Oct. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2569

No. 26461.—23rd August, 1909.—FREDERICK DE JERSEY CLERE, of Hunter Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Architect. Improvements in and relating to windows.

Extract from Specification.—According hereto a window is made with a sash and a panel below, the sash being hinged at the top and provided with a cord and guide-pulleys whereby it may be raised by an operator within the building. The panel is pivoted or hinged at the bottom, and after being turned down is pushed into a space or recess provided for it beneath the floor of the building, where it is out of the way, and leaves the floor of the verandah unencumbered. A hinged flap may be provided to form a slope from the room to the verandah.

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

(Specification, 3s. 6d.)

No. 26464.—24th August, 1909.—ANNE OF LOWENSTEIN WERTHEIM, a Princess of the German Empire, of 8 Upper Belgrave Street, London, England. Improvements in self-levelling cots, bunks, couches, and the like for use on ship-board.

Claims.—(1.) The improvements in self-levelling cots, bunks, couches, and the like swung from a central point above by a universal joint, for use on ship-board, characterized by the application thereto of a suitable number of electrical solenoids, which when energized operate in the manner described for the purpose of preventing any tendency of such cot, bunk, couch, or the like attaining a swinging motion, all substantially as set forth and shown in the drawings.

[NOTE.—Here follow two other claims.]

(Specification, 6s.)

No. 26466.—21st January, 1909.—AXEL JULIUS LAURITS LASSEN, of Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark, Machine-manufacturer. Method of and machine for stoppering bottles with capsules.

[NOTE.—This is an application under the International and Inter-colonial Arrangements, the date given being the official date of the application in Germany.]

Extract from Specification.—According to this invention the material from which the capsules are made is introduced into the path of the stamp or press plunger in the form of plates or strips, the stamp cutting out a capsule-disc, carrying the said disc forward with it, and finally applying it around the mouth of the bottle. The material led under the stamp consists of two layers—that is to say, an outer layer which is actually the layer forming the capsule, and an inner layer which is the packing-material. These two layers are simultaneously cut out of the strips of material led into the machine, and the packing-disc and the actual capsule are formed simultaneously and also simultaneously secured to the bottle-mouth. In other methods of stoppering bottles by means of capsules or the like, the capsule and the packing-disc are made separately, and both are then separately fitted at the place where the bottle is filled, or they are united before being fixed on the bottle. Such methods necessarily give rise to a considerable amount of manipulation. The three operations—that is, the simultaneous cutting of the capsule and packing-material, the forming of the capsule and the packing-material, and finally their fixing on the bottle—are, according to the present invention, effected consecutively, so that the operation of stoppering bottles can be done much more quickly than hitherto.

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

(Specification, 10s.)

No. 26467.—21st August, 1909.—GEORGE SAMUEL THOMSON, of Timaru, New Zealand, Inventor, and GEORGE PERCIVAL DYER, of Great King Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Sanitary Engineer and Plumber. Improvement in the valve mechanism for controlling acetylene-gas generators.

Claims.—(1.) In covers and valves of acetylene-gas generators, containers, &c., placed in a gasometer, in combination, a cover furnished with a clamp and rubber ring, tightened by a screw, with projecting double-wedge-shaped projections so formed that they engage a valve normally kept closed by a spring when the cover is in a certain known position, and allow the said spring-valve to close when the said cover is in other position, all substantially as shown on the drawing and as described and as explained. (2.) In combination, in an acetylene-gas generator and carbide-container, the usual cover to the generator so formed that it actuates the generation of the gas by opening a valve when turned to a certain known position, which allows the confined air to escape and consequently the water to rise to the carbide, with a clamp for tightening the said cover in either position, or whether the said valve it actuates by projections is open or shut, all substantially as set forth.

(Specification, 3s.)

No. 26477.—25th March, 1909.—GEORGE WILLIAM BERRY, of 601 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, Mechanic. Improvements in closets or commodes.

[NOTE.—This is an application under the International and Inter-colonial Arrangements, the date given being the official date of the application in Australia.]

Extract from Specification.—This invention relates to closets or commodes wherein an automatically operated receiving platter, slide, or the like is employed between the seat and pan, and the improvements consist of automatic means to lock the platter in its receiving position until the person using the closet has quite finished with same, so as to allow of a rapid movement of the platter. This ensures the contents of the platter being deposited into the pan, and prevents the platter being left in such a position that flies, &c., could get past and reach the pan; and, moreover, it prevents waste of disinfectant fluid in closets of this kind wherein the supply is automatically controlled by the platter.

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

(Specification, 5s.)

No. 26493.—27th August, 1909.—ALEXANDER WALTER PARTON, of 32 Pirie Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Sanitary Engineer. An improved ladder-bracket for holding buckets, paint-pots, and the like utensils.

Extract from Specification.—According hereto the bracket as applied in its simplest form comprises a band of metal, the central portion thereof being bent into the form of a loop. The ends of the said band continue a short distance parallel to each other and terminate in hooks adapted to engage the front edge of a tread of a step-ladder.

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

(Specification, 4s.)

No. 26529.—6th September, 1909.—THOMAS MARTYN, of Corbett Street, Paeroa, New Zealand, Master Cabinetmaker. Improvements in combination dressing-tables.

Claims.—(1.) The combination dressing-table in two parts, the upper part being made movable to draw forward. (2.) The arrangement of bearer, guides, and friction-rollers as shown at Fig. 3.

(Specification, 1s.)

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J. C. LEWIS,
Registrar.

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