THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February. 1. 1912. 



[ABSTKACTf.D IN THE ILLUSTRATED OFFICIAL JoUItNAL, DECEMBER 20, 1911. J 



20.097. Resilient heel pads. A. Ashley, Melbourne, Australia. 



20,128. Rubber discs for springs. Avon India Rubber Co., Melksbam. 



20,130. Tire attachments to rims. R. Rondeau, 61 Rue IJoursault, Paris. 



l'" ranee. 

 20,134. Tire attachments to rims. A. A. Plank, Blayney, New Soutli 



Wales, Australia. 

 20.180. Use of rubber in electrodes. H. E. Beach, liirmingham. 

 20,192. Tire gaiters. A. Buxton, Levenshulme, Manchester. 

 20,234. Rubber rollers for paper feeding appliances. F. Ruppel, Strass- 



burg, Germany. 

 20,292. Rubber strif/s in shoes. A. Bryan, Kettering. 

 20.302. Rubber sleeve valves. J. A. C. Wright; and Warne, Wright and 



Rowland, Birmingham. 

 20.309. Rubber bands in wheel rims. L. Graab, C. Lenhardt and V. l.cn- 



liardt, Mannheim. Germany. 

 *20,344. Use of [)ontianak or other similar substance in sealing composi- 

 tions. J. C. Taliaferro, Jialtimore, Maryland, U. S. A. 

 20,451. Attachments to wheels for preventing slipping. 11. Bird, Rother- 



hithe street, London. 

 20,483. Rubber-tapping knives. II. Rayne, Witul.aniu, British East 



Africa. 

 20,575. Pneumatic cushions on vehicle wheels. J. Lees, Ilutton Mount. 



Kssex. 

 20,589. Rubber tension springs for vehicles. F. Walton, 114 Holborn, 



London. 



[Abstracted in the Illustrated Official Journ^u., Decemiser 29. 1911.] 



20.633. Improvements in attachments of tires to rims. 



20.634. Rubber protection for electric coils. Special Fabrik fiir Alumi- 

 num Sjuden und Leitungen Ges., Berlin, Germany. 



20,781. Rubber pads in foundations for machinery, etc. L. C. Peters, 26 



Elsham road,, Kensington, and E. J. Fisk, 13 New street hill, Shoe 



Lane, London. 

 20.789. Rubber valve plugs. R. H. Patterson, Edinburgli, and A. D. 



Jenkins, London. 

 20,820. Improvements in trea^l bands of jmeumatic tires. T. Tl. Roberts. 



Leyland, Lancashire. 

 20,838. Tools for repairing tires. A. Kendrick, Hooton. 

 *20,953. Improvements in cushion heels. E. R. Teer, Anderson, Indiana, 



U. S. A. 

 20,996. Extra rubber cover for tires. W. Gunimer. St. John's Wood, 



London. 

 21,061 . Rubber seat lining for children's cycles. J. A. Hill, Waverton, 



near Chester. 

 20.074. Re-forming of rubber. II. Tarver, Branstone, Burton-on-Trent. 

 20,079. Rubber blocks in spring wheels. A. Beldam, Baldock, Hertford- 

 shire. 

 21,118. Improvements in molding rubber. E. B. Killen, 52 Queen \'ic- 



toria street, London. 

 IAbstbacted in the Illustrated Official Journal, December 30, 1911.] 

 21,186. Razor wipers of rubber. G. Clark, Brockley, London. 

 *21,275. Detachable rubber heels. A. B. Heimbach, Duluth, Minnesota, 



U. S. A. 

 21,318. Rubber pads in carriage window sashes. A. J. Dennett, Anerley, 



London. 

 *2],338. Pneumatic springs. B. Bell, 5301 Chester avenue, Philadelphia. 



Pa., U. S. A. 

 21,360. Tools for removing tires. G. Scott, Denny, Stirlingshire. 

 21,394. Improvements in tread bands of tire covers. J. F. F. W. Ure. 



12 Sloane Court, London. 



THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. 



PATENTS ISSUED (with Dates of Application). 



429.507 f^Iay 8, 1911). F. Tolkien. Composition to replace rubber and 

 process of making same. 



429,519 (May 9). L. Liais. Improvements in pneumatic tire covers. 



429,546 (May 9). E. Reigeisen. Imperforable pneumatic tire. 



429,567 (May 10). O. Fromond. Pneumatic suspension of vehicles. 



429,664 (May 12). H. A. Wanklyn. Improvements in substances for stop- 

 ping holes in pneumatic tires and in methods of their insertion. 



429.711 (May 15). J. 11. Brown and D. A. Berry. Improvements in rub- 

 ber shoes. 



429,855 (April 21). J. Cairns. Improvements in vehicle tires. 



429,867 (May 2). F. Keller-Kurz. Vehicle tires. 



429,876 (July 28, 1910). O. Grenier. Elastic non-pneumatic vehicle tires. 



429.967 (May 19, 1911). J. O'Brien. Machine for inserting and fixing 

 steel rivets in pneumatic tires. 



429.968 (May 19). M. liovy. Pneumatic wheel without air chamber. 

 429.997 (May 20). C. A. E. Putois Soft vehicle tire. 



430,048 (May 23), M. Clark. Pneumatic cushion tire for automobiles and 

 other vehicles 



429,879 (May 23). E. \'an den Kerkhoff. Process of manufacture of 

 plastic masses resembling gutta-percha. 



430,061 (May 23). N. J. Busby. Im])rovements in vehicle tii-es. 



429,959 (May 19). Gebriider Erdmann and F. Rudolph. Process of ap- 

 plying rubber to the manufacture of billiard cues. 



430,192 (April 26). A. Boerner. Elastic tires for automobiles and other 

 vehicles. 



430.226 (May 26). J. Marx. Process and appliances for making leather 

 covers for pneumatic tires. 



430,253 (May 27). J. Anthony. Covers for pneumatic tires. 



430.275 (May 29). T. S. MacGiehan. Pneumatic tires and processes for 

 tlicir manufacture and adjustment. 



430,183 (April 11). F. Gossel and A. Sauer. Artificial rubber extracted 

 from concentrated Soya oil and process for its manufacture. 



430.344 (May 31). J. Ell wood Lee Company. Improvements in pneumatic 

 tires. 



430,232 (May 26). Electro Chemical Rubber & .Manufacturing Co. Proc- 

 ess for the manufacture of rubber on metal. 



430,386 (June 1). C. G. Kleinschmidt. Wheel with pneumatic tire, with 

 divided rim. 



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

 tained from R. Robet, Ingenieur-Conseil, 16 avenue de Villier. Paris, at 

 50 cents each, postpaid.] 



THE GERMAN EIVIPIRE. 



PATENTS ISSUED (with Dates of Validity). 



241,887 (from January 16, 1910). Klaas Peter Boerma. Wandsbek b. 

 Hamburg. Production of elastic horn-like substance from caseine. 



241.878 (from January 31, 1911). Walter Ruhm, Berlin. Hose coupling, 

 with vertical valves. 



242,019 (from April 23, 1911). Henry Ilamet, Paris, and Louis Monnier, 

 Lille. Coagulation of rubber from freshly collected latex. 



242,486 (from June 1, 1910). Maurice Carlton Clark, La Crosse, Wiscon- 

 sin, U. S. A. Press for vulcanizing rubber articles. 



242.467 (from July 16, 1908). Dr. T,udwig Berend. Aix-la-Chapelle. Pro- 

 duction of elastic masses from nitro- or acetyl-cellulose. 



242,597 (from September 22, 1909). Maurice Ferdinand de Redon de 

 Colombier, Paris. Pneumatic tires for heavy vehicles. 



242,629 (from October 25, 1910). Louis Schopper, Leipzig. Appliance for 

 defining elasticity of rubber and like substances. 



242,756 (from August 9. 1910). Peter Kottlechner, Vienna. Process for 

 making asbestos belting in various widths. 



242,819 (from April 5, 1911). Walther Leede, Brunswick. Flexible hose 

 for pneumatic conveying. 



THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM. 



238,694 (1911). J. Gathy, Mons. New filler for rubber. 



J3S,449 (1911). A. Olier & Co., Clermont-Ferrand, France. Vulcanizing 

 press. 



238.546 (1911). H. Hoffmann and G. Schneider, Ohlum, near Hohen- 

 hameln and Kekum, near Holienhameln (-Germany). Api>liance for 

 cutting and destroying parasitical plants. 



238,0,S0 (1911). J. Aktschouriii. Aktschourinski Tubik, Kasan Railway Sta- 

 tion (Russia). Process for production of a brown ligneous mass 

 (hemi-cellulose) by means of resinous wood. 



237,775 (1911). M. W. Fink and A. Kobiolkc, Middle Brighton, near 

 Melbourne, .\ustralia. Process for manufacture of objects partially 

 or wholly composed of rubber. 



237,627 (1911). G. Brioschi, Milan, Italy. Improvements in rubber covers 

 for pneumatic tires. 



237,740 (1911). L. I.iais, Rue de la Pompe, 129 bis Paris. Improve- 

 ments in rubber fabrics for covers of pneumatic tires. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



OFFICIAL Statement of the values of e.xports of manufac- 

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

 November, 1911, and for the first eleven months o"f five calendar 

 years : 



Belting, Boots .-Ml 



Months. Packing and Other Total. 

 and hose. Shoes. Rubber. 



November, 1911 $176,459 $77,583 $592,909 $846,951 



January-October 1,909,154 1,487,563 5,935,113 9,331,830 



Total, 1911 $2,085,613 $1,565,146 $6,528,022 $10,178,781 



Total, 1910 1,918,611 2,094,016 5,193,806 9,206,433 



Total, 1909.... 1,637,018 1,474,559 3,978,186 7,089,763 



Total 1908 1,131,272 1,224,799 3,255,507 5,611,578 



Total, 1907 1,294,460 1,532,595 3,643,744 6,470.799 



Tlie above heading "All Other Rubber," for the month of No- 

 vember, 1911, and for the first eleven months of the current year, 

 includes the following details relating to tires: 



For All 



Months. .\utomobile Other. Total. 



November, 1911 mlues $177,210 $45,738 $222,948 



January-October 2,080,517 480,915 2,561,432 



Total, $2,257,727 $526,653 $2,784,380 



An excellent tire lubric.\nt which m.^kes the inner tube 

 much easier to put in is flake graphite, which is said to last longer 

 than soapstone and to be better for the rubber. In fact the 

 graphite does net injure the rubber at all. It, however, is not 

 particularly pleasant to handle. 



