SEPT. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2331

(3.) For the purpose indicated, the parts constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purposes specified, and illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 4s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18042.—14th June, 1904.—P. AND D. DUNCAN, LIMITED, of Tuam Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineers (assignees of James Keir, of 312, Colombo Street, Sydenham, New Zealand, Engineer). An improvement in dumping and spreading wagons.*

Claims.—(1.) A wagon-body having sloping ends and a wedge-shaped projection in the bottom, as and for the purposes described. (2.) In a wagon with body of the shape shown, doors hinged and operated by rocking-shaft and lever, as and for the purposes described.
(Specification, 1s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18256.—1st August, 1904.—ARTHUR JOHN FISHER, of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, Clerk. An improved paint.

Claim.—The improved paint, consisting of pumice ground to a powder mixed with linseed-oil, part boiled and part raw, and turpentine and dryers, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 1s.)

No. 18323.—17th August, 1904.—THOMAS MCLEAN PARK, of 1312, Ashland Block, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States of America. Improvements in ore-loading machines.

Extract from Specification.—Includes a conveyer-frame W, made, preferably, of two main channel-pieces 17, a cross-section of which appears in Fig. 3, where the conveyer-frame is shown as having side troughs 18 extending outwardly and with upwardly inclined lower portion leading from the lower corners or portions of the channel-pieces of the frame. . . . This conveyer X is of the endless-chain type, and its blades 21, which operate in the troughs, have their shanks extending through the slotted or channelled sides of the conveyer-frame W and connected with the chain, substantially as shown in Fig. 3. The conveyer-frame is so mounted at its central portion upon the transverse shaft 16 that it may be tilted longitudinally in vertical planes, whereby the forward end of the conveyer-frame may be brought sufficiently low to cause the apron end W¹ thereof to scoop into the material to be elevated, whereby said material may be caught by the endless chain of buckets or blades and carried upward through the trough, and over the floored portion thereof, or over the screened surface if such surface is used and screening of the fine material is desired, the said material being finally discharged at the rear or upper end of the conveyer-frame into cars or wagons direct, or into a supplemental conveyer, which in turn delivers to the cars or wagons. As the blades or buckets deliver their load they return through the other or open-bottom trough, being supported upon the bar 20 during this return movement. The apron end W¹ of the conveyer-frame serves as a shovel nose, which is forced into or under the material, and in so doing will gather the same into the receiving end of the conveyer-trough, for in the operation of the machine the shovel nose or apron end of the conveyer-frame, which is shaped substantially as shown, is placed with the shovel-nose portion in close proximity to the pile of material to be gathered; the conveyer started, the machine moved forward with a sort of sweeping action, and the nose urged into or under the material, and the material thus gathered will be fed into the range of action of the flights, and finally carried by the flights along the trough. The conveyer passes round suitable sprocket wheels 22, 22¹ at the ends of the conveyer-frame, said sprockets being mounted on shafts 23, 23¹, which stand perpendicular to the bottom of said frame. Between the shaft 23¹ and the loose sprocket carried thereby is a clutch α, which may be of any well-known character, operated by means of the fulcrumed lever α¹. The clutch shown is what is known as the coil clutch, illustrated somewhat in detail in Fig. 17, but forming no essential part of the invention. Any suitable clutch at the point indicated may be employed for connecting the driving-sprocket of the endless conveyer with the power and disconnecting it from the power, to start and stop the travel of the conveyer.
[NOTE.—The above extracts from the specification are inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, £1; drawings, 6s.)

No. 18325.—17th August, 1904.—EDGAR GUESS, of 31, Tasman Road, Clapham, Surrey, England, Inventor. Improvements in and connected with electrical cash-checking machines.

Extract from Specification.—The present invention relates to improvements in and connected with electrical cash-checking machines, the objects being the prevention of fraud and obtaining a record of the total amount of cash registered as having been received. The invention comprises essentially a switchboard with a series of levers or knobs, each one of which represents a different value equivalent to one or more cash-units, a series of registering-dials in electrical connection with the switchboard so that they record each individual transaction, and in connection with each other so that they show the total amount, and a cash-receiving till consisting of three separate tills—for gold, silver, and copper respectively—each enclosing a revoluble wheel with four divisions and so arranged as to expose to sight the last coin or coins inserted therein. As the connection between the switchboard and the registering-dials is an electrical one, it will be seen that the registering-dials can be located in any place distant from the switchboard so as to be under the direct observation of the manager or other person in authority.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 19s.; drawings, 9s.)

No. 18327.—17th August, 1904.—LIONEL BUCK, of Eagle Point, Bairnsdale, Tanjil, Victoria, Australia, Agent. An improved mechanism for the transmission of motion and energy.

Claims.—(1.) An arrangement of mechanism for the transmission of motion and energy, consisting of, in combination, a supporting frame, a spindle to which is rigidly attached a disc, such spindle carrying also a boss or guide, upon which is attached a disc set at an inclination to such spindle, both discs having tooth-like projections which engage with each other, the inclined disc having attached thereto one or more spindles, and carrying a frame to which are attachable one or more diametrically placed spindles, substantially as described and illustrated. (2.) An arrangement of mechanism for the transmission of motion and energy, consisting of, in combination, a supporting frame, a spindle to which are rigidly attached a pair of discs, such spindle carrying also a boss or guide, upon which is movably attached a disc set at an inclination to such spindle, such discs, where they contact, having tooth-like projections which engage with each other, the inclined disc having attached thereto one or more spindles, and carrying a frame to which are attachable one or more diametrically placed spindles, substantially as described and illustrated. (3.) In the mechanism described in claims 1 and 2, having (instead of teeth-like projections) pins or studs upon either disc engaging with slots or holes, or pins and studs, upon the other disc, substantially as described and illustrated.
(Specification, 6s. 3d.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 18328.—17th August, 1904.—MICHAEL JAMES TEHAN, of Elmdale Estate, Heathcote, Victoria, Australia, Engine-driver. Improvements in reapers-and-binders.

Extract from Specification.—I employ as the source of power a motor, preferably of the internal-combustion type, using hydrocarbonaceous or similar fuels; but a steam or gas motor can also be employed. This motor is carried upon the frame of the machine, and is attached in such a manner that it can, whenever desired, be detached from this machine and employed for other purposes. The motor is provided with a fly-wheel and shaft, from which power is taken by suitable gearing and mechanism for transmission. The power is transmitted in two independent directions, the first being direct to the travelling arrangements, the other being direct to the mechanism operating the cutting, conveying, packing, binding, and discharging functions of the machine. These two lines of transmission are quite distinct from each other, so that the machine may be made to travel without cutting crop, or to cut and pack sheaves without travelling. Moreover, I provide means by which the rate of one motion may be varied with respect to the rate of the other motion, so that crops of differing density may be equally efficiently reaped and bound. . . . By this means I am enabled to cause my machine to travel either forward or backward at will. As the cutting-table must in any one machine be fixed in a predetermined position with respect to the motor, it follows that my machine may be made to act either as a right-hand or left-hand machine—that is, cutting crop lying either to the right or to the left of the direction of travel for the time being. Thus the operator of such a machine (instead of, as at present, having to travel round the periphery of the crop, continuously in one direction, and having to turn corners at the end of each side of the area operated upon, or to travel in curves) is thereby enabled to travel up and down the crop in straight parallel