April 1, 1913.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



389 



24,074 (1911). Stair treads. D. Baxter, Invcresk, Compton avenue, Cath* 

 cart, and R. L. Baxter, 150 Bothwell street, Glasgow. 



24,117 (1911). Packing for gas pipe joints. L. Schomburg, 53 Kaiser- 

 strasse, Gelsenkirchen, Germany. 



24,124 (1911), Plastic composition including rubber or gutta-percha. J. W. 

 Aylsworth, 223 Midland avenue. East Orange, N. J. 



24,156 (1911). Stocking suspenders. C. Nicholson, The Leylands, Hat- 

 field, near Doncaster. 



24,196 (1911). Spring wheels with pneumatic cushions. E. Allen, 78 

 Salop street, Penarth, South Wales. 



[Abstracted in the Illustrated Official Journal, February 26, 1912.] 



24,313 (1911). Mud-guards for vehicles. C. H. Nichols, 40 Stratford 

 Road. Wolverton, Buckinghamshire. 



24,412 (1911). Rubber tubes for lubricators. K. Rotherham, 27 Spon 

 street, and W. Jolinson, 39 Park Road — both in Coventry. 



24,429 (1911). Use of rubber buffers in hanging pictures. A. Hailey, 4 

 The Mall, and H. A. Green, 2 The Mall— both in Church End, Finch- 

 ley, London. 



24,437 (1911). Vulcanized fabric composed of leather and rubber. S. F. 

 Connolly, 101 Chalton street, Euston Road, London. 



24,484 (1911). Safety stair-treads. Safety Tread Syndicate. Ltd., 15 

 Barbican, and E. S. Higgins, 21 Cornfield Grove, Balham, both in 

 London. 



24,496 (1911). Rubber in fabric-stretching rolls. S. Hough, Ash street. 

 South Shore. Blackpool. 



24,549 (1911). Decomposition of terpene in production of isoprene. P. A. 

 Newton, 6 Breams Buildings, Chancery Lane, London. 



24,615 (1911). Rubber shock absorbers for flying machines. A. V. Roe, 

 47 Rusholme Road, Putney, London. 



'24,752 (1911). Inflation and deflation of motor tires. L. Burgraff, 1437 

 Third avenue. Mason City, Iowa, U. S. A. 



24,758 (1911). Closing punctures in tires. F. H. Michelsen, E. W. and 

 H. P. Hudd, Burnet street, Hatfield, Pretoria, Transvaal. 



24,781 (1911). Rubber rings in toy pistols. G. Schrodel, 18 Maiachstrasse, 

 Niirnberg, Germany. 



24,878 (1911). Construction of air tubes. W. R. Bourne, 12 South street, 

 Pender's End, and G. Welch, 35 Warwick Road, Edmonton, both in 



THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. 



PATENTS ISSUED (v.ith Dates of Application). 



446,541 (July 26. 1912), MacQueen. Elastic vehicle tires. 



446.557 (July 26). C. Michot. Improvements in apparatus for vulcanizing 

 repaired tires. 



446,598 (July 27). Farbenfabriken, vorm. F. Bayer & Co., Manufacture 

 of a product resembling vulcanized rubber. 



446,600 (July 27). Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik. Manufacture of 

 products resembling rubber. 



446,602 (July 27). G. Roumier. Pneumatic tire. 



446,659 (July 30). U. Sarrat and E. Sarrat. Separation of air chambers 

 of pneumatic vehicle wheels. 



446,670 (July 30). L. Steurs. Leather cut and incrusted with rubber, for 

 use in footwear, soles, heels, etc. 



446,702 (July 31). Harvey, Frost & Co., Ltd. Improvements in electric 

 heating appliances and particularly in vulcanizers. 



446,724 (July 31). L. Tervieire. Elastic tires for automobile and other 

 vehicles. 



446,749 (August 1). J. E. Johnson and F. G. Mason. Protective cover for 

 pneumatic tires and its process of manufacture. 



446,758 (August 1). R. Trautwein. System of combined solid and pneu- 

 matic tires for automobiles and other vehicles. 



446,828 (August 2). R. Muller. Protective cover for solid and pneu- 

 matic tires. 



446,851 (August 2). C. Schragin. "Ventilating" tire, with protective cover 

 for automobiles. 



446,742 (August 1). M. Kochnitzsky and A. Field. Process for extracting 

 resin from crude rubber. 



446,942 (August 6). G, E. Starr. Pneumatic tire for automobiles and 

 other vehicles. 



447.024 (October 16, 1911). G. Kantor. Pneumatic vehicle wheel. 



447.025 (October 16, 19111. G. Kantor. Automatic pneumatic vehicle 

 wheel. 



447,093 (August 9. 1912). R. Angelle. Mud guards for vehicle wheels. 



447,142 (August 12). E. Junghaus. Automobile tire. 



447,166 (.August 13). E. H. Knken. Improvements in elastic vehicle tires. 



447.245 (August 16). L. J. G. Collet. Central pneumatic wheel. 



447,247 (August 16). F. Mabraux. Mud guards for automobiles, auto- 

 buses and similar vehicles. 



447,344 (August 17). P. Lagasse. Protection for pneumatic tires. 



447,421 (August 20). Gummiwerk Solle, Munich. Pneumatic tire with 

 mica protection. 



447,428 (.August 21). W. Langmuir. Continuous tire for rubbered wheels. 



447,411 (October 26, 1911). L. Velasquez. Process for making artificial 

 rubber. 



[Note. — Printed copies of specifications of French patents can be ob- 

 tained from R. Bobet, Ingenieur-Conseil, 16 avenue de Villiers, Paris, at 

 SO cents each, postpaid.] 



THE GERMAN EMPIRE. 



PATENTS ISSUED (with Dates of Validity). 



257,548 (January 3, 1912). Pneumatic truck tires removable while inflated, 

 Crtistav Fischer, Stormstrasse 4, Bcrlin-Westend. 



257,875 (September 17, 1911). Manufacture of leather cloths, waterproof 

 fabrics, etc. Albert Reimann, Andernach A. R. 



257,813 (March 24, 1911). Process for preventing artificial rubber from 

 becoming viscous or resinous. Farbenfabriken, vorm, F. Bayer & Co., 

 Lcverkusen. 



258,151 (.^priI 7, 1910). Products resembling vulcanized rubber. Farben- 

 fabriken, vorm, F. Bayer & Co., Leverkusen. 



THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM. 



PATENTS PUBLISHED. 



250,713 (1913). Amalgamation and agglomeration with rubber of granu- 

 lated or powdered carborundum. C, Leclercq and M. Bertholome, 

 Liege. 



250,569 (1913). Process for preserving the elasticity of rubber objects, 

 C. Bayer, Alteburgerstrasse 57, Cologne. 



250,385 (1913). Coagulation of gelatine and like substances by cold. 

 M. Find, head of 5th St., Camden, N. J., U. S. A. 



252,244 (1913). Utilization of rubber waste. O. A. Wheeler, E. D. 

 Loewenthal and B. Loewenthal, 17 North La Salle St., Chicago. 



249,979 (1913). Manufacture from animal substances of an elastic product 

 analogous to rubber. Naamlooze Vennootschap (^hemische Industrie^ 

 Amsterdam. 



252.274 (1913). Manufacture of waterproof products. J. H. W. Daw ani 

 the Azulay Syndicate, Limited, 8 Laurence Pountney Hill, London. 



251,190 (1913). Production of elastic composition. H. Haulot, avenuC: 

 Louise 49, Brussels. 



251.275 (1913). Manufacture of plastic elastic and non-hygroscopic masses^ 

 W. Plinatus, Zuffenhausen, near Stuttgart. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



/^FFICIAL Statement of the values of exports of manufac- 

 ^^ tures of india-rubber and gutta-percha for the month of 



December, 1912, and for the first eleven months of five cal- 

 endar vears: 



Behing. Boots All 



Months. Packing and Other Total. 



and Hose. Shoes. Rubber. 



December, 1912... $187,105 $113,067 $578,552 $878,724 



January-November. 2,342,738 1.245,155 7.305.234 10,893,127 



Total. 1912 $2,529,843 $1,358,222 $7,883,786 $11,771,851 



Total, 1911 2,276,511 1.686.092 7,140,140 11,102,743 



Total 1910 2,056.944 2.266.137 5.681,486 10,004,567 



Total, 1909 1,800,300 1.653.466 4,413.626 7,867,392 



Total, 1908 1,256,490 1,329,170 3,580,685 6,166,345 



The above heading, "All Other Rubber," for the month of 

 December. 1912, and for the first eleven months of two calendar 

 years, include the following details relating to tires: 



For All 



Months. Automobile. Other. Total. 



December, 1912 values $187,434 $64,053 $251,484 



January-November 3,034,699 544.477 3,579,176 



Total 1912 3,222.133 608.530 3,830,663 



Total. 1911 2,458.177 561,330 3,019,507 



AN ASBESTOS MERGER. 

 The Northwestern Asbestos iMills and the International As- 

 bestos Mills and Power Companies are said to have instructed 

 their directors to proceed with plans for the merging of the 

 two companies into one corporation, with a capital stock of 

 $8,000,000. 



1,500.000 BALES OF COTTON FOR TIRES. 



Few people have any conception of the tremendous consump- 

 tion of cotton in the great tire industry in this country. The 

 Government Report shows that last year automobile tires re- 

 quired one and a half million bales of cotton — and, of course, 

 cotton of the very highest grade. It is not surprising, therefore, 

 that the price of cotton remains at a high level. 



