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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 19571.—7th June, 1905.—WILLIAM MATTHEW DUCKER, of 277, Broadway, New York City, United States of America, Manufacturer. Improvements in and relating to portable houses.

Extracts from Specification.—The sills 1 are cut to length and dovetailed together at the corners, and the intermediate sill-beam 2, if one is employed, is dovetailed vertically at its ends into the sills. The floor-beams 3 are dovetailed into the sills and the intermediate beam, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. . . . The upright siding of the house is composed of sections of uniform width, which latter is a unite, so that the sections will be in width an aliquot part of the exterior width and length of the house. Each section A of siding consists of two upright stiles or members 4, and two transverse members 5, one at top and one at bottom, tenoned into the stiles. The stiles, which form the side members of this frame, have each two longitudinal grooves 6 and 7 on their inner faces and a single groove 8 on the outer face (see Figs. 8 and 11), and the frame is closed exteriorly with some form of siding material fitted in the grooves 6. . . . The floor is made up in sections of matched boards 15 with transverse battens 16, which take between the floor-beams. . . . The roof-frame consists of primarily-formed gable-trusses 18 (Fig. 6), and intermediate trusses 19. . . . The trusses which support the roof are tied together by a ridge-pole or beam 22, which rests in a recess 23 (Fig. 6) in the apex of the truss; purlins 24, dovetailed at their ends (Fig. 7) in the trusses, and a longitudinal strip or member 25 extending through mortises in the king-posts of the several trusses at the middle of the span. . . . Framed into the tie-beams of the trusses, the wall-plates, and each other, as indicated in Fig. 16, are ceiling-beams 37, and on the under-sides of these are secured dressed flanging-plates 38, which project laterally beyond the beams to form ledges to support the ceiling-boards 39. . . . To construct the sections of the partitions, the upright members 41 are grooved longitudinally to receive the panels, which are composed each of suitable matched boards 42. The upright members 41 are also provided one with a tongue and the other with a groove where the sections come together edge to edge as clearly shown in Fig. 5.
[NOTE.—The above extracts from the specification are inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 14s.; drawing, 7s.)

No. 19574.—8th June, 1905.—ALBERT HAYES, of 171, West 71st Street, New York, United States of America, Inventor. Devices for vaporising liquid.

Extract from Specification.—In the operation of my device, the several pipes 22 and 22' are connected to suitable reservoirs or other supplies of oil or water, as the case may be, one of the pipes 22 of the lower head being connected with a water-supply and the other with an oil-supply, and the pipes 22' of the upper head being (preferably both, if two are used) connected with an oil-supply. It is not necessary for the oil or the water to be supplied under pressure, it being necessary only for the oil or water to flow in with sufficient rapidity to keep the grooves or wells 19 full, or nearly so. Air under pressure of preferably about ten pounds enters through the air-inlet 11, and passing downward through the spiral passage 5 is heated by contact with the walls of the casing, which are kept hot by the exhaust from the engine passing through passage 2. From the passage 5 the heated air enters the passage 10 of the lower head 8, and by its pressure causes the valves 18 of the lower head to lift slightly, and at the same time, by the action of the air-current on the wings or valves 26, gives the valve a slight rotation to distribute the oil or water, which, as the valve lifts, is free to pass through the holes 20 from the groove or well 19. The effect of this rotation is to spread the oil or water in a thin film, in which form it is readily taken up by the air-current in its passage through the valve. The currents of air from the two valves of the lower head, one carrying the oil so picked up and the other carrying water, enter respectively the passages into which the lower portion of the spiral passage 6 is divided by the passage 6', and at the point where these passages unite mix together; the mixture of air, oil, and water is subjected to the heat of the walls of the passage, by which the vaporisation of the oil and water is made complete and the gaseous mixture more or less completely fixed. The heated gas then passes into the upper head 7, and, passing through the openings 16' of the diaphragm 15' controlled by the valves 18', takes up a further quantity of oil, and then passes through the outlet 12 to the cylinder of the engine. The flanges 25 and 25' of the valves 18 and 18' serve to protect the grooves or wells 19 and 19' while the valves are closed from any back pressure of the gas which might tend to prevent the oil or water from flowing into the groove or well, and while the valves are raised leave the grooves or wells open for more or less oil or water to be taken up from the surface of the oil or water in the groove or well.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 10s.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 19579.—7th June, 1905.—WALTER LANGDON, Settler, and FREDERICK WILLIAM WAGSTAFF, Storekeeper, both of Howick, Auckland, New Zealand. A nib-releasing non-corrosive penholder.

Claim.—The nib-releasing non-corrosive penholder specified, made hollow or partly hollow, having the catch fulcrumed therein within a pin so that either end of the catch can be raised or depressed, the wedge fitted in said hollow with its edge under the inner end of said catch and with knob fixed in top of said wedge, and said knob slidably working in slot in said holder for the purpose set forth, substantially as described and illustrated.
(Specification, 2s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19593.—14th June, 1905.—JOSEPH EDWARD EPHRAIM, of Darlington, New South Wales, Australia, Metal-worker. An improved acetylene-gas lamp and generator.

Claims.—(1.) In an acetylene-gas lamp and generator, a gas and carbide chamber capable of being raised or lowered within a water-tank by means of a fixed stud within a central pipe engaging a helical channel cut round a corresponding pipe centrally placed within the said water-tank. (2.) An acetylene-gas lamp and generator consisting of a gas and carbide chamber provided with two or more water-supply pipes and a large central tube or pipe carrying a fixed stud for the purpose of engaging a helical channel cut round another centrally placed tube or pipe secured to the bottom of an external water-tank, all for the purposes set forth, and substantially as described and as illustrated. (3.) In an acetylene-gas lamp and generator, a single gas and carbide chamber provided with two or more water-supply pipes and a large central tube carrying a fixed stud in combination with a water-tank having a centrally placed tube provided with a helical channel, substantially as described and as illustrated.
(Specification, 3s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19600.—15th June, 1905.—GEORGE ADCOCK, of Dundas Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Sheet-iron worker. Improvements in vessels for heating water.

Claim.—A new and novel spout A and air or steam vent D, as shewn and described for the purposes set forth in a kettle without any lid.
(Specification, 1s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19611.—20th June, 1905.—JOHN McGUIRE, of 82, William Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Mechanic. Improvements in connections for hose and the like tubing.

Claims.—(1.) In connections for hose and the like tubing: In combination—a tapered screw thimble, a screw-threaded tube, a space between the said thimble and tube so arranged that the hose to be attached to said tube is squeezed and held between said tube and thimble, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (2.) In connections for hose and the like tubing: In combination—a screw-threaded thimble as c, an internal tapering tube as a, having a screw-threaded upper portion as a¹, and forming the termination of a rose or nozzle tube as a², or the tube of a tap coupling, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (3.) In connections for hose and the like tubing: In combination—two tapering screw thimbles as c c, duplex tubes as a a, having at their centre a screw-threaded portion as a³, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (4.) In connections for hose and the like tubing: In combination—two tapering screw thimbles as c, duplex tubes as a a, around which are incuts or gripping indentations as a², and having at their centre a screw-threaded portion as a³, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 3s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19613.—20th June, 1905.—HENRY MOORE SUTTON, WALTER LIVINGSTON STEELE, and EDWIN GOODWIN STEELE, all of Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Electricians. Improvements in dry-concentrating tables.

Extract from Specification.—Among the important features by which the efficient action of the present invention is secured and the difficulties in the prior art obviated is the