980. THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN. May 7, 1915. THE ACQUISITION OF ENEMY PATENT RIGHTS. The following list of British Patents, which have been granted in favour of residents of Germany, Austria, or Hungary, is furnished in view of the new Patents Acts, which empower the Board of Trade to confer upon British subjects the right to manufacture under enemy patents, which right, when acquired, can be retained after the war, and is specially compiled for the Colliery Guardian by Lewris Wm. Goold, Chartered Patent Agent, 5, Corporation- street, Birmingham. It is desirable in the first instance to obtain the latest particulars upon the Patents Register. If any patent listed has been assigned to a non-enemy proprietor, the law does not apply. 25549/12. Centrifugal fans. P. Pollrich, Germany. Dated March 18, 1912. 25689/12. Concentrating ores. K. Schlick, Germany. 25835/12. Percussion drills. Apparatus for boring venti- lating-holes overhead in mines comprises a movable cross-head sliding on a fixed frame and supporting a rock-drill by means of a tube through which air is supplied to the drill. The cross-head is moved in order to feed the drill, by means of a screw, or of ropes passing over pulleys and a winding-drum. E. Meyer, Germany. 25879/12. Pumps. Knorr-Bremse Akt.-Ges., Berlin (dated November 21, 1911). 26301/12. Coke ovens. In a vertical annular coke oven of the kind described, a water receptacle is so arranged in the central portion of the structure that when the closure device is lowered D e contained water flows on to and quenches the issuing coke. The closure device is made fluid- tight relatively to the central structure by a stuffing-box, and a pipe connected with an exhauster is provided to draw off the steam and gases produced through the water receptacle. H. Nelsen, Germany (dated November 17, 1911). Addition to 14376/12. 26302/12. Retort furnaces. In connection with vertical annular retorts, a recuperator or regenerator for heating the combustion air for the inner flues is arranged in the central portion of the retort structure. H. Nelsen, Germany (dated May 17, 1912). 26806/12. Furnaces; blast furnaces; the walls of a blast furnace, from the hearth upward, as far as desired, are formed of massive iron without refractory lining, and cooling water is allowed to flow down their outer surface. R. Kunz, Germany (dated December 9,1911). 26913/12. Furnaces; firebars are made of fireclay and quartz, with or without the addition of magnesite or kieselguhr. The clay is first reduced to a powder and moulded into rods and burned for two or three days at a moderate temperature. The clay is then ground and mixed with small pieces of quartz having a maximum size of peppercorns, and also, if desired, with crude clay, and kneaded with water. The mixture is moulded into grate bars and burned at a slowly-increasing tem- perature until the bars assume a tile-red colour, usually for from six to ten days. To increase the temperature that the bars will stand, magnesite is added before the first burning, kieselguhr being also added to restore elasticity lost by the introduction of the magnesite. S. Szonyi, Budapest. THE FREIGHT MARKET. With the north-east coast coal market very slack, there has not been a great deal of chartering done during the past week, and rates, we are glad to-say, again favour shippers very considerably. Coasting business is represented, at the time of writing, by 7s. 6d. to London from, the Tyne—a fall of from 6d. to Is. on the week. North France has receded to 17s. to Rouen—a reduction of fully Is. Since the sub- joined list was made out, the Bay has been done at 18s. to Bordeaux—another very considerable drop. The Mediter- ranean has receded, according to latest advices, to 30s. to Genoa or Marseilles—a decided slump. At South Wales there has been a. normal amount of activity—normal, that is to say, in these war times—but, at the time of writing, the market is less active owing to stemming difficulties. Tonnage supplies are not especially plentiful, but rates in all direc- tions, save the River Plate, are in charterers’ favour. Figures for the Plate are inclined to favour owners. Homewards, the Eastern market is very steady. Govern- ment wheat is securing Indian tonnage at 75s. Calcutta, and 50s. Bombay-Kurrachee. The rice ports are quite firm, and very remunerative business from the standpoint of ship- owners is possible therefrom. The nitrate ports have paid the exceedingly high rate of 90s. to Europe (usual range with Mediterranean). The North Pacific is very dull, at nomi- nally late figures. The Mediterranean is slow, and rates are lower. America is exceptionally quiet, with . little requirement for cotton carriers. Grain rules steady. Lumber is dull, with an aversion on the part of shippers to pay what owners are demanding. Deal tonnage has been secured at about 135s. for new form from Halifax. The River Plate is well maintained, with 70s. quoted for up river ports, June-July, and 72s. 6d. paid for France, with 74s. for Spanish-Mediterranean ports or Marseilles. Tyne to Algiers, 2,200, 25s. ; 3,500, 25s.; Bordeaux, 3,000, 19s. 3d.; Bayonne, 1,300, 21s,; 2,400, 21s.; Barcelona, 2,200, 30s.; Bari, 2,300, 35s.; Boulogne, 700, 18s.; Civita Vecchia, 2,200, 25s.; Caen, 900, 18s. 6d.; Dieppe, 2,400, 18s. ; Genoa, 2,700, 35s.; Havre, 2,400, 18s.; 1,000, 17s.; Leghorn, 2,200, 36s.; London, 1,500, 8s. ; 2,600, 8s. ; 2,500, 8s., four voyages ; 2,000, 8s. ; 2,100, 7s. 6d. ; 1,600, 8s. ; Las Palmas, 1,500, 25s.; 2,100, 25s.; Lisbon, 1,300, 22s.; Mar- seilles, 2,600, 30s.; 1,700, 30s.; Naples, 4,300, 35s.; Oran, 2,600, 23s.; Rouen, 1,700, 19s. 9d.; 1,600, 20s.; 1,600, 19s.; 800, 19s.; 4,200, 18s. 6d. ; 2,400, 18s. 6d.; 1,600, 17s.; 2,300, 17s.; Spezzia, 3,000, 37s. 6d.; St. Nazaire, 1,600, 20s. Cardiff to Algiers, 2,800, 30 fr.; Barcelona, 5,000, 28s.; Bordeaux, 1,700, 22 fr. ; 3,600, 21J fr.; 1,700, 22J fr.; 3,500, 21 fr.; 2,700, 20 fr.; 950, 20 fr.; 1,800, 20 fr.; 2,650, 20 fr., free brokerage; Bona, 3,200, 32 fr., 350; Bizerta, 7,000, 24 fr.; Cherbourg, 1,800, 15s.; Caen, 1,500, 14s.; Granville, 430, 12s., two voyages; Gibraltar, 1,900, 20s., May; 1,500, 20s., fast as can; Genoa, 4,800, 29s.; Flavre, 500, 15s.; 1,600, 13s.; 920, 13s.; 900, 12s. 6d.; Honfleur, 1,600, 13s. 6d.; Leghorn, 4,800, 29s.; Lisbon, 850, 19s., 300; Las Palmas, 1,950, 22s.; Malta, 4,700, 24s.; 5,500, 24s.; Mar- seilles, 3,800, 30 fr.; 3,000, 30 fr.; .4,700, 30 fr.; 4,000, 30 fr.; 3,500, 30 fr.; Madeira, 1,950, 22s.; Nantes, 1,050, 20 fr.; Naples, 5,500, 26s.; 5,200, 27s.; Oporto, 900, 19s. 6d. ; Port Said, 5,400, 30s.; 4,800, 28s., end May; Perim, 5,000, 32s., May; Plymouth, 500, 8s. 9d.; Piraeus, 3,300, 32s.; River Plate, 4,000, 25s., May; 5,000, 26s.; Rouen, 2,200,’ 16s. 9d.; 1,750, 16s.; 1,600, 17s.; 1,500, 15s. 3d., May 10; 1,500, 13s. 9d.; 1,600, 14s.; Rio de Janeiro, 5,000, 27s. 6d., 500, May 12; Rochefort, 1,400, 18 fr.; Savona, 4,800, 29s.; Spezzia, 4,800, 29s.; St. Nazaire, 1,700, 21^ fr.; 3,500, 20 fr., May 10; 2,650, 18f fr., free brokerage; 1,400, 18^-fr.; Syra, 3,300, 32s.; St. Malo, 430, 12s., two voyages; St. Servan, 430, 12s., two voyages; Trouville, 600, 14s. 6d.; 1,000, 13s. 9d.; Vigo, 1,700, 17s. 6d.; Venice, 4,000, 37s. 6d.; 4,500, 40s., May 10; 4,000, 40s.; 3,400, 40s. Swansea to Rouen, 1,800, 16s. 3d.; 2,200, 17s.; 1,500, 15s.; 2,200, 17s.; 1,200, 16s. 3d.; 1,450, 14s.; Nantes, 1.600, 25 fr.; Barletta, 3,100, 35s., May 10; Bari, 3,100, 35s., May 10; Boulogne, 920, 14s., fuel; 3,100, 15s.; Bayonne, 1,300, 26 fr. coal, 26J fr. fuel; St. Malo, 500, 13s.; 850, Ils. 9cl. ; Bordeaux, 2,100, 25 fr., fuel; Lisbon, 350, 15s. ; Dieppe, 700, 15s. 6d.; Caen, 750, 15s.; Brest, 300, 13s. coal, 13s. 6d. fuel; La Rochelle, 1,500, 18 fr. ; 1,600, 19 J fr. coal, 20 fr. fuel; La Pallice, 2,000, 19 fr.; Oran, 2,000, 32 fr.; Venice, 3,200, 40s. 9d., fuel, May 14; 3,900, 40s., fuel; Cagliari, 2,100, 30s. 9d., fuel; St. Nazaire, 1,900, 19 fr.; Tonnay Charente, 1,400, 19 fr.; Marseilles, 3,000, 13 fr. ; Havre, 650, 13s.; 500, 13s., free in and out; Barcelona, 3,000, '28s.; Almeria, 1,300, 25s., May; Belfast, 460, 4s. 6d. Hull to Rouen, 1,250, 18s. 6d. ; 3,000, 19s. ; 2,250, 18s. 9d.; 2,750, 16s.; London, 1,000, 8s.; 1,800, 8s., C.T.; Genoa, 3,700, 37s. 6d.; Savona, 3,700, 37s. 6d.; Spezzia, 3,700, 37 s. 6d. ; Ancona, 37s. 6d. Goole to London, 600, 8s.; 7s. 6d. ; Dunkirk, 650, 16s. 6d. Runcorn to Nicolaiefsk, 50s,, salt. Immingham to Archangel, 30s., 300, 48 hours load. Grimsby to Barcelona, 1,700, 35s. Forth to Havre, 1,100, 17s. Wear to Algiers, 2,600, 25s. 3d. ; Havre, 1,700, 16s. West Hartlepool to Alexandria, 5,000, 35s.; Venice, 3.600, 47s. 6d. Burntisland to Sundswall, 2,000, 18s. 9d., May; Oxelo- sund, 2,000, 18s. 9d., May. Humber to Dunkirk,’900, 17s. Port Talbot to Rouen, 1,600, 17s. ; Algiers, 3,700, 28| fr.; Bordeaux, 1,400, 21 fr., May 10; Huelva, 2,700, 19s.; Sables, 1,000, 17 fr. Methil to London, 1,800, 9s. 6d. Liverpool to Sydney and Newcastle, N.S.W., sail, 32s. 6d. Newport to Bona, 3,200, 32 fr., 350; Sicily, 4,000, 28s. 3d., fuel; Rouen, 16s. 9d.; 14s. 6d. ; Venice, 3,400, 40s.; River Plate, 4,000, 26s.;. Bordeaux, 2,200, 20 fr. ; Honfleur, 900, 13s. 3d.; Buenos Ayres, 26s.; Lisbon, 1,300, 17s., 350; St. Nazaire, 2,650, 18^ fr., free brokerage. Hartlepool to Port Vendres, 1,900, 40s. Blyth to Oran, 2,600, 23s.; Havre, 1,200, 17s.; London, 1.600, 7s. 6d. Wales to Rio de Janeiro, sail, 24s. 6d. Partnerships Dissolved.—The London Gazette announces the dissolution of the following partnerships :—E. W. Bungeroth, H. G. Williams, W. G. Bungeroth, and C. H. Bungeroth, carrying on business as engineers, at Binns- road, Liverpool, under the style of Williams, Bungeroth and Company, so far as regards H. G. Williams; G. E. Bairstow and S. Fielding, in the. trade of blacksmiths and mill- wrights, at Well-lane, Halifax, Yorkshire, under the style of Bairstow and Fielding; N. B. Volovick and J. Kovatch, motor-car sheet metal workers, at Hardaker-street, Bradford, under the style of the Yorkshire Panel Beating Company; H. Fisher, D. Jones, and G. H. Plows, tar distillers, at Gunness-on-Trent, under the style of Yorkshire and Lincoln- shire Tar Distillation Company; A. E. Newton and A. G. Haslam (formerly A. G. Simpson), corn and coal merchants, at Lowdham, Nottingham, under the style of A. E. Newton and Company, by effluxion of time. In the King’s Bench Division, Dublin, recently, before Mr. Justice Melony, Mr. R. D. Megaw applied on behalf of Kathleen Isabel Boyd for an order giving leave to issue execution on foot of a judgment for £184 for rent for mineral lands in Antrim, and costs. Affidavits had been put in by the defendants. The first was by Mr. Pierno Mariano Salerni, who stated that, owing to circumstances attributed to the war, he was unable to pay the amount of the judg- ment- debt. At the time of his becoming a party to the indenture of the lease, the subject of the action, he was managing director of Oil and Carbon Products Limited, and was in receipt of a salary of £1,200 per annum, which the company continued to pay him until June 1914. The com- pany were exploiting the Del-Monte-Everett process for. the carbonisation of coal for the production of oils and a smoke- less solid fuel. On the outbreak of war the company became unable to continue to pay his salary owing to their inability to get payment of moneys due to them from persons resident in France. Consequently his appointment as managing director ceased on October 15, 1914. An affidavit had also been sworn by Mr. T. H. Smart, secretary of the company, in which were, given particulars of the company's capital, etc. It was -stated that by an order of January 19 a certain scheme of arrangement with the creditors to whom the com- pany were indebted was sanctioned. The lease, the subject- matter of the present action, was, by an assignment of July 17, 1914, assigned to British Oil Producers Limited, which assignment contained a covenant by that company, which was now in liquidation, to indemnify the defendant company against all claims arising under the lease. ■ Mr. Justice Molony made an order providing that execution would not issue if Air. Salerni paid £10 a month, the first payment to be made on June 1, and if the defendant company paid £70 on June 1, and the balance and costs on- September 1. ABSTRACTS OF PATENT SPECIFICATIONS RECENTLY ACCEPTED. 6813 (1914). Improvements in Brakes for Railway Wagons and other Vehicles. A. Rogers, of 11a, Blackwell- gate, Darlington.—Relates to locking means for the usual hand levers of either side brakes, or end brakes, for railway wagons and other vehicles, of the kind in which the hand levers engage pivoted racks which are connected across the vehicle by a transverse sliding bar for operating the racks simultaneously from either side of the vehicle. The improvements lie in the -sliding bar with the notched slot and in the movable rack attachment. The movable rack attach- ments S and Sl are affixed by pins through holes S2 and S3 to plate R and R1, and also by pins X and X1 to sliding bar T. Handles Y are for moving sliding bar T. To work the brakes, the shunter, or other person, moves the brake handle on either side in the slots R2 or R3, and by the movable rack attachment, locks the brake lever when the necessary Sl sl brake power is applied. The brake lever is held in position by one of the teeth in the movable rack S or S1. The sliding bar T is used to lock or release the brakes from either side. The sliding bar T is attached to R and R1 by clips B2 and B3. When the brake levers are lifted to take the brakes off, they are held out of operation by a receptacle Z1 or Z2 in the top of the slots R2 or R3. Near each end of the sliding bar T is a notch T1 or T2, with an undercut portion T3 or T1. When the brake lever is depressed to the fullest extent it is locked by the lip which overhangs this undercut portion of the slot. For wagons with end brakes, the movable rack attachment is dispensed with, and the notched sliding bar does the necessary work, of locking the levers by the slots T3, T1. (Two claims.) 7593 (1914). Improvements in Apparatus for Drying Peat for Converting same into Fuel. O. A. Ford and J. C. Long, both of 2, Emery-street, Everett, Middlesex County, Massa- chusetts, U.S.A. — Has for its purpose the devising of improvements in apparatus for drying peat for use as fuel, and for the salvage of the by-products therefrom. The apparatus comprises an elongated drum having means for feeding peat from one end to the other, and is characterised figd. ti ;ar\ I /J by the provision of means for directly delivering hot gas to the end of the drum towards which the peat is being fed, a sleeve surrounding the drum and forming an annular space about same and controlled means for diverting to said annular space a portion of the hot gases delivered to the drum. The invention also comprises thermostatic means for controlling the passage of the hot gas from the drum to the annular space. Fig. 1 is a side sectional elevation of apparatus ; and fig. 2 is a cross section on the line x—x in fig. 1. (Three claims.) 8362 (1914). Improvements in and Relating to the Con- struction of Joints for Flexible Rails, Conveyor Chains, and the like. J. G. Casteran, of 782, Moreno-street, Buenos Ayres, Argentine.—In constructions according to the inven- tion, in addition to the formation of the rotation bearings or joints between the contiguous links by means of sleeves formed in one piece with the links, and superposed in an appropriate manner, in the interior of the joint a cavity is formed by the inner sleeve, which can be completely closed for the purpose of containing the lubricating material, and a bolt of relatively small diameter is used for securing the parts together. The invention further consists in providing when necessary each link with a roller at the centre, thus consti- tuting a link with three points of support on the driving wheel. The accompanying drawing is a plan of a link, partly in section, in order to show the connection with the following links. . (Six claims.) 8466 (1914). Improvements in and Relating to Pumping Plants. H. Davey, M.I.C.E., of Conaways, Ewell, Surrey. —Relates more particularly to the pumping of water from boreholes and wells, and consists broadly in a pumping plant in which a combined pneumatic and hydraulic power trans- mission is provided, between a fast running prime mover and a slow moving reciprocating pump. The invention consists more specifically in a pumping plant in which a bore or well pump driven by a connecting rod from a rocking beam is operated by a hydraulic ram supplied with liquid from the lower- part of an air vessel of large capacity relative to the ram displacement, and to which liquid is delivered at con- siderable pressure by a pump, the stroke displacement of