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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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saw-gate with rollers, said pinion or pinion-segment being mounted on a shaft or spindle to which is attached a lever, pawl attachment, spring, and thickness stop, the other end of said frame being connected and secured to a notched segment by means of adjustment screws or studs fitted in elongated holes, for the purpose set forth as described and illustrated. (2.) The arrangement, combination, and application of the different parts specified for the purpose set forth as described and illustrated:

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

No. 25066.—9th October, 1908.—JAMES GRAY, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. Lubricator for wheels *

Claims.—(1.) In a wheel of the kind described, a hub provided with an annular oil-chamber and passages leading therefrom to the axle, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (2.) In a wheel of the kind described, a hub provided with an annular oil-chamber, substantially triangular in cross-section, and passages leading therefrom to the axle, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (3.) In a wheel of the kind described, a hub provided with an annular oil-chamber, means for leading oil therefrom to the axle, and transverse diaphragms fitted in said chamber, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (4.) A self-lubricating wheel consisting of the parts combined, arranged, and adapted to operate substantially as described.

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

No. 25093.—20th October, 1908.—JOSEPHINE CAROLINE OLIVER, of “Barbreck,” Tauranga, New Zealand, wife of Henry Oliver, Gentleman. An improved colander.*

Claim.—An improved colander, made to fit saucepans of every size and description, manufactured from any suitable metal or material, with a handle or handles for lifting, and with brackets on the outside of the colander, these brackets to work either with springs or hinges, or by any other simple or suitable method, the brackets to be pressed or folded flat to the sides of the colander before placing it in the saucepan, and to be opened out when the colander is lifted up after food is cooked, so that the colander can rest on them, thus keeping the contents of the colander hot without spoiling, until such time as they are needed for the table.

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

No. 25108.—21st October, 1908.—ERNEST WILLIAM HURSTHOUSE, of Wellington, New Zealand, Mechanical Engineer. Improved apparatus for steam cooking.*

Claims.—(1.) Improved apparatus for cooking by steam, consisting of the parts constructed, combined, arranged, and operating substantially as specified and illustrated in the drawing. (2.) Apparatus for the purpose indicated, comprising a cylindrical vessel having a tapering bottom, a perforated false bottom therein, a steamtight door and cover for the purpose of charging material to and withdrawing it from the vessel, and a perforated steam-pipe passing into said vessel, substantially as specified and illustrated in the drawing.

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

No. 25126.—23rd October, 1908.—JAMES GRAY, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. Improved means for lubricating wheels.*

Claims.—(1.) In a wheel of the kind described, an annular oil-chamber fitted round the outward extension of the axle, and passages leading therefrom to the axle, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (2.) In a wheel of the kind described, an annular oil-chamber fitted round the outward extension of the axle, means for leading oil therefrom to the axle, and transverse diaphragms arranged in said chamber, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. (3.) In a wheel of the kind described, having oil-chambers with passages leading therefrom to the axle, feeding the oil to the axle by means of a woollen or worsted thread communicating from the axle to the oil-chamber substantially as described. (4.) In a wheel of the kind described, having oil-chambers with passages leading therefrom to the axle, feeding the oil to the axle by means of a bent or straight piece of wire, one end of which is inserted in a hole in the axle-bush and the other in the oil-chamber, substantially as described. (5.) A self-lubricating wheel consisting of the parts combined, arranged, and adapted to operate substantially as and for the purposes set forth with reference to Figs. 1 and 2, or Fig. 3, or Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings.

(Specification, 4s. 6d. ; drawing, 2s.)

No. 25167.—2nd November, 1908.—HERBERT SMART, of Young Street, New Plymouth, New Zealand, Plumber. An improved spouting-bracket.*

Claims.—(1.) In spouting-brackets of the class described, a bar with downwardly turned ends pivotally secured to the underside of the horizontal member of the bracket, and adapted to turn in a horizontal plane, and for its ends to engage respectively with the internal faces of the front and back of the spouting placed within the bracket, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (2.) The improved spouting-bracket constructed substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.

(Specification, 2s. 9d. ; drawing, 1s.)

No. 25171.—4th November, 1908.—JAMES MACMEIKAN, of 509 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Merchant (assignee of Russell Rayson, of City Council Cool Stores, Wharf Road, Melbourne aforesaid, Refrigerating Engineer). A new sterilised cooled air circulating process and apparatus for the preservation of alimentary substances.*

Extract from Specification.—Important features of this invention comprise the means whereby, when the cooling operation is started, the foul air in the chamber is automatically exhausted, and also the means for delivering the cooled air through hollow hanging devices direct upon the stored products. The machinery comprising part of this apparatus consists principally of an air-compressor, heating-cylinder, accumulator, circulating-fan, filters, vacuum pumps, and any kind of refrigerating agent or coolers.

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

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

No. 25184.—6th November, 1908.—CHARLES EDWARD HODGE, Mechanician, and SOREN PEDER ANDERSEN, Dairy Expert, both of Auckland, New Zealand. Improvements in milking-machine teat-cups.*

Claims.—(1.) In milking-machine teat-cups, the combination with an outer casing of an inner flexible lining having a constant air-space within its lower end, a valve hermetically closing such end and capable only of opening outwards, and a flexible mouthpiece secured over the top end of the casing and adapted to fit closely around the cow’s teat, substantially as specified. (2.) In milking-machine teat-cups, an outer casing, an inner flexible lining secured within such casing and having an inflexible lower end, a valve cylinder extending from the lower end of the lining, and a valve mounted within and hermetically closing such cylinder and adapted only to open outwards, a flexible mouthpiece secured upon the top end of the cup, and means whereby the space around the lining may be connected with an air-pump or the like, substantially as specified. (3.) In milking-machine teat-cups, the combination with an outer casing having a flexible mouthpiece secured across its upper end, of a flexible lining secured within the casing and having an air-chamber in communication with its lower end and a valve controlling the entry to such air-chamber and capable only of opening outwards, substantially as specified. (4.) The teat-cup for milking-machines, constructed and operating substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.

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

No. 25203.—11th November, 1908.—UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, of Paterson, in the State of New Jersey, United States of America, a corporation duly organized under the laws of said State of New Jersey, carrying on business as Shoe Machinery Manufacturers, and having a place of business at 205 Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (assignees of Arthur Bates, of Leicester, England, Engineer). Improvements in or relating to inseam-trimming machine.*

Claims.—(1.) In a machine of the class described having a reciprocating knife provided with a transverse cutting edge, devices such, for example, as a work-positioning member or a shear blade, or both, co-operating with the knife in the cutting operation, constructed and arranged for relative movement out of their normal working relation to permit the sharpening of the knife without removal from the machine. (2.) In a machine of the class described, devices co-operating with the knife constructed and arranged to render it inaccessible for sharpening when they are in their normal working relation thereto, and mounted for movement out of working relation therewith to render it accessible for sharpening without removal from the machine.

[NOTE.—Here follow eleven other claims.]

(Specification, 15s. ; drawing, 4s.)