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Complete Specifications filed after Provisionals.

LIST of complete specifications filed after provisional specifications, from the 23rd February to the 8th March, 1909, inclusive:—

No. 24327.—United Shoe Machinery Company, shoe-upper lacing-machine. (H. E. Enslin.)

No. 24430.—W. J. Blair, acetylene-generator.

No. 24446.—P. R. Robb and G. A. Birch, pocket-candle case.

No. 24451.—United Shoe Machinery Company, welt-slitting mechanism. (E. E. Winkley and J. T. McIsaac.)

No. 24454.—H. I. M. Ross, double-current ventilator.

No. 24462.—H. W. McDonnell and A. G. R. Williams, lubricator.

No. 24463.—E. D. Berry, skim-milk distributor.

No. 24465.—J. M. Willetts, chaff cutter and bagger.

No. 24508.—J. Patchett, threshing-machine.

No. 24557.—United Shoe Machinery Company, sole-levelling machine. (E. E. Winkley.)

No. 24558.—United Shoe Machinery Company, vamp-trimmer. (J. B. Hadaway.)

No. 24561.—C. M. Graham, insulator.

No. 24564.—C. M. Graham, insulator-support.

No. 24713.—F. Dando, game.

No. 25127.—J. C. Koller, ore-treatment.

No. 25160.—J. C. Russell and A. F. Lord, electric conductor splicing-ear.

No. 25165.—J. C. Russell and A. F. Lord, section insulator for electric tramway.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 10th March, 1909.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the undermentioned applications for Letters Patent have been accepted, and are open to public inspection at this office. Any person may, at any time within two months from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing of opposition to the grant of any such patent. Such notice must set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be in duplicate. A fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

No. 23765.—27th November, 1907.—JAMES ROBERT PATERSON, of Wellington, New Zealand. Improved means for actuating machine sheep-shears.*

Claim.—Means for actuating machine sheep-shears, the same consisting in the combination with a pivoted cutter-bar having a forked extension upon its rear end, of a turbine engine arranged in the handle of the machine with its power-shaft arranged longitudinally in line with the cutter-bar, and provided with a crank or eccentric pin upon its forward end fitting between the forks on the rear end of the cutter-bar, substantially as specified.

(Specification, 4s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 24067.—28th February, 1908.—WILLIAM EDWARD KINNERNEY, of Timaru, New Zealand, Solicitor. An improved method of extinguishing outbreaks of fire in buildings, ships, or the like.*

Claims.—(1.) In fire-extinguishing systems of the class referred to, the storage of a volatile gas having fire-extinction properties within the system of pipes employed, and adapted to be automatically or mechanically discharged therefrom, substantially as described. (2.) In fire-extinguishing systems of the class referred to, means for the automatic discharge of the fire-extinguishing medium from the pipe system, consisting in the use of an explosive contained within the sealing-plugs and adapted to be exploded when desired, substantially as specified.

(Specification, 4s.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 24073.—27th February, 1908.—HILARY QUERTIER, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. Seat, berth, room, and table indicator.*

Claims.—(1.) In apparatus of the kind described, an electrical transmitter marked with numerals, and having an attached card correspondingly marked, and an indicator also similarly marked and electrically connected to the transmitter, substantially as set forth. (2.) In apparatus of the kind described, an electrical transmitter marked with numerals and having an attached card correspondingly marked, an indicator also similarly marked, a spindle traversing the transmitter and electrically connected to the indicator, a spring handle secured to the spindle, contact-points on the transmitter corresponding to the numerals and electrically connected to the indicator, substantially as set forth. (3.) In a transmitter as claimed in claim 2, the employment of a handle, terminals, and numerals upon each side of the transmitter, substantially as set forth. (4.) In apparatus of the kind described, an electrical transmitter marked with numerals, an indicator also similarly marked and electrically connected to the transmitter by insulated wires, whereby the transmitter is suspended, substantially as set forth. (5.) In apparatus of the kind described, a transmitter having numbered contact-buttons located opposite the names of articles required by an operator, a pointer adapted to be placed opposite each name and to be pressed against the buttons, substantially as set forth. (6.) In apparatus of the kind described, an electric switch operable by the depression of a spring seat, and momentarily closing an electric circuit, substantially as set forth. (7.) In apparatus of the kind described, an electric switch operable by the vertical movement of a spring seat for momentarily closing an electrical circuit upon the downward movement and reversing the current on the upward movement of the seat, substantially as set forth. (8.) In apparatus of the kind described, an electric switch operable by the insertion of a ticket for the purpose of breaking an electric circuit, substantially as set forth.

(Specification, 7s. 6d.; drawing, 3s.)

No. 24116.—11th March, 1908.—JOHN HAROLD HUTCHINSON, of Queen’s Avenue, off Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements in means for transporting merchandise and other material.*

Extract from Specification.—My invention broadly consists in—(1) Placing the supporting rollers in pairs, or, vice versa, placing the supporting bearings in pairs; (2) constructing a wagon with means for the gravitation therefrom of the subsidiary bottom or receptacle when released; (3) supporting a subsidiary bottom on rollers attached to its under-side, throughout the area intermediate to the outer rollers; (4) providing the subsidiary bottoms with adjustable means for their conversion to tipping purposes; (5) auxiliary supports for the overhanging ends or sides of a vehicle when about to have the subsidiary bottom pivoted above for tipping; (6) applying compression-trusses to a subsidiary bottom for strengthening purposes; (7) constructing the subsidiary bottoms or the like on T (tee) or angle bars in combination with rollers; (8) an automatic link and pin locking-device for securing the subsidiary bottoms to the under-vehicle; (9) auxiliary vehicles for removing the empty subsidiary bottoms; (10) portable stagings for receiving the subsidiary bottoms; (11) adaptable subsidiary bottoms for traversing the curves of an incline; (12) an auxiliary height-restoring device for raising the back end of a vehicle (having its load supported on springs) in order to discharge a subsidiary bottom.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

(Specification, 14s. 6d.; drawing, 2s.)

No. 24155.—20th March, 1908.—JOHN ADAM BERG, of No. 22 George Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Coachsmith. An improved steel-frame gig.*

Claim.—The improvement in shortening the side frame as seen at Fig. 2 AAE to that of Fig. 1 AA that runs from front Al to the back of frame AA2 and connects with the side springs BB, and thereby riding stiff, and also of fixing a span iron and cross spring to connect themselves to side springs BB, and thereby give the gig the novelty of riding more easy and comfortable and balance better.

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

No. 24224.—4th April, 1908.—CHARLES SUTTIE, of Waharoa, New Zealand, Flaxmiller, and MONTAGUE HARRISON WYNYARD, of Auckland, New Zealand, Solicitor. Improved means of treating New Zealand flax and the like after washing.*

Claims.—(1.) The combination of an endless travelling tensioned conveyor-band with a hot-air chamber, an opening into and an outlet from such chamber through which the conveyor-band passes, and a series of grooved or flanged pulleys mounted on axes within such chamber to give a