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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 17064.—5th October, 1903.—JOHN KEMP, of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, Contractor. Improvements relating to the tailboards of tip-drays and the like.

Claims.—(1.) Improvements relating to the tailboards of tip-drays and the like, comprising the parts arranged, combined, and operating substantially as and for the purposes specified and illustrated. (2.) The combination with a dray or the like of arms from which the tailboard is suspended, whereby when the dray is tipped the tailboard is removed therefrom, substantially as specified. (3.) The combination with a dray or the like of arms from which the tailboard is suspended, and means for pushing said tailboard away from the body of the dray, substantially as specified. (4.) The combination with a dray or the like, arms from which the tailboard is suspended, a lever operable to hold and release the body of the dray, and means whereby the movement of the lever is caused to operate the tailboard, substantially as specified and illustrated.
(Specification, 1s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17065.—2nd October, 1903.—HARRY ARMAND BAUX, New Zealand Laundry Company, of Albert Buildings, Albert Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer. An improved table for ironing shirts.

Claims.—An improved table and bosom-board for ironing shirts, substantially as described, and illustrated in the drawings, consisting of a table, bosom-board, yoke clamp, shirt-clamp, braces, and lever springs and hinges and hooks.
(Specification, 1s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17066.—2nd October, 1903.—HARRY ARMAND BAUX, New Zealand Laundry Company, Albert Buildings, Albert Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer. A method of heating water by means of exhaust steam.

Claims.—A method of heating water by exhaust steam by spraying water on to trays within an enclosed box composed of wood lined with non-corrosive metal, or of metal entirely, as described, and illustrated by the drawings.
(Specification, 1s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17068.—6th October, 1903.—ELIE HINTON and FREDERICK AUGUSTUS ANDREWS, both of 82, New Bond Street, London, England, Engineers. Improvements in gas taps or cocks.

Claims.—(1.) In a cock, the combination with the shell or casing, provided with a delivery-passage therethrough, and a conical seat interrupting said passage, of a rotatable plug having a quick-tapering conical portion engaging said seat, and a passage therethrough adapted to register with the passage through said shell or casing, a stem rigidly connected to said plug and extending outside of the casing for turning said plug, and a spring engaging said plug and pressing said conical portion thereof against said seat, whereby the expansion of said plug will cause it to move longitudinally against the pressure of the spring, and the binding of the plug in its seat will be avoided, substantially as described. (2.) In a cock, the combination with the shell or casing, provided with delivery-passage therethrough, and a conical seat interrupting said passage, of a rotatable plug in said casing having a quick-tapering conical portion, the base of said plug being at least substantially equal to the height of said conical portion, and being provided with a transverse passage adapted to register with the passage in the shell or casing, and a spring engaging said plug and pressing it against said seat, whereby the expansion of said plug will cause it to move longitudinally against the pressure of said spring, substantially as described. (3.) In a cock, the combination with the shell or casing having a passage therethrough and a tapering seat interrupting said passage, of a rotatable plug in said casing having a quick-tapering conical portion engaging said seat, and having a transverse passage therethrough adapted to register with the passage through the shell or casing, said plug having a stem rigidly connected thereto and extending through the casing at one side thereof, the opposite side of the casing being provided with an aperture large enough to admit the said tapered portion of said plug, a detachable cap for closing said casing-aperture, and a spring interposed between said cap and the said plug and pressing the conical portion thereof against its seat, whereby the expansion of the plug will cause it to move longitudinally against said spring, substantially as described.
(Specification, 3s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17070.—6th October, 1903.—ORLANDO OLDHAM, of Denton, near Manchester, England, Engineer. An improved jig-pulley for lowering and hauling in mines.

Claims.—(1.) A jig-pulley adapted for letting down full tubs from face or stalls to main road or level and drawing up empty tubs, and for like purposes, constructed with a hollow vertical bolt or spindle and handle, and supported on a foot or bracket as d, whereby a wood-faced disc can be placed in contact with a pulley around which an endless rope or chain that is connected with said tubs is placed, enabling the progress of the tubs to be retarded or stopped, substantially as described. (2.) The combination, with a jig-pulley as described, of a hollow vertical bolt or spindle for containing oil or other lubricant, said hollow bolt having small holes in the side for the lubricant to percolate through and lubricate the working parts, substantially as described. (3.) The combination with a pulley as c, that may be secured to a fixed object and supported between a half-hoop bracket as b, of a wood-faced disc as e, provided with a projection as j, a tubular perforated screw-bolt as f supporting said disc, with handle for raising and lowering the disc, and a foot or bracket as d for permitting free vertical movement of the disc e and the projection j, all substantially as described and as shown on the drawing.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17110.—15th October, 1903.—WILLIAM STOCK, Engine-fitter, and CHARLES DUGALD KENNEDY, Barrister, both of Napier, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. An improved spanner or wrench.

Claim.—The improved spanner or wrench described, and illustrated in the drawing, that is to say, a spanner or wrench consisting of a ratchet wheel mounted between cheeks and having an angular hole for the reception of the nut to be turned, the said wheel being turned in one or other direction by means of a pivoted lever or handle having pawls formed thereon, these several parts being constructed and arranged and co-operating essentially as and for the purposes described.
(Specification, 3s.; drawing, 1s.)

An asterisk (*) denotes the complete specification of an invention for which a provisional specification has been already lodged.

NOTE.—The cost of copying the specification and drawings has been inserted after the notice of each application. An order for a copy or copies should be accompanied by a post-office order or postal note for the cost of copying.

The date of acceptance of each application is given after the number.

Extracts from the drawings accompanying the foregoing complete specifications appear at the end of this Gazette.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Provisional Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 28th October, 1903.

APPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional specifications, have been accepted as under:—

No. 17000.—17th September, 1903.—JOHN HOLM, of Port Levy, New Zealand, Labourer. An improved trap for catching mice and other like animals.

No. 17002.—16th September, 1903.—ARTHUR ASHCROFT, Commercial Traveller, and SIDNEY CLARK, Cabinetmaker, both of Symond Street, Auckland, New Zealand. A fuse fire-kindler for household purposes.

No. 17006.—17th September, 1903.—ROBERT WALES, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. Improved method of and device for cutting material to form mitre and bevel joints.

No. 17032.—29th September, 1903.—WILLIAM PERCY STYLES, of Eltham, Taranaki, New Zealand, Painter and Paperhanger. Improved means for retaining window-sashes at any desired height.

No. 17043.—1st October, 1903.—EDWARD GEORGE MILLS, of 11, Portland Place, South Yarra, Bourke, Victoria, White-lead Worker. An improved process for manufacturing white-lead (PbCo₃ or 2 PbCo₃ + PbH₂O₂) and other lead pigments.

No. 17045.—1st October, 1903.—THOMAS WILKINS, of Peal Street, Lawrence, Otago, New Zealand, Carpenter. Improved tobacco-cutter.

No. 17048.—1st October, 1903.—JAMES REYNOLDS HAYNE, of 96, Princes Street, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Chemist. An improved pneumatic spring.