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No. 23908.—13th January, 1908.—WILLIAM ERNEST HUGHES, of Queen’s Chambers, Wellington, New Zealand, Registered Patent Agent (nominee of Charles Joseph Cooze, of Feilding, New Zealand, Coachbuilder). An improved spouting-bracket.

Claims.—(1.) The improved spouting-bracket, comprising, in combination, a spouting-supporting member, a loop hinged to the outer end of such member, and a hook hinged to the loop and adapted to encircle the curved outer edge of the spouting, substantially as specified. (2.) The improved spouting-bracket, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.

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

No. 23919.—14th January, 1908.—WILLIAM JOSEPH ROEBUCK, of 24 Signal Hill Road, Opoho, Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. A new or improved adjustable foot for ladders.*

Claims.—(1.) The general arrangement and combination of parts comprising my improvements in and relating to an adjustable foot for ladders, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. (2.) An adjustable device consisting of a bolt, a ball on the lower end thereof, a locking-stud on the said bolt, a supporting-socket for the bolt, a series of notches in the said socket, a base plate and a socket thereon for a ball to enter, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

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

No. 23971.—5th February, 1908.—BERNHARD BARUSCHKE and G. MAX JENCKEL, of No. 7 Passage Scholvien, Hamburg, Germany, Engineers. Improvements in a process and an apparatus to exterminate animals living underground and noxious insects in houses or on ships.

Claims.—(1.) A process to exterminate animals living underground and noxious insects in houses or on ships, consisting of a mixture of carbonic disulphide and benzine or the like introduced into the lodging of the animals, in combination with means to cause the mixture to explode after it has been introduced into said lodging, substantially as set forth. (2.) In an apparatus to exterminate animals living underground and noxious insects in houses or on ships, the combination of a reservoir filled with a mixture of carbonic disulphide and benzine or the like, a pump located inside said reservoir, a short pipe e branching from the foot of the pump-cylinder, a suction and a pressure valve located in said short pipe, a basket-formed sieve below the suction valve, an ascending pipe k, a hose l airtight connected with said pipe, means to introduce the end of said hose into the lodging of the animals, and a spray-distributor at the free end of said hose, substantially as set forth. (3.) In an apparatus to exterminate animals living underground and noxious insects in houses or on ships, the combination of a spray-distributor consisting of a pipe m connected to a hose, a second pipe o, a sieve-like bottom of said second pipe, and an upwards-bent and perforated sheet of metal fastened to said second pipe, substantially as set forth. (4.) In an apparatus to exterminate animals living underground and noxious insects in houses or on ships, the combination of noxious damps, means to introduce the same into the lodging of the animals, and means to cause the same to explode in said lodging, substantially as set forth. (5.) The improved process and device for exterminating animals and insects, substantially as described.

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

No. 23988.—10th February, 1908.—CHARLES FRANCIS PULLEY, of Wellington, New Zealand, Contractor. A machine for use in planing wharf-decking or other analogous structures.*

Claims.—(1.) A machine for the purpose indicated, comprising, in combination, a travelling frame, a rotating planer mounted upon the frame and adjustable in its height in relation thereto, an electric motor upon the frame, and driving-connections between the motor and the planer, substantially as specified. (2.) The machine for use in planing wharf-decking or other analogous structures, substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.

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

No. 24011.—15th February, 1908.—WILLIAM MILLER ORR, of Imperial Buildings, corner of High and Dowling Streets, Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. An improved ladder roller for dredges.*

Claims.—(1.) A ladder roller forming its own journal-box, a spindle forming a journal for the said roller, flats formed on the ends of the said spindle, a bracket in two parts adapted to engage and be clamped to the ends of the spindle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. (2.) The general construction and arrangement of parts comprising my improved ladder-roller for dredges, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth, and as described and illustrated in the drawing.

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

No. 24103.—6th March, 1908.—CYRIL A. SOANS and ALBERT H. GRAVES, of No. 1703 Melrose Street and 1240 Monadnock Block respectively, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Electrical Engineer and Attorney at Law respectively. Party-line telephones.

Extract from Specification.—This invention relates to improvements in party-line lockout telephone systems. Among the salient objects of the invention are to so organize and construct the substation apparatus and circuits that the main or selecting relay of each substation may be located at the juncture of the drop wires with the main-line wires, and the telephone set proper arranged at the ends of the drop wires or at any desired distance from said relay, thereby avoiding the necessity of “looping in” more than a single pair of drop wires; to provide a system in which one of the line wires is normally in sections, which in selecting are built up or united from station to station, and in which such building-up of the line depends only upon the proper operation of a single relay at each substation; to provide as supplemental to each main or building-up relay an emergency relay whose function is to act as a substitute for the main relay in case the latter becomes inoperative; to provide a party-line which, while normally sectional as regards direct current, is nevertheless continuous as regards high-frequency alternating current, such as inductive disturbances and talking-current; to provide improved means for placing a plurality of subscribers upon the same line in talking-connection with each other; to provide improved means controlling the restoration of the substation apparatus to normal, thereby enabling the exchange operator to answer calls progressively over the entire length of the line as distinguished from commencing at the initial end after disposing of each talking-connection; to provide a system so organized that the simple act by a subscriber of removing the receiver from the switch-hook both sends in a call for connection and “sets” the station for automatic selection by the exchange operator, but nevertheless, in case the subscriber abandons the call and returns the receiver to the switch-hook, the “set” condition of his station is eliminated; to provide, in a system organized in general as last mentioned, means whereby upon the automatic location and selection of a calling substation its bell will be rung without further move on the part of the exchange operator; to provide improved means for automatically arresting the building-up of the sectional line, and thereby locating a calling-station; to provide a polarized relay or magnet of improved construction possessing maximum strength or efficiency with a given amplitude of current; to provide a polarized relay having associated switch-contacts so constructed that said contacts may be latched or locked in one position by sending current through the magnet of one polarity, and restored by sending current of opposite polarity through the magnet; to provide in a party-line system of the general character described a system of calling-in signals and a system of clearing-out or supervisory signals, both signal systems being to all practical intents independent of each other and non-interfering; and in general to provide simplified and improved mechanism, circuits, and co-operative arrangements in systems of the general character referred to.

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

(Specification, £1 10s.; drawing, 3s.)

No. 24141.—18th March, 1908.—JAMES HARRISON, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Company-manager, and GIBSON PIERCE MARTIN, of Dunedin aforesaid, Saddler. Improvements in the attachments of animal-covers.*

Claim.—An improvement in the attachment of animal-covers, consisting of a single strap, rope, or band with a spring hook at one end passing through four loops or keepers on the