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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 20304.—11th November.—P. E. Baldwin, Palmerston North.
Flax drying and bleaching.

No. 20305.—13th November.—J. A. Powrie, Lower Hutt.
Rain-water strainer.

No. 20306.—11th November.—F. E. McCrea, Northcote.
Pillow-lace loom.*

No. 20307.—13th November.—P. Mullins, Westport.
Playing-cards.

No. 20308.—14th November.—E. L. White, London, Eng.
Pictorial post-cards, &c.*

No. 20309.—14th November.—A. Mitchell, Auburn, Vic.
Screw-tap.

No. 20310.—14th November.—A. E. G. Bennett, Fitzroy, Vic.
Shirt, &c., cuff.*

No. 20311.—14th November. — Aktiebolaget separator, Stockholm.
Separator.* (B. Ljungström.)

No. 20312.—14th November.—S. B. Apostoloff, London.
Bread-making.*

No. 20313.—15th November.—T. S. Philpott, Wellington.
Game of cards.

No. 20314.—15th November.—A. A. Newnham, Wellington.
Lock nut.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1905.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the undermentioned applications for Letters Patent have been accepted, and are open to public inspection at this office. Any person may, at any time within two months from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing of opposition to the grant of any such patent. Such notice must set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be in duplicate. A fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

No. 18940.—11th January, 1905.—GEORGE CARRINGTON, of Clive, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, Cook. A machine for use in shelling peas.*

Claims.—(1.) A machine for use in shelling peas comprising a hollow rectangular frame across the top of which a length of wire netting is stretched and provided with slide-guides on its top face, and a sliding block adapted to fit between the guides and to be reciprocated over the surface of the wire netting, substantially as specified. (2.) A machine for use in shelling peas, the same consisting of a hollow rectangular frame with a length of wire netting tightly stretched across its open top, an inclined table placed beneath the netting and inclining from one end of the frame to near the other end, and a sliding block adapted to fit between guides on the top of the frame and to be reciprocated over the surface of the wire netting, substantially as specified. (3.) The machine for use in shelling peas, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 2s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18941.—11th January, 1905.—GEORGE CARRINGTON, of Clive, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, Cook. Improvements in or relating to gates.*

Claim.—In gates of the class described, a vertical plate let into the gate-frame and extending across between its top and bottom members at a slight distance from the hinge end of the gate, and connected to such end by means of a bolt or bolts, such plate being formed with apertures therein and provided with ratchettcd surfaces surrounding the edges of the apertures, such apertures being adapted to receive pins to which the twisted wires are secured, and which pins are formed with heads provided with ratchettcd surfaces corresponding to the ratchettcd surfaces surrounding the apertures, substantially as specified.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18945.—10th January, 1905.—ROBERT WALKER, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Tinsmith. Improvements in milk-cans.*

Claims.—(1.) A milk-can provided with a protecting body-band characterized by the shoulder of the can terminating in a curl into which takes another curl formed on the end of the body-portion and the protecting-band, having its upper end inserted between the body-curl and the end of the shoulder-curl and its lower end secured to the bottom of the can, substantially as described. (2.) A protecting body-band for a milk-can characterized by having its lower end formed with an outward curl adapted to embrace a solid rim secured to the band, substantially as described. (3.) A milk-can handle consisting of a rigid grip provided with two projecting prongs and a downward U-shaped extension; the prongs being adapted to lie on and be secured to the shoulder of the can, and the U-shaped extension being adapted to be secured to the can-body, substantially as described.
(Specification, 2s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18950.—12th January, 1905.—WILLIAM MCKINNON, of Arapawanui, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, Station-manager. Apparatus for automatically feeding fowls and animals.*

Claims.—(1.) Apparatus for automatically feeding fowls and animals consisting of the parts constructed, arranged, combined, and operating substantially as specified and illustrated. (2.) An apparatus for the purpose indicated, the employment of a hopper containing food, a valve door at the bottom of said hopper, and means for operating said valve by the weight of water flowing into a vessel carried upon the end of a lever, substantially as specified, and as illustrated in the drawing. (3.) In apparatus for the purpose indicated, the combination of a hopper containing food, a valve or door covering or opening at the bottom thereof, a pivotally supported receptacle receiving water from a source of supply, said receptacle being arranged to overbalance under the weight of a predetermined weight of water, a chute conducting the water from said receptacle to a second receptacle suspended from the end of a lever, and means whereby the operation of the last-mentioned receptacle under the weight of water causes the valve to open and allows the food to fall from the hopper, with means for automatically closing the valve after the water has run out of the receptacle, substantially as specified, and as illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 2s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18951.—11th January, 1905.—HENRY RANDS, of Methven, New Zealand, Builder. An improved process of marbling or figuring wood or iron work.*

Claims.—(1.) As a new article of manufacture, a mantle-piece of wood or iron that is made to represent granite or the like by dipping the parts constituting the same in a bath of water upon the surface of which are various colours arranged and prepared in the manner substantially as set forth and explained. (2.) The described mode by which wood or iron work may be made to resemble polished granite, marble, or other stone showing coloured veins, which consists in dipping the wood or iron work in a bath of water upon the surface of which are colours arranged, prepared, and disposed in the manner substantially as set forth and as explained.
(Specification, 2s.)

No. 19966.—1st September, 1905.—WILLIAM EVER LAUGE LAUGESEN, Sawmiller, and LENARD E. HOGBACKA, Engineer and Builder, both of Kaikoura, Marlborough, New Zealand. Improved combination saw-bench and surface-planer.

Claims.—(1.) Apparatus for the purpose indicated consisting of the parts constructed, combined, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purpose specified, and illustrated in the drawings. (2.) In a machine for the purpose indicated, the employment of a circular saw revolvably mounted in the end of a pivoted bracket and the means for vibrating said bracket consisting of the foot-lever and a hand-lever, substantially as specified, and as illustrated in the drawings. (3.) For the purpose indicated, in combination, a plane headstock having a pulley upon its spindle and the conical friction clutch gear for driving said plane, substantially as specified, and as illustrated in the drawings. (4.) In apparatus for the purpose indicated, the employment of a fence having a semi-circular back and a correspondingly recessed slide into which the fence fits, and a screw securing the fence to the slide, substantially as and for the purposes specified, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 4s.; drawing, 2s.)

No. 20069.—21st September, 1905.—JEFFREY JAMES BRUER, of King William Street, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Organist. Improvements in and connected with pianos and other stringed instruments.

Extract from Specification.—In carrying my invention into effect I provide two sets of pins which are preferably, but not necessarily, arranged at right angles to each other, one set of pins being used for holding or locking and approxi-