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magnet, of a branch circuit open between insulated rails and
joined up to the outdoor signal battery, substantially as de-
scribed and explained. (6.) In railway-traffic-control systems
and in a block or section thereof, the combination with the
instrument circuit, the outdoor signal circuit controlled
by a relay in said instrument circuit, of a branch circuit from
the outdoor signal circuit to insulated rails embracing therein
a local alarm-bell, substantially as described and explained.
(7.) In railway-traffic-control systems and in a block or
section thereof, the combination with the instrument circuit,
the outdoor signal circuit, and a local alarm-bell branch cir-
cuit, of a relay in said local alarm-bell circuit, and an ad-
ditional battery circuit adapted to be switched on to the
wire of said instrument circuit by said relay, substantially
as described and explained. (8.) In railway-traffic-control
systems and in a block or section thereof, the combination
with insulated rails in or at crossings or sidings or any
predetermined point in the permanent-way of a battery, an
electrically operated audible signal, and make-and-break con-
tacts in the circuit of such battery operated by devices on
or attached to the signal or points levers of said crossings,
&c., substantially as described and explained. (9.) In rail-
way-traffic-control systems and in a block instrument
therefor, the combination with push-bar such as 9 of
spring such as 11, armature such as 12, electro-magnet such
as 13, and make-and-break contacts, substantially as
described and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(10.) In railway-traffic-control systems and in semaphore
signals therefor, the combination with the pull-wire from
the signal lever and its balance lever such as 31 of
cord or chain such as 32, pulley such as 33, weighted
lever such as 34, and connection to an arm such as
36, and at the end of said cord or chain such as 32
an armature and hood such as 39, and electro-magnet
such as 38, and electrical connections for energising said
electro-magnet such as 38, substantially as described and ex-
plained, and as illustrated in the drawings. (11.) In railway-
traffic-control systems and in a block or section thereof, the
combination with an electro-magnet adapted to render opera-
tive a normally inoperative signal-arm, of an electrically
operated audible signal in electrical series therewith, and
whose absence will break the circuit of said electro-magnet,
substantially as described and explained. (12.) In railway-
traffic-control systems and in a block or section thereof, the
combination with a resounding dome or bell such as 40, of
resilient holding-checks and electrical conductors such as
41, hollow chamber such as 42 having electrical ends such as
43 and 44, with wires such as 48 and 49, and insulated body
such as 45, containing cartridge or detonator such as 46,
adapted to be electrically fired, substantially as herein de-
scribed and explained, and as illustrated in the drawings.
(13.) The combination and aggregation together of me-
chanical and electrical parts, as and for the purposes set forth,
constituting an improved railway-traffic-control block and its
system of working, substantially as described and explained,
and as illustrated in the drawings.
(Specification, £1; drawings, 2s.)

No. 15317.—28th August, 1902.—HARRIET THATCHER, of
King William Road, Hyde Park, South Australia, Gentle-
woman (assignee of Stephen Henry Manners, of 164, Parade,
Norwood, South Australia, Agricultural Engineer). Improve-
ments in attachments for bicycles, boats, and vehicles, for
use as a shade and sail, and applicable also for steadying and
supporting cycles, and for advertising purposes.

Claims.—(1.) In improvements in attachments for bicycles,
boats, and vehicles, for use as a shade and sail, and applicable
also for steadying and supporting cycles and for advertising
purposes, a mast or standard as B arranged within a mast
step or socket, and provided with a spherical end as E set at
an angle from the mast. (2.) In improvements in attach-
ments for bicycles, boats, and vehicles, for use as a shade and
sail, and applicable also for steadying and supporting cycles,
and for advertising purposes, a mast or standard arranged
within a suitable mast step or socket, and terminating with a
concave bearing as F in Fig. 5, substantially as described and
illustrated. (3.) In improvements in attachments for bicycles,
boats, and vehicles, for use as a shade and sail, and applicable
also for steadying and supporting cycles, and for advertising
purposes, a mast-head having a concave bearing thereon and
a cap washer, in combination with a spherical bearing having
revolubly mounted sail-carriers connected therewith, said
spherical bearing being mounted between the concave bear-
ing and the cap washer, substantially as described and
illustrated. (4.) In improvements in attachments for
bicycles, boats, and vehicles, for use as a shade and sail,
and applicable also for steadying and supporting cycles
and for advertising purposes, a base washer such as F¹ pro-
vided with bolt lugs as F¹, and a socket F³ for the reception
of a sail-carrier, an intermediate washer as K provided with
a socket K³, also for the reception of a sail-carrier, a cap
washer-plate as L provided with lugs as L¹, the several parts
being mounted upon and connected with a spherical-ended
mast-head, and retained together by studs or nuts and bolts,
arranged substantially as described and illustrated, as and for
the purposes set forth, as a combination of parts. (5.) In im-
provements in attachments for bicycles, boats, and vehicles,
for use as a shade and sail, and applicable also for steadying
and supporting cycles and for advertising purposes, a base
washer as F provided with bolt lugs F¹, sockets as F³, pro-
jecting boss J, revolubly mounted sprit-clamp J², and cross-
sprit, arranged substantially as described and illustrated.
(6.) In improvements in attachments for bicycles, boats, and
vehicles, for use as a shade and sail, and applicable also for
steadying and supporting cycles and for advertising purposes,
the combination with a spherical-ended mast-head of a
revolubly mounted base washer, intermediate washer, and cap
washer, the base washer and intermediate washer each being
characterized by sockets as F³ and K³, having spurs integral
therewith as f⁴ and k⁴, and a spiral or helical spreader spring M
common to both, arranged substantially as described and illus-
trated. (7.) In improvements in attachments for bycycles,
boats, and vehicles, for use as a shade and sail, and applicable
also for steadying and supporting cycles and for advertising
purposes, the combination of a spherical-ended mast-head and
base washer, intermediate washer and cap washer, the base
washer and intermediate washer being provided each with
one or more sail-carriers and a sail or shade, substantially
as described and illustrated. (8.) In improvements in
attachments for bicycles, boats, and vehicles, for use as a
shade and sail, and applicable also for steadying and support-
ing cycles and for advertising purposes, the combination of a
spherical-ended mast-head and base washer having a sail-car-
rier and spreader sprit attached thereto and an intermediate
washer having a sail-carrier attached thereto, as and for the
purposes set forth, and as illustrated. (9.) In improvements
in attachments for bicycles, boats, and vehicles, for use as a
shade and sail, and applicable also for steadying and support-
ing cycles and for advertising purposes, a cap washer charac-
terized by a slot or recess as L² for partly accommodating
and limiting the traverse of an adjacent socket for a
sail-carrier, substantially as described and as illustrated.
(10.) In improvements in attachments for bicycles, boats,
and vehicles, for use as a shade and sail, and appli-
cable also for steadying and supporting cycles and for
advertising purposes, the combination of a spherical-
ended mast-head and two metal bars having integral re-
cesses arranged for the reception of sail-spreaders, and bind-
ing studs or bolts connected therewith as an alternative com-
bination of parts. (11.) In improvements in attachments
for bicycles, bolts, and vehicles, for use as a shade and sail,
and applicable also for steadying and supporting cycles and
for advertising purposes, a segment plate having a bearing
rim wherein a depression is formed, said plate being attached
to the movable steering-gear of the cycle, and a spring-
governed plunger provided with a roller bearing arranged to
impinge upon and gear into said bearing rim and depression,
such plunger being connected with a fixed portion of the
cycle, as illustrated, and for the purpose indicated. (12.) In
improvements in attachments for bicycles, boats, and vehicles,
for use as a shade and sail, and applicable also for steadying
and supporting cycles and for advertising purposes, a cord-
grip comprising a metal plate or casting, constructed so
as to form a front end having a circular hole therein, con-
verging sides, and a circular opening in the back end, together
with a roller characterized by a circumferential groove about
its centre, arranged together as described and illustrated.
(13.) In improvements in attachments for bicycles, boats, and
vehicles, for use as a shade and sail, and applicable also for
steadying and supporting cycles and for advertising purposes,
the combination and arrangement of a spherical-ended mast-
head, adjustable washers and sail-carriers and a shade or sail,
substantially as described and illustrated, and for the pur-
poses indicated. (14.) In improvements in attachments for
bicycles, boats, and vehicles, for use as a shade and sail, and
applicable also for steadying and supporting cycles and for
advertising purposes, the combination and arrangement of a
spherical-ended or concave mast-head, adjustable washers
and sail-carriers, and a cross-sprit and a shade or sail, sub-
stantially as described and illustrated, and for the purposes
indicated. (15.) The specified attachments for bicycles,
boats, and vehicles, for use as a shade and sail, and applicable
also for steadying and supporting cycles and for advertising
purposes, arranged together as described and illustrated, as
and for the purposes indicated, as a combination of parts.
(Specification, 14s.; drawings, 2s.)

No. 15327.—26th August, 1902.—FOREIGN MCKENNA
PROCESS COMPANY, a corporation organized under the laws
of the State of Wisconsin, and having their principal office
for doing business in Milwaukee, in said State of Wisconsin,
United States of America (assignees of David Holliday
Lentz, of Joliet, Will County, Illinois, United States of