JULY 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2019

No. 26018.—1st June, 1909.—JOSEPH HAY AMIES, of 3107 Columbia Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Engineer. Improvements in and relating to method of making a composition for paving, flooring, and like purposes, and method of laying same.

Claim.—(1.) The method of making a composition which consists in taking metallic, mineral, earthy, or fibrous materials, coating these materials with a light oil or alcohol, then mixing said coated materials with asphaltic or other bituminous, resinous, or carbonaceous matter, separately or combinedly, which may contain a fluxing element, then mixing with the above mass calcium-oxide or calcium-hydrate, or other alkaline or toughening or hardening substances, and then mixing dampened sand, or the like, with the resultant composition, and immediately agitating the same until cool, to secure a granular and friable condition thereof, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

[NOTE.—Here follow three other claims.]

(Specification, 5s. 6d.)

No. 26025.—4th June, 1909.—JOHN WILSON BROWNLEE, of Havelock, New Zealand, Sawmiller. Improved feed-gear for breast saw-benches.

Claims.—(1.) In saw-bench feed-gear, friction-wheels upon the saw-spindle and two friction-wheels loosely mounted upon the rear-feed roller-spindle, geared with the respective wheels upon the saw-spindle in such a manner as to be rotated in reverse directions, and clutch mechanism upon the feed-roller spindle adapted to be moved into engagement with either of the wheels upon such spindle, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (2.) The improved feed-gear for breast saw-benches, substantially as described and explained, as illustrated in the drawings, and for the purposes set forth.

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

No. 26037.—7th June, 1909.—THOMAS BALLINGER AND Co., of Victoria Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Plumbers (assignees of Alwin Fischer, of O’Connell Street, North Adelaide, South Australia, Plumber). An improved acetylene-gas generator.

Claims.—(1.) In an acetylene-gas generator having a bell and water tank, of a dome of small capacity surmounting the dome and open at the bottom to the bell, substantially as set forth. (2.) In an acetylene-gas generator having a bell and water tank, of a purifier surmounting the gas-supply pipe of the retort, whereby the gas is passed through the water before entering the bell above the surface of the water, substantially as set forth. (3.) In an acetylene-gas generator having a bell and water tank, of a purifier comprising a cylinder fitting loosely upon the end of the gas-supply pipe of the retort, and a float attached to the cylinder, substantially as set forth.

[NOTE.—Here follow seven other claims.]

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

No. 26040.—16th February, 1909.—ALFRED WILLIAM CARPENTER, of 28 Bedford Street, Strand, London, England, Banker. Improvements in or relating to the manufacture of elastic or resilient tires.

[NOTE.—This is an application under the International and Intercolonial Arrangements, the date given being the official date of the application in Great Britain.]

Claim.—(1.) The manufacture of elastic or resilient tires consisting in partially vulcanising a tubular core of resilient material such as soft rubber, joining the said core, then again partially vulcanising the circular core, serving or covering the latter with a winding under tension of a suitable number of successive layers of partially vulcanised indiarubber in strip or tape form, and subjecting the whole structure in a finishing-mould to a heat of approximately 280° Fahr., substantially as described for the purposes specified.

[NOTE.—Here follow four other claims.]

(Specification, 5s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 26043.—8th June, 1909.—JOHN ROBERT REDSTONE, of Gisborne, New Zealand, Livery-stable Keeper. An improved drench for horses and the like.

Claims.—(1.) The described drench, consisting of sulphuric ether, tincture of opium, raw linseed-oil, and tincture of asafetida, substantially as described and for the purpose specified. (2.) The described drench, consisting of sulphuric ether five drams, tincture of opium six drams, raw linseed-oil nine drams, tincture of asafetida five drams, substantially as described.

(Specification, 1s.)

No. 26045.—7th June, 1909.—IGNACY MOSCICKI, of Freiburg, Switzerland, Electrician. Improvements in method of and apparatus for treating gases or vapours by liquids.

Claims.—(1.) Method of treating gases or vapours by liquids consisting in passing the gases or vapours to be treated through a layer of filling-material composed of particles of small size, and moistened with a liquid flowing in the direction from top to bottom in such a way that the distance of the passage of the gases or vapours through the filling-material is considerably smaller than the height of the layer of said filling-material. (2.) Apparatus for treating gases or vapours by liquids comprising a casing adapted to contain a number of layers of filling-material composed of particles of small size, means arranged at the top of said casing for moistening the layer or layers, means for discharging the moistening agent at the bottom of said casing, means for passing the gases or vapours to be treated into said casing so as to direct its flow through the said layer or layers in such a way that the distance covered by said gases or vapours in their passage through the layer or layers is less than the total height of said layer or layers, and means to permit the escape of the gases or vapours not retained by the moistening agent in the said layer or layers.

[NOTE.—Here follow two other claims.]

(Specification, 9s.; drawing, 3s.)

No. 26070.—11th June, 1909.—GEORGE HALL, of Lepperton, New Zealand, Builder, and ISABEL AGNES WORTHINGTON, of Waitara, New Zealand, Married Woman. An improved mould for making reinforced-concrete fencing-posts.

Claim.—In a mould for making reinforced-concrete fencing-posts, a mould made of galvanised iron, U-shaped in section, having a top or lid of wood or other suitable material which has a series of fillets fixed to its under-side to form grooves in the face of the post to receive the fence-wires, substantially as shown and described.

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

No. 26074.—15th June, 1909.—ALMON K. VIRGIL, of 52 West 80th Street, New York, United States of America, Instructor in Music. Exercising-keyboard for musicians.

Claims.—(1.) In an exercising-apparatus, in combination with a series of keys, a click-producing device consisting of a spur operatively mounted on the key, a click-rail extending below the key and mounted to move in a channel, said click-rail bearing a metal bar co-operating with the spurs of the keys, springs for holding said click-rail in its groove and means for raising and lowering said rail. (2.) In an exercising-apparatus in combination with a series of keys bearing one member of a click device, a click-rail extending below the key and mounted to slide in a groove, said click-rail bearing a hard or metallic plate to co-operate with the click-members of the keys, a series of cam-openings formed in the body of the click-rail, a series of cams located in the grooves and co-operating with the cam-openings, and a series of springs arranged on opposite sides of the rail-groove and operatively connected with the click-rail to hold the latter within the groove with the cams and cam-openings in contact.

[NOTE.—Here follow seven other claims.]

(Specification, 12s. 6d.; drawing, 3s.)

No. 26077.—16th June, 1909.—AUGUSTUS ROSENBERG, of 259 High Holborn, London W.C., England, Engineer. Process of and means for depositing metals upon metallic surfaces.

Claims.—(1.) The described process of depositing a metal upon a metallic surface consisting in the frictional application to said surface in the presence of moisture of a mixture