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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 18393.—1st September, 1904.—GEORGE ALFRED ABBOTT, of 486, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Plumber. Improvements in, or connected with, filters for water and other liquids.*

Claims.—(1.) In filters, a sleeve of suitable porous filtering-material as C placed around a porous or perforated cylinder as A, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (2.) In filters, in combination, an internal filter candle, or body, an outer perforated or porous tube or frame, around which is stretched or laid a sleeve constructed of a suitable strainer medium, an outside casing and means for connecting the inlet and outlet of liquid, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (3.) In filters, the combination and arrangement of the several parts, as shown on the drawings.
(Specification, 4s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18398.—3rd September, 1904.—ALICE MARY MCDONALD, late of 1, Watson Street, Wellington, but now of Petone, New Zealand, Married Woman. A cabinet for preserving eggs in, by vapour.*

Claim.—A cabinet for preserving eggs by fumes, consisting of a case in which suitable trays, with slotted or perforated bottoms are placed, for holding the eggs, and means for the generation of fumes, substantially as described and as illustrated by drawings.
(Specification, 1s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18425.—5th September, 1904.—JAMES SHEPHERD, of Te Kinga, Greymouth, New Zealand, Engineer. Water-gauge for steam-boilers.*

Extract from Specification.—The leading feature of the invention is the use of mica by fitting preferably two panes of it into a tube, square, or oblong, or triangular, in cross section, one pane opposite the other, in manner more particularly described.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18613.—19th October, 1904.—WILLIAM FRANCIS JOHNS, of Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand, School Teacher. Means for automatically operating the doors of lift or elevator wells.*

Claims.—(1.) In means for operating the doors of lift or elevator wells, the combination with a door mounted n vertical slides and counterbalanced by weights mounted in slides on each side of the well and connected to the door by flexible cords passing over pulleys fixed above the door, of spring-plates fastened to the back face of the door and the bottom ends of which normally project outwards from the face of the door, projecting pieces on the top corners of the elevator cage arranged to engage with the bottom ends of the spring-plates upon the door, and pins projecting outwards from the sides of the well with which the back faces of the spring-plates are adapted to engage when the door is raised to its full extent, substantially as specified. (2.) In means for operating the doors of lift or elevator wells in combination, vertical slides on each side of the well in which each door is mounted, counterweights mounted in slides, one on each side of the well, and connected to the door by cords passing over pulleys fixed above the door, a vertical slot in each counterweight, a two-armed lever pivoted within the slot in such a manner that one arm projects outwards from the surface thereof while the other hangs downwards and engages with the face of the slide in which the counterweight is mounted, projections upon the bottom front edge of the elevator-cage adapted to engage with the outwardly projecting arms of the levers and depressions in the faces of the slides near the bottom ends thereof, substantially as specified. (3.) In means for operating the doors of lift or elevator wells in combination, vertical slides on each side of the well in which each door is mounted, counterweights mounted in slides (one on each side of the well) and connected to the door by cords passing over pulleys fixed above the door-spring, plates secured against the back face of the door, the bottom ends of which normally press outwards, means for pressing the plates against the door when the door is fully raised, a two-armed lever pivoted in a vertical slot formed in each counterweight and having an arm normally projecting out from the face thereof while the other arm is in engagement with the face of the slide, depressions formed in the faces of the slides near the bottom ends thereof, and projections upon the front of the elevator at its top and bottom adapted to engage with the spring-plates upon the door and with the outwardly projecting arms of the levers pivoted in the counter-weights, substantially as specified. (4.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts in my means for automatically operating the doors of lift or elevator wells, substantially as described and explained, as illustrated in the drawings, and for the several purposes set forth.
(Specification, 6s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18652.—21st October, 1904.—ALEXANDER MCCOLL, of Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand, Company Manager. Improvements in mechanism for rectifying defects in and repairing timber veneer.*

Claim.—In combination, the mechanism specified, consisting of a die fitted to or forming part with a plate, said plate screw-bolted to an upper plate, being the shoe-plate of a semi-solid piece, said semi-solid piece fitted within the lower part of a top drum or holder and being slotted to allow inner end of screw to movably fit in said slot, said semi-solid piece held to said top drum or holder by said screw, said top-drum or holder fitted to and working on a screw fixed to a horizontal wheel, an inner rod fitted to an upright and holding a plate within and near cutting-edge of said die, an outer rod fixed to a band and holding a ring on outer side of said die and near to cutting-edge thereof, top plate carrying said top drum and other parts above claimed, bottom plate carrying bottom-drum plate and block, said plate and block and frame carrying said above parts of mechanism claimed for the purpose set forth, substantially as described and illustrated.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18666.—28th October, 1904.—NIELS NIELSEN, of Wellington, New Zealand, Builder. Improvements in blocks for building purposes.*
[NOTE.—The title in this case has been altered. See list of Provisional Specifications, Gazette No. 91, of the 10th November, 1904.]

Claims.—(1.) The block for employment in stone walls having therein regular cavities, constructed as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of drawings with a long and short section at right angles to each other, and provided with niches a and grooves b, substantially as illustrated and described. (2.) The employment in walls and buildings of stone of solid blocks constructed as illustrated in Fig. 3 of said drawings, to form external and internal courses or divisions of said wall without direct connection between said courses or divisions as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of said drawings, substantially as illustrated and described. (3.) The employment in the erection of double-chimney shafts of blocks as illustrated at j, k, l, in Figs. 12 and 13 of said drawings, laid and bonded as described, substantially as illustrated and described. (4.) The employment in the erection of single-chimney shafts of the blocks illustrated at k, k, in Figs. 12 and 13 of said drawings, laid and bonded as described, substantially as illustrated and described.
(Specification, 5s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18737.—18th July, 1904.—JOSEPH WARRY, of 23, Duchess Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, Manufacturer, and PERCY WIGLEY, of 121, Colmore Row, Birmingham, aforesaid, Consulting Engineer. Improvements in inverted incandescent-gas burners.*
[NOTE.—This is an application under section 106 of the Act, the date given being the official date of the application in Great Britain.]
[NOTE.—The title in this case has been altered. (See list of provisional specifications, Gazette No. 95, of the 24th November, 1904.)]

Extract from Specification.—The elements constituting our improved inverted incandescent burner are as follows: A, the gas-injecting apparatus; B, the mixing-chamber; C, a wire-gauze cap at the end of the gas-injecting apparatus; D, a burner forming a downward continuation of the mixing-chamber; E, a deflector; F, a regenerator chamber; G, a tubular guard; H, a converger.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 9s.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 18742.—15th November, 1904.—ALFRED SCHERER, of Mangatoki, Taranaki, New Zealand. An attachment to hand seed-drill cultivator to sow artificial manure continuous with seed sown.*

Extract from Specification.—In carrying out the invention, a drum adapted to hold the manure is mounted on a horizontal axis in a frame attached to the cultivator. This drum is provided with adjustable openings in its periphery, and is so mounted that its peripheral face at both ends shall be in frictional contact with the peripheries of the running