Feb. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 583

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 9th February, 1910.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the undermentioned applications for Letters Patent have been accepted, and are open to public inspection at this office. Any person may, at any time within two months from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing of opposition to the grant of any such patent. Such notice must set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be in duplicate. A fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

The copies of claims and extracts from the specifications and drawings are merely intended to give some further indication of the invention than is disclosed in the title, and the complete specifications and drawings should be referred to for a description of the invention.

No. 25518.—2nd February, 1909.—ARTHUR Rainsford Craddock, trading as Craddock and Co., of Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineers. Improvements in flooring-cramps.*

Claims.—(1.) In a flooring-cramp, the employment of a lever, an integrally formed cam with pawls pivotally mounted upon it, substantially as described and illustrated. (2.) In a flooring-cramp, in combination, a frame, a cam eccentrically pivoted therein, a lever for operating said cam, and two pairs of pawls pivotally mounted in said cam, one pair in advance of the other, substantially as and for the purposes specified and illustrated. (3.) A flooring-cramp consisting of the parts constructed, combined, arranged, and operating substantially as specified and illustrated.

(Specification, 3s.)

No. 25689.—12th March, 1909.—ROBERT Walker, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Tinsmith. Improved device for securing cream- and milk-can lids.*

Claims.—(1.) A device for securing cream- and milk-can lids, comprising a strap having its outer end adapted to embrace the rim of the can and the lid, and its inner end extending under the handle of the lid, a second opposite similar strap sliding on the first strap, and means for locking the straps together so as to secure the lid, substantially as described. (2.) A device for securing cream- and milk-can lids, constructed, arranged, and adapted to operate substantially as described.

(Specification, 2s. 3d.)

No. 25711.—19th March, 1909.—SAMUEL George Roseman, of Auckland, New Zealand, Brush-manufacturer. Improvements in fibre-bunching apparatus for use in brush-manufacture.*

Claims.—(1.) Means for use in bunching brush-fibres, consisting of a pair of jaws arranged in juxtaposition and adapted to be moved towards or away from each other, each of such jaws being formed with teeth extending from its surface, with a semicircular depression on its outer end, alternating with slots having semicircular inner ends, the two jaws being so arranged that the teeth on one jaw will lie opposite to and be adapted to enter the slot on the other jaw, substantially as specified. (2.) The means for use in bunching brush-fibres substantially as described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.

(Specification, 4s.)

No. 25780.—31st March, 1909.—JAMES Hanna, of Yarrow Street, Invercargill, New Zealand, Storeman. Improved apparatus for cleaning and separating seeds.*

Extract from Specification.—According to my invention I use a series of rotating, inclined, perforated, cylindrical screens of various diameters, the mixed seeds being fed into one end of the cylinder which is innermost or of smallest diameter, the seeds, by reason of the rotation and inclined position of the cylinder, moving along to the opposite end of the cylinder.

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

(Specification, 3s. 6d.)

No. 26204.—5th July, 1909.—PERCY Wilson, Publisher, and Henry Roderick Pike, Advertising Expert, both of 4 Post Office Chambers, 114A Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. A combined clip and suspender for certain kinds of reference books.*

Claims.—(1.) The clip for a certain class of books of reference, such as telephone books, consisting of a piece of springy wire twisted and bent round at the top to form a ring or loop, each leg of the appliance being bent inwards and terminating in a loop at the extremity whereby the two legs may be clipped together and secured to the back of a reference book, as set forth. (2.) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts in the combined clip and suspender for certain kinds of reference books as described, as illustrated in the drawings, and for the purposes specified.

(Specification, 2s.)

No. 26640.—23rd September, 1909.—COLIN Matheson Browne, of 36 Langridge Street, Middle Park, near Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Inventor. An improved aerating and bottling machine.

Claims.—(2.) In an aerating and bottling machine, a cylindrical or other standard, as 3, fitted with perforated metal or wire-gauze partitions or other means for aerating liquid forced into it, in combination with a turnover bottler mounted upon said standard, substantially as and for the purposes specified, and illustrated in the drawings. (3.) In an aerating and bottling machine, an aerating cylinder or chamber, as 3, forming the standard of a turnover bottler, in combination with a pump for automatically forcing at each operation of said bottler a fresh supply of liquid into said aerating standard, substantially as and for the purposes specified, and as illustrated in the drawings.

[NOTE.—Claims 1 and 4 omitted.]

(Specification, 5s.)

No. 26649.—28th September, 1909.—JOSEPH Meszaros, of 5 Elsenham Street, Southfields S.W., London, England, Glass-blower. Improvements in and relating to filament electric lamps.

Extract from Specification.—A centrally disposed loosely mounted reflector surrounded with the filaments.

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

(Specification, 3s. 6d.)

No. 26696.—8th October, 1909.—JAMES Ball, of 75 South Western Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Shoemaker. Shoes.

Extract from Specification.—A shank iron or stiffener which will at the same time serve to admit air for the proper ventilation of the shoe.

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

(Specification, 5s.)

No. 26826.—11th December, 1908.—DONALD Murray, of 3 Lombard Street, in the City of London, England, Electrical Engineer. Improved printer for a multiplex-printing telegraph system.

NOTE.—This is an application under the International and Intercolonial Arrangements, the date given being the official date of the application in Great Britain.

Claims.—(1.) In a printer for a multiplex-printing telegraph system, a typewriter with key-levers combined with a key selecting and operating mechanism, the latter consisting of a group of differentially slotted bars or combs arranged side by side and having a certain amount of freedom of motion lengthways, the motion being controlled or compelled by five or more setting-magnets arranged in a row behind the combs, one magnet being allotted for each comb; a series of cross-bars and hook-levers working in conjunction with the keys of the typewriter; a battery of cams on a cam-spindle adapted to make a single revolution at any required moment by means of a single-revolution clutch, one cam operating a lifting-bar arranged to permit the combs to select one of the series of cross-bars with its corresponding key hook-lever, the second cam operating a universal striker-bar for depressing the selected hook-lever and the corresponding key of the typewriter, and a third cam-operating lever mechanism for restoring the combs to zero position.

[NOTE.—Here follow three other claims.]

(Specification, 15s.)