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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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with a brush. The rubber, also, tends to retard the flow,
and quickly becomes coated with a kind of slime. The pre-
sent invention consists in a cleaner formed by a rigid rod of
metal or other suitable material, and of suitable length for
being drawn through a tube. Formed in one with or secured
to the rod are a number of collars or circular enlargements,
the diameters of which are made slightly larger than the in-
ternal diameter of the pipe. One end of the rod has a swivel
attachment, to which a chain, of sufficient length to pass
through the tube, is secured. In operation, the chain is
dropped through the tube and the rod pulled after it, the
elasticity of the tube allowing the shoulders of the collars or
enlargements to be forced through and to scrape evenly
along the inside surface of the tube. These shoulders will
thereby serve to remove any sediment that may be adhering
to the inside wall of the tube.

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

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

No. 21182.—19th May, 1906.—CARL JOHN HENRY PAYNE,
of Limehills, New Zealand, Labourer. Non-refillable bottle.*

Claims.—(1.) The combination with a bottle having an
internal annular groove in its neck, and an elastic liner fitting
in and projecting at its lower end from the groove, of a stopper
shaped to fit the neck, and having an annular notch adapted
to engage the projecting lower edge of the liner to pre-
vent the stopper being withdrawn, substantially as de-
scribed. (2.) The combination and arrangement of parts
constituting my non-refillable bottle, substantially as de-
scribed.

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

No. 21232.—30th May, 1906.—HARRY WILSON, of “Elli-
mo,” Southey Street, St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, Engineer.
An improved ore-grinding pan.*

Extract from Specification.—According to this invention
the ore is ground between a stationary plate and a rotating
plate, the latter being beneath the former, whereby the par-
ticles are rolled under pressure and broken and reduced in
size in contradistinction to being pulverised, as is usual
with machines of this class, whilst, furthermore, there is
also less abrasive action on the plates by this arrangement.

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

(Specification, 7s. 6d. ; drawing, 3s.)

No. 21334.—22nd June, 1906.—MAGANITE EXPLOSIVES
SYNDICATE, LIMITED, of Church Square, Cape Town, Cape
Colony, Manufacturers (assignees of Hugh Charles Loudon
Bloxam, of 17 Adderley Street, Cape Town, Cape Colony,
Analytical and Consulting Chemist). Improvements in the
manufacture of explosives.*

Claim.—In the manufacture of an explosive having for its
principal constituents ammonium-nitrate and dinitro-benzene,
operating in such a manner that both the ammonium-nitrate
and the dinitro-benzene are melted before they are mixed, or
while they are being mixed, substantially as described.

(Specification, 1s. 6d.)

No. 21669.—21st August, 1906.—STANLEY JAMES EMERY,
of 50 Chappel Street, Windsor, near Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia, Traveller. Improvement in adjustable combined
collar and harness.

Claims.—(1.) A horse-collar having in combination within
its top an adjustable pad or member constructed substantially
as described, for the purpose set forth. (2.) A horse-collar
having hames affixed to it, and buttons provided in the hames,
and straps connected to the said buttons for the adjustment
of a pad or height-limiting member, as described. (3.) The
horse-collar-top space-adjusting attachment shown in Fig. 3.
(4.) A horse-collar having fixed hames, separate lower ends,
and pivoted to the hames lugs, one of which is hooked on or
detachable, as described. (5.) A horse-collar having per-
manently fixed hames, having pivoted lugs whose distance
apart is regulated by a bolt which enters each lug, and which
has right- and left-handed screw-threads and a recessed middle,
as set forth. (6.) A horse-collar having, in combination,
top and bottom means for enlarging and reducing the neck-
space vertically and horizontally at will, substantially as
described.

(Specification, 2s. 9d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 21794.—15th September, 1906.—MERRELL-SOULE COM-
PANY, a Corporation of New York, of Syracuse, New York,
United States of America (assignees of Lewis Charles Mer-
rell, of 103 Seymour Street, Syracuse, New York, United
States of America, Chemist, Irving Seaward Mer ell, of
103 Holland Street, Syracuse aforesaid, Mechanical Engineer,
and William Buell Gere, of 67 West Genesee Street,
Syracuse aforesaid, Manufacturer). Process and apparatus
for recovering solids of liquids.

Claims.—(1.) Recovering the constituent solids of liquids
in the form of dry powder by strengthening the liquid and
converting the same into spray in the presence of a moisture-
absorbent. (2.) Recovering the constituent solids of liquids
in the form of dry powder by raising the temperature of the
liquid and converting the same into spray in the presence of
a moisture-absorbent. (3.) Recovering the constituent solids
of liquids in the form of dry powder by converting the liquid
into spray in the presence of moisture-absorbing air having
part of its moisture previously removed. (4.) Recovering
the constituent solids of liquids in the form of dry powder by
converting the liquid into spray in the presence of heated
air, a part of the moisture of which has been previously re-
moved. (5.) Recovering the constituent solids of liquids
in the form of dry powder by converting the liquid into spray
in the presence of moving moisture-absorbing air, and acce-
erating the movement of said air for the purpose of pro-
ducing a cooling effect upon the constituent solids of the
liquid until dry. (6.) Automatically recovering the dry
powdery constituent solids of liquids resulting from the
conversion of the liquid into spray in the presence of a mois-
ture-absorbent. (7.) Recovering the solids of liquids in the
form of dry powder by converting the liquid into spray in
the presence of moving air, heated, accelerated, and pre-
viously freed from part of its moisture, the resultant evapora-
tion of the moisture of the spray producing upon the air and
upon the solids a cooling effect which preserves the solids from
impairment. (8.) Recovering the solids of liquids in the
form of dry powder by converting the liquid into spray in
the presence of moving moisture-absorbing air, accele-
rated and previously freed from part of its moisture, thereby
producing an accelerated evaporation which preserves the
solids from self-impairment. (9.) Recovering the solids of
liquids in the form of dry powder by converting the liquid
into spray in the presence of moving air, heated, accelerated,
and previously freed from part of its moisture, the quantity
and moisture-content of the spray being proportionate to
the quantity and moisture-absorbing power of the air, the
resultant vaporisation of the moisture of the spray cooling
the air uniformly and thoroughly drying the solids, thereby
preserving them from impairment. (10.) The product, as a
new article of manufacture, consisting of the constituent
solids of liquid separated and recovered from the moisture of
the liquid by the described process in the form of a dry powder.

(Specification, 12s. 6d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 21993.—31st October, 1906.—DICK EDWARDS RAD-
CLYFFE, of Hythe End, Staines, Middlesex, England, Ramic
Specialist. New or improved process, appliances, and ma-
chinery to decorticate, scutch, and degum fibres, more espe-
cially ramie, rhea, and the like.

Claims.—(1.) The described process for decorticating, scutch-
ing, and degumming fibrous plants, stems, leaves, or straws,
which consists in first subjecting said fibrous material to the
action of crushing, scraping, and scutching rollers in one
machine, and after this preliminary treatment then subject-
ing the fibrous material to treatment in a boiler, substantially
in the manner and by the means described, and illustrated
in the drawing. (2.) The described process for decorticating,
scutching, and degumming fibrous plants, stems, or leaves—
particularly ramie or rhea—while in the green state, which
consists in first subjecting said fibrous material while in the
green state to the action of crushing, scraping, and scutching
rollers in one machine, and then forthwith—or before said
fibrous material has time to become dry—subjecting said
fibrous material to intermittent and repeated immersions in
boiling water in a closed vessel under pressure, substantially
as and for the purposes described. (3.) Apparatus for use