Alicust 1. 1914. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



631 



465,476 

 465,483 



465,515 



465.544 



465,599 

 465,626 

 465,721 



465,735 

 465,812 

 465.865 

 465,903 



465,950 



465,985 

 466,048 

 466.064 



466.155 



466,141 



466.235 

 466.243 



466,270 



466.376 



466,381 



466,399 

 466,484 

 466.492 



466.502 



THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. 



PATENTS ISSUED (with Dates of Appli* ation). 

 (November 29, 1913). Elastic tire for wheels. O. Mossinan. 

 (November 29). Antiskid device for automobiles and other vehicles. 



«. M. Bickford. 

 (November 22). Wheel tire. A. W. Livingston. 



(December 1). Air chamber for pneumatic automobile tires. W. 

 Dunbar. 



(December 2). Anti-skid device for covers and pneumatic tires of 

 bicycles and automobiles. A. Jablonsky. 



(December 3). Improvements in pneumatic tires and rims used 



with them. T. Sloper. 

 (December 1). Process of making an clastic fabric, the rubber in 



which is completely hidden by a fabric superimposed on its two 



faces by means of only two shuttles, and articles obtained by 



this process. Laflcche Freres & Cte. 

 (December 4). Improvements in vehicle tires. C. Flake Forster, 

 (December 6). Pneumatic sole for footwear. H. Wagcner. 

 (December 3). Protection of pneumatic tires. M. Brun. 

 (February 17). Process of treating used covers of pneumatic fires, 



with the object of recovering their constituent elements. G. 



Reynaud. 

 (October 25). Imperforablc cover for wheel tires. A. de la Hous- 



saye. 



Improvements in elastic vehicle tires. J. Spyker. 

 Pneumatic tire. J. J, Luck. 

 Elastic tire for vehicle wheels. T. Emontelle and 



(December 2). 

 (December 11). 

 (December 11). 

 P. Sebaste. 



(February 22). 

 (December 13). 



for Raiters and other uses, 

 R. Brack. 



Movable protector for wheel tires. G. J. Krol. 

 Improvements in manufacture of rubber buttons 

 and in the manner of fixing them. 



Rubber footwear. Etablissements Hutchinson. 

 Process for regeneration of rubber. Xylos Rub- 

 Metallic wheel with central pneumatic tire. D. 



(February 25). 

 (December 16). 



ber Co., Ltd, 

 (February 26). 



Crayssac. 

 (February 28). Elastic fitting, specially applicable to wheel tires 



and its method of manufacture. L. V. Pinca. 

 (March 1). Perfected process for the manufacture of an elastic 



fitting specially applicable to wheel tires. Madame L. Marsan. 

 (December 19). Improvements in pneumatic tires. Gray & Sloper. 

 (December 22). Improvements in tires. R. M. Thorp. 



(December 23). Improved tire for vehicle wheels. L. H. Honrig- 

 faausen. 



(December 23). Mechanical process for applying an adhesive sub- 

 stance to rubber tires. P. Blache. 



[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.] 



275,716, 

 275.857, 



275.816. 



276,185. 



THE GERMAN EMPIRE. 



PATENTS ISSTTED (with Dates of Validity). 

 Class 39b (November 1. 1912). Process for coagulation of rubber 



latex. C. H. Boehringer Sohn, Nieder Ingelheim-am-Rhein. 

 Class 39b (June 3, 1913). Process for producing plastic masses 



through the action of aldehydes on albuminous substances. Hans 



Blucher, Hardenbergstrasse, Leipzig, and Ernst Krause, Sedan- 



strasse 6, Berlin-Steglitz. 

 ■Class 63c (August 20, 1912). Hollow rubber tire, in which the 



tread is specially arranged with portions cut out. Max C^yrus 



Overman, New York. 

 Class 12o (March 29, 1913). Process for purification of isoprene. 



Dr. Iwan Ostromissiensky, Moscow. 



THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM. 



PATENTS PUBLISHED, 

 265,304 (May, 1914), ImprovenieTUs in processes and molding appliances 

 for the manufacture of rubber articles, F. T. Roberts, Trenton 

 and Cleveland, U, S. A. 

 (May, 1914). Felt rubber. J. Burthoul. Rue du Font Neuf, 

 Bruxelles. 



265,223 

 265,559 



(June, 1914). Rubber substitute with a basis of acetyl-cellulose, 

 pellicles and varnishes, as well as oilcloths, rubbered fabrics, 

 imitation leathers and like substances. Actien Gesellschaft fiir 

 Anilin Fabrikation, Berlin S. O. 36. 

 265,698 (June, 1914). Protecting hoops for the rims, armatures and rubber 

 of solid tires. Continental, Societe Anonyme dc Caoutchouc 

 Manufacture, Paris. 



263,872 

 265,942 



(June. 1914). Rubber insulator for protection of flooring. F. 



Range, Tuckum, Russia. 

 (June, 1914). Tent with metallic frame. E. Christophe and R. 



Coulon, Bruxelles. 



MARKED DROP IN GUAYTILE RECEIPTS. 



United States receipts of Guayule rubber for the ten months 

 ending April 30. were: 1912—12,215,866 pounds; 1913—8,688,107 

 pounds: 191'1 — 1,415,894 pounds. 



TRADE OPPORTUNITIES FROM CONSULAR REPORTS, 



An importer in the Near East desires correspondence (in 

 French) with American exporters of corsets, garters, etc. Prices 

 should be quoted c. i. f. port of entry. Report No. 13,364. 



A firm of general importers in the Lev.tnt is in the market 

 for American boots, shoes and rubbers of all kinds. Corre- 

 spondence should be in French and prices quoted c. i. f. city of 

 destination. Report No. 13,368. 



An American consular officer states that a firm in his district 

 operating a large department store desires to secure c. i. f. quo- 

 tations from American manufacturers of rubbers, overshoes, etc. 

 Correspondence may be in English. Report No. 13,369. 



A manufacturer of suspenders in a Mediterranean country de- 

 sires to procure direct from American manufacturers suspender 

 elastic for use in his factory. Correspondence may be in Eng- 

 lish, but prices should be reduced to Italian lire if possible and 

 should be quoted including delivery at port of destination, sam- 

 ples accompanying quotations if convenient. Report No. 13,385. 



A firm of wholesalers and importers of rubber goods doing a 

 considerable business throughout Italy desires direct connection 

 with American manufacturers of rubber goods of all kinds, 

 being particularly interested in and desiring quotations on 

 the following articles: Rubber cloth for beds and hospitals; rub- 

 ber cloth and varnished cloth for balloons and dirigibles ; auto- 

 mobile and bicycle tires; rubbers and rubber heels; asbestos and 

 rubber machinery, furnishings and supplies. Correspondence in 

 Italian preferred, though French is understood. Prices should 

 be quoted c. i. f. Genoa or Venice, and weights and measures 

 should be in the metric system. Report No. 13,405. 



A wagon and automobile manufacturer in a European country 

 desires the agency of a standard make of automobile tire. The 

 inquirer is said to be well equipped to handle such a line success- 

 fully. Report No. 13.435. 



BIDS SOLICITED FOE GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES. 



The Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department, 

 Washington, will receive bids until August 4, under schedule 

 7026, on fire hose. 



LATE CUSTOM RULING 



The protest of W. A. Walker against the assessment on rain- 

 coats of SO per cent, ad valorem, as cotton wearing apparel, 

 and the attempt to prove that rubber predominated in the 

 make-up of these garments, were not sustained, the Government 

 analyst finding cotton to be the component of chief value. 



FIRE HOSE AWARDS. 



Contracts for 5,(XX) feet of fire hose and for rubber tires 

 and tubes were recently awarded by the fire department of 

 New York City to the Empire Rubber & Tire Co., of Trenton. 

 Other recently awarded contracts include: Fort Worth, Texas, 

 5,000 feet to the Eureka Fire Hose Co., of New York; New 

 Bedford, Massachusetts, 2,000 feet to the C. C. C. Fire Hose Co., 

 of Boston; Scranton, Pennsylvania, 4,000 feet to the New- 

 Jersey Car Spring & Rubber Co.. of Jersey City; Passaic, New 

 Jersey, 5,000 feet to the United & Globe Rubber Manufacturing 

 Cos., of Trenton. The City of Wilkes-Barre. Pennsylvania, 

 divided its contract for 2,900 feet of hose between The B, F. 

 Goodrich Co,, of Akron, the Gutta Percha & Rubber Manu- 

 facturing Co,, of New York, and the Bi-Lateral Fire Hose 

 Co,, of Chicago. 



The Xenia Rubber Manufacturing Co., of Xenia, Ohio, re- 

 ported as having plans under way for the erection of a plant at 

 Dayton, Ohio, has purchased ground and started work on build- 

 ings in Xenia, where it has decided to remain. This company, 

 incorporated for the purpose of manufacturing all kinds of rub- 

 ber goods, with a capital stock of $40,000 (all common), is al- 

 ready operating in a small way, employing twelve hands. The 

 officers are: J. H. Sanders, president; E. D. Stroup, vice-presi- 

 dent; N. Hudson, treasurer, and L. M. Bickett, secretary and 

 general manager. 



