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Pertaining to Apparel. BLOUSE.--M. HANDELSMAN, care of Klinger & Bach, 737 Broadway, New York, ?. ?. An object here is to provide a structure arranged on the waist line of the blouse for permitting any desired adjustment. Another is to provide a plurality of adjusting straps arranged on the waist line of the blouse at a point spaced from the front so that the front may be buttoned from top to bottom without interfering with the adjustment. UNBUTTONING IMPLEMENT.--C. E. COLLINS, Manhattan, New York, N. Y. This inventor's aim is to provide an implement for quickly unbuttoning buttoned shoes without danger of unduly straining the buttons or Injuring the buttonholes and without requiring much physical exertion or skill on the part of the user or operator. SHOE EXPANDER.--C. D. COMPTON, 404 Bleecker St., New York, ?. ?. This invention relates to a novel device, including expanding members, to fit within the shoe, and movable toward and from each other, there being a wedge, and means for advancing the wedge for forcing the expanding members apart against the opposite sides of the shoe. PORTABLE WARDROBE.--A. E. KiNEN, 8 Avenue Marceau, Paris, France. This invention refers to a portable wardrobe which is formed of a box the cover of which is provided with hooks or other devices for the suspension of garments and is adapted to be supported above the box by rods or uprights which can be folded together and are contained within the said box. Electrical Devices. ELECTRICALLY OPERATED AIR BRAKE. --H. L. TOOKEK, Grand Canyon, Ariz. This invention provides an electrical control, analogous to the triple valve commonly used for handling the pneumatic elements of the brake mechanism. The enginemen by manipulating a hand lever, can operate the electro-pneumatic control Independently of the usual air-controlled mechanism. ELECTRIC FURNACE.--GlACOMA MET-TLER, Berlin, Germany. This invention relates to an electric resistance furnace which can be continuously charged and uniformly regulated up to temperatures of about 2,400 deg. Cent. (4,352 deg. Fahr.). All the parts of the furnace are easily accessible and exchangeable, and the contraction or warping of the parts cannot unfavorably influence the operation of the furnace. Of Interest to Farmers. CHECK ROW PLANTER.--L. J. HELGESON, Fisher, Minn. This invention comprehends a type of check row planter provided with marking attachments located upon its opposite sides, and each adapted to be thrown into or out of action independently of the other, at the will of the operator. RECEPTACLE AND CARRIER FOR EGGS. --R. M. ODELL, P. O. BOX 211, Plainfield, Indiana. An object here is to provide a receptacle for eggs which are shipped in the ordinary egg case, and which will prevent the breakage of the egg, and which will also provide an air-tight and light-proof chamber for each egg, thereby tending to prevent their decomposition. AUTOMATIC STOCK FEEDER.--S. MENDEL, 359% 5th Ave., Brooklyn, ?. ?. The invention relates to improvements in stock feeding machines, and particularly to an automatically actuated feeding device which may be set to operate at any desired time. The device is constructed as an entirety or single entity so that it may be applied at any point in any stable or other place without changes being made. Of General Interest. FURNACE FOR REFINING METALS.--E. C. WILLS, 116 E. Church St., Frederick, Md. An object here is to provide a device which may be rocked or oscillated so as to cause a movement of the liquid metal, so as to bring the latter In the most advantageous position for air treatment, and also causing the dross to be more easily eliminated. LINK BRAKE BELT.--J. DUPUIS, 557 Bray-ton Ave., Fall River, Mass. The object of this improvement is the provision of a belt comprised of inter-engaging links, each link carrying a block of fibrous material, having a high coefficient of friction, wherein a special form of holder is provided for supporting the block. DIVING APPARATUS FOR SUBMARINE WORK.--M. BEMBINA and L. DUKAND, Palermo, Italy. The invention refers to a diving apparatus for submarine work formed by a hull mounted upon four wheels, which works like a small submarine boat designed to perform submarine explorations as well as submarine searches and work, and which may be called a micro-submarine boat. FIRE EXTINGUISHER.--P. B. BAKKINGER, Charlotteville, Va. The principal object here Is to provide a fire extinguisher of simplified construction, adapted to contain a number of solutions or substances for fire extinguishing purposes, the said substances or solutions being maintained separately solely by the differences in the specific gravity thereof. TELESCOPIC SIGHT.--W. V. HUKILL, Bethany, W. Va. This invention has reference to Galilean telescopes and Its object is to provide a new and improved sight for such telescopes to permit the use of the Galilean telescope on surveying instruments, rifles and other devices for sighting purposes. INDEXED BOOK.--R. H. TYLER, 86 Wads-worth Ave., Manhattan, ?. ?., ?. ?. This invention provides a book indexed by employing syllabic or phonetic keys or guides; employs conjunctively with the said keys groups of letters having the vowel sounds; and employs designating marginal indices to be used in conjunction with each of the keys. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.--P. E. WARREN, New York, ?. ?. This invention provides closure devices that will permit the liquid contents of the bottle to be decanted, If desired, but which will make the refilling either Impossible, or so difficult as to make the refilling unprofitable. PRINTING FRAME.--W. G. CLEMENTS, 61 Dunmoreland Ave., Springfield, Mass. This inventor provides a printing frame in which the negative and print may be placed in position and held firmly In position while closing the hinged cover. He also provides a device which will print from negatives of different sizes. SANITARY SUGAR HOLDER AND DISPENSER.--A. G. BETTMAN, 511 Eller Bldg., 7th and Adler St., Portland, Ore. This invention has for Its design the provision of a holding and dispensing device especially useful for dispensing sugar, and arranged for automatically discharging a measured quantity of sugar as desired. It provides means for readily adjusting the device to vary the measured quantity that will be discharged. VAULT LIGHT.--A. DE MATEO, JR., 107 Varick St., ?. ?., ?. ?. This Improvement provides a plurality of frame members having openings in which lights are secured, these members being disposed on mold members having upwardly extending flanges, which are disposed around openings therein, and under the frame members, so that cement may be disposed on the mold members and between the frame members, and the mold members may be removed after the cement has set. PROCESS OF EXTRACTING PRODUCTS FROM WOOD.--W. B. HARPER, Bay Minette, Ala. Mr. Harper extracts turpentine and other light terpenes by means of live steam under low pressure and temperature followed by superheated steam under any desired pressure and at a temperature sufficient to remove the pine oils from the wood, and, subsequently, treat the remaining resinous material with a suitable solvent, the resin and solvent being afterward separated to obtain the pure resin. SHAKER.--L. V. LOPEZ S., Circulo Naval, Valparais.0, Chile. The object of this inventor is to provide a device for mixing beverages and other liquids, and in which the liquid contain- ers will be disposed horizontally and reciprocated in the horizontal plane instead of in vertical plane. He provides a shaker having a construction designed to promote convenience in the use of the shaker, and effect a rapid and thorough shaking of the liquid. LIQUID PISTOL.--R. PARKER, 300 Sheffield Ave., Brooklyn, ?. ?. The general object here is to improve and simplify the construction and operation of a device so as to be reliable and efficient in use, composed of comparatively few parts and so designed that the bulb is effectively protected against accidental compression, although it is conveniently accessible for intentional compression by the user. FLUSHING APPARATUS FOR SUBMERGED WATER PIPES.--L. E. SMITH, care of A. B. Smith, Newton St., N. W., Washington, D. C. This apparatus is for use In a system of water filtration and supply for towns and cities. The water intake pipes which are provided with small slots are laid in a natural sand and gravel bed in the bottom of a river or lake, and other pipes connected therewith are extended to a pump-house located on the bank at a greater or less distance from the source of supply. It is expedient and even necessary to flush the intake pipes occasionally in order to remove foreign matter which may have accumulated in the inlets proper or on the sand and gravel bed on which the pipes are laid. CARBONATOR.--D. ERIT, Westport, ?. ?. This apparatus carbonates and dispenses beverages, and the device produces a rapid and perfect saturation of the liquid with carbon-dioxid. The carbon-dioxid and water are forced to pass together through a continuous passage provided with a plurality of perforated and whirl-forming diaphragms toward the dispensing nozzle. LETTER.--W. S. BOCK, 81 Lake St.; Corona, L. ?., ?. ?. This invention relates to Improvements in signs, and particularly to signs or letters having translucent portions, and has for an object the provision of an improved structure which is adapted to be clearly seen either day or night. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION.--A. B. COON, Little Rock, Ark., and A. 'VAN DE SANDT, Ta-coma, Wash. Address Dr. A. B. Coon, 20 Urquaboit Building, Little Rock, Ark. This invention is an improvement in building construction, and the object is to provide an anchor and tie especially adapted for use in connecting an ornamental facing, as for instance, of marble, glass, tile or the like, to a wall, to hold the said facing In the proper relative position with respect to the said wall. SIPHON AND STARTING DEVICE THEREFOR.--W. F. STUART, Garden City. Kan. The object of this invention is to provide a simple means for starting a siphon which is used for Irrigation or handling water for any purpose where conditions are right automatically so that the water may flow continuously without further application of power. Simple means is supplied for checking the flow of the siphon at will, and a device is provided for starting the flow which may be removed from or applied to the end of the siphon. ????-SLIPPING ATTACHMENT FOR HORSESHOES.--H. B. PAINE, Patchogue, ?. ?. The invention provides an attachment for one side of a horseshoe, the same being adapted to be removably clamped thereto by an easily manipulated means, the device to be equipped with any suitable form of calks depending upon the nature of the weather or conditions of ground to be traveled. Two of these devices will be employed upon each horseshoe. Hardware and Tools. CURRYCOMB.--J. B. PROUTY and AMOS H. MATTHEW, care of the latter, Colville, Wash. This comb comprises a blade produced from sheet metal and having disposed at different edge portions thereof teeth of different characters, as well as a scraping edge, whereby to perform scraping, currying, and combing, together with a handle so disposed on the blade as to promote convenience in the turning of the device to present a particular edge portion of the blade In proper position for use. TRY, RAFTER AND MITER SQUARE.--G. E. STANWOOD and W. E. SMITH, BOX 51, Mid-dletown, ?. ?. Among the objects of this invention is to improve these devices whereby they are made more simple in construction and principle of operation, and hence, whereby they are more durable and reliable in use both as to physical construction and effectiveness in carrying out the scientific principles involved. THREAD CUTTER.--J. A. DOWD, P. O. Box 411, Fall River, Mass. This invention provides a cutter which may be driven at various speeds without affecting the quality of thread produced so a maximum speed may be maintained without injury to the threads being cut. It provides a cutter having a flat face which may be ground off whenever the cutting teeth are rounded or dulled in order to present a new or sharp engaging portion. DRESSER FOR BOILER CAP SEATS.--S. DIESETH, Carteret, N. J. The invention provides in a tool of this character means for the ready interchange of cutting and scraping members; and provides a head adapted for alternate combination with a power driven mechanism or a hand tool. NUT LOCK.--A. H. WEGENER, 1105 Garden St., Hoboken, N. J. In the present patent the improvement refers to nut locks of that type in which there is a rotary member constituting under certain conditions a wedge preventing by its co-operation between the bolt and tapering portion of the nut a movement of the nut in a certain direction. LOCK.--J. C. SULLIVAN, 647 Lexington Ave., ?. ?., ?. ?. This lock Is more especially designed for use on handbags, valises, suitcases, etc., and arranged to securely hold the article locked to enable the owner to readily open the article, and to prevent pickpockets and other unauthorized persons from surreptitiously opening the article. ROOFING IMPLEMENT.--J. N. FARNHAM, 32 Cedar St., Rockland, Maine. This tool provides a means whereby the application of all kinds of felt or roll roofing may begin at the top of the roof. The tool holds the lower edge of .each successive sheet out of the way while the next lower sheet is being placed and the cement applied and provides a means whereby both contacting edges can be covered with cement. The tool forms a guide to lay each successive sheet and allows for the proper lap. It lessens labor and damage to material and insures a neater job, as all work is done below and off the" finished portion. WRENCH.--W. L. BESSOLO, McAlester, Okla. The invention provides a wrench having two jaw members pivoted together, one of the jaws being pivoted to the handle, the other jaw being connected to the handle by a link. As the wrench is constructed it is possible for a mechanic to make use of it with one hand. Heating and Lighting. TRAFFIC LANTERN.--S. F. Du REE, Long-beach, Cal. The present invention has reference to traffic lanterns, and more particularly to a lamp box adapted to contain a light provided with transparent portions whereby to eliminate all danger in traffic by an obstruction in darkness. BAKER'S OVEN--F. C. IHLEE, Westwood Works, Peterborough, England. This invention relates to bakers' ovens, in which the heating elements comprise closed tubes containing water or other fluid known as "Perkins tubes," "circulating tubes" and "loop tubes," and arranged to project at one end into the furnace to be acted upon by the heat generated in the latter. HEAT TREATMENT OF METAL BODIES. --J. H. BARKER, Birmingham, England. This invention relates more especially to the annealing of metal cartridge cases at the ends in which the bullets are secured. The annealing is effected by heating electrically only unloaded portions of the cases, and at such a rate that the operation occupies insufficient time for the other portions of the cases to attain a temperature liable to ignite the charge, or at such a rate that such portions can readily be maintained at a safe temperature by an air current or other equivalent means. HOT WATER DEFLECTO R.--N. McC. DAVIDSON, Hanover, Pa. The device has a screw-thread by which it may be connected with either one of the three screw-threaded openings of a standard T-fltting of the kind numerously used in the pipes of a hot-water system for heating, where one pipe branches from another, and where it is desirable to have means that will equalize the circulation of hot water in both pipes. POCKET FIRE OR LIGHTING APPLIANCE WITH PYROPHORIC METAL.--FRITZ HOFMANN, Munich, Germany, care of ?. ?. Bernhardt, 157 Chambers St., New York, ?. ?. This invention relates more particularly to such a form and arrangement of the constituents necessary for producing a spark, that these parts may be themselves put together without soldering and in this assembled form inserted in a case. It provides an improved formation of the coupling between the operating tooth wheel and the friction wheel, and the device insures at all times the fixed relative relation of the pyrophoric metal and the friction wheel, and thus insures a proper contact of this metal with the friction surface of the friction wheel, and prevents accidental disarrangement of these parts in use. Household Utilities. TOWEL HOLDER.--D. B. MICHIE, 8660 Vin-cennes Road, Chicago, 111. This device relates generally to devices for use in holding towels and more particularly it involves an article of simple construction and pleasing appearance which will effectually perform the function for which it was designed. machines and Mechanical Devices. SUGAR DISTRIBUTING BOWL.--S. A. ADDIS, 944 Tiffany St., Bronx, ?. ?. The purpose In view is to provide a bowl designed to dispense or feed one piece of sugar at a time therefrom, the feeding means being adapted to be operated at any desired speed so as to feed the sugar from the bowl at a rapid rate or comparatively slow. GAS ENGINE VALVE.--R. E. DRENNON. Address Hendrix & Silverman, Suite 910, Hunt Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. This inventor provides a device wherein a single rotating valve with a large bearing surface Is utilized for controlling both the inlet and the exhaust, operated directly from the crank shaft, and so arranged that when the valve is removed access is permitted to every part of the cylinder. CUSHIONING DEVICE.--E. SCHUCH, 25 Giselastrasse, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The invention provides a cushioning device arranged to cushion the plunger in the pressure cylinder on the sudden application of the initial pressure, so that the indicator mechanism is not subjected to sudden dangerous shocks or jars. STARTER FOR TALKING MACHINES.-- H. B. FITZGERALD, 134 Midland Ave, Glen-ridge, N. J. The invention relates to starters for talking machines, and has for an object to provide an improved structure which will instantly start the record moving at any time automatically so that when the device is once set, no further attention need be paid the same. SLIP JOINT MACHINE.--J. P. HARNER, 827 Main St., Nevada, Mo. Mr. Harner's Invention relates to a machine for producing on an edge of a sheet of metal, slip Joint members and more particularly the design Is for the production of a machine especially adapted for the formation of slip joint members on eave troughs. MASSAGE VIBRATOR.--G. S. TUNE, 57 Bay 26th St., Brooklyn, ?. Y. This Invention relates to a massage vibrator of that type In which the oscillatory element Is driven from a motor through a flexible shaft, the motor being of the water turbine type. It provides an effective connection between the oscillatory element and rotary shaft of the device, which connection Is adjustable to obtain a light or heavy vibratory action. By the provision of an Improved mounting a rapid movement of the vibrator Is Insured. A form of motor of high efficiency Is provided propelled by water taken from an ordinary city service pipe. STARTING AND STOPPING DEVICE FOR PHONOGRAPHS.--F. E. HARE, 612 W. King St., Martinsburg, W. Va. The purpose here Is to provide a starting and stopping device for phonographs and such machines and arranged to enable the user of the machine to readily start the same and to permit of conveniently and quickly setting the device according to the record with a' view to automatically stop the machine at the time the stylus reaches the end of the groove in the record. GROOVING MACHINE.--J. J. MARSTALL, care of Marstall Furniture Co., Henderson, Ky. This improvement has reference to woodworking machines, and its object is to provide a new and improved machine more especially designed for simultaneously forming pairs of diverging grooves in two boards or other pieces of stock. AUTOMATIC VENDING AND CHANGE MAKING MACHINE.--E. E. HENRY, 214 9th St., Astoria, Ore. This machine delivers merchandise, but Is more particularly designed for a ticket-vending and money-changing machine in which coins of different denominations may be inserted, and change delivered to the value of the Inserted coin, or in which coins or equivalent checks of varying value may be inserted and tickets and change be delivered to the value of the said coin or other check. AUTOMATIC SPILLWAY.--C. SCHALLES, Cortez, Colo. The invention relates to artificial water courses, such as flumes, irrigation ditches or the like. Among the objects of the invention is to provide a ditch having an automatically operated gate which, when the depth of water becomes too great in the ditch will operate to relieve such overflow and hence prevent any objectionable circumstance which might be incident to such undesirable rise of water in the ditch. POST COLLAR FOR ROCK DRILLS.--R. NETTELL, care of J. F. Hambitzer, Houghton, Mich. This invention relates to the collars sometimes termed safety clamps, used on drill columns or posts below the drill, or below the column arm if the latter be employed. The object Is to produce a collar which may be quickly and effectively adjusted in position and instantly loosened when required. CONCRETE MIXING MACHINE.--E. L. CRIDGE, care of Speed Mach. Co., 70 Erie St., Passaic, N. J. The object here is to provide a machine of the revolving type which may be used as a "continuous type" so-called, for mixing the concrete in predetermined quantities, or in a continuous stream, as may be desired. WASHING MACHINE.--P. WERNER, care of E. SPINDLER, 325 W. 29th St., New York, ?. ?. The invention provides a supporting frame for a machine, readily adjustable to tubes of various makes and shapes; provides a swinging frame which may be readily lifted out of the way when placing in or removing from the tub, the clothes to be washed. PRINTING MACHINE.--J. DEC. HALL, 4th U. S. Infantry, 328 B, Meade Ave., Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The principal object here li the provision of a machine adapted for tbe mechanical canceling or Indorsing of checks in banks or other institutions where the large amount of such work necessary entails considerable time when done by hand. GEOGRAPHIC POSITION INDICATOR.--F. R. SWEENEY, 2183 12th St., Troy, ?. ?. This improvement provides for automatically and at all times Indicating the position in degrees of latitude and longitude of a moving body; provides a plurality of members, one thereof being maintained parallel to the earth's polar axis and the other of said members being maintained fixed in space without reference to the earth's surface; and provides the members mentioned with indices adapted to show the variation of the plumb levels at all points on the earth's surface. MOTOR KNIFE GRINDER.--A. P. REDDEN, 10 Clifton St., Worcester, Mass. This improvement has reference to machines for grinding wood-working tools, and has particular reference to a machine adapted to be operated especially by electric motor, and is therefore portable so as to be moved in any suitable position in a work-shop or mill. AIR PUMP LUBRICATOR.--G. M. SCHWEND, Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Schwend's invention is an improvement in air pump lubricators, and has for its object the provision of mechanism for use with air pumps, wherein means Is provided for throwing a charge of oil and water Into the cylinder of the pump operated by the action of the pump. Prime movers and Tbeir Accessories. MULTIPLE POWER ? ? G ? ? ?.--W. S. WEIKEL, Lillydale, Monroe Co., W. Va. In this case use Is made of high pressure cylinders, connected pistons in each pair of cylinders, steam chests for each pair of cylinders and connected by sets of admission and exhaust ports with the ends of the corresponding cylinders, valves in the said steam chests and controlling the ports, the exhaust motive agent from one end of a high pressure cylinder passing partly into the other end of the same cylinder and partly into one of the low pressure cylinders, and the exhaust motive agent in one low pressure cylinder being used expansively in the other, the pistons in the low pressure cylinders reciprocating at double the speed of those in the high pressure cylinders. DAMPING TORSIONAL VIBRATIONS IN CRANK SHAFTS.--F. W. LANCHESTER, 53 Hagley Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. The invention relates to high-speed reciprocating engines, and more especially to an improved method of and apparatus for elimin ating certain forms of vibration in the running of high speed multicylinder engines, such as the four and six-cylinder internal combustion engines used for the propulsion of motor vehicles. EXPLOSIVE ENGINE.--D. M. TlJLLOCH, 130 Pearl St., New York, ?. ?. This invention more particularly Is directed to an engine having an improved means of control of intake and exhaust. The principal design is to provide a mechanism for controlling the intake and exhaust of cylinder gases, the said mechanism being positively actuated by the reciprocating piston. TEST OR PRIMING COCK.--B. MORGAN, Tews Court, Newport, R. I. The invention refers more particularly to a device which comprises a cylinder plug and a closing plug inov-ably associated with the cylinder plug, the cylinder plug affording means for the introduction of an explosive fluid into the cylinder upon which the device is mounted, and having a valve-seat, the closing plug having a self-centering valve-seat-engaging part adapted to close the cylinder plug. Railways and Tlielr Accessories. ' ADJUSTABLE TIE-PLATE.--J. ODIEN, 49 Ashton Place, Buffalo, ?. ?. In the present patent the invention has reference to tie-plates for railways, and the object thereof is the provision of a strong and inexpensive plate which will accommodate rails of different sizes and which will prevent lateral movement of the rails positioned thereon. RAILWAY SWITCH.--J. W. HUBBARD, Eau Claire, Wis. The purpose here is to provide a construction of locking device for railway switches which will operate more readily and advantageously than the apparatus set forth in this inventor's application for a patent, Serial Number 660,257, and to this end he provides his improvements with suitable anti-frictional braces to engage the side of a draw bar and afford the desired results. SELF LOCKING SPIKE.--G. I. DE FORCE and MOSES DRYFOSS. Address the latter, 508 State St., Erie, Pa. This Invention comprehends a spike having all the advantages of an ordinary spike, and at the same time provided with shoulders of peculiar form for preventing the ready withdrawal of the spike from the wooden cross tie or other analogous member into which the spike is driven. CAR COUPLING.--AUGUSTA L. ROBERTS and BERTHA L. ROBERTS, 900 W. Front Ave., Ashland, Ky. This invention relates to railway draft appliances and has particular reference to car couplers of the Janney type. The Improvement provides for a number of structural features of advantage of the detachable yokt member constituting the main part of the device, whereby the same Is strengthened and otherwise made more reliable in practice. CAR DOOR OPENER.--J. W. CARTER, Hay Springs, Neb. The invention relates to an apparatus adapted to be installed on grain or box cars for affording convenient means for opening and closing the slide door of such cars. The invention provides a stationary frame applied to the body of the box car and including a track along which moves a carriage that is operatively connected with the doors, said carriage being moved step by step In one direction by a novel mechanism to open the door and in the opposite direction to close it. MACHINE FOR GROOVING RAILWAY SLEEPER S.--A. PANKL, Kommanditgesellschaft Guldo Riitgers, Vienna, Austria-Hungary. In machines for cutting into the upper surface of the sleeper receiving the tie plate, the ends of the sleeper are yieldingly pressed against fixed guide rails near the rotary cutters and then pushed past the latter, whereby such grooves of desired width are cut in the predetermined position and whatever may be the thickness of the blank or its transverse sectional shape. But if the upper surface of the raw sleeper is not plane for any reason, then the groove may become too deep or too shallow, the sleeper is either too much weakened by the groove or the groove is too shallow for the purpose. The inventor overcomes this difficulty. Pertaining to Vehicles. SHOE.--R. D. S. BENNETT, 514 West Mt. Vernon St., Springfield, Mo. This invention relates to tires and parts associated therewith, the more particular purpose being to provide an improved form of cushion shoe forming practically a part of the tire and adapted for maintaining the firmness thereof while permitting a considerable degree of resilience in the tire. It further relates to improvements in shoes or cushions forming parts of tires and carried thereby for the purpose of Increasing the general efficiency of such structures. PNEUMATIC PUNCTURE PROOF TIRE.-- F. NEWBAUER, Valley City, N. D. In this patent the invention relates to pneumatic tires for use on automobiles, and includes a novel, detachable, puncture proof tread, as well as a tire extending continuously in closed form at the inner side, whereby the inner tube Is effectively'protected against possible damage by defective wheel rims. The accompanying engraving shows in cross section a tire embodying the invention. AUTOMOBILE SLEIGH.--W. J. WRIGHT and R. H. HOCKIN, Oak Lake, Manitoba, Canada. This attachment is for use in connection with automobiles and otber motor Vehicles (or tbe purpose of propelling euch vehicles through the snow and It comprises an arrangement of parts upon which the body of an automobile or other motor vehicle can be easily and readily mounted when road conditions are such as to make the ordinary apparatus of the motor vehicles of little or no utility. VEHICLE STEERING DEVICE.--F. S. HARRIS, Waverly, ??. For the purpose of this invention, use is made of brackets attached to the axle and steering rod members pivoted on the brackets and having a sliding connection with each other, and a single spring engaged at its ends by the said members to compress the spring on shifting the steering rod side-wise in either direction. SNOW PLOW.--W. L. STADIG, Soldier Pond, Maine. An object here is to provide a machine so mounted on sleds as to accommodate itself to uneven roads; to provide for convenient adjustment of the snow removing devices to the end that a wider or narrower way may be cleared, and the snow removed to produce an essentially level way, or to leave a ridge or cone at the center. VEHICLE WHEEL.--G. R. WILLIAMS, 620 Empire Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. The invention relates to resilient wheels, and provides a structure presenting advantages over what is described and claimed In Letters Patent No. 921,493 granted to Mr. Williams. The principal object of the present patent is to provide a wheel, characterized by an arrangement of parts in which the spokes of the wheel are In a condition of initial stress. VEHICLE FENDER.--G. HiPWOOD and P. EGAN, 39 Cortland St., New York, ?. ?. This invention provides an apparatus adapted to operate in dual capacity, as a buffer and a fender; provides means for causing the apparatus to automatically assume a position to operate in the latter capacity; and provides means manually operative for disposing the mechanism In position to operate in either of the capacities mentioned, and if desired without necessitating the chauffeur or driver leaving the vehicle. SHOCK ABSORBER.--J. M. JACKSON, Park-ersburg, W. Va. The invention refers to shock absorbers for vehicles, and the primary object is to provide an arrangement in which, under normal road conditions, there is no engagement of any parts and therefore no noise and no necessity for lubrication. SPRING WHEEL.--D. A. GRAY, Chattanooga, Tenn. An object of this inventor is to provide a device which will have the advantages of a pneumatic tire, but which will not subject the owner of the vehicle to the delays incident to punctures and blow-outs such as occur with pneumatic tires. Designs. DESIGN FOR A CRACKER OR LIKE ARTICLE.--H. HANDY, 240 W. 104th St., New York, ?. ?. In this ornamental design for a cracker or like article, the design shows a figure of a man of the old peasant type In a characteristic and picturesque posture. CARPET OR RUG.--J. F. Du Bois, Springfield, Mass., care of G. S. Squire, 25 Madison Ave., New York, ?. ?. In this design for carpet or rug the fine effect is produced by an ornamental border inclosing a field of closely clustered figures without a centerpiece. DESIGN FOR RUBBER MAT BINDING.-- F. H. TIMKE, care of John Kroder and Henry Reubel Co., 107 E. 17th St., New York, ?. ?. This design for rubber mat binding shows a binding of very simple, but attractive features of ornamentation. DESIGN FOR A BATHING CAP.--R. PARKER, care of Parker, Stearns & Co., 300 Sheffield Ave., Brooklyn, ?. ?. The first figure in this ornamental design shows a perspective view of a bathing cap, the adjusting ribbon being shown in an untied fashion, while the second is similar to the first, but showing the ribbon drawn and tied. DESIGN FOR A WINDOW DISPLAY.--C. E. ISACKE, 96 Fifth Ave., Manhattan, ?. ?., ?. ?. In this ornamental design for a window display the figure shows a front perspective view of an attractive structure. NOTE.--Copies of any of these patents will be furnished by the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN for ten cents each. Please state the name of the patentee, title of the Invention, and date of this paper. WE wish to call attention to the fact that we are In a position to render competent services In every branch of patent or trade-mark work. 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