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save where adjustment is made of the sparker suitable for
the initial operation of the engine. (4.) In a motor vehicle,
the construction and arrangement of the controlling-levers,
and their connections for adjusting the sparker and throttle
of the engine in connection with the steering mechanism,
whereby the steering-stem may be adjusted in inclination
without affecting said controlling-levers, the steering-wheel
may be rotated without rotation of said controlling-levers, and
said levers may be independently adjusted between limits
which are unchanged by the rotation of the steering-wheel.
(5.) In a motor vehicle, the peculiar construction and arrange-
ment of the body of the vehicle, having hinged sections
constituting portions of the footboard and seat, in connection
with a supporting-frame, and mechanism carried thereby,
whereby free access may be had to all parts of the mechanism
by the movement of said hinged sections and seat. (6.) In a
motor vehicle, the construction of the carburetter, comprising
an oil-discharge nozzle arranged centrally within the air-
induction conduit, together with an iris diaphragm for
variably restricting said conduit adjacent to said nozzle.
(7.) In a motor vehicle, the construction of the transmission
gearing, characterized by a plurality of planetary-gear trains,
and an enclosing housing therefor connected to a member of
one train and forming a member of a friction-clutch for
locking said trains, the other member of which is also
enclosed within said housing.
(Specification, 17s. ; drawings, 10s.)

No. 18029.—13th June, 1904.—JEANIE ARNOLD, wife of
William George Arnold, of McDougall Street, Milton, Bris-
bane, Queensland, Laundry-proprietor. An improved wash-
ing-machine.

Claims.—(1.) The combination of the several parts consti-
tuting the improved washing-machine constructed, arranged,
and operating as shown in the drawings, substantially as de-
scribed. (2.) In a washing-machine, a rotatable cage or basket
having lobes on the circumference, substantially as described.
(3.) In a washing-machine, the combination of a rotatable cage
with lobes and a number of internal beaters, substantially as
described. (4.) In a washing-machine, the combination of a
rotatable cage with lobes on the circumference, and a number
of internal beaters, and a boiler, substantially as described.
(5.) In a washing-machine, the combination of a rotatable
cage with lobes, and a number of internal beaters, and a
boiler with a furnace, constructed substantially as described.
(Specification, 2s. 9d. ; drawing, 2s.)

No. 18036.—15th June, 1904.—JAMES BALLANTYNE HAN-
NAY, of Cove Castle, Loch Long, Dumbarton, North Britain,
Chemist. Improvements in anti-fouling composition for
ships’ bottoms.

Claims.—(1.) An anti-fouling composition, having the
following ingredients : Oxide of mercury, oleate of mercury,
white precipitate, lithopone, oxide of iron, copper stearate,
resin, linseed-oil, and naphtha, with or without the ad-
dition of petroleum-spirit, substantially as described.
(2.) An anti-corrosive composition, having the following
ingredients : Oxide of iron, lithopone, linseed-oil, resin,
mineral pitch, and naphtha, with or without the addition of
petroleum-spirit, substantially as described.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.)

No. 18038.—15th June, 1904.—FRANK ALEXE, of 123,
Cannon Street, London, England, Director of Public Com-
panies. Apparatus for forming casks, barrels, and other
similar receptacles made with staves.

Claim.—An apparatus for forming casks, barrels, and
other similar receptacles made of staves previously connected
together by wires or metal hoops, comprising two semi-
cylindrical parts joined together in the form of a cage, one
part being fixed and the other movable, the two parts being
brought near together by any suitable tightening-device,
substantially as described.
(Specification, 3s. 6d. ; drawings, 2s.)

No. 18039.—15th June, 1904.—UNITED SHOE MACHINERY
COMPANY, of Paterson, in the State of New Jersey, United
States of America, a corporation duly organized under the
laws of said State of New Jersey, and having a place of
business at 205, Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United
States of America (assignees of Frederick Lyman Alley, of 83,
Clarence Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australasian
Manager of said company). Hot-water circulating-device for
heating wax-pots.

Claims.—(1.) Hot-water circulating-device for heating wax-
pots, comprising a water-reservoir above the wax-pot, circu-
lating-passages about the latter, and a heating-worm below, all
connected together and arranged substantially as set forth.
(2.) Hot-water circulating-device for heating wax-pots, of the
character specified, comprising a water-reservoir above the
wax-pot, supply-pipe leading to a helically coiled worm below,
the upper end of said worm communicating with the lower-
most portion of circulating-passages surrounding the heating-
channel of said wax-pot, and branch pipes leading from said
passages to the supply-pipe, substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 2s. 6d. ; drawings, 2s.)

No. 18041.—15th June, 1904.—JAMES THOMAS HUNTER, of
Queen’s Chambers, Wellington, New Zealand, Registered
Patent Agent (nominee of Conrad Regenbogen, of Westing-
house Works, Trafford Park, Manchester, Lancaster, Eng-
land ; and Edwin Ruud, of 214, Wood Street, Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, United States of America, Engineers). Im-
provements in or relating to igniter mechanism for internal-
combustion engines.

Claims.—(1.) In an internal-combustion engine, electric
igniter mechanism which is actuated by a movement of the
inlet-valve-operating rod, substantially as and for the pur-
pose specified. (2.) An internal-combustion engine having
igniter mechanism provided with actuating-means con-
structed and operating substantially as described with
reference to either of the forms shown in the drawings.
(Specification, 4s. 3d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18044.—15th June, 1904.—WILLIAM ANTHONY
PRICHARD, of Macdonald Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Aus-
tralia, Mining Engineer. Improved pressure filter for slimes.

Extract from Specification.—The mixture as a whole is
fed into the lowest end of the main chamber of the appliance
and the liquids forced out through the filtering-mediums,
while the mixture during its process of exhaustion is con-
currently conveyed upwards by revolving propellor-blades,
and the undissolved residue being finally discharged at and
from the top of the chamber. The appliance for effecting
this process of pressure filtration consists of an upright
chamber of a cylindrical or conical form and whose internal
wall is made to be of an uneven surface by ribbed or
channelled formations which act as intervening passages
for leading to the exits of the filtrate solutions, said for-
ations further act as supports for the filtering-mediums,
and which latter may consist of cloths of metallic protector
screens. The filter-chamber is provided with an internal
hollow shaft arranged to be rotatable. This shaft is formed
with orifices, and said shaft is divided into two compart-
ments, into the lower one of which wash-water or other
liquids or fluids under pressure is admitted while preferably
compressed air as a drying agent is fed into the upper com-
partment so as to blow through the undissolved material and
so carry out any liquids remaining therein and prior to its
final discharge.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in
place of the claims.]
(Specification, 5s. 6d.; drawing, 2s.)

No. 18045.—16th June, 1904.—HUGH THOMAS SMITH, of
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Engineer. Improve-
ments in appliances for carbonating liquids.

Claim.—In appliances for carbonating liquids, the com-
bination with a horizontal cylinder that is provided with
stirrers or agitators of a pipe connection leading into the
top side of the cylinder, whereby the liquid may be admitted
thereto in the form of a spray, and a pipe connection to the
bottom side of the cylinder for the purpose of admitting the
gas for carbonating the liquid, as specified.
(Specification, 2s. 3d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18050.—16th June, 1904.—HARRY TEE, of 5, Castle
Street Arcade, Cook Street, Liverpool, Lancaster, England,
Engineer. Improvements in or connected with the manu-
facture of salt.

Claims.—(1.) In the manufacture of white salt from im-
pure or discoloured rock salt, the process of purifying same,
consisting in subjecting the body of molten rock salt to the
continued forcing through it of air (preferably highly heated
air) for a period of time, such as specified. (2.) In the
manufacture of white salt from discoloured or impure rock
salt, the described process, consisting of melting the dis-
coloured or impure rock salt ; then purifying the salt by
forcing air through it while in a molten state ; and then sub-