May 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1173

No. 19342.—13th April, 1905.—CHARLES EDWIN BERNAYS, of 45, Adelaide Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Consulting Engineer and Patent Attorney. Improvements in the construction of bogie-cars that run on rails.

Claims.—(1.) An arrangement for supporting the body of a car—whether for freight or passenger traffic—on bogies running on rails, so that the weight on the body and its contents are carried directly on springs which are supported by the bogies, but in such a way that as the body of the vehicle swings to either side (from any cause—wind-pressure, rounding curves, or other) the springs travel with it, as and for the purposes described. (2.) An arrangement for supporting the body of a car on its bogies by springs (which may be of any suitable and available description) so that the body-end over each bogie is supported and controlled in its transverse movements, as and for the purposes described. (3.) A combined arrangement for the perfect control of the body of a vehicle on its bogies by the means of side bearing-springs, and the control of the propulsion of the bogies in either direction by fitting a “lead,” as and for the purposes described.
(Specification, 5s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19343.—13th April, 1905.—DONALD WILLIAM BODLE, of Pukekohe, New Zealand, Farmer (nominee of Arthur O. Hubbard, of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States of America, Manufacturer). Improvements in silos.

Extract from Specification.—The invention consists generally in a silo having nailless walls composed of a series of vertical sections or panels, each section being independent of the others, and comprising flat horizontally arranged staves or siding-boards and alternating upright ribs or studs having vertical grooves or rabbets to receive the ends of the staves.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 7s. 6d.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 19345.—14th April, 1905.—ANDREW RAMSAY MACKINTOSH, of Clifden, Otago, New Zealand, Sheep-farmer, and GEORGE HORRELL, of the same place, Farmer. An appliance for use upon the binding-tables of harvesters and the like.

Claims.—(1.) An appliance for the binding-table of a harvester or the like, consisting of a tapering angle-bracket adjustable upon the binding-table, substantially as and for the purposes specified and illustrated. (2.) For the purpose indicated, in combination, a tapering angle-bracket of metal, a wooden plate secured thereto, a bolt securing the forward end of said angle-bracket to the binding-table of a harvester, and a curved slot receiving a bolt by means of which the angle of the appliance in relation to the binding-table may be adjusted, substantially as specified and illustrated.
(Specification, 2s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19348.—14th April, 1905.—CHARLES EDWARD EASTERBROOK SMITH, of Wakefield Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Contractor. An improved machine for catching, assembling, and delivering flax and the like.

Claims.—(1.) In apparatus for the purpose indicated, an endless belt for receiving flax from a stripper, rollers over which the endless belt passes, an adjustable bearing in which the end of the axle of one of the said rollers is mounted, brackets carrying the rollers, frames supporting the machine, a sloping table extending between the said frames, a hinge upon the frame to which the end of the table is pivoted, a bolt passing through a bracket on the frame and through a slot in the end of the table, and a roller mounted upon the end of the table, substantially as set forth. (2.) In apparatus for the purpose indicated, an endless belt for receiving flax from a stripper, rollers over which the endless belt passes, an adjustable bearing in which the end of the axle of one of the said rollers is mounted, brackets carrying the rollers, frames supporting the machine, a sloping table extending between the said frames, a hinge upon the frame to which the end of the table is pivoted, a bolt passing through a bracket on the frame and through a slot in the end of the table, a roller mounted upon the end of the table, a rod pivoted at one end to the end of the table, and lying diagonally across the endless belt, substantially as set forth. (3.) In apparatus for the purpose indicated, an endless belt for receiving flax from a stripper, rollers over which the endless belt passes, an adjustable bearing in which the end of the axle of one of the said rollers is mounted, brackets carrying the rollers, frames supporting the machine, a sloping table extending between the said frames, a hinge upon the frame to which the end of the table is pivoted, a bolt passing through a bracket on the frame and through a slot at the end of the table, a roller mounted upon the end of the table, a rod pivoted at one end to the end of the table, and lying diagonally across the endless belt, a roller having corrugations or a spiral and lying longitudinally along the said belt, substantially as set forth. (4.) In apparatus for the purpose indicated, an endless belt for receiving flax from a stripper, rollers over which the endless belt passes, an adjustable bearing in which the end of the axle of one of the said rollers is mounted, brackets carrying the rollers, frames supporting the machine, a sloping table extending between the said frames, a hinge upon the frame to which the end of the table is pivoted, a bolt passing through a bracket on the frame, and through a slot in the end of the table, a roller mounted upon the end of the table, a rod pivoted at one end to the end of the table and lying diagonally across the endless belt, a roller having corrugations or a spiral and lying longitudinally along the said belt, a tripping-board hinged to the frame of the machine below the roller and extending the full length of the said roller, and means for periodically tripping the said board, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (5.) The combination and arrangement of parts comprising an improved machine for catching, assembling, and delivering flax, substantially as and for the purposes specified, and illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 4s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19350.—15th April, 1905.—JAMES SHEPHERD, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer, and THOMAS BLYTH ROBERTSON, of 53, Castle Street, Dunedin aforesaid, Boardinghouse-keeper. An improvement relating to suction dredging machinery.

Claims.—(1.) For the purpose indicated, in combination, valves adapted to close suction and discharge legs of suction dredging, apparatus and means for operating said valves consisting of a piston reciprocable within a cylinder by steam-pressure, with means for connecting said piston to a lever controlling said valves, substantially as specified and illustrated. (2.) For the purpose indicated, the parts combined, arranged, and operating substantially as specified, and illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 2s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19352.—12th April, 1905.—FREDERICK HENRY MENDOZA, Engineer, and ARTHUR TEASDALE, Barber, both of Auckland, New Zealand. An improved boot upper and sole impervious to heat and damp.

Claims.—(1.) The fitting of the substance known as usudurian, made of indiarubber and graphite, to the upper and between the inner and outer sole of the improved boot specified, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described. (2.) The combination of the substance or material known as usudurian, made of indiarubber and graphite, with the improved boot upper and sole fitted as specified, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described.
(Specification, 1s. 9d.)

No. 19356.—18th April, 1905.—HUGH MYDDLETON BUTLER, of Kirkstall Forge, near Leeds, York, England, Ironmaster. Metallic axles for the wheels of road-vehicles.

Extract from Specification.—Now, according to this invention, my object is to construct the bed of the axle of a girder or girders of rolled steel, of a section or sections calculated to present the maximum strength with comparatively light weight. To this end I employ rolled girders or beams preferably of H section, or two channel-section beams placed with their flanges in contact—i.e., channel to channel—the web or webs in either case being vertical, and the flanges horizontal. To the ends of such a bed, which latter may obviously be straight or bent as found desirable, I fix the axle-barrels or the fork-ends, whichever may be required. In order to fix the barrels or the fork-ends, as the case may be, to the ends of such a girder in a manner which will give that strength and rigidity which is absolutely necessary with such a structure, I divide the ends of the girder-flanges from the webs for a suitable distance; the ends of the top flanges are then bent upwards and the ends of the lower flanges downwards, and if the said ends of the bed are to receive axle-barrels the barrels are formed with flanges on their inner ends, and the bent flanges of the bed are united to the faces of the flanges of the barrels. Similarly with regard to the fixture of fork-ends to such beds; the upwardly and downwardly turned ends of the flanges of the bed are then secured to the back member of the fork; in fact, whether axle-barrels or fork-ends are to be fixed to such axle-beds,