Mar. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 953

United Shoe Machinery Company, Paterson, U.S.A. Boot-assembling machine; 29203; 2nd March.
(O. Ashton.)
Allan, A. T. W. Auckland, N.Z. .. .. .. Cradle and pram; 29204; 27th February.
Tait, A. L. J., Dunedin, N.Z. .. .. .. Rotary engine; 29205; 2nd February.
Lingard, W., Wellington, N.Z. .. .. .. Pneumatic stand; 29206; 2nd March.
Carey, H. R., Karori, N.Z. .. .. .. Fire-bridge construction; 29207; 2nd March.
Jones, G., Dunedin, N.Z. .. .. .. Circulator for wash-boiler, &c.; 29208; 28th February.
Reeves, L. G., Auckland, N.Z. .. .. .. Pyjama trousers; 29209; 1st March.
Baird, A. C., Auckland, N.Z. .. .. .. Turbine; 29210; 1st March.
Lindley, T. H., Cedar Rapids, U.S.A. .. .. .. Rotary engine; 29211; 28th February.
Schreier, H., Sheboygan, U.S.A. .. .. .. Rotary engine; 29211; 28th February.

Complete Specifications filed after Provisionals.

LIST of complete specifications filed after provisional specifications from the 18th February to 2nd March, 1911, inclusive:—

No. 27656.—R. Burn, document-folding machine.
No. 27756.—A. McLeod, water-heater, &c.
No. 27759.—J. J. Keppel, flax-washer.
No. 27761.—S. Holm, lamp-chimney attachment.
No. 27762.—G. E. Cluett, fencing-dropper.
No. 27781.—J. P. Maloney, box wiring and stapling.
No. 27787.—A. H. Duxfield, hock-boot.
No. 27788.—J. Macpherson, acetylene-generator.
No. 27898.—O. V. Woodfield, acetylene-generator.
No. 27902.—E. D. Berry, steam-exhaust utilizing.
No. 27968.—W. W. Gaiger, thr:shing-machine concave strip.
No. 28108.—United Shoe Machinery Company, trimming-machine. (F. H. Perry.)
No. 28247.—C. A. Oldman, sealing carbide-tins.
No. 28913.—W. I. Aston and E. A. V. Aston, pneumatic cushion for bicycle-saddle.
No. 28961.—C. E. Player, non-slipping mat.
No. 28963.—T. M. Sandiford, gas-lamp lighter, &c.
No. 29070.—J. W. Boyce, garment-pattern drafting.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 2nd March, 1911.

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. 27363.—25th February, 1910.—ARTHUR HARRY WRIGHT, Commercial Traveller, of “Ata,” Carlton Gore Road, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand. Improvements in machines for stamping, imprinting, embossing, and other purposes, for franking, &c., on mail-matters and documents, and also on parcels and packages.*

Claims.—(1.) In franking or marking machines of the class described, external recess or slot protector, preventing the use of the machine at any time not authorised, and providing means whereby the face of the marker-die is protected during operation. (2.) In franking or marking machines of the class described, mechanism consisting of a bar (26) connected to a spindle (28) by arms or rails, providing a medium for operating the said bar simultaneously with internal movements and under the control of the handle (10). (3.) In machines of the class described, internal automatically operated mechanical parts whereby the die-aperture (14) is closed before and after operation. (4.) In machines of the class described, clamping-mechanism operated automatically with the die-plunger movement, for the purpose indicated. (5.) In machines of the class described, subsidiary clamping-mechanism in combination with numbering-machines. . . . (10.) In combination with machines of the class described, parcel or package value-marking apparatus consisting of an adjustable platform with means to influence an upward pressure on the platform, a guide-base for the machine, a handle, a lever to operate and automatically lock the platform, substantially as described in the specification, and as illustrated in Fig. 10.

(Specification, 12s.)

No. 27440.—18th March, 1910.—ROBERT BARRON WITTY, of Lower Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand, Farmer. A hand fruit-grader.*

Claim.—A measuring-device for ascertaining the size of various fruits to facilitate packing, comprising a graduated base-board, and two converging uprights (also graduated), between which the fruit is placed at the wide end, and moved forward until contact is made with both uprights, where size is shown in figures.

(Specification, 1s. 3d.)

No. 27639.—27th April, 1910.—JAMES MACMEIKAN, of 509 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Merchant (assignee of Russell Rayson of “Wainui,” Raleigh Street, Windsor, Victoria aforesaid, Refrigerating Engineer). An improved air-circulating apparatus.*

Claims.—(1.) In an air-circulating apparatus wherein air is drawn in at the ceiling of the storage-chamber and withdrawn through the floor thereof by a fan, a ceiling formed with rows of inlets, and a damper for controlling each row, for the purpose specified.

[NOTE.—Here follow nine other claims.]

(Specification, 6s. 3d.)

No. 27640.—27th April, 1910.—UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, of Paterson, New Jersey, United States of America, a corporation duly organized under the laws of said State of New Jersey, carrying on business as Shoe-machinery Manufacturers, and having a place of business at 205 Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (assignees of Arthur Bates, of Leicester, England, Engineer). Improvements in or relating to presses.

Claims.—(1.) In a press, presser-members arranged for relative bodily movement into and out of operative relation to each other, mechanism for effecting a relative pressing movement of said members, and means whereby said mechanism is automatically actuated when said members come into operative relation to each other. . . . (4.) In a press, a bed, a presser-member having a pressure-surface area substantially coextensive with that of the bed and movable into and out of a fixed operative relation to the bed, mechanism for effecting a relative pressing movement of the bed and the presser-member, and means operated by said presser-member as it comes into the said operative relation to the bed for actuating said mechanism.

[NOTE.—Here follow thirty-six other claims.]

(Specification, £1 10s. 6d.)