392
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9

Claims.—(1.) Apparatus for the purpose indicated consisting of the parts arranged, combined, and operating substantially as specified. (2.) The combination in apparatus for the purpose indicated of a liquid-container, an air-vessel, a pump for compressing air in said vessel, a pipe conveying liquid from the container to a cock through which is a port leading to a spout, a pipe connecting the air-vessel with said cock which has also a port leading to a pipe communicating with the top of the liquid-container, substantially as specified. (3.) The combination in apparatus for the purpose indicated of a liquid-container, an air-vessel, a pump for compressing air in said vessel, and a dynamo for operating said pump, substantially as specified.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15395.—13th September 1902.—JOHN POPE VIBERT, Architect, and GEORGE COZENS, Customs Agent, both of High Street, Auckland, New Zealand. An improved closet.

Claim.—A closet or privy provided with separate receptacles for solids and liquids, and with a lip, funnel, spout, or saddle whereby the liquids and solids are separated at their sources and deposited in the receptacles intended for each, and a filter in the pan provided for liquids, substantially as and for the purposes specified, and as described and illustrated.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15425.—19th September, 1902.—WILLIAM AGUSTINE COLLINS, of Wanganui, New Zealand, Settler. An improved appliance for holding the legs of cows.*

Claims.—(1.) In means for holding the legs of cows, a hollow sleeve, to one end of which is attached a pair of arms adapted to encircle the cow’s leg, one of such arms being rigidly fixed to the sleeve, while the other arm is hinged thereto and is provided with an extension-piece beyond the hinge at an angle to the arm, in combination with a rod passing longitudinally through the sleeve and provided with a cross-head on its end encircling the arms, and means whereby such rod may be reciprocated within the sleeve so as to open and close the hinged arm and be locked in any position, as specified. (2.) In means for holding the legs of cows, a pair of arms attached to one end of a hollow sleeve, one of such arms being immovable, while the other is hinged and formed with an extension-piece beyond the hinge, a cross-head provided with apertures through which the arms are passed, such cross-head being secured to one end of a rod passing longitudinally through the sleeve, and means upon the other end of the rod whereby it may be reciprocated within the sleeve, in combination with a bowed spring attached to the outer surface of the sleeve and provided with a pin upon its inner face, indentations or teeth across the face of the rod, and a collar loosely surrounding the sleeve and spring by means of which the spring may be pressed down so as to cause its pin to engage with the indentations in the rod, as specified. (3.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts in my “improved appliance for holding the legs of cows,” as described and explained, as illustrated in the sheet of drawings, and for the several purposes set forth.
(Specification, 4s.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15519.—14th October, 1902.—ALFRED WEAVER, of Riverslea Wool-scouring Works, Hastings, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, Wool-scourer. Improved means or apparatus for washing wool.*

Claims.—(1.) The general construction, combination, and arrangement of parts constituting the improved wool-washing apparatus described and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings—that is to say, two circular vats or vessels furnished with central boxes, the first of which vats or vessels is mounted at a higher level than the second, the said vats or vessels communicating with each other by means of a shoot furnished with a door, the first vat or vessel being supplied with water passing through a flume furnished with a valve (or through such flume and an overflow flume) from an elevated tank into which the water discharged from such vats or vessels is pumped by a suitable pump, and the second vat or vessel being supplied with water either from a tank supplied from an artesian well and communicating with the said vat or vessel by means of a flume furnished with a sliding valve, or from a dam on a creek communicating with the said vat or vessel by like means, or direct from an artesian well, a portion of the bottom of each vat or vessel being perforated and communicating with outlet-passages through which the water escapes into drains through which it passes into a catch-pit, and a sump from which the said water is pumped into the said elevated tank, the second vat or vessel communicating by means of an opening furnished with a sliding door with a draining-pit, the water from which also passes to the catch-pit and sump aforesaid, the aforesaid parts or devices being arranged relatively to and co-operating with each other, essentially as and for the purposes described. (2.) The arrangement of two wool-washing vats in juxtaposition to each other, the first vat being mounted at a higher level than the second and communicating therewith by means of a shoot furnished with a door, the second vat having a discharge-opening furnished with a door, the aforesaid parts or devices being arranged relatively to and co-operating with each other, essentially as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. (3.) The construction of wool-washing vats with bottoms having perforated portions situated slightly in advance of the points at which the water enters the said vats, and with outlet-passages in communication with the said perforated portions, these parts or devices being arranged relatively to and co-operating with each other essentially as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in the drawings. (4.) The combination with wool-washing vats of a catch-pit into which the water discharged from the said vats is conveyed by drains in order to recover a portion of the yolk contained in such water, essentially as described, and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. (5.) The combination with wool-washing vats of a catch-pit, sump, pump, and elevated tank, and their subsidiary drains, pipes, and flumes, for the purpose of reusing in the scouring and wool-washing processes as described a portion of the washing-water containing a portion of the yolk of the wool.
(Specification, 11s. 6d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 15536.—16th October, 1902.—ROBERT LOUIS HOWELL MURRAY, of 193, Karangahape Road, Auckland, New Zealand, Electrician. An improved wood-fuel water-heater.

Claim.—The introduction of ribs between the inner and outer cylinders of water-heaters so as to prevent the water rising before it is properly heated, and in the general arrangement and construction and combination of parts as set forth in the drawings and specification.
(Specification, 1s. 3d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15824.—31st December, 1902.—TOM SUTCLIFFE, of 18, Allerton Road, Stoke-Newington, London, England, Engineer. A machine for aerating liquids and bottling same.

Claims.—(1.) In a machine for aerating or carbonating liquids, a mixing or carbonating chamber, a pump situated in alignment with said chamber, a piston or bucket-rod of sufficient length to extend thereinto, an agitator within said chamber carried by the pump-rod, and a forked connecting-rod connecting the pump-rod to a crank, all for the purposes and substantially as set forth. (2.) In a machine for aerating or carbonating liquids, the combination of a standard 4 fixed on a base 5, bearings on said standard, a spindle 6 carried in said bearings, a crank-wheel 7 fixed at one end of said spindle, a crank 9 formed with a slot and having a scale marked thereon fixed to the other end of the said spindle, a crank-pin 10 adjustable in said slot, a pump 12, a mixing-chamber 11, the pump-rod 14 entering said mixing-chamber, and an agitator fixed to said pump-rod, all for the purposes and substantially as set forth. (3.) A machine for filling bottles or other vessels with aerated beer or other liquors of a foaming character, having in combination a standard 4 fixed on a base 5, bearings on said standard, a spindle 6 carried in said bearings, a crank-wheel 7 fixed at one end of said spindle, a crank 9 formed with a slot and having a scale marked thereon fixed to the other end of said spindle, a crank-pin 10 adjustable in said slot, a pump 12, a mixing-chamber 11, the pump-rod 14 entering said mixing-chamber, an agitator fixed to said pump-rod, and a tube situated at the filling-head adapted to be raised and lowered as required by a cam on the main spindle of the machine, all for the purposes and substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 5s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 15856.—10th January, 1903.—FREDERICK WILLIAM FEAVER, of 12, Lawrence Road, South Norwood, Surrey, England, Metal-worker. Improvements in the manufacture of sheet-metal cans or boxes and apparatus therefor.

Claims.—(1.) Apparatus for grooving the lids or covers of sheet-metal cans or boxes, wherein a die, having ribs upon it corresponding with the grooves to be formed, is arranged to co-operate with pressure rollers in such a manner that when the said die and rollers are rotated relatively with one another the said ribs will be pressed into a sheet of metal placed between the die and rollers, substantially as described. (2.) In apparatus for grooving the lids of sheet-metal cans or boxes, the combination of a rotary die having ribs upon it, pressure rollers mounted in a block adjacent to the said die, and means for moving the said block with the pressure rollers towards the die, substantially as described. (3.) In apparatus for grooving the lids or covers of sheet-metal cans or boxes, the combination of a cutting die adapted to be in-