Aug. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2019

Provisional Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 17th August, 1904.

APPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional specifications, have been accepted as under:—

No. 17791.—15th April, 1904.—MICHAEL HOGAN, of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand, Produce-dealer. Improved bicycle-stand.

No. 17847.—26th April, 1904.—GEORGE STEVEN JONES, of Oamaru, New Zealand, Printer. Improved mailing-wrapper for photographs and the like.

No. 18109.—29th June, 1904.—JAMES DUNSTAN, Engineer, and ERNEST WILLIAM MANNING, Commercial Traveller, both of Hobson Street, Auckland, New Zealand. A method of advertising.

No. 18119.—5th July, 1904.—JOHN HICKMAN, of 24, Durham Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker. Improvements and alterations to the Welsbach incandescent gas-burner.

No. 18122.—2nd July, 1904.—JEREMIAH CALLAGHAN, of 42, Cumberland Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Fireman; JOHN HARKNESS MCQUEEN, of 146, Castle Street, Dunedin aforesaid, Draper; and JOHN WATSON, of High Street, Dunedin aforesaid, Hotelkeeper. Improved decanter.

No. 18157.—12th July, 1904.—SYDNEY SMITH, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Boot-manufacturer. A new and improved sandal.

No. 18158.—11th July, 1904.—GIBSON PIERCE MARTIN, of Kelso, New Zealand, Saddler. Improvements in fastenings for animal-covers.

No. 18159.—14th July, 1904.—GEORGE SEATON STEVENSON, of Gore, Otago, New Zealand; and JAMES SHIELS, of Balfour, New Zealand, Flax-mill Owner. Air or vacuum buffer.

No. 18160.—15th July, 1904.—WILLIAM O’BRIEN, Jun., of Waipori, Otago, New Zealand, Dredgemaster. An invention for obtaining hydraulic power from the waves.

No. 18163.—16th July, 1904.—WILLIAM FREDERICK RANKIN, of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand, Mechanical Engineer. A stove-protector for use in frying.

No. 18164.—16th July, 1904.—FRANCIS SOPER, of Athol, Southland, New Zealand, Labourer. Means for automatically rocking cradles.

No. 18169.—13th July, 1904.—ROBERT WALES, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. Improved collar-stud.

No. 18177.—15th July, 1904.—ROBERT WALES, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. Apparatus for dividing a quantity of discrete material into equal portions.

No. 18178.—15th July, 1904.—ROBERT WALES, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. Device for dividing a quantity of discrete material into equal portions.

No. 18179.—15th July, 1904.—THOMAS CROSLAND, of St. Leonards, near Dunedin, New Zealand, Salesman. Improvement in portable washing-boilers.

No. 18181.—19th July, 1904.—ARTHUR APPLETON STEPHENSON, of Fremantle, Western Australia, Engineer. An improved low-pressure inflammable gas and heating and motive power.

No. 18183.—21st July, 1904.—ALBERT SENOR CORONEL, of “Alvorado,” Old South Head Road, Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, Merchant. Improved devices for suspending or holding sliding sashes of windows and the like.

No. 18184.—21st July, 1904.—FRANCIS WILLIAM LEE, of Brook Street, Woodend, Victoria, Australia, Blacksmith. Improvements in potato-diggers.

No. 18185.—21st July, 1904.—JOHN WILLIAM BORLAND, of Yarragon, Buln Buln, Victoria, Australia, Coachsmith. An improved self-locking pin for implements and other purposes.

No. 18186.—21st July, 1904.—ALFRED JAMES GILSENAN, of Bairnsdale, Tanjil, Victoria, Australia, Butter-factor. An improved acetylene gas generator.

No. 18189.—16th July, 1904.—CHARLES EDWARD EASTERBROOK SMITH, of London Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand, Contractor. A means for the doing-away of the smoke arising from smoke stacks, funnels, and the like.

No. 18190.—21st July, 1904.—HANS PETER KNUTZEN, of Auckland, New Zealand, Mechanic. Improvements in appliances for killing smoke.

No. 18191.—19th July, 1904.—THOMAS WILLIAM MAY, of Hackett Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand, Builders’ Foreman. An improved rotary engine.

No. 18193.—18th July, 1904.—PETER MCDONALD, of Diphon, New Zealand, Mill-owner. Improvements in means for removably attaching grippers to tires.

No. 18194.—18th July, 1904.—ROBERT WALES, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. Method of and apparatus for dividing a quantity of discrete material into equal portions.

No. 18195.—18th July, 1904.—RODERICK MCKENZIE McLENNAN, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Shipping Clerk. Improvements in calendars.

No. 18196.—19th July, 1904.—SAMUEL NICOLSON, of Medway Street, Gore, New Zealand, Sailmaker. An improvement in non-freezing taps.

No. 18197.—19th July, 1904.—SAMUEL NICOLSON, of Medway Street, Gore, New Zealand, Sailmaker. An improved method of attaching strips of leather or rubber to the tires of motors or other vehicles.

No. 18201.—22nd July, 1904.—CHARLES VALENTINE JENKINS, of Victoria Street, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand, Builder. An improved collar-stud.

No. 18202.—22nd July, 1904.—ALEXANDER RATTRAY AYSON, of Glenham, near Wyndham, Southland, New Zealand, Flaxmiller. Improvements in or relating to flax-strippers.

No. 18203.—23rd July, 1904.—FORTESCUE FRANCIS CROFT HUDDLESTON, of Hardy Street, Nelson, New Zealand, Artist. An improved heating-apparatus.

No. 18206.—21st July, 1904.—THOMAS FOSTER and THOMAS THOMSON PAUL, of Manse Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Bookbinders. Binder for mercantile papers, newspapers, and the like.

No. 18208.—25th July, 1904.—ROBERT WHILEY, late of Ohau, but now of 47, Hawker Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Sawmiller. A method of killing all blight and parasites on fruit-trees of any description, and of thoroughly cleansing trees.

No. 18212.—22nd July, 1904.—RICHARD COSSLETT, of Bath Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand, Architect. Improvements in building-appliances.

No. 18215.—22nd July, 1904.—JOHN HERCUS, Agent, FREDERICK WILLIAM BARTON, Gardener, and WILLIAM MORTON, Mechanical Engineer, all of Dunedin, New Zealand. A machine for turnip-thinning.

No. 18216.—22nd July, 1904.—WILLIAM PONNINGHAUS, of Horner Street, Papanui, Canterbury, New Zealand, Importer. An improved incubator.

No. 18217.—22nd July, 1904.—ST. GEORGE TREVLYN WILSON STEWART, Pianoforte Expert, and WILLIAM EDWARD CHARLES THOMAS MILLER, Gentleman, both of 147, Harper Street, Sydenham, Canterbury, New Zealand. An improved piano-insulator.

No. 18218.—23rd July, 1904.—EDWARD DON, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Bootmaker. A method of and composition for boot-finishing, including tan boots.

No. 18220.—28th July, 1904.—AUGUST LYELL, of Main Street, Palmerston North, Wellington, New Zealand, Inventor. Improvements in sewing-machines.

No. 18221.—27th July, 1904.—JOHN WATT, of Balclutha, New Zealand, Gas-engineer. Improved means for utilising the waste heat from an ordinary oil-lamp or incandescent gas-burner.

No. 18223.—25th July, 1904.—ALEXANDER SPEDEN, of Timaru, New Zealand, Carpenter. An improved lock for doors.

No. 18226.—28th July, 1904.—AUGUSTE JOSEPH FRANCOIS DE BAVAY, of “Florimel,” Gellibrand Street, Kew, Victoria, Australia, Brewer and Chemist. An improved process for separating by flotation parts of the constituents of ores and other solid bodies from the remainder thereof.

No. 18227.—28th July, 1904.—AUGUSTE JOSEPH FRANCOIS DE BAVAY, of “Florimel,” Gellibrand Street, Kew, Victoria, Australia, Brewer and Chemist. An apparatus for separating by flotation parts of the constituents of ores and other solid bodies from the remainder thereof.

No. 18228.—28th July, 1904.—AUGUSTE JOSEPH FRANCOIS DE BAVAY, of “Florimel,” Gellibrand Street, Kew, Victoria, Australia, Brewer and Chemist. An improved process for separating by flotation zinc blende from ores, tailings, concentrates, and slimes, and where necessary for preparing such ores to enable such separation to be effected.

No. 18232.—28th July, 1904.—ADOLF GUTENSOHN, of Crown Works, Limehouse, London, England, Metallurgical Chemist. Improved means for recovering metals and oxides from acid-solutions containing the same.

No. 18233.—28th July, 1904.—THOMAS MACALPINE, of 22, Sutton Court Road, Chiswick, London, England, Doctor of Science, Consulting and Research Chemist and Chemical Engineer. Improvements in means and apparatus for refining oils.

No. 18234.—28th July, 1904.—EDMUND FRANCIS BEDFORD KENYON, of Hove, Brighton, Sussex, England, Gentleman. Improvements in peelers for potatoes and like articles.

No. 18236.—28th July, 1904.—RALPH BYERLEY TAYLOR, of 51, Dawson Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Cabinetmaker; and EDWARD AMBROSE, of 225, Hunter Street, Newcastle aforesaid, Mechanical Engineer. Improved washboard and rubber for use therewith.

No. 18239.—22nd July, 1904.—ANGUS MCARTNEY, of Bridge Street, Nelson, New Zealand, Butcher. A double-headed match.

No. 18240.—26th July, 1904.—FRANCIS ALFRED TREGELLES, of New Plymouth, New Zealand, Consulting and Civil Engineer. Improved moveable river and sea groin.

No. 18241.—26th July, 1904.—FRANCIS ALFRED TREGELLES, of New Plymouth, New Zealand, Consulting and Civil Engineer. Improved system of building river and sea walls, groins, caissons for foundations of walls and bridges and for cofferdams, and caissons for breakwaters and foundations for same.

No. 18244.—26th July, 1904.—ROBERT WALES, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. Method of and machine for packeting discrete materials in predetermined portions,