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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 16413.—27th May, 1903.—ARCHIBALD VASSAL HALE MONRO, Master Mariner, and HENRY GEORGE WILLIAM LAWRENCE NOY, Engineer, both of Dunedin, New Zealand. A safety-grip block.*

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Claims.—(1.) Grip-block such as described, characterized by the wedge-pieces being held by a weighted lever normally clear of the ropes running in the block and jamming the ropes when the other end of the lever is pulled. (2.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts composing our safety-grip block, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

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No. 16420.—27th May, 1903.—ALBERT GODFREY MACKAY, of Totaranui, Nelson, New Zealand, Farmer. Improvements relating to chamber utensils.*

[NOTE.—The title in this case has been altered. (See List of Provisional Specifications, Gazette No. 50, of the 25th June, 1903.)]

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Claim.—A substantially oblong dome-shaped hollow device, provided with a handle at one end placed at an angle to facilitate removal, and adapted to be placed in and rest on the bottom of a chamber, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 1s.; drawings, 1s.)

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No. 16422.—1st June, 1903.—JOHN CHARLES MORGAN, Mangamahu, Wellington, New Zealand, Blacksmith. An improved attachment for fastening covers upon animals.*

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Claims.—(1.) A fastening for the front of animal-covers, the same consisting of a metal frame secured within the front edge of the cover and formed of two side pieces adapted to lie against the front flanks of the animal, a top cross piece to the ends of which the respective top ends of the side pieces are hinged, and means at the bottom ends of the side pieces whereby they may be fastened together and unfastened at will, substantially as specified.
(Specification, 2s.; drawing, 1s.)

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No. 16431.—2nd June, 1903.—FREDERICK BUTTERICK, of Wakanui, Ashburton, New Zealand, Farmer. Improvements in the cutting mechanism of reaping-machines.*

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Claim.—For the purpose specified, cutter-fingers mounted upon the back side of an angle iron, forming a cutter-bar, of reverse-L-shape section, in such a way that the plane of the knife supported on the fingers shall be only slightly lower than that of the travelling canvas of the machine, and a downward flange on the fingers to permit of their being held on the cutter-bar by horizontal bolts, as described and shown.
(Specification, 1s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

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No. 16434.—4th June, 1903.—HENRY COE, of Greymouth, New Zealand, Gardener. An appliance for holding nails or tacks while being driven.*

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Claim.—An appliance for holding nails or tacks while being driven; such appliance consisting of a pair of jaws adapted to grip the stem of the nail or tack, hinged together upon a pivot, and provided with handle extensions beyond the pivot bent upwards from the level of the jaws, substantially as specified.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

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No. 16436.—4th June, 1903.—GEORGE WILLIAM REMNANT, of Manutahi, near Patea, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved potato-plough.*

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Claims.—(1.) In means for digging potatoes, a frame provided with a running wheel, a scoop or share suspended from the front end of such frame, rearwardly extending vertical wing-plates secured to the back of the scoop or share and formed with vertical cutting-edges at their front ends, a grating extending rearwardly between the wing-plates from the back end of the scoop or share, and means whereby such grating may be given a shaking movement as the machine is drawn along, substantially as described. (2.) In means for digging potatoes, a frame provided with a running wheel, a scoop or share suspended from the front end of such frame, rearwardly extending vertical wing-plates secured to the back of the scoop or share and formed with vertical cutting-edges at their front ends, a grating extending rearwardly between the wing-plates from the back end of the scoop or share, a crank-shaft mounted in the frame above the rear end of the grating and provided with a crank, a rod connecting the crank with the rear end of the grating, and means whereby the rotatory motion of the running wheel may be communicated to the crank-shaft, substantially as described. (3.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts in my improved potato-plough, as described and explained, as illustrated in the drawing, and for the several purposes set forth.
(Specification, 3s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

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No. 16509.—18th June, 1903.—UNITED XPEDITE FINISHING COMPANY, of Berwick, State of Maine, United States of America, a corporation duly organized under the laws of said State of Maine, and having a place of business at 205, Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (assignees of Charles Pease, of Salem, Essex, Massachusetts aforesaid, Inventor). Improvements in heel-finishing machines.*

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Extract from Specification.—The present invention is especially useful when applied to machines in the use of which carnauba-wax is employed in finishing the heel. This wax, either pure or in preparations containing it in a large proportion, is preferable for use in finishing leather surfaces, because it gives a permanent bright polish, and does not mould. Surfaces which are finished by the use of compounds of other waxes are likely to “mould”—that is, they are likely to turn a greyish colour—and, as leather surfaces finished with carnauba-wax retain their bright polish, and do not mould, this wax is generally preferred for such work. It has been found preferable to melt carnauba-wax before using it, and to apply it in liquid form to the work member of the machine. It is characteristic of carnauba-wax, however, that it solidifies very quickly, becoming lumpy and unfit for use in finishing a leather surface, and in using it difficulty has been experienced in delivering it to the work member in proper condition for application to the work. To overcome this difficulty mechanism has been devised for insuring the delivery of the wax to the work member in melted condition. To this end we have employed, in combination with the work member and with wax-supplying means, a conveyor for transferring the wax to the work member and means for heating the conveyor, whereby the melted and hot wax is delivered directly to the part which is in engagement with the work. It will, however, be understood that, while the present invention is especially useful in its application to machines in the use of which carnauba-wax is employed, the invention is, of course, not limited to such use, and many of its features may be employed to advantage on machines in the use of which other kinds of wax are employed.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 12s. 6d.; drawings, 4s.)

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No. 16510.—18th June, 1903.—UNITED XPEDITE FINISHING COMPANY, of Berwick, State of Maine, United States of America, a corporation duly organized under the laws of said State of Maine, and having a place of business at 205, Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (assignees of Robert Watson Thomson, of Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts aforesaid, Manufacturer). Improvements in heel-finishing machines.*

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Extract from Specification.—In accordance with this invention we employ any usual or suitable cloth wheel or cloth-covered wheel or other work-rubbing wheel which is constructed with a convex, yielding, heel-engaging rim (many such wheels being already known), and we provide means for applying wax to the heel-engaging rim of said wheel. We also provide means for spreading the wax on said rim and for heating the rim in order to maintain it at a temperature sufficiently high to keep the wax thereon in molten condition while it is being applied to the heel. The means for spreading the wax and for heating the heel-engaging rim of the wheel also serves to shape said rim. In practice the heel is held pressed against the work-rubbing wheel with considerable pressure, and this results in flattening the convex rim of the wheel, which, for the best results, should be restored to its original shape, so that the portion of the rim acting on the heel shall always present a convex surface. The necessity for providing means for acting on the rim of the wheel to restore it to proper shape is rendered greater by reason of the rim becoming saturated with the wax, so that its natural resilience is almost entirely destroyed. Consequently one of the important features of our invention consists in the provision of means for moulding or restoring to shape the heel-engaging rim of the work-rubbing wheel. Inasmuch as the wax hardens very quickly, the operation of restoring the rim to proper shape is greatly facilitated by heating the restoring means so as to soften the wax with which the rim becomes saturated. We have designated the means for heating and shaping the wheel and spreading the wax as a roll, and as adapted to be rotated by