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(3.) The combination, with the warps, and a machine for successively uniting them, said machine being movable relatively to the warps, of mechanism for holding the ends of the warps movably arranged in said machine, means for moving said machine, and power-transmitting mechanism operatively connecting the thread-holding mechanism and said machine-moving means, substantially as described.
(4.) The combination, with the warps, and a machine for successively uniting them, said machine being movable relatively to the warps, of a carriage arranged in said machine for movement in a direction opposite to that of the movement of the said machine, warp-holding clamps carried by said carriage, means for moving the machine, and power-transmitting mechanism operatively connecting said carriage and said machine-moving means, substantially as described.
(5.) In a machine for successively uniting warp-threads, the combination, with the frame, of a uniting mechanism, means for successively advancing the threads to be united to said uniting-mechanism, and thread-sustaining means arranged in said frame and movable substantially in the direction of movement of the threads toward said uniting-mechanism, substantially as described.
(6.) In a machine for successively uniting warp-threads, the combination, with the frame, of a uniting-mechanism, means for successively advancing the threads to be united to said uniting-mechanism, guides arranged in said frame, a carriage movable on said guides, means for moving said carriage, and warp-sustaining clamps mounted on said carriage, substantially as described.
(7.) In a machine for successively uniting warp-threads, the combination, with the frame, of a uniting-mechanism, means for successively advancing the threads to be united to the said uniting-mechanism, a support arranged in said frame, a carriage guided on said support, a screw swivelled in said carriage and engaging the support, a gear keyed on said screw, a worm engaging said gear, and warp-sustaining clamps mounted on said carriage, substantially as described.
(8.) In a thread-releasing mechanism for twisting-machines, the combination, with a suitable support, of a pair of reciprocatory and revoluble hook-bars mounted in said support and having their hooks projecting laterally therefrom, and in relatively opposite directions, the hook-carrying portion of each hook-bar being offset out of alignment with the other portion of said hook-bar, substantially as described.
(9.) In a machine for successively uniting warp-threads, the combination, with the frame, of spaced thread-holding means, and a pair of reciprocatory and revoluble hook-bars arranged in said frame between said holding-means substantially in the plane in which the threads extend between said holding-means and having their hooks projecting laterally therefrom and in relatively opposite directions, the hook-carrying portion of each hook-bar being offset out of said plane, substantially as described.
(10.) In a thread-releasing mechanism for twisting-machines, the combination, with a suitable support, of hook-bars penetrating said support, sleeves journalled in said support and penetrated by and revoluble with said hook-bars, a pinion loosely arranged on each sleeve and having a ratchet-like engagement therewith, a gear engaging the several pinions, a combined gear and star-wheel, said last-named gear engaging one of the pinions, and a pin-wheel engaging said star-wheel, substantially as described.
(11.) In a thread-releasing mechanism for twisting-machines, the combination, with a suitable support, of hook-bars penetrating said support, sleeves journalled in said support and penetrated by and revoluble with said hook-bars, a pinion loosely arranged on each sleeve and having a ratchet-like engagement therewith, a gear engaging the several pinions, a combined gear and star-wheel, said last-named gear engaging one of the pinions, a pin-wheel engaging said star-wheel, and means for longitudinally reciprocating said hook-bars, substantially as described.
(12.) A twisting-mechanism for twisting-machines, consisting of two members, of which one is stationary and of which the other is revoluble, said revoluble member being mounted to yield relatively to the stationary member, substantially as described.
(13.) In a twisting-mechanism for twisting-machines, the combination, with a frame, of a stationary member, a revoluble member adapted to wipe against said stationary member, a rotary shaft-like support carrying said revoluble member, and journalled in said frame, said support being spring-actuated, substantially as described.
(14.) In a twisting-mechanism for twisting-machines, the combination, with a frame, of a stationary member, a revoluble member adapted to wipe against said stationary member, a rotary spindle carrying said revoluble member, a sleeve removably arranged on said spindle, a collar arranged on said sleeve, and a spring interposed between said collar and a portion of the frame, substantially as described.
(15.) The combination, with a frame, of a rotary spiral arranged in said frame, a shaft carrying said spiral, a rock-shaft, a finger carried by said rock-shaft, a crank on said rock-shaft, a gear, a link connecting said crank with an eccentric point on the gear, and power-transmitting mechanism operatively connecting said gear and the spiral-carrying shaft, substantially as described.
(16.) The combination, with a frame, of a rock-shaft journalled in said frame, a finger carried by said rock-shaft, a fork arranged to reciprocate substantially parallel with said shaft, a gear journalled in said frame, a crank on said rock-shaft, a link connecting said crank with an eccentric point on the gear, and power-transmitting mechanism operatively connecting said gear and said fork, substantially as described.
(17.) In a machine for successively uniting warp-threads, a coiled hook-like thread-deflecting device having a free point at both ends of the coil, substantially as described.
(18.) In a machine for successively uniting warp-threads, a thread-deflecting device consisting of two hooks coiled about a common axis and having their free ends at the opposite ends of said device, one of said hooks being carried by the other and intercoiled therewith, substantially as described.
(19.) In a thread-uniting machine, the combination, with a frame, of a thread-releasing mechanism, a thread-uniting mechanism, devices fulcrumed in said frame and adapted to engage the threads, said devices being adapted to move the released threads longitudinally, and means for actuating said devices, the releasing-mechanism and the uniting-mechanism, substantially as described.
(20.) In a warp-sustaining clamp, the combination of three coacting members pivotally connected together at one end, a clip adapted to bind together the free ends of two of said members, and means for binding the third member against said first-named members, a part of said means being carried by the clip, substantially as described.
(21.) In a mechanism for holding one portion of a warp at a narrower width than another portion thereof, a device adapted to be engaged by the threads to maintain a turn therein and having a concave thread-engaging surface on the side thereof away from the wide portion of the warp, substantially as described.
(22.) In mechanism for holding one portion of each of two warps at a narrower width than another portion thereof, a bifurcated device adapted to receive and be engaged by the threads to maintain a turn therein, the members of said device having concave thread-engaging surfaces on the sides thereof away from the wide portions of the warps, substantially as described.
(23.) In a twisting-in frame, the combination of two sections each formed of jointed tubing, one of said sections having a part of its tubing telescoped with a part of the tubing of the other section, substantially as described.
(24.) In a twisting-in frame, the combination of two frame-sections adjutably connected together, adjustable harness-supports mounted on one of said sections, adjustable reed-clamps also mounted on said section, and adjustable beam-supporting means arranged on the other of said sections, substantially as described.
(25.) In a thread-holding mechanism for twisting-machines, the combination of a suitable support, and spring warp-sustaining hooks carried by said support, substantially as described.
(Specification, £1; drawings, 6s.)

No. 13783.—5th July, 1901.—OCTAVE DE SANTA CRUZ, of 94, Rue de l’Université, Paris, and Trappes, Seine et Oise, France, Gentleman. A new or improved process and apparatus for the preservation of meat and other food or alimentary substances.

Claim.—The preservation of food by using the combined action of vacuum, carbonic acid under pressure, and cold—that is to say, by submitting such chilled food, in a hermetically sealed vessel substantially of the type and construction specified and shown, to the action of carbonic acid applied and retained under pressure, the food thus being at a refrigerating temperature without freezing, and such refrigerating temperature being maintained throughout such treatment, substantially as described.
(Specification, 4s. 6d.; drawings, 1s.)

No. 13784.—5th July, 1901.—WILLIAM MCARTHUR STEWART, of Unwin’s Bridge Road, St. Peter’s, near Sydney, New South Wales, Manufacturer. Improvements in incubators.

Claims.—(1.) In the construction of apparatus for heating incubators, the arrangement of a plunger e with tube or casing a and a stop-loop c connected with a movable burner in combination with a lamp or flame, substantially as described and explained, and as shown in the drawings.
(2.) In the construction of incubators, a grooved or corrugated conduit f in combination with a flame, substantially as described and explained, and as shown in the drawings.
(Specification, 2s. 6d.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 13786.—5th July, 1901.—THE HALL SIGNAL COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maine, United States of America, and having its principal place of business at 25,