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an upward travel faster than that of the top plungers, whereby the bricks will be delivered from the bottom of the mould directly upon the pallet, the pallet, together with the bricks resting thereupon, following the upward travel of the top plungers during this period of ejection from the moulds, whereby the bricks will be deposited upon the pallet without shock or abrasion and in perfect condition. By this arrangement I avoid all actual handling of the bricks until they are sufficiently set and hardened, thereby overcoming the fault in machines as at present constructed wherein the bricks, when delivered from the mould, must be transferred therefrom by sliding them upon the pallet. A further object is to provide a machine which will be powerful enough to exert the pressure upon the bricks in the moulds required in carrying out my aforesaid process, and which will withstand the strain of operating under such pressure ; and, furthermore, to provide means for adjusting the machine parts to form bricks of any thickness and under any desired degree of compression.

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

(Specification, 13s. 6d. ; drawings, 3s.)

No. 23087.—4th July, 1907.—HEINRICH SEVERIN, of Achern No. 1, Grand Duchy of Baden, Company Director. Machine for the manufacture of hollow-glass articles.

Claims.—(1.) A machine for the manufacture of hollow-glass articles, such as bottles, and comprising two mouth-moulds oppositely directed, characterized by the feature that the two mouth-moulds (4) are arranged on their rotary plate or carrier in such a manner as to be on each side of the axis and oppositely directed, substantially as described. (2.) Machine according to claim 1, characterized by the feature that the mouth cores or plungers (8) of the two mouth-moulds (4), when swinging the bulb, engage by means of an enlarged end (9) a fork (15) arranged at the end of a rod (14), by means of which latter the cores or plungers (8) are raised or lowered, substantially as described. (3.) Machine according to claims 1–2, characterized by the feature that the rod (14) for actuating the mouth cores or plungers (8) is so connected by means of levers (14, 17) or the like with a lid (22) for the receiving-mould fastened to an oscillating lever (21) that the movement of the mouth cores or plungers (8) is automatically regulated by turning aside the said lid (22), substantially as described. (4.) Machine according to claims 1–3, characterized by the feature that the ports and passages (11, 10) for the admission of the compressed air to the two mouth-moulds (4) can be opened and closed independently of each other, for the purpose of simultaneously and independently passing compressed air to the receiving and to the finishing mould, substantially as described.

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

No. 23110.—10th July, 1907.—THEODORE WEST, of Manchester Street, Feilding, Wellington, New Zealand, Builder. An improved estimating instrument.

Claims.—(1.) An instrument for the purpose described, having divisions of predetermined widths set out upon its edges to a scale corresponding to the scale of the plan upon which the instrument is to be used, whereby the operator is enabled to read off without calculation the number of timbers, boards, sheets of corrugated iron, or wall-paper required in a particular space when the distance from centre to centre or the widths of such materials are specified. (2.) The estimating instrument divided as described, for the purpose specified.

(Specification, 2s. 9d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 23238.—1st August, 1907.—FRANCIS HENRY WEBB, of 5 St. John’s Place, off Chetwynd Street, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Carpenter. An improved nail for securing corrugated iron and the like.

Extract from Specification.—This invention for an improved nail for securing corrugated iron and the like has a bell-shaped spring-head formed upon a shank or nail which is constructed from twisted wire, and thus the nails will have a somewhat rigid spring-head, the flexibility of which will lie mostly where it is required—that is, about the lower bell-mouthed edge of the head, and where it is designed to lie evenly upon the corrugated iron ; also, by having a twisted shank, a firm hold is obtained with the wood into which it is driven.

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

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

No. 23248.—2nd August, 1907.—FRIEDRICK AUGUST FISCHER, of Emerson Street, Napier, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, Engineer. Improved apparatus for testing heat and moisture in bales of wool, flax, and similar packages.

Claims.—(1.) Apparatus for the purpose indicated, consisting of a tube constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as specified and illustrated. (2.) Apparatus for the purpose indicated, comprising a tube having a series of perforations and one of its ends drawn to a point, a plug screwing into and closing the outer end of said tube, and a disc upon said outer end, substantially as specified and illustrated. (3.) For the purpose indicated, a tube having perforations throughout its length, a point at one end and a disc at the other, substantially as specified and illustrated.

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

No. 23271.—7th August, 1907.—JOHN CECIL MACMICHAEL, of 58 St. John Street, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, Accountant. An improved ruler for spacing and ruling money and other columns.

Claims.—(1.) A ruler by which lines can be drawn approximately at right angles to the top edge of a book, and having means for indicating the points from which to draw with the ruler as it is moved across the page, the lines constituting money columns, as set forth. (2.) A ruler having a crosspiece and a riding-bracket that is adapted to slide along the ruler, said bracket carrying a gauge-plate having marks upon its surface by means of which the spaces between the lines constituting the money columns of a book may be indicated, as described, and operating in the manner set forth. (3.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts constituting my improved ruler for spacing and ruling money and other columns, substantially as described, and operating in the manner explained.

(Specification, 5s. 6d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 23291.—10th August, 1907.—RICE OWEN CLARK, of Hobsonville, Auckland, New Zealand, Pipe Manufacturer. Improved conduits, embracing sockets, separating supports, and junction-boxes for laying electric cables, wires, and the like in, with protecting caps to cover the same.

Extract from Specification.—This invention relates to providing improved forms of conduits, channels, pipes, ducts, and the like with frame supports to fit internally in the conduits, sockets, and the like, for holding the two abutting ends of the conduits in position and deviating protecting caps to fit over the opening in the top of the conduits, said conduits and the like being for holding and laying electric cables or such like in, including any medium of transmitting electrical energy on what is known as the solid system, either above or under ground, and so that the separating supports within the conduits and the like will admit of the cables and the like being laid within or on them in any desired position. Junction-boxes are provided for attachment to the conduits and the like to allow branch cables and wires to be branched off from the main cables in any required direction, and the sockets are so made that the conduits can easily be laid out of the straight and formed into crooked or elbow connections. Bitumen compositions or other approved non-conducting substances can be used to fill in all empty spaces within the conduits, and so thoroughly insulate the cables or wires and seal them up.

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

(Specification, 11s. 6d. ; drawings, 2s.)

No. 23295.—10th August, 1907.—FRANCIS ERNEST ROSS, of Cambridge, Auckland, New Zealand, Farmer. An improved sanitary cow-shed, yards, and fittings.

Extract from Specification.—The improvements consist of parallel sets of races set so that the outer and inner ones will lead straight into bails placed at one end of the races and in line with them, while the other or outer ends of the races have gates so fitted to them that when the gates are opened out they will form a lead into the races, and especially so when the gates are sloped outwards. The whole structure can be made stationary or a fixture, in which case it will probably be made more or less strong and heavy, or it may and preferably will be made portable and movable, and accordingly as of light material as possible consistent with the required strength. The cleanliness is obtained by providing a can partly enclosed by a hood, and so adjusting it to the hinder part or rump of the cow that it will catch and hold the