; drawings, 2s.)

No. 14870. — 9th May, 1902. — JOSEPH FORD, Hairdresser, and ALEXANDER COLIN MURRAY, Commission Agent, both of Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand. Improvements in perambulators.*

Description. — The body 1 is supported at the middle of each end by headed bolts 2 secured thereto and adapted to rest in hollows of the brackets 3 suitably bent to receive same. The brackets 3 are supported by the spring frames 4, the bottoms of which rest on the axles of the vehicle. By these means a swinging support is afforded to the body 1 whereby said body may be rocked as required. A rail 5 on the frame 4 has a thumb-screw 6 travelling through it provided with a pronged extension 21 (Fig. 6) and adapted to enter two corrugations of and press against a corrugated plate 22 secured on the body 1, so as to jam said body and prevent it from swinging when desired. A spindle 28 is supported by clips 27 to the bottom of the boot or body, base 30 is provided with projections 29 which are adapted by revolving the spindle to engage against the springs 4, thereby locking the body from swinging. Thumb-screws 20 (Fig. 1) may also be used in addition, adapted to work through the middle of a cross-piece 26 so as to engage a hole in plate on the body for additional firmness. At each side of the body at the base there are rockers 7 fitted on pivot hinges 32 at either end, as illustrated in Fig. 6, and when folded down form either a cradle or a rocking-chair. Longitudinal rockers may form or be attached to side of boot and do not fold. Longitudinal pieces 31 are provided on the body-base, with keys or clips for holding rockers down. Legs provided with castors 11 are placed one at each corner of the base of the body as illustrated in Fig. 5, so that the body may be removed and used as a chair as in Fig. 4, or the legs may be of the shape illustrated in Fig. 9, with or without castors, and are constructed of steel hoop bent to shape shown. Two half-round bent bars 12, 12, are fitted across the body by fixing them in suitable guides on the inside of the body, so as to form backs for the sitters, as illustrated in Fig. 7. These bent bars when not so used may be placed one at either end of the bottom of body. A portion or two portions 13 of one of the sides of the body is adapted by means of pivot hinges and supports 14 (Fig. 4) to be folded outwards so as to form a single or double table-chair. This portion or portions of 13 and the support 14 are adapted to be removed, and may also be placed so as to form a table inside the body, as illustrated in Fig. 4 by the dotted lines marked 13a. The table 13 is adapted to slide in grooves along the bent bars 12 when used to form a table inside the body, as illustrated in Fig. 4. The use of the bent bars 12, 12, and of the folding part or parts of 13, illustrated in Fig. 4, enables the perambulator to be wheeled until it is alongside a table, at which the sitters can be placed with their backs supported by the bent bars 12, against which cushions may be placed as a further support. The arrangement illustrated in Fig. 4 may be used similarly off the frame as a chair or table-chair being supported by the four legs. The handle 16 is hinged to its supports 17 by the hinges 18, and is thereby adapted to be folded down against springs 4, or handle may be fitted on level with 18 and 17 omitted. When the body is removed, as in Fig. 3, a table 27 is adapted to rest thereon, said brackets being made on the same level for the purpose, and in addition a second table 25 is adapted to rest on the cross-pieces 26 fitted at the same level, and forming a dumb-waiter capable of being moved from place to place. A hood may be provided, adapted to fold down and to be reversed in the usual manner.

Claims. — (1.) The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts composing our improvements in perambulators, all substantially as and for the purposes described with reference to the drawings. (2.) A perambulator constructed with a body forming a swinging cot, and so that parts may be respectively used as a cot, a double or single table, a chair and a cradle, substantially as described.
(Specification, 3s. 6d. ; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14928. — 24th May, 1902. — HENRY WILLIAM LOVEGROVE, of Balgay, Gleniti, Timaru, New Zealand, Government Insurance Agent, Accident Branch. An improved bucket-carrier or wagon.

[NOTE. — The title in this case has been altered. See List of Provisional Specifications, Gazette No. 60, of the 24th July, 1902.]

Claim. — The improved bucket-carrier, consisting of a platform mounted on runners and recessed so as to securely hold a bucket or pail in position thereon, as described and illustrated with reference to the drawing.
(Specification, 1s. 6d. ; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14952. — 4th June, 1902. — JOHN DOUGLAS KELLY, DAVID PERCIVAL FISHER, and NOEL VIVIAN GIBSON WIX, all of Wellington, New Zealand, Engineers. An improved method of and means for ventilating halls, theatres, and other places of public resort.*

Claims. — (1.) Supplying air under pressure through a reticulation of pipes for ventilating or attempting purposes to a multiplicity of separate places in a chamber so that the occupants thereof may individually control and direct the air-supply in their own immediate localities respectively, substantially as described. (2.) Ventilating a chamber by means of an air-supply conveyed through a pipe system with separate exits in the location of the individual places therein so that each exit is under the control of the person located in its immediate vicinity, substantially as described. (3.) Apparatus adapted for the ventilation of theatres and other places, consisting of (a) apparatus adapted for forcing air, vapour, or gas, and (b) a pipe system with separately controllable exits in the immediate locality of each of the separate seats or resting-places therein, adapted to distribute said air, vapour, or gas at a multiplicity of points so as to permeate the space throughout, substantially as described. (4.) Apparatus adapted for the ventilation of theatres and other places, consisting of air-forcing apparatus with or without air-attempting and air-treating apparatus, and a pipe system throughout said theatre or place with a multiplicity of ventilating service-pipes, one of which is placed in the immediate vicinity of each person located therein, so as to be under his immediate control and convey a supply of air directly to him, substantially as described. (5.) In combination with apparatus adapted for the conveyance of a ventilating air-supply to the individual places in a theatre or other chamber, of a duplicate system of service-pipes, one of which carries air at a low temperature and the other of which carries air at a higher temperature, the outlets of said pipes being controlled by a double vent-valve adapted to permit of any given volume of air from either or both services to be intermixed at the exit-mouth at the will of the person in whose locality and under whose control the same is fixed, substantially as described.
(Specification, 8s. 6d. ; drawings, 1s.)

No. 14966. — 2nd June, 1902. — ARCHIBALD HODGE and WILLIAM JONES, both of Oamaru, New Zealand, Saddlers. Improvements in horse-covers.*

Claims. — (1.) The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts composing our improvements in horse-covers, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth with reference to the drawing. (2.) Improvements in horse-