JULY 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2415

No. 29639.-30th May, 1911.-THOMAS FIRTH, of Wellington, New Zealand, Labourer. Stocks to secure the legs of animals, and means to secure the tail of the cow.
Claims.-[1.) In stocks for legs of animals and means to secure the tail of a cow, [1) the two bars, one adapted to slide alongside the other, (2) socket D, (3) standard C, with its shanked grip and conical-headed pin, and the simpler grip for other animals, substantially as described, and illustrated in my drawings. [2.) For securing the tail of the cow, the vertical bar with the plate-pin Z3, substantially as described, and illustrated in my drawings.
(Specification, 3s. 6d.)

No. 29642.-31st May, 1911.-GEORGE HERBERT GRAYSON, of Dexter Avenue, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand, Painter, and WILLIAM MOODY BELL, Defence Office, Puketake, Auckland aforesaid, Drill Instructor. Improved ladder-bracket.
Claims.-[2.) A ladder-bracket comprising a member of a shape approximately to letter Y, having two integrally formed rung-hooks, and a portion providing the equivalent of a slot, in combination with a strut-member passing through the platform-member and adjustably secured thereto by a pin passing through holes in the respective members, substantially as specified, and illustrated in the drawing.
(Specification, 2s.)

No. 29655.-25th July, 1910.-JOHN CHARLES PRESTON, of No. 255 Sussex Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Civil Engineer. Improvements in vaporizers for hydrocarbon vapour-burners.
Extract from Specification.-According to my invention, the oil- or spirit-feed pipe is fitted at the lower end with a gland and stuffing-box, and at the upper end with a plug which carries in its upper part a vapour-spraying nipple. Vaporization of the oil or spirit is effected in the upper part of this stand-pipe. The plug is cored in a special manner so as to deliver the vaporized oil or spirit into one end of a vapour-superheating coil which is branched to the feed-pipe, and to receive superheated vapor from the other end of the coil in a chamber at the foot of the nipple. The area of the orifice in the nipple is controlled by a needle valve armed with an elongated pricker-point. The stem of the needle is sheathed in a metal tube located within the oil- or spirit-feed pipe; one end of the sheath is set in the gland, and the other in the nipple-block.
(Specification, 6s. 3d.)
[N0TE.-The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

No. 29656.-3rd June, 1910.-ARTHUR REGINALD ANGUS, of Spit Road, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia, Solicitor. Improvements in and relating to the running-gear of railway-cars "A."
Extract from Specification. -- According to these present improvements, each wheel is independently positioned on one part of a divided axle--that is to say, each wheel has a semi-axle with bearings one on each side so disposed so that each transversely corresponding pair of semi-axles is prevented (within limits mentioned) from departing up or down from the straight line (or practically so) formed by the axis of such pair of semi-axles, which straight line (or practically so) may be termed the "axial line." Frames or frame-works, termed the wheel-frames, rigidly hold or maintain the axle-boxes of two longitudinally corresponding pairs of semi-axles of the railway-car in their proper positions relatively one to the other and prevent (within limits mentioned) the semi-axles within their bearings from departing from their axial line. An intermediate frame or framework, termed the connector-lock, rests upon and engages or locks with the mentioned wheel-frames on either side of the car and so hold or maintain the two trans-versely corresponding pairs of semi-axles in their axial line and the two longitudinally corresponding pairs of semi-axles in their proper position relatively to the car-body.
(Specification, £1 6s. 6d.)
[N0TE.-The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

No. 29683.-22nd June, 1910.-FREDERICK JOHN TURNER BELL, of 165 Ainsworth Road, Bury, Director of a Company; HARDY CECIL BELL, of St. Leonard's Mount, Padiham, Director of a Company; and JOHN BRANDWOOD, of Elton, Bury, Managing Director of the Elton Cop Dyeing Company, Limited, all of Lancaster, England. Improvements in sewing-machines.
Claims.--(1.) A rotary bobbin-casing adapted to be driven in the manner indicated and to be used in a substantially vertical position, and formed with upper and lower flanges, each provided with a hook, substantially as and in the manner described. [2.) In a sewing-machine, the combination of a rotary bobbin-casing having upper and lower hooks and a reciprocating arm for moving the needle-thread loop from the upper hook to the lower one, both constructed and arranged and operating in conjunction with each other, substantially as described.
(Specification, 8s.)
[NOTE.--Here follow three other claims.]

No. 29705.-9th June, 1911.-WILLIAM SCOTT,[of] Christchurch, New Zealand, Engineer. An improved wire-strainer. Claims.-[I.) A device of the class indicated comprising, in combination, a frame having a central portion and two end portions bent at approximately right angles thereto, a straining-lever comprising a member pivoted upon said frame and having a yoke upon which a handle-member is pivoted so that the wire may be gripped between the abutting ends, a cam pivoted upon said frame at either end and adapted to press the wire against a suitable projection formed upon the frame so as to prevent any outward movement, an arm arranged upon each of said cams, and a spring attached to each of said arms so as to keep said cams in engagement with the wires, a guide upon said frame between the cam at the forward end and the straining-lever adapted to keep the wire which is being strained in alignment, a foot provided upon said frame, and a hooked projection formed upon said frame to receive a chain or the like so as to hold the device firmly in place, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
(Specification, 2s. 9d.)
[NOTE.--Here follows one other claim.]

No. 29714.-13th June, 1911.-EDOUARD BELIN, of 3 Boulevard Sichet, Paris, France, Engineer. Improvements in tachytelegraph and teletype machines.
Claims.-[1.) A tachytelegraph or rapid telegraph based on the use at the transmitter of a perforated band, serving for regulating the emission of the transmitting current, in which all the characters are transmitted by a single signal of always constant duration but formed of three perforations placed on the band in the same line and at points such that in the emitting-apparatus the potential and direction of the current is selected, and a resistance determined by the position of the perforation on the tape is added to it, the machine comprising a special mounting of the transmitter for avoiding too great width of tape, and an automatic regulating-device for the ohmic resistance of the line, enabling a constant intensity to be always maintained for a signal, and a photographic receiver recording the characters identical with those transmitted, substantially as described.
(Specification, £1 9s.)
[NOTE.--Here follow eight other claims.]

No. 29736.-17th June, 1911.-ALEXANDER MCLLEAN, of "Brae Side," Ti-tree Point, Dannevirke, New Zealand, Farmer. Improvements in and relating to fencing-standards.
Claims.--(1.) In a fencing-standard consisting of bar iron, a slot opening at the edge of the bar, a vertical continuation of the slot, and a final horizontal return of the slot from the vertical part thereof, substantially as set forth. [2.) A foot for fencing-standards comprising a plate having a slot adapted to fit upon a fencing-standard, and means for engaging the standard to the plate, substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 4s.)
[N0TE.-Here follow five other claims.]

No. 29746.-1st February, 1911.-JEANNE ANNA ROTH, of "Knollys," Toxteth Road, Glebe Point, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, House Daughter. Improved combined blouse or waist holder and skirt-support.
Extract from Specification. -- Belt or tape, has, at the back, a lining of resiliently compressible material having a roughened and preferably horizontally corrugated face for the purpose of enabling a very tight grip to be made on the garment beneath it. And this lined belt or tape has eyelets through it at convenient places to receive hooks on a lower garment.
(Specification, 3s. 9d.)
[NOTE.--The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

No. 29749.-27th June, 1910.-GRETA BOUVIER, of "The Firs," Tadworth, Surrey, England. An improved method of and means for fastening ladies' blouses, bodices, and like articles of wearing-apparel.
Claims.-[1.) A fastening-device for ladies' blouses, bodices, or similar exterior garments, comprising a two-part attachment, constituted by a pair of suitably stiffened strips or busks, each adapted to be secured along one of the meeting-edges of the garment, and capable of being removably attached to one another at top and bottom, and to be drawn into contact with one another by means of straps attached to each of same fastening round the waist of the wearer beneath the garment. [2.) The described method of and means for fastening ladies' blouses, bodices, and like articles of exterior wearing-apparel.
(Specification, 5s. 6d.)

No. 29752.-20th June, 1911.-RUDOLPH HERMANN McHARDY, of No. 68 Osbaldeston Road, Stamford Hill, London, England, Mechanical Expert. Improvements in and connected with piano-players and the like.
Claims.--(1.) In piano-players, a bottom door arranged and constructed to carry all the necessary apparatus for producing and maintaining the necessary vacuum, said door being adapted to displace the ordinary type of bottom door of a piano.
(Specification, 7s. 3d.)
[NOTE.--Here follow two other claims.]