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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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of the fastening while the machine proceeds in operation past the normal driving-period, and then, at the will of the operator, to be reset to cause a delayed driving of the fastening, or to remain in first-mentioned position and prevent the driving of the fastening until the next cycle, and means for arresting the feeding of another fastening until the one waiting to be driven has been expelled. (Specification, £1 17s. 6d.)
[NOTE.—Here follow twenty-one other claims.]

No. 28432.—14th September, 1910.—UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, of Paterson, in the State of 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, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in said United States of America (assignees of Herschel Dorsey Spencer, of 11 McLellan Street [Dorchester], Boston, in the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts, Patent Lawyer). Improvements in or relating to presses.*
Claims.—(1.) For a clicking or other press, the combination with presser-members relatively movable towards one another to effect the pressing operation, and also relatively movable in a direction transverse to the direction of their pressing movement into different operative positions in relation to one another, of a brake that becomes active to prevent the movement of the members beyond any selected operative relationship into which they have been brought before the commencement of the pressing movement.
(Specification, 13s.)
[NOTE.—Here follow eight other claims.]

No. 28456.—19th September, 1910.—CHARLES SUTTIE, of Waharoa, New Zealand, Flax-miller, and MONTAGUE HARRISON WYNYARD, of Auckland, New Zealand Solicitor. Improvements in flax-dressing.*
Extract from Specification.—The invention consists of a travelling tensioned band or bands across which the stripped flax-blades are placed, a revolving wheel having a groove along its outer periphery to receive the band or bands and so hold the flax-blades firmly in the “bite” between the band or bands and the groove, a bar roller or table over which the “tail” ends of the flax-blades so held are drawn, and a driven stripper or drum or endless band fitted with sharp ribs or teeth or hackles (to strip or split the tails) and placed and revolved so that the flax-tails, as they fall from the bar roller or table, are caught and treated by the stripping or splitting apparatus.
(Specification, 5s.)
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

No. 28618.—21st October, 1910.—JOSEPH CALEB MAY, of Arthur Street West, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand, Currier. Improved egg-carrier.
Claim.—(2.) An egg-carrier comprising a number of cells each adapted to receive one egg, each cell being moulded or pressed one half in one sheet and the other half in another sheet which is adapted to be superposed, substantially as specified and illustrated.
(Specification, 1s. 9d.)

No. 28728.—11th November, 1910.—DAVID TOWNSEND SHARPLES, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Manufacturer. Method of milking.
Claims.—(1.) The method of milking which consists in subjecting the teat to suction and intermittently applying pressure thereto so as to restore the tissues to approximately normal condition. . . . (4.) The method of milking which consists in enclosing the teat in a flexible sheath, reducing the normal exterior and interior pressure on said sheath so as to effect the discharge of milk from the teat, and pneumatically pressing said sheath against said teat so as to restore substantially normal conditions therein.
(Specification, 5s.)
[NOTE.—Here follows one other claim.]

No. 29165.—21st February, 1911.—JAMES WYLIE, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Carpenter (assignee of ROBERT WYLIE, of Mosgiel, New Zealand, Labourer). Improved tea infuser and strainer.*
Claims.—(2.) A two-part tea infuser and strainer in which one part provided with legs to stand on the bottom of a teapot has a central portion of its bottom perforated and is adapted to engage and form a closure to the other part, which has a perforated dome-shaped top, through which projects the upper end of a plunger to whose lower end a float is secured, substantially as described.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.)

No. 29445.—26th April, 1911.—BIRMINGHAM METAL AND MUNITIONS COMPANY, LIMITED, and JOHN HENRY BARKER, Engineers, of Adderley Park Rolling Mills, Birmingham, England. Improvements in and relating to the manufacture and handling of propulsive explosives.
Extract from Specification.—The invention consists in arranging cords, tubes, or similar formed lengths of explosive in a suitable symmetrical bundle of cable, braid, or other form which can be easily handled—for instance, for cartridge-loading.
(Specification, 7s. 3d.)
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

No. 29450.—27th April, 1911.—ERNEST SMITH BALDWIN, of the firm of Baldwin and Rayward, 215 Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand, Patent Agent (nominee of Henry William Guest, of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Implement-manufacturer, who is the assignee of William George Gaston, of corner of Arden and Lloyd Streets, Kensington, Victoria, Australia, Agricultural Implement-maker). An improved disc cultivator.*
Claims.—(1.) A disc cultivator constructed as described consisting essentially of a main frame of approximately rectangular shape, disc section or sections within said main frame and adapted for movement independently of the main frame, the rear of the disc section or sections connected to a rock-shaft controlled by a hand-lever for vertical adjustment, the front of the disc section supported in brackets depending from the main frame, a spring attached to the main frame and adapted to bear against the disc-section frame, a pivotally mounted adjustable rear wheel, flat scrapers set at an inclined angle and having their lower ends bent towards the disc-centre, wheels having rims constructed of angle iron or steel with a deep projecting flange on the outer periphery in combination with adjustable draw-bars, and a steering rod or lever upon a pivotally mounted bar, to each end of which is connected rods from the front wheels, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
(Specification, 7s. 3d.)
[NOTE.—Here follow eight other claims.]

No. 29536.—9th May, 1911.—JOHN TOWNLEY, Master Cabinetmaker, &c., and WILLIAM JEMSON SHARPLES, Cabinetmaker, of 474 Aberdeen Road, both of Gisborne, New Zealand. An improved method in connection with extension tables.
Extract from Specification.—The top is clamped and screwed on each side, causing the side pieces only to rest on the leaves, thus leaving a through air-passage from end to end of table, which is the essence of this patent, and is intended to cover any kind of material, metal, or method in arriving at the required air-passage between the leaves and top.
(Specification, 2s.)
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

No. 29622.—29th May, 1911.—HENRY MARK LEVINGE, M.B., of Okato, Taranaki, New Zealand. Improvements in standards for carrying clothes-lines.
Extract from Specification.—A standard is provided with a lever pivoted near the foot thereof, and with a guide-pulley near the top thereof. A clothes-line secured to a standard of ordinary construction passes over the pulley and is attached near the middle part of the lever. An operating-rope attached to the top of the lever is adapted to be attached to a stump on the rear side of said lever.
(Specification, 2s.)
[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

No. 29627.—30th May, 1911.—WILLIAM HENRY PERKIN, Ph.D., F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry, of the University, Manchester, England, and FRANCIS EDWARD MATTHEWS, Ph.D., F.I.C., Technical Research Chemist, and EDWARD HALFORD STRANGE, M.Sc., Technical Research Chemist, both of 7 Staple Inn, London, England. Improvements in the manufacture of dihalogen derivatives of paraffin hydrocarbons, and of caoutchouc-like bodies therefrom.
Claims.—(1.) The manufacture of dihalogen derivatives of paraffin hydrocarbons by taking a paraffin hydrocarbon having at least four carbon atoms in a straight chain and treating it with chlorine, or bromine, or both chlorine and bromine. (2.) The manufacture of dihalogen derivatives of paraffin hydrocarbons by taking a mono-hydroxy derivative of a paraffin hydrocarbon having at least four carbon atoms in a straight chain and replacing the hydroxy group with halogen, by the action of a suitable reagent, such, for instance, as hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, or hydriodic acid, and then treating the monochlor compound with double, or approximately double, the weight of halogen which it is required to introduce into the molecules.
(Specification, 6s.)
[NOTE.—Here follow six other claims.]