SEPT. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3399

No. 28093.—16th July, 1910.—DONALD WILLIAM McLEAN, of Methven, Canterbury, New Zealand, Farmer. Improved adding and scoring apparatus.

Extract from Specification.—According hereto, a score-indicating dial, bearing upon its face a series of concentric rings of figures arranged in numerical progression, is rotated behind a fixed screen, having an opening through which the figures representing the score of a competitor, and the points required to enable him to win the game, are visible. A plate fixed at the rear of the scoring-dial bears a ring of numbers, and by moving a pointer to one or other of these numbers the scoring-dial is simultaneously rotated through a space, which brings into view two sets of figures, one representing the original score plus the number to which the pointer has been moved, and the other the number of points which the competitor has still to make. A dial for indicating the number of games played is actuated at each complete revolution of the scoring-dial.

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

(Specification, 4s. 6d.)

No. 28138.—23rd July, 1910.—JONATHAN TREVETHICK, of Auckland, New Zealand, Brush-manufacturer. Improvements in the manufacture of brushes.

Claims.—(1.) In the manufacture of brushes, a stock formed of taper section and with an aperture extending through its middle, in combination with a metal band or bands threaded through such aperture and passed around bunches of fibre or hair laid against the tapered faces of the stock, substantially as and for the purposes specified. (2.) The improvements in the manufacture of brushes, substantially as described and explained, as illustrated in the drawings, and for the purposes specified.

(Specification, 2s. 6d.)

No. 28143.—25th July, 1910.—HAROLD FRITH, of Hall of Commerce, High Street, Auckland, New Zealand, Manufacturer. Improvements in brushes and the like.

Claims.—(1.) A sheath or shield for brushes in which the bristles or fibres are secured between twisted wires, substantially as set forth and illustrated in the drawing. (2.) A sheath for brushes in which the bristles and fibres are secured between twisted wires, said sheath having the effect of causing the bristles to project approximately in the same direction, substantially as set forth. (3.) For the purpose indicated, the parts arranged, combined, and operating substantially as specified, and illustrated in the drawing.

(Specification, 1s. 9d.)

No. 28146.—23rd July, 1910.—THE L-B. MANUFACTURING COMPANY, a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of California, with offices at San José, State of California, United States of America (assignees of Howard Glen Brott, of 335 West Santa Clara Street, San José, State of California, United States America, Manufacturer). Package-carrier for bicycles and the like.

Claims.—(1.) A device for holding packages and other articles upon a bicycle, and consisting of a single length of spring wire bent to form parallel hangers, having coils at their lower ends from which extend parallel arms merging into coils at the lower end of a bail-shaped clamping-member which is normally folded against the hangers and upon the arms, there being means upon the hangers for attaching them to the bicycle. (2.) A device such as set forth in claim 1, and further characterized by the provision of transversely extending tie-wires for holding the arms properly spaced apart. (3.) The arrangement and combination of parts substantially as set forth with reference to the drawing.

(Specification, 3s.)

No. 28148.—26th July, 1910.—ISAAC FRANCIS TAYLOR, of 5 Upland Road, East Dulwich, and the AUTOMATIC FIRE ESCAPE COMPANY, LIMITED, of 117 Queen Victoria Street, London, both in Great Britain, Engineers. Improvements in cranes.

Extract from Specification.—According to this invention the winch frame or bracket is pivotally connected with the crane-post so that the winch-frame and winch can be swung about a vertical axis on the crane-post, or the crane-post swung about a vertical axis on the winch-frame, to prevent any of the parts fouling the adjacent walls as the jib is swung inside.

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

(Specification, 7s. 9d.)

No. 28149.—26th July, 1910.—ROBERT FLEMING ARNOTT, of 95 Liberty Street, Manhattan, State of New York, United States of America, Consulting Engineer. Improvements in power-operated hammers.

Claims.—(1.) A power-operated hammer in which the flow of the working-fluid is controlled by a rotative valve, and the latter is given a step-by-step movement in passing from one extremity of its travel to the other as the position of the ram-head changes. (2.) A power-operated hammer in which the mechanism for operating the valve is carried by the ram-head, and is, by the frame-members in which the latter slides, protected from injury. (3.) A power-operated hammer having mechanism by which the hammer as a whole is raised and lowered, and which is controlled by the movement of the ram-head of the hammer.

[NOTE.—Here follow six other claims.]

(Specification, 18s. 6d.)

No. 28155.—25th July, 1910.—CLIVE CHAPMAN, of Royal Crescent, Dunedin, New Zealand, Inventor. Improved self-locking window-catch.

Claims.—(1.) In window locks or fasteners, in combination with ordinary sashes, a tumbler weighted to fall into the position for locking the sashes when the window is shut from either inside or outside, with a double catch to hold said tumbler in the open position till the said sashes are closed, and a lower catch to retain same against tampering when locked, all substantially as shown on the drawing and as described and as explained. (2.) In window-fasteners, in combination with ordinary sashes, a tumbler weighted to fall into position for fastening the sashes when the window is being closed, with or without the lower catch for locking the fastener, all substantially as set forth.

(Specification, 2s. 6d.)

No. 28159.—27th July, 1910.—CHARLES ROBERT MITCHELL, of Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, near Sydney, in the State of New South Wales, Engineer. Improvements in milking processes and machinery.

Extract from Specification.—Subjecting some or the half of the teats of a cow to pressure while the others or the other half of them are allowed to dilate, and so on alternately, for the purpose of withdrawing milk from the former while the latter are replenishing; and the improvements in milking-machinery consist in a novel construction of teat-cup cluster, and the combinations thereof with a pulsator.

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

(Specification, 5s. 6d.)

No. 28163.—7th August, 1909.†—FRANK GEORGE SYMONDS PRICE, of 53 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, Scotland, Engineer. Improvements in apparatus for mixing and consolidating concrete and like materials.

Claims.—(1.) Apparatus for mixing or mixing and consolidating the ingredients of concrete or like material, comprising a mixing table or platform or the like, and means for imparting to it an orbital movement and also a vertical jogging or vibratory movement. (2.) Apparatus of the kind set forth comprising a mixing table or platform arranged to swing on a horizontal axis, and connected to mechanical devices for imparting to it an orbital movement. (3.) In apparatus of the kind set forth, a mixing-table swung upon pivots carried by crank-discs or like devices, whereby an orbital movement in a horizontal plane combined with a vertical vibratory movement may be imparted to the table. (4.) Apparatus for mixing or mixing and consolidating the ingredients of concrete or like material, constructed as described and illustrated in the drawings.

(Specification, 4s. 3d.)