Mar. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1035

in carrying out the first part of the process claimed above, comprising means for crushing, scraping, and scutching fibrous material, all combined and arranged to act in one machine, as and for the purposes described with reference to and as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. (4.) Apparatus for use in carrying out the second part of the process claimed above, comprising a closed vessel, a rotary frame such as H with radial arms, a series of cages for containing the fibrous material and adapted to be journalled in said radial arms, and means to boil the water and maintain suitable steam pressure in said vessel, substantially as and for the purposes described with reference to and as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings.

(Specification, 8s. ; drawing, 2s.)

No. 22176.—10th December, 1906.—WILLIAM SNEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Mechanical Engineer. An improved wave-propelled motor.

Claims.—(1.) A motor of the class described, comprising an inner rotatable wheel having a series of radially disposed propeller-blades and a series of deflecting-blades forming an obtuse angle the one with the other and leaving an intervening space, in combination with a series of stationary deflecting-blades arranged tangent to an inscribed circle, as described. (2.) A motor of the class described, comprising an inner rotatable wheel having a series of radially disposed propeller-blades and a series of deflecting-blades with intervening space, in combination with a series of deflecting stationary blades arranged tangent to an inscribed circle, said blades being dished or curved in cross-section, as described.

(Specification, 4s. ; drawing, 2s.)

No. 22198.—10th December, 1906.—ROBERT JOHN TURNBULL, of 438, King Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. Improved rotary shaking-tables.

Claims.—(1.) In gold-saving tables or chutes, in combination with a longitudinal movement to same, a cross or right-angled similar movement, both being adjustable as to length of same, all substantially as set forth and as shown in the drawing. (2.) In gold-saving tables or chutes, in combination. adjustable cranks, rocking-pins or ball joints for giving the combined motion as set forth where one motion is at about right angles to a similar motion, either being adjustable as to length of same, all substantially as set forth and for the purposes described.

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

No. 22215.—18th December, 1906.—LARS ANDERSON, of 26, Broadway, New York, United States of America, Mechanical Engineer. Improvements in hydrocarbon engines.

Extract from Specification.—The object of the invention is to provide a hydrocarbon engine, and accessory parts therefor, simple in construction and efficient in operation, and wherein the feed of the fuel is efficiently controlled and regulated ; wherein provision is made for efficiently atomizing and carburetting the oil or other fuel ; wherein provision is made for maintaining a constant supply of the oil or other fluid in close proximity to the point where the carburetting action occurs, so as to secure and maintain regularity in the action of the engine ; wherein the explosive mixture is heated during its passage to the engine-cylinder ; wherein the supply of the explosive mixture to the engine and of the relative proportions of oil and air may be efficiently regulated and controlled ; and wherein provision is made for efficiently connecting the pitmen to the crank-shaft and the pistons of the engine, and for adjusting the parts to take up wear.

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

(Specification, £1 1s. 6d. ; drawing, 2s.)

No. 22342.—23rd January, 1907.—BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, LIMITED, a corporation of Great Britain, with its registered office at Cecil Chambers, 86 Strand, London, W.C., England (assignees of Frank Malocsay, of No. 433 East 68th Street, New York City, United States of America). Improvements in mouthpiece cigarette-machines.

Claims.—(1.) A cigarette-mouthpiece-applying machine in which the mouthpiece-material is applied to one end of a cigarette while it is stationarily supported, and the cigarette is delivered after the mouthpiece-material has been applied thereto, substantially as described. (2.) A cigarette-mouthpiece-applying machine in which adhesive mouthpiece-material is folded about one end of a cigarette while it is stationarily supported, and the cigarette is delivered after the mouthpiece-material has been applied thereto, substantially as described. (3.) A cigarette-mouthpiece-applying machine in which the mouthpiece-material is applied to one end of a cigarette while it is stationarily supported, the cigarettes being fed endwise to the applying-means and delivered from the applying-means, substantially as described. (4.) A cigarette-mouthpiece-applying machine in which the mouthpiece-material is applied to one end of a cigarette, the cigarettes being delivered sidewise from the applying-means and subjected to the action of a pressing-device during such sidewise movement, substantially as described. (5.) A cigarette-mouthpiece-applying machine in which adhesive mouthpiece-material is folded about one end of a cigarette with its ends overlapping, after which the cigarette is delivered sidewise from the applying-means to a device for pressing the overlapping ends against the cigarette, substantially as described. (6.) A cigarette-mouthpiece-applying machine in which the mouthpiece-material is applied to one end of a cigarette, the cigarettes being delivered sidewise, without rolling, from the applying-means to a pressing-device extending in the direction of such delivery-movement of the cigarette in position to press the mouthpiece-material against the cigarette as it is moved sidewise, substantially as described. (7.) A cigarette-mouthpiece-applying machine in which a cigarette is carried on an intermittently movable support, the mouthpiece-material being applied to one end of the cigarette while the support is stationary, the support having a movement to deliver the cigarette after the mouthpiece has been applied, substantially as described. (8.) A cigarette-mouthpiece-applying machine in which the cigarette is carried on a support, the mouthpiece-material being applied to one end of the cigarette while on the support, and the support having a movement to deliver the cigarette from the applying-means to a pressing-device co-operating with the support to press the mouthpiece-material against the cigarette, substantially as described. (9.) A cigarette-mouthpiece-applying machine in which the cigarettes are fed to a support, the mouthpiece-material being applied to the cigarette while on the support, and the support having a movement to deliver the cigarette after the mouthpiece-material has been applied thereto, substantially as described. (10.) A cigarette-mouthpiece-applying machine in which the cigarettes are positioned by feeding-means on a support with the end of the cigarette extending beyond the support, the mouthpiece-material being applied to the projecting end of the cigarette while the support is stationary, and the support having a movement to deliver the cigarette after the mouthpiece-material has been applied thereto, substantially as described. (11.) A cigarette-mouthpiece-applying machine in which cigarettes are positioned by feeding-means on a support for holding a plurality of cigarettes, the mouthpiece-material being applied successively to the cigarettes on the support while it is stationary, and the support having a movement to deliver the cigarettes after the mouthpiece-material has been applied thereto, substantially as described. (12.) A cigarette-mouthpiece-applying machine in which the cigarettes are intermittently moved endwise along a feed-way and successively delivered to a support for holding a plurality of cigarettes, the mouthpiece-material being applied successively to the cigarettes on the support while it is stationary, and the support having a movement intermittently to deliver the cigarettes from the applying-means, substantially as described. (13.) A cigarette-mouthpiece-applying machine in which cigarettes are fed endwise to a support and positioned thereon with one end projecting beyond the support, the mouthpiece-material being applied to the projecting end of the cigarette, the support having a movement after the mouthpiece-material has been applied to the cigarette to deliver it to a pressing-device for pressing the mouthpiece-material to the cigarette, the projecting end of the cigarette being moved fully on the support before the pressing-device comes into action, substantially as described. (14.) A cigarette-mouthpiece-applying machine in which the mouthpiece-material is applied to one end of the cigarette while it is clamped stationarily in position, and the cigarette is delivered after the mouthpiece-material has been applied thereto, substantially as described. (15.) A cigarette-mouthpiece-applying machine in which cigarettes are successively presented in position on a support to have mouthpiece-material applied to the ends thereof, the mouthpiece-material for each cigarette being severed from an intermittently moving strip, and the severed piece of mouthpiece-material being folded around one end of each cigarette while it is stationarily positioned on the support, substantially as described. (16.) A cigarette-mouthpiece-applying machine in which the mouthpiece-material is applied to one end of the cigarette while it is positioned on a support, and the cigarette is delivered, after the mouthpiece-material has been applied thereto, to a collecting-device, substantially as described.

(Specification, £1 7s. ; drawing, 9s.)