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No. 25267.—25th November, 1908.—ROBERT GRAY, of Hyde Street, Adelaide, South Australia, Furniture-manufacturer. A new or improved cushion for use in billiards and other games played with a cue and balls.

Extract from Specification.—My improved cushion consists of two portions—a base with a short upright stem or standard, and a circular disc carrying the cushion proper, which projects beyond the base.

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

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

No. 25290.—13th December, 1907.—GEORGE BARKER BOWLES, of 37 Avenue Road, Forest Gate, London E., England, Engineer. Improvements in and relating to brake apparatus, particularly applicable to railway-wagon brakes.

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

Claims.—(1.) In a brake apparatus, a mechanism automatically readjusting the brake, of the type having a ratchet member controlled by a fixed and a stationary pawl, in which the stationary pawl is arranged to permit sufficient return motion of the ratchet member for the release of the brakes after the automatic readjustment has taken place, as above described.

[NOTE.—Here follow five other claims.]

(Specification, 5s. 6d.; drawing, 2s.)

No. 25291.—3rd December, 1908.—JOHN FRANCIS CUDGELICO HODGES, of German’s Hill, near Orange, New South Wales, Australia, Farmer, and GEORGE WHITEHOUSE GRIFFITH, of Manildra, New South Wales aforesaid, Storekeeper. Improvements relating to ploughshares.

Extract from Specification.—This invention relates to an improved ploughshare, comprising a plough-foot having a gap or fork formation at its forward end lineable with and contiguous to a shouldered bearing-surface against which is seated a straight cutting-blade made approximately of equal section throughout its length. The blade is secured to the under-side of the plough-foot with removable fastenings, and it may be reversed when required. The bearing-surface of the plough-foot forms a shrouding to partly cover the blade on its upper side, leaving only the cutting-surface and edge exposed to view, but the lower side is wholly exposed excepting the small portion which fits into the gap formation.

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

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

No. 25306.—9th December, 1908.—THOMAS PARKER, M.I.C.E., of Wednesfield, Staffordshire, England. Improvements relating to the destructive distillation of coal and other carbonaceous substances.

Claims.—(1.) A process for the partial destructive distillation of bituminous coal or other similar carbonaceous substance at a low temperature, arrested at the stage when illuminating gases have ceased to be evolved, characterized in that the process is conducted in vertical retort-tubes of small internal diameter, to which heat is applied uniformly, and that the fuel treated is finely pulverised or comminuted, substantially as described. (2.) A process for the partial destructive distillation of bituminous coal or other similar carbonaceous substance at a low temperature, which is arrested at the stage when illuminating gases cease to be evolved, characterized in that the coal treated is finely pulverised, and that the distillation is effected in vertical retorts, whereby the dense charge may insure the distillation being effected under compression, substantially as described. (3.) Apparatus for the partial destructive distillation of bituminous coal or similar carbonaceous substance, comprising a unit battery of tubes with common top and bottom fittings for the simultaneous discharge of the vapours and gases through a common outlet, and for the simultaneous charging and discharging respectively of the number of retort-tubes comprised in the unit battery, substantially as described.

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

No. 25307.—9th December, 1908.—WILLIAM MOORE, of Traralgon, Victoria, Australia, Wire-strainer Manufacturer. Improvements in wire-strainers.

Claims.—(1.) In a wire-strainer, a reel or cylinder provided with an aperture to receive the end of a wire, a hole in said reel in which loosely fits a locking-pin furnished with an enlarged head at each end, an operating lever or key adapted to fit said reel for the rotation thereof, and a spring rod for locking said lever, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

[NOTE.—Here follow four other claims.]

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

No. 25309.—10th December, 1907.—ROBERT RABY, formerly of 23 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Chemist, but now of Ingliston, Victoria aforesaid. Tap for liquids and gases.

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

Claims.—(1.) In a tap for liquids or gases, a diaphragm (as A) in combination with a spring valve enclosed in an airtight or closed casing, the whole forming a hermetically sealed tap, substantially as described, and as illustrated in the drawings.

[NOTE.—Here follow three other claims.]

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

No. 25310.—9th December, 1908.—WILLIAM HENRY BLACKHAM, of 59–61 King Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Merchant. An improved governing-attachment for vacuum-forming ejectors operated by steam or other fluids.

Claims.—(1.) In an improved governing-attachment for vacuum-forming ejectors operated by steam or other fluids, and said ejectors being of the class described, means for cutting off the vacuum-inducing agent immediately the vacuum within a reservoir exceeds the normal or a predetermined degree, and turning on said inducing agent immediately said vacuum falls below said normal or predetermined degree.

[NOTE.—Here follow seven other claims.]

(Specification, 7s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 25311.—9th December, 1908.—GEORGE LUNT, of Cropton Formby, Lancaster, England, Managing Director. Improvements in or relating to the manufacture of bread.

Extract from Specification.—The invention further consists in introducing the oxygen, air, or other suitable gas containing free oxygen into the dough by means of nozzles or the like, which permeate into and become immersed in and more or less sealed by the dough before the gas is delivered through them, so that the expansion of the gas is effective in thoroughly stretching and permeating the dough.

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

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

No. 25313.—9th December, 1908.—HENRY CHARLES FORREST, of “Sunnyside,” Fern Street, Randwick, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Manager. Improvements in racks for bottle-washing machines.

Extract from Specification.—In the present machines for washing ordinary bottles, internally stoppered bottles cannot be properly washed owing to the stopper closing the mouth of the bottle when the latter is inverted. This invention has therefore been designed to overcome this difficulty, and consists in constructing a special form of rack or holder, and providing it with studs or fingers, one for every compartment, each of which projects into the neck of a bottle and thereby prevents the stopper closing the mouth when the bottle is inverted.

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

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