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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

Claims.—(1.) Improved peg, characterized by the body being made like a corkscrew, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (2.) Improved peg, having a corkscrew body, a looped handle, and a hook near the middle of the handle, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 1s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 15992.—13th February, 1903.—SAMUEL EDWARD DENNISTON, of Fox Street, Avenal, Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineer. Improved apparatus for dipping sheep.*

Claims.—(1.) In a pen for the purpose described, a back to the pen capable of backwards-and-forwards movement between the sides of the pen, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (2.) In a pen for the purpose described, in combination, a back to the pen capable of backwards-and-forward movement between the sides of the pen, and a winch having ropes for operating the said back, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (3.) In combination, a pen having an inclined floor and fixed sides and front, a back capable of backward-and-forward movement between the sides of the pen, a winch having ropes for operating the said back, and a tank containing a sheep-dipping fluid, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (4.) In combination and arrangement of parts comprising the improved sheep-pen, substantially as and for the purposes set forth, and illustrated upon the drawing.
(Specification, 2s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16602.—8th July, 1903.—WILLIAM CHARLES BRADDOCK, of Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand, Baker. A machine for cleaning and washing currants, sultanas, and other dried fruits.*

Claims.—(1.) In means for washing and cleaning dried fruits, a vessel with perforated sides and bottom adapted to hold the fruit, a water-containing vessel in which the perforated vessel fits and is held, and stirrers or beaters mounted within the perforated vessel and provided with means whereby they may be revolved, substantially as specified. (2.) In means for washing and cleaning dried fruits, a water tank or vessel, a fruit-containing vessel provided with perforated sides and bottom and fitting within the water-tank, side arms extending vertically down the outside of the fruit-vessel, grooves or slides extending downwards upon the inside of the water-tank and into which the arms of the fruit-vessel fit, and stirrers or beaters mounted within the fruit-vessel and provided with means whereby they may be revolved, substantially as specified. (3.) In means for washing and cleaning dried fruits, a water tank or vessel, a fruit-containing vessel provided with perforated sides and bottom and fitting within the water-vessel, means whereby the two vessels may be held rigidly together, a vertical spindle mounted centrally within the fruit-vessel, radial stirring-arms or beaters attached to such spindle, and means whereby the spindle and its arms or beaters may be revolved, substantially as set forth. (4.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts in my machine for cleaning and washing currants, sultanas, and other dried fruits, as described and explained, as illustrated in the drawings, and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16656.—15th July, 1903.—ALFRED ERNEST WARNE, of “Tomerong,” Nowra, Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Mining Engineer. Improvements in ore-concentrators.*

Claims.—(1.) In an ore-concentrating machine, an endless belt travelling on suitable rollers in combination with an underlying cleaning-brush in constant contact therewith, submerged in a water-tank and rotated in a direction opposite to the travel of the belt. (2.) In an ore-concentrating machine, an endless belt provided with the necessary flanges and covered with a suitable material, such as plush, blanketing, matting, or the like, travelling on rollers so placed as to present an inclined plane on which the ore-material and the necessary water are deposited from overlying distributors, means for altering the grade of the said inclined plane, and a tension-roller and means for adjusting same; all in combination with a cleaning-brush in continual contact with the face of the belt, submerged in a water-tank and rotated in a direction opposite to the travel of the belt.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16991.—17th September, 1903.—ROBERT WELLINGTON CURRY, of George Street, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, Queensland, Meat Expert. A process and apparatus for producing pure liquid salt.

Claims.—(1.) In a process and apparatus for producing pure liquid salt, the process consisting of the percolation of liquid salt through a body of salt-crystals and filtering-mediums, and finally depositing into a reservoir, as described.

(2.) In a process and apparatus for producing pure liquid salt, the apparatus consisting of a vessel such as A having outlet at bottom, in combination with layer of filtering-medium, and a reservoir such as C covered with a filtering-medium, as described, and illustrated by drawings.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17027.—24th September, 1903.—JOHN HENRY PATTERSON, of Aldershot, Hampshire, England, Lieutenant-Colonel, D.S.O. Improved appliances for carrying a rifle or carbine when mounted.

Claim.—An appliance for carrying a rifle when mounted, consisting of a spring clip suspended from the saddle and a slot-and-stud connection between the rifle and the rider’s belt, such that while in the horizontal position of the rifle the stud may be inserted into the slot, but in the upright position of the rifle the stud locks the rifle to the slot, substantially as described.
(Specification, 1s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17080.—2nd October, 1903.—MATTHEW GODFREY BAKER, Engineer, and LOUIS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON, Dredgemaster, both of Alexandra South, New Zealand. Improvements in screens for sifting auriferous and stanniferous alluvial gravels.

Claim.—Making screens for sifting auriferous and stanniferous alluvial gravels with substantially square-cornered, diamond-shaped, and the like perforations, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 1s.)

No. 17085.—8th October, 1903.—WILLIAM GABRIEL BARGER, of 231, Franklin Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Agricultural-implement Maker, and HARRY COURTNEY DIX, of 124–126, Queen Street, Melbourne aforesaid, Sub-manager. An improved horse- or bullock-drawn tussock-cutting or general-purpose disc cultivator.

Claims.—(1.) In an improved horse- or bullock-drawn tussock-cutting or general-purpose disc cultivator, clod-breakers placed between the discs, the front ends of which extend beneath the gang-shaft and the rear ends are attached by a bolt, a bridge, and a holed distance-piece to a breaker-bar formed of angle-irons and cross-pieces, said breaker-bar supported to droppers or a cross-bar, all as and for the purposes described, and as illustrated in the drawings. (2.) In an improved horse- or bullock-drawn tussock-cutting or general-purpose disc cultivator, a bullock draft consisting of a shackle, the rear ends of which are pivoted to the front king-bolt, and the front end of which accommodates a horizontal pole-pin, a draft-pole the rear end of which is forked and accommodates the aforesaid pole-pin, pole-chains the front ends of which are adjustably attached near the rear ends of the pole, and the rear ends of which are attached to a swingletree, said swingletree being pivoted to the front king-bolt, swingletree chains the front ends of which are attached to the rear of the swingletree and the rear ends adjustably attached to the side frames of the framework, all as and for the purposes described, and as illustrated in the drawings. (3.) An improved horse- or bullock-drawn tussock-cutting or general-purpose disc cultivator, consisting of a framework having front and rear cross-bars pivoted near their middles, beneath which are gang shafts, said gang shafts having discs thereon, said discs and cross-bars being partially turned by connecting-rods attached to levers, said levers moving over quadrants and being locked by pawls falling into notches therein, in combination with clod-breakers secured to a clod-breaker-holding bar, said bar being attached to droppers from the cross-bars or to the said cross-bars, and horse draw-bars between the central and the side bars of the framework, all as and for the purposes described, and as illustrated in the drawings. (4.) An improved horse- or bullock-drawn tussock-cutting or general-purpose disc cultivator, consisting of a framework having a central and side bars, a front and rear cross-bar pivoted to said framework, a gang of discs beneath each said cross-bar, each gang being operated by a hand-lever and connecting-rods and locked by a quadrant, in combination with clod-breakers secured to a bar held by brackets, a shackle the rear end of which is pivoted to the front king-bolt, and the front end of which contains a horizontal pivot or pole pin, a pole-shaft the rear end of which is forked and accommodates the pole-pin before referred to, pole-chains the front ends of which are adjustably attached near the rear end of said draft-pole and the rear ends attached to a swingletree, said swingletree being pivoted to the front king-bolts, and having near its back ends the front ends of swingletree chains attached, the rear ends of which are adjustably connected to the side bars of the framework, all as and for the purposes described, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 5s.; drawing, 1s.)