JULY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1875

lower roller, and means whereby a stream of water under high pressure may be led on to the periphery of the lower roller at the point of the depression therein, substantially as specified.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawing, ls.)

charts, a chart for cutting out skirts having marks or lines thereon indicating the line of folds in the skirt-material to produce varying forms of pleats, substantially as specified.
(3.) In dress-cutting charts, charts for cutting out loose-fitting blouses, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.; drawing, ls.)

No. 23049.-26th June, 1907.-AUGUSTE JOSEPH FRANCOIS DE BAVAY, of “Florimel,” Gellibrand Street, Kew, Victoria, Australia, Brewer and Chemist. Improved process for separating parts of the constituents of ores from the remainder thereof.*

Claim.—In a process for separating parts of the constituents of ores from the remainder thereof, removing the film of air or preventing its formation from or upon the metal or metallic particles thereof by the addition to the water used in the process of concentration of a weak solution of a chemical having great affinity for oxygen, substantially as described.
(Specification, ls. 6d.)

No. 23368.-24th August, 1907.-NICHOLAS OLSEN, of West Plains, Otago, New Zealand, Labourer. Improvements in draught-regulating appliances for fireplaces and the like.*

Claims.—(1.) A draught-regulating appliance comprising a plate adapted to enclose the front of an ordinary fireplace, an opening in the lower part of the plate, vertical guides at the sides of the opening, a damper sliding in the guides, and spring catches for securing the damper at any desired position, substantially as described. (2.) A draught-regulating appliance constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as described.
(Specification, ls. 6d.; drawing, ls.)

No. 23055.-2nd July, 1906.-WILLIAM HENRY HOOPER, of No. 28, South Side Avenue, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Inventor. Improvements in boot-treeing machines.

[NOTE.—This is an application under section 106 of the Act, the date given being the official date of the application in the United States of America.]

Extract from Specification.—This invention relates to a boot-and shoe-treeing machine having one or more expansible boot-trees, said trees being movably mounted to permit them to be brought into working-position relative to the operative as may be desired. One of the features of this invention is the provision of suitable and novel means for expanding each tree and to permit the expanded tree to be moved without substantial change in its alignment into a lower position while bringing another into an elevated position, thereby to present one tree and its shoe to the operative for work thereon or for manipulating the shoe-carrier, thereby contradistinguished from swinging said tree in a horizontal plane as heretofore generally practised. This invention also contemplates a novel construction of boot-tree, also of a boot-tree foot, provided with a separable fore part and sole, which preferably are separated by the expansion of the tree, thereby to expand the foot or toe of a shoe in a direction from top to bottom thereof or perpendicularly to the sole-face. This invention, furthermore, provides for a gradual contraction of the expanded tree, thereby preventing distortion or wrinkling of the dressed surface of a shoe or boot mounted thereon, and avoiding injurious effects upon the tree or its mechanism incident to a sudden collapse or recovery of the tree-parts as in previous machines. This result may be conveniently attained by means of a retarding-device, preferably a dash-pot connected with the expanding-devices of the tree, and adapted to control the movements thereof as desired. [NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

(Specification, £1 10s.; drawing, 8s.)

No. 23148.-18th July, 1907.-EDMUND FROST, of Dunkeld, Victoria, Australia, Saddler. Improvements in riding-saddles and the like.*

Claims.—(1.) The improved means—a very thick sheet of woollen felt underneath the outside leather saddle-seat covering sewn upon the ordinary web. (2.) In means—riveted saddle-skirts upon the leather-seat covering, as specified and illustrated in drawings. (3.) The application, arrangements, and combination of the various parts specified, for the purpose set forth, as described and illustrated.
(Specification, 2s.; drawing, ls.)

No. 23356.-23rd August, 1907.–CATHERINE MACKAY STEWART, of Wellington, New Zealand (nominee of Emily Langer, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Instructor of Dress-cutting). Improvements in dress-cutting charts.*

Claims.—(1.) In dress-cutting charts, a chart for cutting out skirts having marks or lines thereon indicating the position of gores, substantially as specified. (2.) In dress-cutting

No. 23369.-27th August, 1907.-JAMES DOUGALD McLAURIN, of Pohangina, New Zealand, Carpenter. An improved brand for meat, &c.*

Claims.—(1.) A brand for carcases consisting of a frame adapted to envelope the carcase, and provided on its inside with a number of brands adapted to be heated by the passage of an electric current through them. (2.) A brand for carcases comprised by a frame having springy lateral members, vertical plates carried by the lateral members and adjustable laterally thereon, a number of metal brands secured upon each plate and adjustable vertically thereon, and means whereby an electric current may be sent simultaneously through all the brands, substantially as specified. (3.) A brand for carcases comprised by a frame adapted to be suspended, and consisting of two portions hinged together, having springy lateral members, a vertical plate carried by each portion and adjustable laterally upon the springy members thereof, a number of metal brands secured upon each plate and adjustable vertically thereon, and means whereby an electric current may be sent simultaneously through all the brands, substantially as specified. (4.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts in my improved brand for meat, &c., substantially as described and explained, as illustrated in the drawings, and for the several purposes set forth.

(Specification, 4s.; drawing, ls.)

No. 23394.-26th August, 1907.-GUGLIELMO (WILLIAM) LIZZANI, of High Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Expert Billiard-table Manufacturer. Improvements in converting billiard-tables to dining-tables, and vice versa.*

Claims.—(1.) In tables that may be converted into either dining or billiard tables, with their differences in height, a table having hinged flaps or blocks of the required height that engage ledges when raised or pass them when being lowered, with pins to prevent the displacement of the table, and a cord to guide the said blocks when needed, all substantially as shown, and as described, and as illustrated in the drawing. (2.) In combination, in tables that may be used as billiard or as dining tables, adjusting screws placed between the hinged raising-blocks and the ledges that they rest on, with a cord to each raising-block, and steady-pins to prevent the rising and falling top from being displaced, all substantially as set forth.

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

No. 23492.-19th September, 1907.-THE UNITED STATES AUTOMATIC BOX MACHINERY COMPANY, carrying on business as manufacturers at 201 Sudbury Building, Sudbury Street, in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (assignees of William Charles Baxter, of Bridgewater, in the State of Massachusetts aforesaid, Designer). An improved machine for making paper boxes.

Extract from Specification.—The present invention pertains to devices operating in conjunction with the progressively