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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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may be of any length, size, or shape required, to act as stays against side strains. The transverse bars e and f are thus stayed on every side—against themselves, against the plate a, and against the supports bb—and are held firmly together by the U bolt c, thus forming a fastening which is rigid in every direction. The fastening becomes adjustable by loosening the nuts dd on the U bolt c, when the bars e and f can be adjusted to any desired position.

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

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

No. 21293.—13th June, 1906.—THOMAS WHITEHORN, of 19 Munro Street, Coburg, Victoria, Australia, Mechanic. Improved automatic machine for weighing tea, flour, and suchlike substances.*

Extract from Specification.—Upon the desired quantity being measured in the weighing-receptacle, the discharge of the material is stopped by spring doors, and then the bottom of the weighing-receptacle is opened and the weighed contents discharged, when said receptacle automatically returns to be again filled, and both the grid and spring doors are opened again. The whole of the mechanism, with the exception of that operating the feeding and stirring device, is controlled by electro-magnets, the circuits of which are completed by the oscillation of the balance weighing lever, and the only labour necessary to work the machine is that of feeding the material into the hopper, and removing the bags, cartons, or the like into which the weighed quantities are fed.

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

(Specification, 14s. 6d.; drawing, 2s.)

No. 21534.—30th July, 1906.—THOMAS KEEPING FINNIGAN, of Koroit, Victoria, Australia, Saddler. Improvements in horse-collars.*

Claims.—(1.) A horse-collar rim having a metal core, material as paper coiled thickly around it, a cover of leather, and around the lower part of the said rim a secondary rim having an inner wire or the like stitched within the said leather, as described. (2.) In combination in a horse-collar, a main rim having a metal core, a shorter secondary rim having a wire or like centre, and metal caps with a fall and spring catch-plate to unite the rim-tops. (3.) Horse-collar caps constructed as illustrated in Fig. 1. (4.) In combination with a horse-collar rim-top, metal caps having the respective recess and projection m and v or the like, and means for holding the caps together, substantially as described.

(Specification, 4s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 21809.—18th September, 1906.—ALEXANDER SMAILL, Jun., of Tomahawk, New Zealand, Farmer. Improved mouthpiece for teat-cups of milking-machines.*

Extract from Specification.—My mouthpiece is made preferably of aluminium, which is clean, light, and of good appearance. The upper end 1 of my mouthpiece has the usual opening 2 for the teat, but there are no holes round the sides 3 of this opening, as I have found that such holes can be dispensed with. The lower end 4 of the mouthpiece is cylindrical, and is adapted to fit over the upper end of the teat-cup 5 after the end of the rubber lining 6 has been turned over it as usual, as shown in Fig. 5. The internal diameter of the cylindrical portion of the mouthpiece at the lower end 7 is preferably about one-sixteenth of an inch smaller than it is at the upper end 8, so that when the mouthpiece is jammed on the end of the teat-cup 5 over the rubber lining 6 it holds automatically. I provide an air-inlet 9, which is the only hole made in my mouthpiece. All the parts are rounded off so as to prevent dirt collecting, and enable it to be readily cleaned.

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

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

No. 21914.—12th October, 1906.—ALFRED MORRIS, of Green Island, Dunedin, New Zealand, Manufacturer. Improved waterproof-dubbing.

Claim.—Improved waterproof-dubbing consisting of bees-wax, resin, whale-oil, suet, and vegetable black compounded substantially in the proportions and the manner described.

(Specification, 2s.)

No. 21940.—19th October, 1906.—JASPER BURFOOT and ARTHUR BURFOOT, both of Auckland, New Zealand, Builders. Improvements in pneumatic wheels.*

Claims.—(1.) A wheel comprising a hollow hub, hollow spokes screwed at their inner ends into the hub, a felloe to which the outer ends of the hollow spokes are secured, a casing formed upon the felloe, a pneumatic tire contained in the casing, a boss within the hollow hub, spokes screwed at their inner ends into the boss and fitting slidably in the hollow spokes, shoes secured to the outer ends of the said spokes and resting upon the pneumatic tire, substantially as set forth. (2.) In a wheel constructed as set forth in claim 1, the employment of a rubber tire secured in a circumferential channel around the casing, substantially as set forth. (3.) In a wheel constructed as set forth in claim 1, the employment of a casing for a pneumatic tire comprising a felloe, a flange integral with the felloe, and an annular bracket detachably secured to the flange, substantially as set forth. (4.) The combination and arrangement of parts comprising the improvements in pneumatic wheels, substantially as and for the purposes specified, and as illustrated in the drawing.

(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 22116.—27th November, 1906.—SYDNEY DICKENS, of Carlton, Victoria, Australia, Apprentice. Improvements in musical instruments as mouth-organs and attachments therefor.*

Claims.—(1.) An attachment or horn having holding-lips or means between which a mouth-organ may be removably inserted. (2.) A mouth-organ horn having lips, one or more of which is or are adapted to close on or grip the organ by spring pressure. (3.) A mouth-organ having a greatly extended casing forming a horn, which is wide in front view and narrow in side view, substantially as described. (4.) A mouth-organ attachment or horn having one or more hinged lips, substantially as described. (5.) A mouth-organ attachment or horn into which the organ is to be inserted into playing position by inserting the organ at the outer or large end of the attachment or horn. (6.) A horn or attachment having one or more internal supports for a mouth-organ. (7.) A mouth-organ attachment comprising a series of collapsing members adapted to form a horn, the said members not being circular in cross-section. (8.) A mouth-organ attachment or horn end substantially as illustrated in Fig. 11. (9.) Horn or horn-attachment lips to receive and hold in place a mouth-organ having a convex casing as described relatively to Fig. 7. (10.) A horn in combination with an attachment as described relatively to Fig. 12, a mouth-organ being connectable to the said attachment in any suitable manner. (11.) A collapsible mouth-organ horn, hook, or projection, or plurality of hooks or projections, internally arranged, substantially as described. (12.) Mouth-organ collapsible horn attachments comprising, at or near the horn small end, fixed or adjustable external arms or stopping-means as described.

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

No. 22161.—5th December, 1906.—JOHN PETTITT, of Mercer Street, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, Timber Merchant (assignee of Otto Emil Alexander Sturmhoebel, Carpenter, care of John Pettitt aforesaid). Improvements in and connected with field or other gates.

Claims.—(1.) In field or other gates, a gate having a fixed catch-pin, an inner vertical member pivoted to and resting upon the outer ends of gate-levers, the inner ends of which are integrally or detachably attached to a hinging-pin, said hinging-pin having integral therewith or attached thereto the inner end of a spring lever, the outer end of which spring lever has attached to it one end of a spring, the other end of which is attached to the upper horizontal member of the gate or an adjustable spring holder attached thereto, a quadrant attached to said hinging-pin having guards thereon, all as and for the purposes described or as illustrated in the drawings. (2.) Improvements in and connected with field or other gates consisting of posts, to each of which posts is attached a chain or rope wheel operated by a crank-handle, a vertically sliding catch-pin working within a catch-plate attached to each post, a locking-post having a catch-case in which are two vertically sliding catch-plates, a hinging-post to which bearings are attached, in which bearings turns a hinging-pin, a quadrant attached to said hinging-pin, chain or rope guards extending from said quadrant, the two ends of a chain or rope attached to said quadrant, said chain or rope passing over the chain or rope wheels before referred to, a spring lever attached to said hinging-pin, to which spring