APRIL 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1201

Claims.—(1.) For the purpose indicated, in combination, a frame consisting of tubing and flat bars fitted together with sockets and elbows, and a bag laced to the frame, substantially as set forth. (2.) For the purpose indicated, in combination, a frame consisting of tubing and flat bars fitted together with sockets and elbows, a bag laced to the frame, and a chute attached to one end of the bag and communicating with the interior thereof, substantially as set forth. (3.) For the purpose indicated, in combination, a frame consisting of tubing and flat bars fitted together with sockets and elbows, a bag laced to the frame, a lid to the bag, and a shelf attached to the lid, substantially as set forth. (4.) For the purpose indicated, in combination, a frame consisting of tubing and flat bars fitted together with sockets and elbows, a bag laced to the frame, a chute attached to one end of the bag and communicating with the interior thereof, a lid to the bag, and a shelf attached to the lid, substantially as set forth. (5.) The combination and arrangement of parts comprising the improved bag for employment in collecting kauri-gum, substantially as and for the purposes set forth, and illustrated on the drawing.
(Specification, 3s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17270.—19th November, 1903. — GEORGE PEARSON WALLIS, of Mount Royal, Horsforth, Leeds, England, Engineer, and GEORGE FOX, of 8, Princes Street, London, E.C., England, Engineer. Improvements in the process and manufacture of bricks from sand, lime, and other materials.

Claims.—(1.) In means for the manufacture of sand-and-lime bricks, in combination, a compound horizontal and vertical mixer, a vertical spindle through centre of vertical portion of said compound mixer, horizontal knives or elevators attached to said vertical spindle, a pair of horizontal spindles through centre of the horizontal portion of mixer, horizontal spindles rotating at differential speeds, knives or blades attached to said horizontal spindles, a steam or hot-water jacket surrounding said compound mixer, a chute at the end of said horizontal portion of mixer, substantially as described and illustrated. (2.) In means for the manufacture of sand-and-lime bricks, in combination, a compound horizontal and vertical mixer, a vertical spindle through centre of vertical portion of said compound mixer, horizontal knives or elevators attached to said vertical spindle, a pair of horizontal spindles through centre of the horizontal portion of mixer, horizontal spindles rotating at differential speeds, knives or blades attached to said horizontal spindles, a steam or hot-water jacket surrounding said compound mixer, an elevator for conveying the material above said mixer, a chute for said elevator delivering said mixer to the bottom of the vertical portion of the compound mixer, an aperture at the junction of said chute with said vertical mixer for the admission of CO₂ gas which impregnates the brick-material as it ascends the vertical mixer, substantially as described and illustrated. (3.) In means for the manufacture of sand-and-lime bricks, in combination, a compound horizontal and vertical mixer, a vertical spindle through centre of vertical portion of said compound mixer, horizontal knives or elevators attached to said vertical spindle, a pair of horizontal spindles through centre of the horizontal portion of mixer, horizontal spindles rotating at differential speeds, knives or blades attached to said horizontal spindles, a steam or hot-water jacket surrounding said compound mixer, a chute at the end of said horizontal portion of mixer, an elevator for conveying the material above said mixer, a chute for said elevator delivering said mixture to the bottom of the vertical portion of the compound mixer, an aperture at the junction of said chute with said vertical mixer for the admission of CO₂ gas which impregnates the brick-material as it ascends the vertical mixer, hardening-chambers into which bricks are placed, CO₂ gas being then admitted into the hardening-chambers, an air-pump connected to said hardening-chambers for the exhaustion of the air previous to insertion of bricks, substantially as described and illustrated.
(Specification, 4s. 6d.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 17383.—17th December, 1903.—ALBERT SENOR CORONEL, of 87, York Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Merchant (assignee of Robert Bright Wells, of Percy Street, Wellington, New South Wales, Carpenter and Builder). Improvements in window-furniture for holding and suspending sliding-sashes.*

Claims.—(1.) Window-furniture for holding and suspending sliding-sashes, consisting of a track or rail in each sash-channel and in the sash-stiles wheels adapted to run on said track and to be enforced thereon by springs so as to firmly hold said sash in any desired position and at the same time allow it to be easily moved along the sash-channels, substantially as described and explained. (2.) In window-furniture of the class set forth, the combination with a roller such as 20 adapted to run upon a track or rail such as 10 of plates such as 18 in guides in or on casing such as 13, and having a cross-pin and distance-piece such as 25, and a spring such as 23 to force said plates such as 18 and said rollers such as 20 outwardly, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings. (3.) In window-furniture of the class set forth, the combination with rollers such as 20 adapted to run upon a track or rail such as 10 of a spring such as 23 whose ends carry spindles such as 21 for said rollers such as 20, and devices for fastening said spring in a mortise in a sash-stile, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings. (4.) Window-furniture consisting of the combination of mechanical parts as and for the purposes set forth, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated respectively in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, of the drawings
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17638.—9th March, 1904.—JOHN ALFRED MERRETT, of Wellington, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvement in cylinder drying-machines.

Claims.—(1.) In cylinder drying-machines, a stripping-device characterized by this, that the stripping-knife is adjustably mounted with regard to the surface of the cylinder upon an adjustable back plate which can swing round an axis, substantially as described. (2.) In cylinder drying-machines, a stripping-device of which the back plate carrying the stripping-knife is arranged in adjustable bearings and held in position by bolts connecting it with the machine, the stripping-edge being held against the surface of the cylinder by means of a cover-plate arranged above the said knife, substantially as described. (3.) In cylinder drying-machines, a stripping-knife carried by a pivoted back plate, the said back plate being mounted in bearings adjustable to the exact distance desired from the axis of the cylinder, and being held in working-position by means of screw-bolts freely attached to a fixed bar forming part of the framework of the machine, the stripping-edge of the knife being adjusted and secured in its working-position by set-screws arranged in a cover-plate, which cover-plate is itself secured by the back plate by which the stripping-knife is carried, substantially as described.
(Specification, 3s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17683.—22nd March, 1904.—ALFRED LAUNCELOT JAMES TAIT, of 1, Balmain Street, Richmond, Victoria, Australia, Inventor. Improved machinery and process for washing and dressing fibre and the like.

Claims.—(1.) In improved machinery and process for washing and dressing fibre and the like, the pairs of rollers and the immersed rollers combined with a top and bottom web which holds the fibre during the process of diluting and squeezing, in combination with water-tank and with part 2 of my invention, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawing. (2.) The body marked B1 with a recess combined with the web marked W and its rollers marked W1, W1, connected to the feed-receiver marked 5 and discharger marked 6, and together driven at the same speed, as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawing. (3.) The rollers marked B2, B3, B2, with their parts, in combination with the web marked W2, and with its attachments driven at a faster speed than web marked W, and worked in either direction opposite in combination with rollers and their straining set-screws marked C, and the whole frame combined with water-tank in part 2 of my invention, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 6s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17696.—23rd March, 1904. THOMAS HENRY HERBERT WIDDICOMBE, of Lord’s Road, New Town, near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Provision-dealer. Improved means for cutting up a large block of butter, or other analogous substance, into smaller blocks of predetermined size.

Claims.—(1.) For the purpose indicated, the general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts, substantially as described, and operating in the manner set forth. (2.) For the purpose indicated, in combination, a pair of flat pieces of any suitable material placed parallel to each other, a cross-bar (either fixed or adapted to act as a roller) supporting said pieces, and wires stretched across the frame so formed, between said pieces, at certain distances from the cross-bar, as set forth and explained. (3.) In means for