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No. 19028.—1st February, 1905.—EDWIN NORTON, of 1110, Hanover Bank Buildings, in the City, County, and State of New York, United States of America, Manufacturer. Improvements in or relating to stoppers or capsules for bottles, jars, or analogous vessels.

Claims.—(1.) A stopper or capsule in which a cork or equivalent sealing device, having means for preventing said sealing-device from unduly spreading laterally, is secured in position by means of a clamping-disc having a depending crimping-flange with a solid and continuous circumference and a detachable piece or member adapted when detached to break or interrupt the continuity of the aforesaid crimping-flange for the purpose specified. (2.) In a closure for bottles, jars, or other vessels, the combination, with a cork or sealing-disc, of a corkholder disc and a clamp disc having a depending crimping-flange, an annular bearing-rim, and provided with a central thumb-piece, a tongue extending across the bearing-rim, and a tearing-strip depending across the crimping-flange, said thumb-piece having a raised or embossed central portion to stiffen the same and form a seat for the finger or thumb in grasping the same, substantially as specified. (3.) In a closure for bottles, jars, or other vessels, a clamp disc having a depending crimping-flange solid and continuous throughout its whole circumference, an annular bearing-rim, a tearing-strip extending across the crimping-flange, and a thumb inside the bearing-rim for removing the tearing-strip, said tearing-strip being adapted to be removed by tearing along its marginal weakened lines by force applied through the thumb-piece, substantially as specified. (4.) In a closure for bottles, jars, or other vessels, a clamp disc having a depending crimping-flange solid and continuous throughout its whole circumference, an annular bearing-rim, a tearing-strip extending across the crimping-flange, and a thumb-piece inside the bearing-rim for removing the tearing-strip, the scores or weakened lines of the tearing-strip terminating at or near the point where the crimping-flange bends under the shoulder of the bottle-neck, said tearing-strip being adapted to be removed by tearing along its marginal weakened lines by force applied through the thumb-piece, substantially as specified. (5.) A stopper or closure for bottles, jars, or analogous vessels, having its parts constructed and arranged substantially as described with reference to the drawings for the purpose specified.
(Specification, 5s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 19039.—7th February, 1905. — WILLIAM THOW, of Ascot, Dutruc Street, Randwick, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Engineer, and WILLIAM HOLMES NISBET, of Mutual Life of New York Buildings, Martin Place, Sydney aforesaid, Engineer. Improved means for automatically rocking or tilting the fire-bars of locomotive furnaces.

Extract from Specification.—This invention relates to improved means for automatically imparting a rocking, shaking, tilting, or vibrating motion to the fire-bars of locomotive furnaces independent of the stoker or fireman, such motion corresponding with the speed of the locomotive. The invention insures great economy of fuel through the more effective removal of ash and breaking up of clinker and the consequent more constant and regular steaming of the boiler, thus saving the time frequently occupied at stations in cleaning fires when movable fire-bars are not used. The comparatively gentle motion automatically imparted to the fire-bars avoids the violent shaking up of the fire and consequent loss of good fuel as when hand-rocking arrangements or pricking bars are employed. The invention furthermore has the advantage of enabling the fire-bars to be spaced more closely together. According to our invention we obtain the necessary power from one or more of the axle-boxes or compensating beams or springs or connections thereto at one or both sides of the engine through a series of levers or levers and links, so that when the locomotive is running a vibrating or intermittent motion is automatically given to the fire-bars or some of them. If necessary, one only or more or all the fire-bars may have motion imparted to them at one time, or some bars may be raised while others are lowered. Provision is made for disengaging the lever or levers, so that if desired no movement is transmitted to the fire-bars when the engine is running except at the will of the stoker or fireman.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 5s.; drawing, 4s.)

No. 19041.—8th February, 1905. — GEORGE FREDERICK EVERTON, of Room 3, Fairfield Block, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Miner. Excavating conveyor-bucket.

Claims.—(1.) In an excavator and conveyor, in combination, a bucket having side walls securely braced together, a scraping or excavating scoop pivotally mounted to the frame of the bucket at one end so as to be susceptible of being brought into scraping contact with the ground or lifted clear of it, hauling-tackle connected to each end of the bucket, and means co-operative therewith to lower or raise the pivotally mounted scoop as the bucket is hauled forward or backward. (2.) In a device of the class described, the combination with a bucket having side walls securely braced together, and a bent plate round and over one end but clear of the ground on the other side, of a scoop portion having a scraping or excavating edge pivotally mounted at the closed end of the bucket, and endwise slidable bars along each side of the bucket connected at each end to the hauling-tackle, and connected to the pivotally mounted scoop portion. (3.) In a device of the class described, in combination, a bucket having side walls and a scoop end securely braced, the lower edge of the end being about level with the middle of the sides, a lower scoop portion completing the end and having a forwardly and downwardly projecting scraping or excavating bar along its under edge, such scoop portion being pivotally mounted to the frame of the bucket so as to swing upward clear of its end, endwise slidable bars along each side of the bucket to which bars the backward and forward hauling-tackle is connected, a pin connection between such bars and the pivotally mounted frame of the lower scoop portion, wheels or slippers on the forward ends of the sides of the bucket, similar wheels or slippers mounted on radius links toward the back or scraping end of the bucket, and links connecting the last mentioned wheels or slippers to the pivotally mounted frame of the lower scoop portion so that as such scoop edge is lifted clear of the ground the wheels or slippers will be depressed in contact therewith, and vice versâ.
(Specification, 7s.; drawing, 1s.)

An asterisk (*) denotes the complete specification of an invention for which a provisional specification has been already lodged.

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The date of acceptance of each application is given after the number.

Extracts from the drawings accompanying the foregoing complete specifications appear at the end of this Gazette.

F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.

Provisional Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1905.

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

No. 18923.—9th January, 1905.—WILLIAM JAMES DALTON, of 266, Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Patent Agent (nominee of James Osman, of 3, Arundel Street, Strand, London, W.C., England, Brick-manufacturer). Improvements in continuous-firing kilns.

No. 18924.—9th January, 1905.—WILLIAM JAMES DALTON, of 266, Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Patent Agent (nominee of James Osman, of 3, Arundel Street, Strand, London, W.C., England, Brick-manufacturer). Improvements in continuous-firing kilns.

No. 18952.—12th January, 1905. — GEORGE BOULTON BROWN ELLIOTT, of 369, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Financial Agent. An improved rotating mineral shedder.

No. 18954.—7th January, 1905. — ALEXANDER STORRIE, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Agricultural-implement maker. An improved lifting and pressure device for turnip-ridgers.

No. 18997.—27th January, 1905. — ALFRED OWEN GRUNDY and WILLIAM JOHN GRUNDY, both of Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand, Mechanical Engineers. An improved vapouriser for oil-engines.

No. 19010.—31st January, 1905.—OLE MIKAEL JOHAN OLSEN, of Church Street, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, Builder. Improvements in and relating to the manufacture of brushes.

No. 19013.—1st February, 1905.—JAMES SPENCE BRYANT, of Thornycroft, Motueka, New Zealand, Farmer. Improved means for use in regulating the draught of fire-grates.

No. 19014.—1st February, 1905.—JAMES SPENCE BRYANT, of Thornycroft, Motueka, New Zealand, Farmer. Means for use in raising invalids from their beds.

No. 19026.—31st January, 1905.—JOHN POMEROY, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Fish-curer. Improvements in machinery for treating the fibre of flax,