Oct. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2459

No. 20168.—12th October.—D. M. Barnett, Melbourne.
Iron-stand.
No. 20169.—12th October.—D. Clark, Bairnsdale, Victoria.
Gold-refining process.
No. 20170.—12th October.—P. Andersen, Hadersleben, Germany.
Milking-machine.
No. 20171.—12th October.—B. P. Gray, Birmingham, England.
Hoof-pad for horse-shoe.
No. 20172.—12th October.—A. W. Reid, Stratford.
Liquid-flow regulator.
No. 20173.—10th October.—W. G. Meddings, Remuera.
Fire-alarm.
No. 20174.—13th October.—H. Nalder, Nelson.
Toeclip.
No. 20175.—12th October.—J. Ellen, Staveley.
Sheep-brand.
No. 20176.—12th October.—J. A. Head, Lyttelton.
Brush and polishing-glove.
No. 20177.—12th October.—A. McLeod, Dunedin.
Diving dress.
No. 20178.—13th October.—H. I. M. Ross, Dunedin.
Ventilating system.
No. 20179.—16th October.—G. Moore, Pahiatua.
Vehicle-cushion.
No. 20180.—12th October.—R. Love and T. H. Keesing, Auckland.
Pictorial post-card.
No. 20181.—14th October.—W. Muir, Gisborne.
Buildings-ventilator.
No. 20182.—17th October.—J. G. ter Hofsteede, Sunbury, Victoria.
Legging-fastening.
No. 20183.—17th October.—L. Pearce, Fremantle, W.A.
Tobacco-pipe.
No. 20184.—17th October.—R. W. Stuart, Sydney.
Burner for petroleum-vapour gas.
No. 20185.—17th October.—W. H. Bowser, Brisbane, Q.
Scaffolding-cramp.
No. 20186.—17th October.—J. Dickason and A. McLennan, Melbourne.
Cow bail and stall.
No. 20187.—18th October.—E. J. Humphries, Mataura.
Plough, &c., wheel-mounting.
No. 20188.—18th October.—W. B. Jones, Hastings.
Fencing-standard.
No. 20189.—18th October.—D. G. Watson, Timaru.
Trace-spreader.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 1905.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the undermentioned applications for Letters Patent have been accepted, and are open to public inspection at this office. Any person may, at any time within two months from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing of opposition to the grant of any such patent. Such notice must set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be in duplicate. A fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

No. 18749.—16th November, 1904.—WILLIAM JOHN RAE, of 47, Market Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Stationer (assignee of Edmund Thomas Luke, of Normanby Road, Caulfield, near Melbourne aforesaid, Artist). An improved combined time-table for trains, trams, 'busses, ferries, and the like, and advertising-device.

Claims.—(1.) The combined time-table and advertising-device constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purposes specified, and as illustrated in the drawings. (2.) In a combined time-table and advertising-device, a wheel or disc (as a) pivoted about its centre to cards (as c and d), and having handles or tabs (as e), substantially as and for the purposes specified, and as illustrated in the drawings. (3.) In a combined time-table and advertising-device, a wheel or disc (as a) divided into portions, and having large figures (as f) to indicate the hours and small figures (as i) to indicate the number of minutes past the hours at which the trains start printed thereon, substantially as and for the purposes specified, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 18889.—23rd December, 1904.—GEORGE STEVENSON, of Regent Street, Woolston, Canterbury, New Zealand, Cycle Engineer. An improved mop-wringer attachment to buckets.*

Claim.—The circular spiral cone-shaped attachment to the bucket shown in the drawing (Fig. 1). The special features claimed are that the spiral walls of attachment engage in the fibre of the mop and squeeze out the liquid. The superfluous liquid cannot lodge anywhere, but escapes instantly into the bucket through the spaces between the spiral walls of the cone-shaped mop-receptacle.
(Specification, 1s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19000.—28th January, 1905.—ARTHUR HOPWOOD, of The Square, Palmerston North, New Zealand, Ironmonger. Improved means for use in keeping accounts.*
[NOTE.—The title in this case has been altered. (See list of provisional specifications, Gazette No. 11, of the 9th February, 1905.)]

Claim.—In means for keeping stores accounts, a duplicate account-sheet for each customer doubled over along a line of perforations and provided with a carbon sheet placed between, in combination with a back piece of stiff material, to the face of which the account-sheet is adapted to be secured, the top end of such back piece being turned up and over so as to form a flat top edge at right angles to the main portion, and the bottom edge being turned up and over, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19585.—8th June, 1905.—JOHN WATT, of 104, Dowling Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Gas Engineer. An improved portable gas fire-ball heater for attaching to any ordinary pendant bracket or other gas attachment.

Claims.—(1.) Using of a metal ball or globe with Bunsen burner permanently attached and complete in itself so as to regulate the exact quantity of air and gas without any further adjustment of supply of gas. (2.) By using the flame from perforation C, C, C, to produce expansion of gas in globe or ball A, A, to produce a flame under pressure. (3.) By attaching wire tube or coil covered with asbestos fibre round ball or globe as a heat and flame intensifier. (4.) By using the polished or plated surfaces as radiator and reflector of heat and flame to produce the appearance of ordinary fire.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19667.—3rd July, 1905.—COLORADO IRONWORKS COMPANY, a Maine corporation, of Denver, Colorado, United States of America (assignees of Norman V. Fitts, Draughtsman, and Randall P. Atkins, Mechanical Engineer, both of Denver aforesaid). Improvements in vibrating-screen mechanism.

Claims.—(1.) A vibrating-screen apparatus consisting of a fixed frame, a movable inclined screen-carrying frame, springs centrally connected with the screen-frame and supported intermediate their extremities, and cam wheels engaging the central portions of the screen-frame on opposite upper sides thereof to move it in opposition to the springs, substantially as described. (2.) A vibrating-screen apparatus consisting of a fixed frame, a movable inclined screen-carrying frame, springs centrally connected with the screen-frame and supported intermediate their extremities, and cam wheels engaging the central portions of the screen-frame on opposite sides thereof to move it in opposition to the springs, said springs being connected with the fixed frame by tie bars, substantially as described. (3.) A vibrating-screen apparatus consisting of a fixed frame, a movable inclined screen-carrying frame, springs centrally connected with the screen-frame and supported intermediate their extremities, cam wheels engaging the central portions of the screen-frame on opposite sides thereof to move it in opposition to the springs, and limiting-stops being preferably used to arrest the upward movement of the screen-frame, said stops being disposed at different points thereover on opposite sides of the centrally arranged cam wheels, substantially as described. (4.) A screen apparatus comprising the movable inclined frame, springs upon which the same rests, means for adjusting the springs engaging the central portions thereof, means for moving the screen-frame in opposition to the springs, and tie bars connecting the springs with the fixed frame of the apparatus, substantially as described. (5.) A screening apparatus comprising a movable inclined frame supported on bow-shaped springs arranged vertically of the sides of the frame, a tension device supporting the springs centrally, tie bars connecting the central parts of the springs with the fixed frame, and means located centrally above the side bars of the screen-frame for moving said frame in opposition to the springs, substantially as described. (6.) A screen arranged at an inclination and having means for vibrating the same in a direction across the plane of its incline, with water-distributing means extending over the said screen, substantially as described. (7.) A screen apparatus comprising a movable inclined frame carrying the screen-cloth, means for vibrating the inclined frame in a direction across the plane of its incline, and a plate or plates mounted on the vibrating frame below the screen-cloth and adapted to cause the water to pass upwardly