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No. 21461.—14th July, 1906.—OCTAVE DE SANTA CRUZ, of Quito, Ecuador, and temporarily residing in Paris, Department of Seine, France, Manufacturer. An improved method for the preservation and transport of articles of food.

Claims.—(1.) The combination of a method of sterilising articles of food by means of carbonic-acid gas under pressure, and the preservation of said sterilised articles for a longer or shorter period in refrigerating-chambers in which the temperature is adapted to be maintained at from 0° to 4° centigrade above zero, for producing refrigeration without freezing, said refrigerating chambers being fixed or movable in any suitable manner for the purpose of facilitating the transport thereof on land or sea. (2.) The combination, with the means above described of the use of the electric light, white or coloured, for the purpose set forth.

(Specification, 2s. 6d.)

No. 21467.—18th July, 1906.—JAMES GRANT, of Queen Street, Cobram, Victoria, Australia, Engineer. Improvements in disc cultivators.

Extract from Specification.—My invention relates to disc cultivators, and its object is to provide an implement which shall not only be cheap in first cost, but also effective and convenient in use. Amongst the chief features are: The right and left hand sides of the frame can be elevated or depressed by hand-levers, the back of the frame can also be elevated or depressed by shifting collars, the disc shaft can, one end at a time, or both ends together, be elevated or lowered in relation to the frame, the front end of the said discs can likewise be moved backward or forward, and thereby be inclined to the angle of draft, and a thrust bracket is provided, which is capable of moving along the left hand frame piece, and has a thrust block therein which is adjustable,

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

(Specification, 8s. 6d.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 21475.—19th July, 1906.—HORATIO THOMAS JONES, of No. 31 Spring Creek, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Engineer, and RICHARD HEATHERINGTON MUNDELL, of 538 Flinders Street, Melbourne aforesaid, Merchant (assignees of Horatio Thomas Jones aforesaid, and John Peter Ludeman, of 208 Latrobe Street, Melbourne aforesaid, Engineer). Improvements in and relating to pumps, blowers, compressors, and the like.

Extract from Specification.—To this end the packing is attached to the piston by means of a double cone and ring device, whereby it cannot become inadvertently detached, and moreover a perfectly air-tight fit is assured, whilst a further improvement consists in the application of a storage cylinder into which the fluid is admitted and maintained at a pressure so that it may be discharged therefrom in a continuous stream.

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

(Specification, 4s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 21498.—23rd July, 1906.—JAMES BATES, of Auckland, New Zealand, Stovemaker. An improved water cistern for use in conjunction with hot-water services.

Claim—A cistern for use in conjunction with hot-water service, provided with a false bottom formed with an opening in its middle and arranged a short distance above the main bottom, an inlet-pipe leading down through the cistern and opening into the space beneath the false bottom, a pipe leading from the cistern beneath the false bottom to the heating boiler, a pipe leading from the boiler to the cistern above the false bottom, and a service pipe leading from the cistern above the false bottom, substantially as specified.

(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 21502.—24th July, 1906.—RODERICK GEORGE ALEXANDER MACDONALD, of 82 Cumberland Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Law Clerk. An improvement in typewriter and printing type.

Extract from Specification.—My invention consists in making the heads of the type of typewriters hollow below the type so that chambers are formed through the head nearly to the type, a foundation sufficiently strong to sup-

port the type being left. The sunk parts of the type are perforated and communication formed with the chamber below the type.

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

(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 21506.—23rd July, 1906.—WALTER HENRY PEARSON, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Gentleman. Improved shot-machinery.

Claims.—(1.) In shot-making machinery, in combination, a plate having a longitudinal as well as an intermittent revolving motion, and in which is formed groups of moulds for shot-blanks, said plate capable of moving longitudinally up to the nozzle of a melting-pot, from which melted metal is forced into said moulds (group by group), said plate also capable of being moved from said casting-nozzle, turning to the next position and trimming any shot-blanks by knives during said turning, and ejecting said blanks during the said longitudinal movement by pressing up against fixed pins, with a shot-rolling machine consisting of a revolving disc and a fixed band grooved for rolling said shot-blanks to hard and round shot, all substantially as shown on the drawing, and as described and explained. (2.) In combination, in shot-making machinery, substantially as set forth, consisting of a pot for melting the metal, a plate for casting shot-blanks in, automatically working and ejecting said blanks into a shot-rolling machine, all substantially as shown and described, and as illustrated in the drawing.

(Specification, 5s. 6d.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 21509.—26th July, 1906.—FRANK STAINS, of No. 290 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Manager. An improved smoking-pipe.

Claims.—(1.) An improved smoking-pipe provided with one or more hollow tubes extending across the lower portion of the bowl and slightly above the bore of the stem. (2.) In a smoking-pipe, a tube with open ends extending horizontally across the base of the bowl and through the sides thereof at a height slightly above the bore of the stem, substantially as set forth. (3.) In a smoking-pipe, a tube with open ends extending across the base of the bowl and through the sides thereof at a height slightly above the bore of the stem, one end of the tube terminating in two branches, substantially as set forth. (4.) In a smoking-pipe, a tube in the base of the bowl above the bore of the stem, holes through the sides of the bowl into which the ends of the tube fit, one end thereof extending beyond the bowl and twisted spirally around the stem, substantially as set forth.

(Specification, 2s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 21510.—26th July, 1906.—HENRY R. WORTHINGTON, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey, and having their principal place of business at 114 Liberty Street, New York, United States of America (assignees of Franz Ferdinand Nickel, of East Orange, New Jersey aforesaid, Mechanical Engineer). Improvements in compensating direct-acting engines.

Extract from Specification.—In carrying out the invention, an outlet from the compensating system for the escape of fluid to lessen the opposition to the working pressure and thus increase the effect of the latter is employed, which is controlled by the length of the engine stroke in such a manner as to increase the effective compensating pressure in case the stroke shortens, and to decrease the compensating pressure in case the engine stroke lengthens, so as to bring the engine back to normal length stroke, in case the stroke varies therefrom, and thus to maintain a practically constant stroke of the engine.

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

(Specification, 9s. 6d.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 21538.—31st July, 1906.—ROBERT MORE SMITH, of No. 7 Oxford Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand, Pottery Yardman. Improvements in coupling-sockets for drain-pipes.

Extract from Specification.—My invention consists in making the coupling in two parts, the lower part being provided with longitudinal recesses adapted to receive the edges of the upper part. Ribs are provided in both parts to form spaces, into which cement is introduced, the surfaces of the pipe and the socket being roughened or corrugated to insure