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No. 22485.—28th February.—E. N. Waters, Melbourne, Vic.
Splice or angle bars for uniting railway rails.*
(Railway Supplies, Limited — G. H. Williams and E. C. Seward.)

No. 22486.—28th February.—W. E. Hughes, Wellington, N.Z.
Linotype machine.* (Linotype and Machinery Limited—W. H. Scharf.)

No. 22487.—28th February.—A. S. Hudson, Brisbane, Q.
Pliers for ear-marking sheep.

No. 22488.—28th February.—United Shoe Machinery Company, Paterson, U.S.A.
Machine for inserting fasteners. (A. Bates and T. Briggs.)

No. 22489.—28th February.—United Shoe Machinery Company, Paterson, U.S.A.
Machine for reinforcing insoles. (A. Eppler.)

No. 22490.—28th February.—United Shoe Machinery Company, Paterson, U.S.A.
Machine for making insoles. (A. E. Johnson.)

No. 22491.—28th February.—United Shoe Machinery Company, Paterson, U.S.A.
Work-feeding and guiding mechanism for shoe-machine. (A. A. Wadsworth and F. Shortland.)

No. 22492.—25th February.—A. E. Moss, Dunedin, N.Z.
Electric shop-alarm mat.

No. 22493.—25th February.—F. W. and W. C. Gifford, Kansas, U.S.A.
Apparatus for producing the illusion of travelling in a railroad car.*

No. 22494.—27th February.—H. Daniels, Brisbane, Q.
Potato-planter and hiller.

No. 22495.—1st March.—A. K. W. Rissel, Wellington, N.Z.
Ascertaining dampness in wool, &c.

No. 22496.—1st March.—A. P. F. Watson and G. D. Watson, Christchurch, N.Z.
Fence-standard.*

No. 22497.—2nd March.—J. R. Patterson, Wellington, N.Z.
Generation of hydrocarbon gas.

No. 22498.—27th February.—R. E. Reed, Oakleigh, Vic.
Music-turner.

No. 22499.—1st March.—E. Bates, Auckland, N.Z.
Cow-spaying instrument.*

No. 22500.—1st March.—G. Wakelin, Warkworth, N.Z.
Acetylene-gas generator and holder.*

No. 22501.—4th March.—F. Sharman, London, Eng.
Rotary power bottling-machine.
(Date applied for under section 106 of the Act, 22nd January, 1906.)

No. 22502.—4th March.—H. W. Downing, Christchurch, N.Z.
Stirrup.*

No. 22503.—4th March.—M. F. Mieville, Chichester, Eng.
Production of carburetted air.*

No. 22504.—4th March.—A. C. Baronio, London, Eng.
Electric telegraphy.* (A. Muirhead.)

No. 22505.—4th March.—G. Rischmuller, Oakland, U.S.A.
Turbine.*

No. 22506.—4th March.—R. E. Reardon, Ottawa, Canada.
Rifle-sight.*

No. 22507.—4th March.—F. W. Suter and C. Wayman, London, Eng.
Safety-lamp and air-carburetter.*

No. 22508.—4th March.—M. Audiffren and Société des Etablissements Singrun.
Rotary refrigerating-machine.
(Date applied for under section 106 of the Act, 3rd March, 1906.)

No. 22509.—5th March.—R. O. Clark, Hobsonville, N.Z.
Earthenware pipes.*

No. 22510.—5th March.—E. Moss, Christchurch, N.Z.
Stamping and franking letters.

No. 22511.—5th March.—J. B. Stebbing, Auckland, N.Z.
Envelope-opener.*

No. 22512.—5th March.—E. Westwood, Wellington, N.Z.
Motor-car wheel and tire.

Complete Specifications filed after Provisionals.

LIST of complete specifications filed after provisional specifications, from the 18th February to the 2nd March, 1908, inclusive:—

No. 21028.—T. C. Fowler, bicycle-frame.

No. 21148.—J. Barden, bird-trap.

No. 21164.—D. Zander, T. Falvey, and J. H. Ormrod, potato-cleaning machine.

No. 21182.—C. J. H. Payne, non-refillable bottle.

No. 21195.—J. D. Jackson, tubular bath-heater.

No. 21208.—F. J. Farrell, fire or burglar alarm.

No. 21216.—C. Lucas, hanger for scaffolding-brackets.

No. 21226.—J. Austin, toasting and grilling device.

No. 21229.—E. Whitcombe, fencing-dropper.

No. 21231.—E. G. Mills, food for calves. (F. J. Corbett.)

No. 21233.—United Shoe Machinery Company, shoe-upper lacing-machine. (W. A. Smith.)

No. 21238.—J. and W. J. O’Hara, adjustable metal fastenings.

No. 21243.—A. I. Jones, apparatus for treating flax.

No. 21248.—J. Galt, sleeve-links.

No. 21293.—T. Whitehorn, automatic weighing-machine.

No. 21297.—L. G. Wieneke, racehorse-starter.

No. 21534.—T. K. Finnigan, horse-collar.

No. 21851.—T. Dawson, chock for steadying oil-engines, vehicles, &c.

No. 21940.—J. and A. Burfoot, pneumatic wheel.

No. 21978.—A. Adair, cyanide treatment of ores.

No. 22116.—S. Dickens, musical instrument.

No. 22271.—W. Wilson and T. P. Burke, egg-carrier.

No. 22394.—F. U. Hellberg, hammock and tent.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1907.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the undermentioned 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. 20390.—29th November, 1905.—FRANK STAINES, of 290 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Manager. An improved process and apparatus for shelling peas and pod beans.*

Claims.—(1.) An improved process to facilitate the shelling of peas and the like, consisting in heating said peas for a few minutes to the required temperature before subjecting same to shelling-rollers. (2.) An improved process to facilitate the shelling of peas and the like, consisting of steeping said peas in hot water before subjecting same to shelling-rollers. (3.) An improved process to facilitate the shelling of peas and the like, consisting of steeping said peas for a few minutes in a suitable fluid raised to a temperature of about 120° F. before subjecting same to the shelling-rollers. (4.) In apparatus for shelling peas and pod beans, a steeping-tank arranged at the rear thereof, in combination with a conveyor belt or belts leading from said tank to the shelling-rollers, substantially as set forth. (5.) In apparatus for shelling peas and pod beans, a steeping-tank arranged at the rear thereof and provided with a hopper at its forward end, in combination with a conveyor-belt, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (6.) In apparatus for shelling peas and pod beans, a steeping-tank arranged at the rear thereof and provided at its rear with a feed-hopper, in combination with a downwardly travelling conveyor-belt, a deflector-plate, and an upwardly travelling conveyor-belt, all substantially as specified, and illustrated in Fig. 3. (7.) In apparatus such as described for shelling peas and pod beans, and in combination, a steeping-tank, a feed-hopper, and conveyor-belts provided with yielding projections or studs of rubber or the like, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (8.) In apparatus such as described for shelling peas and pod beans, and in combination, a rearwardly arranged steeping-tank and a conveyor-belt, said belt having inclined rows of yielding projections, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (9.) In apparatus such as described for shelling peas and pod beans, and in combination, a steeping-tank, a conveyor-belt provided with yielding projections and dividing-plates mounted above same, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (10.) In apparatus such as described for shelling peas and pod beans, the combination of conveyor-belt, short dividing-plates, and freely rotatable rollers mounted on the edge of said short plates, the conveyor-belt being provided with yielding projections of rubber, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (11.) An improved apparatus for shelling peas and pod beans comprising a steeping-tank, a conveyor-belt leading therefrom, an inclined shoot, a second conveyor-belt leading to the shelling-rollers, and means for turning the peas or pod beans endways to said rollers, substantially as described.

(Specification, 6s. 3d.; drawing, 2s.)