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body, two electro-magnets located at opposite sides thereof, a source of electricity, a rotating disc composed of alternate sections of conducting and non-conducting material, two brushes contacting with said disc at a distance apart substantially equal to the length of one such section, suitable connections, and a single key controlling the current through both said brushes simultaneously.

(Specification, 6s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 20862.—15th March, 1906.—OLE KRISTIAN CARLSON, of Clydevale, Otago, New Zealand, Puntman. An improvement in water-taps.*

Claim.—The improvement in taps consisting in the employment of a hole through the side of the plug and extending into the port provided for the passage of water, substantially as set forth.

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

No. 21189.—23rd May, 1906.—JOHANNA JAMES STRAIN, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Married Woman. Improved hot-water-service attachment to the burners of gas-heated stoves or to the gas-rings used for heating pots, irons, or the like.*

Claims.—(1.) The combination with a gas-ring of a water-tube encircling it either within or without, such water-tube being connected with a tank or boiler in such a manner as to provide for a current of water through it, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (2.) The hot-water-service attachment to the burners of gas-heated stoves or to the gas-rings used for heating pots, irons, or the like, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.

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

No. 21227.—29th May, 1906.—THOMAS CAHILL, of Union Street, Waihi, Auckland, New Zealand, Miner. Improvements in spurs.*

Claim.—The improvements in spurs consisting in providing the rowel-pin with a square or sided head, and one of the strap-buttons of each spur with a slot adapted to fit the said head upon another spur, substantially as set forth.

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

No. 21449.—16th July, 1906.—LOUIS BERNHARD BARON, of 5 to 8 St. James’s Place, Aldgate, London, England, Engineer. Improvements in cigarette-making machines.

Claims.—(1.) In cigarette-machines, and in combination, tobacco-feeding devices, compression-wheels, pasting and wrapping devices, a paper band adapted to be wrapped around the tobacco-rod, an endless tape travelling beneath the paper from the tobacco-feed to the wrapping-devices, and cut-off mechanism for the continuous cigarette-rod, substantially as described. (2.) In cigarette-machines, and in combination, tobacco-feeding devices, a vertical compression-wheel, a scraper-plate therefor, horizontal compression-wheels beneath said scraper-plate, pasting and wrapping devices, a paper band adapted to be wrapped around the tobacco-rod, an endless tape beneath the paper, and cut-off mechanism for the continuous cigarette-rod, substantially as described. (3.) In cigarette-machines, and in combination, tobacco-feeding devices, compression-wheels, adjustable covered scraping-devices therefor, an adjustable curved and tapered tongue provided with outwardly flared ends adjacent to the compression-wheels, pasting and wrapping devices, a paper band adapted to be wrapped around the tobacco-rod, an endless tape beneath the paper, and cut-off mechanism for the continuous cigarette-rod, substantially as described. (4.) In cigarette-machines, and in combination, tobacco-feeding devices, compression-wheels, an adjustable pasting-device delivering the gum or paste directly to the paper, wrapping-devices, a paper band adapted to be wrapped around the formed tobacco-rod and to receive the gum or paste directly from its receptacle, an endless band travelling beneath the paper from under the tobacco-feed to the wrapping-devices, and cut-off mechanism for the continuous cigarette-rod, substantially as described. (5.) In cigarette-machines, and in combination, tobacco-feeding devices, compression-wheels, pasting and wrapping devices, a paper band adapted to be wrapped around the tobacco-rod, an endless tape beneath the paper, and an adjustably mounted cut-off mechanism by which the length of continuous cigarette-rod cut may be varied, substantially as described.

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

No. 21584.—6th August, 1906.—ABIEL GIFFORD HOWLAND, of Victoria Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Coachbuilder. Improvements in sash-fasteners.*

Claims.—(1.) An improved window-fastener comprising a bracket secured to the lower sash, a jaw integral with the bracket, a lever pivoted in the jaw, a cam integral with the lever, a plate having recesses secured to the upper sash; and sloping bases to the notches, substantially as set forth. (2.) An improved window-fastener comprising a bracket secured to the lower sash, a jaw integral with the bracket, a lever pivoted in the jaw, a cam integral with the lever, a plate having recesses secured to the upper sash, a sloping top and bottom to the bottom recesses of the plate, and sloping bottoms to the other recesses, substantially as set forth. (3.) An improved window-fastener comprising a bracket secured to the lower sash, a jaw integral with the bracket, a lever pivoted in the jaw, a cam integral with the lever, a heel integral with the cam and adapted to engage the back of the bracket, a plate having recesses secured to the upper sash, and sloping bases to the notches, substantially as set forth.

(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 21976.—24th October, 1906.—LA COMPAGNIE FRANCAISE DES PRODUITS FIXATOR, of 4 Rue de Mondovi, Paris, France (assignees of Maurice Quillot, of Montigny sur Vingeanne, Cote d’Or, France, Engineer). Improvements in stoppering bottles, jars, and the like.

Claims.—(1.) A stopper for bottles, jars, and the like consisting of a hollow conical shell or capsule having a circumferential recess therein in which is fitted an elastic joint-ring as specified, said stopper being adapted to be used alone or in combination with an ordinary cork, and especially for the bottles or the like the contents of which are to be sterilised. (2.) Stoppers for bottles, jars, and the like, constructed as shown by the drawings.

(Specification, 2s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 21977.—29th October, 1906.—FERNANDO STAUD Y XIMÉNEZ, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America, Civil Engineer. Improvements in or relating to apparatus for raising sunken vessels.

Claims.—(1.) Apparatus for raising sunken vessels consisting of a pontoon comprising a shell equipped with air-pressure and water-inlet and -outlet valves through which to introduce water for sinking the pontoon, and air-pressure for discharging and supplanting the water in the sunken pontoon, a guide-tube extending through the shell, and a lifting-cable passing through the tube and on which the pontoon is held against rising and guided in sinking toward the point of attachment of the cable to a sunken vessel to be raised. (2.) Apparatus for raising sunken vessels according to preceding claiming-clause 1, characterized by having the lifting-cable fastened to the sunken vessel to be raised at the side thereof to which the submerged pontoon on said cable is immediately adjacent, whereby the cable is not required to pass under the vessel’s keel. (3.) A constructional form of the pontoon according to preceding claiming-clause 1, characterized by the air-pressure and water-inlet valve and the water-outlet valve being connected together to adapt them to work simultaneously. (4.) A constructional form of the pontoon according to preceding claiming-clause 3, characterized by having the water-inlet valve separately fastened on the connecting-rod to adapt it to be opened independently of the water-outlet valve. (5.) A constructional form of the pontoon according to preceding claiming-clause 1, characterized by yieldingly acting cable-gripping teeth provided along the inner wall of the guide-tube to permit the pontoon to descend on the cable but prevent it from rising independently thereof. (6.) A constructional form of the pontoon according to preceding claiming-clause 1, characterized by a valved water-pipe projecting into the pontoon-shell and discharging into a tube terminating in a valved float. (7.) A constructional form of the pontoon according to preceding claiming-clauses 1 and 6, characterized by a valved air-discharge pipe projecting into the pontoon-shell and connected outside the shell with the valved water-discharge pipe.

(Specification, 10s.; drawing, 2s.)