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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 16324.—6th May, 1903.—SAMUEL BUTLER, of Henbury Hill, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England, Merchant. Improvement in and relating to means for preventing the skidding or side-slipping of motor cars, bicycles, and other vehicles.

Claims.—(1.) A tire having a flat thick tread of india-rubber for the purpose of forming a bed for a flexible chain-like band or belt, or other non-skidding device, to lie upon and impress itself into the rubber tire, substantially as described and set forth. (2.) The attachment of a bridle or guard to a belt-chain or any non-skidding device placed around the tread of a tire for the purpose of insuring its coming off on the outside of the wheel only, substantially as described and set forth. (3.) The method of preventing chains, belts, bands, or the like employed on the tread of the tire of a motor vehicle from coming off on the inner side of the wheel, or from flying off tangentially, by means of a bridle of rope, wire, chain, or cord of any suitable material, substantially as described and set forth.
(Specification, 8s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16325.—6th May, 1903.—WILLIAM MUIR, of 97, Church Street, Edmonton, Middlesex, England, Gentleman, and CHARLES ROBERT EDWARD BELL, of Bell and Company (Limited), Match-works, St. Leonards Road, Bromley, Essex, England. Improvements in or relating to mechanically igniting material.

Claims.—(1.) In a mechanically igniting material, the use of the bright-red allotropic form of non-poisonous phosphorus distinct in its characteristics from ordinary red amorphous phosphorus. (2.) In a mechanically igniting material, the combination with an oxygen-carrying composition of the bright-red allotropic form of phosphorus. (3.) In a mechanically igniting material, the combination of the bright red allotropic form of phosphorus, an oxygen-carrying salt, and a hard powder. (4.) In a mechanically igniting material, the combination of the bright-red allotropic form of phosphorus, chlorate of potash, hard mineral powder, and a binding agent. (5.) The complete mechanically igniting material substantially as described.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.)

No. 16326.—6th May, 1903.—CARL CHRISTIAN LEOPOLD GETHER BUDDE, of 87, Gl. Kongevej, Copenhagen, Denmark, Engineer. An improved method of sterilising articles of food.

Claims.—(1.) A method of sterilising articles of food by the aid of hydrogen peroxide, consisting of mixing the articles of food with a suitable quantity of hydrogen-peroxide and then exposing them for some time to a temperature of 40°C. or more, thereby causing the oxygen in statu nascendi disengaged from the hydrogen-peroxide to destroy any microbes contained in the said articles of food, substantially as described. (2.) The method of sterilising articles of food in accordance with the method claimed in claim 1, consisting in heating said articles of food to a temperature of about 40°C. before mixing them with hydrogen-peroxide, and afterwards treating them substantially in the manner described. (3.) The method, when articles of food are sterilised according to the method explained in claims 1 or 2, of mixing the articles of food with just so large a quantity of hydrogen-peroxide (which quantity may be determined by experiments) as may, during the process, be completely decomposed into water and oxygen by the organic substances in the articles of food, so that these may be perfectly free from hydrogen-peroxide when the treatment is completed, substantially as described. (4.) The method, when articles of food are sterilised according to the method explained in claims 1 or 2, of adding to the articles of food which have been so treated, minimised quantities of enzyme, for instance, a sterile infusion of common press-yeast in order to decompose any eventual surplus of hydrogen-peroxide, substantially as described.
(Specification, 6s. 6d.)

No. 16328.—11th May, 1903.—HERBERT MARTIN ROCKELL, Creamery-manager, and FORRESTER THOMSON, Dairy-factory Manager, both of Rangiwahia, New Zealand. An improved method of withdrawing liquids from receptacles in proportionate quantities to the amounts placed therein.

Claim.—The improved method of withdrawing liquids from receptacles in proportional quantities to the amounts placed therein, the same consisting in placing an open-ended tube perpendicularly within the receptacle, hermetically sealing the top end of the tube, and removing it from the receptacle, as specified.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.)

No. 16329.—8th May, 1903.—JAMES FOSTER, of Stuart Street, Caversham, Otago, New Zealand, Printer. Improved book and music binder.

Claims.—(1.) The use of lengths of wire placed in sections of music, publications, or other flexible material, and placed on a flexible holder and fastened together by the covers of the book to be bound. (2.) The use of leather holders or other flexible material used for the same purpose.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16330.—8th May, 1903.—CHARLES BOWTELL SMITH, of 343, Queen Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Printer (assignee of Edward Milton Wildey, of 219, Clarence Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Stationer). Improved counter-check sales-book for traders and others.

Claims.—(1.) A counter-check sales-book comprising a strip of suitably printed, numbered, cut, and perforated paper first folded sidewise on itself along a perforated line a to have the fore edge of each pair of leaves or checks connected, then folded zigzag fashion to bring the checks above one another in book form, the stub strips being continuous or uncut at the head and tail folds at a², combined with a carbon-sheet which is bound along with the stub strips, substantially as described and shown. (2.) A counter-check sales-book comprising a strip of suitably printed, numbered, cut, and perforated paper first folded sidewise on itself, then folded zigzag fashion to bring the checks above one another in book form, with each sheet or check connected to the stub at a perforated line b¹ and with its fore edge free, the stub strips being continuous or uncut at the head and tail folds at a³ and back fold a³, combined with a carbon-sheet which is secured to the lower cover and folded over the free edges to between the original and duplicate checks, substantially as described and shown. (3.) A counter-check sales-book comprising a cut, perforated, and folded strip of paper having a carbon-sheet combined with it, all substantially as described and shown.
(Specification, 3s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16337.—13th May, 1903.—EDWIN NORTON, of 116, Riverside Drive, New York, United States of America, Manufacturer. Bottle-cap.

Claims.—(1.) The combination with a bottle, jar, or vessel having a cap-holder shoulder at its mouth or end, of a cork or sealing-disc, a cork-holder disc B having a flange b and a short segmental depending crimping-flange b¹, and a clamp disc D having a depending segmental crimping-flange d supplementing the crimping-flange on the cork-holder disc, and provided with an integral raised portion forming a socket or groove for insertion of a nail or other simple instrument between the cork-holder disc and clamp-disc for wedging or prying off the clamp disc and opening the bottle, jar, or vessel, the entrance to said groove or socket coinciding with the notch or divided portion of said crimping-flange on the clamp disc, and the segmental crimping-flange on the clamp disc having rounded or inclined ends, substantially as specified. (2.) The combination with a vessel having a cap-holder shoulder at its mouth or open end, of a cork or sealing-disc, a cork-holder disc, and a clamp disc having a segmental or divided crimping-flange and an integral raised portion extending across the same to receive a nail or other instrument between the cork-holder disc and clamp disc, substantially as specified. (3.) The combination with a vessel having an external shoulder at its mouth, of a cork or sealing-disc, and a clamp disc having a segmental or divided crimping-flange and a raised portion forming a groove or socket for insertion of a nail or other instrument, substantially as specified. (4.) The combination with a vessel having an external shoulder at its mouth, of a cork or sealing-disc, and a clamp disc having a segmental or divided crimping-flange and a raised portion forming a groove or socket for insertion of a nail or instrument, the entrance to said groove or socket being adjacent to the notch or division in the crimping-flange of the clamp disc, substantially as specified. (5.) The combination with a vessel having an external shoulder at its