992 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 21

No. 23746.—21st November, 1907.—CHARLES NORTH, of
Te Awamutu, Auckland, New Zealand, Brickmaker. Willow
and noxious-weeds exterminator.

Claims.—(1.) The described composition of matter, con-
sisting of arsenate of soda, malachite green aniline dye, or
magenta (roseine) aniline dye, and water, substantially as
described, and for the purpose specified. (2.) The described
composition of matter for killing weeds, trees, and the like,
consisting of arsenate of soda five pounds, malachite green
aniline dye ten to fifteen grains, or magenta (roseine) aniline
dye ten to fifteen grains, and water one gallon, substantially
as described.

(Specification, 1s. 3d.)

No. 23824.—8th May, 1907.—JOSEPH BAKER AND SONS,
LIMITED, of Hythe Road, Willesden Junction, London N.W.,
England, Engineers (the assignees of John Burns, of 300
Tuam Street West, Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineer).
Improvements in machines for dividing dough and other
plastic materials.

[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.) In a machine for dividing dough and other
plastic materials, the combination of a plurality of rotary
dividing or separating members having peripheral feathers
or teeth adapted to intersect or mesh, and plates or knives
located adjacent the ends of said rotary members for re-
moving and retaining surplus material separated by the
feathers or teeth of the rotary members, substantially as set
forth. (2.) The combination with the features set forth in
claim 1 of means for braking or offering resistance to rotation
of a rotary member or members, for the purpose set forth.
(3.) A machine for dividing dough and other plastic materials
comprising, in combination, a pair of coacting rollers having
peripheral teeth adapted to intersect, means for positively
driving one of said rollers, means for braking the other
roller, means for relatively adjusting the position of the
rollers, a hopper adapted to feed material to a point at or
adjacent the intersection of said rollers, and means for re-
moving and retaining surplus material divided by the rotary
and intersecting action of the rollers aforesaid, substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.

(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawing, 2s.)

No. 23883.—3rd January, 1908.—RICHARD KLINGER, of
Gumpoldskirchen, Lower Austria, Engineer. Improve-
ments in stuffing-box and like packing.

Claim. — Stuffing-box and the like packing comprising
packing-material covered at those parts which are in contact
with the moving part of the machinery it is arranged to
pack, with a layer of metal in which holes or slotlike openings
are formed, the remaining portions of the packing material
being left free from such metal covering, for the purpose of
obtaining permanent lubrication and reducing the wear of
the packing-material.

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

No. 23885.—3rd January, 1908.—ERNEST SMITH BALDWIN
and HENRIE HAMPTON RAYWARD, carrying on business as
Patent Agents at 71 Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand
(the nominees of Seth Louis Johnson, of Holmbank Lodge,
Tyersal, Bradford, York, England, and William Edward
Calvert, of 117 Beechwood Road, Illingworth, Halifax, York,
England). Improvements in connection with cutters for
sheep-shearing.

Claims.—(1.) In apparatus for removing wool, hair, or the
like from the skins of animals, a rotary cutting-disc having a
number of minute or finely divided serrations upon its peri-
phery and co-operating with a shield or guard, substantially
as described. (2.) In apparatus for removing wool, hair, or
the like from the skins of animals, as claimed in claim 1,
a shield or guard-plate having a space between it and the
rotary disc, and provided with fingers or the like projecting
beyond the periphery of the disc, and having upwardly
curved under-faces, substantially as described. (3.) Ap-
paratus for removing wool, hair, or the like from the skins
of animals, comprising a rotary cutting-disc having a num-
ber of minute or finely divided serrations upon its periphery,
a casing in which is rotatably mounted a sleeve carrying the
cutting-disc, a guard-plate hinged to the casing and adapted
to be held in operative position by a bolt or the like passing
through the rotating sleeve to the top of the casing, and means
for rotating the sleeve, substantially as described. (4.) In ap-
paratus such as claimed in claim 1, for removing wool, hair,
or the like from the skins of animals, means for protecting
and preventing fracture of the flexible shaft, comprising
a grooved handle mounted on the cutter-casing, a non-
rotatable flexible covering between the handle and the power-
shaft, and projections or the like on the end of the covering
adapted to engage the groove, substantially as described.
(5.) An improved apparatus for removing wool, hair, or the
like from the skins of animals, substantially as described, with
reference to the drawings.

(Specification, 6s. 9d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 23967.—3rd February, 1908.—CHARLES HERBERT
WESTNEAT, of Napier, New Zealand, Monumental Mason.
Improved means for use in indicating a rise in temperature.

Claims.—(1.) In means for indicating a rise in temperature,
comprising a thermometer placed within an electrical alarm-
circuit and having the lower end of its tube connected with
one terminal of the circuit, and a platinum wire passing
downwards through the top of the tube and connected with
the other terminal of the circuit, a vertical socket-piece
arranged above the upper end of the thermometer-tube, and
a set-screw threaded through such socket and to the lower
end of which the platinum wire is secured, substantially as
specified. (2.) In means for indicating a rise in temperature,
and comprising a thermometer placed within an open elec-
trical alarm-circuit adapted to be closed by the rising of the
mercury in the thermometer-tube, a metal bowl arranged
beneath the thermometer-bulb and in electrical connection
with one terminal of the circuit, and a connection with the
other terminal of the circuit placed within the bowl but free
from contact therewith, substantially as and for the purposes
specified. (3.) The improved means for use in indicating a
rise in temperature, substantially as described and explained,
and as illustrated in the drawings.

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

No. 23978.—3rd February, 1908.—ROBERT WOOLLEY
GIBBS, of Waimea Road, Nelson, New Zealand, Carpenter,
and BARBUT RENTOUL, of Waimea Road aforesaid, Seaman.
An improved device for brushing and cleaning the records
and needle of cylinder talking-machines.

Claim.—For the make and design of the spring A of any
material suitable for the same, and for the way, shape, and
manner of fixing it into the socket of brush, and the way,
shape, and manner of applying it to cylinder talking-machines,
for and in the manner described.

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

No. 23981.—7th February, 1908.—WILLIAM HOOKER, of
14 Mowbray Street, Albert Park, South Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia, Gas-engineer. An automatic apparatus for sup-
plying air for various purposes.

Claim. — In an automatic apparatus of the character de-
scribed, the combination of a crank driving-wheel H, the elec-
tric motor A1 connecting with the crank-wheel H by a belt G
and in electric circuit with the battery A and the switch, a
pitman L, and bellows M1, the pipes O and R communicating
with the bellows M1, the water-seal chamber P, or air-valve Z3
and air-holder S, a switch-rod X1 connecting with said
holder S, and the electric switch handle B and elastic band X,
and a primary electric-cell battery A, whereby an electric
current passing between the battery A and the motor A1
will be automatically switched off when the air-holder S
has ascended to its highest limit of travel and has been pumped
full of air, or switched on when at its lowest position and
requiring to be refilled.

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

No. 23984.—7th February, 1908.—JOHN ANDERSON, Brass-
founder and Engineer, and JAMES DEWAR HUNTER, Account-
ant, both of Moray Place, Dunedin, New Zealand. An im-
proved curd-rack.

Claims.—(1.) In cheesemaking, in draining the curds, a
rack made entirely of metal, of the form shown, and for the