SEPT. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3499

No. 27847.—27th August, 1909.†—ELIOT HOWARD, a Director of Hayward, Tyler, and Co., Limited, of 99 Queen Victoria Street, London, England, and HENRY JOHN DOWELL, in the employ of said Company, Engineers. Improvements in ball or other internal-stopper bottle-filling machines.

Extract from Specification.—The rotating-arm, which carries the filling-head at one end and the elastically poised bottle-block at the other end, has at the head end a snift or air-chamber, such as has hitherto been employed in machines of the non-rotary type, the capacity of which can be adjusted in known manner. This chamber is in constant communication with the interior of the bottle during the filling-operation. On each filling-head is provided a relief-valve, and on the frame of the machine is an adjustable cam for co-operating with the said valve, whereby any excessive pressure in the filled bottle is reduced as desired, after the liquid-supply has been shut off. The bottle revolves, and the stopper takes its seating in the bottle as in an ordinary bottling-machine with internal stopper, and after the stopper is seated, and before the bottle is released by the bottle-block, the valve may be again automatically open by a cam to discharge all the atmospheric air from the filling-head and air-chamber.

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

(Specification, 5s.)

No. 27853.—9th June, 1910.—WILLIAM MONTAGUE QUIRK and LINDEN MONTAGUE VOLNEY QUIRK, both of 548 and 550 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne North, Victoria, Australia, Engineers, formerly of Broken Hill Chambers, Queen Street, Melbourne aforesaid (assignees of Charles Myles Officer, of Melbourne aforesaid, Gentleman). Improvements in apparatus for the production and supply of carburetted air for lighting, cooking, and heating, and for other purposes.

Extract from Specification.—This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for the production and supply of carburetted air for lighting, cooking, and heating, and for other purposes, the main improvement being in the carburettor, which may be of any shape, although a circuitous form is usually adopted when arranged within a shallow enclosed chamber wherein a strip of absorbent material is coiled and folded to serve as the walls of the chamber, and which strip is impregnated by capillary attraction with a carburetting-spirit, such as petrol, and hence the air fed to within it takes its charge from the vapour issuing from the impregnated encircling wall in place of from a body of liquid, as is the usual practice. Other improvements consist in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to produce an improved apparatus for the purposes stated. In this apparatus the air to be carburetted is forced through the carburettor by means of a rotary blower or other air-pump, which may be actuated either by water, steam, or air power, or by any other suitable means which will insure of an even supply of air at a low pressure.

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

(Specification, 7s.)

No. 27865.—8th June, 1910.—THE CLAPHAM GASLIGHT MANUFACTURING AND AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED, carrying on business as Manufacturers in Auckland, New Zealand (the assignees of Herbert Clapham, of Auckland aforesaid, Engineer). Improvements in apparatus for the production of gas from hydrocarbon oils and the like.

Extract from Specification.—The purpose of this invention is to carburet air, to store it under pressure, and to pass such air over an extended surface of the hydrocarbon oil employed so that as it volatizes the air will take up the vapour, and will be formed into gas ready for heating or lighting, or for use as a power for purposes for which gas is used. The invention consists of providing an oil-tank placed preferably under cover, which can be kept supplied as required with a glass for indicating the quantity therein, and having a tap placed for leading the oil to a tray having a multiplicity of channels therein, so made that air being introduced thereinto will sweep over the surface of the oil and, meeting the volatized hydrocarbon thereof, will produce the gas required for the purposes above mentioned.

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

(Specification, 4s. 3d.)

No. 27940.—21st June, 1910.—EDMUND FISCHER, of Adelaide, South Australia, Saddler. Improvement in horses’ draught collars.

Extract from Specification.—The outer part of this collar consists of a pair of housings—one for the near side, the other for the off side—both exact in size, shape, and weight, according to the kind of collar to be produced, whether for heavy or light work; each housing made of two or more layers of leather pasted together, pressed in a block or press to the required and necessary shape, stitched strongly all around the edges and joined at the top by lacing or sewing the top edges together. Attached to the bottom ends there are two straps and two buckles for opening and closing the collar on the horse’s neck. These housings may also be made of light metal or other suitable material. To fix the draught-clip or draught-hook in the right place an extra draught-piece of leather is stitched on top of the housings, which also acts as a strengthener and stiffener to the collar at the part subject to the greatest strain; rein rings or dees are attached either side; the shorter or forward edge of the housings may be finished either with or without thick round facings and filling in place of rim or forwale usually put on collars. Attached to each pair of housings by strap at the top and a loop each side towards the bottom is a removable sweat-pad, either stuffed or of thick felt, conforming to the shape of the housings.

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

(Specification, 1s. 6d.)

No. 28012.—29th June, 1909.†—ROBERT CRAWFORD LYNES, of 14 Waterloo Place, Sunderland, England, Insurance Broker. Improved contact-finger for electrical controllers and switches.

Claims.—(1.) A combination of a shaped or formed metallic strip, together with a detachable shaped tip, for use on electrical controllers and switches, all substantially as described in this specification and as illustrated in the drawings. (2.) A combination of a shaped or formed metallic strip, and a bracket formed and shaped to hold the said metallic strip, for use on electrical controllers and switches, all substantially as described in this specification and as illustrated on the drawings. (3.) In connection with electrical controllers and switches, a form or mode of attachment of a contact-finger to a tip, and a form or mode of attachment of a contact-finger to a bracket, all substantially as described in this specification and as illustrated on the drawings.

(Specification, 3s. 6d.)

No. 28029.—23rd August, 1909.†—GEORGE PILKINGTON MILLS, of Barlby Road, Ladbrooke Grove, London, England, Works-manager. Improvements in and relating to clutches for motor road-vehicles.

Extract from Specification.—This invention relates to friction-clutches employed in motor road-vehicles to couple the motor to the velocity ratio gearing, and comprises an improvement in a friction-clutch of that type in which the disengaging part of the clutch is mounted loosely on or in relation to the shaft to be driven, and a clutch of the positive type is employed for coupling the said disengaging part of the main clutch to said driven shaft. A friction-device is provided between the disengaging part of the main clutch and the shaft to be driven, the object being to bring the said disengaging part of the main clutch to the same speed as the driven shaft after the velocity of said shaft has been varied by the change in the velocity ratio gearing, whereby both the change of gearing and the engagement of the positive clutch can be effected readily and silently. According to the present invention, it is possible by pressure on the clutch-pedal to bring the disengaging part of the main clutch to the same speed as the driven shaft by so forming the end of the driven shaft—forming the one part of the positive clutch—in relation to the other part of the positive clutch that a braking effect is obtained between the two parts.

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

(Specification, 2s. 9d.)