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(2.) In a trap, a pair of footplates hinged to a frame, which is normally about level, and retains (by means of a catch) the trap in its set position, the parts being so arranged that when sprung the footplates have first a downward swing on a pivot common to both of them, and next an upward and opposite outward swing to allow the gripping-arms of the trap to rise between them, substantially as described and shown.

(3.) The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts forming my improved trap to catch and kill wild animals without torturing them, substantially as described and shown.

(Specification, 2s. 9d.; 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,
Deputy Registrar.

Provisional Specifications accepted.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 21st January, 1908.

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

No. 23613.—W. Gale and L. Gunther, chaff-cutter knife.

No. 23670.—A. C. Watson, swingletree-end.

No. 23719.—L. Taylor and A. C. Gardiner, milk-cooler.

No. 23720.—H. B. Chapman, basket-carrier.

No. 23721.—W. G. Richardson, cattle-food preparation from Phormium tenax.

No. 23728.—C. E. Keast, horse-gag.

No. 23729.—J. H. Willson, gate-hinge.

No. 23732.—T. Cree, screwdriver.

No. 23734.—J. Houston, trolley-head.

No. 23737.—C. E. Turner, picture-frame attachment.

No. 23739.—H. L. Davis and E. Wood, mariners’ compass. (A. F. Smith.)

No. 23741.—E. Moss and E. F. Dombrain, heat-indicator for baled goods.

No. 23744.—T. D. Sinclair, internal-combustion engine.

No. 23749.—J. S. Dreadon, grindstone.

No. 23751.—A. Storrie, agricultural implement.

No. 23754.—F. R. Simmonds and W. Seifert, flax-feeder, &c.

No. 23755.—F. R. Simmonds and W. Seifert, flax-stripper.

No. 23760.—W. Cusick, assisting children to walk.

No. 23761.—G. P. van Wye, vacuum insulated bottle and casing.

No. 23763.—W. Steele, shaft attachment to trucks, &c.

No. 23765.—J. R. Patterson, sheep-shears.

No. 23771.—H. P. Rasmussen, electrical insulating composition.

No. 23774.—J. Thomson, tire.

No. 23776.—E. J. Chilton, preventing candles from guttering.

No. 23777.—R. M. Smith, drainage-pipe.

No. 23786.—J. Betty, dust, &c., excluder.

No. 23787.—W. Clark, gum-boot sole.

No. 23802.—R. Muir, chair.

No. 23811.—United Shoe Machinery Company, in-seam-trimming machine. (A. Bates.)

No. 23851.—H. R. Radford, egg-carrier.

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 9th to the 21st January, 1908, inclusive:—

Nil.

Letters Patent on which Fees have been paid.

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

SECOND-TERM FEES.

NO. 17464.—De B. and F. I. de Lisle, and E. T. Luttrell, branding-composition. 8th January, 1908.

No. 17469.—W. F. Young, gaslight heater. 8th January, 1908.

No. 17511.—H. Marshall and J. Maton, lamp. 15th January, 1908.

No. 19090.—A. L. Johnson, corrugated bar. 9th January, 1908.

THIRD-TERM FEES.

No. 13318.—J. N. Clapham, rein-holder and wheel-stop. 8th January, 1908.

No. 13355.—C. A. Parsons, screw propeller. 8th January, 1908.

Subsequent Proprietors of Letters Patent registered.

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

NO. 19916.—Weber Steel-Concrete Chimney Company, Limited, of Queen Anne’s Chambers, Broadway, Westminster, London, England. Chimney. [C. Weber—J. R. Park—C. Weber.] 20th January, 1907.

No. 20046.—Synoloids Limited, of 85 Gracechurch Street, London, E.C., England. Printing and developing photographs on silver-chloride paper. [H. J. Mallabar.] 20th January, 1908.

No. 21075.—Arthur Frederick Ray, of Hobart, in the State of Tasmania, Boot-manufacturer, registered as proprietor of one-third share. Boot-upper. [W. Pilgrim, A. Liddell, and W. Dimmick.] 21st January, 1908.

No. 21290.—Youla Wools (New Zealand), Limited, of 159 Victoria Street, Westminster, in the County of London, England, registered as licensees of the sole, full, and exclusive rights and license to use and exercise the invention in the Dominion of New Zealand for the purposes and upon the conditions set out in the deed of license. Separating dirt from cotton-waste. [W. Youlten.] 10th January, 1908.

No. 21462.—The following entry has been made in the Register of Patents against Letters Patent No. 21462, A. W. H. Vivian, artificial fuel: “By an indenture dated the 10th May, 1905 (a copy of which has this 8th day of January, 1908, been left at the Patent Office), between Avando Warren Hussey Vivian, of 108 Hop Exchange, London, England (hereinafter called ‘the vendor’), and Edwin Wood, of 231 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria (hereinafter called ‘the purchaser’), the vendor, inter alia, covenants with the purchaser to impart to him a process or processes for the manufacture of an article called ‘Vaincre Composite Fuel,’ and any improvement he may discover or become acquainted with in connection with such process, and to execute and sign all such deeds, agreements, and documents, and to do all such acts and things as may be necessary or desirable for assuring to and vesting in the said Edwin Wood the sole and exclusive right to use the said secret process or processes in the Commonwealth of Australia and Dominion of New Zealand, and the sole and exclusive right there to sell articles manufactured by or with the use of the said process or processes, all as fully set forth, and subject to the considerations in said indenture, in which it is also declared that the purchaser, his executors, administrators, and assigns shall have full and free liberty to use, sell, grant licenses, or otherwise deal with the said process or processes in the said Commonwealth and Dominion.”

No. 21462.—The following entry has been made on the Register of Patents against Letters Patent No. 21462, A. W. H. Vivian, artificial fuel: “By deed dated the 27th December, 1907 (a copy of which has been left at the Patent Office on the 8th January, 1908), Edwin Wood, of 231 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia, Manufacturer’s Agent, grants to the Vivian Briquette and Coal Company, Limited, a company duly registered in the Dominion of New Zealand under ‘The Companies Act, 1903,’ full and exclusive and irrevocable license to use the said process and manufacture and sell articles manufactured under the said Letters patent in the Dominion of New Zealand during the residue now unexpired of the term for which the said Letters patent were granted, and during any prolongation or extension thereof, upon the terms and conditions set out in the deed.”

No. 21772.—The Dental Protective Supply Company of the United States, a corporation of the State of Illinois,