JUNE 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1779

there be one or more series of separators, the last member of a
series would overflow into the still. A further feature of the
present invention, which may be regarded as subsidiary to the
foregoing principal movement, consists in a particular arrange-
ment of condenser in which the condensed solvent is passed
down through or into a column of liquid, and the suction
of the pump is applied to the space above the column. The
pump may deliver into a scrubber, either directly in the
known manner or indirectly, as, for instance, by interposing
between the pump and the scrubber a compression or air
vessel in which the increased pressure to which the small
traces of solvent vapours are subjected overcomes the vapour-
tension, and causes the vapours to condense in the form of
dew, thereby facilitating the action of the scrubber.

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

(Specification, 13s. 6d.)

No. 27777.—25th May, 1910.—VACUUM SPECIALTY MANU-
FACTURING COMPANY, a corporation of Arizona, having its
principal place of business at 238 Sacramento Street, San
Francisco, California, United States of America, Manu-
facturers (assignees of George S. Bennett, of 238 Sacramento
Street, San Francisco aforesaid, Mechanical Engineer). Im-
proved vacuum cleaner.

Claims.—(1.) In a vacuum cleaner, a base-plate, a motor
having a vertical shaft carried by said base-plate, a fan
secured to said shaft above the motor, a casing having an
opening immediately over the fan-shaft, said casing being
closely adjacent to the fan, and a casing producing a chamber
above the first casing, substantially as described.

[NOTE.—Here follow two other claims.]

(Specification, 4s.)

No. 27789.—29th May, 1909.—THOMAS LUND, of 86 McKay
Street, Beverly, Massachusetts, United States of America,
Foreman. Improvements in top lifts.

[NOTE.—This is an application under section 98 of the Act, the date
given being the official date of the application in the United States of
America.]

Claims.—(1.) A moulded top lift having the fin formed
during the moulding operation at the junction of its peri-
pheral surface with its inner face projecting approximately
in the plane of said face. (2.) A top lift condensed by pres-
sure applied both laterally and vertically thereto, and having
the fin formed during the condensing operation at the junc-
tion of its peripheral surface with its inner face projecting
approximately in the plane of said face. (3.) A condensed
top lift having the fin formed during the condensing opera-
tion at the junction of its peripheral surface with its inner
face projecting laterally from said surface. (4.) A moulded
top lift having the fin formed during the moulding operation
at the junction of its peripheral surface with its inner face
lying outside of the line of intersection of said peripheral
surface and inner face.

(Specification, 4s. 6d.)

No. 27792.—27th May, 1910.—CLEMENTINA WALLACE
WILLS, wife of Tracy Pengirven Wills, of Pahiatua, New
Zealand, Chemist. An improved cattle and stock medicinal
drench.

Claims.—(1.) The improved cattle and stock medicinal
drench specified, composed of methyl, alcohol, aurantine,
and oil of aniseed mixed in the proportions stated, for the
purpose set forth as described.

[NOTE.—Here follows one other claim.]

(Specification, 1s. 6d.)

No. 27797.—30th May, 1910.—ALEXANDER JOHN
ARBUCKLE, of 1 Main Street, Belgravia, near Johannesburg,
Transvaal, Mechanical Engineer. Improvements relating
to vats, tanks, or vessels for separating solids from liquids.

Claims.—(1.) In vats, tanks, or vessels for separating
solids from liquids, the employment of a device comprising
a spiral or helical blade, screw, or worm, and means for rotating
the same within the mass of settled material in the separating
vat, tank, or vessel, substantially as and for the purpose
described.

[NOTE.—Here follow three other claims.]

(Specification, 6s. 6d.)

No. 27799.—30th May, 1910.—SAM MAIOHA, jun., of
Tolaga Bay, Auckland, New Zealand, Inventor. Improved
means for employment on board ship for indicating the posi-
tion of sunken rocks, shallows, and other obstacles.

Claim.—Apparatus for the purpose indicated consisting of
a beam or the like pivoted vertically upon the vessel, and
projecting beneath the keel thereof, and connected at its
upper end with alarm mechanism, substantially as specified.

(Specification, 1s. 6d.)

No. 27801.—28th May, 1910.—JOHN KING BULGER, of
510 Battery Street, San Francisco, California, United States
of America, Marine Engineer. Improvements in lock-joint
couplings.

Claims.—(1.) A lock-joint coupling comprising opposing
complemental members between the meeting-faces of which
the joint is established, each of said members having in its wall
a recess which intersects the face of the member, the recess
of one member having housed within it a pivoted cam-tongue,
which is turnable from the exterior of the wall by means of
a key applied to its pivot, in order to project said cam-tongue
from the face of the member, and the recess of the other
member having housed within it a fixed lug, which is so
shaped and disposed as to receive behind it the engagement
of the cam-tongue when the latter is projected, with the
effect of drawing and locking the two members together,
substantially as described.

[NOTE.—Here follows one other claim.]

(Specification, 4s.)

No. 27802.—28th May, 1910.—THE SAFETY TIRE COMPANY,
a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Maine, United States of America, Manufacturers
and Dealers in Wheel-tires, having their principal office at
949 Broadway, New York, United States of America (assignees
of George William Crawford, of Perth Amboy, New Jersey,
United States of America, Innkeeper). Improvements in
wheel-tires.

Claims.—(1.) A wheel-tire characterized by this: the
shoe has an interior spring support comprising one or more
circumferential spring members normally under tension,
each of said spring members comprising a split ring which
decreases in cross-section through substantial portions of
the ring’s length from an intermediate portion to or towards
the ends for the purpose of distributing the strain on said
ring.

[NOTE.—Here follow two other claims.]

(Specification, 3s. 6d.)

No. 27809.—31st May, 1910.—GEORGE FORSYTH, of Christ-
church, New Zealand, Soap-manufacturer. Improved manu-
facture of soap.

Claim.—The soap comprising a mixture of caustic soda,
borax, lemon-juice, benzine, water, ammonia, kerosene, and
fat in the approximate proportions, substantially as set forth.

(Specification, 1s.)

No. 27811.—1st June, 1910.—EDGAR HALE, of Kaikuri,
New Zealand, Station Hand. An improved combined
implement for castrating, docking, spraying, and ear-marking
lambs.

Claims.—(1.) In means for the purposes described, the
combination with a fixed jaw and a sliding jaw mounted in
a frame of a lever pivoted to the frame and connected at its
end with the sliding jaw, a toothed quadrant on such lever,
a handle-lever pivoted to the frame, and a toothed quadrant
thereon gearing with the toothed quadrant on the lever, sub-
stantially as specified.

[NOTE.—Here follow four other claims.]

(Specification, 4s.)