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or adjacent thereto, during the process of manufacture. I prefer to do this and fasten the cork or stopper in the following manner: After the bottle has been blown or moulded, but before it is placed in the annealing-chamber, the wire or wires, preferably in a bent form to prevent their being withdrawn, is or are placed on the desired part of the bottle, and a small piece of molten glass is placed thereon and pressed by means of any suitable stamp until the glass and wires are immovably or inseparably fixed to the bottle. After the bottle has been annealed and filled with merchandise in the usual manner the wire or wires are brought preferably through a capsule or other covering, and then over, round, or through the cork or stopper or a projection thereon—in some cases also through holes in the head or cap—and the ends twisted, knotted, or plaited together, and then pressed or stamped until they are rendered comparatively brittle or weakened. The twisting, plaiting, or knotting of the wire-ends is effected as near as practicable to where the wire is inseparably fixed to the bottle, and preferably in the following manner: Either end is bent round the other and twisted, plaited, or knotted together, and the loose ends cut off a very short distance from the twist, plait, or knot, and then pressed or stamped together to such a degree that where the wires touch or cross over the pressure at these places will cause them to be so sufficiently weakened by cutting into one another that they will not untwist or become separated without breaking, and thereby disclose to a purchaser the fact that the bottle has been tampered with.

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

(Specification, 7s.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 18962.—9th June, 1904.—GEORGE ARTHUR GOODSON, of 610, Boston Block, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Electrician. Process of galvanising, tinning, or otherwise plating wire and other metallic bodies.

[NOTE.—This is an application under section 106 of the Act, the date given being the official date of the application in the United States of America.]

Claims.—(1.) The process of plating wire or other metal which consists in bringing the same into contact with molten plating-metal, and in electrically exciting contacting surfaces of the molten plating-metal and the metal to be plated. (2.) The process of plating wire or other metallic bodies which consists in submerging the same in a bath of molten plating-metal, and in passing a current of electricity through the plating-metal and the metal to be plated. (3.) The process of plating wire or other metallic bodies which consists in maintaining an attenuated body of plating-metal around a portion of the metal to be plated, and in passing an electric current through said attenuated body of plating-metal and the submerged portion of the metal to be plated, substantially as described. (4.) The process of plating wire or other metallic bodies which consists in drawing the same, under a continuous movement, through an attenuated body of plating-metal, and in passing an electric current simultaneously through the plating-metal and the metal to be plated, substantially as described. (5.) The process of electroplating which consists in submerging the metal to be plated in a bath of molten plating-metal, and subjecting both to an electric current, with the metal to be plated and the molten plating-metal connected up in multiple in a common electric circuit.

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

No. 19011.—31st January, 1905.—ROBERT HARVEY, of 17, London Street, Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Master-plumber. A means for discharging effluent from filter-beds.

Claims.—(1.) A water lock valve consisting of a siphon attached to a lower bent tube, associated with an exteriorly situated and upwardly extending outlet-tube, whose concentric chamber is adapted to receive a movable bell, to be operated within an air-tube, substantially as set forth. (2.) In a water lock valve of the kind described, the combination therewith of a secondary siphon tube, as and for the purposes set forth. (3.) A water lock valve whose movable bell is adapted to be operated by a tilting-tray, in combination with the arms secured to such tray, as described and for the purposes set forth. (4.) The parallel tilting-levers poised upon brackets, arranged beneath a tilting-tray operated by floats and connected with water lock valves, in combination with a transverse lever whose rocking-shaft is supported in journals and carries at its opposite end a transverse lever connected with water lock valves, as described and shown and for the purposes set forth.

(Specification, 5s.; drawing, 2s.)

No. 19096.—16th February, 1905.—THOMAS CHARLES HEMENT, of Hereford Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineer. Improved means of forming raised heads on sheet-iron ridging.

Extract from Specification.—The invention relates to means of forming raised heads on sheet-iron ridging, such means having been devised in order to provide for the quick means of forming these heads. The invention consists of two dies—one top and one bottom die—set-screw to form depression, and adjustable iron plate to form edge on the sheet-iron ridging.

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

(Specification, 2s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19211.—15th March, 1905.—JOHN ANDERSON, of Moray Place, Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer and Brassfounder. Improved guides for the renewable valves and renewable lower seatings for valves and taps.

Claims.—(1.) In valves or taps, in combination with same, guides for the valve formed in one with the upper portion or stuffing-box part of same, all substantially as set forth, and as shown on the drawing. (2.) In valves or taps, in combination with same, the lower seating formed so as to be readily removable, and having projections or nicks or otherwise shaped for this purpose, all substantially as set forth, and as shown on the drawing. (3.) In combination with valves or taps where soft valves screw down to hard seatings, guides in the upper portions of the said taps, and the said seatings formed so as to be readily taken away for renewal, all substantially as shown and as described, and as illustrated in the drawing.

(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19213.—18th March, 1905.—FRANK HENRY BRENTON, of 601, Wyoming Avenue, Salesman, and JOHN STRUTHERS, of Montgomery Street, Builder, both of West Pittston, Pennsylvannia, United States of America. Improvements in and relating to cribbing.

Extract from Specification.—In operation the excavation is first measured off properly and dug any depth desirable according to the soil. The upper set of side planks 1 and stretchers 2 are placed in position and suspended in the excavation from the brackets 6, and as many sets of side planks and stretchers suspended below the same as may be necessary, side planks and stretchers being added to the bottom of the excavation as the same progresses.

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

(Specification, 5s. 6d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 19215.—18th March, 1905.—WILLIAM TAYLOR, of the firm of Taylor Bros., Midland Foundry, Sandiacre, Derby, England, Engineer. Improvements in means or devices for operating railway and tramway points, signals, and the like.

Extract from Specification.—The action of this arrangement is as follows: Supposing the points or switch rails are closed, when the position of the various parts of my improved shunting-lever is such as shown by full lines in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, if an engine, train, or the like be run backwards through the closed points the flanges of the wheels will force the point-rails away from the main rails, and in so doing will force the point-rod E and joint E¹ from position 2 to 2¹ in Fig. 2, and so raise the quadrant B from position 3 to 3¹. This action, by reason of the recesses I gearing with the projections or studs H on boss of weighted hand-lever A, will throw this latter completely over to the extreme position shown by dotted line X-X, and will thereby reverse the position of the points, which will thus be left open after the passage of the engine, train, or the like through the points.

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

(Specification, 6s. 6d.; drawing, 2s.)