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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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them suitable for the treatment of ores or the like with a substance such as a soluble soap and with the salt of a metal which can form an insoluble soap, substantially as described. (3.) Treating oily liquids to render them suitable for the treatment of ores or the like with a soluble metallic salt and with an oxide of a metal which is capable with a saponifiable oil of forming an insoluble soap, substantially as described. (4.) Treating oily liquids to render them suitable for the treatment of ores or the like with magnetic oxide of iron and sulphate of alumina, substantially as described. (5.) Treating oily liquids to render them suitable for the treatment of ores or the like with sulphate of alumina, substantially as described.
(Specification, 4s. 6d.)

No. 26335.—3rd August, 1909.—ARTHUR WILSHIRE, of Manilla, New South Wales, Australia, Auctioneer. An improved adjustable seat for sulkies and like vehicles.

Claims.—(1.) Improved operating mechanism for adjusting slidable seats of sulkies or the like vehicles, comprising a transverse shaft rotatable in a pair of plumber-blocks affixed underneath the seat-framing, and having a pair of pinions each engaging with a rack affixed to the underneath of the seat, said shaft being adapted to be locked by a pivoted trigger taking in a notched extension on one of the said plumber-blocks, as described and ascertained. (2.) In mechanism for the purpose set forth, the combination of a rotatable transverse shaft as claimed in claim 1, having a collar such as 26 taking in a recess such as 25 in a divided plumber-block such as 19 that has a notched extension such as 27 in which is adapted to engage a pivoted trigger such as 29, that has one end adapted to engage with a cam-way such as 33, all as and for the purpose set forth, and as illustrated in the drawings. (3.) An improved operating mechanism for adjusting slidable seats of sulkies or like vehicles, consisting of the mechanical parts or integers as described, and illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, 3s.)

No. 26349.—4th August, 1909.—THOMAS BROWN, of Hereford Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Merchant and Importer (assignee of James Troup, of Christchurch aforesaid). Improvements in machinery for printing upon bags of textile material.

Claims.—(1.) Apparatus for the purpose indicated, comprising the parts constructed, arranged, and operated substantially as specified. (2.) In apparatus of the nature indicated, the employment of a stretching board or frame for stretching the material upon which the printing is to be effected, substantially as specified and illustrated.
(Specification, 2s.)

No. 26354.—4th August, 1909.—MATTHEW BRIDGEMAN PECK, of Willowbridge, Canterbury, New Zealand, Farmer. Improved apparatus for use in filling bags.

Extract from Specification.—I secure the mouth of the bag in a circular frame pivoted upon the end of a bifurcated lever, whereby when the lever is depressed the bag is raised and the material shaken down into it. The frame is mounted upon a carriage provided with travelling wheels, and a platform for the bag to rest upon projects from the bottom of the carriage.
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]
(Specification, 2s. 3d.)

No. 26356.—31st July, 1909.—CHARLES SPURGEON BEILBY, of Murchison, Nelson, New Zealand, Mining Engineer. Improved sluice-valves.

Claims.—(1.) In water-valves, a butterfly valve turned by slow-motion gearing so as to open or close slowly, with a packed face for closing against, all substantially as shown on the drawing, and as described and as explained. (2.) In hydraulic valves, a butterfly valve having its spindle placed slightly out of the centre so as to give it a tendency to close or shut tight to its packed seating, with slow motion to its spindle for actuating same, all substantially as set forth. (3.) In valves, the spindles worked by screw, worm, or spur gearing to obtain slow motion in an otherwise quick-action valve, all substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.)

No. 26382.—5th August, 1909.—BING, HARRIS, AND CO., LIMITED, a Company incorporated in New Zealand, and having its registered office at High Street, Dunedin (assignees of William Strachan Neill and John Elvidge, both of Dunedin, New Zealand, Boot-manufacturers). Improvements in shoes.

Claims.—(1.) In a shoe of the type described, fastening-means consisting of a tongue and a pair of ankle-straps adapted to cross through the tongue and extend and be secured to the sides of the shoe, substantially as described and illustrated. (2.) In a shoe of the type described, fastening-means consisting of a tongue integral with the upper, and provided with a loop and a pair of ankle-straps integral with the upper and adapted to cross through said loop and extend and be secured to the sides of the shoe, substantially as described and illustrated. (3.) For making the upper of the shoe claimed in claim 2, a pattern cut out substantially as described, and illustrated in Fig. 2.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.)

No. 26387.—9th August, 1909.—JOHN ALFRED LISSINGTON and BYRON JEFFREY, both of Palmerston North, New Zealand, Plumber and Gasfitter respectively. Improved silent-flushing cistern.

Claims.—(1.) For the purpose indicated, the parts constructed, arranged, combined, and operated substantially as specified, and illustrated in the drawing. (2.) For the purpose indicated, the employment of the counterbalance weight in combination with the lever which carries a flushing-valve, substantially as described, and illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 2s.)

No. 26420.—14th May, 1909.—THOMAS JOHN PALMER, of Moss Bridge, Darwen, Lancaster, England, Manufacturer. An improved moulding for use as a cornice and for analogous purposes.

[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.—A moulding for cornices and for analogous purposes, the said moulding being made with the portions to be applied to the wall and ceiling respectively (in the case of a cornice, and the corresponding portions in other cases) in the same plane with each other, the said portions being connected by a part formed so that it can be bent longitudinally, and the adjacent edges of the said portions being so formed that the said edges abut against and mutually support each other when the bending is effected, substantially as described, and illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.)

No. 26435.—18th August, 1909.—CHARLES RIDLEY, of 15 Claremont Road, Cricklewood, London, England, Engineer. Improvements in the methods of obtaining gases from solids and in apparatus employed therein.

Claims.—(1.) The improved method and means for obtaining gases from solids by a continuous cycle of operations which consist of charging the material into an open-mouthed receiving-chamber through rolls, from which it is conveyed in the presence of atmospheric air through suitable ducts fitted with traversing and elevating devices into a feeding-duct, by which it is fed into the upper chamber of a retort, and by an inlet-duct into the retort, which is sealed at both ends by an accumulation of the material under treatment, where it is subjected to the action of agitating-devices in the presence of steam, the gas given off being drawn away from the upper part of the retort by an exhausting-device, and the material being ejected from the lower part of the retort into the receiving-chamber, where it is reoxidized and passed through the apparatus again as before, means being provided for withdrawing spent material and substituting fresh material as may be required. (2.) The improved apparatus for carrying out the process forming the subject of the first claiming clause hereof, which consists of a receiving-chamber provided with feeding and inspection devices, ducts and traversing-devices for conveying the material from the outlet of the said chamber into the retort, a retort furnished at its upper end with a receiving dome or chamber provided with an air-outlet, feeding and discharging screws at the upper and lower ends respectively of the retort, agitating-devices within the retort, and means for admitting steam into the retort, and for withdrawing the gas therefrom, and for discharging spent material as required, substantially as described.
(Specification, 6s.)