Oct. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3133

Complete Specifications filed after Provisionals.

IST of complete specifications filed after provisional specifications from the 29th September to the 12th October, 1911, inclusive :-

No. 28958.-J. Beadle, non-corrosive compound for protection of metals.
No. 28959.-D. McCrae, bedding.
No. 28973.-A. Seifert, flax-gripper.
No. 28974.-A. Seifert, flax-blade sorter.
No. 28986.-C. Timms, advertisement-displaying. (T.E.B. Poole.)
No. 28987.-A. C. Robertson, A. C. Murray, and W. W. Smith, speed-controller indicator.
No. 28990.-W. S. Lind, attaching traces to hames.
No. 29061.-G. W. Hutchinson, internal-combustion engine.
No. 29072.-J. Byrne, fireplace.
No. 29075.-United Shoe Machinery Company, grinding. &c., machine. (W. A. Reed and J. Foley.)
No. 29168.-G. W. Hutchinson, sparking-regulator.
No. 29339.-C. F. Anderson, acetylene-generator, &c.
No. 29427.-D. H. Armstrong, milk-receiver, &c.
No. 29433.-A. J. Hainsworth, water-heater.
No. 29791.-A. B. Masters, car-fare collector, &c.
No. 30238.-E. C. Reynolds, time-limit lock.

Notice of Acceptance of Complete Specifications.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 18th October, 1911.

COMPLETE specifications relating to the undermentioned applications for Letters Patent have been accepted, and are open to public inspection at this office. Any person may, at any time within two months from the date of this Gazette, give me notice in writing of opposition to the grant of any such patent. Such notice must set forth the particular grounds of objection, and be in duplicate. A fee of 10s. is payable thereon.

The copies of claims and extracts from the specifications and drawings are merely intended to give some further indication of the invention than is disclosed in the title, and the complete specifications and drawings should be referred to for a description of the invention.

No. 28534.-4th October, 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 Matthias Brock, of 15 Woodville Street, Roxbury, Boston aforesaid, Machinist). Improvements in or relating to lasting or like machines.*

Claims.-(1.) In a lasting-machine having a last-post occupying a substantially constant position for shoes of different lengths, and a toe-lasting mechanism that is movable from and toward the post into position to operate on the shoes, the provision of a screw or the like to effect fine adjustments of said lasting-mechanism for shoes of approximately the same size, and additional means permitting adjustment for groups of sizes, substantially as described. (2.) In a lasting-machine having the screw 10 for adjusting the toe-lasting mechanism lengthwise of the machine upon the support 2, and in combination with said parts, the plate 12 upon which the lasting-mechanism is adjustable independently of the screw and held by the latches 16. (3.) In a lasting-machine, end-lasting mechanism, means for adjusting said mechanism for lengths of shoes, and additional means for permitting adjustment of said mechanism for different groups of sizes.

(Specification, £3 5s.)

[Note.-Here follow seventy-five other claims.]

No. 28578.-13th October, 1910.-GEORGE HENRY BAYLIS, of 89 Revans Street, Wellington, New Zealand, Agent. An improvement in hair-pads and in the manufacture of the same.*

Extract from Specification.-According to my invention, human hair is first crimped or waved by passing through a crimping-machine, then plaited upon two threads, subjected to a jet of steam to thoroughly damp the hair, it is next placed under a heavy press, and from there into hot oven to dry, making a permanent wavy curl in the hair.

(Specification, 1s. 3d.)

[Note.-The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

No. 28595.-14th October, 1910.-HENRY DROUTLEGE, of 47 Bermond Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand, Engineer. Improved flexible lining for the teat-cups of milking-machines.*

Claims.-(1.) In a teat-cup, the combination with a rigid outer casing, of an inner tube having one or a plurality of longitudinal grooves or recesses in its outer circumference for the purpose of facilitating the collapse and expansion of said inner tubes, substantially as specified, and illustrated in the drawing. (2.) An inner tube for a teat-cup having longitudinal grooves or recesses in its circumferential periphery, each groove communicating with a circumferential recess formed in the top of the tube, substantially as specified, and illustrated in the drawing.

(Specification, 1s. 9d.)

No. 28817.-1st December, 1910.-FREDERICK WILLIAM GEARY, of Ann Street, East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, Plumber. An improved overflow appliance for storage-water tanks.

Claim.-A vertical slightly taper pipe B terminating at its top end in a horizontal member such as C, and at the bottom end in a bell-mouth D, and distance-pieces such as E, as and for the purposes specified.

(Specification, 1s. 3d.)

No. 28843.-7th December, 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 Matthias Brock, of Roxbury, in the County of Suffolk and said Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Machinist). Improvements in or relating to nail-making or like machines.*

Claim.-(1.) For a nail-making or like machine, a heading-apparatus which comprises the combination with a die and a carrier, of a sleeve adapted to hold the said die and to slide upon the carrier, and means to adjust the sleeve upon the carrier to compensate for wear.

(Note.-Here follow four other claims.)

No. 28860.-9th December, 1910.-AUGUST LVELL, of 215 Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand, Inventor. Non-refillable bottle.*

Extract from Specification.-According hereto, the neck of the bottle has a stopper, comprising an internal sleeve, which is closed at the top, and kept in position by a ring of rubber, cork, or the like, fitting a circular recess in the sleeve and engaging in an internal groove in the neck of the bottle. The sleeve is provided with a valve-seat formed upon a tube which passes into the sleeve from the back, the valve being within the sleeve and having a stem guided by the tube. The top of the sleeve has a recess, and a ball within the sleeve lies in this recess when the bottle is at a certain angle, but rolls therefrom and closes the valve upon its seat when the bottle is turned to smaller angles. In a modification, three balls are employed, and an internal cone projecting from the top of the sleeve acts as a guide for the balls, one or other of which closes the valve upon its seat.

(Specification, 4s. 9d.)

[Note.-The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

No. 28893.-16th December, 1910.-THOMAS KIDD, of Spey Street, Invercargill, New Zealand, Engineer. Improvements in milking-apparatus.*

Extract from Specification.-The invention as regards the pulsator consists in providing improved removable covers at each end of the pulsator, and providing a port in one of the covers and a regulating-screw therefor, whereby the duration of the squeeze of the teat-cup inflation on the teat can be regulated to suit different cows. The other regulating-screw for adjusting the rapidity of the pulsations, described in my said specifications, is also placed for a port in the same cover. These screws can be readily replaced if broken or rendered unfit for use. Other improvements relate to connections with the reservoir-can lid. The invention as regards the teat-cup is the formation of a neck on the nipple of the plate which secures the rubber-inflation at the bottom of the teat-cup, slightly bulging the inner side of the teat-cup and providing on the inside of the cap to form a chamber, all as described.

(Specification, 9s. 6d.)

[Note.-The above extract from the specification is inserted in place of the claims.]

No. 29258.-14th April, 1910.†-SIDNEY CHARLES NEWSON, of 32 Eastbourne Road, South Tottenham, Middlesex, England, Engineer. Improvements in carburetting-apparatus for internal-combustion engines.

Claim.-(1.) A carburettor for internal-combustion engines in which the air for the gaseous mixture is supplied under pressure, comprising a valve for controlling the feed of liquid