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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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No. 28336.—25th August, 1910.—GERALD WILLIAM MCKENZIE, of Caroline, New Zealand, Shepherd. Improved castrating-tool.

Claim.—The castrating-tool described, characterized by having a lengthened lever-handle provided with a notch and rounded teeth, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 2s. 9d.)

No. 28365. — 31st August, 1910. — MONTAGUE HARRISON WYNYARD, of Auckland, New Zealand, Solicitor. Improved means of drying New Zealand flax.*

Claims.—(1.) In apparatus for the purpose of drying New Zealand flax, an upright heated revolving roller, or series of such rollers, in combination with an endless travelling conveyor-band, passing as far as possible round the upper periphery of such rollers or roller (preferably carried in an encircling groove in such periphery), substantially as and for the purposes described.
(Specification, 7s. 6d.)

[NOTE.—Here follow three other claims.]

No. 28395.—7th September, 1910.—THE NEW ZEALAND HEMP PROCESS AND BY-PRODUCTS COMPANY, LIMITED, a company duly incorporated under the Companies Act of New Zealand, and carrying on business at Napier, New Zealand (assignees of William G. Richardson, of Foxton aforesaid). Improved apparatus for drying flax.*

Claims.—(1.) For the purpose indicated, a drying-room made with an inner and outer casing of corrugated iron, the space between the casings being filled with pumice, a heater from which air is taken through a perforated pipe into the room, a continuous rope upon which fibre is placed, and grooved pulleys carrying the said ropes, substantially as set forth.
(Specification, 1s. 9d.)

[NOTE.—Here follows one other claim.]

No. 28396.—7th September, 1910.—THE NEW ZEALAND HEMP PROCESS AND BY-PRODUCTS COMPANY, LIMITED, a company duly incorporated under the Companies Act of New Zealand, and carrying on business at Napier, New Zealand (assignees of William G. Richardson, of Foxton aforesaid). Improvements in flax-strippers.*

Extract from Specification.—According hereto, the feed mechanism consists of a plurality of pairs of rollers which in succession act upon the same part of the flax-blade as it passes between them, the first pair crushing the butts, the next pair crushing the flax to uniform thickness, and a third pair finally reducing the flax and taking a special grip of the blade while the stripping is effected.
(Specification, 4s. 6d.)

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

No. 28425.—13th September, 1910.—HARRY LOMAX DAY, of 153 Lower High Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, Picture-frame Manufacturer. Improved apparatus for use in displaying articles of commerce.*

Extract from Specification.—The invention consists in providing a number of separate frames, each one of which is adapted to hold any number of pictures, so that the faces of some of them may be exposed to view on the front and back of the frame. These frames are separately hinged in a support consisting of a pair of horizontal plates arranged one above the other in a frame or against a wall. The hinges of the several frames are so arranged in these plates that the frames will be capable of swinging back to lie flat against the wall one behind the other, and will be capable of being turned out, one by one, so as to expose the faces of the several frames to view.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.)

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

No. 28454.—19th September, 1910.—JOHN ANDREW HASWELL, Storekeeper, ALBERT GEORGE HOAR and JOHN CAIRNCROSS, Builders, all of Eketahuna, New Zealand. Improvements in roofing.*

Claim.—In buildings to be roofed with corrugated iron, the employment of strips or fillets of moisture-absorbent material nailed to purlins or whatever may be intended to immediately support the iron, said strips or fillets having rebated or moulded edges for the purposes aforesaid and being placed in position as aforesaid, substantially as illustrated and described, and for the purposes set forth.
(Specification, 2s. 9d.)

No. 28508.—28th September, 1910.—ROBERT HELLYER, of Commercial Chambers, Bathurst Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Watch-case Maker, and IVAN NELSON, of Loftus Street, Sydney aforesaid, Merchant. An improved garden water-spraying apparatus.*

Extract from Specification.—This improved spraying-apparatus consists of a jet or nozzle-bit in which near to its point of issue there is a regulating screw which traverses the line of issue at or approximately at right angles thereto, the end of this screw being particularly shaped by two cross-grooves, by which means the issuing stream of water is broken up into fine spray, and it further consists of providing as part of the apparatus a universal joint for attachment to the tap or cock of an ordinary garden stand-pipe whereby the direction of the issuing jet may be adjusted both in the vertical and horizontal plane.
(Specification, 2s.)

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

No. 28539. — 5th October, 1910. — CHARLES SUTTIE, of Waharoa, New Zealand, and MONTAGUE HARRISON WYNYARD, of Auckland, New Zealand, Solicitor. Improvements in treating tow.*

Claims.—(1.) In apparatus for the purpose mentioned, a travelling belt, two or more rollers on which such belt travels, and a series of arms carried by such belt, the belt being so positioned and operated that it bears the arms through the draught from a scutcher, the arms catching and bearing away out of such draught, largely in strands, the flying tow from such scutcher, substantially as and for the purposes described.
(Specification, 8s. 3d.)

[NOTE.—Here follow eight other claims.]

No. 28554. — 7th October, 1910. — THE RIDD MILKING MACHINE COMPANY, LIMITED, of Queen Street, New Plymouth, New Zealand (assignees of Ambrose Ridd, of Waipuku, New Zealand, Farmer). An improved teat-cup for milking-machines.*

Claims.—(1.) In milking-machine teat-cups, an outer rigid casing, and an inner flexible lining secured within the casing and formed with projecting knobs arranged in a row vertically down its inside surface and with two ribs projecting from its inner surface and extending in parallel lines with the row of knobs at equal circumferential distances apart therefrom, substantially as specified. . . . (3.) In milking-machine teat-cups, an outer rigid casing, an inner flexible lining formed with a flange around its top edge overhanging the top end of the casing and having a curved upper surface, a mouthpiece adapted to fit on to the top of the flange and to be secured upon the casing, an aperture in the centre of such mouthpiece, and a downwardly projecting flange around the edge of such aperture, a row of knobs extending down the inside of the lining, and two ribs extending down the inside lining in parallel lines with the row of knobs and at equal circumferential distances apart therefrom, substantially as specified.
(Specification, 4s.)

No. 28784. — 24th November, 1910. — CHARLES EDWARD HARDLEY, of Auckland, New Zealand, Manufacturer. Improved combination cocks for gas, water, and other purposes.*

Claims.—(1.) In an improved combination cock of the class described, a quick-acting high-pressure cock and a plug cock, having their respective spindles adjustably connected, in the manner and for the purpose set forth, as described and illustrated.
(Specification, 2s. 3d.)

[NOTE.—Here follow two other claims.]

No. 29370.—5th April, 1911.—ROBERT ROBERTSON GRAY, of Grey Street, Labourer, and HERBERT GIDEON FLETCHER, of Fitzherbert Street, Solicitor, both of Palmerston North, New Zealand. Improvements in cow-bails.*

Extract from Specification.—According to the present invention, a frame comprised of vertical and horizontal members is arranged with a series of bailing-bars pivoted at their lower ends and guided in the frame so that they may be opened and closed for bailing and releasing animals. An endless band of wire or other material extends above and parallel with the framework, and passes round a guide-sheave in one end and around a sprocket-wheel at the other. A length of sprocket-chain being inserted in the band so that it may be travelled by the rotation of the sprocket-wheel.
(Specification, 2s. 9d.)

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

No. 29482. — 2nd May, 1911. — EDWIN DANIEL BERRY, of Palmerston North, New Zealand, Mechanical Engineer. Improved means for use in the pasteurization of milk and other liquids.*

Extract from Specification. — The invention comprises a pasteurizer of special construction, into which the milk is introduced, and into which steam is also introduced so as to mingle intimately with the milk and thus heat it to the required temperature before it passes away. On the milk’s passage to the pasteurizer, and on the passage of the milk from the pasteurizer, it is caused to pass through an auxiliary appliance constructed in a special manner to carry the hot milk and the cold milk along on opposite sides of division-plates, in order that the heat of the former will pass to the latter and raise its temperature while being itself cooled.
(Specification, 4s. 6d.)

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