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ing the same upon the water. (4.) The system of connecting the iron hull of vessel, by perforated angle-iron, to the concrete floor and walls to secure easy launching, as per specification. (5.) The system of building the dock till the added weight sinks it to the depth required, as per specification. (6.) The system of using sand to secure a true foundation, as per specification. (Specification, 4s.)

No. 29931.—27th July, 1911.—KARL HENS, of 53 Balmoral Chambers, Johannesburg, Transvaal, Butcher. A process of meat-preservation.

Claims.—(1.) An apparatus constructed as described, having two brass taps C and D, adapted to clean out the arteries and veins of an animal free from all blood and impurities in three operations, without leaving the injected fluid in the animal, substantially as described. (2.) The method or process of cleaning out the arteries and veins of an animal free of all blood and impurities in three operations, without leaving the injected fluid in the animal, by means of the said apparatus, and substantially as described. (Specification, 3s. 3d.)

No. 30041.—17th August, 1911.—AMERICAN GRAPHOPHONE COMPANY, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of West Virginia, and having its principal office in the City of Bridgeport, County of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, United States of America (assignees of Victor Hugo Emerson, of 57 West 26th Street, New York, United States of America). Improvements in sound-records and method of making same.

Claims.—(1.) A sound-record composed of a main body-portion of inferior material unsuitable for a smooth record surface and capable of being rendered plastic, a film of glaze material, as shellac or the like, an interposed separator between said body-portion and said glaze material, and having impressed in said film irregularities corresponding to sound-waves. . . . (12.) A sound-record containing a sheet of paper comprising a shellac-containing surface carrying a sound-record thereon, and a plastic composition to which said sheet is united. (Specification, 17s.)

[NOTE.—Here follow eight other claims.]

No. 30055.—17th August, 1911.—ROBERT JORDAN REDICK, of the Grand Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand, Manufacturer. Improvements in methods of waterproofing buildings.

Claim.—(1.) In waterproofing the floors and roofs of buildings, laying down an initial layer or layers of asphalt, saturated felt, or similar waterproofing-fabric along the eaves or margin, applying hot asphalt or like cement to the surface thereof, laying thereon strips of similar fabric, falling back about 15 in. with each succeeding strip, placing hot cement between the laps, nailing the completed surface and then applying hot cement, upon which is laid the prepared roofing-material in strips overlapped 2 in. or more, the underlap being nailed and hot cement placed between the laps, which are pressed down to obtain a tight and waterproof joint, substantially as described. (Specification, 8s.)

[NOTE.—Here follow three other claims.]

No. 30056.—17th August, 1911.—JOHN BENJAMIN FRANCIS WHITE, of Wanganui, New Zealand, Plumber. An improved cooking-bowl holder.

Claim.—An improved cooking-bowl or dish-holder, formed by twisting one or more pieces of wire or other suitable material to form a body-portion, said body-portion being provided with lifting-means, and having projecting therefrom a number of equally spaced, radial legs, curved downwards and inwards, to terminate in gripping-means, in the manner and for the purpose set forth, as described and illustrated. (Specification, 1s. 9d.)

No. 30082.—22nd August, 1911.—ANGUS STEWART REID, of Queen’s Mansions, Beaconsfield Parade, St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, Engineer. Improvements in or relating to milking-apparatus.

Claim.—(2.) In improvements in or relating to milking-apparatus, a pulsator consisting of a shell having a compressed-air inlet-port and a vacuum-port, a first air-and-vacuum port, a second air-and-vacuum port, and a third air-and-vacuum port in said shell, an atmospheric-air port in said shell, an oscillating conical plug within said shell, a chamber within said plug, a first-chamber air-inlet port, a second-chamber air-inlet port, and a third-chamber air-inlet port in said oscillating plug and successively communicating with the air-inlet port in the shell, a first-chamber elongated air-outlet port, a second-chamber elongated air-outlet port, and a third-chamber air-outlet port in said oscillating plug and communicating with the air-and-vacuum ports in the shell, a main chamber and vacuum port in said oscillating plug and communicating with the vacuum-port in the shell, a first-chamber vacuum-port, a second-chamber vacuum-port, and a third-chamber vacuum-port in said oscillating plug and communicating with the air-and-vacuum ports in the shell, and an atmospheric-air port in said oscillating plug and communicating with the atmospheric-air port in the shell. (Specification, 18s.)

[NOTE.—Here follow ten other claims.]

No. 30088.—23rd August, 1911.—GEORGE SAMUEL THOMSON, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Accountant, &c. Improved locking-device for loose-leaf ledgers.

Extract from Specification.—A double-hinged cover, and insert a plate between the hinges of one cover, the said plate carrying a number of bars nicked near the top for locking, and one broad centre bar, which has a sleeve covering it for taking out a number of leaves and keeping them registered, while the bars and the centre broad one keep those remaining registered also. A spring is furnished to keep the leaves compacted when but few are in the book. The top nicks of the said bars engage to a locking-device, which snaps when closed. (Specification, 2s. 6d.)

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

No. 30089.—23rd August, 1911.—CHARLES BOWTELL SMITH, of Crawford Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, Master Printer. Improved triplicate counter-sales book.

Claim.—(1.) In triplicate counter-sales books, the method of lightly attaching the triplicate sheet of transparent paper to the edge of the invoice sheet, so that both are raised together and three copies are produced with one double-faced sheet of carbon paper, stapled to the book, the triplicate sheet being either of full or contracted width, all substantially as shown on the drawing, and as described and as explained. (Specification, 3s. 9d.)

[NOTE.—Here follows one other claim.]

No. 30122.—31st August, 1911.—EDWARD CAMERON, of 13 Fraser Street, St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, Engineer. Improvements in or relating to milking-machines.

Claim.—(1.) A mechanical milker comprising a supporting-frame for the milking-mechanism, adapted to carry a main milk-tube and a main air-tube, an arm of metallic tubing extending from the main milk-tube to the teat-manipulating mechanism, a pierced joint adapted to enable the teat-manipulating mechanism to adapt itself to the physical irregularity of the different cows, a number of pierced joints adapted to enable the metallic-tube arm to be jointed, adjusted, and applied, a pulsator connected with each arm mounted on the structure, a general receiver operating in coaction with the said pulsators, a vacuum- or suction-producing mechanism mounted on or near the frame or structure, and mechanism adapted to connect said driving-mechanism and teat-manipulating mechanism. (Specification, 19s.)

[NOTE.—Here follow twenty-five other claims.]

No. 30124.—31st August, 1911.—ALFRED FREDERICK BRONNER, of 117 Collins Street, Melbourne, Specialist, and ALFRED ARTHUR QUICK, of Barry Street, Northcote, Mechanic, both in Victoria, Australia. Improvements in speed-reducing and speed-multiplying gears.

Extract from Specification.—Our invention comprises an oscillating wheel having two or more operating-faces or series of teeth engaging fixed face or faces or series of teeth so arranged that the oscillating wheel rotates as well as oscillates, the said oscillating-rotating wheel operating another wheel, which in turn becomes the driven wheel, thus enabling the driving-shaft and the driven shaft to be maintained in the same straight line that is colinear. The oscillating wheel is operated by an internal oscillator, which consists of a cam, the central point of which is the central point of oscillation, without flanges or shoulders or side projections so that either the wheel or the shaft itself are allowed freedom of lateral movement, while, furthermore, the pressures upon the oscillating wheel are equally balanced upon both sides of the vertical axis. (Specification, £1 2s. 6d.)

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

No. 30125.—31st August, 1911.—THOMAS GRACE, of 80 Glebe Street, Glebe, Sydney, Inventor, and JAMES O’REILLY, jun., of Ferry Street, Hunter’s Hill, near Sydney, Merchant, both in New South Wales, Australia. Improvements in and relating to resilient wheels for road vehicles.

Extract from Specification.—According to this invention, the first object above stated is achieved by coupling together all the free ends of the spokes by means of a band or bands, preferably of strip steel, either of continuous or segmental form, and the second object mentioned by mounting the tire-