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ceiling, and spaces between the frame and the combing to allow steam to escape to the roof, substantially as set forth. (3.) The combination and arrangement of parts comprising the improved ventilator and ceiling-light, substantially as and for the purposes set forth and illustrated in the drawing. (Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 26326.—30th July, 1909.—HARRY PERRINS, of Oakdene, Bearwood Road, Smethwick, Stafford, England, Engineer. Improvements in wheels for motor and other road vehicles.

Claims.—(1.) In a road-vehicle wheel the combination of two stamped sheet-metal side discs, the adjacent face of each of which has a circumferential groove at or near its periphery, a central hub or axle-box on which the discs are mounted, furnished with means for removably securing said discs there-to face to face, a detachable trough section-wheel rim made with inturned edges, and adapted to receive a pneumatic tire; and to fit into and be clipped between the grooved faces of said two discs, and means for clamping said detachable rim and discs together, substantially as set forth. (2.) In a road-vehicle wheel the combination of two stamped sheet-metal side discs, the adjacent face of each of which has a circumferential groove at or near its periphery, a central hub or axle-box on which the discs are mounted, furnished with one fixed and one removable flange outside said discs, and a detachable distance-block mounted on said hub or axle-box so as not to turn thereon between said discs, which latter are stamped with projections engaging in recesses in the distance-block to prevent the discs turning on the hub or axle-box, or turning independently of one another, substantially as set forth. (Specification, 6s.; drawing, 3s.)

No. 26345.—4th August, 1909.—WILLIAM WHYTE CABENA, of 405 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Merchant (assignee of William Stocks, of 32 Kerr Street, Fitzroy, Victoria aforesaid, Engineer and Rubber Expert). Improvements in or connected with the manufacture of rubber or the like.

Claims.—(1.) The improved manufacture of rubber consisting in the combination of old waste rubber and sesquisulphate of lime mixed together in the manner and the approximate proportions specified. (2.) In the manufacture of the rubber compound referred to in claim 1, the use of naphthaline and benzine as solvents for the mixture, substantially as specified. (3.) In the manufacture of the rubber compound referred to in claim 1, submitting the combined ingredients to steam pressure, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (Specification, 2s. 6d.)

No. 26350.—4th August, 1909.—ALBEMARLE BRINDLEY BETTINGTON, of Brindley Park, Merriwa, New South Wales, Australia, Grazier. An improved instrument for decaudating and cauterising animals.

Claims.—(1.) An improved instrument for decaudating and cauterising animals comprising shears having a pair of copper cutters the edges of which being adjustable transversely on the jaws of said shears, the lower handle having a T-shaped ending and also a stop-piece to limit the closing movement of the upper handle, thereby protecting the cutting edges of said cutters, as described and ascertained. (2.) An improved instrument for decaudating and cauterising animals consisting of the parts or integers as described and illustrated in the drawings. (Specification, 2s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

An asterisk (*) denotes the complete specification of an invention for which a provisional specification has been already lodged.

NOTE.—The cost of copying the specification and drawing has been inserted after the notice of each application. An order for a copy or copies should be accompanied by a post-office order or postal note for the cost of copying.

The date of acceptance of each application is given after the number.

Extracts from the drawings accompanying the foregoing complete specifications appear at the end of this Gazette.

J. C. LEWIS,
Registrar.

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Provisional Specifications accepted.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 8th September, 1909.

APPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional specifications, have been accepted as under:—

No. 26157.—E. and W. Berg, beer-register.
No. 26259.—R. Thomas, billiard-game.
No. 26260.—J. Bate, flax-washer.
No. 26284.—C. J. H. Thomson, flax-treatment.
No. 26319.—J. E. Brydges, billiard-table.
No. 26325.—R. W. Swindley, bottle.
No. 26330.—J. T. Kibblewhite, wheelbarrow.
No. 26337.—H. Fisher, non-refillable bottle.
No. 26342.—L. G. Grace, milking-machine.
No. 26343.—A. W. Reid, milking-machine pulsator.
No. 26348.—E. Turpin, chaffcutter-knife sharpener.
No. 26352.—A. Lyell, apple-parer.
No. 26360.—W. H. Anscombe, wire-splice shield.
No. 26362.—A. Turner, oil-colour preservative.
No. 26363.—P. Ellis and W. Forester, flying machine.
No. 26370.—P. L. Ritchie, toy.
No. 26375.—A. Gannaway, letter-copying press.
No. 26379.—H. W. and W. W. Jones and E. Foote, folding lunch-box.
No. 26384.—H. Quertier, ticket-printer.
No. 26385.—C. W. Clayton, boot back-seam stay.
No. 26388.—F. W. G. Levestam, roofing-nail.
No. 26393.—T. N. Fletcher, target.
No. 26395.—W. T. Cooper, water-pipe joint.
No. 26398.—United Shoe Machinery Company, fastener-inserter. (W. Pratt and G. Pegg.)
No. 26399.—United Shoe Machinery Company, boot-machine. (A. Bates, T. Briggs, and J. J. Marsh.)
No. 26400.—United Shoe Machinery Company, boot-machine. (F. B. Keall, J. Gouldbourn, and A. E. Jerram.)
No. 26411.—P. Eriksen, soap.
No. 26416.—H. Campbell, internal-combustion engine.
No. 26417.—T. McCaughan, gate-bolt.
No. 26426.—J. N. Griffin, tramcar-brake.
No. 26430.—J. M. Collins, J. Low, and A. Burges, flax-washer.
No. 26431.—H. Fisher, life-saving apparatus.
No. 26441.—United Shoe Machinery Company, cutter for sheet material. (A. Bates.)
No. 26442.—United Shoe Machinery Company, press. (F. Ashworth.)
No. 26443.—United Shoe Machinery Company, press. (I. C. Buckminster.)
No. 26444.—United Shoe Machinery Company, press. (L. A. Casgrain.)

[NOTE.—Provisional specifications cannot be inspected, or their contents made known by this office in any way, until the complete specifications in connection therewith have been accepted.]

Letters Patent sealed.

LIST of Letters Patent sealed from the 18th August to the 1st September, 1909, inclusive:—

No. 23895.—O. L. Ahrens, P. A. Schmitt, C. Mosle, and K. A. M. Wepfer, meat-preserving process.
No. 24399.—D. Robertson, postmarking-machine.
No. 24414.—H. Hadida, stamp-affixer.
No. 24415.—J. A. Belk, railway-fishplate.
No. 24430.—W. J. Blair, acetylene-generator.
No. 24474.—A. G. Jackson, chaffcutter-riddle.
No. 24479.—E. E. King, boot and shoe upper.
No. 24497.—H. Berry, suction-gas plant.
No. 24547.—H. J. Topliss, churn-lid.
No. 24549.—H. J. Topliss, butter-packer.
No. 24722.—J. A. Whitman, clutch. (E. E. Norton.)
No. 24723.—J. A. Whitman, talking-machine. (E. E. Norton.)
No. 24798.—J. Morris and S. A. B. Marks, hat-fastening.
No. 24902.—E. H. Trotman, manufacture of fertiliser from waste leather, &c.
No. 25245.—A. Sharp, air-spring.
No. 25523.—E. B. Killen, rubber tire.
No. 25731.—M. Donaghy and Sons Proprietary, Limited, removal of lumps, &c., from binder-twine. (W. Jose.)
No. 25796.—W. Clark, tablet system of railway-traffic control.
No. 25804.—A. L. E. Crombie, music-teacher.
No. 25821.—A. E. Lindau, reinforced-concrete bar.
No. 25854.—G. Cowdery, rail-joint.
No. 25883.—A. J. Bedford and H. C. L. Rolfe, fencing-dropper.
No. 25939.—E. S. Baldwin, roller bearing. (S. Kaye.)