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Hood, T. W. A., Ashfield, N.S.W. .. .. .. Tie or scarf construction ; 28496 ; 25th August.†
Glenvale, T. R. M., Bondi, N.S.W. .. .. .. Tie or scarf construction ; 28496 ; 25th August.†
Hume, E. J., Adelaide, S. Aust. .. .. .. Concrete-pipe, &c., construction ; 28497 ; 27th September.
Hume, W. R., Adelaide, S. Aust. .. .. .. Concrete-pipe, &c., construction ; 28497 ; 27th September.
Duggan, W., jun., Dunedin, N.Z. .. .. .. Mitre-box ; 28498 ; 24th September.
Geary, J., Christchurch, N.Z. .. .. .. Heat-detector ; 28499 ; 27th September.
Semb, F. G., Christchurch, N.Z. .. .. .. Heat-detector ; 28499 ; 27th September.
Goulet, A. O., Auckland, N.Z. .. .. .. Peanut-roaster ; 28500 ; 28th September.
O’Hern, D. P., Christchurch, N.Z. .. .. .. Signal-lamp controller ; 28501 ; 27th September.
Hind, J., Sydney, N.S.W. .. .. .. Sheep-shearing machine ; 28502 ; 28th September.
Muston, J., Auckland, N.Z. .. .. .. Cup-and-saucer display-rack ; 28503 ; 28th September.
King, A. E., Annandale, N.S.W. .. .. .. Carriage-arm rest ; 28504 ; 28th September.
Stanbrough, A. H., Richmond, Vic. (Clark, G.) .. .. Concrete-wall mould ; 28505 ; 28th September.
McDonald, W. S., Preston, Vic. (Kent, H. A. H.) .. .. Crate ; 28506 ; 28th September.
McDonald, W. S., Preston, Vic. (Kent, H. A. H.) .. .. Crate-lid ; 28507 ; 28th September.
Hellyer, R., Sydney, N.S.W. .. .. .. Sprayer ; 28508 ; 28th September.
Nelson, I., Sydney, N.S.W. .. .. .. Sprayer ; 28508 ; 28th September.
Edwards, A. H., Sydney, N.S.W. .. .. .. Shirt-collar ; 28509 ; 28th September.
Volk, F. W., jun., Ashfield, N.S.W. .. .. .. Shirt or blouse collar ; 28510 ; 28th September.
Sigmont, W., Waverley, N.S.W. .. .. .. Shirt or blouse collar ; 28510 ; 28th September.
Morgan, H., Dunedin, N.Z. .. .. .. Dredge ; 28511 ; 27th September.
Scott, G., Christchurch, N.Z. .. .. .. Biscuit-package ; 28512 ; 29th September.
Jackson, P. W., Wellington, N.Z. .. .. .. Game apparatus ; 28513 ; 29th September.
Bates, J. W., Hastings, N.Z. .. .. .. Evaporator and fumigator ; 28514 ; 29th September.
Limber, J., Wellington, N.Z. .. .. .. Fuel-economizer and trivet ; 28515 ; 29th September.
Norris, F. M., Kilbirnie, N.Z. .. .. .. Fuel-economizer and trivet ; 28515 ; 29th September.
Cameron, A. J., Papakaio, N.Z. .. .. .. Sheep-dip race ; 28516 ; 29th September.
McGaffin, R., Hastings, N.Z. .. .. .. Tow-cleaning apparatus ; 28517 ; 28th September.
McGaffin, R., Hastings, N.Z. .. .. .. Flax-dresser ; 28518 ; 28th September.
Westwood, T., Greendale, N.Z. .. .. .. Kettle ; 28519 ; 28th September.
King, W., Wellington, N.Z. .. .. .. Boot-upper ; 28520 ; 30th September.

Complete Specifications filed after Provisionals.

LIST of complete specifications filed after provisional specifications, from the 17th to the 30th September, 1910, inclusive :—

No. 26951.—J. L. Smith, chaff-cutter feed.
No. 27081.—C. Sextie, leather-finishing process.
No. 27092.—F. C. Ottaway, life-buoy boat.
No. 27113.—G. Turner, manufacture of solids, &c., from mineral oils.
No. 27131. — United Shoe Machinery Company, upper-beading machine. (L. W. G. Flynt.)
No. 27132.—United Shoe Machinery Company, in seam-trimming machine. (A. E. Johnson.)
No. 27133. — United Shoe Machinery Company, heel-nailing machine. (E. A. Webster and C. R. Towle.)
No. 27137. — United Shoe Machinery Company, edge-setting machine. (F. M. Furber and F. H. Warren.)
No. 27195. — United Shoe Machinery Company, nail-feeding device. (J. G. Gibson and G. Pegg.)
No. 27200.—J. Blair-Mason, J. Loudon, and G. A. Lee, sliding-door.
No. 27261.—E. H. Browne, wire-strainer.
No. 27568.—W. Burgess, ear-marker.
No. 27755.—R. McGaffin, flax-washer.
No. 28439.—M. Friar and V. C. Richards, non-refillable bottle.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 5th October, 1910.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the undermentioned applications for Letters Patent have been accepted, and are open to public inspection at this office. Any person may, at any time within two months from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing of opposition to the grant of any such patent. Such notice must set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be in duplicate. A fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

The copies of claims and extracts from the specifications and drawings are merely intended to give some further indication of the invention than is disclosed in the title, and the complete specifications and drawings should be referred to for a description of the invention.

No. 26027.—5th June, 1909.—GEORGE CRAW, of Linton, New Zealand, Flaxmiller. Improved means for use in treating flax and like fibres.*

Extract from Specification.—The means devised consist primarily in the combination, with a travelling-chain that is caused to travel horizontally, of a catching-apparatus which catches the flax-blades as they fall one by one from the stripper, and then delivers them on to the chain ; of a shaking-apparatus that serves to agitate the stripped blades as they are carried along by the chain, and to shake the loose vegetable matter therefrom ; of a water-sprayer to assist the action of the shaker ; of a washing-trough and chamber through which the blades are carried on the chain and submitted to the successive actions of water and steam ; and of squeezing-rollers that serve to squeeze the fibre at certain points in its progress in order to express the juices therefrom. The means also consist in a second travelling-chain on to which the blades are delivered after being removed from the first chain, and which is combined with a drying-chamber through which the blades are carried, and with a pair of scutching-drums across which the chain travels so as to carry the blades through the scutchers. Special means are provided whereby the blades are held firmly on to the respective chains while under the action of the shakers and of the scutchers.

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

(Specification, 9s. 6d.)

No. 26622.—21st September, 1909.—JAMES MARTIN, of Hyde Street, Yarraville, Victoria, Australia, Furnace-builder. Improvements in construction usable for coppers and other devices having furnaces.

Claims.—(1.) A lining of firebrick or the like, within an outer casing of metal, arranged to enclose and support a copper or like vessel, and provide round said copper a partitioned flue with a passage to it from a fire-box, substantially as illustrated. (2.) The combination of the indicated parts whereby a flue is provided to enclose a copper or like vessel, with extending from said flue, at different heights, a plurality of offset flues or outlets having dampers or the like as indicated.

[NOTE.—Here follow seventeen other claims.]

(Specification, 10s.)

No. 26654.—27th September, 1909.—JOHN SAMUEL DAWES, of River Bank, Aramoho, New Zealand, Engineer. Improved rotary valve for internal-combustion engine.*

Claims.—(1.) In an internal-combustion engine, the employment of a cylindrical sleeve adapted to rotate upon the outside of the engine-cylinder, and thereby to open inlet and exhaust ports to and from said cylinder, substantially as specified, and illustrated in the drawing. (2.) For the purpose indicated, in combination, a cylinder of an internal-combustion engine, a water-jacket surrounding said cylinder, and a rotatable sleeve adapted to open inlet and exhaust ports to and from said cylinder, substantially as specified. (3.) For the purpose indicated, the parts constructed, combined, arranged, and operating substantially as specified, and illustrated in the drawing.

(Specification, 3s.)