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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[SEPTEMBtR 1, 1911. 



A. T. \V. 



Bo- 



7,356 (1910). Rubber sole and becl protectors for boots, etc. 



Lengrum, Mardyke, Cork, Ireland. 

 7,487 (1910). Protective cover for pneumatic tire. \V. Fiala, Jicin, 



hernia, .Austria. 

 7,515 (1910). Pneumatic tire. J. H. Barton, Egrcmont, Cheshire. 

 •7,580 (1910). Attaching tires to rim. G. W. Slater and J. M. Bcnham, 



Oakland, Cal. 

 7,599 (1910). Rubber brake block for roller skate. W. W. Semmlcr, Lon- 



Elastic bands for wearing apparel. J. D. Tassy, Budapest, 



•7,942 (1910). 

 7,964 (1910). 

 8.022 (1910). 

 8,027 (1910). 

 8,185 (1910). 



don. 

 7,629 (1910). 



Hungary. 

 •7.647 (1910). Elastic band for boxing gloves. S. Cline, Philadelphia, Pa. 



[ABSTR.\CTED IX THE ILLUSTRATED OFFICIAL JOURNAL, JULY 26, 1911.] 



7,897 (1910). Rubber ferrules for hat pins. J. H. Floyd and P. V. Will- 

 iams, Penygraig, South Wales. 

 7,902 (1910). Springs for the cores of golf balls, etc. J. Child and B. S. 



Atiwood, Manchester. 

 7,905 (1910). Rubber block tires. H. Duncan, Glasgow, Scotland. 

 7,907 (1910). Rim attachment for pneumatic tires. E. Squires, Saltlcy, 



Birmingham. 

 7,917 (1910). Elastic composition. W. E. W. Richards, London. 



Elastic tires. L. M. Nelson, Pennington, New Jersey. 

 Elastic hose supporters. T. Morton, Birmingham. 

 Elastic vehicle wheels. E. C. Kingsford, London. 

 Tire attachments to rims. H. W. Lake, London. 

 Knee protector with rubber fastenings. L. Lcchner Michal- 

 kowitz, Silesia, Austria. 

 8,199 (1910). Brush and like handles. J. R. Batley, London. 

 8,216 (1910). Vehicle wheels. R. Haddan, London. 

 8,432 (1910). Point protectors for hat pins. G. M. H. Payne, Upper 



Norwood, London. 

 £,434 (1910). Stopper for medicine administering vessels. E. M. Bajom, 

 Paris. 



THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. 



PATENTS ISSUED (with Dates of Application). 

 4'3 899 (December 20). G. Neff. Automatic machines for coating with 

 'celluloid, rubber, gutta pcrcha, etc., strips of steel for the manufacture 



of bones for corsets, etc. 

 423,904 (December 20). J. J. Patton. Improvements in tires for. vehicle 



wheels. 

 423.966 (March 1). Company known as Millwall Rubber Co., Ltd. Ar- 



rangement for the manufacture of soft or hard rubber articles by 



direct moulding from pulverized vulcanized rubber. 

 424,023 (December 15). P. Minaud. Process of repairing pneuniatic tires 



by reinforcement in the thickness either exterior or interior of the 



burst tire. 

 424,074 (March 3). A. Martin. Elastic tire for vehicle wheel. 

 424,112 (March 4). H. G. Hugon. Rubber block tires and protective 



shields. 

 424,175 (December 24). S. Gouillardon. Pneumatic tire. 

 424,242 (November 24). A. Joly and E. Davier. Process of recovering 



benzine and its homologues. 

 424.244 (November 29). J. Horowitz. Unbreakable air chamber for auto- 

 mobiles, for bicycles and motorcycles. 

 424,270 (December 13). F. Knipp. Protector for pneumatic tire for 



vehicles of all kinds. 

 424,345 (November 19). P. L. J. Degrully. Sectional pneumatic wheel. 

 424,389 (December 23). E. Balazs. Protective band for pneumatic tires 



for automobiles and other vehicles. 

 424,474 (December 31). J. Guerrero. Elastic tire for vehicle wheels. 

 424,497 (December 31). J. Donken. Improvement in elastic tires for 



vehicles. 

 424,543 (January 3, 1911). J. MacDonnell. Pneumatic tire. 

 424,649 (January 6.) G. Bouquillon. Improvement in connecting rod 



pneumatics. 

 424 7 '5 (January 4). The company known as The International Rubber 

 ' (;o. Process and apparatus for extracting rubber or rubber-like sub- 

 stances from plants containing them. 

 424,831 (January 12). J. D. Stidder. Improvements in tires tor vehicles. 

 424,870 (March 23, 1910). M. Bouchec. Portable system of vulcanization. 

 424,961 (January 17, 1911). H. H. Carver. Improvement in manufacture 



of articles made from old rubber, ebonite, vulcanite or other analagous 



substances. 

 424,966 (January 13). P. Beausoliel. Anti-skidding attachment for wheels. 

 424,986 (March 26, 1910). C. Morel. Elastic tires for vehicle wheels. 

 424,994 (January 18, 1911). F. G. Herrmann. Protective cuirasse for 



wheel tires. _ , ^ . , , 



425,000 (January 18). B. Muench. Process of manufacturing rubber 



shoes from separate pieces. 

 425,078 (January 21). L. Morane. Arrangement with extensible core toi 



' the vulcanization of pneumatic tires. 



fNoTE. — Printed copies of specifications of French patents can he ob- 

 tained from R. Robet, Ingenieur-Conseil, 16 avenue dc Villier, Pans, at 

 50 cents each, postpaid.] 



An offici.\l report, forwarded by a United States consul, 

 places the number of Para rubber trees in various stages of 

 growth in Cochin, China, at one million, three-fourths cf which 

 were planted prior to 1910, and about 15,000 tappable. The num- 

 ber of trees planted will be increased by 4,000,000, if the plans at 

 present pending are carried out. 



A MAN IN A MILLION. 



TIL\T Francis H. llulton, eighty years old, dean of the rukber 

 sundries trade, retired since 1900, but still vigorous, alert, 

 kindly, should get the patent numbered 1,000,000, and a rubber 

 patent at that, is a subject for congratulations all around. 



Probably no man in his line is better known than Mr. Holtoii. 

 He was born as long ;igo as 1831, in Northficld, Massachusetts, 

 and it is interesting to chronicle that he is a cousin of the late 

 Dwight L. Moody, and that both of them were clerks together 

 in Boston when young. Mr. Holton, when he was quite a boy, 

 went to work for his uncle, Mr. Fred Holton, who was then 

 with the Hayward Rubber Company. His first work was 

 scrubbing the sulphur from rubber shoes, and also "blocking" 



old-fashioned pure 

 gum shoes. In 

 1854 tic went to 

 New York and ob- 

 t a i n c d employ- 

 ment in a small 

 hard rubber fac- 

 tory owned by a 

 man named Her- 

 ing. There he 

 met Charles Good- 

 year and became 

 further interested 

 in the future of 

 india-rubber. A 

 little later he was 

 able to secure a 

 partner, a Profes- 

 sor Parmeke, and 

 together they 

 started a small 

 rubber factory at 

 the corner of 

 Thirty - seventh 

 street and Broadway. This partnership continued until 1860, 

 when Mr. Holton decided to carry on the business alone and 

 moved his works to Adams street, Brooklyn. Eight years later 

 he took a Mr. Gray in as a partner, the firm name being Holton 

 & Gray. Mr. Gray remained a partner until 1870., then sold his 

 interest to C. B. Dickinson ; in 1874 Mr. Holton also sold his 

 interest to Dickinson, the factory being then operated as the 

 Brooklyn Rubber Works. Later Mr. Holton started a factory in 

 Gold street, New York, and built up a fine business. It was 

 while in this factory that he met the late Dr. B. F. Goodrich, who 

 induced him to leave New York and go to Akron to take charge 

 of the specialty department of the B. F. Goodrich Company. 

 Mr. Holton remained with the Goodrich Company for thirteen 

 years, when he retired to spend his time in traveling and 

 recreation. 



The Holton tire is planned to be a substitute fur the pneu- 

 matic. It has a cellular or honey-combed yielding part, sup- 

 ported by a solid ring filling about half of the inner portion 



Francis H. Holton. 



The Holton Tire. The Millionth P.\tent. 

 of tlie shoe. To this solid portion are attached a series of flexible 

 V-shapcd springs. The illustration shows the inner portion 

 uf tlie tire with the shoe removed. 



A Book for everybody interested in tires— "Rubber Tires and 

 All About Them"— this office. 



