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Claims.—(1.) In a machine of the character described, the combination with a sealing-head, of a chamber communicating with said head, a water-supply connected with the chamber, a reciprocating conveying or conducting device for conveying the contents of the chamber to the bottle, substantially as described. (2.) In a machine of the character described, the combination with a sealing-head, of a chamber communicating therewith, a water-supply connected with the chamber, a reciprocating conveying-device for conveying the contents of the chamber to the bottle, said device being adapted to be projected into filling position to establish communications between the chamber and sealing-head and retracted to cut off same, and means for reciprocating the said device. (3.) In a machine of the character described, the combination with a sealing-head, of a mixing-chamber communicating therewith, a syrup and a water supply connected with the chamber, means for controlling communication between the supplies and the chamber, a reciprocating conveying-device for conducting the contents of the mixing-chamber to the bottle, and means for reciprocating said device for the purposes set forth. (4.) In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a mixing-chamber, a water and syrup supply connected with said chamber, and means whereby admission of syrup and water to said chamber is controlled, a reciprocating conveying or conducting device for conveying the contents of the chamber to the bottle, substantially as described. (5.) A filling and sealing machine comprising a sealing-head having therein seal seating and locking devices, a mixing-chamber communicating with said head, suitable syrup and water supplies connected with said chamber, and means for controlling communication between said supplies and chamber in the operation of the machine, a reciprocating conveying-device for conveying the contents of the chamber to the bottle, said device being adapted to be projected into filling position to establish communications between the mixing-chamber and the sealing-head and retracted to cut off such communication, means for reciprocating the conveying-device, and means for operating the seal-applying devices in the head, substantially as described. (6.) In a filling and sealing machine, the combination with a sealing-head having therein a compound plunger, one part thereof adapted to seat the seal and the other to lock the same, a mixing-chamber communicating with said head, suitable syrup and charged water supplies connected with the mixing-chamber, a sleeve in said chamber, a conveying-device working in said sleeve and having therein an opening which when brought below the sleeve will permit the contents of the chamber to pass into the bottle, means for projecting the conveying-device into filling position and means for retracting the same therefrom, and means for operating the sealing-plunger to apply the seal after the bottle has been filled, substantially as described. (7.) In a filling and sealing machine, the combination with a sealing-head having seal-applying devices therein, a mixing-chamber communicating with said head, a charged water-supply connected with said chamber, and means for controlling the admission of water to said chamber, a syrup-supply having connection with the mixing-chamber, a syrup-pump interposed between the supply and the chamber, and means for regulating the stroke of the piston thereof to force a predetermined amount of syrup into the mixing-chamber, a reciprocating conveying-device for conveying the contents of the chamber to the bottle, said device being adapted to be projected to a position to establish communication between the mixing-chamber and sealing-head, and retracted from such position to cut off such communication, means for reciprocating said device, and means for operating the seal-applying devices in the head, substantially as described. (8.) In a machine of the character described, the combination with a sealing-head, of a chamber communicating with said head, a charged water-supply and means for controlling the admission of water to said chamber, a reciprocating conveying-device for conveying the liquid from the chamber to the sealing-head, said device being adapted to be projected into position to establish communication between the chamber and the sealing-head and retracted from such position to cut off communication, means for reciprocating the conveying-device for these purposes, and means for establishing communication between the water-supply and chamber as the conveying-device reaches filling position, substantially as described. (9.) In a machine of the character described, the combination with a sealing-head, of a mixing-chamber communicating with said head, a charged water-supply and a syrup-supply having connection with the chamber, a syrup-pump interposed between the syrup-supply and chamber, and means for regulating the stroke of the piston thereof for the purpose set forth, a reciprocating conveying-device for conveying the contents of the chamber to the bottle and adapted to operate as described, a lever pivoted in the frame and having connection with the conveying-device whereby the same is projected into filling position and retracted therefrom, said lever being also adapted to operate through suitable devices to establish communication between the water-supply and mixing-chamber as the conveying-device reaches

filling position, substantially as described. (10.) In a filling and sealing machine, the combination with a sealing-head provided with a seal seating and locking device and a gasket of compressible material in the lower portion thereof, a mixing-chamber communicating with the sealing-head and having therein a sleeve, a tube working in said sleeve and having therein an opening which when brought below the end of the tube will permit the contents of the mixing-chamber to pass into the bottle, means for reciprocating the tube for the purposes set forth, a water-supply and a syrup-supply connected with the mixing-chamber, a bottle-supporting table below the head, and means for raising the same to bring the bottle into engagement with the gasket in the head, substantially as described. (11.) A filling and sealing machine comprising a sealing-head having a mixing-chamber communicating therewith, a reciprocating conveying-tube adapted to be reciprocated to permit the contents of the mixing-chamber to pass into the sealing-head or cut off communication between the head and chamber, a water-supply and a syrup-supply, a lever pivoted in the frame and having connections with the conveying-device whereby it is reciprocated, suitable devices controlling the admission of water to the mixing-chamber, and connections between said lever and the controlling-devices whereby water is let into the mixing-chamber when the conveying-device reaches filling position, substantially as described. (12.) The described filling and sealing machine, comprising a sealing-head, a mixing-chamber communicating with said head, a water-supply and a syrup-supply connected with the chamber, a pump interposed between the mixing-chamber and the syrup-supply, a bottle-supporting table below the sealing-head, a lever pivoted in the frame and having a toggle connection with said table, connections between said lever and the piston-rod of the pump whereby a predetermined amount of syrup is forced into the mixing-chamber when the lever is operated, substantially as described. (13.) In a filling and sealing machine, the combination with a sealing-head, of a mixing-chamber having a syrup-supply and a water-supply connected therewith, and means for establishing communication between the supplies and mixing-chamber and cutting off the same at proper times in the operation of the machine, a reciprocating conveying-device adapted to be projected through the sealing-head into the neck of the bottle and to establish in such position communication between the chamber and the sealing-head, a valve in the sealing-head and means for operating the same to relieve the pressure of the head, substantially as described. (14.) In a filling and sealing machine, the combination with the sealing-head, a mixing-chamber, syrup and water supplies connected with said chamber, the conveying-device for conducting the contents of the chamber to the sealing-head, all adapted to operate substantially as described, of a pump adapted to force a predetermined amount of syrup into the mixing-chamber, a lever pivoted in the frame, adjustable connections between said lever and pump whereby the stroke of the piston is regulated, a vertically movable shaft carrying a bottle-supporting table, a toggle connection between said lever and shaft whereby the table is raised when the lever is raised, said toggle connections between the table and lever being such that the lever and table will remain raised during the filling and sealing operation, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

(Specification, 14s.; drawings, 4s.)

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

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The date of acceptance of each application is given after the number.

[Extracts from the drawings accompanying the foregoing complete specifications appear at the end of this Gazette.]

Provisional Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 18th March, 1903.

APPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional specifications, have been accepted as under:—

No. 15983.—11th February, 1903.—CHARLES MORRIS NEWSON and MARTIN COULSON, of Alexandra Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Builders and Contractors. A method and apparatus for applying boiling tar to paving-blocks of wood, for street-paving and suchlike.

No. 16028.—23rd February, 1903.—JOHN WAYMOUTH, of Auckland, New Zealand, Boatbuilder. An improvement in ships’ rafts.

No. 16029.—27th February, 1903.—SAMUEL GEORGE DICKSON, of 538, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria,