Mar. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 837

No. 16042.—3rd March, 1903.—GEORGE HELLEUR, of Pahiatua, Wellington, New Zealand, Farmer. Improvements in and relating to taps used for drawing off liquids from tins.

Claims.—(1.) The combination for the purpose indicated of a tap provided with a screw stem, and a cutter upon the stem adapted to make a hole in a sheet-metal receptacle to receive said stem. (2.) The combination for the purpose indicated of a tap, a screw-threaded stem screwed into the barrel of the said tap and projecting therefrom, and a cutter made integral with said stem. (3.) The combination for the purpose indicated of a tap, a screw-threaded stem screwed into the barrel of said tap and projecting therefrom, a cutter made integral with the stem, and a washer threaded upon the stem.

(Specification, 1s. 9d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 16043.—3rd March, 1903.—THOMAS WILLMOT and MICHAEL THOMAS MORGAN, both of Sydney, New South Wales, Contractors. Improved means for coating wooden blocks and the like with tar, oil, or other liquid preparations.

Claims.—(1.) In means for coating wooden blocks and the like with tar, oil, or other liquid preparations, a tank or receptacle adapted to hold the liquid, in combination with a chute with perforated sides passing across the tank and dipping into it below the level of the liquid, as specified. (2.) A tank or receptacle adapted to hold liquid, in combination with a chute with perforated sides passing across the tank and dipping into it, such chute being provided with an inlet at one end and with an outlet at the other, both above the level of the liquid in the tank, and with spring scrapers within the outlet, as and for the purposes specified. (3.) In means for coating wooden blocks and the like with tar, oil, or other liquid preparations, a tank divided into a top and bottom division, the top division being adapted to hold liquid, while the bottom division is constructed as a fireplace, in combination with a chute with perforated sides passing across the tank and dipping into the top division below the level of the liquid, as set forth. (4.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts in our improved means for coating wooden blocks and the like with tar, oil, or other liquid preparations, as described and explained, as illustrated in the drawings, and for the several purposes set forth.

(Specification, 4s.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 16044.—28th February, 1903.—EDWARD WATERS, Jun.; a member of the firm of Edward Waters and Son, of 414-418, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Patent Agents (nominee of Emil Volkcrs, of 43, Dorotheenstrasse, Berlin, Germany, Civil Engineer). Improvements in micro-telephones.

Claims.—(1.) In a microtelephone, the combination of a telephone, a microphone, a liquable mass partly filling the said telephone and the said microphone, a straight handle carried through the said telephone and the said microphone and being held therein by the said liquable mass, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. (2.) In a microtelephone, the combination of a telephone, a microphone, a liquable mass partly filling the said telephone and the said microphone, a straight handle composed of a bent-wire part and an insulating part, the said telephone to be secured near the upper bend of the said wire-handle part, and the said microphone to be secured near the lower end of the said wire-handle part, the said wire-handle part being carried through the said telephone and the said microphone and held therein by the liquable mass, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. (3.) In a microtelephone, the combination of a telephone-box, a cover of sheet iron or electro-magnet, a threefold magnet or electro-magnet, a coil of insulated wire surrounding the middle pole of the said magnet or electro-magnet, and a liquable mass partly filling the said box and holding the said magnet or electro-magnet in proper distance from the the said cover diaphragm, and means for electrically connecting the said coil with the line-wires, substantially as and for the purpose described. (4.) In a microtelephone, the combination of a microphone-box, a cover of thin sheet metal the plate of which serves as diaphragm, two metallic concentrically dished discs, one arranged within the other, a layer of felt held between the said discs so that its circular edge protrudes over the edges of the said discs, a nut-and-screw arrangement clamping the said two discs, granulated carbon partly filling the space between the said inner disc and the said cover diaphragm, a liquable mass partly filling the said box and holding the dished disc in the proper distance from the said cover diaphragm, and means for electrically connecting the said discs and the said diaphragm with the line-wires, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. (5.) In a microtelephone, the combination of a telephone-box, a cover of thin sheet iron the plate of which serves as diaphragm, a magnet or electro-magnet composed of a plurality of lamellæ of soft iron or steel and having three poles, a coil of insulated wire surrounding the middle like poles of the said magnet or electro-magnet, a liquable mass partly filling the said box and holding said magnet or electro-magnet in the required distance from the said cover diaphragm, and means for electrically connecting the said wire coil with the line-wires, substantially as set forth.

(Specification, 4s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 16048.—4th March, 1903.—GEORGE HENRY IRVINE, of Edward Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Assayer, Metallurgist, and Mining Engineer. A method of abstracting colouring-matter from bark or any extract suitable for tanning purposes.

Claims.—(1.) A method of extracting colouring-matter from liquors containing tannin, consisting of adding said liquor to hot animal charcoal, agitating same, and subsequently separating the clear liquor by filtration. (2.) A method of extracting colouring-matter from liquors containing tannin, consisting in adding hot animal charcoal to the liquor to be decolorized, agitating the mixture, and subsequently recovering the clear liquor by filtration.

(Specification, 1s. 3d.)

No. 16049.—4th March, 1903.—EDWIN PHILLIPS, of 533, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Certified Patent Agent and Engineer (nominee of Francis King, of Phelan Building, San Francisco, California, United States of America, manufacturer of massage-machines). Improvements in massage-machines.

Claims.—(1.) A massage-machine comprising a movable standard or support, a motor resiliently mounted upon said support, a massage terminal, and a flexible rod supporting said terminal and connected with the shaft of the motor to impart vibration to the terminal from the rotation of said shaft, substantially as described. (2.) A massage-machine comprising a motor, a massage terminal, a connection between said motor and terminal for imparting vibration to the latter, and a resilient support for the motor provided with means for controlling angular displacement of the motor relatively to said terminal, substantially as described. (3.) A massage-machine comprising a motor, a massage terminal, a massage rod for supporting said terminal, an eccentric connection between the shaft of the motor and the inner end of the rod, and a spacing-device loosely connecting the outer or terminal end of said massage rod with the other end of the motor, substantially as described. (4.) A massage-machine comprising a motor, a standard therefor, an extension of the standard above said motor arranged to support conductors to said motor of the power for operating the same, and a massage terminal having an eccentric connection with said motor, substantially as described. (5.) A massage-machine comprising a motor, a support therefor by means of which the motor is supported rotatably about a vertical axis, a massage terminal, a massage rod for supporting said terminal, an eccentric connection between the shaft of the motor and the inner end of the rod, and a spacing-device loosely connecting the outer or terminal end of said massage rod with the other end of the motor, substantially as described. (6.) A massage-machine comprising a standard, a tube rotatably mounted upon said standard, an arm extending laterally from said tube, a motor resiliently supported upon the end of said arm, and a massage terminal having an eccentric connection with said motor, substantially as described. (7.) A massage-machine comprising a standard, a lateral arm rotatable about said standard, a motor rotatably supported upon the end of said arm, and a massage terminal having an eccentric connection with said motor, substantially as described.

(Specification, 5s.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 16050.—2nd March, 1903.—JOSEPH WATSON and ARTHUR WILLIAM CRANE, trading as “Watson and Crane,” of 375, Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Brassfounders. An improved measuring-tap.

Claims.—(1.) In combination, a reservoir, a measuring-chamber such as C, a sliding tube such as F which slides through a gland placed in the top of the measuring-chamber, and means for connecting together the reservoir and the measuring-chamber, as specified. (2.) In combination, a tap provided with a two-way cock or plug, a graduated mea-