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base, a pivotal connection between the catch and the base
near the angle between the portions, a wedge hinged to the
end of said second portion extending from said end to said
base, and a rack with notches having upwardly and out-
wardly sloping upper surfaces at an obtuse angle with down-
wardly and outwardly sloping surfaces, substantially as and
for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 5s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16605.—6th July, 1903.—PAUL KAHLENBERG, of
Dunedin, New Zealand, Merchant. Improved umbrella-tip
retainer.*

Claims.—(1.) An umbrella-tip retainer consisting of an
elastic collar, an internally projecting ring thereon, an elastic
hood made integral with said collar, and a handle to said
umbrella having a groove therein adapted to receive the ring
of the collar, substantially as described. (2.) An umbrella-
tip retainer consisting of an elastic collar and an elastic hood
integral with the collar, said hood having a rim at its end
formed at right angles to the hood and projecting outwardly
when the hood is in use, substantially as described.
(Specification, 2s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 16619.—8th July, 1903.—FRANK COTTON, of Hornsby,
New South Wales, Gentleman. Improvements in gas-fur-
naces.*

Claims.—(1.) A gas-furnace with an inner and outer wall
separated by a body of sand or other suitable packing, so
constructed that its interior chamber is circular in form, and
having its outlet and intake adjoining and on the same
plane. (2.) In a gas-furnace, the combination of a concaved
floor, a domed roof, a circular inner wall, and an outer wall
separated therefrom by a mass of suitable packing, with a
chimney having the flue thereto adjoining and on the same
plane as the gas-intake.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17648.—17th February, 1904.—HAROLD LIGHTBAND,
of Hereford Street, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand,
Warehouse-manager. Improvements in and relating to tire-
covers for motor cars and the like.*

Claims.—(1.) A tire-cover for motor cars and the like con-
sisting of a leather band designed to cover the tire and
secured thereon by laces upon each side passing through
lace-holes in the band, V-shaped notches being cut in the
edges of the cover to prevent puckering, substantially as
specified and illustrated. (2.) A tire-cover comprising a
leather band, having V-shaped notches upon its edges, and
lace-holes arranged in pairs between said notches, substan-
tially as specified and illustrated.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17717.—31st March, 1904.—JOHANN FRIEDRICH
LINKE, of Yellangip, Victoria, Australia, Blacksmith, and
MARTIN SAMUEL NOACK, of Hopevale, Victoria aforesaid,
Farmer. Improvements in disc ploughs.

Claims.—(1.) In combination, discs set on standards con-
nected with plough-frame, draught-chain connection with
standards whereby pull of horses will draw the discs in the
ground, substantially as and for the purposes described.
(2.) In combination, pivoted lever E, draught-chain connec-
tion with same, swing-bar D linked to E, rod connection of
bar D with frame A, and swing-bar and chain connection of
D with disc-standards of plough, substantially as and for the
purposes described. (3.) In combination, tumbler K con-
structed of metal plate open at back and meeting in front
and with bent end, a spindle bearing in frame A carrying
tumbler and means for securing tumbler to spindle, sub-
stantially as and for the purposes described. (4.) In com-
bination, a tumbler as K having bent end, a disc-standard as
J, means for securing same together comprising plates L¹,
L², and bolts L³, substantially as described and illustrated.
(5.) In combination, disc-standard J, disc N, means sub-
stantially as described, and illustrated on Fig. 3, for secur-
ing same together. (6.) A stop-collar on back-wheel
standard, substantially as and for the purposes de-
scribed. (7.) The combination and arrangement of parts
for raising or lowering the front or back section of the
plough-body, substantially as described and illustrated. (8.)
The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the
draught mechanism, substantially as described and illustrated.
(9.) The combination and arrangement of the whole of the
parts for the purposes described, and substantially as illus-
trated on the sheets of drawings.
(Specification, 4s.; drawing, 2s.)

No. 17735.—5th April, 1904.—THOMAS HENRY MAPP, of
381, Riley Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales,
Australia, Engineer. Improvements in hydraulic presses.

Claims.—(1.) In hydraulic presses of the character set
forth, a top box movable on the head of the press and
operated by hydraulic power, substantially as described and
illustrated. (2.) In hydraulic presses of the character set
forth, a top box movable on the head of the press, a cross-
head secured to a double-acting plunger, and rods connecting
said cross-head with the top box, substantially as described
and illustrated.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17737.—6th April, 1904.—HELEN MCCLURE, of Drum-
mond, Victoria, Australia, Married Woman. Improvements
in combination culinary utensils.

Claims.—(1.) In culinary utensils, the combination with a
boiler of one or more series of flanged food-receptacles upon
the same, said receptacles having domed bottoms having
perforations having raised edges, the receptacles having also
side apertures for drainage, and a casing which provides a
steam and drainage space around the receptacles and a food-
space above them, all substantially as and for the purposes
set forth. (2.) In culinary utensils, the combination as a
whole of the parts illustrated in Fig. 1, substantially as and
for the purposes described, and with any number of series of
food-receptacles.
(Specification, 2s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17738.—6th April, 1904.—HENRY R. WORTHINGTON, a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of New Jersey, and having its principal place of busi-
ness at 114, Liberty Street, City, County, and State of New
York, United States of America (assignees of William Schwan-
hauser, of Brooklyn, Kings, New York aforesaid, Mechanical
Engineer). Improvements in condensers.

Claims.—(1.) A condenser having in the condensing-
chamber an air-cooler cooled by the condensing-water and
consisting of horizontally arranged casing having an air-
inlet on its lower side, an air-outlet, and partitions in the
casing dividing the space below the cooled top wall into air-
passages connecting the air inlet and outlet. (2.) A con-
denser having in the condensing-chamber an air-cooler cooled
by the condensing-water and consisting of a horizontally
arranged casing having an air-inlet on its lower side, an air-
outlet, partitions in the casing dividing the space within its
top and side walls into air-passages connecting the air inlet
and outlet, and passages for applying cooling-water on the
inner walls of the air-passages. (3.) In a condenser having
the condensing-chamber A and the condensing-water pipe C,
the air-cooler H having air-inlet 12, air-outlet 19, air-pas-
sages 18 connecting the inlet and outlet, and a condensing-
water passage through the air-cooler from which the water is
sprayed over the air-cooler. (4.) In a condenser having the
condensing-chamber A and the condensing-water pipe C, the
air-cooler H having air-inlet 12, air-outlet 19, air-passages 18
connecting the inlet and outlet, and water-passages through
the air-cooler arranged to apply condensing-water to the
inner walls of the air-passages 18, and means for spraying the
condensing-water over the air-cooler. (5.) In a condenser
having the condensing-chamber A and the condensing-water
pipe C extending upward centrally of the chamber, the air-
cooler H mounted on the condensing-water pipe and having
air-inlet 12, air-outlet 19, and air-passages 18 connecting the
inlet and outlet, condensing-water passage 13 through the
air-cooler, means for spraying water over the air-cooler,
means for adjusting the amount of water passing through
the passage 13, and water-passages through the air-cooler for
applying condensing-water to the inner walls of the air-
passages, and arranged to permit the passage of water to the
spraying-devices when the passage 13 is closed. (6.) An air-
cooler for condensers consisting of a casing adapted to be
mounted centrally on a condensing-water pipe and provided
with partitions dividing the space within the top and side
walls of the casing into tortuous air-passages connecting an
air inlet and outlet, and a central water-passage through the
cooler, the top of the cooler being formed to provide a spray-
pipe. (7.) The air-cooler, substantially as shown and de-
scribed in connection with the drawings.
(Specification, 6s. 6d.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 17739.—6th April, 1904.—HENRY R. WORTHINGTON,
a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of New Jersey, and having its principal place of
business at 114, Liberty Street, City, County, and State of