Nov. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2853

No. 26698.—8th October, 1909.—JOHN LENTON HILLS, Railway Employee, of 1278 Hare Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Improvements in locomotive ash-pans.

Extract from Specification.—I form the bottom of my ash-pan with a series of horizontal transverse pivoted plates or doors placed in echelon—that is, having their edges overlapping one another—each plate or door being capable of turning into a vertical or nearly vertical position, such movement being controlled and performed by means of a system of levers. The ash-pan is provided with a damper at both ends, each of which is operated by a suitable lever connected therewith.

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

(Specification, 6s. 6d.)

No. 26712.—12th October, 1909.—JAMES HOWARD, of Makaretu, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, Inventor. Improved multiple-wire strainer.

Extract from Specification.—According to my invention, I employ a light collapsible and adjustable framework, in which are mounted two vertical rollers, one upon each side of the straining-post, and two horizontal rollers on the front of the post. The wires to be strained are passed through the straining-post and are coiled upon the rollers when the latter are revolved by means of levers.

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

(Specification, 3s.)

No. 26721.—12th October, 1909.—ALEXANDER LUMSDEN SCHRAM, of Hillsboro, Montgomery, Illinois, United States of America, Manufacturer. Closures for jars and similar vessels.

Extracts from Specification.—One object of this invention is to produce a practical and reliable closure of this type for fruit-jars and analogous vessels, having an air-vent passage which will not puncture or injure the rubber gasket, and which is made in stamping or drawing the cover into form and without requiring a special additional operation. . . . Another object of the invention is to so form the cover and secure the gasket thereto that the gasket will extend upwardly into the cover in conical form, thereby making it practically impossible for the edge thereof to catch under the lip of the jar, and so that the gasket assists in centring the cover on the jar. Still another object of the invention is to improve jar-closures of this sort in the respects described and set forth in the claims.

[NOTE.—The above extracts from the specification are inserted in place of the claims.]

(Specification, 10s. 6d.)

No. 26728.—14th October, 1909.—FREDERICK DE GROSSE, of 90 George Street, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, Fitter. An automatic machine sheep-shearer.

Extract from Specification.—The improved machine briefly comprises a travelling elevating-device which is designed to support a sheep in an inverted manner within a framing constructed of an endless double rack arranged in a zigzag formation so as to enable it to encompass the entire body of the animal being shorn. Mounted inside the double rack surrounding the sheep is a cutter-carrying appliance which is adapted to traverse the entire rack by means of suitable gearing actuated from any convenient source. The said gearing operates the cutter-carrying appliance so as to cause it to traverse from one end of the double rack to the other, and simultaneously actuates the cutting portion of the appliance to remove the wool from the sheep.

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

(Specification, 15s.)

No. 26730.—14th October, 1909.—WILLIAM STANSFIELD, of 22 Platt Street, Moss Side, Manchester, England, Electrical Engineer, and JOHN JOSEPH HATT, of 410 London Road, South Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, Electrical Engineer. Improvements in and relating to magnet windings of electromagnetic apparatus.

Extract from Specification.—According to this invention, a small winding may be put on the field or other magnet in opposition to the main winding, and a resistance having a temperature coefficient differing from that of the material of which the windings are composed is connected in series with the main winding. By suitably proportioning the windings and the resistance, the magnetization of the field is rendered constant, as will be hereinafter explained. The invention provides in the case of dynamos driven from the axles of railway vehicles, and therefore at variable speeds, for combinations of windings and resistance to produce constant voltage at the terminals of the generator between certain limits of speed. In this case an auxiliary generator is combined with the main generator, and resistances are so combined with the field winding of the auxiliary that during a gradual increase of speed from a minimum to a maximum it either first assists the field of the main generator to a gradually decreasing degree until a certain voltage is reached, after which it automatically reverses and opposes the main generator to a gradually increasing degree, or it gradually decreases the strength of the main generator field while the speed increases from a minimum to a maximum. In either case constancy of voltage of the main generator is attained. In the case of a booster the invention provides combinations of windings and resistances having temperature coefficients such that the booster either preserves constancy in the current supplied to a battery, or preserves constancy in the voltage applied to translating-devices by that battery.

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

(Specification, 18s. 6d.)

No. 26742.—14th October, 1909.—MARSHMAN WILLIAMS HAZEN, of 453 West 42nd Street, New York City, New York, United States of America, Manufacturer. Typewriting-machines.

Extract from Specification.—This invention relates more particularly to a typewriting-machine in which some of the parts are adapted to be folded over so that the machine will occupy a comparatively small space. The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient machine in which the plates, carriage, the escapement and the ribbon mechanisms may be moved vertically to adapt each type to have a plurality of characters thereon, and the parts so arranged that they may be folded over above the keys to cause the same to occupy less space than when in use, for transportation and other purposes; to provide a machine which is very simple in construction, which may be made very light, weighing but a few pounds, and which has the parts accessible and capable of being easily repaired.

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

(Specification, £2 10s. 6d.)

No. 26748.—14th October, 1909.—EDWIN LLEWELLYN HOLLY, of Katanning, Western Australia, Farmer. Knee-grip attachment for holding milking-buckets in usable position.

Claims.—(1.) In milking-buckets, the attachment of hinged wings or rests as d having rectangular limit-stops as e, all as held in the brackets as b, secured to the bucket, substantially as and for the purposes set forth, and as illustrated in the drawings. (2.) In milking-buckets, the use of a separate or intermediate ring as c, to which is hingably secured the wings as d, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth, and as illustrated in the drawings.

(Specification, 2s. 6d.)

No. 26764.—16th October, 1909.—ST. PAUL CORNET COMPANY, of 518 New York Life Building, City of St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States of America (assignee of Karl Wessel, Mechanical Engineer, of 518 New York Life Building, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America). Machine for making ice-cream cones.

Claims.—(1.) In a pastry-machine, series of mould-sections travelling in superposed endless circuits located entirely outside of each other, the mould-sections co-operating and the circuits being substantially coincident throughout the upper run of the lower circuit and the lower run of the upper circuit. (2.) In a machine such as described, co-operating endless series of bars, each carrying mould-sections, said series being arranged in superposed relation, and having substantially coincident runs. (3.) In a machine such as described, an endless movable series of interconnected elements carrying mould-sections, a series of loose elements also carrying mould-sections, and means to place said loose elements individually in co-operation with the interconnected elements, and then remove them from such co-operation. . . .

[NOTE.—Here follow five other claims.]

(Specification, 11s. 6d.)