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which the main-circuit connection is controlled by an electro magnet or magnets, a prepayment coin-operated mechanism comprising a switch arranged in circuit with the controlling electro magnet or magnets, an idler-pinion in gear both with a coin-actuated wheel and with a co-axial rotating member of the counting-train of the instrument, and arranged to revolve round its own axis and also that of the coin-actuated wheel, and to control the operation of said switch so that the said pinion will revolve in one direction about the axis of the coin-actuated wheel to an extent proportionate to the number of coins inserted to close and maintain closed the circuit of the controlling electro-magnet, and will be restored to its normal position by the counting-train of the instrument to open said circuit, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. (3.) An electrical measuring-instrument having a prepayment mechanism constructed and operating substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
(Specification, 9s. 6d.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 17880.—3rd May, 1904.—JOHN JAMISON, of Princes Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Inventor. Improvements in automatic doors and life-saving apparatus in connection with lifts.

Claims.—(1.) In doors to lifts being worked automatically by the cage ascending or descending and light platforms arranged to be left near each floor as the said cage moves up or down, in combination, a usual cage D provided with a wheel D¹ for engaging the door-mechanism G, H, J, for automatically opening and closing each door as required, with the platforms E, E, E, E¹, E³, arranged to work substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawing. (2.) In combination, in a lift-well, mechanism partly connected to a cage D, D¹, and partly connected with each door G, H, J, for automatically opening and closing each door C, C¹, all substantially as set forth and as illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 4s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17886.—9th May, 1904.—CECILIA WHEELER, of 158, Adelaide Road, Wellington, New Zealand, Married Woman. An improved hose-suspender.

Claims.—(1.) A stocking-suspender consisting of elastic webbing or other suitable substance furnished at each end with tabs having button-holes engaging with buttons respectively attached to stocking and corset, waistbelt, or other article from which the stocking is to be suspended, substantially as described. (2.) In combination with a stocking-suspender such as described, of a button on head formed on the stocking in the manner indicated.
(Specification, 1s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17888.—7th May, 1904.—WILLIAM TARRANT, of Estcourt, Natal, South Africa, Mining Engineer. Improvements in and connected with shoes for horses and other animals having similarly shaped hoofs.

Claims.—(1.) The improvements described in and connected with shoes for horses and other animals having similarly shaped hoofs, which improvements consist essentially in the combination with a shoe of ordinary shape, having a plain upper surface for contact with the hoof, of a retaining rim-band secured round its outer edge by means of screws passed through holes in the said band and engaged with tapped holes in the front and sides of the shoe, the length and configuration of which band are such that when the shoe is secured on the hoof the said band extends around and bears against the whole of the outer face of the lower part of the hoof from edge to edge of the heel-cleft, as described and illustrated in the drawing and for the purpose described. (2.) For combination with a shoe for horses and other animals having similarly shaped hoofs, a retaining rim-band shaped and adapted for connection to the shoe, as described with reference to and illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17890.—10th May, 1904.—JOHN STUART, of 34, Leadenhall Street, London, England, Master Mariner. Improved means for releasing and lowering ships’ boats.

Claims.—(1.) Apparatus for the purpose described, comprising, in combination, chocks having straps, eccentrics upon which the straps are mounted, a shaft carrying the eccentrics, pedestals in which the shaft is journalled and having horizontal notches, pins upon the chocks, a lever fixed to the shaft, means for securing the lever to the deck of the ship, a jaw fixed to the shaft and having slots, brackets secured to the said deck, a bolt slidable in the brackets, pins upon the bolt engaging the slots of the jaws, grips passing over the boat, a ring attached to one end of the grip passing into a slot in the brackets, means for securing the other end of the grip to the deck of the ship, blocks and tackle for suspending the boat, davits from which the boat may be suspended, a winch having two drums of equal diameters, means for guiding the line of the tackle from the davits to the winch, and a ratchet-wheel, pawl, and brake upon the winch, substantially as set forth. (2.) The combination and arrangement of parts comprising the improved means for releasing and lowering ships’ boats, substantially as and for the purposes set forth and illustrated on the drawings.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 17895.—11th May, 1904.—JOHN HENRY KING, of 90, Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Accountant (nominee of Joseph Carter Oakman, of Sydney aforesaid, temporarily residing at 456, Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, Merchant, assignee of Lambert Synder, of Rochelle Park, Bergen, New Jersey, United States of America). Improved massage or vibratile apparatus.

Claims.—(1.) In an apparatus for creating massage-vibrations the combination with a main staff of a travelling vibrator-head fitting loosely thereon having diagonally opposite staff-contact points, the said head being thereby adapted to travel along the staff by a step-by-step movement, and an arm projecting from the said head whereby pressure may be applied to it, substantially as described. (2.) In an apparatus for creating massage-vibrations, the combination, with a main staff having a contact-member for application to the body, of a vibrator-head mounted to travel on said staff and having diagonally opposite staff-contact points for giving to the vibrator-head a step-by-step movement along said staff, substantially as described. (3.) In an apparatus for creating massage-vibrations, the combination, with a main staff having a contact-member for application to the body, of a vibrator-head having an opening loosely surrounding said staff, and an arm projecting from one side of said head whereby when pressure is applied to the said arm the head comes in contact with said staff at the upper and lower opposite edges of said opening, substantially as described. (4.) In an apparatus for creating massage-vibrations, the combination with a main staff of a travelling rigid vibrator-head having diagonally opposite contact-points whereby the vibrator-head is adapted to move along the said staff with a step-by-step movement when pressure is applied to said head, substantially as described. (5.) In an apparatus for creating massage-vibrations, the combination, with a main staff and a body-contact member thereon, of a rigid vibrator-head having an opening for the passage of the staff, said opening being larger than the staff and provided with diagonally opposite staff-contact points, and an arm projecting outward from one side of said head whereby when pressure is applied to said arm the head is forced into contact with the staff at the upper and lower opposite edges of said opening, substantially as described. (6.) In an apparatus for creating massage-vibrations, the combination, with a main staff, a body-contact member thereon, and a keeper at one end of the said staff, of a rigid vibrator-head having an opening for the passage of the staff, the said opening being larger than the staff and having diagonally opposite staff-contact points, and an arm projecting outward from one side of said head whereby when pressure is applied to said arm the head is forced into contact with the staff at the upper and lower opposite contact-points or edges of said opening, substantially as described.
(Specification, 5s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 17897.—11th May, 1904.—N. GUTHRIDGE, LIMITED, of 486, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Merchants (assignees of William Legrand Card and Frank Smith Card, both of Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Mechanical Engineers). Improvements in shaking-table ore-concentrators.

Extract from Specification.—Our invention relates generally to that class of reciprocating concentrator-tables whose concentrating surfaces are composed of a series of longitudinally disposed channels and interposed plane surfaces, which tables are inclined transversely to their line of reciprocation, and with which a supply of dressing-water is employed to effect the separation of the values from the gangue by the operation of gravity and the flow of the water. As is well understood by those skilled in the art, the efficiency of a concentrator of this class is determined by the saving of values, cleanliness of products, and capacity, and these results depend on the configuration of the table, the charac-