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No. 17813.—21st April, 1904.—ROBERT LESLIE STEWART, of Swanson Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Manufacturing Stationer. Improved attachment to pen-nibs for retaining the ink therein.*

Claim.—A device for the purpose indicated, consisting of a strip of thin material, having loops at each end designed to be threaded upon the pen-nib, substantially as specified and illustrated.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18420.—7th September, 1904.—JOHN ALBERT FERGUSON, of 811, 17th Street, City Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Capitalist (assignee of himself and Gilbert Henry Denton, of 1726, Wazee Street, Denver aforesaid, Manufacturer). Improved press.

Extract from Specification.—The operation of the improved press and accessories is as follows: The mould is placed on the track on either side of the press and filled with the material from which the blocks are to be formed. The presser-plate is placed upon the material if an ordinary block is to be formed; but if desiring to mould rock-faced blocks, the plate forming such rock-face may be attached to the upper movable plate of the press, or it may be placed in the bottom of a specially constructed mould, whichever is found the most efficient for the purpose for which it is adapted. The mould is then run into the press on the track, and when in the proper position the pressure is given by manipulation of the levers A¹², which, as aforesaid, may be operated in either direction. The mould is then run out on the track to a position similar to that represented in Fig. 3—i.e., immediately over the lowering-device F, which is, in the first instance, secured in an upright position as shown, a suitable distance from the press; the mould is turned upside down, and the platform F of the lowering-device raised until the rollers F³ come in contact with the presser-plate. The clamps E³ and E⁴ are then released, when the finished block will, from its own weight, come away from the mould. The block is then allowed to rest upon the lowering-device, which is gradually lowered its maximum distance and the block removed therefrom, when the mould is ready to be refilled and the operation repeated. It is obvious that the press can be manipulated from both sides—that is, while the mould on one side is being filled the mould on the opposite side can be run into the press, and the block compressed and then run out to a position where the block will be lowered, thus making way for the mould on the opposite side to be run into the press.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 7s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18421.—7th September, 1904.—JOHN ALBERT FERGUSON, of 811, 17th Street, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Capitalist (assignee of himself and Frank Eugene Kidder, of 628, 14th Street, Denver aforesaid, Architect). Improved building-blocks and walls.

Extract from Specification.—Briefly stated, my invention consists in a wall composed of a plurality of blocks, each block formed with a projection or arm, or there may be a plurality of such arms or projections, extending from one side only thereof; said blocks in a horizontal row constitute one course. The arm or arms of the blocks are practically headless, and the blocks arranged in the wall with the arms in one vertical row extending in a direction opposite to those of the blocks in the same horizontal but different vertical row, and the blocks so disposed as to form a plurality of rows of air-spaces in the depth of the wall. By the term “in depth” I mean the thickness of the wall—that is, between the inner and outer faces thereof.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 12s.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 18578.—11th October, 1904.—WILLIAM EDWARDS, Carpenter, and THEO LARSEN, Carpenter, both of Waikino, Auckland, New Zealand. Improvements relating to windows.

Claims.—(1.) Improvements relating to windows, consisting in forming the inner bead with an independent portion which is hinged to the frame, and constructing the parting bead to project through a slot in the pulley-style, a crank-lever operated by the inner bead whereby the parting bead is withdrawn from between the sashes through said slot in the pulley-style, springs being employed which normally tend to project the parting bead through the slot in the pulley-styles, substantially as specified. (2.) Improvements relating to windows, consisting of the parts constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purposes specified, and as illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18579.—13th October, 1904.—THE CROWN CORPORATION, LIMITED, a company registered according to the laws of the State of New South Wales, Australia, having its registered office at No. 1, Deans Place, Sydney, New South Wales aforesaid (assignees of Samuel George Plucknett, of “Clifton,” Dickson Street, Newtown, near Sydney aforesaid, Company Manager, and John Frederick Henry Howarth, of No. 56, Ferris Street, Annandale, near Sydney aforesaid, Mechanical Engineer). Improvements in machines for bottling carbonated beverages and liquids under pressure.

Claims.—(1.) The combination with the trunk or sleeve of a bottle-holding and -stopping machine of a syrup-measuring and soda-water or pressure-liquid supplying chamber having a plunger operating handle and a snift-valve push-knob in close proximity for the purposes set forth, substantially as described and explained. (2.) In machines of the class set forth, the combination with a pump chamber such as 10 having a plunger-valve such as 24 therein, of a check-valve such as 29 normally closed by a spring such as 26, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawing. (3.) In machines of the class set forth, the combination with a mixing-chamber such as 9 having a pressure-liquid-supplying passage such as 8 to the bottle-mouth of a port such as 11, and a snift-valve such as 12 thereof, with a protruding stem such as 13, and devices for pressing upon such by the controlling hand on the supply operating lever or handle, substantially as described, and as illustrated in the drawing. (4.) In machines of the class set forth, the combination with holding and stopping devices of all the parts or integers for the purposes set forth, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 5s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18680.—1st November, 1904.—GEORGE FINN, of No. 11, Macfarlane Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Company Manager, and ARTHUR SELDON PIKE, of 168, Tinakori Road, Wellington aforesaid, Engineer. Improved egg-carrier.*

Claims.—(1.) A carrier for an egg, comprising a cradle formed of spring metal and a spring support therefor, the cradle being carried upon one side of the support, substantially as and for the purpose specified and illustrated. (2.) A carrier for an egg, consisting of a single piece of wire bent at its middle to form a loop, the two parts of the wire then bent downwardly and laterally to form a curved base, each part of the wire then bent in an upward curve and then curved outwardly and down to form two other loops, and a leg from each of said last-mentioned loops formed by continuing the wire downwardly, with means for securing each leg to a base, substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18776.—17th November, 1904.—MARION BACON, of Pollen Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand, Dermatologist. A blouse and skirt supporter.

Claims.—(1.) The blouse and skirt supporter specified, having its upper and lower edges turned over one on one side and the other on the other or opposite side, and cut or stamped into teeth formations projecting respectively upwards and downwards for the purpose set forth, substantially as described and illustrated. (2.) The blouse and skirt supporter specified, having its upper and lower edges turned over one on one side and the other on the other or opposite side, and cut or stamped into teeth formations projecting respectively upwards and downwards in combination with and connected to a blouse and skirt for the purpose set forth, substantially as described and illustrated.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18790.—23rd November, 1904.—JAMES SIMMONDS, of Pukerau, Kaiwera, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved reel wire-strainer.

Claims.—(1.) In straining wire, in combination, a reel having an oval hole in its body capable of containing the ends of both wires which are threaded through the said hole, with a square at one or both ends for straining up the wires by means of a handle which is capable of hooking to one of the strained wires whilst the ends are looped to the