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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 15735.—6th December, 1902.—WILLIAM BORLASE, of North-east Valley, Dunedin, New Zealand, Cycle Mechanic. Improvements in animal-traps.*

[NOTE.—The title in this case has been altered. See list of Provisional Specifications, Gazette No. 2, of the 8th January, 1903.]

Claims.—(1.) The improvement in animal-traps consisting of a spring adjustable by means of a nut and threaded bolt adapted to secure the spring to the back of the trap, substantially as described and illustrated. (2.) The improvements in animal-traps consisting of a heel on the plate-support below the pivot-pin, adapted to engage the back of the trap so as to prevent the plate being raised above a horizontal position and so as to give a fine adjustment to the trigger, substantially as described and illustrated. (3.) The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts composing my improved animal-trap, all substantially as and for the purposes described with reference to the drawings.
(Specification, 2s. 9d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15939.—2nd February, 1903.—FRANCIS WILLIAM PAYNE, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Consulting Engineer. Improvement in protecting bucket tumblers from wear.

Claims.—(1.) In tumblers for endless buckets and links, in combination with the shaft A and the body of the tumbler B, bars or angles B¹ formed longer than necessary with spare holes for allowing them to be driven to a new position and present fresh wearing-surfaces, all substantially as shown, and as described, and as explained. (2.) In combination, a shaft and tumbler for working an endless chain of buckets and links, with hard corner-pieces arranged to slide to a fresh position, and furnished with either slots or spare holes for this purpose, all substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

[NOTE.—The drawings in this case appeared in last Gazette.]

No. 15995.—18th February, 1903.—JAMES EBENEZER TONKIN, of Missenden Road, Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Mining Agent; WILLIAM AMES, of West Street, North Sydney aforesaid, Engineer; and WILLIAM EUGENE HORT NICOLLE, of Beecroft, near Sydney aforesaid, Engineer. An improved means to secure the fastenings of railway or tramway rails at the joints.

Claims.—(1.) A locking-device adapted to secure the fastenings of railway or tramway rails, consisting of a suspended clamping-plate held in position by the fish-plate bolts, the nuts of which are secured by a lock-plate supported and engaged at the ends in the manner shown, and for the purposes set forth. (2.) In the means employed for securing the fastenings of railway or tramway rails, the combination of a removable lock-plate with a fish-plate adapted to retain the said lock-plate in its position, as and for the purposes set forth. (3.) In the construction of gapped lock-plates, the arrangement of an outward extended portion adapted to be retained by a similar device associated with the folded ends, in which the said lock-plate is retained, as in Fig. 3. (4.) The general combination and arrangement of the parts described and illustrated, the whole forming a locking-device for securing the fastenings of railway or tramway rails as described and illustrated, and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 3s.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 16035.—26th February, 1903.—EDWARD TARLTON HORNE, of Invercargill, and GEORGE LEONARD JONES, of Dunedin, both of New Zealand, Inventors. An improved artificial manure.

Claims.—(1.) In artificial manure, the described composition of matter, consisting of lime, chloride of sodium, gypsum, guano, ammonia, nitrate of soda, and New Zealand flax (either any varieties of the whole plants or the refuse of same after the extraction of the fibre), and mixed in the proportions specified, substantially as and for the purposes set forth, and as described and explained. (2.) In artificial manure, the described composition of matter, consisting of lime, chloride of sodium, gypsum, guano, and New Zealand flax (either any varieties of the whole plant or the refuse of the same after the extraction of the fibre), and mixed in the proportions indicated, substantially as described and explained.
(Specification, 1s. 9d.)

No. 16036.—26th February, 1903.—EDWARD TARLTON HORNE, of Invercargill, and GEORGE LEONARD JONES, of Dunedin, both of New Zealand, Inventors. The manufacture of alcohol for commercial and manufacturing purposes only.

Claims.—(1.) In the production of methylated spirit for manufacturing purposes, power, light, heat, and suchlike, the use of either the whole of the New Zealand flax plant or such portions as remain after the extraction of the fibre, same being prepared for distilling and being distilled in the usual manner for preparing spirit, substantially as described and explained. (2.) In the production of vinegar, the use of the fermented flax-plants (either the whole of them or such parts as are left after the extraction of the fibre), substantially as described and explained.
(Specification, 1s. 3d.)

No. 16057.—3rd March, 1903.—EDWARD ROBERTS, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Consulting Engineer. An improved lower tumbler shaft for dredges.

Claims.—(1.) In the lower tumblers of dredges, the combination of the said lower tumblers with a cast-iron shaft, preferably hollowed concentrically throughout its length and chilled at the bearings, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawing. (2.) In dredge lower tumblers, the combination of said tumbler with a turned and keyed cast-iron shaft, preferably chilled at the bearings, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawing. (3.) In the lower tumblers of dredges, the fitting and securing of the usual tumbler-checks A to the shaft B by a collar forming part of the said shaft B⁷, in combination with chilled bearings B¹, all substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 2s.; drawings, 1s.)

[NOTE.—The drawings in this case appeared in last Gazette.]

No. 16073.—11th March, 1903.—Per WILHELM LINDBERG, of Storgatan, 6, Eskilstuna, Sweden, Superintendent. Improvements in centrifugal separators.

Claims.—(1.) In a centrifugal separator, the combination of a series of separator vessels placed in each other, and each provided with separate cream and blue-milk outlets, which at the same time serve as inlets for the next separator vessel, the cream outlet or outlets of each separator vessel being arranged in such manner that the wall of cream will place itself at a distance from the wall of the next inner separator vessel. (2.) In a centrifugal separator, the combination of a number of concentrically arranged cylindrical mantles forming between themselves a number of ring-shaped separating-chambers, means such as rings for closing the upper and lower ends of said separating-chambers, cream-outlets in each of said separating-chambers arranged in such manner that the wall of cream will place itself at a distance from the inner wall of each separating-chamber, and blue-milk-outlets in each of said separating-chambers, the said outlets of the one vessel serving as inlets for the next vessel, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. (3.) In a centrifugal-separator drum, the combination of a number of concentrically arranged cylindrical mantles forming between themselves a number of ring-shaped separating-chambers, means such as rings for closing the upper and lower ends of said separating-chambers, wider parts on said mantles, blue-milk-outlets on the upper side of said wider parts, and cream-outlets in each of said separating-chambers, the inner ends of said cream-outlets being arranged at a smaller radial distance from the drum-shaft than the inner wall of each separating-chamber, the said outlets of the one chamber serving as inlets for the next chamber, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. (4.) The combination of a centrifugal-separator drum of well-known construction, having cream and blue-milk outlets, and a series of separator vessels placed in each other in the said drum, and each provided with cream and blue-milk outlets, which at the same time serve as inlets for another separator vessel, the cream outlet or outlets of each separator vessel being arranged in such manner that the wall of cream will place itself at a distance from the wall of the next inner separator vessel, and the cream outlet or outlets of said drum being arranged at a larger radial distance from the drum-shaft than the outermost of the said separator vessels, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
(Specification, 7s.; drawings, 4s.)

No. 16077.—11th March, 1903.—FRANCIS EDWARD ELMORE, of 4, Bishopsgate Street Within, London, England, Electrometallurgist. Improvements in apparatus for generation and application of electric currents for electrolysis.

Claims.—(1.) Apparatus for the generation and application of electric currents for electrolysis, comprising an electrical conductor moving in a magnetic field and having electrodes attached to it on one side of the said field and extending into an electrolyte, while a part of the said conductor on the other side of the field is in electrical connection with other electrodes in the electrolyte, substantially as described,