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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April i, 1907. 



GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND 



PATENT SPECIFICATIONS PUBLISHED. 



The number Kiven is that assigned to the Patent at the filinR of the Ap- 

 plication, which in the case of those listed below was in 1905. 

 'Denotes Patents for American Inventtorts. 

 [Abstracted in the Illustrated Official Journal, January 23, 1907.] 



19,854 (1905). Sole protector. A. E. Wells. Dorchester. 



19,864 (1905). Device for inflating pneumatic tires. A. G. Lavertinc and 

 J. E. McNellan, both of Johannesburg, Transvaal. 



19,887 (1905). Bottle stopper. F. Bagar, Vienna. 



I9»973 (1905)- Pneumatic tirt attachment. [The pairs of tires are con- 

 nected by flexible tubes passing through the axle, the object being tc 

 ensure that the tires collapse simultaneously in case of an accident 

 to either.] F. A. U. Daele, Gand, Belgium. 



20.C08 (1905). Tire shield [to be fitted between the air tube and outer 

 cover, or built into the canvas layers of the cover; consists of cotton. 

 with sufficient of the oil removed, dressed with shellac and a solution 

 of gum mastic]. E. W. Cokman and A. J. L. Glidden, London. 



20,032 (1905). Sole and heel protector. H. J. Tonks, Birmingham. 



20,131 (1905). Tire cover [provided with a band of leather and metal 

 plates, to prevent skidding or puncture]. C. Taylor, Eccles, and J. F. 

 Riding, Pendleton, Lancashire. 



'20, 161 (1905). Pntumatic tire [with metal plates to prevent punctures]. 

 T. Hay ward, Merton, Surrey. 



[Abstracted in the Illustrated Official Journal, January 30, 1907.] 

 •20,252 (1905). Stocking suspenders [supplied with abdominal or hip pads]. 

 S. Maypcr, New York. 



20.307 (1905). Pneumatic tire. M. Brun, Lyons, France. 



20.308 (1905), Pneumatic tire. [Covers and tread bands are made from 

 leathtr which has not been unhaircd. The band of hairy leather is 

 secured by rivets to the cover.] E. Fortier-Beaulieu and A. Fortier- 

 Beaulieu, Roannc, France. 



20,407 (1905). Revolvable heel pad. G. Morton, Blackley, Manchester. 

 20,472 (1905). Elastic tire [secured in position by the lateral movement 



of screw threaded rings engaging with circumferential threads cut 



on the periphery of the felloe or rim]. C. K. Welch, Coventry. 

 20,484(1905). Spring wheel with clastic tire. J. C. Bunge, Amsterdam, 



Holland. 

 20,597 (1905). Pneumatic tire, with removable tread band. H. W. Cave- 



Brownt-Cave, London. 

 20,606 (1905), India-rubber. [Means for extracting the more valuable 



part from crude rubber.] M. Wilderman, Ealing. Middlesex. 

 20,626 (1905). Flexible tubf: for connecting an inflater to a pntumatic tire. 



A. Smith, Parade, Birmingham. 

 20,642 (1905). Pneumatic tiie. R. and C. H. Wall work, both of Man- 

 chester. 

 [Abstr.\cted in the Illustrated Official Journal, February 6, 1907.] 

 20,668 (1905). Spanner for stretching or opening punctures in pn-umatic 



tires. H. S. Bailance, Wcslon-su.ier-Mare. 

 20.700 C1905). Pneumatic tire [with fabric and sheet cork combined in 



alternate laytrs by means of caoutchouc] P. Lor.sade-Despvez. Lyons, 



France. 

 20,748 (1905). Pneumatic tire [embodying a coarse linen fabric known as 



"drabbets"]. W. Whit more ai.d G. Allan, both in Kenton, S tow- 

 market, Suffolk. 

 20,793 (1905)- Spring wheels with clastic tire. A. L. H. Riptrt and P. 



Schmitt, Asincres, France. 

 20,849 (1905). Ms,ndrel for joining the ends of pneumatic tire tubes. 



C. Lee and County Chemical Co., both in Birmingham. 

 20,854 (1905). Pneumatic lire, [With puncture preventing strip of French 



horn enclosed in canvas.] A. E. Matthews, Brixton. 

 20,885 {1905). Suction carpet cleaner. A. Hein, Berlin, Germany. 

 20,905. Golf ball [having a core formed of a spherical rubber bag, filled 



with incompressible fluid] . F. H. Mingay, Berfield, Renfrewshire. 

 21,000,(1905). Spring wheel, with pneumatic cushion and solid rubber 



rim tire. G. P. Appleyard, Halifax, Yorkshire. 

 *2i,o52 (1905), Swimming attachment, for the foot. E. J. McKit trick, 



Walla Walla. Washington. 

 21,103 {i9«5)- Cushion heel for boots. J. H. W. Evans, Rangoon, Burma. 



[Abstracted in the Illustrated Official Journal, February 13, 1907.] 



21,156 1905). Hoof pad. P. Clifford and D. J. Corbelt, both of Buffalo, 



New York. 

 21,163 C1905). Pneumatic tire. [To prevent slipping or punctures, a 



leather band is fastened inside the outer cover by eyelets: steel or 



like studs are passed through the eyelets and their shanks are riveted 



down over metal washers.] F. W. Pratt, London. 

 21,169 (1905). Tire for heavy vehicles [comprising metal or other shoes, 



fitting over rubber cushions which are spaced around the felloe]. 



A. T. Collier. St. Albans, and Reilloc Tyre Co., London. 

 21,282 (1905). Pneumatic tires [with puncture preventing slip]. F. J. 



Moran, Birkenhead. 



21.304 (1905). Vacuum cleaning apparatus [for carpets and the like]. 



W. Griffith, Birmingham. 

 21,326 (1905). Llose coupling. D. Hurst and Brierley, Ltd., Rochdale. 

 "21.362 (1905). Hos'. coupling. E. Schwanebergcr and J. Thomson, 



Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

 21.417 (1905). Means of securing detachable soles and heels. A. Seitz, 



Rastatt in Baden, Germany. 

 "21,540 (1905). Solid lire. [Means of securing to the felloe by hollow 



split wedge rings drawn together by traverse bolts.] Thomas Midgley, 



Hartford, Connecticut. 

 21,595 (1905). Golf ball [with core formed of sprial springs.] R. L. 



and E. M. L'rquhart, bnth nf Edinburgh. 



THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. 



P.VTENTS Issued (with I).\tes of Application.) 



367,925 (July 9, 1906). Coltm^n. Spring wheel. 



367,951 (July 10). Swinehart Clincher Tire and Rubber Co. Pneumatic tire. 



368,003 (July 12). Subra. Elastic tire, 



368.079 (July 16). A. Montandon. Spring wheel. 



368.102 (July 17). Wenseh. Billiard cue rubbers. 



368,163 (July 18). J. S. Barney. Pneumatic tire. 



368,222 (July 15). A. Dcschamps. Tire. 



368,226 (July I?.). J. Carrier. Anti-skid tire. 



368,144 (June 2). W. A. Koneman. Reclaiming rubber. 



368,273 (May 2). H. Dancer. Rubber bead on leather tire. 



368,354 (July 27). H. Blaucq, Spring wheel. 



368,391 (July 26). G. Granger. Removable rim. 



368.459 (July 2y). E. L. Dozen. Pneumatic tire. 



368,466 (July 28). C. Gabet. Removable rim. 



368,525 (July 30). Societe Michelin et Cie. Tire pressure gage. 



368,571 (Aug. i). C. L. Charley. Removablt rim. 



[N:)TE. — Printed copies of specifications of French patents may be ob- 

 tained from R. Robert, Ingenieur-Counseil, 16 avenue de X'illiers, Paris, at 

 50 cents each, postpaid.] 



BALATA ON THE FREE LIST AGAIN. 



A DECISION in the United States circuit court for the 

 ^~^ southern district of New York (published in Treasury 

 Decisions, March 7, 1907,) reverses the decision of the board of 

 United States general appraisers, affirming the assessment of duty 

 bv the collector of customs at the port of New York on crude 

 balata at 10 per cent, ad valnrcm as "a nonenumerated un- 

 manufactured article," under section 6 of the Tariff act of 1S97. 

 The importers (Earle Brothers) claimed that balata is entitled 

 to free entry as "india-rubber, crude,"' under paragraph 579 of 

 the Tariff act. It was not denied that, botanically, the tree 

 yielding balata differs from that to the gum of which the term 

 "india-rubber" was first applied. But under the rule that, in 

 laws relating to the revenues, words are to be taken in their 

 commonly received and popular sense, or according to their 

 commercial designation, the importers contended that there was 

 no one kind of gum identified by the words of the Tariff act, 

 "india-rubber, crude." The word "india-rubber" is used to des- 

 ignate nearly a hundred varieties of "inspissated vegetable gums" 

 capable of use in making "india-rubber" goods. 



In rendering the latest decision, Judge Hough said : "In my 

 opmion. these rontentions of the importers have been abundantly 

 sustained by the testimony introduced in this court. I think it 

 must be assumed that the framers of the Tariff act knew that 

 tlicrc was a great variety of gums generically and commercially 

 described as 'india-rubber,' and within that category balrta is 

 fairly included." [See The Indi.\ Rubber World, JNIarch i, 



1907, page 180.] 



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The imports of balata into the United States are small, as 

 compared with some other countries, but undoubtedly the fol- 

 lowing treasury department figures understate the amount, 

 through a failure in some cases to classify balata separately: 



Years. Pounds. Value. Av. Value. 



1900-or 7,635 $1,987 26 cents. 



igoi-02 15,762 7.441 47.2 cents. 



igo2-o.? 8,467 .3..;S7 40.1 cents. 



1903-04 113,460 45,54s 40.1 cents. 



1904-05 211,612 79.263 37.5 cents. 



