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THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN.

November 8, 1918.

in the bed or frame and various tools and accessories may
be contained in compartments or recesses around the bed.
The bed may also be formed with holes for guiding drills
during drilling, and is preferably formed hollow, so as
to serve as a reservoir for compressed air, connections
being fitted for enabling the various pneumatic drills to
be coupled with the reservoir, a main connection for the
supply pipe being also fitted. The radial struts are con-
veniently detachably connected to the bed in known manner
so as to be upright when the bed is raised and lowered
in shaft and horizontal when in position for securing the
bed in the working position in or at the bottom of. the
shaft. In order that the radial struts may be suitable
for fixing the bed in position in shafts of varying diameter
they are conveniently made telescopic and furnished with
means for locking the telescopic parts together when they
are extended to approximately the required length. The
struts are, moreover, furnished with means such as screw
devices for slightly extending their length, so as to com-
municate the necessary pressure for producing perfectly
rigid lateral bearings for the bed. For this purpose the
radial struts are provided at or near their outer ends with
pointed spikes or serrated shoes mounted on brackets or
sockets for fixing to the radial struts, and the said brackets
or lugs thereon are conveniently provided with steadying
bars or plugs to be forced into, or for insertion in holes
drilled in, the walls of the shaft and/or in the floor of
the shaft. These brackets may also be furnished with
means for holding the drills or the drilling machines in
any desired position, and similar brackets for merely
guiding the drills or for holding the drilling machines
may be adjustably mounted anywhere along the radial
struts. (Twelve claims.)

119600. Pedestals for Colliery Corves, Etc. G. Milnes,
Duke-street, Staveley Town, near Chesterfield, Derby.—
In ci y corves, tubs and the like vehicles as at present
s usual to secure the guards which pass around
ti.	de of the axles to the pedestals by the same

■boil whicl secure the pedestals to the corve body, and
it is, . practice that there is a tendency for the
’.nits ...	,| jolts to	work loose	and drop off, with the

’h	the guard	either falls	off altogether or hangs

\	fouls the	tub wheels	of fixtures within the

i' . as the axle or lubricating devices. It has, how-
oroposed to retain the guards by forming them

■ zontal arms resting upon projections on the
pedestal, id having the extremities of such arms of
reduced section and of a material that will bend so that
the said ends can be bent backwards and downwards, and
when in place also bent laterally to engage the sides of
the pedestal retaining nuts to prevent their accidental
rotation, and also to extend behind depending front and
rear flanges to prevent the guard becoming detached from
the pedestal. This invention pertains to this latter type
of pedestal and guard, and consists in an improved and
simplified form of construction in which the guard is
formed with rigid horizontal projections either at right
angles to the guard or in line with it to engage the pedestal
retaining nuts to prevent their rotation. It also provides
for hanging the guard from the pedestal by inward exten-
sions on the U-shaped portions, and for locking the guard
to the pedestal by means of a split pin or equivalent means.
(Two claims.)

119612. Railway Hopper Wagons. J. W. Barnard, 71,
Oxford-avenue, Southampton.—This invention has for its
object to provide railway hopper wagons for transporting
and discharging grain in bulk with means to render them
convertible, whereby they can be made available for use
for ordinary goods traffic, and comprises, and is charac-
terised by, the particular construction and fitting of the
doors forming the floor, and the particular position, con-
struction and fitting of the hopper. To the above end the
invention consists essentially in providing the inside of
the hopper wagon with doors constructed, hinged and
fitted, as hereinafter described, one on each side at the
bottom in line with the ordinary discharge doors of a
goods wagon. These doors are of size that when turned
down they cover the mouth of the hopper (which is also
constructed and fitted essentially as described) and pro-
vide an even floor from end to end of the wagon, and
thus render the wagon suitable for use as an ordinary
goods wagon. The invention may be applied to hopper
grain wagons now in use which may not have side
discharge doors, or to new wagons, in which latter case
side discharge doors are provided. The grain hopper is
fitted with a slide valve for closing the hopper when
filling, and afterwards for opening for discharging the
contents. The hopper cover doors, and the side discharge
doors are constructed and fitted with usual fastening and
securing devices.

NEW PATENTS CONNECTED WITH THE
COAL AND IRON TRADES.

Applications for Patents.

October 28 to N ovember 2 (inclusive).

[Note.—Applications arranged alphabetically under the
names of the applicants (communicators in parentheses).
A new number will be given on acceptance, which will
replace the application number.]

Abrahams, E. Goldsmid-, and Parker, J. W. Construc-
tion of generators for production of gas from solid
fuel for automobile internal combustion engines, etc.
(17647)

Aktiebolaget Ingenidrsfirma F. Egnell. Registering
mechanism for gas analysing apparatus. (17912)

Baines, J. S. Composite fuel. (17557)

Bass, K. C. Clinometers. (17570)

Bolton, M. A. Internal combustion engines. (17576)

British Thomson-Houston Company (General Electric
Company). Systems of electrical distribution. (17722)

Brush Electrical Engineering Company. Electricity
generating and supply means. (17708)

Bullock, P. W. Rotary pumps. (17644)

15868. Dubbs, C. P. Method for treating petroleum and
other hydrocarbons to produce hydrocarbons
having lower boiling points. (112010)

16585. Wellman, Seaver, and Head, and Smith, F. G.
Steel-making furnaces or mixers and the like.
(120114)

18578. Key, J. T. Apparatus for the distillation or
carbonisation of coal and cannel. (120139)

19125. Hill, M. J., and Hill, J. W. Steam generators.
(120143)

1918.

20. Downing, A. E. Internal combustion engines com-
bined with air compressors. (120145)

7324. Compagnie Generale Electrique. Rope haulage
system. (115434)

Complete Specifications open to Public Inspection Before
Acceptance.

[Note.—The number following the application is that
which the specification will finally bear.]

1918.

14248. Stein et Cie, C. M. Oscillating furnaces. (120200)

14725. Soc. Franco-Beige de Fours a Coke. Construction
of flue bases or piedroits for coking ovens.
(120201)

Burnett, C. Apparatus for washing coal, etc. (17873)
Burnett, C. Extracting water, etc., from washed coal,
etc. (17874)

Coles, S. O. Cowper-. Construction of pumps. (17615)

Cook, E. T. Automatic voltage or current regulator for
electrical generators. (17817)

Davidson, S. C. Manufacture of peat fuel from damp
peat. (17843)

Davies, E. A. and H. M. Automatic gates for the top
and bottom of pit shafts, etc. ( 17686)

Ellison, H. Retorts for continuous carbonisation of coal,
etc. (17782)

Enchmore, J. H. Gravity clinometer. (17692)

Gocher, H. W. Internal combustion engines. (17834)

Handley, G. Rotary pumps. (17644).

Jodrey, E. W. Clinometers. (17910)

Kent, H. A. Electric furnaces. (17543)

Kirke, P. St. G. Multitybular boilers and heaters.
(17742)

Kirke, P. St. G. Burning gaseous fuel. (17918)

Michel, C., and Raskin, V. Process of manufacture of
briquettes from sawdust, etc. (17946)

Murphy, S. Automatic voltage or current regulator for
electrical generators. (17»i7)

Ormerod, E. G., and Owen, H.
detaching hooks of colliery
cages. (17619)

(Philadelphia Textile Company.)

Phillips, G.' Air compressors. (17835)

Pilliner, A. P, H., and Thornycroft and Company, J. I.
Centrifugal pumps. (17822)

Pitney, H. A. Two-stroke internal combustion engines.
(17798)

Ritson, F., and Wellman, Seaver and Head. Apparatus
for hoisting and delivering charges to furnaces.
(17696)

Roberts, H.

(17708)

Roe, R. H.

(17518)

Short, G. J.

(17702)

Smith, C. H.

(17693)

Stockdale, G.

Wilkinson, J., and Woodhouse, A. E.
tinuous carbonisation of coal, etc. (17782)

Williams, J. H. Percussive rock drills or boring tools.
(17702)

Complete Specifications Accepted.

(To be published on November 21.)

[Note.—The number following the application is that
which

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.

*,* Any of the following publications may be obtained
on application at this office at the price named post free.

Colonial Reports, Annual : No. 968, Grenada—Report
for 1917-1918, price 2d.

No. 969, Turks and Caicos Islands—Report for 1917,
price 2d. (London : Published by H.M.S.O.)

Means for connecting
winding ropes to their

Conveyors. (17899)

Electricity generating and supply means.

Turbines operated by internal combustion.

Percussive rock drills or boring tools.

Briquettes, and methods of making same.

Steam generator, etc., furnaces. (17682)
” Retorts for con-

the specification will finally bear.]

1916.

18335. Chamier, F. W., Craig, H. J., and Moeller, J. F. L.
Manufacture of power gas, and the recovery of
hydrocarbon oils. (120051)

1917.

Preventable Waste of Coal.—In a letter published in The
Times Trade Supplement, Mr. G. E. Mappin, of Ingate-
stone, mentions that he suggested to the Ministry of Muni-
tions that all the controlled firms should be requested to
furnish a return giving details of their boilers, and stating
whether the flanges of all steam pipes conveying steam
at a pressure greater than six atmospheres were covered
with insulating material, and whether CO, combustion
recorders were in use in their works. He adds that the
reason for this inquiry is that it has been found that by
covering the flanges of such pipes a saving of as much
as 10 per cent, in the loss by condensation may be effected,
while the use of a combustion recorder may give a reduc-
tion of 10 per cent., or even more, in the coal consumption.

10187. Remy Electric Company. Regulation of dynamo-
electric machines. (112415)

13329. Worthington Pump Company (Worthington Pump
and Machinery Corporation). Centrifugal
pumps. (120060)

13527. Ligotti, O. Direct current machines and single
phase motors without commutators. (120062)

14959. McClements, T., and Kane, W. H. Internal com-
bustion engines. (120071)

15253. Keith, J., and Keith, G. Apparatus for maintain-
ing proportional delivery of gas and air to gas-
fired furnaces. (120076)

15340. Stevenson, J. W. Apparatus for spraying or
atomising liquids or fluids, and heating, cooling,
or mixing the same. (120078)

15346. Bagley, D. Multiple regenerators for coke ovens
or analogous devices. (120079)

15551. Restler, J. W. Pumps of the reciprocating type.
(120089)

15628. Jefferson, T., and Vickers, W. B. R. Double-acting
steam pumps. (120091)

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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Bulletin of the American Institute of Mining Engineers
No. 142), October 1918; Monthly Bulletin of the Cana-
dian Mining Institute (No. 78), October 1918; Journal
of the Franklin Institute (Vol. 186, No. 4), single
numbers 50 cents; Journal of the Western Society of
Engineers (Vol. 23, No. 4), April 1918; Annual Report
of the Department of Public Works of the Province of
Alberta, 1917 (printed by order of the Legislative
Assembly); University of Illinois Bulletin No. 104
(Vol. 15, No. 14)—Tests to Determine the Rigidity of
Riveted Joints of Steel Structures, by W. M. Wilson
and H. F. Moore, price 25 cents; United States Bureau
of Mines, Department of the Interior (Bulletin 123):
Analyses of Mine and Car samples of Coal Collected in
the Fiscal Years 1913 to 1916, by A. C. Fieldner and
others; Technical Paper 91 : A Convenient Multiple-Unit
Calorimeter Installation, by J. D. Davis and E. L.
Wallace; Technical Paper 190 : Methane Accumulations
from Interrupted Ventilation, with Special Reference to
Coal Mines in Illinois and Indiana, by H. I. Smith and
R. J. Hamon; Technical Paper 195 : The Tar Distilled
from Bituminous Coal in Hand-Fired Furnaces, by S. H.
Katz; Monthly Statement of Coal Mine Fatalities in
the United States, May 1918—List of Permissible Ex-
plosives, Lamps and Motors tested prior to June 30,
1918, compiled by Albert H. Fay; The Indian Journal
of Medical Research (Vol. 6, No. 1), July 1918, price
2 rupees; The Naturalist (No. 742), November 1918
(London: A. Brown and Sons Limited, 5, Farringdon-
avenue, E.C. 4); Compressed Air Magazine (Vol. 23,
No. 10), October 1918; Ministerio de Fomento, Boletin
Oficial de Minas y Metalurgia (Ano 11, Num. 16),
Setiembre 1918; Transactions of the Manchester Geologi-
cal and Mining Society (Vol. 35, Part 2), issued August
1918: The Manchester Geological and Mining Society—
List of Officers and Council, Session 1917-1918 (pub-
lished at the Rooms of the Society, Queen’s Chambers,
5, John Dalton-street, Manchester).

CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS RECEIVED.

Johnson and Phillips Limited (Charlton, London).—A
leaflet, just published, deals with colliery transformers
(one item of the company’s comprehensive range of elec-
trical equipment), and illustrates the important economy
which can be effected in the cost of inbye cables. As these
transformers enable the high-tension supply to be brought
close to the working face, the saving of copper is con-
siderable. A special design manufactured for colliery
work is made in standard units, the flanged wheels of
which are made to run on the colliery tracks. The port-
ability of these transformers, their convenient size, and
the ease with which a working unit can be extended are
indicated in the leaflet.

“ The Fuels of War.”—In devoting Part 112 of The
Times History and Encyclopaedia of the War to the sub-
ject of fuel, the conductors of that publication pay a
well-deserved tribute to the ‘important part which coal
and oil have played in the operations of the Allies. The
information, which relates chiefly to British coal output
and allocation, is marshalled in narrative form and well
illustrated.

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