990 THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN. November 6, 191L the standard resulting in frequent breakage—is dispensed with. The invention principally consists in a one-piece wagon standard or post for the purpose set forth, and a clip or guide for such standard, in which the parts are so constructed that for placing the standard in its effective position the said standard is moved only vertically upward in the clip, and for moving the said standard wholly out of its effective position the standard is moved only vertically downward in the clip, the said standard being imperforate except for a relatively small hole through which a pin is passed to support and/or secure the standard in its upper or effective position, the said pin engaging and resting on said clip, and stops at the upper and lower ends of the standard being provided for limiting the downward and upward movements of the standard, by engaging respectively the top and bottom of the said clip, and also preventing the standard being removed from the clip by being drawn com- pletely through or out of said clip in either an upward or a downward direction. Fig. 1 is a front view of an apparatus according to the invention; fig. 2 is a side view of same; fig. 3 is a section taken on the line Ai—A, fig. 1; fig. 4 is a side view of the apparatus showing its application to the framing of a wagon with low hinged sides; fig. 5 is a sectional view of an alternative construction of standard. (Two claims.) NEW PATENTS CONNECTED WITH THE COAL AND IRON TRADES. Applications for Patents. 21517. Gas producers. S. Glover and J. West. 21525. Purification of gases. E. L. Hall. 21536. Watertight electric bells and the like. J. Bein. 21545. Manufacture of tin bars and plates. 8. J. Leonard. 21577. Supporting standards of tip-wagon bodies. G. A. Allen and W. T. Tolhurst. 21621. Apparatus for pickling, washing, scouring, and simi- larly treating sheets and plates. J. A. Parker and A. Parker. 21626. Gas governors. R. W. McLachlan. 21637. Signalling appliances for collieries and the like. R. Robertson, J. Bowman, and F. Ringrose. 21638. Process for the removal of zinc from scrap galvanised iron. S. 0. Cowper-Coles. 21650. Composite conductor cables and the method of making same. E. C. R. Marks. (Aluminium Company of America.) 21671. Apparatus for use in straightening rails, girders, or the like. L. Karnet. 21698. Wire drawing machinery. H. Saville. 21720. Sand for moulders’ use. A. N. King and F. Holmes. 21750. Fasteners for wagon sides, boxes, and the like. J. Yarwood. 21752. Jigging conveyors. R. Sutcliffe. 21771. Drilling and boring apparatus. W. G. Bambridge. 21783. Weighing apparatus. F. A. Booth, J. F. Souther- ton, and Day and Millward Limited. 21785. Circuit breakers'. British Thomson-Houston Com- pany Limited. General Electric Company, U.S.A.) 21791. Safety devices for winding engines. E. W. Smith. 21811. Haulage clips. A. Dootson. 21843. Rock drilling machines. W. C. Stephens. 21844. Raising liquids. J. C. Grant and A. Jarvis. Complete Specifications Accepted. {To be published on November 19.) 1913. 17121. Conversion of heavy hydrocarbons into lighter hydro- carbons. Hall. 21573. Weighing apparatus. Ghezzi and Soc. Anon. Co-operativa, a Capitale Illimitato per la Stagion. atura e 1’Assagio delle sete ed Affini. 22738. Manufacture of fuel and other briquettes, and of briquettes and other binders. Davis, Armstrong, Mordan, and Petroleum Solid (Parent) Fuel Com- pany. 23371. Fuel economisers. Park. 23878. Governors for winding engines and apparatus in con- nection therewith for the prevention of overwind- ing. Worth. 24207. Locomotive steam engines. Crosti, Prandoni, and Soc. Anon. Brevetti Caldaie a Vapore. 24305. Electric rotary converters with commutating poles. Akt.-Ges. Brown, Boveri et Cie. 24426. Manufacture or production of gas, oil, and ammonia. Maclaurin. 24520. Means for gripping wire or the like. Swann. 24624. Brakes for railway wagons and like vehicles. Parkes and Pilkington. 24835. Construction of appliance for cutting off and turning lengths of metal rods or tubes. Eley. 25134. Prevention of oxidation or rusting of iron or steel. Richards and Adam. 27490. Valve mechanism of steam or other fluid pressure winches. Moss. 29327. Appliances for fracturing or breaking down coal, stone, earth, and similar materials. Bullick. 1914. 2685. Welding machines. Mills (Hale and Kilburn Com- pany.) 4026. Furnaces for heating nails, blanks, or the like. Pedersen. 4673. Gas producers. Cousin. 8247. Hand operated moulding machines for foundry use. Rudman, Lancey, and Craven. 12413. Carbonating apparatus for water softening plant. Bemrose. 12582. Fire grates for gas producer furnaces. Gibbons and McEwen. 13047. Indicator for use with systems of mechanical sig- nalling in mines and other places. Skipsey and Urwin. 14436. Mouthpiece appliances for respiratory apparatus. Richards and Spickett. 14589. Fuel blocks. De Jouffrey. 15565. Mandrels for metal tube forming machines. Mac- kenzie (Automatic Welding Company.) Complete Specifications Open to Public Inspection before Acceptance. 1914. 4243. Method of treating the gas liquor in small gas works. Berlin Anhaltische Maschinenbau Akt.-Ges. 6274. Process for the production of liquid anhydrous ammonia. Pollard. 16383. Process of distilling residues of oil and apparatus therefor. Sumpf. 21322. Steam and gas turbines. Akt.-Ges. der Maschinen- fabrik Escher, Wyss et Cie. 21477. Superheaters especially applicable to locomotives. Schmidt’sche Heissdampf Ges. Applications to Avoid ok Suspend Patents or Licences. No. and year of patent. Grantee. Applicant. Date of hearing. 25833/08 Mecke. (Making cement, &c., watertight.) Rogers. Welch, and Co. Ltd., 26, Page- street, West- minster. Nov. 16 10237/01 8966/03 Fiillner. (Separating mechanical admixtures from liquids.) Bousse. (Endless ele- vator.) Clayton, Goodfellow, and Co. Ltd., Atlas Ironworks, Black- burn, Lancs. Edward Bennis and Co. Ltd., Little Bolton. t-Nov. 17 GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. *#* Any of the following publications may be obtained on application to this office at the price named post free. Boiler Explosion Report (No. 2327), at Consett, 4Jd. Friendly Societies Form, No. A.K. 6, 2Jd. Industrial and Provident Societies Annual Return, Form No. 27, 2|d. Statutory Rule and Order : (No. 1479), Trading with the Enemy, October 8, 1914, IJd. COAL MINES : Report of the Departmental Committee as to the Recognition of First-Aid Certificates for Purposes under the Coal Mines Act, 1911, l}d. Imperial Institute Report for 1913, 3|d. Acts, 1914 : Mansfield Railway, Is. 9}d.; Yorkshire Elec- tric Power, 6Jd. Italy, Trade of Naples, 1913, 2d. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. Mechanical World ” Pocket Dairy and Year Book fob 1915. Manchester : Emmott and Company Limited. Price fid. The Naturalist” (No. 694), .November; “Monthly Bul- letin of the Canadian Mining Institute ” (No. 30), October; “The Journal of the Canadian Peat Society” Vol. 3, No. 2), July, price 25c.; “Useful Arts Catalogue of the Newcastle Central Libraries, 1903-14 ”; “ The Jour, nal of the South African Institution of Engineers ” (Vol. 13, No. 3), October, price 2s. Immingham Coal Exports.—The official returns for the week ending October 30, show that the coal exported from Immingham during that period totalled 25,117 tons foreign, compared with 73,476 tons foreign during the corresponding week last year. Shipments were as follows :—Foreign : To Christiansand, 802 tons; Dieppe, 660; Fredrikshald, 885; Gefle, 7,821; Gothenburg, 4,424; Havre, 794; Kallund- borg, 602; Malmo, 1,536; Odense, 613; Oxelosund, 3,709; and Rotterdam, 3,271. Grimsby Coal Exports.—The official returns for the week ending October 30, show that the coal exported from Grimsby consisted of the following shipments :—Foreign : To Bergen, 1,560 tons; Copenhagen, 600; Dieppe, 431; Esbjerg, 627; Gothenburg, 1,220; Kallundborg, 1,807; Landscrona, 2,273; Oxelosund, 2,188; Banders, 2,015; Ronneby, 1,617; and Ystad, 2,235. Coastwise: To Teignmouth, 360; making a total of 16,573 tons foreign, and 360 tons coastwise, com- pared with 24,435 tons foreign and 107 tons coastwise during the corresponding period last year. CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS RECEIVED. Messrs. Broom and Wade Limited (High Wycombe) for- ward a catalogue of their “ Hyatt ” flexible roller bearing as applied to mine tubs, skips, trucks, etc.—a compara- tively new application of bushing that has proved very successful in shafting and machine work. It consists of a number of flexible spiral wound nickel-alloy steel rollers, contained in a cage or yoke, and a hard planished spring steel lining for insertion in the housing. The bearings are made either split or solid, and the list shows various methods of applying the bearings according to the conditions. The Cyclops Concrete Company (9/11, Hilbre-street, Liverpool) inform us that a works has been established by them on the Ship Canal at Ellesmere Port for the produc- tion of pit props, bars, fence posts, and other articles, and they invite colliery proprietors and others to inspect same in operation. The machines are simple, and can be used by any labourer. A patented process is also in use for indur- ating these concrete goods, rendering them ready for use in a few days. Some particulars are given in a catalogue which they send us of the special Cyclops patent fence post and prop machine. In this the use of carrier or pallet boards is obviated by using a level floor made of concrete or any other floor that is even and sufficiently hard not to admit of depressions being made when the concrete is being rammed in the frames. To operate machine the levers are raised at side and end of machine so as to allow the divi- sion blades to rest upon the floor, upon which sheets of paper of any kind may be placed to prevent the posts from adhering to the floor. Concrete to about the depth of 1 in. is put in each division and well rammed; two lengths of ragged iron or fence wire are then placed in each division with more concrete, tamping same continuously, to the height of the holes in the plates where the pins are placed to form the holes in the posts for the fence wires to pass through; it is then necessary to insert pins and fill in more concrete until within 1 in. from the surface, and when well rammed, smooth off, tap the blades smartly, lift the cast plate near the small lever, and gently depress the lever until the blades forming the moulds are raised above the posts that have been made. Where a large output of posts are required, concrete floors should be laid down in order to keep a machine in full work. Mr. Percy Pitman (25, Victoria-street, Westminster, S.W.) has favoured us with a copy of a new circular relating to modern Pelton wheels and governors. The “ Pitman ” governor consists, briefly, of a sensitive governor operating a small piston valve which controls the admission of oil or water pressure to either end of the hydraulic cylinder, the piston being connected to the water gates or other cut-off device. On the slightest variation in speed (less than three- quarters of 1 per cent, will suffice), the fly balls in the governor head operate the relay system, which immediately readjusts the water supply, and restores a normal speed. An illustration shows an experimental Pelton wheel speci- ally constructed for the Polytechnic Institute, Regent- street, London. This is completely enclosed in a neat cast iron housing, fitted with frictionless guards on each side to prevent leakage of water. A notable feature is the special method of fixing improved adjustable pitch buckets, which allows any number or shapes of buckets to be tested. This plant is also furnished with hand regulated needle nozzle, bronze ring oiling or ball bearings, water cooled brake drum, and plate glass windows on each side to enable the action of the water on the buckets to be observed. The base is in tank form, with a central outlet, one end of the bedplate having a standard and outside bearing. The inlet pipe is arranged so as to bolt up to the supply pipe in the neatest possible manner. In the arrangement illustrated, the needle can be closed and the bottom valve opened, thereby permitting the water to pass without in any way affecting tests being made on the other turbines. It may be noted that Mr. Pitman is offering to supply any separate parts required for Pelton wheels : buckets, nozzle, shaft bearings, pulleys, runners, etc., enabling the trade to supply all the other unimportant parts themselves. The St. John Ambulance Association : A Record of Good Work.—An appeal is being made by the ambulance depart- ment of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem for funds to extend its work amongst the wounded in the war by means of a Is. collection. In making this appeal it is pointed out that already 150 hospitals and convalescent homes have been established under the auspices of the Order, and sup- plied with the necessary staff; 209 doctors and nurses have been sent out to the front; over 5,500 orderlies have been despatched to the Expeditionary Forces or distributed amongst the ships and naval and military hospitals; 748 cases and bales of medical stores and supplies, including 56,000 articles of clothing, have been sent out to the sick and wounded; a depot for the convenience of the troops has been established at Southampton, where they can obtain food and medical assistance day and night; a number of motor ambulances are being despatched to carry the wounded from the front to the base. The offices of the fund are at Marconi House, . Strand, where accommodation has been kindly placed at the disposal of the ambulance department by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company. The “PROTO” (“") Rescue Apparatus. PROTO. THE ALL-BRITISH APPARATUS ---- is ------ THE SAFEST APPARATUS IN THE WORLD. No Injector employed Always under positive pressure, therefore no danger of drawing poisonous air into breathing circuit. Our “BULLETIN” of actual work done in serious cases will be sent free on request For further testimony as to the efficiency of the “ Proto,” please see Mr J. R ALLOTT'S paper read before the Institution of Mining Engineers on 5th June, 1913—copy sent free on request. SIEBE, GORMAN & CO. LTD., “NcptYoND“s.E. Telegrams—‘‘Siebe, Lamb, London.” Telephone No.—251 Hop. Agent for North America and Mexico H. N. ELMER, 1140, Monadnoch Block, Chicago. FOR SAFETY LAMPS, LAMPROOM FITTINGS, Enamelled Notice Plates. - APPLY - PROTECTOR LAMr,*H"TD,N0 CO. LTD., ECCLES. ALFRED ALLEN & S0N Makers of LTD. COLLIERY AIR PIPES k '___________.______:__J w and COLLIERY TUBS In IRON, STEEL and WOOD. Lower Gornal, nr. Dudley. Telegrams—‘‘ Allen, Lower Gornal.” Telephone—106 Dudley.