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attached to the sides of the sectors. The sectors are adapted
to act against a plate and thereby control position of a gover-
nor-rod actuating any of the well-known governor devices.
The fourth part of my invention consists in a combined inlet
and exhaust valve of improved form. The fifth part of my
invention consists in attaching in any suitable manner to
the main piston a displacing piston of suitable area, which
discharges through ordinary non-return valves into two re-
servoirs of considerable capacity. . . . The sixth part of
my invention consists in a double-acting impulse-every-re-
volution oil-vapour engine in which my scavenging device is
applied. The seventh part of my invention consists in pro-
viding a small vapour-tight retort, which may be jacketed
with the exhaust gases or separately heated, down to the
bottom of which passes a tube leading from an oil-supply
tank, in which the oil is kept at a practically constant level
or pressure according as gravity or air-pressure displacement
is employed.

[NOTE.—The above extracts from the specification are inserted
in place of the claims.]

(Specification, 18s.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 18712.—8th November, 1904.—FRANCIS ERNEST
HORNIDGE, of 67, Hope Street, South Yarra, Victoria,
Australia, Musician. Improvements in culinary utensils and
lids.

Claims.—(1.) The general combination and arrangement
as a whole of the aforesaid culinary-utensil improvements,
substantially as illustrated. (2.) The improved culinary-
utensil lid, with handle constructed substantially as afore-
said and illustrated. (3.) The combination with a culinary
utensil having an ear or ears as aforesaid of a lid, having its
rim and handle substantially as aforesaid and illustrated.

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

No. 18721.—10th November, 1904.—ARTHUR ELLIOTT
JOHNSTONE, of 27, Chancery Lane, London, England, En-
gineer. Improvements in and relating to liquid-fuel burners.

Extract from Specification.—In operation it will be under-
stood that the oil drips into the vaporiser on to the coil of
steam piping, and the steam is led through the coil of piping,
by which the oil is completely vaporised in the chamber.
The steam, after passing through the coil of piping, passes
through the nozzle, where it issues outwardly, inducing with
it the oil which has previously been completely vaporised as
described. It will be understood that by the means described
the steam as well as the vapour is capable of being adjusted
with the greatest nicety and precision. A drain-cock may be
fitted to drain away the condensed steam when the burner is
not in use.

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

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

No. 18722.—10th November, 1904.—JOHN LECK BRUCE, of
Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, Engineer. An im-
proved apparatus for automatically lighting and extinguish-
ing street and other gas-lamps from a distance.

Extract from Specification.—The essential feature of my
invention is a mercury valve, which controls the gas-supply,
and is operated by the rise and fall of a gasometer-bell or its
equivalent actuated by predetermined variations of pressure
in the gas main. The operation of the valve may be obtained
either by the direct action of the gasometer-bell or by means
of a suitable intermediate mechanism, and the form of the
valve may be either a small mercury-sealed bell or a dis-
placer plunger immersed in mercury.

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

(Specification, 8s.; drawings, 4s.)

No. 18723.—10th November, 1904.—WILLIAM GRIFFITHS,
Stone-merchant, and BENJAMIN HARRY BEDELL, Engineer,
both of Nos. 41 and 42, Hamilton House, Bishopsgate Street
Without, London, England. Improved current-collector for
use in stud-contact systems of electric traction.

Claims.—(1.) For use in a stud-contact system of electric
traction of vehicles, a collector of electricity from successive
studs, consisting of a chain of links which is flexible in a ver-
tical plane, and so formed and suspended within the region
of a pole of a magnet carried by the vehicle that, when the
successive links pass over the studs, they are magneti-
cally forced downwards to make contact therewith, the
material, the arrangement, and the proportions of the
parts being such that the reluctance of the magnetic cir-
cuit is lessened by such downward movement, means being
provided for raising the links of the chain after passing the
stud. (2.) A form of construction, according to claim 1, in
which successive links are connected by horizontal pivots,
and are sustained by springs normally out of contact with
the road and between the plates of a horizontally extended
pole of a magnet carried by the vehicle. (3.) A form of con-
struction, according to claims 1 and 2, in which the ends of
the collecting-chain are secured to the vehicle by means
adapted to permit of the adjustment of the length of the
chain.

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

No. 18724.—10th November, 1904.—MARCONI’S WIRE-
LESS TELEGRAPH COMPANY, LIMITED, of 18, Finch Lane,
London, England (assignees of John Ambrose Fleming, of
University College, Gower Street, London, England, Doctor
of Science). Improvements in telegraphic signalling-keys.

Claims.—(1.) Operating a circuit-closer by a band resting
on a continuously rotating pulley against which it is inter-
mittently pressed. (2.) In apparatus such as is referred to in
claim 1, pressing the band against the pulley by a jockey-
pulley carried by a lever operated by an electro-magnet in the
circuit of an automatic Morse transmitter.

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

No. 18725.—10th November, 1904.—MARCONI’S WIRELESS
TELEGRAPH COMPANY, LIMITED, of 18, Finch Lane, London,
England (assignees of John Ambrose Fleming, of University
College, Gower Street, London, England, Doctor of Science).
Improvements in transmitting-instruments for wireless
telegraphy.

Claims.—(1.) Revolving the metal surfaces between which
the discharge takes place, substantially as described.
(2.) Mounting each ball and its motor on a tilting-table,
substantially as described. (3.) Enclosing the revolving sur-
faces in an airtight case provided with stuffing-boxes for the
electrical and mechanical connections, substantially as de-
scribed. (4.) Conveying the current to the revolving sur-
faces by mercury-cups fixed to or formed in their tops,
substantially as described. (5.) Forming in or fixing to the
top of each revolving surface a cup to receive the pivot, a non-
conducting tube being interposed between the pivot and the
sides of the cup, substantially as described. (6.) Trans-
mitting-instruments for wireless telegraphy, substantially as
described, and illustrated in the drawings.

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

No. 18730.—10th November, 1904.—THE DIXIE MATCH
COMPANY, New Jersey Corporation, of 15, Exchange Place,
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States of America (assignees
of William Henry Parker, of 15, Exchange Place aforesaid).
Improvements in the art of making matches.

Claims.—(1.) The described improvement in the art of
making matches, which consists in collecting a quantity of
match-splints in a coil, with their bodies in contact and with
their alternate ends projecting from their contracting por-
tions, together with a separating medium to separate the
splints row-wise. (2.) The described improvement in the art
of making matches, which consists in arranging a quantity
of matches side by side with the alternate splints longi-
tudinally displaced, and then rolling the splints in a belt,
which serves to separate the splints row-wise. (3.) The
improved process of making matches set forth in the speci-
fication, and illustrated in the drawings.

(Specification, 4s.; drawing, 2s.)

No. 18736.—8th November, 1904.—TIMOTHY BEEHANE
O’CONNOR, of Victoria Street, Auckland, New Zealand,
Hotelkeeper. Improvements in bits and bridles for horse-
racing, riding, or trotting purposes.

Extract from Specification.—The object of this in-
vention is the detection of foul riding or the checking
of the horse’s pace by jockeys and riders when riding
horses in a horse-race, or in trotting or in ordinary riding.
The graphite S, by its movement across the face of the
disc T, makes the markings, which give the record of the
strength of the different pulls made during the race, and the
fan or other indicator shows at once outwardly to the on-
looker or spectator, by means of the colours used and their
position in the fan r or indicator, the strength of the pulls
made, thus rendering foul and unsteady riding to be recorded
and discovered during the progress of the race. The fan r
may be fitted to the head-strap i, opened up instead of being
closed down flat, and be made to indicate the strength of