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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April i. igo8. 



23.592 (1906). Binding for the soles of "plimsoll" shoes. I. Frankenburg 

 and I. Frankenburg & Sons, Ltd.. Salford, Manchester. 



[Abstracted in the Illustrated Official Journal, February 19, 1908.] 



23,681 (1906) Method of reclaiming rubber by dissolving waste in 

 oxygenic derivatives of terpenes melting below 180° C, and precipi- 

 tating either the rubber or the imparities from the solution thus ob- 

 tained in the usual manner. G. B. Ellis, London. (Les Prod-.iits 

 Chimiques de C^-oissy (J. Basler et Cie., J.) Paris, France.) 



23.715 (1906). Side slip preventing attachment for tires. H. W. Prange, 

 London. 



23.777 (1906). Ncn skid band for tires. C. W. Pradeau, London. 



23.782 (1906). Spring wheel and a tire of rubber or metallic springs 

 adapted to the same. G. R. Gl Rowe, London. 



23,786 (1906). Detachable tire rim. D. L. Laillault, Courbevoie, France. 



*23,788 (1906). Bottle stooper with rubber ring. T. Hermann, Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio. 



23,876,(1906). Heel and sole prctectcr. F. J. Walton, East Finchley, 

 Middlesex. 



23.939 (1906). Bottle stopper with rubber ring. S. A. Jackson, Heaton 

 Moor, Lancashire. 



23.954 (T906). Inflatable toys in the shape of animals and the like. 



T. H. Sample and Charles Mackintosh & Co., Ltd., Manchester. 

 23,962 _ (1906). Spring wheel and elastic tire. Boghos Pacha Nubar, 



Cairo, Egj'pt. 



23.970 (1906). Tooth syringe for introducing medicaments. H. Nofike, 

 Berlin, Germany. 



24,106 (1906). Supplementary wheels with rubber tires to prevent side 

 slipping of vehicles. S. W. Newcom, London. 



24,110 (1906). Means for preventing side slipping. A. W. Leslie and H. 

 Harris, London. 



24.238 (1906). Solid rubber tire with two treads. F. C. Woods, London. 



24,250 (1906). Means of preventing side slip. O. V. Thomas, London. 



24.262 (1906). Pneumatic tire formed of an endless rope, with or with- 

 out an inflated inner tube, and strengthened by helical ribs. R. C. 

 Sayer, Bristol. 



THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. 



Patents Issued (With Dates of Application). 

 379.759 (July 9, 1907)- L. G. Peikins. Rubber heel. 



379,865 (July 12). Domougcot. Leather strip for interior of tire treads. 

 379.987 (July 18). C. Duboyal. Protective tread for tires. 

 380,107 (Sept. 28, 1906). E. Decauville. Apparatus and process of 

 vulcanizing articles of caoutchouc. 



380,110 (Sept. 29). E. Decauville. Apparatus for vulcanizing articles of 



caoutchouc. 

 380.021 (June 7, 1907). Alaluqetas. Pneumatic tire tread. 

 380,075 (July 19). F. C. Hood. Rubber shoe. 

 380,259 (July 25). Michelin et Cie. Process for the manufacture of 



pneumatic tires and covers. 



380,276 (July 26). E. Langc. Pneumatic tire reinforced vilh inner 



spiral wires. 

 380,368 (July 30). Ganibong. Reinforced tire tread. 



380,279 (July 27). J. R. Gammeter. Process and apparatus for vulcan- 

 ization. 



380,503 (June 24). Oudinot and Futois. Hydro-pneumatic elastic wheel. 



380,693 (June 17). Whiteside Wheel Co. Vehicle wheel. 



380,704 (July 10). M. Osset. Removable tire rim. 



380,735 (Aug. 10). R. Meriman. Elastic tire. 



380.758 (Aug. 10). A. C. Bremond. Elastic wheel. 



380.759 (Aug. 10). Hallam and Xittis. Vulcanizing press for pneumatic 

 tires. 



380,768 (Aug. 12). Delort and Taylor. Pneumatic tire in sections. 



380,798 (.Aug. 13). Macaulay and Hall. Pneumatic tire. 



380,823 (Aug. 14), F. Hoyos. Pneumatic tire. 



380,827 (Aug. 14). J. O'Brien. Armored tire. 



380,831 (Aug. 14). A. Leonard. Sectional pneumatic tire. 



[Note. — Printed copies of specifications of French jiatents may be ob- 

 tained from R. Bobet, Ingenieur-Constil, 16 avenue de V'il'.iers, i*aris, at 

 50 cents each, postpaid.] 



RUBBER INTERESTS IN EUROPE. 



DUNLOP TraE PROFITS IN FRANCE. 



'T'HE profits of Francjaise Socictc des Pneumatiques Dunlop, 

 •*■ Ltd., for the year ended July 31, 1907, including income from 

 investments, were £16,087 [=$78,267.39]. The dividends were 

 6 per cent, on the preference shares, amounting to £2994, and 

 6 per cent, on the ordinary shares, amounting to £6183. The 

 items of good will and patents have been written off the balance 

 sheet. The report says that t'le French cycle trade suffered 

 seriously during the year, with ill effects on the company's profits, 

 and the motor tire trade has not developed with sufficient 

 rapidity in France to make up for the loss of trade in the cycle 

 tire department. The report was delayed, in order that the 

 company might be in a position to pay the dividends promptly 



upon their declaration. Much larger profits were earned at one 

 time, the amount disbursed in dividends for the year 1896-07 

 (ten years ago) being £29,843 [=$145,330.96]. 



GREAT BRITAIN, 



The business carried on for a number of years as J. E. Hop- 

 kinson & Co., Limited, of the Para Rubber Mills, West Drayton, 

 Middlesex, has been purchased outright by Mr. John E. Hopkin- 

 son and w-ill be continued by him. 



W. T. Henley's Telegraph Works Co., Limited (London), re- 

 port a net profit for the business year 1907 of £65,302 [^$317,- 

 792.18], against £63,959 for the year preceding. The dividend is 

 4 per cent, on the preferred and 15 per cent, op the ordinary 

 shares, as usual. The carry over is £23,650 or £1,300 inore than 

 last year. 



The account of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance 

 Co., Limited (London), for 1907 show a net profit of £83,572 

 [^^406,703.14] after charging the interest on debentures, as com- 

 pared with £63,777 last year, being an increase of £20,794. The 

 directors recommended the same dividend as last year (15 per 

 cent.), and a bonus, making a total 17^ per cent., free of income 

 tax. The business of the company during the year was very 

 satisfactory, which is attributed to the fact that their equipment 

 was steadily employed and that they were fortunate in the pur- 

 chase of raw materials. 



AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 



A RECENT writer on the rubber industry in this country states 

 that II large factories, with a capital of 16,000,000 kronen [=^3,- 

 248,000], employ 4,500 hands and produce goods valued at about 

 27,000.000 kronen [$5,481,000]. 



GERMANY. 



Dr. Friedrich A. Tr.\un. of Dr. Heinr. Traun u. Sohne (Ham- 

 burg and Harburg). and Friiulein Friedel Preetorius, daughter 

 of Commerzienrat Wilhelm Preetorius and wife, of Mainz, were 

 married at church in the latter city on March 23. 



ITALY. 



A NEW company, Italian Spare JMotor Wheel, Limited, was reg- 

 istered in London February 18, 1908, w-ith £40,000 capital, to make 

 and sell the Stepney spare motor wheel in Italy and most of the 

 other countries in southern Europe, and in Egypt. Besides 

 the parent company, in England, there were already two actual 

 subsidiary spare wheel companies, in Germany and the United 

 States, respectively. 



FRANCE. 



The long established and successful house of A. Maurel et fils 

 (Paris), with a factory at Boulogne-sur-Seine. producers of 

 waterproof and soft rubber goods, has become Felix Ciret et Cie. 

 The head of the house is now Monsieur Ciret, who has man- 

 aged the business for some years. The senior Maurel and the 

 executors of the son are silent partners. 



ENGLISH BALATA BELTING FACTORIES. 



TO THE FiuTOK OF THE India Rubber World : We notice that in 

 your issue of February i, in an article on balata belting, 

 you mention "The Manchester Balata Belting Co., of Clayton, 

 Manchester, with which concern rumor associates the names of 

 Messrs. Frankenburg." Will you kindly explain that neither Mr. 

 Frankenburg personally, nor our company, have any connection 

 whatever with this firm. Yours faithfully. 



I. FR.XXKEXBURC S: SONS, LIMITED. 

 Herbert Standring, Secretary. 

 Salford, Manchester, February 14, 1908. 



The weekly output of a single English make of rubber heels — 

 "Wood-Milne" — is asserted to be 20 tons per week. A large 

 factory is employed solely for this purpose, making both "revolv- 

 ing" and "stationary" heels in a great variety of forms, protected 

 by a number of patents and registered trade marks. 



