MAY 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1383

No. 27540.—12th April, 1910.—WILLIAM WALLER, of 28 to 32, Vauxhall Walk, Lambeth, London, England, Engineer, and FREDERICK WILLIAM JAMES MOORE, of Arthur Street West, London, England, Merchant. Improvements in machines for the manufacture of tins and like sheet-metal articles.

Claims.—(1.) In machines of the kind described wherein a series of rotating chucks is employed, each carrying one or more rollers, for seaming the ends to the bodies of tins and like sheet-metal articles, the arrangement, on each chuck, of mechanism actuated by the rotation thereof for feeding or pressing the said roller or rollers against the parts to be seamed during the seaming operation, substantially as described. (2.) In machines of the kind described wherein a series of rotating chucks is employed, each carrying one or more rollers, for seaming the ends to the bodies of tins and like sheet-metal articles, the arrangement on each chuck of a cam or cams and means for rotating it or them relatively with the chuck or chucks for feeding or pressing the said roller or rollers against the parts to be seamed during the seaming operation, substantially as described.

[NOTE.—Here follow nineteen other claims.]

(Specification, £1.)

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An asterisk (*) denotes the complete specification of an invention for which a provisional specification has been already lodged.

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The date of acceptance of each application is given after the number.

Extracts from the drawings accompanying the foregoing complete specifications appear at the end of this Gazette.

J. C. LEWIS,
Registrar.

Provisional Specifications accepted.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 5th May, 1910.

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

No. 25690.—E. A. Earnshaw, lifeboat.
No. 26063.—A. H. Hansen, furnace-grating.
No. 26209.—W. T. Hall and J. E. Wheeler, water-sprayer.
No. 26778.—H. C. Abbott, grate-attachment.
No. 26983.—R. H. Sleep and B. G. A. Harkness, swingle-tree.
No. 27434.—L. W. Alexander and J. W. Hall, non-refillable bottle.
No. 27437.—J. J. O’Doherty, vehicle-brake.
No. 27453.—P. C. O. Isherwood, filtering-apparatus.
No. 27457.—A. Ridd, milking-machine pulsator.
No. 27459.—F. G. Willcocks, milking-machine teat cup.
No. 27462.—A. McLeod, water-heater.
No. 27472.—W. Milne, air-exhauster.
No. 27497.—W. Stokes, jun., fire-alarm.
No. 27501.—A. C. Jonassen and C. Horrill, electric branding-device.
No. 27502.—G. Abbott, hinge.
No. 27508.—W. J. Baskiville, cleaning river-channels.
No. 27509.—R. McGaffin, flax-catcher shutter.
No. 27510.—R. McGaffin, flax-catcher.
No. 27512.—H. de L. Peake, milking-machine cup-cap.
No. 27516.—H. Simpson, pudding-steamer.
No. 27522.—W. S. Pierce, explosive.
No. 27527.—C. Simonsen, waterproof coating-solution for leather.
No. 27528.—C. Simonsen, waterproof solution for fabrics.
No. 27532.—J. McFadden and H. Adams, milking-appliance.
No. 27533.—F. C. Wheeler, fire-hose coupler.

No. 27534.—W. Milne, spoon clip or holder.
No. 27536.—W. C. Haines, rotary engine.
No. 27538.—E. Shadgett, beverage.
No. 27543.—A. L. J. Tait, flax-treatment.
No. 27544.—H. N. Bell, milk, &c., treatment.
No. 27547.—A. V. Graham, aerated-water production.
No. 27552.—C. A. Lees, A. H. C. Lees, and T. C. Field, restricting movement of rifle-muzzle.
No. 27553.—G. Hutchinson, seed-sower.
No. 27555.—C. N. H. B. Williams, driving-gear for screw-propelled vessels.
No. 27558.—C. J. H. Thomson and R. W. Hall, canister-head.
No. 27559.—E. A. Jory, steam-boiler.
No. 27561.—F. W. Vare, drink-habit cure.
No. 27563.—W. A. Stephenson, gas-regulating for admission to explosive engines.
No. 27566.—G. G. Holmes, jun., liquid-drawing-off device.
No. 27568.—W. Burgess, earmark and means of attaching same.
No. 27569.—G. Honywood, mixing-machine.
No. 27578.—G. W. Mascord, rotary motor.
No. 27579.—A. H. Wright, franking-machine-die protector.
No. 27580.—A. H. Wright, franking, &c., machine.
No. 27607.—T. H. Easterfield and C. M. Taylor, ketone preparation process.

[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 16th to the 28th April, 1910, inclusive:—

Nil.

Letters Patent on which Fees have been paid.

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

SECOND-TERM FEES.

No. 21008.—International Telegraphic Call Company selective signalling apparatus. (E. R. Gill.) 18th April.
No. 21030.—W. H. Tregoning and E. J. Ruddick, revolving fireplace. 19th April.
No. 21037.—J. B. MacEwan and Co., Limited, portable boiler. (H. H. Reimers.) 25th April.
No. 21045.—R. Connell, pneumatic tire inflating. 26th April.
No. 21072.—United Shoe Machinery Company, boot and shoe machine. (A. E. Jerram and A. Bates.) 20th April.
No. 21073.—United Shoe Machinery Company, boot and shoe machine. (J. P. Pride and A. Bates.) 20th April.
No. 21187.—H. Irwin, alarm. 18th April.
No. 21197.—A. James, gold-extraction. 19th April.
No. 21233.—United Shoe Machinery Company, shoe-upper lacing machine. (W. A. Smith.) 20th April.
No. 21243.—A. I. Jones, flax-treating apparatus. 19th April.
No. 22213.—A. H. Imbert, zinc, &c., treatment. 19th April.

THIRD-TERM FEES.

No. 16339.—The Winchester Repeating Arms Company, firearms. (T. C. Johnson.) 27th April.
No. 16524.—B. and W. Trehwella, lever-jack pawl operating. 19th April.
No. 16566.—R. Emmerich, preservation of meat. 27th April.
No. 17845.—Linotype and Machinery Company, Limited, printing-machine. (T. M. North.) 27th April.

Subsequent Proprietors of Letters Patent registered.

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

No. 22452.—The Interlocking Steel Lathing Company, Limited, duly incorporated under the Companies Act, 1899, and whose registered office is at 33 Sussex Street, Sydney, N.S.W. Sheet-metal lathing. [T. W. Macintosh.] 21st April, 1910.
No. 26977.—Aktiengesellschaft, Brown, Boveri, and Cie, of Baden, Switzerland. Turbine-installation. [E. Brown.] 27th April, 1910.