APRIL 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1255

No. 29198.—1st March, 1911.—JAMES JOHNSON SHUTTLEWORTH, of “Lauriston,” Parramatta Road, Ryde, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Architect. Improved means for obtaining novel artistic effects in pictures and geometrical or other designs.

Extract from Specification.—The invention essentially consists, firstly, in the selection of glass with roughened and smooth surfaces, of a pattern suitable to obtain the desired novel effect, and its combination with a transparency applied to the smooth side only, and its disposal in a sash, frame, or the like; and, secondly, in the selection, arrangement, and disposal, within a frame, of a number of sheets of glass of suitable kind and colour, between which is placed the picture, print, design, or transparency, the number of sheets of the same or of different kinds of glass being regulated according to the effect which it is desired to produce.

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

(Specification, 6s. 9d.)

No. 29211.—28th February, 1911.—THOMAS HENRY LINDLEY, Physician, of 123 North 16th Street, Cedar Rapids, State of Iowa, and HERMAN SCHREIER, Maltster, of 524 Ontario Avenue, Sheboygan, State of Wisconsin, both in the United States of America. Rotary engine.

Claims.—(1.) A rotary engine, including a casing with spaced cylindrical chambers, rotating discs therein, cams extending from the discs in opposite directions and in engagement with the walls of the casing, fluid-inlets opening into pockets in the wall of the chambers, gates pivotally mounted near said inlets and adapted to be seated in said pockets by impact of said cams to cut off the fluid, means for guiding and limiting the movement of the gates, said means including studs projecting from the gates into arched recesses of adjacent casing-walls, substantially as described.

[NOTE.—Here follow four other claims.]

(Specification, 4s. 9d.)

No. 29213.—3rd March, 1911.—MATTHEW JOHN HIGGINS, of 328 Victoria Street, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Mechanic. Improved apparatus for starting horse-races.

Claims.—(1.) Improved apparatus for starting horse-races comprising two pairs of posts on each side of the course, the advance longer pair being wider apart than the shorter pair, and a practically continuous elastic-cord arrangement secured to the top of one of the advance posts and adapted to be stretched across the course, and thence drawn downwardly, and temporarily retained on the shorter pair of posts to form a barrier-portion, all for the purpose specified.

[NOTE.—Here follow four other claims.]

(Specification, 3s. 6d.)

No. 29215.—3rd March, 1911.—RALPH COLLINS and ROBERT HARRY WILSON, both of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, Settlers. Improvements in milking-machines.

Claims.—(1.) In milking-machines of the class described, in combination, a pair of pulsators arranged in parallel, a vacuum pump arranged between the said pulsators, the said pulsators and vacuum pump being connected to a common cross-head, a pipe communicating with the forward and rear ends of the vacuum pump and communicating with the vacuum tank arranged within the frame upon which the pulsators and pump are mounted, substantially as set forth. . . . (5.) In milking-machines of the class described, a teat-cup comprising an outer casing, a ring at the top and bottom of the said casing respectively, a rubber tube having its end turned over the said rings, means for securing the top ring in position, and a spring within the casing in compression between the top and bottom rings in order to retain the rubber tube in position, substantially as set forth.

[NOTE.—Here follow one other claim.]

(Specification, 7s.)

No. 29218.—10th March, 1910.†—NILS TESTRUP, of 6 Broad Street Place, London E.C., England, Gentleman. Improvements in and relating to the wet carbonizing of peat.

Claims.—(1.) A regenerative process for wet carbonizing peat in which the material is initially heated to 180° C., or thereabouts, and in which the carbonization is then allowed to proceed without substantial further addition of heat by utilizing the heat evolved by reaction within the mass, substantially as and for the purpose described.

[NOTE.—Here follow three other claims.]

(Specification, 7s.)

No. 29223.—6th March, 1911.—ROBERT WLADISLAS DE MONTALK, of Victoria Arcade, Auckland, New Zealand Architect. Improvements in building-construction.

Extract from Specification.—According to my present invention, the boards, which may be used for walls, roofs, or floors, are integrally formed with the stud or part of the stud, rafter, or joist.

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

(Specification, 2s. 9d.)

No. 29224.—7th March, 1911.—CHRISTIAN VALDEMAR HENRICHSEN, of 134 Borgergade, Copenhagen, Denmark, Mechanical Engineer. Reversing-device for pneumatic-milking pulsators.

Claims.—(1.) In a pulsator-reversing device for pneumatic milking, forming the wall or walls which cut off at predetermined times the pneumatic motive power passage or passages, of a soft material, moved from one or a number of sides or in an axial direction into the path of the pneumatic motive power, for the purpose set forth.

[NOTE.—Here follow two other claims.]

(Specification, 6s.)

No. 29227.—2nd March, 1911.—JOHN WILLIAM GUNN, of Waikaia, New Zealand, Dredge Hand. Improved hat-pin-point protector.

Claims.—(1.) A hat-pin-point protector, comprising a body-portion, a locking-arm pivoted to one end of said body, and a stop at the other end of said body, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. (2.) A hat-pin-point protector comprising a body-portion, a locking-arm pivoted to the open end of said body, a stop at the other end of said body, and a spring piece projecting from said other end towards said open end, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

[NOTE.—Here follow two other claims.]

(Specification, 2s.)

No. 29228.—4th March, 1911.—MCELROY-SHEPHERD COMPANY, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, and doing business at Whitestone, Long Island, State of New York, United States of America (assignees of Carl E. Akeley, of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America). Process and apparatus for mixing and applying concrete.

Claims.—(1.) The method of mixing and applying hydraulic cement concrete which consists in projecting the dry materials, forcibly, into the position which they are to occupy permanently on the finished structure, and simultaneously projecting water at the same point. . . . (10.) In apparatus for mixing the ingredients of hydraulic cement while in transit and applying them by forcible projection, the combination of a receptacle for dry material, a mixing-nozzle connected with said receptacle, a separate liquid-supply connection with said nozzle, and means for producing a current of air through the connection between said receptacle and nozzle. . . . (20.) In an apparatus substantially as described, a single conduit or nozzle with two conduits leading into the single conduit, in combination with means to supply comminuted material mixed with air under pressure to one conduit and liquid under pressure to the other, the ingredients meeting in the common nozzle.

[NOTE.—Here follow four other claims.]

(Specification, £1 2s. 6d.)