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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 26606.—15th September, 1909.—ALFRED GEORGE JACKSON, of Stephens Road, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Electrical Engineer. Improvements in mechanism for turret clocks and the like.

Extract from Specification.—I attain my object in the case of the going mechanism by dispensing with the great wheel and barrel usual with ordinary clocks, and attach the cord and weight to short barrel or wheel on the arbor next above this, which comprises generally the minute arbor of the clock-mechanism, and connected in the usual way by pawl and ratchet wheel. As this spindle revolves once in the hour it may be used conveniently as a means to switch on the electric current to the winding-motor once each revolution, or it could be satisfactorily done by the fall of the weight at any convenient period of time.

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

(Specification, 5s.)

No. 26608.—14th September, 1909.—SAMUEL LEVY, of 213 Princes Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Expert Brewer. Device for removing sediment from beer and wine barrels and the like.

Claims.—(1.) A device for removing sediment from beer and wine barrels and the like, comprising the combination with a siphon of a mouthpiece having a restricted opening with serrated edges adapted to be moved over the bottom of the barrel, substantially as described. (2.) A device for removing sediment from beer and wine barrels and the like, constructed, arranged, and adapted to operate substantially as described.

(Specification, 2s.)

No. 26610.—14th September, 1909.—WESLEY CASTLES, of 133 Stanmore Road, Stanmore, near Sydney, New South Wales, Contractor. An improved machine for excavating, raising, and dumping earth, sand, silt, or gravel.

Extract from Specification.—The principal features of the invention comprise a horizontal rectangular framing of channel or other suitable bar iron or tubing, having a transversely mounted shaft or axle, the ends of which are fitted within the hubs of combined transport and elevating wheels of novel design; double-ended ploughs for cutting the soil into sods and depositing the latter within the sphere of operation of the said wheels; and elevating earth-belts for conveying the excavated earth to a desired point and there dumping it.

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

(Specification, 12s.)

No. 26624.—21st September, 1909.—UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, of Paterson, in the State of New Jersey, United States of America, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of said State of New Jersey, and having a place of business at 205 Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (assignees of John Francis Davey, of Beverly, Massachusetts aforesaid, Inventor). Improvements in or relating to pegging-machines.

Claims.—(1.) In a pegging-machine, the combination with an awl and driver, of separate means for operating said awl and driver respectively, a laterally movable carrier for said awl and driver, means for varying the extent of lateral movement of said carrier, a laterally movable horn, and means for varying the extent of movement of said horn to correspond to that of said carrier. (2.) In a pegging-machine, the combination with a laterally movable carrier for the awl and driver having a continuous movement in each direction, of a lever connected with said carrier, a second lever and means for giving the second lever a definite movement at each cycle of operation, and an adjusting connecting device between said levers whereby the point of connection between the levers can be shifted with relation to the fulcrums of both levers, a laterally movable horn, and means for varying the extent of the lateral movement thereof, as set forth. (3.) In a pegging-machine, the combination with an awl, of a hammer, separate means for operating said awl and hammer respectively to cause the awl to penetrate the material and the hammer to drive the peg, a laterally movable carrier for the awl and hammer, a horn or work support, and means for moving said horn laterally towards the awl during the penetrating of the material by the awl. . . .

[NOTE.—Here follow thirty other claims.]

(Specification, £2.)

No 26625.—21st September, 1909.—MATTHEW MOLONEY, of Ferry Road, Christchurch, New Zealand, Electrical Mechanician. Improvements in telephone transmitters.

Extract from Specification.—According hereto the casing of the transmitter contains a metal cylinder insulated from the casing, and having within it a similarly shaped carbon cup carrying a plurality of radially arranged carbon pencils with pointed ends fitting in a groove in a carbon centre stud. The stud has a point which passes through the centre of two carbon washers having between them a number of small shot or pellets. The washers are kept in position by a carbon recessed ring, within which and against the face of the usual metal transmitting diaphragm are located a number of pellets or grains of carbon arranged around the point of the carbon stud, which just clears said diaphragm. A transmission screw insulated from the casing is connected to the cup.

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

(Specification, 5s. 6d.)

No. 26631.—22nd September, 1909.—JOHN GILL, of Beechwood Mains, Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland, Gentleman. Improvements in machines for briquetting pulverised or broken coke, coal, mineral ores, and the like.

Claims.—(1.) The improved briquetting-machine the feature of which is that two drums are arranged to rotate together, the one drum having upon its periphery a number of spaces or briquette-moulds adapted to contract as the drum revolves, and the other drum adapted to compress the material into the contracting spaces or moulds as the two drums rotate together, substantially as described. (2.) A briquetting-machine in accordance with the first claiming clause hereof, the feature of which is that the sides of the contracting spaces or moulds on the periphery of the mould-drum are formed by blades sliding in and out in slots or grooves in the said drum, and having tapered outer ends, substantially as described. (3.) In a briquetting-machine in accordance with the first and second claiming clauses hereof, a mould-drum b with side-plates s, radial slots or grooves f, blades g sliding in the said slots, and fixed cams t adapted to move the said blades in and out in the said slots as the drum revolves, combined and operating substantially as described with reference to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings. (4.) In a briquetting-machine of the kind described, in combination with the mould-drum b, a conveyor-belt 7 bearing against the outer edges of the blades g and moving with them, substantially as described. (5.) In a briquetting-machine in accordance with the first and second claiming clauses hereof, the modification of the compressing drum a which consists in constructing its periphery with a series of curved projections 12 corresponding to the spaces or moulds on the drum b, substantially as and for the purpose described with reference to Fig. 4 of the drawings.

(Specification, 9s.)

No. 26632.—22nd September, 1909.—JAMES THOMAS HUNTER, of 157 Featherston Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Registered Patent Agent (nominee of the Printing Machinery Company, Limited, of 188 Fleet Street, London, England—assignees of Henry Alexander Wise Wood, of Metropolitan Building, 1 Madison Avenue, New York, United States of America, Engineer). Improvements in apparatus for casting stereotype printing-plates.

Extract from Specification.—The principal objects of the present invention are to provide means whereby the two parts of the casting-box may be separated in a convenient and simple manner by a rocking motion without having any change in the character of motion of the part which carries the plate (said part being positively guided), without involving the use of complicated machinery suitable only for large plants, and at the same time to provide means whereby the plate may be automatically separated from the casting-box and delivered, preferably by gravity, in a convenient and simple manner into a position where it will be readily accessible and from which it may be removed at leisure; also to provide an efficient guiding-device for the movable member of the box, a simple and effective clamping arrangement to secure the core in casting position, so constructed that it can be employed to unlock the core and at the same time serve as a handle to separate the parts of the box without necessitating the employment of two handles for these two purposes, or any unnecessary manipulation of the parts; to provide means for returning the devices for separating the plate from the box to normal position when the parts of the box are brought together; and generally to improve and simplify the construction of casting-devices of this general character.

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

(Specification, £1.)