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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 61

No. 24560.—25th June, 1908.—WILLIAM L. IMLAY, of Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Gentleman. Lixiviator.

Claims.—(1.) In a lixiviator, a series of troughs adjustably mounted, each upon a lower level than the preceding one, and each provided with a receiving-basin and a delivering-lip, means for supporting said troughs in an adjustable manner, means for delivering the contents of said basin upon said trough, means for warming the contents of said basin and for imparting a vibrating motion to said troughs, for the purpose set forth. [Here follow fourteen other claims.]
(Specification, 7s. 6d. ; drawing, 2s.)

No. 24568.—26th June, 1908.—FREDERICK CHARLES THOMPSON, of 149 Chester Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Inventor. Improvements in indicating and displaying devices.

Claim.—(1.) In a device of the class described, the combination with the two horizontal rollers upon which the strip is wound of a spool rigidly secured to one end of each roller, a cord having one end attached to and wound upon one of the spools in a direction opposite to that in which the strip is wound upon the attached roller, a cord having one end attached to and wound upon the other spool in a direction opposite to that in which the strip is wound upon the attached roller, a vertical slot formed in the case of the device, a slidable member mounted in and adapted to traverse such vertical slot and having an inwardly projecting portion to which the free ends of the cords are attached, and having a handle projecting on the outside of the case by means of which the device is operated, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. [Here follow three other claims.]
(Specification, 10s. ; drawing, 2s.)

No. 24569.—26th June, 1908.—WALTER ROWBOTHAM, of 24 Windsor Avenue, Westmount, Quebec, Canada. Carpet-cleaners.

Extract from Specification.—The apparatus consists essentially of a fan or blower driven from the wheels upon which the device runs, said fan being adapted to force a jet of air downwardly upon the carpet for the purpose of stirring up the dust within same, and then to draw said dust or like substances by suction into a suitable receptacle adapted to contain same.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 5s. ; drawing, 2s.)

No. 24570.—26th June, 1908.—RUSSEL B. SIGAFOOS, residing at 1305, 17th Avenue, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Mining Engineer. A rotary tunnelling-machine.

Extract from Specification.—My invention relates to improvements in tunnelling-machines, and the objects of my invention are: First, to provide a rotary tunnel-machine adapted to automatically feed into the breast of a tunnel as fast as it cuts into rock, and to automatically feed forward and backward. Second, to provide a rotary tunnel-machine with a plurality of reciprocating cutter-heads provided with a plurality of independent rock-cutting lips. Third, to provide a rotary tunnel-machine provided with a plurality of reciprocating rotary cutter-heads adapted to strike spirally twisting blows. Fourth, to provide a rotary tunnel-cutting machine adapted to discharge jets of water throughout the circumference of its rock-cutting area. Fifth, to provide a rotary tunnel-machine provided with a plurality of independent rotating and spirally striking cutter-heads, arranged and adapted to permit any one or predetermined number of said cutter-heads to be adjusted to strike blows of differential force. Sixth, to provide a rotary tunnel-cutting machine provided with an automatic adjustable feeding mechanism that will feed the machine forward in any predetermined curved path as it cuts its way into rock. And, seventh, to provide a thoroughly practical, reliable, operating, and durable rock tunnel-cutting machine that requires but little power to operate it, and that is adapted to all characters of railroad, mine, canal, and irrigation-ditch rock-tunnel work.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, £2 ; drawing, 4s.)

No. 24573.—26th June, 1908.—RICHARD WARNE MCNICOLL, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Manufacturing Jeweller. An improved cake-cooler.

Claim.—A utensil of the kind set forth, comprising a frame having air-inlets, a fabric cover integral with or secured to the said frame, substantially as described.
(Specification, 1s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 24584.—27th June, 1908.—SAMUEL EDWARD WHITER, of Mount Roskill, near Auckland, New Zealand, Concrete-block Maker. An improved roofing-tile.

Claims.—(1.) An improved roofing-tile constructed by pressing between plates or dies of the design and shape shown by Figs. 1 and 2 a mixture of powdered pumice, hydraulic lime, or cement and water in the proportions of from three to five parts of powdered pumice to one part of hydraulic lime or cement, with sufficient water to form a moderately stiff pulp, said pulpy mixture being further combined with Medusa water-proof compound, in the proportions of from three to five parts of said pulpy mixture to one of Medusa waterproof compound, said tile being then dipped in petrified liquid and cured, all for the purpose above set forth, substantially as described and as illustrated by the drawings. (2.) The arrangement, composition, construction, and combination of an improved roofing-tile made from a mixture of powdered pumice with hydraulic lime or cement and water in the proportions of from three to five parts of powdered pumice to one of lime or cement, with sufficient water to form a moderately stiff pulp, said pulpy mixture being combined with Medusa waterproof compound, in the proportions of from three to five parts of the aforesaid pulpy mixture to one part of the said Medusa waterproof compound, all for the purposes above set forth, substantially as described and as illustrated by the drawings.
(Specification, 3s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 24586.—30th June, 1908.—HENRY ALBERT LOGAN, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Cabinetmaker. Improved means for operating the adjustable tops of combined billiard and dining tables.

Claims.—(1.) In means for operating the adjustable tops of combined billiard and dining tables characterized by the use of rotatable eccentric cams having their peripheries flattened at the points of their maximum radii, loosely mounting such cams upon the shafts extending across beneath the table-top, and providing them with weights that will serve to keep them normally in such a position that their major axes will be vertical and the flattened portions of their edges upmost, substantially as specified. (2.) In the means for operating the adjustable tops of combined billiard and dining tables described in claim 1, rigidly connecting together the cams on each shaft, and providing them with means whereby they may be rotated on their shafts a sufficient amount to cause them to lie beneath the level of the side rails of the table, substantially as specified. (3.) The improved means for operating the adjustable tops of combined billiard and dining tables, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 3s. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 24587.—30th June, 1908.—WILLIAM LAVERY OLDMAN, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Wool-classer. Improvement in men’s braces.

Claim.—In braces, the combination with the shoulder-straps and a pair of button-tabs of a pulley-block carrying three pulleys arranged one above the other, and over the bottom one of which the tab-connection is passed, and an endless cord threaded through the back ends of the shoulder-straps and passed around beneath the respective upper two of such pulleys, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
(Specification, 1s. 6d. ; drawing, 1s.)