Oct. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2673

No. 26741.—14th October.—W. T. Luxton and J. H. Luxton, Wellington, N.Z.
Wire-strainer.

No. 26742.—14th October.—M. W. Hazen, New York, U.S.A.
Typewriter.*

No. 26743.—14th October.—T. Flintoff, Fremantle, W.A.
Window-sash.

No. 26744.—14th October.—A. E. Moore, Christchurch, N.Z.
Laundry-drainer.

No. 26745.—14th October.—W. D. Scown and M. Scown, Hastings, N.Z.
Polishing composition.

No. 26746.—14th October.—G. Wardle, London, Eng.
Gas-burner.*

No. 26747.—14th October.—D. McLeod, Eltham, N.Z.
Trouser-stretcher.*

No. 26748.—14th October.—E. L. Holly, Katanning, W.A.
Knee-grip attachment for milking-buckets.*

Complete Specifications filed after Provisionals.

LIST of complete specifications filed after provisional specifications, from the 1st to the 14th October, 1909, inclusive:—

No. 25404.—H. E. Thew, line-harrow attachment.

No. 25420.—F. F. Porter, breaking-down machine.

No. 25425.—A. L. J. Tait, flax-dresser.

No. 25429.—G. W. Penny, broom handle and socket.

No. 25447.—A. M. Grainger, weed-extractor.

No. 25448.—A. M. Grainger, rabbit-trap.

Nos. 25493 and 25494.—United Shoe Machinery Company, dyeing-out press for upper leather, &c. (A. Bates.)

No. 26653.—W. Reece, flooring composition. (R. Stein.)

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 20th October, 1909.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the undermentioned applications for Letters Patent have been accepted, and are open to public inspection at this office. Any person may, at any time within two months from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing of opposition to the grant of any such patent. Such notice must set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be in duplicate. A fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

The copies of claims and extracts from the specifications and drawings are merely intended to give some further indication of the invention than is disclosed in the title, and the complete specifications and drawings should be referred to for a description of the invention.

No. 24984.—28th September, 1908.—ERNEST MOSS, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Mechanic. An improved automatic fire-alarm system.*

Extract from Specification.—The means employed in carrying out the invention are those designed to send along the telephone-wire an electric current of sufficient energy to cause the corresponding switch-board shutter to drop, and to cause a buzzer or other like appliance to sound, and to carry its sound along the wire. Consequently, an attendant, upon seeing the shutter drop and answering the call, will hear the sound given by the buzzer, and will thereby be notified that a fire has occurred. The fire-station may then be informed of the fact and of the locality of the building. In carrying out the invention the thermostats employed are arranged in circuit with a relay and battery, so as to keep the circuit closed or open according to the class of thermostat employed. This relay is adapted, when actuated, to cause a current from the battery to pass through an induction-coil, and thereby to send an induced current along the telephone-line to the exchange, which induced current will be of sufficient strength to drop the switch-board shutter in the manner desired. Combined with the induction-coil is an ordinary make-and-break apparatus that will serve to emit a sound, which sound will be sent along the line.

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

(Specification, 4s. 6d.)

No. 25016.—5th October, 1908.—ROBERT BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, of Winton, New Zealand, Commission Agent. An improved broom.*

Claim.—In brooms constructed in the manner described, a head with a groove or grooves extending along upon its undersurface, formed by making it up of a number of sections fastened together, substantially as herein described, and as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings.

(Specification, 2s. 6d.)

No. 25098.—19th October, 1908.—ROTHES MEEK and OTTO ELLIOTT, of Auckland Fire Brigade, Auckland, New Zealand, Fireman. A new game for billiard-tables and appliances therefor.*

Claims.—(1.) A new game for billiard-tables, played as specified by means of seven pins coloured respectively red, white, blue, yellow, pink, green, and black, placed on the billiard-tables at the distances from the cushions and in the positions stated, and a series of marbles shaped as illustrated, marked on one side consecutively with a numerical number, and on the other side with a combination of three letters, each marble bearing a different combination of three letters, which are used for distributing singly to the players of the game, and by means of three balls placed as stated in the manner and for the purpose set forth, as described and illustrated. (2.) The application, arrangement, and combination of the various parts and pieces named, in the manner and for the purpose set forth, as described and illustrated.

(Specification, 6s. 6d.)

No. 25185.—4th November, 1908.—JAMES GRAY, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements in spring-tine cultivators and the like.*

Claims.—(1.) In a cultivator of the class described, substantially flat drag-bars having their rear ends curved down on to the backs of the spring tines to act as a leaf, or support for the other leaf or leaves thereof, substantially as described. (2.) In a cultivator of the class described, drag-bars such as claimed in claim 1, having their front ends thinned down close to where they are bolted to the cultivator-frame so as to make them more flexible, substantially as described. (3.) In a cultivator of the class described, drag-bars made of flat spring steel having their front ends bolted firmly to the frame of the cultivator for the purpose of preventing lateral play at their rear ends, substantially as described. (4.) In a cultivator of the class described, drag-bars made of spring steel, flat or curved in cross-section, substantially as described. (5.) In a cultivator of the class described, the arrangement of the pressure-bar in conjunction with the pressure-spring directly on top of the tines, substantially as described. (6.) In a cultivator of the class described, the combination with one row of tines of extension-pieces fixed thereto, on which the pressure-springs operate so that the pressure on that row of tines is applied at the same distance from the fulcrum as the pressure on the other row of tines, substantially as described.

(Specification, 4s.)

No. 25204.—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 State of America (the assignees of Matthias Brock, of Boston aforesaid, Machinist). Improvements in or relating to lasting-machines.*

Claims.—(1.) A machine for use in lasting shoes and boots, comprising lasting-devices for acting upon opposite ends of the last, constructed and arranged for relative movement about a centre approximately at the intersection of the median line of the heel part and the median line of the fore part of the last. (2.) In a lasting-machine, a stationary end-lasting mechanism having its median line in the median line of the machine, and an opposed end-lasting mechanism movable laterally about a centre located at or near the point of intersection of the median lines of the fore part and the heel part of the shoe upon which said mechanisms are to operate. (3.) In a machine for use in lasting shoes, the combination with means for supporting the last, of end-lasting mechanism arranged for relative lateral movement about a centre approximately at the intersection of the median lines of the heel part and the fore part of the last.

[NOTE.—Here follow eighty-four other claims.]

(Specification, £2 10s.)