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fabric, and the air being drawn from such room by educt ventilators, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (2) In appliances to be used in storing fresh fruits and other produce, in combination, a room supplied with educt ventilators, apertures placed in the walls of such building, a framework of porous fabric, means for supplying water to such porous fabric, and means for adjusting the ingress of air through such fabric into the room, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (3.) In appliances to be used in storing fresh fruits and other produce, in combination, a room supplied with educt ventilators, apertures placed in the floor of such building, a framework of porous fabric, means for supplying water to such porous fabric, and means for adjusting the ingress of air through such fabric into the room, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (4.) In appliances to be used in storing fresh fruits and other produce, in combination, a framework as H covered with a porous material as I and placed in or in communication with a water trough as G, an aperture as E in the room of a building, an educt funnel or ventilator for leading the air from the room, and a shutter as K for closing or adjusting the supply of air to the porous fabric, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (5.) In appliances to be used in storing fresh fruits and other produce, in combination, a framework as H being covered with porous material as I and placed in or in communication with a water-trough as G, an aperture placed in the floor of a room of a building, an educt funnel or ventilator for leading the air from the room, and a sliding-plate for regulating the ingress of air into the aperture in said floor, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (6.) In appliances to be used in storing fresh fruits and other produce, the general combination and arrangement of the several parts forming a complete set of appliances for storing fruit and other produce as set forth, and as illustrated in the drawings.

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

No. 22239.—22nd December, 1906.—Robert Rennie Woodcock, of Hastings Street, Napier, New Zealand, Plumber. Improvements in flushing-apparatus for water-closets and the like.*

Claims.—(1.) For the purpose indicated, in combination, the siphon pipe of a flushing-cistern, an air-inlet tube passing into the siphon pipe and having its lower end serrated, a valve-face upon the upper end of said tube, a pivoted lever, a cover-valve thereon adapted to close upon the valve-face, and a float upon the end of the lever, substantially as specified and illustrated. (2.) For the purpose indicated, the employment of an air-inlet tube upon the siphon pipe, and a valve with means for operating same for the purpose of opening and closing the end of the air-tube, substantially as specified and illustrated. (3.) The means for making a close joint between the lid and the seat and the seat and the pan consisting of the parts arranged, combined, and operating substantially as specified and illustrated. (4.) For the purpose indicated, the parts constructed, arranged, combined, and operating substantially as described, and as illustrated in the drawing.

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

No. 22306.—12th January, 1907.—Thomas William Coulthard, of Mangapai, Auckland, New Zealand, Sawmiller. A new and improved fence-dropper or fence-binder.

Claim.—A fence-dropper composed of short pieces or clips, which instead of having an eye at either end through which the fence wires may be threaded have a hook at each end, so that they can be applied at any time and to any fence, either of plain or barbed wire, the hooks being closed after application to prevent shifting.

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

No. 22313.—15th January, 1907.—Frank Bailey, Chief Engineer, and Frederick Henry Jackson, Assistant Engineer to the City of London Electric Lighting Company, Limited, of 64 Bankside, London, England. Improvements in clutching-devices adapted for use in communicating rotary motion and in controlling the transmission thereof.

Claims.—(1.) The described clutching-device for use in transmitting rotary motion and in controlling the transmission thereof, same being adapted, in any position of “slip drive,” to operate as a hydraulic clutch, and, upon the return-flow passages being closed and conditions established for “full drive,” to become a positive or mechanical clutch. (2.) The described clutching device comprising an eccentrically formed casing or chamber enclosing a disc formed with radial slots in which slab like pistons slide, such disc being, moreover, provided with a central chamber fitted with a piston or other suitable valve, and with passages which extend from the said central chamber to the periphery of the said disc, such passages terminating at their inner ends in parts capable of being controlled by the piston-valve and opening at their outer ends to the eccentrically formed casing or chamber. (3.) In clutch mechanism of the character referred to in the preceding claiming clause, a piston or other controlling valve, or a body moving in unison therewith, adapted to engage the piston-stems and to hold one or more of the pistons in a protruded position, thus rendering it or them operative for effecting a positive or mechanical drive when the controlling-valve is in position for hydraulic “full drive,” substantially as described. (4.) In clutch mechanism of the character referred to in claim 2, a disc mounted on the controlling-valve spindle and adapted to engage with the piston-stems, whereby the pistons are held in their retracted positions when the controlling-valve is in position for “full slip” and the return-flow passages are fully open, substantially as described. (5.) In clutch mechanism of the character referred to, interposing a packing-plate between one wall of the liquid-chamber and the disc, and admitting the liquid under pressure to the back of the plate so as to maintain it in close contact with the side of the disc, and to maintain the opposite side of the disc in close contact with the opposite wall of the liquid-chamber, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. (6.) In clutch mechanism of the character referred to, and wherein a packing-plate is interposed between one wall of the liquid-chamber and the disc, providing means, such as a stop upon the plate working in a chase formed in the casing, for enabling the plate to partake of a limited rotative movement in relation to the said casing when the direction of running or of power transmission is reversed, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (7.) In clutch mechanism of the character referred to, the employment of a supplementary valve arranged and operating substantially as described, whereby the pump-chamber may be more rapidly relieved of the liquid under pressure and the resistance correspondingly diminished. (8.) In clutch mechanism of the character referred to, and wherein a packing-plate is interposed between the disc and the wall of the liquid-chamber, the employment of a relief-valve arranged and operating substantially as described, whereby upon a certain predetermined pressure being reached the valve opens automatically and permits the liquid under pressure to escape from the back of the packing plate to the exhaust or suction side of the pump. (9.) In clutch mechanism of the character referred to, an oil-reservoir communicating, by way of a passage provided with a non-return valve, with the exhaust or suction side of the pump-chamber, the oil or other liquid passing from the reservoir to the pump-chamber under the influence of the suction or of centrifugal force, substantially as described.

(Specification, 10s.; drawing, 2s.)

No. 22428.—14th February, 1906.—Harold William Edwin Josling, of 28 Budge Row, London, England, Merchant. Improvements in means or apparatus for the prevention of fraudulent refilling of bottles or vessels.

[NOTE.—This is an application under section 106 of the Act, the date given being the official date of the application in Great Britain.]

Claims.—(1.) Apparatus for preventing the refilling of bottles, consisting of (1) a liner b so constructed as to be capable of fitting in the neck of the bottle, such liner being made either integrally with or cemented to the bottle; (2) a part c having the upper surface made true so as to form a valve seating for valve d; (3) a valve d truly faced, grooved or formed to admit of a passage of the liquid; (4) a movable part c, itself grooved or formed to admit of the passage of the liquid whilst offering an obstruction to tampering with the other moving part d, all the said parts being composed of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or other rigid, inert material not liable to act upon, or to be acted upon, injuriously by the contained liquid, all substantially as and for the purposes described and illustrated. (2.) An apparatus for the purpose specified and constructed, as described in claim 1, combined with an annular movable washer 9 interposed between the moving parts c and d, as and for the purpose described. (3.) The apparatus for preventing the refilling of bottles, substantially as described and illustrated.

(Specification, 5s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 22452.—21st February, 1907.—Thomas Walker Macintosh, of Roseby Street, Penhurst, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Millwright. Improved sheet-metal lathing.

Claims.—(1.) Improved lathing consisting of corrugated and punched sheet metal, with shaped or set punching, substantially as described and explained. (2.) Improved sheet-metal lathing, having parallel rows of projections or