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No. 23031.—24th June, 1907.—ALFRED JAMES HOBBS, of 28 Deakin Street, East Brunswick, near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Butcher, and JAMES ROBERT JEWELL, of 119 Lygon Street, Brunswick, near Melbourne, Victoria aforesaid, Butcher. Improved means for preventing horses running away when left unattended in the streets.*

Claims.—(1.) In means for preventing horses running away when left unattended in the streets, a spiral hook as A to engage the rim of the wheel, and connected by a strap or other fastening with the shaft or other convenient part of the vehicle, substantially as and for the purposes specified, and as illustrated in the drawings. (2.) In means for preventing horses running away when left unattended in the streets, a ring as D having an arm H projecting from one side of said ring and returning over same, substantially as and for the purposes specified, and as illustrated in the drawings. (3.) In means for preventing horses running away when left unattended in the streets, a stout steel or other hook as B bent in the form of a spiral, in combination with a ring as D having a projecting arm to engage the reins, substantially as and for the purposes specified, and as illustrated in the drawings. ¶
(Specification, 3s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 23052.—26th June, 1907.—FREDERICK HAMILTON JACKSON, of New Plymouth, New Zealand, Ironmonger, and RICHARD PIERCE, of Bell Block, near New Plymouth, New Zealand, Blacksmith. Improvements in windmills.*

Claim.—Means for actuating windmills, consisting of a rectangular frame secured upon a shaft extending centrally across the frame, and sheets of metal secured one on each side of the frame and extending across it at reverse diagonal angles to each other, such sheets also extending outwards from the frame in a plane at right angles to its surface, substantially as specified.
(Specification, 2s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 23152.—18th July, 1907.—ANDREW EDWARD CALLOW, of Doveton Street, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, Veterinary Surgeon. Improvements in staples.*

Extract from Specification.—I make my staples with points formed with a curve which extends upwards from the side to which the curl is to be. This curve forms the point-tip, and extends to a suitable height, as will be further explained. Each limb is provided with barb-cuts, or suitable indentations on the side to which the curl is to occur (or the opposite side), as in an obliquely downward or suitable direction; at each or some of the cuts part of the metal is forced outward.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 5s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 23225.—27th July, 1907.—PAUL BOCK, of Custom Street West, Auckland, New Zealand, Manufacturing Chemist. An improved means of supporting cartons and other boxes on window display-cards.*

Claims.—(1.) The improved means for supporting cartons and other boxes upon window display-cards, the same consisting of a number of tags upon the front surface of the card, and so arranged and disposed as to be capable of passing into the back folds of the cartons to be supported, substantially as specified. (2.) In the means for supporting cartons and other boxes on window display-cards claimed in claim 1, forming the tags by cutting out approximately shaped portions of the card and bending such portions slightly outward from the surface of the card, substantially as specified.
(Specification, 1s. 9d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 23275.—7th August, 1907.—P. AND D. DUNCAN, LIMITED, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineers (the assignees of James Keir, of Sydenham, Canterbury, New Zealand, Engineer). Improvement in turnip cutters and slicers.*

Claims.—(1.) A revolving spider carrying steel blades and having projecting knives attached to them, as and for the purposes described. (2.) The combination of a revolving spider carrying adjustable steel blades, with an adjustable back plate for cutting different thicknesses of slices, as described, and illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 1s. 3d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 23606.—17th October, 1907.—WESTERN MILL AND MACHINE COMPANY, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of California, United States of America, and doing business on Synder Street, at Fifth, West Berkeley, Alameda, California, United States of America (the assignees of George Clark Richards, of 1417 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Miner). Combined stamp and grinding mill.

Claims.—(1.) A stamp mill having, in combination, a rotary pan, said pan having a trough the outer wall of which is provided with openings for the delivery of crushed material and the inner wall forming a central cone, a driving-shaft passing through the centre of said cone and fixed to said cone, a series of successively arranged die-members in said trough, a stamp-member, a fixed support for the stamp-member, and means forming a horizontal hinge about which said stamp-member may rise and fall to engage successive of said die-members. (2.) In a stamp mill, the combination of a rotary pan having an annular trough, one wall of which is provided with delivery-openings and the opposite wall forming a central cone, a drive-shaft passing through and fixed to said cone, a series of die-members successively arranged in said trough, a stamp-member hingedly mounted and capable of substantially trailing over said die-members, and means carried by the pan and independent of the die-members for raising the stamp-member and then allowing it to drop upon a die-member. (3.) In a stamp mill, the combination of a rotary pan provided with an annular series of successively arranged die-members having inclined faces, a stamp-member hingedly mounted and adapted to substantially trail over the inclined faces of said die-members, and means for vertically elevating the stamp-member as it is about to leave the face of one die-member, said elevating-means releasing the stamp-member substantially co-ordinate with its arrival over a succeeding die-member. (4.) In a stamp mill, the combination of a rotary pan having an annular series of successively arranged die-members provided with inclined faces, a stamp-member hingedly mounted and capable of substantially trailing over the inclined faces of said die-members, and means including a cam and a contact member between the pan and the stamp-member, said means elevating the stamp-member as it is about to leave the inclined face of one die-member, and said elevating-means releasing the engaged stamp-member substantially co-ordinate with the arrival of the latter over a succeeding die-member. (5.) In a stamp mill, a mortar, a shaft about which the mortar is revoluble, a turntable free to turn about the shaft and supporting the mortar, said turntable comprising conical rollers on radial rods, and means for radially adjusting the individual rollers, and a track for the rollers to run on. (6.) In a stamp mill, a rotary mortar and a turntable therefor, said turntable comprising a hub portion, spokes secured to the hub, conical rollers on the spokes, a sectional rim secured to the outer ends of the spokes, the sections of the rim being movable to permit adjustment lengthwise of the rollers on the spokes, and a track on which the rollers run. (7.) In a stamp mill, a rotary mortar having openings in the outer wall for the delivery of crushed material, dies in the mortar, means to revolve the mortar, stamps and stamp-stems, arms hinged to fixed supports in which the stems are adjustable, rollers on the arms, and cams on the mortar engaging the rollers to lift the stamps. (8.) In a stamp-mill, the combination of a rotary mortar, a turntable on which the mortar is supported, dies in the mortar arranged in an annular series, a corresponding series of stamps arranged to trail over the dies, said stamps carried on angular stems, arms in which said stems are vertically adjustable, collars in which said arms are pivoted, stanchions on which said collars are vertically adjustable, co-operating means on the mortar and arms to raise the stamps, and flexible connections suspended from an overhead support engageable with projections on the arms for hanging up the stamps.
(Specification, 6s. 6d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 23647.—23rd October, 1907.—JAMES WILLIAM BUTTERWORTH, of Stanley Street, Richmond, near Auckland, New Zealand, Pattern-maker. An improved automatic electric fire-alarm.*

Extract from Specification.—This invention relates to automatic fire-alarms, and it provides for the automatic sounding of an electric bell or bells, which are connected by wires to a metal tube closed at bottom end and containing mercury; one of the wires forming the bell-circuit is connected direct on to the metal of the tube, the other wire of the circuit is insulated from the body of the tube by passing through a plug of suitable insulating-material containing an expansion-chamber, which is fitted in top of tube, the complete circuit