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that the awl may move in an unobstructed path. (2.) In
a machine for inserting fasteners wherein a vertically arranged
trimming-device is mounted within a straight horn, the employment of a supporting member for said device which projects toward but not into the path of the awl. (3.) In a machine for inserting fasteners wherein a gauge mounted on a horn rises and falls therewith, the employment of a device for moving the gauge into and out of engagement with the work on the horn during its vertical movement. (4.) In a machine for inserting fasteners wherein a gauge normally out of engagement with the work on a horn rises and falls with the horn, the employment of a stationary cam-plate for causing the gauge to move laterally into engagement with the work as the horn is moved into operative position. (5.) In a machine for inserting fasteners wherein a gauge mounted on a horn rises and falls therewith, the employment of a device for imparting to the gauge a range of movement with relation to the work on the horn throughout the stroke, as described. (6.) In a machine for inserting fasteners wherein a horn moves the work thereon into and out of contact with a nose-plate, the employment of a gauge which rises and falls with the horn and is simultaneously moved laterally into engagement with the work when the same is moved into contact with the nose-plate and out of engagement therewith as the movement of the horn carries it away from the nose-plate. (7.) In a machine for inserting fasteners wherein a gauge rising and falling with the horn is moved laterally by the action of a stationary cam-plate, the employment of adjusting devices to enable the situation of the cam-plate to be adjusted for either or both of the two purposes described. (8.) In a machine for inserting fasteners, the combination with the horn and a gauge that rises and falls there-with of an adjustable connection (such, for example, as g3, g5, q6) between the gauge and the horn to enable the height of the gauge to be adjusted in relation to that of the horn. (9.) In a machine for inserting fasteners, the combination with a horn and a gauge that rises and falls with it of parts substantially such as described with reference to the drawings for raising and lowering and otherwise operating and adjusting the gauge.

(Specification, 14s.; drawings, 4s.)

No. 20329. — 17th November, 1905. — THOMAS DUGDALE,
of Kapua, Waimate, South Canterbury, New Zealand,
Plumber. A combined rain-water spout-head and strainer.*

Claims.—(1.) In apparatus of the class described, an inclined perforated screen having a corrugated surface with drips substantially vertical secured beneath the screen at the depressions of the corrugations, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (2.) The complete combined rain-water spout-head and strainer substantially as described, or illustrated in the drawings.

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

No. 20411. — 2nd December, 1905. — FRANCIS WILLIAM PAYNE, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Consulting Engineer. Improvements in gold-saving appliances.

Claims. — (1.) In gold-saving screens and the like that are moved by vibrating, reciprocating, or shaking movement, the combination of cranks and connecting-rods attached to, for working said screens with cushions arranged to help stop and help reversing the motion, so relieving the machinery as far as possible of all jar, all substantially as shown on the drawing and as explained and described. (2.) In gold-saving screening-tables or the like to which reciprocating movement is given, the combination with these of spring connecting-rods or of connecting-rods applied to springs instead of to the screens direct, all substantially as set forth. (3.) In vibrating tables, the combination of such screening-tables pivoted at one end and vibrated at the other end by the means as set forth, all substantially as set forth.

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

No. 20490. — 19th December, 1905. — JOHN FREDRICH LUTJOHANN, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Billiard-table Manufacturer. Improved means for raising the surface of a billiard-table.*

Extract from Specification. — My invention has for its object to raise or lower the surface of a billiard-table as required, and in carrying the invention into effect I mount spindles

in the table below the table-top. Each of these spindles is rotatable by means of a handle, and upon each end thereof is an eccentrically mounted plate or disc.

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

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

No. 20768. — 19th February, 1906. — ANNI ETIENNE HAL-KIER, of 95 Elizabeth Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Technical Instructress. Improved charts to be used in cutting out material for making dresses and other clothing.

Extract from Specification. — Three sides of the master chart are rectangular — i.e., the top and bottom are parallel straight lines, and the edge that unites them is at right angles to both lines, thus the three straight lines enclose two right angles, and give effect to the principle of the square referred to. A scale of inches is made along the edges of the top and side straight lines, and many of the perforations are either parallel to the nearest straight line or at right angles thereto. Both sides of the master chart are marked with the inch scales, and therefore the chart is reversible and can be used on both sides. The fourth edge of the master chart is composed chiefly of curves of the conic sections, so that when points in a curve are obtained by marking with a pencil through the perforations the necessary curve may be immediately struck by running the pencil along the curved edge of the chart when such edge has been adjusted to the points in the curve. Perforations in curves are arranged in different parts of the surface of the chart, the functions of which will be more fully described; but these curved perforations refer to the varying irregularities in the female figure, and their positions on the chart, so far as can be seen at present, have been decided empirically and from the light gained by experience. The master chart is designed for laying down the dimensions of a dress-bodice, the second chart is designed for the sleeves, collars, and skirts, and the third chart for knickerbockers, “bloomers,” and skirts.

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

(Specification, 14s.; drawings, 6s.)

No. 20840. — 13th March, 1906. — ANDREW MURRAY ANDERSON, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements in or relating to the hose of Westinghouse brakes.*

Claim. — In the control-cocks of Westinghouse-brake couplings a passage leading outwards through the plug of the cock from the main passage therein and an aperture in the casing of the cock, the passages in the plug and the aperture in the casing being so disposed and arranged that when the cock is closed a continuous passage will be provided through the cock connecting the coupling length of piping to the atmosphere, substantially as specified.

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

No. 20856. — 14th March, 1906. —JOHN NICHOLSON, of 63 Elizabeth Street, Paddington, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, temporarily residing at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Assayer. Improved centrifugal apparatus for separating gold and minerals from finely divided substances.*

Extract from Specification. — When the apparatus is set in motion the finely divided substance in either a dry or, by preference, a pulpy state is fed down the chute through the inlet trunnion 2 into the rotating cylinder l, where it is thoroughly agitated by the jets of fluid from the axial pipe 17 in conjunction with the rotation of said cylinder. The pressure of the fluid in combination with the centrifugal action produces a longitudinal axial current in the cylinder, which eventually forces away the lighter particles through the outlet trunnion, whilst the particles of higher specific gravity are thrown outwards against the inner periphery of the cylinder and remain therein, which latter action is assisted by reason of the diameter of said cylinder being greater than that of the trunnion. The lighter particles or slimes are delivered into the box 16, provided with a splash-board 26, and are finally discharged through a launder 27 into a pipe, or conducted into a tank if required for further treatment. When the desired substance is completely separated the launder 27 is closed by a slide-door 28, and the rotation