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No. 28563.—12th October, 1909.†—ARTHUR THOMAS COLLIER, of “Gonvena,” Blenheim Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, Engineer. An improved manufacture of flexible material from indiarubber and the like.

Claims.—(1.) In the manufacture of vulcanized material, the use of short lengths of thread made of fibres tightly twisted together and intimately mixed with an indiarubber dough or like plastic composition suitable for vulcanization, the resultant mixture being brought into the desired shape and then vulcanized, substantially as described. (2.) Vulcanized material manufactured according to the process described in the preceding claim.

(Specification, 4s. 3d.)

No. 28628.—25th October, 1910.—PERCY GORDON ECKERSLEY DANIEL, Organist, of “Eckersley,” Clevedon, Somerset, England, and CHARLES ASHTON HENRY BULLOCK, of 11 Ludgate Square, London, England, Publisher. Improvements in machines for supplying and affixing stamps and the like.

Claims.—(1.) In a machine for delivering or affixing stamps or the like, actuating a device for feeding the stamps or the like by their perforations by means of a part carried by the plunger pressing on a resilient arm such as E, in combination with a front stop so arranged that while the feeding-device is stopped in a definite position other parts of the machine can complete their stroke, substantially as described. (2.) In a machine for delivering or affixing stamps or the like, feeding forward the stamps by means of a feeding-device consisting of a carriage, or its equivalent, carrying a lever having at its end a feed-tooth shaped as above described, such lever being so mounted as to have at all times free play (subject only to spring-pressure) to and from the surface of the stamp, the feed-device being actuated by means of a part carried by the plunger pressing on resilient arms such as E, and having the forward limit of its movement fixed by a stop, substantially as and for the purposes described.

[NOTE.—Here follow seven other claims.]

(Specification, 12s. 9d.)

No. 28698.—8th November, 1910.—THE METALS EXTRACTION CORPORATION, LIMITED, of Finsbury House, Blomfield Street, London, England (assignees of Henry Thomas Durant, of Finsbury House aforesaid, Metallurgist). Improvements in or relating to apparatus for bringing a gas into contact with a liquid.

Extract from Specification.—A tower for bringing the gas into intimate contact with a liquid, according to this invention, comprises the combination with a vertical receptacle having an inlet near the bottom for the gas and an inlet at the top for the liquid, or slightly truncated, conical, or pyramidal “contact elements,” each comprising a series of overlapping conical or pyramidal rings spaced apart and so arranged that the liquid has to run over the rings in succession, while the gas is forced to pass through the liquid between the rings.

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

(Specification, 4s. 6d.)

No. 28716.—10th November, 1910.—THOMAS MCCLELLAND, Jun., of 7 Corrie Grove, Muirend, Cathcart, near Glasgow, Scotland, Cashier (assignee of Charles Kratt, of 120 Lochleven Road, Glasgow aforesaid, Electrical Engineer). An improved method of and apparatus for heating water by electricity.

Claims.—(1.) A method of heating water by causing it to pass through, over, or in contact with carbon or other equivalent non-metallic resisting material in the form of pieces, particles, granules, or the like, and through which an electric current is passed, substantially as described. (2.) An apparatus for heating water, comprising one or more tubes or containers of non-conducting material having small pieces, particles, or granules of carbon or other equivalent non-metallic resisting material more or less loosely packed therein, means for passing water in contact with the resisting material, and means whereby an electric current can be passed through the resisting material, substantially as described.

[NOTE.—Here follow four other claims.]

(Specification, 8s. 6d.)

No. 28720.—8th November, 1910.—CECIL GEORGE MCKELLAR, of 100 Gloucester Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Consulting Engineer. Improvements in tennis-racquets.

Claims.—(1.) In an article of the class described—namely, a tennis-racquet—channel-shaped stampings of suitable material to be fitted and fixed on shoulders as described and for the purpose set forth. (2.) In an article of the class described—namely, a tennis-racquet—hollow-shaped sleeves of suitable material other than binding to be fitted and fixed on shoulders as herein described for the purpose set forth.

[NOTE.—Here follow four other claims.]

(Specification, 3s.)

No. 28721.—8th November, 1910.—THOMAS MORRIS, of Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand, Inventor. Improved holdfast-clips.

Claims.—(1.) In clips for hats and other light articles that are adapted to be carried in the pocket, in combination, an upper part adapted for hooking on to a book-rest or the back of a seat, &c., with lower portions consisting of a clip and hook, all substantially as shown and as illustrated in the drawing.

[NOTE.—Here follow three other claims.]

(Specification, 3s.)

No. 28763.—23rd November, 1910.—HENRY LOWRY, of 21 Lepper Street, Belfast, Ireland, Builder and Drainage Contractor. An apparatus for removing obstructions in water and sewage pipes, gully-traps, and the like, and thoroughly cleansing same.

Claims.—(1.) An apparatus for removing obstructions from pipes, drains, and so forth, characterized by having jaws normally closed by a spring and pivotally connected with a bow-shaped carrier fixed to the end of a flexible tube, said jaws being provided with means for opening same by the pull of a wire, twisted cable, or the like, which leads through said flexible tube, substantially as described.

[NOTE.—Here follow three other claims.]

(Specification, 4s.)

No. 28767.—23rd November, 1910.—WILLY ALBERT OTTO SCHRUTH, of 167 Beaufort Street, Perth, Western Australia, and WILLIAM REILLY MACKAY, of 286 Wellington Street, Perth aforesaid, both Engineers. Coin-operated delivery-machine.

Claims.—(1.) A pull-lever as b having a slotted arm b2 in combination with a slotted arm g secured to the spindle of a rotary magazine as d, said slotted arms being adapted to be bridged or connected up by the insertion of a coin as a so as to allow said magazine to be rotated by a drag-pawl as j and said pull-lever b, substantially as set forth and shown in the drawing. (2.) A rotatable magazine as d, with columns as d1 and a divisional plate as j and floor as d2, with opening d4 and with means as k to k3 and m to prevent the insertion of a coin after the sale of the last box, substantially as set forth and shown in the drawing. (3.) A coin-operated delivery-machine constituted by the combination of parts operating in a punctual and fellowship manner, and substantially as set forth and shown in the drawing.

(Specification, 3s. 6d.)

No. 28790.—25th November, 1910.—FRIEDRICH WILHELM HILDESHEIM, of 12 Rue Simons, Brussels, Belgium, Manufacturer. Process of manufacture of chocolate or products having a cocoa base, and apparatus therefor.

Claims.—(1.) Process of manufacture of chocolate or products having a cocoa base, consisting in grinding or refining the material at a minimum temperature of 60° C, the said operation being effected with the just-treated material isolated with regard to the body of the mass. (2.) Process of manufacture of chocolate or products having a cocoa base consisting in heating the mass of material to a minimum temperature of 60°, and then grinding or refining in thin layers whereby the temperature of the substance treated is momentarily increased, said substance being then immediately