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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 10

of axillary running pipes or channels having longitudinal slots or small holes arranged in different levels above each other.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

(Specification, 5s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19427.—4th May, 1905.—GEORGE THOMAS MACFARLANE, of No. 139, Queen Street, Woollahra, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Retired Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Indian Marine. Improvements in derricks and winches for working cargo.*

Claims.—(1.) The combination with a derrick adapted to swing athwartship of a winch or winches having a barrel for hoisting cargo and an independently actuated barrel for swinging said derrick in close proximity and controllable by one attendant, substantially as described and explained. (2.) The combination with a derrick adapted to have a lead or normal inclination to swing to one side athwartship of a winch or winches having independent barrels respectively for hoisting cargo and for swinging the derrick operable by one attendant, substantially as described and explained. (3.) The combination with a derrick and its mast or upright support of a heel joint having universal movement for the purposes set forth, substantially as described and explained. (4.) The combination with a derrick having universal movement at its heel and its supporting mast or upright of an upper swinging-spur for the guidance of the span or upper attachment to said mast or upright for the purposes set forth, substantially as described and explained. (5.) The combination with a parent winch having a barrel for the cargo-hoist of a derrick of an auxiliary winch integral therewith or separate therefrom having a barrel for a guy or guys of said derrick for the purposes set forth, substantially as described and explained. (6.) The combination with a derrick and its mast or upright support of a universal heel joint consisting of the mechanical parts for the purposes set forth, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5 of the drawings. (7.) The combination with the samson post of a derrick and its support of a knuckle joint for the purposes set forth, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawings. (8.) The construction of combined cargo-hoisting and guy-operating winch for the purposes set forth, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in Figs. 8, 9, and 10 of the drawings. (9.) The construction of combined cargo-hoisting and guy-operating winch for the purposes set forth, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in Figs. 13 and 14 of the drawings. (10.) The combination together of cargo-hoisting and guy-operating winches controllable by the one attendant for the purposes set forth, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in Figs. 11 and 12 of the drawings. (11.) The particular combination and arrangement of mast, derrick, spur cargo-hoist guys, and combined winch or winches for the purposes set forth, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in duplicate in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

(Specification, 9s.; drawings, 5s.)

No. 19662.—3rd July, 1905.—WILLIAM ALBAN RICHARDS, Contractor, and CHARLES BENJAMIN REDRUP, Motor-mechanic, both of 27, Chancery Lane, London, England. Improvements relating to gas, oil, and like engines.

Extract from Specification.—According to the invention a storage-chamber is provided into which the mixture of vapour and air is forced before admission to the respective motor-cylinders, while a silencer is also provided in such a manner that both the storage-chamber and silencer rotate with the motor-cylinders, while according to the invention other constructional features are involved.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

(Specification, 7s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 20362.—23rd November, 1905.—JAMES HAMMOND GRAY, of 947, Minnesota Street, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Machinist. Improvements in bearings for shafts.

Claims.—(1.) In combination with a shaft, a bearing therefor comprising a cylinder having a circular series of longitudinal recesses, bearing-blocks in said recesses, and wedges in said recesses behind said blocks, said wedges extending behind said blocks the whole length of the same, being movable in the direction of their thick ends, substantially as described. (2.) In combination with a shaft, a bearing therefor comprising a cylinder having a circular series of longitudinal recesses, bearing-blocks in said recesses, and removable wedges in said recesses behind said blocks, said wedges extending behind said blocks the whole length of the same, and said wedges being provided at their thick ends with means whereby they may be engaged with a suitable instrument to extract the same from the recesses, substantially as described. (3.) In combination with a shaft, a bearing therefor comprising a cylinder having a circular series of longitudinal recesses, bearing-blocks in said recesses, wedges in said recesses behind said blocks, and a removable cap abutting against the thick ends of the wedges and holding the inner ends of the wedges against the ends of the recesses, substantially as described. (4.) In combination with a shaft, a bearing therefor comprising a cylinder having a circular series of longitudinal recesses, bearing-blocks in said recesses, having inner curved faces adjacent to each other forming a bearing for the shaft, and means for forcing water through the interstices between the blocks, substantially as described. (5.) In combination with a shaft, a bearing therefor comprising a cylinder having a circular series of longitudinal recesses, bearing-blocks in said recesses, having inner curved faces adjacent to each other forming a bearing for the shaft, a cap closing the bearing and having a channel in communication with the interstices between the blocks, and means for supplying a stream of pressure-water to said channel, substantially as described. (6.) In combination with a shaft, a bearing therefor comprising a cylinder having a longitudinal conduit therethrough, a cap over the end of the shaft having a channel in communication with the conduit, said channel being also in communication with the inside of the bearing around the shaft, and a pipe for supplying water to the longitudinal conduit, substantially as described. (7.) In combination with a shaft, a bearing therefor, a bushing in the bearing having longitudinal bearing-blocks around the shaft, a cap closing the end of the bearing and centrally recessed, a thrust-block in said recess against said shaft, a plate behind said block having a stem passing centrally through said cap, and means for adjusting the longitudinal position of said plate, substantially as described.

(Specification, 7s.; drawing, 2s.)

No. 20393.—28th November, 1905.—ALEXANDER HAMILTON CHAPMAN, of Kurow, Otago, New Zealand, Farmer. Improvements connected with the preservation of carcase meat.

Claims.—(1.) In the preservation of carcase or other meat, keeping the meat in an atmosphere which has first been separately cooled to about 12° Fahr. and afterwards raised in temperature to about the temperature of the chamber in which the meat is stored, and then admitting the air to the chamber and circulating it about the meat, as set forth. (2.) In the preservation of carcase or other meat, treating air by first cooling it to a degree necessary to extract its aqueous vapour, and then drawing it from the cold chamber and raising its temperature to a point at or about the freezing-point prior to admitting it to the chill-chamber containing the meat, as described and set forth.

(Specification, 3s. 6d.)

No. 20483.—21st December, 1905.—CHARLES KOLLING, of 22, Clarence Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Engineer. Improvements in automatic-discharge goods-elevators.

Claims.—(1.) A goods-elevator characterized by a shaft extending vertically through the floors of a building, in which shaft bales or boxes are slid upward by means of yokes carried by chain belts, substantially as described. (2.) A goods-elevator wherein the transfer of bales or boxes upwardly is effected by forcing them to slide through a vertical shaft having loading and discharging doors at various levels, substantially as described. (3.) A goods-elevator comprising a vertical shaft extending through the floors of a building, doors therein at each floor-level, cam plates to tip bales or boxes through said doors, a pair of belts working in slots in the shaft-sides, and yokes carried by said chain belts, substantially as described. (4.) An elevating-device for bales or boxes consisting of a pair of belts working over head and foot pulleys and carrying yokes between them on which said bales or boxes sit, in combination with a vertical shaft for containing and guiding said bales or boxes in transit, substantially as described. (5.) A goods-elevator consisting of a vertical shaft, a pair of belts working in recesses therein, yokes connecting said belts, head and foot sprockets, and idlers at the rear of said shaft for taking the belts’ return, substantially as described. (6.) A self-discharging goods-elevator in which bales or boxes are carried by yokes connecting belts, characterized by the placing of the support to the rear of the bale or box to facilitate the tipping of the same through discharge-doors, and the provision of folding cam plates for positively tipping the bales or boxes when they obtain a predetermined discharging-level, substantially as described.

(Specification, 7s.; drawing, 5s.)