APRIL 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1293

No. 24161.—23rd March, 1908.—EDMUND COULSON, of 116 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oil and Gas Engine Manufacturer. Improvements in oil-engines and the like.

Claims.—(1.) In an engine of the class indicated, a stepped bar, wedge, or the like hanging downwardly, or set about vertically, supported conveniently at a height which is variable relatively to a pushing-member, whereby fuel-feed shall be varied. (2.) For the purposes indicated, a governor attachment having projections or parts, one to operate a movable lever or the like, the other to be limited in range of movement as predetermined by an adjustable plate or the like. (3.) For the purposes indicated, a movable plate or the like provided with a suitable surface or series of recesses, and fixing-means, in combination with a support or pedestal having a bracket supporting a lever having suitable connection with a stepped bar or wedge, substantially as described. (4.) In an engine of the class indicated, a plunger end block or member 13, constructed as set forth. (5.) In an engine of the class indicated, a member having an arm actuated by a cam on the side shaft, and another arm adapted to variably reciprocate a block or member at the end of an oil-feed or pump plunger, as set forth. (6.) In engines of the class indicated, a block or member having slots or the like, in combination with a plunger, a wedge or like bar, a pusher for the latter, and means actuated by a cam or the like of moving the pusher and the block, as set forth. (7.) The combination with an engine-governor having means to (as its speed varies) raise and lower a stepped bar or wedge, of a fuel-feed plunger, a slotted member at the end thereof, and (engaging the slots) parts operative as set forth. (8.) As a whole, the combination of described parts illustrated in Fig. 2.

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

An asterisk (*) denotes the complete specification of an invention for which a provisional specification has been already lodged.

NOTE.—The cost of copying the specification and drawing has been inserted after the notice of each application. An order for a copy or copies should be accompanied by a post-office order or postal note for the cost of copying.

The date of acceptance of each application is given after the number.

Extracts from the drawings accompanying the foregoing complete specifications appear at the end of this Gazette.

J. C. LEWIS,
Registrar.

Provisional Specifications accepted.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 29th April, 1908.

APPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional specifications, have been accepted as under:—

No. 23957.—I. R. Jensen, artificial marble.
No. 24158.—T. C. Morris, grate.
No. 24167.—H. N. Bagnall, anti-rattler for window-sash.
No. 24178.—J. Hargreaves, roof extract ventilator.
No. 24188.—A. J. Nicholas, attaching fencing-wires to stakes.
No. 24189.—H. Quertier, tally-indicator.
No. 24192.—T. M. Shepherd, weed-destroyer.
No. 24201.—O. C. C. Chapman, water-tap.
No. 24205.—S. K. McIver, furnace and portable copper frame.
No. 24208.—A. G. R. Williams, gas-manufacture.
No. 24211.—P. F. Acott, street-sweeper, &c.
No. 24212.—A. E. S. Foster and E. Berg, tobacco-pipe.
No. 24216.—A. R. Hardy, spring blind.
No. 24221.—T. S. Philpott, gas-burner.
No. 24222.—G. J. Richardson, window-dressing apparatus.
No. 24224.—C. Suttie and M. H. Wynyard, flax-treatment.
No. 24231.—H. E. White, skylight-bar.
No. 24232.—J. R. Kent, shoe, slipper, &c.
No. 24233.—E. J. Butterworth, distance-measurer.
No. 24266.—L. T. Dabara, handcuffs.

[NOTE.—Provisional specifications cannot be inspected, or their contents made known by this office in any way, until the complete specifications in connection therewith have been accepted.]

Letters Patent sealed.

LIST of Letters Patent sealed from the 11th to the 27th April, 1908, inclusive:—

No. 22137.—A. Ashcroft, gum-distillation.
No. 22259.—F. W. Smith, milk-sampler.
No. 22296.—T. H. Wilson, sash-adjuster.
No. 22359.—A. Ashcroft, gum-distillation.
No. 22498.—R. E. Reed, automatic music-turner.
No. 22709.—A. Woodcock, tail-holder for cows.
No. 22989.—T. Sakauchi, cement-manufacture.
No. 23517.—R. M. Kemp, subsoil-cultivator.
No. 23681.—Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Company, Limited, transmitter. (G. Marconi.)
No. 23699.—P. Marino, rendering celluloid un-inflammable.

Letters Patent on which Fees have been paid.

[NOTE.—The dates are those of the payments.]

SECOND-TERM FEES.

No. 17801.—The McClean Arms and Ordnance Company, counteracting recoil of guns. (S. N. McClean.) 16th April, 1908.
No. 17895.—M. F. Albert, massage apparatus. (J. H. King—J. C. Oakman—L. Synder.) 24th April, 1908.
No. 18127.—F. Visintini, lattice, &c., girder. 14th April, 1908.
No. 18388.—J. H., H. B., and E. R. Butler, saddle-tree. (R. A. C. Russell.) 14th April, 1908.
No. 17822.—R. Wales, franking-machine. 21st April, 1908.

THIRD-TERM FEES.

No. 13614.—The Ferro-Concrete Company of Australasia, Limited, metal and concrete structures. (G. L. Mouchel—The Colonial Ferro-Concrete Syndicate, Limited—J. Grice and W. A. Robertson.) 14th April, 1908.
No. 13638.—The Linotype Company, Limited, linotype machine. (E. Waters, jun.—The Linotype Company, Limited—C. Hollwell and R. C. Elliott.) 14th April, 1908.
No. 13711.—E. Waters, jun., automatic fire-alarm. (G. H. Oatway.) 16th April, 1908.

Subsequent Proprietors of Letters Patent registered.

[NOTE.—The name of the former proprietor is given in brackets; the date is that of registration.]

No. 21462.—Edwin Wood, of 231 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Artificial fuel. (A. W. H. Vivian.) 16th April, 1908.
No. 21876 and 22614.—Francis Henry Galloway, of Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, Accountant. (1.) Removing sulphur, arsenic, &c., from ores. (2.) Iron-ore treatment. (F. Cotton.) 25th April, 1908.

Request to amend Specification allowed.

THE request to amend Specification No. 21278—J. Smaill, heating system for buildings (advertised in New Zealand Gazette, No. 13, of the 20th February, 1908)—has been allowed.

Application for Letters Patent opposed.

NOTICES of opposition have been entered in the following case:—

No. 22510.—Moss.—Opposed by Wales.
No. 22510.—Moss.—Opposed by New Zealand Franking-machine Company, Limited.

Applications for Letters Patent abandoned.

LIST of applications, with which provisional specifications only have been filed, abandoned (i.e., complete specifications not lodged) from the 14th to the 27th April, 1908, inclusive:—

No. 22994.—J. Ringland, fire-grate.
No. 22995.—J. C. C. Pearson, attaching rails to sleepers.
No. 22997.—J. H. Noonan, explosive motor.
No. 22998.—C. Lewes, hammer-head.
No. 23001.—N. I. Gooder, trolley-head and retriever.