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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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placed, so that one attendant may cause the operation and
actuation of any part of the charging-machine, thereby
saving the expense of additional attendants. A cataract
engine is preferably employed to effect the raising and lower-
ing of the transfer tables.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in
place of the claims.]

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

No. 16857.—26th August, 1903.—DAVID DUNN, of Oamaru,
Otago, New Zealand, Mechanical Engineer. An improved
utensil for straining milk.

Claims.—(1.) The cone-shaped bottom of the well, with
inside cone to catch sediment, &c. (2.) The construction of
the metal frame, having feed pipe or tube E in the centre of
the well and, in conjunction with cones, causing sediment to
lodge therein, and also equalising the upward current of
milk. (3.) The method of fastening the receiver I to well A
by fastenings K and K₂, as shown by drawings.

(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16934.—9th September, 1903.—FREDERICK SHRIMP-
TON, of Tiki, Coromandel, Auckland, New Zealand, Settler.
Improved means of securing the staples of riding-saddles.

Claim.—For the purpose indicated, a saddle-staple having
screwed ends, a clamping-bar threaded upon the staple, and
nuts upon said screwed ends, as specified.

(Specification, 1s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16937.—10th September, 1903.—HARRY HARVEY
HILLARD, of Alfred Street, Benheim, New Zealand,
Labourer, and AUGUSTUS PRIDDLE, of Alfred Street afore-
said, Saddler. An improved tent.

Claim.—Protection for the two half-sections—i.e., the
peculiar shape, combining the roped ridge, terminating in
guys, and the floor.

(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16942.—10th September, 1903.—THE REFERENCE COM-
PANY, LIMITED, of 108, Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales,
Merchants (assignees of Elizabeth Emma Affleck, of 75, York
Street, Sydney aforesaid). A cure for consumption, tuber-
culosis, catarrhal complaints, asthma, diphtheria, and all
kindred diseases of the lungs and throat.

Claim.—A cure for consumption, tuberculosis, catarrhal
complaints, asthma, diphtheria, and all kindred diseases of
the lungs and throat, consisting of a mixture of sulphur,
charcoal, saltpetre, eucalyptus-oil, and eucalyptus-leaves in
the proportions and applied as specified.

(Specification, 1s.)

No. 16946.—10th September, 1903.—WILLIAM BROWN, of
70, London Street, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Com-
mission Agent (nominee of Michael Raleigh, of 201, Eliza-
beth Street, Sydney, New South Wales). Improvements in
apparatus for heating rooms, &c., by gas.

Claims.—(1.) In a portable gas-heating apparatus, the use
of two dished vessels suitably connected so as to leave a free
passage for the heated gas to pass from the outside of the
lower perforated vessel to the inside of the upper vessel, the
lower vessel having a gastight cover to prevent the escape-
ment of unburnt gas into the top chamber, substantially as
described and illustrated. (2.) In a portable gas-heating
appliance, the combination of the lower perforated part
provided with a gastight cover with the upper inverted
dished part, having holes or vents arranged to complete the
circulation of the heated air. (3.) In a portable gas-heating
appliance, the combination of the upper and lower dished
parts with the means of connecting the apparatus with an
ordinary gas-bracket, substantially as described and ex-
plained.

(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16947.—10th September, 1903.—NORWELL D’ORVILLE
WILLIS, of Grey Street, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, En-
gineer. An improved collapsible device for attachment to
cycles to deflect wind-pressure, or to assist propulsion accord-
ing to the direction of the wind.

Claims.—(1.) For attachment to and use with a cycle or like
machine, a wind and dust deflecting and propelling device,
consisting of a cover of textile fabric, a series of metal ribs

and stretchers pivotally connected, secured pivotally umbrella-
wise to a ring and runner mounted on a stick or rod, such
stick when set or secured in position on the machine to pro-
ject horizontally in front of the machine, such deflector being
capable of being collapsed, compactly folded, reversed in
position, and placed to lie securely parallel to, under, or at
the side of the upper tube-rail of the machine in rear of the
rider, as and in manner described, and as illustrated. (2.) As
a means for mounting the deflector device as described on a
cycle or the like in manner described, the standard A⁴,
clip A⁶, and its thumb-screw, the hollow sleeve or carrier A⁸
(for reception of rod), clip A¹, and its thumb-screw for attach-
ment to a cycle or the like, arranged, applied, and used as
and in manner described, and as illustrated. (3.) With a
cycle or like machine, the combination and arrangement of
the several parts described, and illustrated in the drawings,
lettered thereon A, A¹, A², A³, A⁴, A⁵, A⁶, α, α¹, α², and b, as
and in manner described, and as illustrated.

(Specification, 4s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16948.—10th September, 1903.—JAMES CHANNON, of
“Pakenham,” Hornsby, near Sydney, New South Wales,
Baking-powder Manufacturer (assignee of William Thomas
Percival, of Bassett Street, Penshurst, near Sydney aforesaid,
Engineer). Improvements in seal locks, specially applicable
for strap-buckles, as of mail-bags.

Claims.—(1.) In a seal lock, the combination with a hinged
leaf or cover having a moving latch bolt, a lever or trigger
actuated by movement of said bolt, and an easily destroyable
seal adapted to be bulged by said trigger and to recover to
normal condition, substantially as described and explained.
(2.) In a seal lock of the class set forth, the combination with
a chamber such as 12 adapted to receive an easily destroy-
able seal such as 13 to form its ceiling or top of a bolt such
as 15, a pivoted lever-piece or trigger such as 23 adapted to
be actuated by movement of said bolt against the force or
stiffness of said seal and to shoot and retain by means of
said force or stiffness the bolt in its locked position, sub-
stantially as described and explained. (3.) A seal lock of
the class set forth, consisting of the combination or aggrega-
tion together of the mechanical parts or integers, as and for
the purposes set forth, substantially as described and ex-
plained, and as illustrated in the drawing.

(Specification, 3s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16967.—14th September, 1903.—GEORGE EDWIN
RICHARDSON, of Port Road, Thebarton, South Australia,
Engineer. Improvements in and connected with couplings
for railway vehicles.

Claims.—(1.) In improvements in and connected with
couplings for railway vehicles, a coupling comprising a
vertically arranged hook having a vertically arranged grip-
ping-face, said hook being mounted upon a drawbar of a
truck or equivalent thereof, substantially as described. (2.) In
improvements in and connected with couplings for railway
vehicles, a vertically arranged hook having a vertically
arranged gripping-face mounted upon the drawbar of a
truck or the equivalent thereof, the centre of the face
of such hook being substantially in alignment with the
centre of the drawpin. (3.) In improvements in and con-
nected with couplings for railway vehicles, a slot arranged in
the body of the vertical coupling, and a link mounted upon
and pendent to such coupling and arranged to slide within
the slot, for the purposes set forth. (4.) In improvements in
and connected with couplings for railway vehicles, com-
prising a vertically arranged hook having a vertically
arranged gripping-face, a thrust-casting mounted upon said
hook and provided with a thrust-plate arranged to impinge
upon a portion of the coupling, and a thrust-extension
capable of being operated upon by a push-bolt or equivalents
thereof, substantially as described. (5.) In improvements
in and connected with couplings for railway vehicles,
comprising a vertically arranged hook having a vertically
arranged gripping-face and a thrust-casting provided with a
thrust-plate and thrust-extension as described, the applica-
tion and use of fulcrumed side rods, and a push-bolt or the
equivalent thereof for the purpose of deflecting the coupling,
substantially as described. (6.) In improvements in and
connected with couplings for railway and other vehicles,
comprising a vertically arranged hook having a vertically
arranged gripping-face, a block arranged to slide vertically
against the vertical gripping-face of the coupling, said block
having parallel edges or faces for the purpose of effecting
close coupling. (7.) The specified improvements in couplings
for railway vehicles, substantially as described and as illus-
trated, as and for the purposes set forth as a combination
of parts.

(Specification, 5s. 6d.; drawing, 2s.)