APRIL 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1269

Provisional Specifications accepted.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1910.

APPLICATIONS for Letters Patent, with provisional specifications, have been accepted as under:—

No. 27307.—J. J. Keppel, wire-strainer.
No. 27412.—H. L. Friend, step-annunciator, for tram-cars, &c.,
No. 27430.—D. McLean, chimney-draught inducer.
No. 27444.—S. Waters, flash-signal shutter.
No. 27445.—J. S. Lawrie, piston-rod-packing device.
No. 27455.—S. F. Darragh, phonograph, trumpet-attachment.
No. 27458.—J. L. MacDonald, axle-construction.
No. 27461.—G. Massey, sheep-shearing machine.
No. 27463.—J. A. McKinnon, couch.
No. 27464.—H. A. Foote, water-motor.
No. 27468.—T. E. O’Brien, turnip-thinner and hoeing-machine.
No. 27469.—F. W. Gough, tap or cock.
No. 27471.—A. Falkner, building-construction.
No. 27475.—C. J. Nicklin, preserving-jar.
No. 27487.—J. Whall, vehicle-jack.
No. 27491.—K. MoK. Fraser, aeroplane.
No. 27498.—G. W. Phillips, hat-pin-point protector.
No. 27499.—A. R. Christian and E. A. Reynolds, trolley-pole lowering.
No. 27523.—E. Le Roy, sail and sail-setting.

[NOTE.—Provisional specifications cannot be inspected, or their contents made known by this office in any way, until the complete specifications in connection therewith have been accepted.]

Letters Patent sealed.

LIST of Letters Patent sealed from the 1st to the 15th April, 1910, inclusive:—

No. 24861.—F. C. Brown, ore-treatment.
No. 24883.—T. W. Rapley, magnetic separator.
No. 24910.—D. Taylor, binding-file.
No. 24950.—A. Robins, produce-box.
No. 25326.—D. Fraser, gig-saw.
No. 25330.—A. W. B. Corry and C. H. Alley, nail-punch.
No. 25362.—R. S. Newcomb, closet or privy.
No. 25393.—J. Hopkirk, milk &c., agitating apparatus.
No. 25411.—V. R. Blair, acetylene-generator.
No. 25426.—R. M. Smith, wheel.
No. 25434.—J. Hutchings, pumping-engine.
No. 25438.—T. Firth, horse-controller and wheel-lock.
No. 25476.—G. L. Pearson, well-boring appliance.
No. 25517.—J. P. Carmine, automatic coupling.
No. 25522.—E. B. Killen, wooden wheel.
No. 25536.—L. N. Dyhrberg, fireplace-front.
No. 25598.—D. McLean, level.
No. 25751.—Mjolkningmaskin Aktiebolaget, inflatable tube for milking-organs. (T. E. Wawrinsky and H. F. Albihn.)
No. 25772.—United Shoe Machinery Company, boot and shoe manufacture. (J. Cavanagh, jun., and P. H. Doherty.)
No. 25826.—The Powers Railway Safety Appliance Company, railway-train air-brake. (E. B. Powers.)
No. 25986.—E. von Lepel, rapid electric-oscillation production.
No. 26003.—H. Knudsen and H. Barta, type-setting machine.
No. 26071.—C. E. Walder and H. M. Ashton, carcase-skinnning, &c., instrument.
No. 26130.—A. E. Humphries, flour-milling.
No. 26169.—A. Falkner, jack, crane, &c., actuating gear.
No. 26176.—C. F. Siegert, metalliferous-material treatment.
No. 26287.—Perks, Dane, and Co. Proprietary, Limited (J. E. Dane), moisture from electric cable, drying.
No. 26351.—W. R. Bruce and F. Coutts, tram-car life-guard-actuating mechanism.
No. 26397.—N. W. Pill, carburetter.
No. 26434.—L. G. Abrams, broom or brush. (H. M. Marsh.)
No. 26481.—K. I. Lindstrom, milking-machine.
No. 26555.—Sandow Limited, corset. (R. M. Hahn.)
No. 26610.—W. Castles, earth, &c., excavator and dumper.
No. 26761.—E. G. Harrop, finger-ring.
No. 26897.—C. Allen, slime-separator and classifier.
No. 26975.—J. T. Hunter, animals’ intestine treating machine. (Wolf, Sayer, and Heller—E. Bianchi.)
No. 26976.—J. Mitchell, building-construction.
No. 26977.—E. Brown, marine-turbine installation.
No. 26980.—B. Baron, smoking-pipe charge.
No. 26999.—P. E. G. Cumberland, steam-boiler corrosion-prevention.

No. 27012.—M. H. Page, liquid-fuel-tank vent.
No. 27037.—J. Wilson, liquid-fuel vapour, &c., utilisation.
No. 27038.—A. A. Holle, turbine.
No. 27039.—E. M. Holme, electric crane.
No. 27040.—A. Kilborn, milking-machine attachment.
No. 27047.—P. Brenner and O. Hoffmann, pump, &c., valve.
No. 27068.—E. T. Fennell and J. Sackett, metallic-ore furnace.
No. 27069.—The Sectional Box Company, box or case. (C. Fassnacht.)
No. 27071.—J. C. Barker, metal-melting furnace.
No. 27073.—J. Bamford, potato-digging machine.
No. 27082.—F. E. Watling, plate-lift.
No. 27098.—E. Wright, fibre-decorticating machine.

Letters Patent on which Fees have been paid.

[NOTE.—The dates are those of the payments.]

SECOND-TERM FEES.

No. 20970.—W. S. Clarke, plastering-lath fixing. 6th April.
No. 20976.—E. Broughton, clothing cutting and fitting. 5th April.
No. 20981.—J. McNally, fencing-dropper. 6th April.
No. 21064.—E. T. C. Firth, mixing, &c., machine. 7th April.
No. 21246.—F. A. Lakin, attaching fencing-wires to standards. 7th April.

THIRD-TERM FEES.

No. 16068.—H. Harraway, grain-drier, &c. 1st April.
No. 16259.—T. Terrell, incandescent-mantle manufacture. 12th April.
No. 16348.—A. Gillies, pneumatic milking-apparatus. 7th April.
No. 16378.—A. Gillies, teat-cup, 7th April.

Subsequent Proprietor of Letters Patent registered.

[NOTE.—The name of the former proprietor is given in brackets; the date is that of registration.]

NO. 24138.—Telegraphone Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maine, United States of America, and having a place of business at 32 Nassau Street, New York, United States of America. Telegraphonic apparatus. (E. A. Hytten.) 4th April, 1910.

Request to amend Specification allowed.

THE request to amend specification No. 25749—E. Arnold, ventilating-system (advertised in Supplement to New Zealand Gazette, No. 106, of the 16th December, 1909)—has been allowed.

Requests for Correction of Clerical Errors in Applications for Letters Patent.

NO. 27235.—Submarine Signal Company, sounder. (Advertised in Supplement to New Zealand Gazette, No. 22, of the 10th March, 1910.)
To insert the following paragraph after line 3, page 7, of specification:—
“ There is shown in figures 12 and 13 an arrangement of these openings or ports, in which the proportion of the length of the openings in the cylinder is to the opening in the casing approximately as 1 : 3, this being a convenient though not necessary proportion of the one to the other.”
No. 25476.—G. L. Pearson, well-borer. (Advertised in Supplement to New Zealand Gazette, No. 8, of the 27th January, 1910.)
To alter the second name of the applicant from “Lucan” to “Lucas.”

Application for Letters Patent refused.

THE following application for Letters Patent has been refused:—
No. 25990.—R. Sorenson. Bradley gig. (Advertised in Supplement to New Zealand Gazette, No. 93, of the 4th November, 1909.)