Dec. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3247

to control the admission of air through the casing just men-
tioned; and shields on the rotary member: for the purpose
described.
[NOTE.-The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]
(Specification, 6s. 6d.; drawing, 2s.)

inlet and outlet chambers, a valve adapted to be pressed
against said seat by the pressure of the water, and a dif-
ferential plunger adapted to slide in said inlet-passage and
bearing against said valve, said plunger having sliding con-
tact with the walls of said inlet-passage.
[Note.-Here follow fourteen other claims.]
(Specification, 12s. 6d. ; drawings, 2s.)

No. 25150.-29th October, 1908.-JUSTIN KAY TOLES, of
Yosemite Club, 245 North San Joaquin Street, Stockton, Cali-
fornia, United States of America, Manufacturer. Fibre con-
veying and reversing apparatus.

Extract from Specification.-This invention consists sub-
stantially of devices for gripping and feeding fibre, a con-
veyor to deliver fibre to said devices, a conveyor to receive
fibre from said devices, and means to guide the fibre from the
first conveyor to the gripping-devices and also to transfer the
free end of the fibre, in a reversed position, to the second
conveyor ; together with the mechanism necessary to actuate
the foregoing

[NotR.-The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]
(Specification, 7s. 6d. ; drawing, 2s.)

No. 25154.-27th October, 1908.-MARSHALL TILLIE, of
Foyle Factory, Londonderry, Ireland, Shirt - manufacturer.
An improved guide or attachment for use in connection with
button-hole machines.

Claims.-(1.) An attachment for button-hole-sewing
machines whereby the article in which the button-hole is to
be sewn can be easily guided to and held in the correct posi-
tion for the operations of cutting and sewing the button-
hole, the use of the attachment rendering the usual marking-
off of the position of the button-hole unnecessary, and thereby
largely increasing the output of the machine, substantially
as described. (2.) An attachment such as claimed in claim 1,
comprising a gauge-plate (a) or two gauge-plates (a and b),
substantially as described, and shown on the drawings.
(Specification, 4s. ; drawing, ls.)

No. 25157.-27th October, 1908.-ERNEST Moss, Mechanic,
and EDWARD FEATHERSTONHAUGH DOMBRAIN, Insurance
Agent, both of Christchurch, New Zealand. Improved means
for ascertaining the heat and moisture in packed or baled
goods and for other analogous purposes.

Claim.-(1.) In means for use in ascertaining moisture in
baled goods, a metallic base plate adapted to be connected
with one pole of an electric circuit, a strip of hygroscopic
material extending above such plate, and a spring plate
adapted to be connected with the other pole of the electric
circuit, overlying and bearing upon the hygroscopic material,
and formed with a projection thereon passing down through
an aperture in such material, substantially as specified.
[Note.-Here follow four other claims.]
(Specification, 4s. ; drawings, ls.)

No. 25169. - 3rd November, 1908.-CHARLES HENRY-
WOODHEAD, of Auckland, New Zealand, Sign-manufacturer.
Improvements in display or luminous signs.

Claims.-(1.) Display or luminous signs constructed with
characters composed of material having minute apertures
extending through it, and with the forward end of each
aperture formed with a concave mouth, substantially as and
for the purposes specified. (2.) Display or luminous signs
constructed with characters composed of material formed in
the manner described in claim 1, and secured to glass or other
transparent backing, substantially as specified.
(Specification, ls. 6d.)

No. 25170.-4th November, 1908.-CHARLES BURTON
WHITNEY, of 20 Holmfield Avenue, Hyde Park, Massachusetts,
United States of America, General Manager. Improvements
in faucets.

Claim.-(1.) A faucet comprising in its construction a
casing provided with an inlet-chamber and an outlet-chamber,
there being an inlet-passage connecting with said outlet-
chamber, a valve-seat located in said casing between said

No. 25174.-4th November, 1908.-ANNE OF LOWENSTEIN
WERTHEIM, of 8 Upper Belgrave Street, London, England, a
Princess of the German Empire. Improvements in self-
levelling cots, bunks, couches, and the like, for use on ship-
board.

Claim.-(1.) Improvements in self-levelling cots, bunks,
couches, and the like, for use on ship-board, consisting in mount-
ing the cot or the like upon frames supported upon a ball-and-
socket connection, securing to the said frames, or one of them,
gyroscopes upon the spindles of which are mounted friction
wheels or discs, and further providing a rotatable friction-disc
at right angles thereto, operated by means of electric or other
motive power, for rotating the gyroscopes, with means whereby
a brake may be applied to one or more of the said gyroscopes,
substantially as described, and shown with reference to figs. 1
and 2 of the drawings, and for the purposes specified.
[NotE.-Here follow four other claims.]
(Specification, 4s. ; drawing, 3s.)

No. 25175.-4th November, 1908.-JOHN FOSTER STE-
PHENSON, of Haines Street, Glenferrie, Victoria, Australia,
Engineer. Improved method of and means for attaching
ornamental metal mounts to bedstead-posts.

Claim.-(1.) In metal mounts for bedstead-posts, the
method of placing a mount as h in position between two bulging
portions, consisting in cutting the mount for its full depth to
enable it to be dilated sufficiently to receive the bedstead-
post and be closed again to its original contour or shape,
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
[NOTE.-Here follow two other claims.]
(Specification, 2s. 6d. ; drawing, Is.)

No. 25176.-4th November, 1908.-EDWARD TEMPLE, of
63 Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Engineer.
Improvements in and relating to gas generating and puri-
fying apparatus.

Claims.-(1.) In gas generating and purifying apparatus,
a vessel wherein in one compartment the gas is drawn under
water by buckets and allowed to pass up through water to a
second compartment, substantially as and for the purposes
set forth. (2.) In gas generating and purifying apparatus,
a vessel partly filled with water and having two compart-
ments communicating at the bottom, in one of which is an
arrangement of chains and buckets for carrying gas beneath
the water, and in the other of which coke, pebbles, or the like
are placed, through which water will pass upward, and means
for directing the gas from the buckets to the second com-
partment, substantially as described.
[Note.-Here follow seven other claims.]
(Specification, 6s. ; drawing, 4s.)

No. 25177. - 4th November, 1908.-ROBERT ANDREW
WIGGINS, of 130 Hereford Street, Christchurch, New Zealand,
Engineer. Improvements in mechanism of milking-machines.

Extract from Specification.-According hereto, air-pressure
and a vacuum are alternately applied to teat-cups, thereby
imparting pulsations to the teats, the air-pressure being
reduced to atmospheric pressure before the vacuum is ap-
plied, and the vacuum destroyed before the air-pressure is
applied at each pulsation. A saving of energy results owing
to the air-pressure and vacuum being applied in each case
when the air in the teat-cups is at atmospheric pressure.
This object of the invention is effected by allowing the air
to snift at each pulsation, and thereby break down the air-
pressure or the vacuum. A further feature of the invention
is to apply by means of a single pipe air-pressure to the upper
part of the teat-cup earlier than to the lower part thereof.
[Note.-The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]
(Specification, 6s. 6d. ; drawing, 2s.)