No. 26528.—3rd September, 1909.—THE OIL-REFINING IMPROVEMENTS COMPANY, LIMITED, of 175 West George Street, Glasgow, North Britain (assignees of John James Hood, Doctor of Science, and Alfred Gordon Salamon, Consulting Chemist, both of 1 Fenchurch Avenue, London, England). Improvements in the treatment of mineral and vegetable oils.

Claims.—(1.) In the treatment of oil, the use of alumina or magnesia that has been ignited so as to render it practically anhydrous, substantially as described. (2.) In the treatment of oil, the use of pulverised and ignited bauxite or magnesite, substantially as described. (3.) In the treatment of oil as above described, distilling off the oil that has been absorbed by the filtering medium, driving it out with steam, or washing it out with spirit, and then igniting the medium to render it fit for further use. (4.) The process of treating oil which consists in dissolving it in petroleum spirit, filtering the solution through alumina or magnesia that has been ignited so as to render it practically anhydrous, and distilling the filtrate, substantially as described.

(Specification, 5s.)

No. 26533.—3rd September, 1909.—THOMAS ROGERS CLOW, of Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements to windmill mechanism for pumping water.

Claim.—In the improvements to windmill mechanism for pumping water, the method of interlinking the pull wire or chain of such by angle-irons with abutting rims formed thereon, such rims being coupled together by means of a split collar, for the purpose set forth, as described and illustrated.

(Specification, ls. 9d.)

No. 26536.—7th September, 1909.—ALFRED GEORGE JACKSON, of Stephens Road, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Electrician. Improvements in thermostats.

Extract from Specification.—A metal base or frame, at one end of which is pivoted a lever or arm, from near the fulcrum of which a wire or ribbon of metal of practically the same linear expansion as the base (so that slow rise of temperature giving the same expansion or contraction to each does not affect their relative adjustment) is stretched and attached to an adjusting-screw moving in a cock or pillar at the other end of frame, the adjusting-screw having suitable lock-nuts to prevent its alteration of position after once being fixed. The end of lever away from fulcrum is used to actuate an electrical contact, the multiplying effect being in proportion to the difference in distance of moving centre of lever and point of connection of wire and electrical contact point.

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

(Specification, 4s. 6d.)

No. 26537.—28th November, 1908.—NORMAN OGDEN, of 4 Bennie Street, Brunswick, near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Tinsmith. An improved automatic disinfecting closet.

[Note.—This is an application under the International and Intercolonial Arrangements, the date given being the official date of the application in Australia.]

Claims.—(1.) The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the improved automatic disinfecting closet described, said parts being constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as and for the purposes specified and as illustrated in the drawings. (2.) In an automatic disinfecting closet, a hollow disinfectant-delivering platten or flapper valve (as 2) connected with and operated by a footboard (as 20) and a depressible seat (as 19), in combination with means for automatically discharging a supply of disinfectant into said hollow platten or flapper valve each time the closet is used, substantially as and for the purposes specified and as illustrated in the drawings. (3.) In an automatic disinfecting closet, a “D” or approximately “D”-shaped platten or flapper valve so constructed and arranged as to cover the back of the closet-pan when in its open or raised position, substantially as and for the purposes specified and as illustrated in the drawings.

[Note.—Here follow seven other claims.]

(Specification, 8s. 6d.)

No. 26547.—10th November, 1908.—FREDERICK LYMAN ALLEY, formerly of 83 Clarence Street, Sydney, New South Wales, but now of 55 Prospect Hill Road, Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, Engineer. Improvements in beating and finishing machines.

[Note.—This is an application under the International and Intercolonial Arrangements, the date given being the official date of the application in Australia.]

Extract from Specification.—The invention consists of a tool having beating-devices or work-members that are movably mounted in a rotary carrier and are held outward by centrifugal force or by means of springs or the like aided by centrifugal force, of means for guiding or determining the direction of movement of the beating-devices under the action of said springs or yielding devices or centrifugal force, and reversely under the pressure of the work against the acting faces of the beating-devices.

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

(Specification, 12s. 6d.)

No. 26554.—9th September, 1909.—THORLEIF MUSTAD, of 73 Parade, Birmingham, Warwick, England, Merchant. Improvements in gas-illuminating apparatus for intermittently illuminated signs.

Extract from Specification.—The present invention has for its object an apparatus for producing an intermittent light for advertising signs, giving signals, and so forth, in which the cut-off member serving for the periodical cutting-off of the current of gas supplied at a constant or fluctuating pressure is operated by a body operated by the gas-pressure, whereby the duration of the separate periods is not dependent upon the quantity of gas passing through the apparatus in a unit of time.

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

(Specification, 7s. 6d.)

No. 26603.—2nd February, 1909.—HARRY LE TISSIER BLACKWELL, of 745 George Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Shirt-manufacturer. Improvements in stiffened body-belts.

[Note.—This is an application under the International and Intercolonial Arrangements, the date given being the official date of the application in Australia.]

Claims.—(1.) In body-belts, the combination with a flexible stiffening-piece, of a receptacle therefor consisting of pockets for the ends of said piece, and an intermediate cover or pocket having overlapping or meeting edges between which the piece when bent can be inserted or removed, substantially as described and explained. (2.) In body-belts, sewing or otherwise securing tape or like material thereto, whereby pockets are formed for holding the ends of a flexible stiffening piece which may be sprung into said pockets, substantially as described and explained. (3.) In body-belts, sewing or otherwise securing tape or the like material thereto, whereby pockets are formed at each end of a receptacle or cover for holding a flexible stiffening-piece, the edges between the end pockets being left open to permit the insertion or removal of said piece when bent, substantially as described and illustrated. (4.) In the manufacture of body-belts and the like having stiffening-pieces, forming the pockets therefor in the manner as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 of the drawings.

(Specification, 3s. 6d.)

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J. C. LEWIS,

Registrar.