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canister mounted on a spindle revolved by gearing from the
driving-shaft, holes countersunk angularly in the inner faces
of the flanges of said disc, grooves in the outer faces of said
flanges behind and deeper at said holes, an adjustable ejector
adapted to travel in a groove and push out seed stuck in the
holes, a hopper adapted to catch seed falling from the holes
when the disc is being revolved, and means for leading seed
from said hopper to the ground, substantially as described.
(3.) In a seed-sower of the class described, making the holes
in the disc-flanges in the inner surfaces thereof and at an
acute angle with the internal face of the flanges, substantially
as described. (4.) In a seed-sower of the class described,
holes countersunk in the disc-flanges in the inner surfaces
thereof and at an acute angle with the internal face of the
flanges and a groove in the outer surfaces of the disc-flanges
behind and deeper at said holes, and an ejector adapted to
travel in a groove and push out seed stuck in the holes, sub-
stantially as described.
(Specification, 4s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16464.—10th June, 1903.—FREDERICK WILLIAM BUR-
SILL, of Sedgemere, Awatere, Marlborough, New Zealand,
Sheep-farmer. Improvements in fencing-standards.*

Claim.—For the purpose indicated, a metal standard
having a hole punched near one edge, and a tongue formed
by cutting through the metal above and into said hole in
such a manner as to leave a downwardly projecting part to
retain the wire in position, the tongue being bent laterally
to provide a passage for the fencing-wire to the hole at the
back of the tongue, substantially as specified and illustrated.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 17069.—6th October, 1903.—WILLIAM ERNEST HUGHES,
of Queen’s Chambers, Wellington, New Zealand, Patent
Agent (nominee of the British-American Tobacco Company,
Limited, incorporated in England under the Companies
Acts, Business, Cecil Chambers, 86, Strand, London, W.C.,
England, the assignees of Peter Andrew Lawles, of 175,
East Seventy-first Street, New York City, Machinist; Daniel
Jay Campbell, of 5, West Eighty-second Street, New York
aforesaid, Manufacturer; and Oscar William Anderson Alli-
son, of Rochester, Monioi, New York, Mechanical Engineer,
all of United States of America). Improvements in cigarette-
machines.

Extract from Specification.—This invention relates to
cigarette-machines of that class by which a continuous
wrapper-strip is wrapped about a continuous filler-rod of
tobacco and the edges joined together to form a continuous
cigarette-rod which is afterwards cut into cigarette-lengths.
More particularly, the invention relates to improvements in
the devices for forming the filler-rod and wrapping and
sealing the wrapper-strip about the same, mechanism for
applying paste to the edge of the wrapper-slip, and cutting
and compressing mechanism for severing cigarette-lengths
from the continuous cigarette-rod and compressing the
severed cigarettes to the shape desired. The invention has
been made with the idea of providing a machine specially
adapted for making flat or elliptical cigarettes, but features
of the invention are applicable to machines for making
cigarettes of other form.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in
place of the claims.]
(Specification, £1 2s.; drawing, 9s.)

No. 17158.—29th October, 1903.—GEORGE SMITH DUNCAN,
of 1, Temple Court, Chancery Lane, Melbourne, Victoria,
Civil Engineer. Improved slime-filtering apparatus.*

Extract from Specification.—The object is achieved by
means of a large number of hollow, flat, vertical filters, worked
under vacuum, which are suspended within the vat contain-
ing the material to be treated, each of said filters consisting
of a skeleton framing covered with filter-cloth, and arranged
comparatively close and parallel to each other, with scrapers
between. The filters are connected on top to a pipe in com-
munication with a vacuum tank which receives the solutions
as they are filtered, and the scrapers are reciprocated between
said filters at intervals to remove the muddy coating and
carry it below the bottom of filters and to prevent clogging.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted
in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 7s.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 17466.—14th January, 1904.—CHARLES EDWARD
STUART SCOTT, of New Plymouth, New Zealand, Printer.
A geographical game.

Claims.—(1.) A geographical game comprising a map or
chart marked with alternative routes from one place to
another, each route being marked with divisions indicating
distance, and markers in the form of ships, railway-trains, or
the like for employment upon said routes, substantially as
and for the purpose specified and illustrated. (2.) Apparatus
for playing a geographical game, constructed and arranged as
specified.
(Specification, 3s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17482.—20th January, 1904.—SIGMUND SELBY, of 89,
Southwark Street, London, England, Engineer. Improve-
ments in and relating to apparatus for drying bricks, earthen-
ware tiles, wood, and like materials.

Extract from Specification.—An important feature of my
invention consists in arranging, beneath the floor-level of
the longitudinally extended drying-chamber, a heating-
chamber which extends beneath either the whole or a
part of the length of the said drying-chamber and is in
communication therewith, air from the exterior being sup-
plied in any suitable manner to this heating-chamber, which
is provided with steam or other heating-coils whereby the
air therein is heated and rises into the drying-chamber,
where it comes into contact with the material to be dried,
and is removed from one end of the said drying-chamber by
means of a chimney-shaft or in any other suitable manner.
Another important feature of my said invention consists in
the provision of one or more conduits arranged above the
said drying-chamber, this conduit or conduits being in com-
munication through suitable openings both with the interior
of the drying-chamber and with the external air, so as to
supply air to the body of the said drying-chamber and
enable the material to be heated gradually, at the same
time obtaining a higher temperature at the delivery end of
the drying-chamber. Or, in some cases, a conduit of this
kind can be arranged so as to serve as a communication
between the upper part of the drying-chamber and the
chimney-shaft or other exhaust, for the purpose of directly
removing from the drying-chamber the vapours which pro-
ceed from the material to be dried. My said invention also
comprises improved steam-heating apparatus for supplying
heat to the said heating-chamber; an improved form of truck
with roller bearings for receiving the material to be dried;
and a tempering-chamber for preliminarily treating bricks,
tiles, and the like before they are brought into the drying-
chamber.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in
place of the claims.]
(Specification, 14s.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 17483.—20th January, 1904.—EDMUND EATON, of
99, Cannon Street, London, E.C., England, Consulting En-
gineer. Improved apparatus for use in the manufacture
of bricks, blocks, and the like.

Claims.—(1.) The new or improved apparatus substantially
as described and for the purpose set forth. (2.) In apparatus
for the manufacture of bricks and blocks from sand, lime,
and suchlike materials, a revolving apparatus comprising a
convenient number of compartments formed integrally with
or detachably connected to a revolving base, said compart-
ments having inclined bottoms towards doors for discharging
the contents thereof, used and operated in the manner
substantially as described. (3.) In combination with an
apparatus as described, the system of treating the material
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
(Specification, 6s.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 17486.—21st January, 1904.—THE MORGAN CRUCIBLE
COMPANY, LIMITED, of Battersea Works, London, England,
Manufacturers (assignees of Charles William Speirs, of Bat-
tersea Works aforesaid, Engineer). Improvements in crucible
furnaces.

Claims.—(1.) A tilting furnace, the casing of which has
two metallic shells of different shapes so as to form between
them a series of passages through which air can be supplied
to the furnace through apertures in the lining thereof, sub-
stantially as described. (2.) In a tilting furnace, a furnace-
casing having air-passages in the walls thereof communicating
with the interior of the furnace through holes in the lining,
a closed base upon which the furnace proper is mounted,
and a cover carried by a flue-pipe adapted to be moved
laterally from above the furnace, the said flue-pipe being
surrounded by a jacket through which air for support-
ing the combustion in the furnace is forced into the base
plate, whence it passes to the furnace partly through
the grate thereof and partly through the passages in
the casing, substantially as described. (3.) The combi-
nation with the tilting furnace provided with passages