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fastening same with metal hook fasteners, substantially as set forth. (3.) Securing the tops of bales of wool by temporarily securing the sides of the woolpack and the loose top with forks having curved teeth, folding over opposite pairs of the flaps after the monkey-plate of the press is raised, and securing the bale with metal hook fasteners, substantially as set forth. (4.) In the securing of tops of bales of wool, the use of hook fasteners adapted to receive a selvage edge of the woolpack, substantially as set forth. (5.) In the securing of tops of bales of wool, the use of hooks consisting of an approximately U-shaped piece of wire bent back twice, and having projecting points, substantially as set forth.

(Specification, 3s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 25129.—27th October, 1908.—JOHN MASON, Gentleman, of Sebastopole, Sonoma, California, United States of America. Improvements in gate-latches.

Claims.—(1.) In a gate, the combination with a latch, of a convexed plate having a convergent notch in the lower surface to receive the latch, a plate fixed to the gate-post having segmental slots contiguous to its opposite edges, pins projecting from the convexed plate and movable loosely in said slots, and a guard-plate carried by said slotted plate, having one portion to project in front of the catch and having another portion to extend up in rear of the slotted plate. (2.) The combination with a latch, of a catch having a convexed lower surface and a convergent notch in the bottom and centre to engage the latch, a plate having segmental slots at opposite edges, pins projecting from the catch and movable loosely within said slots, and a guard-plate extending downwardly outside of the catch, said guard-plate being bent, having one portion to extend down over the front of the catch, and having another portion extending to the rear of the slotted plate and upwardly along the same, and secured to said plate. (3.) In a latching-device for gates, a latch-piece carried upon the outer swinging gate-post, a plate having segmental slots near its edges, means for securing said plate to the fixed post near which the gate swings, said plate having vertical channels made in the rear face and opening through the plate from the bottom of said channels, a catch having a notch in the lower part with which the latch is engageable, pins extending into the curved slots of the fixed plate, about which pins the catch is tiltable, and a guard-plate having the lower part extending in front of the catch, thence bent inwardly and having arms extending through the openings in the fixed plate and upwardly within the channels thereof.

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

No. 25132.—24th October, 1908.—JAMES DOWSON JACKSON, Plumber, of 10 Green Street, Windsor, Victoria, Australia, and JOHN THOMAS METTERS and CHARLES HENRY METTERS, Stove-manufacturers, both of 229 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria aforesaid. Improvements in gas cooking-stoves.

Claims.—(1.) In improvements in gas cooking-stoves, means for passing downwardly and around an oven the heated fumes from a burner, or directing said fumes to a small extent of the stove-top, or confining said fumes in their range to the whole of said top as or when necessity so demands, substantially as specified. (2.) In improvements in gas cooking-stoves, means for instantly conserving as or when desired the heated fumes from a burner within a flame-chamber, or within a top flue, or causing said heated fumes to envelope an oven by travelling downwardly and around the same, and means for allowing accidental explosion to find vent in the stove-ends, substantially as specified.

[NOTE.—Here follow ten other claims.]

(Specification, 9s. 6d.; 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, 25th November, 1908.

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

No. 25019.—J. Brenan, vehicle under-carriage.

No. 25099.—W. Burrell, rabbit-crate.

No. 25118.—S. D. McMiken, metallurgical furnace.

No. 25131.—C. R. H. Neich and L. Mossong, reversible carriage-seat.

No. 25133.—E. W. Coleman, driving-gear.

No. 25137.—J. O. Suckling, flushing mechanism for water-closets.

No. 25138.—W. Carr and A. Spooner, power-transmission.

No. 25153.—W. V. Page, attaching labels to fabrics.

No. 25155.—P. Dow, distance-measurer for bowls.

No. 25159.—A. E. Johnson and W. B. Bailey, ink.

No. 25160.—J. C. Russell and A. F. Lord, splicing-ear for electricity-conductors.

No. 25161.—W. H. Anscombe, wire-splice shield.

No. 25164.—J. A. Paterson, hydrocarbon-gas production.

No. 25165.—J. C. Russell and A. F. Lord, tramway-insulator.

No. 25167.—H. Smart, spouting-bracket.

No. 25171.—J. Macmeikan, cool chamber. (R. Rayson.)

No. 25179.—G. Nelson, refrigerator.

No. 25181.—H. A. Fox, enclosure-indicator for mail matter.

No. 25182.—R. R. Dowden and J. S. Clark, registering weight of milk, &c.

No. 25185.—J. Gray, spring-tine cultivator.

No. 25188.—V. M. Stewart, table-game apparatus.

No. 25193.—E. C. Austin, foresight for spirit-level.

No. 25199.—United Shoe Machinery Company, heel-nailing machine. (E. A. Webster.)

No. 25200.—United Shoe Machinery Company, resurfacing bed of press. (A. Bates.)

No. 25201.—United Shoe Machinery Company, controlling tool and work. (F. B. Keall.)

No. 25204.—United Shoe Machinery Company, lasting-machine. (M. Brock.)

No. 25205.—A. H. Wright, advertising, &c., display-sheet apparatus.

No. 25207.—F. Stubbs, draw-off pipe apparatus.

No. 25225.—F. Owen, oven-shelf.

[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 7th to the 21st November, 1908, inclusive:—

No. 23217.—F. R. Simmonds, washing flax, &c.

No. 23223.—A. Campbell, fencing-standard.

No. 23241.—H. S. McCully, bird-trap.

No. 23264.—T. B. Murray, fastening for scaffold-building.

No. 23532.—M. Ruping, impregnating wood, &c.

No. 23683.—S. J. Phillips, cutting and cauterising device.

No. 23718.—P. Boll and R. Falkiner, sheep-shearing machine driving-mechanism.

No. 23775.—J. Slater, signal flag.

No. 23935.—I. R. Jensen and T. Jeffrey, flooring-compound.

No. 24209.—A. J. Stieber, swing-chair.

No. 24589.—W. and J. E. Hardwick, horse-collar.

No. 24613.—A. R. Rann and H. Collins, curtain-raising, &c., apparatus.

No. 24614.—W. Turnbull, water-closet, &c., flusher.

No. 24668.—F. Wright, hat-manufacture.

Letters Patent on which Fees have been paid.

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

SECOND-TERM FEES.

No. 18461.—F. R. Hyde, acetylene gas generator. 14th November, 1908.

No. 18804.—E. C. Blackstone and R. E. Watts, swath-turner. 21st November, 1908.

No. 18818.—A. Z. Clark, ore-treatment. 18th November, 1908.

No. 18821.—H. H. Nicholson, bird-trap. 10th November, 1908.

No. 18859.—T. Gare, wood, &c., treatment. 18th November, 1908.