March 1, 1912.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



303 



GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



PATENTS SPECIFICATIONS PUBLISHED. 



Tbe number given is that assigned to the Patent at the filing of the applica- 

 tion, which in the case of these listed below was in 1911. 



*Denotes Patents for American Inventions, 



[Abstb.^cied in the Illustrated Official Journal, January 10. 1912.] 



21,49?. Tread bands for tires. P. Cross, 116 Archway Road, Highgatc, 



London. 

 21,571. Expansible bottle stoppers. M. L. Malz, Plauen, Germany. 

 21,591. Treating warp^ with rubber rollers. P. Turlur, 5 Rue Richepanse. 



Paris, France. 

 21,634. Process of treating rubber in vacuum chamber. J. S. Da Costa, 



Belem, Brazil, and R. Bridge, Castleton, Lancashire. 

 21,765. Improvements in air-tubes and chambers of tires. \V. A. Sankey, 



16 Great Eastern St., London. 

 *21,830. Invalid's mattress of waterproof material. M. Ryan, 1524 Boul;- 



vard, Sioux City, Iowa, L'. S. A. 

 21,919- Tire repairing appliances. A. S. Bowley, 40 Werter Road. Putney, 



London. 

 21,947. Improvements in eraser holders. H. H. Yelf, Southsea, Ports- 

 mouth. 

 [.-Abstracted in the Illustrated Official Journal, January 17, 1912.J 

 22,144. Rubber rods for typewriters. H. H. Yelf, Southsea, Portsmouth. 

 22,201. Apparatus for extracting or cleansing rubber. L. Norzagaray, 35 



Hargrave Mansion, Upper HoUoway, London. 

 22,314. Elastic cords and bodies for tires. O. Grenier, 100 Avenue Victor 



Hugo, Boulogne, France. 

 *22 327 Improvements in medical plasters. E. M. Pond, Rutland, Vt., 



U. S. A. 

 22,413. Rubber valve packing. W. H. Greatorex, 107 Ivanhoe Road, Cam- 



berwell, London. 

 22 415. Rubber tapping tools. W. E. F. De Lacy, Mombasa, East Africa, 



and W. A. Merrick, 5 Carlisle St., Edgware Road, London. 

 22,419. Compressed air or gas containers. Michelin & Co., Clermont Fcr- 



rand, France. 

 22,502. Rubber strips in knife cleaning machines. J. C. L. Schweiss, 216 



High St., Harlesden, London. 

 22,607. Rubber sockets for nozzles of hose. J. T. Reeve, Hounslow, 



Middlesex. 

 22,632. Improvements in rubber tapping appliances. W. Clarkson, Lesma- 



hagow, Scotland. 

 22,712. Improvements in tiie jackets and covers. P. Elmer, Penarth, Gla- 

 morganshire, Wales. 

 22 716 Process for rubberizing hides, etc.. Hyde Tyre & Motor Syndi- 

 cate. No. 30 Bedford Row, and R. Withey, 103 Verney Road, South 



Bermondsey — both in London. 

 [Abstracted in the Illustrated Official Journ.al, January 24, 1912.] 

 22,773. Elastic cores and bodies for tires. J. H. Knight, Barfield, Farn- 



ham, Surrey. 

 22,784. Improvements in pneumatic tires. R. T. Smith, 111 Lovely Lane, 



Warrington, Lancashire. 

 22,866. Rubber strips for show-cases, etc. G. Obrist, W. Obrist and A. 



Obrist, Fluhmuhl, Luzern, Switzerland. 

 22,906. Device for repairing hose pipes. E. M. Potter, Thame. 

 [Abstracted in the Illustrated Official Journal, January 31, 1912.1 

 23,057. Pressure gauges for pneumatic tires. A. Puschmann, 7 Albusse- 



rohle. Brcslau, Germany. 

 23,193. Pressure gauges for pneumatic tires. E. Ellis, 40 Harbord Road, 



Sheffield. 

 23,225. Massage appliances. J. F. Ray, Bolton-le-Sands, Carnforth. 

 •23,398. Tools for replacing elastic tires. B. Dahl. 533 N. E. First St., 



Minneapolis, and P. C. Bell. Milburn, N. J.— both in U. S. A. 



THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. 



PATENTS ISSUED (With Dates of Application). 



430,533 (May 19, 1911). Couinaud. Elastic tire for wheels of vehicles of 

 all kinds, including aeroplanes, locomotives, etc. 



430,462 (April 6). B. Fuchs. .Appliance for attaching moveable rubber 

 ' heels without the use of screws, nails, glue, etc. 



430,511 (May 10). Siciete Internationale "Asia." Process for separation 

 of resin from rubber in products containing both substances. 



430,532 (May 22). W. W. Wildman and J. Christy. Treatment of vul- 

 canized rubber. 



430.607 (June 6). F. Wette. Rubber soles. 



430.657 (June 7). A. Heinemann. Process for preparation of isoprene. 



430.658 (June 7). A. Heinemann. Process for making rubber by means 

 of isoprene. 



430,703 (June 8). W. H. Goodfellow and W. A. MacClain. New filling 



substance for tires and process for its insertion. 

 430,752 (May 24). R. G. Hartle. Improvements in covers for pneumatic 



tires. 

 430,828 (Tune 9). W. Kirchner. Improvements in balloons, and particu- 



larlv in fabrics for gas bags. 

 430.904 (Tune 12). L. P. Ferrere. Indeformable pneumatic container for 

 ' compressed air in sections of tires, permitting the suppression of air 



chambers. 

 430,994 (June 6). M. Castehnau. Supplementary pneumatic tires for 



wheels. 

 430,881 (June 7). U. Chandeyssin. New elastic product. , 



430.945 (March 29). E. .'\udin-Lemoine. Foot wear with pneumatic soles. 

 431,023 fjune 13). W. G. Boonzaier. Wheel rim and tire. 

 431.073 (June 14). E. Decloquemont. Pneumatic tire. 

 431,098 (June 15). E. Meunier de St. Laurent. Product for automatically 

 ' stopping perforations of air chambers in pneumatic tires. 



431,143 (June 16). J. J. Ryan. Armed covers for wheel tires. 

 431,237 (April 26). A. Boerner. Protective cover for rubber tires. 

 431,147 (June 16). Madame L. Lepaulard. Improvements in method of 

 mounting covers on pneumatic wheels. 



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

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

 50 cents each, postpaid.] ' 



THE GERMAN EMPIRE. 



.PATENTS ISSUED (with dates of validity). 



243.075 (from August 3, 1910). Dr. Carl Harriles, Kiel. Process for the 

 production of isoprene. 



243.076 (from November 5, 1910). Dr. Carl Harries, Kiel. Process for 

 the production of isoprene. 



243,248 (from April 26, 1911). Conrad Beyer, Coln-Bayenthal. Process 

 for maintaining elasticity of rubber goods. 



243.346 (from December 1, 1909). Dr. Wolfgang Ostwald, Leipzig, and 

 Walter Ostwald, Buckow. Process for the prevention of slackeninir 

 of decay in manufactured rubber articles. 



243.347 (from January 14, 1911). Dr. Gustav Koller, Dr. Julius Her- 

 babny, and Dr. Oskar Jolies, Wien. Prflcess for production of a plastic 

 mass. 



INDIA-RUBBER GOODS IN COMMERCE. 



EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED STATES. 



r\ FFICLAL statement of the values of exports of manufac- 

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

 December, 1911, and for five calendar years: 



Belting, Boots All 



Months: Packing and Other Total. 



and Hose. Shoes. Rubber. 



December. 1911 190,898 $120,946 $612,118 $923 962 



January-November . . 2,085,613 1,565,146 6,528,022 10,178,781 



Total, 191 1 $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 



Total 1907 1,402,373 1,646,880 3,944,080 6,993,333 



The above heading, ".-Ml Other Rubber," for the month of 

 December, 1911, and for the calendar year, includes the following 

 details relating to Tires : 



For All 



Months. Automobile. Other. Total. 



December, \9\\ ... .values $200,450 $34,677 $235,127 



January-November 2,257,727 526,653 2,784,380 



Total $2,458177 $561,330 $3,019,507 



E-vports of rubber boots and shoes have been in quantity: 



3,150,294 pairs in 1909; 4,157,693 pairs in 1910; 2,886,965 pairs 



in 1911. 



E.xports of reclaimed rubber: $487,675 in 1909; $652,233 in 



1910: $847,335 in 1911. 



imports into THE UNITED STATES. 

 M.\NUFACTURERS OF: 1909. 1910. 1911. 



India-rubber $1,390,684 $971,764 $819,733 



Gutta-percha 71 ,857 79,11 1 47,896 



Elasticon and similar substitutes *40,774 



Total $1,462,541 $1,050,875 $908,403 



*Figures cover period since July 1. 



EXPORTS OF AUTOMOBILES AND PARTS (EXCEPT TIRES). 



Countries. 1909. 1910. 1911. 



United Kingdom *$2,059,210 *$2,7S5.592 $3,380,266 



France *846.136 *753,204 449,757 



Germany *181,087 *331,754 124,615 



Italy *224,068 *377.750 199,986 



Other Europe *335.675 *764,463 718,360 



Canada *2,437,042 *5,021,O43 5,549,998 



Mexico *494,238 *689,903 492,974 



West Indies and Bermuda.. *337,414 *412,588 343,281 



South America *240,4S3 *519,160 1,356,445 



British Oceania *303,452 *748,933 2,217,762 



Other Asia and Oceanic *191,448 *599.7S6 795,576 



Other countries *136,394 *216,1S0 295,341 



Automobiles $15,924,361 



Parts of (except tires) .... 3,254,123 



Total *$7,786,617 *$13,190,296 $19,178,484 



*Figures include both ".\utomobile'' and "Parts of." 



