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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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of can operated by chain or belt from rear wheel for feeding compressed air to fluid in pipe as it is being projected outwardly.

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

(Specification, 4s. ; drawings, 1s.)

No. 21815.—20th September, 1906.—CLIFFORD GEORGE DICKESON, of Auckland, New Zealand, Ironmonger. An adjustable blackboard-frame for school and other purposes.

Extract from Specification.—The invention lies in providing a blackboard attachment to the ordinary stand frame consisting of a vertical ratchet fixture and rod fixtures to the stand frame on which by reason of sliding-block connections and pawl and spring adjustments operated by the pull of a handle the board-frame can be raised or lowered at will with ease and without any extraordinary effort.

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

(Specification, 4s. ; drawings, 1s.)

No. 21822.—24th September, 1906.—R. HANNAH AND CO., LIMITED, of 63A Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand, Boot-manufacturers (assignees of Harry Chambers, of 63A Lambton Quay, Wellington aforesaid, Bootmaker). Improvements in boot-uppers.

Claim.—The manufacture of a boot-upper from one integral piece of leather wherefrom a dart-shaped portion is removed, and forming a stub at the bottom of the dart, and attaching the tongue of the boot to the stub, whereby seams at the side and across the front of the upper are avoided, substantially as set forth.

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

No. 21827.—21st September, 1906.—THOMAS JAMES WATHEW, of Devonport, near the City of Auckland, New Zealand, Ironmonger. An improved water-heater for bath and other purposes.

Claims.—(1.) The improved water-heater specified consisting of a vessel having an outer and inner skin or wall, steam-outlet holes from between same through top of vessel, top made with two large holes therein, one hole being for funnel-outlet, and other hole for air-inlet, funnel fitted over outlet hole, and funnel fitted and projected through air-inlet hole to within space inside of said inner skin or wall, and inlet and outlet water-pipes through said outer skin or wall, and cap or lid to cover said inlet hole or funnel fitted therein for the purpose set forth, as described and illustrated. (2.) In the improved water-heater covered by claim 1, the fitting the funnel inwardly projected to within the space inside of the inner skin or wall, and through the air-inlet hole for the purpose set forth, as described and illustrated.

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

No. 21829.—26th September, 1906.—HENRY PERCY GORMANSTON STEEDMAN, of 24 George Street, Tower Hill, London, England, Civil Engineer. An improved match-making machine.

Extract from Specification.—The machine consists essentially of a framing of any suitable outline having disposed at one end a drum upon which is wound the veneer from which the match or taper bodies are formed, whilst at the opposite end is placed a second drum upon which the bodies are wound in the form of a continuous length. Mounted upon the frame at the end adjacent to the drum carrying the veneer is a guide through which the said veneer passes, and which guide is gapped at a convenient point to permit the veneer to pass between a pair of pressure rollers arranged transversely of the machine. The purpose of the rollers just described is to feed forward and flatten the veneer, or the rollers may be employed simply to flatten the veneer prior to its being submitted to the action of a gang saw, by which it is cut longitudinally into a number of strips of sufficient width to form the bodies of the matches or the like. The severed veneer next may pass between a pair of revolving brushes, or through or between plates, by which any dust or splinters may be removed prior to the application of the thread or threads and the coating of the bodies with wax. The veneer after it is cleaned, if necessary, as just described, is led through a guide-plate in which are formed channels in number corresponding to the number of divisions into which the veneer is divided. After leaving the guide-plate just described the severed veneer passes through one or more reservoirs containing heated wax, the longitudinal threads before referred to being applied prior to the application of said wax. The veneers, after receiving the wax coating, are wound upon a drum, and are subsequently cut into match lengths and tipped with a suitable igniting composition.

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

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

No. 21830.—26th September, 1906.—HENRY PERCY GORMANSTON STEEDMAN, of 24 George Street, Tower Hill, London, England, Civil Engineer. Improvements in matches.

Claims.—(1.) In a match of the kind referred to, forming the body from a single thickness of veneer which may or may not be subjected to pressure, cutting same lengthwise into strips, applying threads longitudinally thereof, and finally coating with wax. (2.) A match-body formed of wood having one or more longitudinal threads and a coating of wax.

(Specification, 2s. 9d.)

No. 21833.—27th September, 1906.—UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, of 205 Lincoln Street, Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, United States of America, Shoemachinery Manufacturers (assignees of Frederick Lyman Alley, of 83 Clarence Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Engineer, and Walter Pack, of Waters Road, Neutral Bay, near Sydney aforesaid, Engineer). Improvements in skiving-machines.

Claims.—(1.) In a skiving-machine, means for automatically effecting a momentary relief of the tension on the feed-roll or retraction of the feed-roll from the die-roll or die-plate in order to permit the freer entrance of material to be skived. (2.) In skiving-machines, the employment of a cam eccentric or crank to automatically effect a momentary relief of the tension on the feed-roll or retraction of the feed-roll from the die-roll or die-plate in order to permit the freer entrance of material to be skived. (3.) In skiving-machines, the combination with the die and feed-rolls of a cam on the shaft of the die-roll for increasing the distance between the centres of said rolls once in every revolution of the die-roll, substantially as described. (4.) In skiving-machines, the combination with the pinion on the die-roll shaft of a cam thereon, said cam operating against the hub of the pinion on the feed-roll shaft to increase the distance between the centres of said rolls once in every revolution of the die-roll, substantially as described and illustrated. (5.) In skiving-machines, the combination with the feed-roll of an arm secured to the shaft of said roll, a threaded spindle on said arm, bearings for said threaded spindle on a bracket suitably supported, and an internally threaded adjusting-wheel rotatable on said threaded spindle and between said bearings, substantially as described and illustrated. (6.) The improvements in skiving-machines consisting of the combination with the die and feed-rolls of a cam on the pinion or shaft of the die-roll operating against the hub of the pinion on the feed-roll, and an arm on the feed-roll shaft carrying parallel to said shaft a threaded spindle by means of which and an internally threaded adjusting-wheel the feed-roll may be moved longitudinally in either direction, substantially as described and illustrated.

(Specification, 5s. 6d. ; drawings, 4s.)

No. 21834.—27th September, 1906.—JOSEPH AMOS LINLEY, of 87 Melrose Avenue, Willesden Green, London, England (assignee of Alec Edward Sherman, of A Martagon Buildings, Sumner Street, Southwark, London, England, Electrical Engineer, and Jane Beresford Linley, of 87 Melrose Avenue, Cricklewood, London, England). Improvements in and in apparatus for the preservative treatment of food.

Claims.—(1.) The improved method of treating meat, with the object of preserving its prime condition and freshness of appearance, which consists in disinfecting the surfaces of the meat, as soon as the meat has set after slaughter and before chilling, with atomised or vapourised formaldehyde introduced into the chamber containing the meat by a stream of circulating air; then removing all traces of unused formaldehyde by driving through the chamber a stream of dried and sterilised air; then chilling the meat in suitable chilling-chambers; then circulating the air in the chambers so as to sterilise it and dry it, and maintain the