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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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or crevices, the combination of a number of nozzles placed within a suction-pipe, said nozzles delivering water under pressure, with a suction-pipe surrounding the said nozzles, and a moving grating for keeping said suction-pipe-mouth clear of stones, &c., of undue size, said suction-mouth ending in finger-like projections for clearing grating and boxing in and enclosing the flushing and suction action, all substantially as set forth, and as illustrated in the drawing.

(Specification, 4s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18000.—7th June, 1904.—ANGUS SVENSON, of Morrison’s Bush, Wairarapa, New Zealand, Labourer. Apparatus for playing a new game.

Claims.—(1.) For the purpose indicated, apparatus comprising a plurality of superposed shelves arranged one behind the other, blocks adapted to fit upon said shelves, each block being printed with a name or device, removable tickets each printed to correspond with the printing upon one of the blocks, and means for attaching one of said tickets to each block, substantially as specified and illustrated. (2.) Apparatus for playing the described game comprising the parts arranged, combined, and operating substantially as specified.

(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18001.—7th June, 1904.—HUGH HAWTHORN MONTGOMERY, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Furniture Dealer, and ALFRED MASTERS, of Invercargill aforesaid, Mercer. Preparation for destroying white-pine grub.

Claims.—(1.) A preparation for destroying white-pine grub in polished or varnished wood, consisting of a mixture of camphor, raw linseed-oil, methylated spirits of wine, and acetic acid, in the relative proportions substantially as specified. (2.) A preparation for destroying white-pine grub in plain wood, consisting of a mixture of camphor, methylated spirits of wine, and creosote, in the proportions substantially as specified.

(Specification, 1s. 3d.)

No. 18006.—4th June, 1904.—GEORGE ARMSTRONG PETERS, of 102, College Street, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Physician. Certain new and useful improvements in self-registering electrically operated sectional targets.

Extract from Specification.—This invention consists of a target made of a single plate of metal, divided on the back surface by radial grooves into a central circle and a series of arc-shaped concentrically arranged potential sections corresponding to the individual units of the operating mechanism at the back of the target-plate; a rocking-frame consisting of rocking-shafts journalled in bearings on the main frame to which shafts are attached; at each end rocking-arms pivotally connected at their front ends to the top and bottom corners of the target-plate and connecting together by vertical connecting-rods at their rear extremities; of hammers pivotally supported in suitable bearings on a supporting-plate at the back of the target-plate, designed to rest with their front ends against the back of the target-plate, so as to divide it potentially into sections, the division of the target-plate into the aforesaid sections being set up by the impact of the bullet upon any particular area responding to any particular hammer; of corresponding contact-fingers for the hammers, suitably insulated from the supporting-plate of the hammers; of an annunciator, and electrical connections between such contact-fingers and the several registering sections of the annunciator corresponding to the potential sections of the target; and of a lever connected to the rocking-frame, and means for adjusting such lever so as to vary the position of the target-plate and consequently the angular relation of the hammers to the same and to the contact-fingers while maintaining the hammers in the same relative position at their points of rest on the potential sections, as more particularly explained.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claim.]

(Specification, 11s.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 18007.—4th June, 1904.—ALEXANDER CHRISTIE, of Farquhar Street, Junction, near Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Engineer. Improvements in machines for sizing and printing butter-pats and like purposes.

Extract from Specification.—A butter-pat sizing and printing machine constructed according to this invention has the following main parts: A hopper with feeding-dolly, a compression-tube, and a printing cavity or mould, a discharge-door and a discharging-plunger working in unison. The hopper tapers downwardly to the top of the compression-tube. Above said hopper is a lever connected to the feeding-dolly by a universal joint or flexible support or suspension, so that such dolly may reach to any point on the sides of the hopper and be pressed downwardly just into the top of the compression-tube, which it loosely fills. The compression-tube is preferably oblong in section and slightly tapered downwardly, and it is of some length compared with the larger diameter of the tube; but this proportion, as well as the extent of the taper, is determinable by the amount of compression required to be imparted to the butter, and is determinable only by experiment to this end. Below the lower and smaller orifice of the compression-tube is the printing cavity or mould, also preferably oblong, but it may be cylindrical, though essentially it should be of larger size than said orifice in order to provide for an expansion of the butter and so causing any air-cavities that might remain in butter brought down to be removed during expansion and recompression. At the top of this mould are small vents for the discharge of this air. One end of the mould has a door (which may have a carved reverse print or design on its inner face if desired), which is actuated by levers to remove it from the end of the mould. This door has a spring catch to lock it firmly on the end of the mould during compression, which catch is automatically released to allow of the lifting of said door out of the way of the discharging pat of butter. Opposite this door is the end of the discharging-plunger, having, if desired, a removable carved face likewise. This plunger has a link or rod the extent of whose backward movement is adjustable by a set-screw (so as to regulate the size of the mould to be filled), and this link or rod is actuated by a lever having a forwardly giving motion at the back end of its travel. The levers of the door and of the plunger have their other end connected to levers whose other ends run in cam-grooves in the faces of a cam on a cross-shaft or in the faces of two cams on said shaft, which shaft is actuated by a hand-wheel or a crank-handle. These cam-grooves are so arranged that as the discharge-door is lifted from the end of the mould and the discharge-plunger then moves across said mould, shearing off the column of butter in a direct line at the orifice of the compression-tube, and carrying the resultant printed pat of butter to a receiving board, or shelf, or receptacle. The link or rod of the discharge-plunger can be quickly disengaged from its lever when the backwardly giving joint consists of a pin in an L-shaped slot, and the plunger may then be drawn backwardly or forwardly in its bed free of the machine, so that the whole may be easily washed or otherwise cleansed.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

(Specification, 8s. 6d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 18009.—8th June, 1904.—HERMANN ALDENHOVEN, of Rundle Street, Kent Town, South Australia, Australia, Agent, and SOLOMON ROSENGARTEN, of Rundle Street, Adelaide, South Australia aforesaid, Pawnbroker. Improvements relating to hydraulic rams.

Claims.—(1.) A device for attachment to a hydraulic ram, comprising a concentrating-chamber such as A, an outlet-pipe such as B, and a float such as C, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth. (2.) The combination with a hydraulic ram of a concentrating-chamber of substantially the shape shown, having an outlet-pipe connected to the supply-pipe of the ram, said chamber being secured with its mouth up-stream, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth. (3.) An improved tail-valve for a hydraulic ram, comprising a simple valve and one or more adjusting-weights removably attached thereto, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth. (4.) The combination with the tail-valve of a hydraulic ram of one or more adjustable weights whereby the raising of the valve is delayed until the flowing water has attained a greater velocity, substantially as described. (5.) A hydraulic ram the supply to which is received through a concentrating-chamber such as A, and the tail-valve of which is provided with one or more adjusting-weights such as N, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18010.—9th June, 1904.—FRANK STAINES, of 290, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Manager. Improved portable draining-tray for domestic purposes.

Claims.—(1.) An improved portable draining-tray for domestic purposes consisting of a plurality of approximately parallel and adjacent bars suitably mounted in a frame, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (2.) An improved portable draining-tray for domestic purposes consist-