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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 21127.—8th May, 1906.—HENRY DANIELS, of Roseby Cottage, Prospect Terrace, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Farmer. A potato digger and grader.*

Claims.—(1.) In a potato digger and grader, the combination of a wooden frame mounted upon a pair of wheels and axles and fore-carriage, said travelling wheels provided with cog gearing, a floating cradle pivotally suspended upon said axle and cradle adapted to be raised and lowered by a lever, as described, and illustrated by drawings. (2.) In a potato digger and grader, the combination of a floating cradle, an upper carrier consisting of two sprocket chains, fixed thereto transverse rods provided with tines, said chains travelling over sprocket wheels mounted upon axles, the rear axle provided with movable clutch gearing into clutch pinion engaging with cog wheel on travelling wheel, as described, and illustrated by drawings. (3.) In a potato digger and grader, the combination of a floating cradle, a lower carrier consisting of two sprocket chains, fixed thereto transverse bars, said chains travelling over sprocket wheels, the front sprocket wheels revolving upon spindle between the side cheeks, and the rear sockets mounted upon an axle provided with movable clutch gearing into clutch pinion engaging with cog on travelling wheel, as described, and illustrated by drawings. (4.) In a potato digger and grader, the combination of a floating cradle, upper and lower carriers, side cheeks pivotally connected to front of cradle, share bolted to side cheeks, revolving tines at rear of cradle operated by sprocket wheels and chain from upper carrier, a grader adapted to be raised and lowered by a connecting-rod from the raising and lowering lever of the cradle, as described, and illustrated by drawings. (5.) The combination of the various parts and the arrangement of construction as described, and illustrated by drawings.

(Specifications, 7s. 6d.; drawing, 9s.)

No. 21183.—23rd May, 1906.—FRANCIS THEODORE BOYS, of Napier, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, Merchant, carrying on business with George Nelson, of Napier aforesaid, as “James J. Niven and Co.,” Engineers (nominee of the said George Nelson—who are the assignees of George Llewellyn Denton James, of Napier aforesaid, Engineer). Improved apparatus for drying offal.

Claims.—(1.) Apparatus for drying offal comprising, in combination, a furnace composed of bricks, and having an arched and sloping top, and an aperture at each end, a sloping cylinder within the furnace and having its ends passed into the apertures of the furnace, a tread-ring secured to the front rim of the cylinder, a front plate to the furnace, rollers mounted upon the front plate and supporting the front end of the cylinder, a hopper provided with doors and having its lower part curved to correspond to the cylinder into the end of which it enters, a shaft secured to the back end of the cylinder, a bearing carrying the shaft, apertures in the back plate of the cylinder, sliding doors adapted to close the said apertures, and means for revolving the cylinder, substantially as set forth. (2.) In apparatus constructed as described in claim 1, the employment of a bracket having a step, a bearing carrying a roller, a bolt passing through a slotted hole in the bearing, and keys between the bottom of the bearing and the step, substantially as set forth. (3.) In apparatus constructed as described in claim 1, the employment of a hopper having its lower part shaped to correspond to the cylinder into which it enters, and a vent upon the top of the hopper for the escape of vapour, substantially as set forth. (4.) In apparatus constructed as described in claim 1, the employment of a shaft passing through the back-end plate of the cylinder, and having its inner end secured to a boss fixed by radial arms to the cylinder, substantially as set forth. (5.) In apparatus constructed as described in claim 1, the employment of a back-end plate to the cylinder having apertures, and sliding doors for closing the apertures, substantially as set forth. (6.) The combination and arrangement of parts comprising the improved manure-dryer, substantially as and for the purpose set forth, and illustrated in the drawing.

(Specification, 5s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 21231.—30th May, 1906.—EDWARD GEORGE MILLS, of 11 Portland Place, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Mechanic (assignee of Frederick John Corbett, of 11 Portland Place aforesaid). An improved food for calves and stock, and method of manufacture of same.*

Claims.—(1.) The method or process of manufacturing a food by mixing or combining the crushed or ground product

or products of any suitable cereal or cereals with molasses diluted with or in conjunction with the necessary quantity of water at a suitable temperature to produce a valuable fodder when partly or wholly desiccated, substantially as described. (2.) The method or process of manufacturing a food by mixing or combining by any approved means, under cover or otherwise, the crushed or ground product or products of any suitable cereal or cereals with molasses diluted with or in conjunction with the necessary quantity of water at any suitable temperature under pressure or otherwise, and the desiccating of the compound when ready partly or wholly in vacuo, or by any approved means, and the crushing or grinding and packing of same, substantially as described. (3.) The method or process of manufacturing a food by mixing or combining by any approved means, under pressure or otherwise, the crushed or ground product or products of any suitable cereal or cereals, with or without the said suitable gum or gums, by first mixing it with the necessary quantity of water, under pressure or otherwise, at a suitable temperature, and the adding of molasses thereto and mixing therewith at a suitable temperature, and also the desiccating of the compound when ready partly or wholly in vacuo, or by any approved means, and the crushing or grinding and packing of same, substantially as described. (4.) The method or process of manufacturing a food by mixing or combining by any approved means, under cover or otherwise, the crushed or ground product or products of any suitable cereal or cereals, with or without the said gum or gums, with molasses, and the steaming of the compound, under pressure or otherwise, whilst being agitated at a suitable temperature, by any approved means, and the desiccating of the same when ready partly or wholly in vacuo, or by any approved means, and the crushing and grinding and packing of same, substantially as described. (5.) The method or process of manufacturing a food by mixing or combining any suitable gum or gums with molasses by any approved means to produce a food, substantially as described.

(Specification, 5s.)

No. 21363.—28th June, 1906.—JOHN MITCHELL, of Auckland, New Zealand, Architect. Improvements in means for the treatment of house, factory, or the like sewage.

Claims.—(1.) In means for the treatment of sewage from houses, factories, schools, and the like, in combination, a macerating-pit into which the sewage is led and in which a constant level is maintained, a collecting-well into which the outflow of matter from the pit is led when fresh matter is delivered into the pit, distributing-pipes leading from such well through a loose bed formed beneath the earth’s surface, and an air inlet or inlets to which the remote ends of the distributing-pipes are connected, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (2.) In means for the treatment of sewage from houses, factories, schools, and the like, the combination with the appliances claimed in claim 1, of a special form of closet-pan enlarged and adapted to retain sufficient quantity of water to effectively suspend the organic matter deposited for a stated period, and to overflow when a further quantity is added, and a pipe leading from such overflow into the macerating-pit, substantially as specified.

(Specification, 5s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 21866.—3rd October, 1906.—CLARA EUGENIE BETTANY, of Nelson, New Zealand, Married Woman. An improvement in frying-pan covers.*

Claim.—A cover for frying-pans consisting of a truncated cone made of sheet metal, and a door hinged to the side of the cone, substantially as set forth.

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

No. 21876.—4th October, 1906.—FRANK COTTON, of Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia, Engineer. An improved process for removing sulphur, arsenic, and other like impurities from refractory ores, and preparing the same for subsequent treatment.

Claims.—(1.) A process for the preparation of auriferous and argentiferous refractory ores contaminated with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, zinc, or other like impurities, consisting of the removal of the sulphur by the action upon the ore heated to a dull red heat of free hydrogen under slight pressure, the subsequent oxidation of the base metals capable of oxidation present in the desulphurised ore by the action of steam upon the same, and the final driving off by heat