748 the colliery guardian. April 20, 1916. COKE OVENS WITH DIRECT RECOVERY OF BY-PRODUCTS. SIMPLE AND EFFICIENT. NO NOXIOUS EFFLUENT. COAL WASHERS SIMON-CARVES LTD MANCHESTER LATCH & BATCHELOR LD. Wire Drawers, Manufacturers of all classes of Wire Ropes. Patentees and Manufacturers of LOCKED COIL AND FLATTENED STRAND WIRE ROPES. HAY MILLS, near BIRMINGHAM. Pig. a. HAULING. Pig. I. HAULING. Lang’s Lay Ropes. Patent Flattened Strand Ropes. Advantages of Patent Flattened Strand Ropes. Pig. 30. WINDING. Pig. 4. WINDING. SPENCER & flO. LD Engineers, Melksham WILTS BRANCH OFFICES. HULL— Burnett Avenue. CARDIFF- 92, Claude Road, LONDON- 32, Queen Victoria Street, E.C. LIVERPOOL- 34, Castle Street Pig. 13a. SINKING. 1. Greater wearing surface, therefore longer life of rope and less wear upon pulleys. 2. Greater strength, thereby admitting of smaller ropes being used for existing loads, or of increased loads without increase in size of rope. 3. Spliced easily and more effectively. 4. Less tendency to twist and stretch in working. Fig. 13a for Sinking and Fig. 11b for Cranes, &c., are non-twisting. Pig. nb. CRANE, &c J IT WILL PAY to overhaul your Elect- rical Plant periodically, laying out Armature and Field Coils, and, after cleaning off dirt and grease with a cloth wet with benzine, to give them a Fresh Coat of Varnish. This will Strengthen Weak Spots which may be de- veloping in the insulation, and thus ward off a Possible Breakdown. The Varnish essentially suitable for this is INSULAC INSULATING COMPOUND.’’ FOR PRICES, WRITE: CHAS. H. BLUME, Western Rd., Mitcham, Surrey. Fig. 15a. WINDING. Locked Coil Ropes. Indispensable for deep shafts. Stronger than any other rope of same size. Entirely free from twist. Smooth surface reduces wear to a minimum. Duration far ahead of any other construction. Fig. 30. GUIDE. SUTCLIFFES Patent Universal CONVEYOR For Underground or Surface. SIMPLE, EFFICIENT a. nd UNIQUE -- Illustrated in next Issue. - RICHARD SUTCLIFFE, Universal Conveyor Works, HORBURY, WAKEFIELD ■I Stop Taking Risks! Highest Efficiency, Longest Service obtained by using only “CHEKKO” BRAKE & CLUTCH LINERS. CRESSWELLS’ LD., Wellington Works, Bradford. AULD'S PATENT STEAM REDUCING VALVES Also Makers of Special FULL BORE Patent Steam Reducing Yalves for Blowing, Winding, Pumping and other Engines, and for supplying Surplus or other steam from high to low pressure boilers, &c. __________________ DAVID AULD & SONS, Patentee, Maker,, LTD. Whitevale Foundry, GLASGOW. COLLIERY, BY-PRODUCT and CHEMICAL PLANT. Large Stock Tanks, Boilers, Engines, Pumps, &c. COLLIERY PLANTS, &c., Purchased and Dismantled. FIRTH BLAKELEY, SONS & CO. LTD., Church Fenton, Leeds. WIRE ROPES OF ALL KINDS. . Agentg for Yorks, Notts. Derby & Leicester— YEADON, SON & CO., Albion Place, LEEDS. W. B. BROWN & CO. (BANKHALL) LTD., Globe Works, Liverpool