MAY 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1275

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 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. 23932.—24th January, 1908.—JAMES SHIELS, Post-office Box 38, Milton, Otago, New Zealand, Flax-mill Owner. Improvements in machinery for treating flax.*

Claims.—(1.) In a flax-dressing machine, means for conveying flax from a stripper to a washer, comprising arms attached to discs operated by mutilated gearing whereby one arm is made to overtake another during their rotation, substantially as set forth. (2.) In a flax-dressing machine, means for conveying flax from a stripper to a washer, comprising arms attached to discs operated by mutilated gearing and Geneva stops, substantially as set forth. (3.) In a flax-dressing machine, means for conveying flax from a stripper to a washer, comprising gripping-arms pivoted to discs operated by mutilated gearing, and supporting-arms for lowering the gripping-arms, substantially as set forth. (4.) In a flax-dressing machine, means for conveying flax from a stripper to a washer, comprising a shaft, mutilated toothed wheels fixed to the shaft, a toothed pinion driving the mutilated wheel, Geneva stops controlling the shaft, a sleeve fitting the shaft, a mutilated wheel fixed to the sleeve, a toothed pinion driving the mutilated wheel, Geneva stops controlling the sleeve, a disc fixed to the shaft and carrying a pair of arms, and a disc fixed to the sleeve and carrying an opposing pair of arms, substantially as set forth.

[NOTE.—Here follow nine other claims.]
(Specification, 17s. 6d. ; drawing, 4s.)

No. 23982.—4th February, 1908.—WILLIAM CHALMERS, of Purekireki, Owaka, New Zealand, Farmer. Improved force-feed lubricator.

Claims.—(1.) In lubricating-cups, a combined plug and cover that can be used for forcing a portion of the lubricant into a bearing as needed, substantially as shown on the drawing, and as described and as explained. (2.) A lubricating-cup having a cover so arranged that the said cover is capable of being screwed down to press the said lubricant into a bearing, all substantially as set forth.

(Specification, 2s. 6d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 24508.—2nd June, 1908.—JOHN PATCHETT, of Dunbeath Street, Blenheim, New Zealand, Threshing-machine Proprietor. An improvement in self-feeder for threshing-machine.*

Claim.—In combination with a threshing-machine feeder-frame, a shaft fitted on bearings, circular wheels or rings keyed on to the said shaft, crossbars at even distances on circumferences of wheels, teeth or spikes attached to bars or drum, curved slotted plate-cover secured to effectively clear the bars or drum but to allow the teeth to project through curved slotted plate, substantially as set forth.

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

No. 24602.—2nd July, 1908.—WILLIAM ALFRED JELLYMAN, of “Miro,” Norfolk Road, New Plymouth, New Zealand, Inventor. Apparatus for removing turnips and the like obstructions from the throats of cattle and other live-stock.*

Claims.—(1.) For the purpose indicated, apparatus constructed, arranged, combined, and operating substantially as specified and illustrated in the drawing. (2.) For the purpose indicated, a hollow tube having a terminal adapted to engage with the obstruction in the throat, substantially as specified and illustrated in the drawing.

(Specification, 1s. 9d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 24634.—8th July, 1908.—JOHN MORGAN TAYLOR and HENRY OAKLEY, both of Colombo Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Plumbers and Gasfitters. Improved snow-boards.*

Claims.—(1.) A snow-board comprising metal bars secured to brackets shaped to fit the valley of a roof or between a parapet and a roof, substantially as set forth. (2.) A snow-board comprising metal bars having downward projections, brackets passing through slots in the projections and adapted to fit the valley of a roof or the like, substantially as set forth. (3.) A snow-board comprising sheet-metal bars secured to brackets shaped to fit the valley of a roof or the like, substantially as set forth. (4.) A snow-board comprising sheet-metal bars having downward projections integral with the bars and made of a double thickness of material, brackets passing through slots in the projections, and having legs adapted to rest upon the bottom of the valley of a roof or the like, substantially as set forth. (5.) A snow-board comprising sheet-metal bars of triangular section and having downward projections integral with the bars, brackets passing through slots in the projections, and hoop-iron bands bent over the bars and secured by rivets or bolts between the bars, substantially as set forth. (6.) The combination and arrangement of parts comprising the improved snow-board, substantially as and for the purposes set forth and illustrated in the drawing.

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

No. 24664.—14th July, 1908.—THOMAS BARNARD, of Bridge Road, Richmond, Victoria, Australia, Bicycle-manufacturer. Improvements in cycle pedal-clips and the like.*

Claims.—(1.) In a pedal-clip, an end-piece as i having limbs to be bent as indicated, and an offset or ear as n, substantially as set forth. (2.) In a pedal-clip, an end-piece as j having limbs to be bent as indicated, and an offset or ear as o, substantially as set forth. (3.) A pedal-clip having cover-leathers or the like adjustable as by buckling, and end-pieces as in claim 1 or claim 2, substantially as set forth. (4.) The combination with leathers or the like b, c which are widened at the sides, of wide substantially U-shaped mild-steel plates having integral offsets or lugs for the purposes indicated, substantially as described.

(Specification, 3s. 6d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 25172.—4th November, 1908.—FREDERICK WALTER ROBINSON, of Epsom Road, Mount Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer. An attachable drill-socket.

Claim.—The loose attachable socket to join drill to round iron, and connected as shown.

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

No. 25235.—18th November, 1908.—JAMES CHARLES HANCOCK, of 57 George Street, Perth, Western Australia, Manufacturer, and ARCHIBALD BROWN THOMPSON, of Brookton, Western Australia, Gentleman. Rubber stud and heel-plate for boots and shoes.

Claims.—(1.) A boot or shoe having a conically recessed heel-plate, and a stud having a conical neck fitting the recess, and a spiral groove formed in the conical neck, substantially as set forth. (2.) A stud or button as a whose neck as b is formed with a short spiral groove as c for the easy entry and withdrawal of said stud into and from the heel-plate as d, substantially as and for the purposes set forth, and as shown in the drawings. (3.) A stud as a with its parts b and c in operative combination with a heel-plate as d and opening e, both as above claimed, substantially as and for the purposes set forth, and as shown in the drawings.

(Specification, 2s. 6d. ; drawings, 1s.)

No. 25259.—13th December, 1907.—GERTRUDE EMMA TAYLOR, of Wingfield, Englefield Green, Surrey, England, Married Woman. Improvements in sterilising preservative or antiseptic tablets.

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

Claim.—A tablet formed from pure paraformaldehyde, trioxymethylene, or metaformaldehyde, to which is added sufficient animal or vegetable grease to facilitate formation into tablets, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

(Specification, 2s. 9d.)