No. 27152.―11th January, 1910.―JAMES STEWART, of Bowmont Street, Invercargill, New Zealand, Plumber. Improved feed-box for fowls and the like.*

Claims.―(1.) A feed-box for fowls and the like, comprising an open-fronted box provided with a partition so as to form a hopper at its rear, means for filling said hopper, a feed-trough arranged within the box below said hopper, means for leading food from said hopper to said trough, a pivoted platform extending in front of said trough, a hanging door adapted normally to close in said trough, and means within the feed-box whereby on the depression of said platform said door is swung back so as to give access to said trough, substantially as described.

[NOTE.―Here follow five other claims.]

(Specification, 5s. 6d.)

No. 27157.―13th January, 1910.―WILLIAM HENRY BEALE, Knitting-machine Mechanic, and HARRY OSCAR HEWETT, Sewing-machine Importer, both of Wellington, New Zealand. Improved hosiery circular knitting-machine for use with double-ended latch needles.*

Extract from Specification.―The construction comprises, briefly, two specially constructed needle-cylinders disposed endwise relatively to each other in a vertical position, the upper cylinder being held in position by an arched member or bridge connected to the body of the machine, while the lower cylinder is disposed to a slight vertical movement which serves to vary the tension of the machine. The lower needle-cylinder, which is provided with web-holders and needle-jacks of special construction, is contained within a circular member to be termed the body portion of the machine, which latter is provided with special cams and needle-races and is revolvably mounted within a circular box to be called the bodyholder, the lower portion of which forms a bearing for the lower cylinder, while a cam-box provided with special cams and comprising a semicircular-shaped shell which partly encircles the lower cylinder is attached to the body and rotates around the cylinder when the machine is set in motion. The upper cylinder, which is provided with needle-jacks of special construction and is used for doing ribbing-work, is contained within a circular cam-box provided with all the necessary appliances, such as the various kinds of cam-devices and needle-races to be afterwards referred to, while the inside of the cylinder is provided with an adjustable tension ring which projects beyond the lower end of the cylinder and is disposed to a slight vertical movement which serves to alter the tension of the ribbing-work by varying the distance between the upper and lower cylinders.

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

(Specification, £1 16s. 3d.)

No. 27199.―25th January, 1910.―ARTHUR HARRY WRIGHT, of “Ata,” Carlton-Gore Road, Newmarket, Auckland,& New Zealand, Commercial Traveller. Improvements in machines for stamping, impressing, embossing, and other purposes for franking, &c., on mail matter and documents.*

Claims.―(1.) In value stamping or marking machines of the class described, means for stamping, embossing, or perforating private marks and advertisements in combination with dies for franking mail matter and the like. (2.) In machines of the class described, a die whereby advertising matter or trade marks may be stamped, marked, or impressed in combination with marks denoting value for postage, duty, or other stamps. (3.) A die made in one or more parts, the several dies or parts thereof forming one complete mark, the faces of the said several dies or parts are held normally in different planes, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. (4.) In stamping or marking machines of the class described, combination automatic locking-device providing locking-means for control by licensee in combination with the licensor, locking-attachment substantially as described, and as illustrated in Fig. 4 in the drawings. (5.) In a machine of the class indicated, the combination with ribboninking attachment of means to impress or mark on the undersurface of mail-matter as illustrated in Fig. 5.

[NOTE.―Here follow eight other claims.]

(Specification, 14s. 6d.)

No. 27205.―24th January, 1910.―SIDNEY VINCENT FULL-JAMES, of Whangarei, New Zealand, Plumber. Castor wrought-iron galvanized corrugated tank flange.*

Claim.―For the purpose indicated, a flange having an integral nipple or socket and formed to fit the corrugations of a metal tank, substantially as specified and illustrated in the drawing.

(Specification, 1s.)

No. 27233.―2nd February, 1910.―RICHARD DIGGLE HAWORTH, of Empire Box Making Company, Limited, of Wellington, New Zealand, Manager. An improved knock-down box.*

Extract from Specification.―In carrying out the invention, the bottom is made of two thicknesses of material united together by wire, glue, or a specially prepared composition, or other adhesive matter. On their inner faces the boards are coated with paraffin wax, and on the outside with a waterproof solution. The upper thickness is smaller than the lower, leaving a rebate on all four sides, and the upper thickness overlaps a narrow groove formed near the edge upon the three sides and a trench upon the fourth side. The overlapping parts are kept free from glue, and do not therefore unite with the lower thickness of material. The back o the box is rebated along its top edge, and along its bottom edge is furnished with a slide of tinplate, having a turned-up edge imbedded and glued into the back. The slide overhangs the back on its inward side, and has a turned-down edge adapted to slide in the narrow groove and below the upper thickness of the bottom. The two sides are rebated on three edges, and along their bottom edges slides of tinplate are provided similar to the slide on the back. Along the top edges of the sides and back runners of tinplate are provided.

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

(Specification, 4s. 3d.)

No. 27246.―ROBERT LAMBIE, jun., of Pihama, New Zealand, Farmer, and GEORGE STANLEY EDLIN, of Oaonui, New Zealand, Factory Hand. Improved means for use in exhausting air from closed vessels.*

Extract from Specification.―The means devised consist mainly in the employment of a pair of cylinders respectively connected with the vessel to be exhausted, arranged vertically alongside one another within a trough or race into or through which a stream of water is caused to enter or flow. Each cylinder is provided with an air-outlet valve at its top, and with a side opening at a point near the bottom of the trough. The bottom of each cylinder is open, and an outflowpipe leads away therefrom. The side openings of the two cylinders are arranged directly opposite to each other, and between them a plate-valve is suspended by a springy arm so disposed that the valve may be moved to close either of the openings in the cylinders.

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

(Specification, 5s.)

No. 27254.―3rd February, 1910.―JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR, of “Water Lea,” near Mangere Bridge, via Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand, Farmer, formerly Dress-goods Manufacturer. An improved floatable hollow-concrete pillar block or pier, and the system of constructing it and placing it in position by hydraulic action.*

Claims.―(1.) The improved caisson, as and for the purposes described, and illustrated in the drawings. (2.) The system of constructing the concrete block, pillar, or pier within the steel-plate caisson in the manner described. (3.) The system of floating the caisson and its contents into deeper water by means of the rising tide as described, and building the caisson up in sections while it is afloat. (4.) The vertical holes through the concrete block, Fig. 5 at E, for sluicing purposes as described, and the slabs of slate or firebrick at the bottom of these holes to prevent the caisson leaking while it is afloat without its steel bottom plate. (5.) The system of strutting the caisson by cross concrete walls. (6.) The vertical grooves in the concrete block, Fig. 4 at GG. (7.) The system of making a watertight joint between the concrete blocks as described. (8.) The recovery of all the steel plates and bolts for further use after completion of the block or pier.

(Specification, 10s. 9d.)