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No. 23524.—27th September.—L. F. J. N. de Farelle, Te Kopuru, N.Z.
Screw-propeller.

No. 23525.—13th September.—L. H. Rogers and A. Myers, Wellington, N.Z.
Puncture composition for tires.*

No. 23526.—27th September.—L. R. Tinge, Wellington, N.Z.
Construction of metallic letters, &c., for signs.

No. 23527.—27th September.—G. L. Burton, Napier, N.Z.
Acetylene generator.*

No. 23528.—27th September.—E. G. Langton, Masterton, N.Z.
Shirt-cuff fastener and protector.

No. 23529.—28th September.—C. R. Skipage, Wellington, N.Z.
Cow-bail.

No. 23530.—25th September.—A. E. Slipper and D. J. Smith, Kokiri, N.Z.
Belt-fastener.

No. 23531.—30th September.—H. W. Mears, Balfour, N.Z.
Feed-gear of chaff-cutters.

No. 23532.—30th September.—M. Ruping, Charlottenberg, Ger.
Impregnating wood and other porous material.*

No. 23533.—28th September.—W. H. J. Ridley, Penrose, N.Z.
Furnace for extracting metals from ores.*

No. 23534.—28th September.—G. E. Partridge, Cromwell, N.Z.
Device for tying bundles of flax.

No. 23535.—1st October.—H. Stephenson, Edenham, N.Z.
Fencing-standard.*

No. 23536.—1st October.—Commonwealth Manufacturing and Galvanising Company, Limited, Brisbane, Queensland.
Machine for folding edges of sheet metal.*
(W. J. Howcroft.)

No. 23537.—1st October.—J. Owen, Wollstonecroft, N.S.W.
Draught-fitting for retailing aerated liquids from bulk.*

No. 23538.—1st October.—T. F. McGarva, Christchurch, N.Z.
Baby-cradle.*

No. 23539.—1st October.—H. A. Fry, Nelson, N.Z.
Acetylene generator.

No. 23540.—1st October.—F. C. White, Auckland, N.Z.
Range.*

Complete Specifications filed after Provisionals.

LIST of complete specifications filed after provisional specifications, from the 16th to the 30th September, 1907, inclusive:—

No. 22105.—A. F. Golding and E. Campbell, variable-speed pulley. (A. M. Campbell.)

No. 23267.—W. O’Brien, jun., and F. W. Knight, hydraulic nozzle-operator.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1907.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the undermentioned applications for Letters Patent have been accepted, and are open to public inspection at this office. Any person may, at any time within two months from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing of opposition to the grant of any such patent. Such notice must set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be in duplicate. A fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

No. 21329.—19th June, 1906.—SAMUEL MILLAR, of Eweburn, Otago Central, New Zealand, Farmer. Improvements in harvesters.*

Claims.—(1.) Improvements in harvesters, consisting of means for guiding the stalks of a crop in a substantially vertical position to the knives of the harvester, and means for conveying in a substantially vertical position the stalks when cut by the knives to the binding mechanism, substantially as described. (2.) In harvesters, in combination with the finger-bar forming the main frame thereof, a series of fingers each terminating in a sharp-pointed sheath having an upward projecting piece, grain-retaining springs pivoted to said projecting pieces, means for cutting the grain crop, a horizontal conveyor belt provided with projecting prongs and mounted on pulleys suitably supported on the frame and adapted to move over the ends of the grain-retaining springs, and means for operating the conveyor belt whereby the grain crop is guided and carried in a substantially vertical position to the binding mechanism of the harvester, substantially as described. (3.) Improvements in harvesters, consisting of means for balancing the harvester on the main spindles whereby the fingers may be adjusted as desired, substantially as described and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 25 of the drawings. (4.) Improvements in harvesters, consisting of means for raising the whole of the machine between the wheels, substantially as described and illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, and 26 of the drawings. (5.) Improvements in harvesters, consisting of means for raising on the main vertical spindle the conveyor band, needle mechanism, and spring stalk retainers, substantially as described and illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, and 26 of the drawings.

(Specification, 12s.; drawings, 10s.)

No. 21717.—29th August, 1906.—PATRICK BROWN, of Rakai, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved machine for cutting up turnips, roots, or the like.

Claim.—The improved machine for cutting up turnips, roots, or the like, the same consisting of a frame mounted on running wheels and adapted to be drawn along the ground in combination with a cutting machine upon the frame comprising a rotary-cutter mounted beneath a feed-hopper, and with means for conveying the rotary movement of one of the running wheels to the rotary-cutter, substantially as specified.

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

No. 21884.—6th October, 1906.—WILLIAM MURRAY NORRIE, of Auckland, New Zealand, Gas-engineer. An improved acetylene-gas generator.*

Claims.—(1.) In acetylene-gas generators, the use of two purifying chambers, into the first of which the gas is led from the generating chamber before passing to the holder, and into the second of which the gas is passed on its way from the holder to the service-pipes, substantially as specified. (2.) The improved arrangement, construction, and combination of parts in my improved acetylene-gas generator, substantially as described and explained, and for the several purposes set forth.

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

No. 21970.—26th October, 1906.—FRANCIS ARENAS, Gentleman, and JOHN ROSS, Civil Servant, both of Christchurch, New Zealand. An improved fire-alarm or temperature indicator.*

Claims.—(1.) In means for indicating temperature, the combination with a metallic strip, composed of layers of metal having different co-efficients of expansion bent into approximately horse-shoe form and one arm of which is held from movement, of a screw threaded transversely through a fixed block with its end adjacent to the free arm of the metallic strip, a micrometer head upon the screw marked with markings corresponding to degrees of temperature, a pointer upon the fixed block with which the degree-markings upon the micrometric head coincide, and an electric circuit the terminals of which are connected respectively to the metallic strip and the screw, substantially as specified. (2.) The combination with means for indicating temperature (such as those referred to in claim 1) of a thermometer mounted adjacent thereto, a pointer upon the indicator, and means whereby the indicator may be fixed to cause its pointer to coincide with any one of the markings upon the thermometer, substantially as and for the purpose specified. (3.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts in our improved fire-alarm or temperature indicator, substantially as described and explained, as illustrated in the drawings, and for the several purposes set forth.

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

No. 22016.—6th November, 1906.—WILLIAM ROBERT EADE, of Orawia, Wallace, Southland, New Zealand, Ploughman. An improvement in disc coulters.*

Claim.—The combination with a disc coulter of a bush passed into the hub of the coulter and fitting the axle thereof, and a flange or nut upon one end and a nut upon the other end of the bush whereby the bush is made to revolve with the coulter, substantially as set forth.

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