Nov. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3001

No. 26548.—6th September, 1909.—CHARLES SUTTIE, of Waharoa, New Zealand, Flaxmiller, and MONTAGUE HARRISON WYNYARD, of Onehunga, New Zealand, Solicitor. Improvements in drying New Zealand flax.

Extract from Specification.—A drying-apparatus comprising one or more sets each of two revolving rollers tensioned close and having a groove encircling the annular surface of one or both of the rollers, so that an opening is always left between the rollers, through which opening is placed or passes a rod or a narrow travelling conveyor-band (whether of rope, chain, or other construction) . . . and a carrying-apparatus for the washed or partially dried flax, comprising a rod or bar on which the flax is hung, and having one or more attachments located about the centre.

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

(Specification, 7s. 6d.)

No. 26549.—9th September, 1909.—WILLIAM MULVENA, of Chinderah, Tweed River, New South Wales, Australia, Blacksmith, and ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, of Cudgen, Tweed River, New South Wales, aforesaid, Mechanic. An improved wire-strainer.

Extract from Specification.—This invention has been devised with the object of providing new and useful improvements in wire-strainers of the type comprising a rack having a double row of teeth with which to engage the hooked ends of pawls pivoted one on each side of the centre of oscillation of a hand-lever. Suitable wire-gripping means are attached to the said lever, and upon an oscillatory movement being given to the latter the wire is drawn taut by the advance of the pawls along the rack. While in operation the rack is retained rigidly in position by attachment to a post or to an oppositely arranged wire.

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

(Specification, 5s. 6d.)

No. 26577.—10th September, 1909.—ALEXANDER STORRIE, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Implement-manufacturer. Improved pipe-connection for rubber hose, &c.

Extract from Specification.—I make the end from which I propose to connect larger, threading it on the outside, and form a recess into which a rubber washer is placed, and I then fit a cap over the said rubber washer, screwing it down on same by the screw already mentioned. The hole in the cap is usually smooth, but where pressure instead of vacuum is in the pipes sufficient to blow out the connecting pipe, the said hole may be threaded so that a safe connection against any pressure may be obtained. In the case of vacuum connection I prefer to make a shoulder to the connecting-piece, so that the vacuum drawing it down to the said shoulder causes a double joint, which is of use especially when the rubber is slightly worn.

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

(Specification, 3s. 6d.)

No. 26584.—13th September, 1909.—WILLIAM HOWARD CHIPPERFIELD, of No. 17 Hanway Street Works, Saint Pancras, London, England, Engineer. Improved apparatus for the compression of gas or air for lamps.

Claims.—(1.) In apparatus for compressing gas or air for gas-lighting in which the increased pressure of the gas or air to be used at the burner is attained by the expansive action of heat upon air admitted from, and when expanded allowed to escape to, the atmosphere, the combination of an outer vessel or chamber of metal arranged above the burner of the lamp and having an opening formed in its upper end, with an inner hollow body free to move within such outer vessel, and a hollow, flexible, extensible, and compressible metallic body attached to the boundary of said opening in the outer vessel and to the upper end of the inner hollow movable body, substantially as shown and described for the purpose specified.

[NOTE.—Here follow three other claims.]

(Specification, 5s.)

No. 26618.—18th September, 1909.—THOMAS STANLEY PHILPOTT, of 7 Somerset Avenue, Wellington, New Zealand, Saddler. Method of recording votes and apparatus for use in connection therewith.

Claims.—(1.) A method of and apparatus for recording votes, substantially as specified and illustrated. (2.) In vote-recording apparatus, the employment of the box with the paper ribbon therein and the window and shutter arrangement, substantially as specified and illustrated. (3.) In vote-recording apparatus, the employment of the paper ribbon divided into spaces and a marginal column of numbers in direct numerical progression, substantially as specified and illustrated. (4.) In vote-recording apparatus, the employment of the combination of the apparatus comprising the voting-chamber, the compartment for the official, the boxes carrying the vote-record tapes, and their incidental parts, one box for each candidate or subject voted upon, and the box for the total number of voters, with the ribbon and incidental parts, substantially as specified and illustrated.

(Specification, 4s.)

No. 26630.—22nd September, 1909.—JOHN SIMS FORBES, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Mechanical Engineer. Improvements in apparatus for heating and sterilising liquids.

Claims.—(1.) In a liquid-heater or steriliser of the type described, means for insulating the initial supply of cold raw liquid from the heated sterile liquid. (2.) In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a casing, a body of tubes fitting within said casing and removable therefrom, means for supplying raw liquid to said tubes, said liquid descending in one of said tubes and ascending in the others, means for introducing the sterile liquid around said tubes, and a casing for insulating the descending column of raw liquid. (3.) In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a casing receiving the heated sterile liquid, a receptacle for raw liquid removably mounted above the casing, means for supplying liquid from the raw-liquid receptacle, and means for heating the same and passing it to the casing.

[NOTE.—Here follow seven other claims.]

(Specification, 10s.)

No. 26658.—29th September, 1909.—WILLIAM JAMES JUPP, of 155 Upper Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Woodturner. A billiard-dining-table adjuster.

Extract from Specification.—My invention consists of a dovetail slide with guides and recesses, a pin working in a slot, and adjusting-means consisting of a screw with milled edge.

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

(Specification, 4s.)

No. 26676.—4th October, 1909.—LEONARD GRIFFITH GRACE, of Hawera, New Zealand, Agent. A combination interchangeable and convertible pump and siphon apparatus.

Claims.—(1.) In a combination interchangeable and convertible pump and siphon apparatus, having an air-vent at the top for converting the same into a siphon, the use of a plug-wad or washer attached to the upper end of a piston-rod working in the ascending member of the apparatus, substantially as described.

[NOTE.—Here follow six other claims.]

(Specification, 5s.)

No. 26686.—6th October, 1909.—GEORGE GRANT, Salesman, and FRANK HOWARD JAMES, Gunsmith, both of Napier, New Zealand. An improved construction of rifle-target.

Claims.—(1.) In targets, a frame mounted on vertical guide-pillars, adapted to slide up and down thereon and to hold the target-disc, pulleys mounted in the top ends of the guide-pillars, ropes passed over such pulleys, each connected at one of its ends to the sliding frame, and a counterweight suspended upon the other ends of the ropes adapted to counterbalance the sliding frame, substantially as specified. (2.) In targets, vertical guide-pillars, a frame mounted upon such pillars and adapted to slide up and down thereon, a target-disc carried upon such frame, a second frame mounted