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backward throw of the hammer, as and for the purpose
specified. (10.) In a self-registering electrically operated
sectional target, the combination with each section, the
hammer and the contact, and the electrical connections from
the contact, of a stop or shoulder designed to limit the back-
ward throw of the hammer, as and for the purpose specified
(Specification, 88. 6d. ; drawing. 1s.)

No. 16368.—13th May, 1903.—HENRY IEMAY MORALEE
Ross, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engraver. Improvements
in double-current ventilators.

Claims.—(1.) In ventilators, the combination of passages
for a downtake and an uptake of air, id sir entering at
the same opening, for working both currents, substantially
as described and shown. (2.) In combination in a ventilator.
trumpet. shaped openings A, A, arranged to cause ad
upward and downward current, with automatic louvre
doors opening to admit passing air and forcing same to the
lower part of the space to be ventilated, and at the same
time inducing an up-current from an opposite or distant part
of said space through suitable pipes, substantially as set
forth. (3.) In combination, adjacent openings for admitting
air, distributed as required and connected for forcing air to
a space to be ventilated, and withdrawing air from a distant
part of said space by suitable pipes, all substantially as set
forth, and as shown on the drawing.
(Specification, 4s. 3d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16369.—13th May, 1903.—JAMES OATEN, of 403. Lons-
dale Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Importer and Manufac-
turer. An adjustable fastener for animal-rugs.

Claim.—My adjustable fastener for animal-rugs consisting
of two lengths of webbing, straps, or the like fitted with
suitable buckles, clips, snaps, or other fastenings, and ar-
ranged to cross each other diagonally under the animal's
body, and to extend from the rump portion of the rug to
about the centre of the neck portion thereof on the opposite
side, the whole being constructed and arranged substantially
as and for the purposes specified, and as illustrated in the
drawing.
(Specification, 3s. 3d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16370.—19th May, 1903.—JOHN KERR, of Yering,
Victoria, Dairy Farmer. An improved milk-strainer.

Claims.—(1.) An improved milk-strainer consisting of four
adjustable parts—namely, the vessel B, suspended cylinder C,
inner projecting cylinder D, and milk-receiver E, f, g, h,
adjusted together and used as described and illustrated.
(2.) As an improved milk-strainer, the combination and
arrangement of the respective parts B, C, D, and E in man-
ner to provide chambers therein such as G, H, I, as and for
the purposes described, and as illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 2s. 6d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16371.—19th May, 1903.—JOHN KERR, of Yering,
Victoria, Dairy Farmer. An improved milking-bucket.

Claim.—As an improved milking-bucket, a bucket such as
A, having a reversely shaped open base and convexed cone-
or pyramidal-shaped bottom or floor such as C, so as to form
a V-shaped annular dirt-collecting catchment such as D,
strengthened by annular metal band such as E, as and for
the purposes described, and as illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 2s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16373.—19th May, 1903.—WILLIAM MADDER, of New
Plymouth, New Zealand, Builder. Improved damper-frame.

Claim.—A damper-frame having flanges between which
brickwork is built to maintain said frame securely in posi-
tion, substantially as and for the purposes specified, and
illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 1s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16378.—20th May, 1903.—ALEXANDER GILLIES, of
Terang, Victoria, Dairyman. Improved method of and
means for pulsating inflatable teat-cups of pneumatic milk-
ing-apparatus.

Claims.—(1.) Improved method of pulsating inflatable
teat-cups of pneumatic milking-machines, consisting in the
employment of atmospheric pressure at the teat-cup in con-

junction with an intermittent suction between the flexible
lining and rigid casing and a continuous suction in the in-
terior chamber, substantially as and for the purposes set
forth. (2.) Improved means for pulsating inflatable teat-
cups of pneumatic milking-apparatus, consisting in an auto-
matic air-inlet valve opening into the annular space between
the flexible lining and rigid casing for the intermittent
admission of atmospheric pressure in combination with an
intermittent-suction pipe at the base of said annular space
and a continuous-suction pipe at the base of the inner com-
partment of the teat-cup, substantially as set forth and
illustrated. (3.) In means for pulsating inflatable teat-cups
of pneumatic milking-apparatus, a vertically arranged auto-
matic air-inlet valve in the base of the annular space between
the flexible lining and rigid casing of said test-cup, substan-
tially as end for the purpose set forth, end as illustrated.
(Specification, 3s. 9d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16379.—20th May, 1903.—WILLIAM HENRY ATKIN, of
Auckland, New Zealand, Coachbuilder. Improvements in fur-
naces causing a larger consumption of carbon and other
bodies in smoke, an increased draught, and a reduced con-
sumption of coal or other fuel.

Claims.—(1.) The inwardly sloping perforated bridge fixed
as specified, the box beneath said bridge, the baffle-wall
built in front of said bridge, the opening made by arch in
under-m,, the furnace-door made to hold gauze or mesh,
and gauze and mesh fixed therein, and having solid plates
fitted outside of said door hinged so that they may be fitted
to cover and uncover said gauze or mesh for the purposes set
forth, substantially as described and illustrated. (2.) The
arrangement, combination, and application of the parts
specified with and to furnaces as shown on the drawing, for
the purpose set forth, substantially as described.
(Specification, 2s. 3d. ; drawings, 1s.)

No. 16385.—20th May, 1903.—JAMES BROUGH, of 79,
Wilson Street, Brunswick, Victoria, Pottery. manager.
Improvements in the bottoms of wickered jars or similar
vessels.

Claim.—The improvements in the bottoms of wickered
jars or similar vessels consisting of a bottom of wood or
other material, having around its outer edge a series of radial
holes to accommodate the lower ends of the uprights or
standards, in combination with cushions above the upper
surface of said bottom, all as and for the purposes described,
and as illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 2s. 3d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16396.—28th May, 1903.—JOHN KERR, of Yering, Vic-
toria, Dairyman. An improved milk cooler or refrigerator.

Claims.—(1.) An improved cooler or refrigerator (con-
vertible into a fluid-heating apparatus by the use of hot
water in place of cold water) consisting of the adjustable
parts described—namely, a bucket such as A, an air-tight
drum B, and a coil of piping C, with feed-pipe C¹, and dis-
charge-pipe and regulating-tap D, D¹, D², to be fitted and
adjusted together and used and operating as and in manner
described and as illustrated. (2.) An improved butter and
edible cooling apparatus consisting of the bucket A, the coil
of piping C, feed-pipe C¹, and discharge-pipe and regulating-
tap D, D¹, D². (3.) The combination and arrangement of
the several parts as a cooling and heating appliance, and
alternatively as a butter and edible cooling appliance, to be
fitted and adjusted together, and used and operating as de-
scribed.
(Specification, 3s. 6d. ; drawing, 1s.)

NO. 16401.—28th May, 1903.—WILLIAM BOWIE STEVEN-
SON, residing on the property of the Nourse Deep Gold-
mining Company (Limited), Witwatersrand Goldfields,
Transvaal, Engineer. Improvements in safety gear for
mine skips, cages, and the like.

Claims.—(1.) In a safety gear for mine skips, cages, and
the like, the combination with the supporting frame of the
angular containing and guiding straps and the dog-wedges,
the latter being arranged in the straps in such manner that
when raised the vertical, serrated, or toothed surfaces move
inwards and parallel with the sides of the guides or runners,
and means which operate to raise said wedges in their con-
taining and guiding straps should the cage or skip become
unsuspended, substantially as described. (2.) In a safety
gear for mine skips, cages, and the like, in combination, the
supporting frame, the containing and guiding straps fitted