FEB. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 703

independent materials having different natures, densities,
or consistencies, the materials being kept in separate layers,
the harder or less resilient material being used as a core or
central layer, around which the softer or more silient material
is arranged in layers. Materials suitable for my purpose
are kapoc and flax or tow. The flax is employed as a central
layer or core surrounded by kapoc, which forms layers above
and below and upon the sides and ends of the flax.

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

(Specification, 2s. 6d.)

No. 27189.—19th January, 1910.—JOHN McLAREN and
HENRY McLAREN, both of Midland Engine Works, Leeds,
England, Engineers. Improvements in ploughs operated by
steam or other motive power.

Claims. —(1.) In ploughs, a leading-wheel mounted on an
arm on a screwed spindle passing through a nut carried in a
bearing for the said spindle, the means for rotating the said
nut for raising and lowering the wheel, and means for locking
the said nut and for partially rotating the said spindle for
steering, substantially as described. (2.) In ploughs having
two or more plough-carrying frames in series, means for
effecting the steering of a following set of ploughs from the
preceding set of ploughs, the said means consisting of a tiller
connected to the steering-lever of one set of ploughs and
passed through a vertical guide carried by the frame of the
other plough, substantially as described.

[NOTE.—Here follow nine other claims.]

(Specification, 14s. 6d.)

No. 27196.—25th January, 1910.—GRANT HAMMOND, of
150 Oakland Terrace, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
of America, Mechanical Engineer, and THOMAS DARLINGTON,
M.D., of 48 West Fifty-ninth Street, New York, United
States of America, Physician. Improvement in automatic
guns.

Extract from Specification.—Our invention relates to fire-
arms, and particularly to an attachment to the Springfield
rifle or other rifles of like type now in use; in other words,
the present invention comprehends and includes a mechanism
which is capable of being attached to the guns now in use
as well as to other types of guns hereinafter constructed, and
which mechanism is designed to make such guns automatic
in action, and to convert the ordinary magazine gun into an
automatic gun wherein the power required for rotating and
reciprocating the breech-bolt, and retracting the firing-bolt
against the tension of its main spring, is derived from the
expansive force of the gases of an exploded charge forcing a
slidable mechanism forwardly and storing power in a spring
or springs sufficient to turn and reciprocate the breech-bolt.
The primary object of the invention is to provide a mechanism
of simple character which is capable of attachment to existing
types of magazine-guns, and which may be applied thereto at
slight expense and with but little alteration of such guns,
whereby the gun may be converted into an automatic gun
when desired. A further object of the invention is to provide
means whereby the automatic attachment may be instantly
thrown into or out of connection with the gun-action to
speedily convert the gun from a single-firer to automatic, and
vice versa, and to semi-automatic.

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

(Specification, £3.)

No. 27203.—26th January, 1910.—LOUISA DILLIMORE, of
Thames, New Zealand, Domestic Duties. Improvements in
safety hat-pins.

Claim.—In safety hat-pins of the class described, the com-
bination of a pair of pins arranged with the head of each pin
adjacent to the point of the other, and having the protecting
knob for each point attached to the head of the other pin
by means of flexible connections, substantially as and for the
purposes specified.

(Specification, 2s.)

No. 27215.—27th January, 1910.—JOHN WILLIAM HARDLEY,
of Auckland, New Zealand, SAMUEL HARDLEY, Jun., of
Hamilton, Auckland, New Zealand, and CHARLES EDWARD
HARDLEY, of Auckland aforesaid, Metal-manufacturers. An
improved bracket for spouting.

Claims. —(1.) The improved bracket for spouting specified,
adapted to hold the spouting with a strong grip, and con-
structed in the manner and for the purpose set forth, as de-
scribed and illustrated. (2.) In the improved bracket for
spouting specified, the upper end of the same given an S
formation, for the purpose set forth, as described and illus-
trated.

(Specification, 2s. 3d.)

No. 27224.—29th January, 1910.—JAMES DEWER HUNTER,
of Moray Place, Dunedin, New Zealand, Engineer and Dairy-
plant Manufacturer. Improved fixing for carrying the brush
used in pasteurising-apparatus.

Claims. —(1.) In pasteurising-plant, in combination with
the inner containing cylinder of same, the brush that keeps
the inner surface clean and free from incrustation of any of
the contents so hinged that it will bear lightly and evenly
on the said inner surface of the inner cylinder even if there
are inequalities in same, all substantially as shown on the
drawing, and as described and explained. (2.) In pasteur-
is-ing-plant, in combination with the inner surface or ends of
the inner or containing cylinder, the brush that keeps the said
inner surface clean and free of any incrustation of any of the
contents so hinged and reinforced on said hinges by springs
either in the hinges or pressing on the brush or frame so as
to keep the said brush pressing more strongly on the said
surface, all substantially as set forth.

(Specification, 2s.)

No. 27226.—12th February, 1909.—JAMES NICOLSON
BAILEY, of 34 Harriet Street, Stretford, Lancashire, Eng-
land, Engineer. Improvements in and relating to the pre-
vention of leakage in pneumatic tires and other articles
containing gas or fluid under restraint.

[NOTE.—This is an application under the International and Inter-
colonial Arrangements, the date given being the official date of the
application in Great Britain.]

Claims. —(1.) A means of preventing leakage of air, gas,
or fluid from hollow tires or the like by plates, flakes, or
scales suspended in or in conjunction with a fluid vehicle, the
said plates, flakes, or scales independently or conjointly
covering the orifice or orifices after the nature of a non
return valve, and being held in position by the constrained
air, gas, or fluid, substantially as described.

[NOTE.—Here follow two other claims.]

(Specification, 6s. 6d.)

No. 27234.—31st January, 1910.—ARTHUR RICHMOND
CHRISTIAN, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Pattern-maker.
An improved convertible article of furniture.

Claims. —(1.) A device of the class described, comprising
a rectangular box provided at its upper end with a commode-
seat, a top or seat detachably secured upon such commode-
seat, a downwardly hinging door at the front of the box
through which is inserted a rectangular pan, and means for
supporting such pan in the interior of said box with its upper
edge against the under side of the commode-seat, substan-
tially as and for the purpose set forth. (2.) The improved
convertible article of furniture for use as coal-cabinet, night
commode, music-stool, and the like, substantially as herein
described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.

(Specification, 3s.)

No. 27242.—3rd February, 1910.—ROBERT CARRUTHERS,
of Levin, New Zealand, Plumber. An improved milk-can.

Claims. —(1.) In a milk-can of the class described, making
the bottom rounded to facilitate cleaning, and seamed and
grooved in such a manner as to make a ridge which prevents