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angular locking-slots for the reception of the wires, said slots being so constructed that the wires have a bearing at three points, and in which the top and bottom slots are so placed as to kink their corresponding wires for the purpose of preventing any lateral movement of the dropper, substantially as described and illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawing, ls.)
No. 21526.-26th July, 1906.-REGINALD EDWARD SMALLBONE, of Mount Roskill, near Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer, JOHN BROWN and ALEXANDER ROGER MORRISON, both of Auckland aforesaid, Merchants. An improved knife-cleaner.
Extract from Specification.-This invention relates to knife-cleaners, having upper and lower pads fixed to frames or boards so that one pad shall lie on the other, and so that the blades of the knives can be placed between the pads, whereby when the clamp and longitudinal piece holding the handles of the knives is given a backward and forward motion, as is explained, the blades of the knives are briskly rubbed and polished. The special features of our improved knife-cleaner consist of the said frames or boards and pads with slots made in the upper frame and pad and grooves in the lower frame, and with thumb-screw and dowel adjustments for holding said frames together, the clamp and longitudinal piece under and over faced connected by thumb-screws, with spiral springs therearound so placed that they will work forwards to and backwards from said top and bottom frames by runners projecting from said longitudinal piece working in said grooves in lower frame, screw-crank secured to under frame having downwardly projecting extension with curved handle jointed thereto and fitted to operate and give said forward and backward motions.
[NOTE.-The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 5s.; drawing, ls.)
An asterisk (*) denotes the complete specification of an invention for which a provisional specification has been already lodged.
NOTE.-The cost of copying the specification and drawing has been inserted after the notice of each application. An order for a copy or copies should be accompanied by a post office order or postal note for the cost of copying.
The date of acceptance of each application is given after the number.
Extracts from the drawings accompanying the foregoing complete specifications appear at the end of this Gazette.
F. WALDEGRAVE,
Registrar.
APPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional specifications, have been accepted as under:-
No. 21045.-R. Connell, tire-inflater.
No. 21188.-J. J. Strain, Gas-stove boiler.
No. 21204.-F. M. Norris and J. Robertson, un refillable bottle.
No. 21272.-J. Lock, manufacturing brooms, brushes, &c.
No. 21281.-J. Brown, ploughing and cleaning machine.
No. 21337.-J. G. Dawson and P. O'Sullivan, pudding-boiler.
No. 21392.-S. Wilson, grate and fire-place.
No. 21399.-E. G. Gresham, toaster and griller.
No. 21418.-R. W. Aldridge, electrical bracelet.
No. 21420.-J. D. McLaurin, testing bales of wool or hemp for heat or moisture.
No. 21421.-J. W. Mackay, clothes-prop attachment.
No. 21422.-T. D. Cummins, ascertaining temperature of baled goods.
No. 21425.-C. L. K. H. Foot, gas-burner.
No. 21432.-J. A. Paterson, apparatus for making incandescent-oil gas.
No. 21434.-P. E. Barker, drilling and hillng tool.
No. 21437.-G. H. B. Lockett, testing temperature of baled goods.
No. 21440.-E. J. Kee, twitch-weeding implement.
No. 21444.-A. McLeod, diving-dress.
No. 21446.-W. Whyte, tram-rail cleaner.
No. 21447.-E. G. Hill, preventing spreading of railway-lines.

No. 21451.-J. R. Hatmaker, drying milk.
No. 21452.-J. W. Cooke, door-retainer.
No. 21454.-T. S. Mullay, baled wool and flax tester.
No. 21455.-J. A. Merrett, flax-treating apparatus.
No. 21456.-J. A. Merrett, flax-fibre-handling apparatus.
No. 21457.-T. H. Walther, game.
No. 21462.-A. W. H. Vivian, artificial-fuel manufacture.
No. 21463.-R. Wales, cramp and mitre-box.
No. 21464.-R. Wales, mitre-box and frame-clamp.
No. 21465.-J. P. Wallace, boot-heel cushion.
No. 21468.-W. H. K. Turner and A. E. A. Fear, bird-trap.
No. 21469.-A. G. Nesfield and H. Brookes, superheater for boiler.
No. 21472.-H. Wriedt, dough-moulding machine.
No. 21474.-T. J. Whelan, animal-trap. (H. Lane.)
No. 21476.-R. W. Pearse, aerial machine.
No. 21479.-C. E. Smith, joint and locking-bar for pipe.
No. 21480.-H. Lundqvist, grab for handling nails.
No. 21482.-E. Dane and D. Whitburn, gauge, square, and mitre.
No. 21484.-A. R. Hardy, sash mover and lock.
No. 21485.-C. K. Turner, plough.
No. 21486.-C. K. Turner, bicycle.
No. 21487.-F. T. F. Evans, swingletree.
No. 21490.-R. O. Clark, flanging-machine for earthenware goods.
No. 21491.-R. O. Clark, straightening earthenware pipes.
No. 21492.-R. O. Clark, earthenware kiln.
No. 21494.-D. Brigham, winning gold from sea-bed.
No. 21495.-C. Sanderson, rope-guide for electric cars.
No. 21497.-E. R. Godward, spirit level.
No. 21503.-J. Jamison, blotting-pad and paper-ruler.
No. 21514.-United Shoe Machinery Company, cementing-machine. (F. H. Warren.)
No. 21542.-C. R. Massey, reinforced-concrete pile frame.
No. 21563.-G. P. Innes, speed and gear for revolving shaft.
No. 21581.-R. M. Crosbie, grinding flax-beater roller.
No. 21585.-K. C. McCaul and G. S. Rait, printers' perforating-rule.
No. 21590.-T. Hall and F. Elvines, non-siltable metal-saving mat.
No. 21595.-W. H. Bonney, bullock bow key.
No. 21627.-A. Cass, harrow.
NOTE.-Provisional specifications cannot be inspected, or their contents made known by this office in any way, until the complete specifications in connection therewith have been accepted.

Letters Patent sealed.
LIST of Letters Patent sealed from the 9th to the 22nd August, 1906, inclusive:-
No. 19188.-J. E. Owen, forming earthenware pipes.
No. 19334.-P. L. Weston, bevel-gear milling-machine.
No. 19377.-H. M. Douglas, loose-leaf account-book transfer binder.
No. 19400.-J. C. Dallas, handle-fastener.
No. 19409.-C. B. Gaby, hoisting-machine for lifts.
No. 19410.-E. B. Toomath, flax-treatment.
No. 19411.-G. H. Clapham and J. L. Barlow, spouting-bracket.
No. 19457.-A. H. Wylds, window-lock.
No. 19479.-J. Gray, cultivator.
No. 19500.-K. Matthews, flax-treatment.
No. 19501.-A. Curwood, J. Harrison, and E. A. Cameron, sash lock and hanger.
No. 19506.-A. G. R. Williams, sewing-machine.
No. 19514.-A. Reid, hook for reins, plough-chains, &c.
No. 19586.-C. W. Gordon, cycle pedal-strap.
No. 19587.-W. H. Hannam, bath-water heater.
No. 19675.-A. N. Whitney, ship.
No. 19704.-T. T. Rawhiti, wagon-jack.
No. 19757.-C. A. Parsons, production of high vacua.
No. 19783.-E. G. Ward, draught and dust preventer for door.
No. 20089.-R. J. Burlton-Bennet, electric belt.
No. 20376.-G. B. Holmes and A. D. Allen, trolley-head.
No. 20543.-A. Curwood, J. Harrison, and E. A. Cameron, sash balance and fastener.
No. 20683.-G. B. Holmes and A. D. Allen, trolley-head.
No. 20729.-C. H. Withers, plunge bath.
No. 20886.-C. Kendrick, saucepan-lid.
No. 20890.-M. Teasdale, lantern.
No. 20973.-C. J. McMaster, windmill.
No. 20980.-E. J. Vining and G. D. Weir, shunter's railway-wagon-moving mechanism.
No. 21006.-J. Rusp, flexible wheel.
No. 21086.-D. McKenzie, attaching tags to flax-bales.