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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1825

No. 19639.—27th June, 1905.—WALTER BILLS, of Sturt Street, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Wire Mattress Manufacturer. Improvements in wire mattresses.

Claims.—(1.) A wire mattress having a plurality of comparatively stout spring wires threaded longitudinally through the fabric and attached at either end to the rigid frame thereof, substantially as set forth. (2.) A wire mattress having a plurality of comparatively stout wires connected at their ends to the bottom bar of the frame and threaded longitudinally through the fabric and connected at their other ends to springs secured to the top bar of the rigid frame, substantially as set forth. (3.) A wire mattress having a number of comparatively stout wires threaded longitudinally through the fabric, one end of each wire being bent back and driven into the side of the bottom bar of the frame whilst the other end is formed into a hook and attached to a spiral spring, said spring extending through a hole in the top bar of the rigid frame and formed with a bent end, and adapted to be driven into the side of said bar, substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 3s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19640.—27th June, 1905.—DANIEL FRANCIS SHERMAN, of New Castle, California, United States of America, Fruit-preserver. Improvements in process for preserving fruit and preserved-fruit product.

Claims.—(1.) The process of preserving fruit which consists in reducing the fruit to a pulp, leaving therein the solids of the juice, and then subjecting the pulp and solids of the juice to a concentrating cooking treatment in vacuo, substantially as described. (2.) The process of preserving fruit which consists in reducing the fruit to a pulp condition with the juice retained therein, and then subjecting the pulp and the solids of the juice to a concentrating cooking treatment in vacuo, and finally drying the product, substantially as described. (3.) The process of preserving fruit, which consists in reducing the fruit to a pulped condition with the juice retained therein, then subjecting the pulp and the solids of the juice and an added binder to a concentrating cooking treatment in vacuo, and finally drying the product, substantially as described. (4.) The process of preserving fruit which consists in first mashing the fruit and reducing the fruit to a pulped condition with the juice retained therein, separating the finer pulp with the solids of the juice from the coarser material, and then subjecting the separated pulp with the solids of the juice to a concentrating cooking treatment in vacuo, substantially as described. (5.) The process of preserving fruit which consists in first mashing the fruit and reducing the same to a pulped condition with the juice retained therein, separating the finer pulp with the solids of the juice from the coarser material, then subjecting the separated pulp with the solids of the juice to a concentrating cooking treatment in vacuo, compressing the product into homogeneous blocks, and finally drying the blocks, substantially as described. (7.) A preserved-fruit product made from the fibre and juice solids of pulped fruit having the condition of being solidified, compact, and coherent with the moisture eliminated therefrom to a point below that of possible fermentation, and possessing the characteristics of having retained therein the natural flavour practically of the fruit, of requiring no further cooking to be dissolvable and digestible for use and capable of use as cooked fresh fruit, and of being impervious essentially to atmospheric moisture and climatic changes, substantially as described. (8.) A preserved-fruit product made from the fibre and juice solids of pulped fruit, and a binder having the condition of being solidified, compact, and coherent with the moisture eliminated therefrom to a point below that of possible fermentation, and possessing the characteristics of having retained therein the natural flavour practically of the fruit, of requiring no further cooking to be dissolvable and digestible for use and capable of use as cooked fresh fruit, and of being impervious essentially to atmospheric moisture and climatic changes, substantially as described.
(Specification, 15s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19659.—28th June, 1905.—OTENE PAORA, of Orakei, Auckland, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved apparatus for raising weights.

Claim.—In an apparatus for raising weights, the combination of two parallel beams secured together by top and bottom and subsidiary joists, said subsidiary joists carrying a guide plank with holes and scarfs cut therein, a sledge or trolley working on such beams on each side of the guide plank, having a tongue for engaging said holes and scarfs, said sledge or trolley controlled by a block and tackle fitted thereto and passing through hole in top joist secured to a dead man or anchor, the loose end of said tackle passing through a lead block and coupled to motive-power, all for the purpose above set forth, substantially as described and illustrated by the drawings.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19675.—25th May, 1905.—ASA NORMAN WHITNEY, of Melbourne Club, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Certificated Marine Captain and Engineer, Ammunition-manufacturer. Improvements in ships and other water-craft.

Claims.—(1.) The combination of a ship of a detachable cabin top or hood, partly or wholly removable, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (2.) The combination with a ship of a movable coaming, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (3.) The combination with a ship of one or more torpedo-tubes or tanks arranged externally beneath the hull and in the keel of the vessel, substantially as described. (4.) In the described ship, the torpedo-tubes provided with a watertight cap, and at the same time a cut-water or chute, substantially as described. (5.) A ship having its parts constructed and arranged substantially as set forth with reference to the examples shown in the drawings for the purpose specified.
(Specification, 7s.; drawings, 2s.)

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

NOTE.—The cost of copying the specification and drawing has been inserted after the notice of each application. An order for a copy or copies should be accompanied by a post-office order or postal note for the cost of copying.

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 accepted.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 26th July, 1905.

APPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional specifications, have been accepted as under:—
No. 19554.—L. E. Papworth, necktie-holder.
No. 19580.—T. S. Skeates, leather tire-cover.
No. 19587.—W. H. Hannam, bath-water heater.
No. 19609.—F. E. Robertshaw, venetian blind.
No. 19637.—J. R. Park, envelope. (T. Johnstone.)
No. 19638.—J. R. Park, envelope-fastening. (D. Robertson.)
No. 19643.—G. S. Stevenson, ratchet-wrench.
No. 19644.—W. Howlin, operating-valves, &c.
No. 19656.—G. A. Haydon, washing-up mop.
No. 19673.—G. M. Ivey, shelf of gas-stove.
No. 19674.—A. J. G. Schmitt, parlour game, and appliances for playing same.
No. 19679.—J. W. Compton, vehicle-wheel lock.
No. 19680.—W. P. Simmonds, music-teaching device.
No. 19686.—W. H. Bryant, match-box filler.
No. 19687.—W. Mizon, producing stereoscopic effect.
No. 19688.—F. G. Norton, egg-carrier.
No. 19689.—R. Weston, cycle-pedal strap.
No. 19691.—C. J. Clayton and H. Lightband, sole-rounding machine.
No. 19692.—C. Cook, cloth-cutting shears.
No. 19693.—T. Ritchie, stop-cock.
No. 19694.—F. V. Raymond, peg.
No. 19695.—F. V. Raymond, peg.
No. 19698.—A. Anderson, music-teaching apparatus.
No. 19699.—K. McDonald, milk measuring and delivering apparatus.
No. 19700.—F. T. McAnulty, tine and weed-cleaner for harrow, &c.
No. 19701.—D. S. Macgregor, raising and lowering curtain-poles.
No. 19702.—W. Spencer, toasting device.
No. 19703.—T. W. Park, flushing apparatus for water-cistern.
No. 19704.—T. T. Rawhiti, vehicle-jack.
No. 19705.—H. N. Maddox, mop.