May 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1573

No. 27588.—19th April, 1910.—JOHN MESNY TOURTEL, of 57 Chiswell Street, London, England, Consulting Engineer. Improvements in adding and printing machines.

Claims.—(1.) In adding-machines of the kind first referred to, the provision of a movable, preferably sliding, bar operated by the movement of other parts of the machine, and designed to temporarily engage and lock the toothed sectors at times when they should not be moved, particularly for the purpose of preventing accidental displacement of the sectors, or the fraudulent manipulation of the machine. (2.) In adding-machines of the kind described and claimed in the preceding claim, the provision of a counter-moving handle, the function of which is to enable totals to be set up and printed, the said handle being used in conjunction with the zeroizing-handle, which is furnished with the flange and pin described, for the purpose of retaining the counter mechanism (to which the zeroizing-handle is attached) in engagement with the sectors until the zeroizing-handle has been moved through a complete revolution.

[NOTE.—Here follow six other claims.]

(Specification, £1.

No. 27589.—19th July, 1909.—PERCY WILLIAM COOK, of La Casita, Walton Road, The Drive, Sidcup, Kent, England, Civil Engineer. Improvements in and relating to reinforced-concrete constructions.

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

Extract from Specification.—According to the present invention, the reinforcement consists of a number of rods or wires, which are laid substantially parallel with one another and are connected at suitable intervals by sheets of thin metal through which the rods are threaded. The holes in these sheets are arranged alternately in two or more rows at a very short distance apart, so that a cross rod or bar may be placed between two rows of parallel rods and drawn towards the sheet-connectors in order to wedge the two rows of rods apart so as to form bows and loops, and in this way to lock the rods firmly in position. The metal sheets, therefore, replace the usual stirrups and binding-wires for connecting the parts of the metallic skeleton, and insure the accurate spacing and retention of the rods; they are, moreover, more quickly placed in position in forming a structure of the kind mentioned than the usual stirrups and binding-wires. The invention also comprises subordinate features described and claimed.

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

(Specification, 5s. 6d.)

No. 27590.—19th April, 1910.—LOUIS FULDA, of 23A Harley Street, Bow, London, England, Gentleman. Improvements relating to the preservation of food and other organic substances, and to a preservative composition therefor.

Claims.—(1.) The preservation of food and other organic substances by subjecting such substances to the action of an alkaline meta-bisulphite and glass-gall of the character referred to, substantially as described. (2.) The described preservative composition consisting of or containing an alkaline meta-bisulphite and glass-gall of the character referred to. (3.) For the preservation of food and other organic substances, a preservative solution prepared by dissolving an alkaline meta-bisulphite and glass-gall in water that has been previously boiled, substantially as described.

(Specification, 5s.)

No. 27591.—19th April, 1910.—CHARLES EDWIN HIBBERD, of 28 Victoria Mansions, Victoria Street, Westminster, London, England, Engineer. Improvements in and relating to gas-meters.

Claims.—(1.) A dry gas-meter having a valve seat or seats removable without disturbance, operating mechanism, or removal from the meter of the same, such as valve-seats formed to be individually fixed by screws to the mechanism-platform to coact with suitable gas-ports in the same, substantially as and for the purpose described. (2.) In a measuring-device as referred to, means for positively guiding a valve or valves upon the seat or seats, such as a guide-rail rigidly fixed in the desired plane of motion of the valve or valves, and coacting with grooves formed in extensions upon the same, substantially as described.

[NOTE.—Here follow nine other claims.]

(Specification, 15s.)

No. 27611.—21st April, 1910.—GUSTAV KOCHENDORFFER, of St. Francis Street, off Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Engineer. Improvements in bottling-machines.

Claims.—(1.) In improvements in bottling-machines, a base above which upstands a stationary pillar, to which is attached a stationary head, from which protrudes an upper flange and a lower flange, tappets protruding from the upper flange, a striker having a striking-portion adjustably attached to said upper flange, a stud protruding from said lower flange, to which is pivoted a catch-lever. (2.) In improvements in bottling-machines, a stationary head, a striking-portion protruding from said head, tappets protruding from said head, a catch-lever controlled by springs and pivoted to said lever, said catch-lever having a catch upstanding above it, a tumbler pivoted to said head having an instep therein, said tumbler having a lug protruding therefrom.

[NOTE.—Here follow ten other claims.]

(Specification, 10s.)

No. 27629.—26th April, 1910.—THOMAS MENCE, of Campbelltown, New Zealand, Labourer. An improved child-holder.

Extract from Specification.—Consists in a frame of wood or other suitable material that is mounted on a platform or stand, which, if required, may be supported upon castors. The frame is formed with a pair of slide-rails extending in parallel lines along it and capable of adjustment in their height from the platform. Upon these rails a flat board is mounted so as to be capable of sliding to and fro thereon without lifting, and this board is formed with an aperture therein of sufficient size to permit of the child’s body being passed down through it, and then to have its edge engage beneath the child’s armpits so as thus to support the child.

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

(Specification, 3s.)

No. 27637.—27th April, 1910.—ANGUS MACINTOSH MACLEON, of Eltham, Taranaki, New Zealand, Inventor. Apparatus for suspending clothes for drying purposes and the like.

Claim.—A wire chain consisting of comparatively long links connected by a relatively smaller connecting-link, and a pear-shaped wire-grip loop carried by said connecting-link, substantially as specified and illustrated.

(Specification, 1s.)

No. 27676.—4th May, 1910.—WILLIAM FRANKLIN, of Nailsworth, 29 Whistler Road, Manly, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Clerk. Apparatus for exhibiting carpets and other textile fabrics.

Extract from Specification.—A display-cabinet, according to my invention, consists of a case of dimensions adequate to accommodate a number—preferably six to twelve—of “squares” of carpet or other textile articles hung vertically therein one behind the other. The squares of carpet or other articles are suspended separately in a file from bars to which they are removably attached by means of hooks or clips, and the bars are carried by flexible cords which are reeved over fair lead sheaves and carry counterbalancing weights in their fall-loops. A trip-plate is provided for engaging stoppers on each cord-fall so as to sustain the counterbalancing weight thereon when the particular carpet or article suspended by such cord is drawn out of the cabinet for display. A spring-supported rod (or rods) sustains said trip-plate automatically until it is released by turning a handle which retires said rods and thereby allows the trip-plate to drop, whereupon the counterweights fall free and draw the displayed carpet or article back into its proper place in the cabinet.

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

(Specification, 6s. 6d.)

No. 27682.—5th May, 1910.—HAROLD BRANDON SKERTCHLY, of Princess Street, Kew, Victoria, Australia, Civil Servant. An improved trousers-stretcher.

Claims.—(1.) An improved trousers-stretcher comprising two battens or bars having their inner ends hinged or pivotally connected to a cross-piece, and adjustable clamping-members located at or adjacent the outer ends of said battens or