SEPT. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2793

before or after shaping is subjected to treatment with a gum,
varnish, or any suitable composition (excepting aqueous
solutions) which shall be impermeable to water, and which,
if so desired, must not make the hat different in appearance
from hats manufactured according to the unimproved process,
substantially as set forth.

(Specification, 1s. 9d.)

No. 22664.—14th April, 1906.—JAMES ALEXANDER HORTON,
of 171 Admiral Street, Providence, Rhode Island, United
States of America, Inventor. Improvement in wire-drawing
drums.

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

Claims.—(1.) A wire-drawing drum having a wire seat
composed of material softer than the wire, and means for
confining said seat to prevent spreading or distortion of the
same. (2.) A wire-drawing drum having a wire seat com-
posed of a material softer than the wire, and metallic drum-
sections between which the said seat is clamped, the sections
projecting outwardly from the periphery of the seat. (3.) A
wire-drawing drum having a wire seat composed of a material
softer than the wire, and metallic drum-sections between
which the said seat is clamped, the sections projecting out-
wardly from the periphery of the seat and shouldered to
overlap the edge portions of said periphery.

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

No. 22825.—15th May, 1907.—GEORGE HARKER, of Peters-
ham, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Doctor of
Science of the University of London, England. Improved
means for preventing outbreak of and extinguishing fire,
and for destroying vermin in ships, buildings, and other
enclosed spaces.

Claims.—(1.) The means described for preventing out-
break of and extinguishing fire, and for destroying vermin,
which consist in withdrawing gaseous products of combustion
from a furnace, cooling and cleaning same, and forcing the
cooled gases into holds or other chambers to displace atmo-
spheric air therefrom, substantially as described. (2.) The
described process of preventing outbreak of and extinguishing
fire, and for destroying vermin in ships and other chambers,
which consists in flooding the same with cooled and cleaned
gases obtained from a fuel-furnace, so as to displace atmo-
spheric air therefrom, and subsequently forcing atmospheric
air into said chambers to displace said gases therefrom, and
thus restore them to normal condition, substantially as
described. (3.) For operating the described process, the
combination with a fuel-furnace of a cooler and cleaner, a
blower or pump, with alternate air-suction, and valved pipe
services for conveying gaseous products from said furnaces
to said cooler and blower, and therefrom to the chambers
to be operated upon, and for refilling said chambers with air
to restore their normal condition.

(Specification, 7s. 3d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 22855.—20th May, 1907.—BEATRICE ELIZABETH COL-
SON, of 91 Symond Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Dress-
maker. Improvements in hat-fasteners.*

Claims.—(1.) A device for the purpose indicated com-
prising a wire ring secured within the crown of the hat or the
like, adjustable elastic bands depending therefrom, with
means for securing the said elastic bands to the hair, sub-
stantially as specified and illustrated. (2.) A device for the
purpose indicated, comprising a wire ring secured within
the crown of a hat or the like, adjustable elastic bands depend-
ing therefrom, cross-bars connecting the loops in pairs, with
means for securing said cross-bar to the hair of the wearer,
substantially as specified and illustrated. (3.) Cross-bars
connecting the loops in pairs, and a hair-pin bent into a loop
at its upper end for securing said bar to the hair of the user,
substantially as specified and illustrated.

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

No. 22873.—29th May, 1906.—THOMAS GARE, of Bramble
Beach, Warren Drive, New Brighton, Chester, Great Britain,
Engineer. Improvements in the manufacture and repairing
of indiarubber goods.

[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.) A process for the manufacture of indiarubber
goods consisting in subjecting vulcanised rubber which is
under pressure in a mould of the desired shape to a tempera-
ture above the ordinary vulcanisation-heat, so as to render
the rubber plastic and cause it to thoroughly fuse, substanti-
ally as described. (2.) A process for the manufacture of
indiarubber goods from old or waste vulcanised indiarubber
consisting in reducing such rubber to a convenient size or
powder, then subjecting it to pressure in a mould of the
required shape, and subjecting the mould (with the rubber
still under pressure) to heat at a temperature above the
ordinary vulcanisation-heat, so as to render it plastic and
cause it to thoroughly fuse, substantially as described. (3.) A
process for the remanufacture of vulcanised indiarubber
goods consisting in subjecting a manufactured article to
pressure in a mould of a size smaller than or of different
shape from the mould in which the article was originally
moulded, subjecting the mould (with the article still under
pressure therein) to heat at a temperature above ordinary
vulcanisation-heat sufficient to render it plastic and cause
it to thoroughly fuse, substantially as described. (4.) A
process for repairing vulcanised indiarubber goods consisting
in placing such goods in a suitably shaped mould, adding
thereto old or waste vulcanised rubber in quantity sufficient
to compensate for the worn or damaged part, then subjecting
the contents of the mould to pressure, subjecting the mould
(with the goods and the added rubber still under pressure) to
heat at a temperature above vulcanisation-heat sufficient
to render both plastic and cause them to fuse or weld, sub-
stantially as described. (5.) Welding together and thereby
uniting separate pieces of vulcanised indiarubber by sub-
jecting the ends thereof to pressure, and whilst still under
pressure fusing them at or near the surfaces in contact, sub-
stantially as described. (6.) Articles made from waste or
old vulcanised rubber by means of the described process,
substantially as described.

(Specification, 6s.)

No. 22951.—6th June, 1907.—GEORGE GARIBALDI TURRI,
of 364–366 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,
Registered Patent Attorney, &c. (nominee of Jute and Hanf
Industrie Actien-Gesellschaft, of 12 Báthory-utca, Budapest,
Hungary, Manufacturers—the assignees of Fritz Fuchs, of
Siebensterngasse 1, Vienna, Austria, Chemist). Process of
procuring novel textile fibres from certain species of plants.

Claims.—(1.) The process of procuring novel textile fibres
consisting in moderately softening the stalks of plants belong-
ing to the families of the Typhacees, Cyperacees, Juncacees,
and Graminees and thereupon ravelling them out by mecha-
nical means, substantially as described. (2.) The process of
procuring novel textile fibres from the plants specified wherein
the stalks which may be sometimes rendered soft are re-
peatedly pressed until they are sufficiently ravelled out,
substantially as set forth. (3.) The process of procuring
novel textile fibres from the plants specified wherein the
stalks to be pressed are rendered soft by treating them with
cold water or warm water, substantially as set forth. (4.) The
process of procuring novel textile fibres from the plants speci-
fied wherein the stalks are rendered soft by treating them
with water (or wet steam) having a temperature between
100° to 150° Celsius, substantially as described. (5.) The
process of procuring novel textile fibres from the plants
specified wherein the stalks to be pressed are rendered soft
by treating them with water whereto chemicals have been
added, substantially as set forth. (6.) The process of pro-
curing novel textile fibres from the plants specified wherein
the stalks are subjected to fermentation in order to soften
them, and thereupon repeatedly pressed, substantially as
specified. (7.) The process of procuring novel textile fibres
from the plants specified wherein the stalks are rendered
soft by a suitable treating action, the moistening taking place
preferably before every crushing action, substantially as set
forth. (8.) The process of procuring novel textile fibres from
the plants specified, wherein the softened stalks are mois-
tened instead of with water with diluted chemical solutions
before the crushing action, substantially as set forth. (9.) The
process of obtaining novel textile fibres from the plants speci-
fied wherein the stalks after having been rendered soft
according to the method of claims 3 to 6 are moistened before