No. 78. 2147

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1903.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1903.

CONTENTS.

Complete Specifications accepted .. .. .. 2147
Provisional Specifications accepted .. .. .. 2152
Letters Patent sealed .. .. .. .. 2153
Letters Patent on which Fees have been paid .. 2153
Subsequent Proprietors of Letters Patent registered .. 2153
Applications for Letters Patent abandoned .. .. 2153
Applications for Letters Patent lapsed .. .. 2153
Letters Patent void .. .. .. .. 2153
Designs registered .. .. .. .. 2154
Applications for Registration of Trade Marks .. 2154
Trade Mark Renewal Fees paid .. .. .. 2158
Subsequent Proprietor of Trade Mark registered .. 2158
Trade Marks registered .. .. .. .. 2158

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 30th September, 1903.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the undermentioned applications for Letters Patent have been accepted, and are open to public inspection at this office. Any person may, at any time within two months from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing of opposition to the grant of any such patent. Such notice must set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be in duplicate. A fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

No. 15642.—17th November, 1902.—HENRY COE, of Greymouth, New Zealand, Gardener. An improved attachment to ploughs for breaking the subsoil.*

Claim.—In ploughs, coulters carried upon the frame behind the mould-board and share, and means whereby such coulters may be adjusted in the depth of their operation with relation to the mould-board and share, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 1s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 15700.—29th November, 1902.—WILLIAM VARCOE HOSKING, of Cross Road, Midhirst, Taranaki, New Zealand, Farm Hand. An improved mode of and apparatus for bailing and unbailing cows.*

Claims.—(1.) In cow-bails, a number of bails constructed in a line, in combination with a bar extending throughout the whole of the bails and provided with projecting pins adapted to engage with and release the hinged uprights of the bails so that when such bar is moved longitudinally in either direction it will open or close all the bails simultaneously, substantially as specified. (2.) In cow-bails, a number of bails constructed in a line, in combination with a bar extending throughout the whole of the bails and provided with projecting pins adapted to engage with and release the hinged uprights of the bails, means whereby such bar may be caused to move longitudinally in either direction so as to open or close the bails, and means for locking the bails in the closed position and for unlocking them simultaneously, substantially as specified. (3.) In cow-bails, a number of bails constructed in a line, a sliding-bar extending longitudinally throughout the whole of the bails, a locking-bar hinged to the top of each bail with its free end adapted to engage with and lock the hinged upright of the bail, a tumbler device articulated beneath each locking-bar and adapted to raise the free end thereof, projecting pins upon the sliding-bar adapted to engage with the hinged uprights of the bails, and [or] with the releasing-tumblers, means whereby the sliding-bar may be moved longitudinally in either direction, and means whereby it may be partially rotated, substantially as for the purposes set forth. (4.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts in my improved mode of and apparatus for bailing and unbailing cows, and described and explained, and illustrated in the drawings, and for the several purposes set forth.
(Specification, 5s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 15708.—2nd December, 1902.—RICHARD EDWARD ROBERTSON, formerly of Remuera, Auckland, but now of Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineer. Improved automatic means for adjusting the slack of railway and other air brakes.*

[NOTE.—The title in this case has been altered. See list of provisional specifications, Gazette No. 102 of the 11th December, 1902.]

Claims.—(1.) A ratchet that is adapted to travel behind the brake-beam upon the screwed take-up rod of a pneumatic brake, a chamber for containing the ratchet that is capable of rotary movement about the same, a pawl in the chamber, and means for operating it, as specified. (2.) In apparatus of the kind described, in combination, a pneumatic cylinder, a piston and piston-rod in the same, a push-and-pull rod having one end attached to the piston-rod and a bell-crank lever