Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 19th September, 1906.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the undermen-
tioned applications for Letters Patent have been
accepted, and are open to public inspection at this office.
Any person may, at any time within two months from the
date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing of opposition
to the grant of any such patent. Such notice must set forth
the particular grounds of objection, and be in duplicate. A
fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

.No. 19724.—11th July, 1905.—JAMES DUNBAR, of Inver-
cargill, New Zealand, Engineer. An improved verandah-
column.

Extract from Specification.—The essential features consist
in the use and adaption of ordinary steam or water pipes in
the construction of the column which, being cut to suitable
lengths, are fitted into a sole plate and top plate, and to
operate on said pipes a bracket capable of upward and down-
ward adjustment and provided to support any design of fret-
work; a collar may be used to bind the pipes together.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted
in place of the claims.]

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

No. 19833.—3rd August, 1905.—ALBERT ARTHUR WITHERS,
of 17 William Street, Balaclava, Victoria, Australia, Inventor
and Manager. Valve and valve-connections for pneumatic
tires of bicycles, motor-cars, &c.*

Extract from Specification.—The object of my invention is
to provide means for inflating pneumatic tires of bicycles,
tricycles, motor-cars, or other vehicles, which means shall be
cheap in construction, simple in action, of long life, not
liable to derangement, and by which a tire may be inflated
more rapidly and with less fatigue to the operator. These
consist of connections for inflator-pumps, which can be readily
attached to any description of existing inflators, and are
adapted to readily connect and form an airtight joint with
any form of valve at present in use upon pneumatic tires. In
the inflator-pumps hitherto made there has been a rubber tube
between the connections to the said inflator-pump and the
connections for the inlet portion of the valve of the tire.
This rubber tube is an objectionable feature, is always liable
to derangement, subject to a blow-out, or has permitted the
escape of air in operation. With my devices this rubber tube
is dispensed with, and the air is forced direct into the valve.
This allows the rim of the wheel to be used as a resistance
and obviates the strain upon the arm of the operator. I also
provide a valve which has but few parts, all of which are easily
accessible when necessary for repair or replacement, and which
permit of the tire being more readily inflated, with less labour
and with a minimum of leakage during the operation. The
said valve dispenses with the use of a rubber tube hitherto
used inside the valve-casing. Furthermore, I provide in the
bottom of the inflator-pump an inlet ball-valve. This is so
arranged that air more readily fills the vacuum caused by the
return stroke of the plunger within the inflator-pump barrel
than by the means hitherto used.

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

(Specification, 12s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 19980.—18th September, 1905.—SYDNEY SMITH, of
71 Manchester Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Boot,
Shoe, and Sandal Manufacturer. Improvements relating to
shoes.*

Claims.—(1.) The improved shoe or the like, the same
being provided with two pairs of straps, one pair adapted
to meet across the instep of the wearer and the other to
extend round the ankle, a tongue as (b) extending upwards
from the front of the shoe, and a lace or the like adapted
to pass through the tongue and through both pairs of straps,
substantially as specified. (2.) The improved shoe or the
like, substantially as described and explained, and as illus-
trated in the drawings.

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

No. 20013.—7th September, 1905.—JOHN MASON, of 91
Maitland Street, and THOMAS BRYDONE, of Fifield Street,
Roslyn, and GEORGE ARMSTRONG, of Hart Street, Roslyn, all
of Dunedin, New Zealand, Mechanical Engineers. Improved
rope-blocks or lifting-tackle.*

Claims.—(1.) The method of constructing side-plates or
cheeks of rope-blocks, so as to permit of reciprocating
motion of the sheaves (in addition to rotary) with relation to
said side-plates or cheeks. (2.) A rope-block in combination
with attached levers, the said levers controlling the recipro-
cating motion of the above-mentioned sheaves and incident-
ally controlling their rotary motion. (3.) The addition of
a friction-pin for ordinary rope-blocks (containing the above-
mentioned features) which in contacting with the ropes
produces sufficient friction to prevent the ropes running on
their sheaves.

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

No. 20020.—12th September, 1905.—EDWIN HARRY JOHN
MITCHELL, of Mayfield, Triabunna, Tasmania, Australia,
Farmer, and BENJAMIN FOX MELLOR, of 187 Pascoe Vale
Road, Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, Manufacturer.
Plough or cultivator continuous shares or cutting-points.*

Claims.—(1.) A share or cutting-point consisting essentially
of one or more plates or bars of metal, of flat, curved, or
other shape, and of extended length, so that as the point
and cutting-edge wear away, both parts or either part can
be put forward as and for the purpose described. (2.) A
share or cutting-point as described in the first claim, and
means for holding the said share or cutting-point to or
between part or parts of the implement as and for the pur-
pose described. (3.) As one method of employing the cutting-
point A and the wing part B, the arrangement of mould-
board and body, with a space between them, which is
adapted to carry the said cutting-point and the said wing
part together with means, such as the bolts and nuts, E¹,
E², E³, for securing and holding the said continuous share,
and permitting the adjustment of the same as and when
required.

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

No. 20042.—15th September, 1905.—CHARLES JOHN ALLEY,
of Farndon, New Zealand, Cooper. An improved machine
for use in chiming and crozing barrels.*

Claims.—(1.) In means for chiming, crozing, and howelling
barrels, a barrel supporting frame comprising a pair of heads
supported upon parallel horizontal bars and capable of adjust-
ment thereon, and each having a roller mounted on a hori-
zontal axis at the back end thereof, a pair of sliding blocks
mounted on the bars, one on the outside of each head, and
each having a roller mounted thereon and adapted to lie in
the same horizontal plane as the roller upon the respective
head, means whereby the sliding blocks may be moved out-
wards or inwards along the bars, and means for rotating a
barrel supported upon the rollers, substantially as specified.
(2.) In means for chiming, crozing, and howelling barrels,
the combination with a supporting frame such as that
claimed in claim 1, of cutter-carriers, mounted on the hori-
zontal bars, one on the outside of each sliding block, and
connected to the respective block so as to be capable of move-
ment therewith, substantially as specified. (3.) In means
for chiming, crozing, and howelling barrels, the combination
with a supporting frame, such as that claimed in claim 1, of
cutter-carriers mounted on the horizontal bars, one on the
outside of each sliding block, and connected to the respec-
tive block so as to be capable of movement therewith, such
cutter-carriers being each formed with an upwardly extend-
ing portion adapted to form a bearing for the cutter-spindle
and with a forwardly extending portion formed with a slot
therein, and eccentric sleeves mounted upon the front
parallel bar and fitting within the slots in the respective
cutter-carriers, and means whereby such bar and sleeves
may be rotated, substantially as specified. (4.) In means
for chiming, crozing, and howelling barrels, the combination
with the appliances set out in claim 3, of means whereby
the cutter-head may be automatically caused to follow the
plane of rotation of the barrel end being operated upon, sub-
stantially as described, and as illustrated in Fig. 5 of the
drawings. (5.) The general arrangement, construction, and
combination of parts in my improved machine for use in
chiming, crozing, and howelling barrels, substantially as
described and explained, as illustrated in the drawings, and
for the several purposes set forth.

(Specification, 7s. 6d.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 20147.—28th November, 1905.—REES WILLIAMS, of
Waikaia, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements in oil-
filters.*

Extract from Specification.—A leading feature of my in-
vention is a conical support for the filtering medium; its
under-surface is radially fluted or corrugated and directs the
impure oil on to the filtering medium, and its upper surface
sloping downwards guides the filtered oil, so that every drop
passes out of the outlet-tap.