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upon the handle of the pan, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth. (2.) The improved cover for frying-pans
or like receptacles, substantially as described and explained,
and as illustrated in the drawings.

(Specification, 2s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 25705.—18th March, 1909.—MORTIMER LAWRENCE
SWEENEY, of 505 West 140th Street, New York, United States
of America, Gentleman; and CHARLES HENRY TREAT, of 54
West 40th Street, New York aforesaid, Gentleman. An
improved cable code.

Claims.—(1.) A code which consists of a series of three-
letter words each of which has a predetermined meaning,
said three-letter words being adapted to be combined into
a nine-letter pronouncable word and transmitted as a single
word. (2.) A code which consists of a series of three-letter
words each of which has a predetermined meaning, said three-
letter words being adapted to be combined into a nine-letter
pronouncable word and transmitted as a single word, and a
series of single-letter code-symbols which may be added to
a word formed by the combination of the three-letter words.
(3.) A code which consists of a plurality of tables, each table
comprising a series of three-letter words each of which has
a predetermined meaning, said three-letter words being
adapted to be combined in a nine-letter pronouncable word
and transmitted as a single word, and indicators adapted
to be used with said three-letter words to indicate a particular
table. (4.) A code which consists of a plurality of two-, three-,
and four-letter words, each of which has a predetermined
meaning, said words being adapted to be combined into a
pronouncable word and transmitted as a single word, and
indicators adapted to be used with said two-, three-, and
four-letter words to indicate the division of the entire word
into its proper syllables.

(Specification, 6s.; drawing, 2s.)

No. 25713.—19th March, 1909.—SIDNEY BYRON ORR, of
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Engineer. An im-
proved composition for making butter-coolers and the like.

Extract from Specification.—According to this invention a
porous composition comprising plaster-of-paris, borax, and
alum is made into butter-coolers and the like. These ingre-
dients are mixed together and water added until the mixture
is sufficiently fluid to be placed in a mould. A convenient
mould for my purpose is constructed in two parts—an outer
part, and an inner part of less dimensions. The mixture is
placed in the outer mould, and the smaller mould is then
placed within the outer mould and kept in position by weights,
clamps, or the like until the ingredients have set.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]

(Specification, 2s. 9d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 25722.—20th March, 1909.—CHARLES BARNARD ASKEW,
of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. Dredge.

Extract from Specification.—Among the features of my in-
vention are the provision of means for automatically operating
the relief-valve to admit water to the suction-pipe above the
normal suction-mouth at any time that the suction-pipe
becomes clogged, or when the suction-pipe meets with an ob-
struction to its progress, or at any time that the direction
of movement of the suction-pipe is reversed, or at all such
times; likewise the provision of automatic means whereby
the contact of the suction-mouth with any serious obstruction
causes a reversal of the direction of movement of said suction-
mouth; and, further, the provision of means whereby the
traverse of the suction-pipe is recorded.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]

(Specification, 10s. 6d.; drawings, 3s.)

No. 25760.—31st March, 1909.—ROBERT WILLIAM RALPH,
of 163 Rosebery Avenue, Manor Park, London, England,
Electrical and Mechanical Engineer. Improved means for
displaying pictures, advertisements, and other notices or
announcements.

Extract from Specification.—Providing an arrangement
whereby the rollers are rotated to wind up their blinds by
frictional contact with tracks as the rollers are caused to
travel along the front of the apparatus.

[NOTE.—The above extract from the specification is inserted in place
of the claims.]

(Specification, 10s.; drawing, 2s.)

No. 25762.—31st March, 1909.—NORMAN TAYLOR HAR-
RINGTON, of Lansing, Michigan, United States of America,
Mechanical Engineer. Improvements in explosion-engines.

Claims.—(1.) The method of operating explosion-engines
which consists in introducing into the explosion-chamber a
cold mixture of air, atomized liquid fuel, and water, the fuel
being relatively low in volatility, and in maintaining the
walls of the explosion chamber at a relatively high tempera-
ture. (2.) The means for forming the mixture of air and
atomized liquid comprising a suction air conduit, liquid jets
discharging therein, and a foraminous screen across the path
of the commingled air and liquid. (3.) The means for auto-
matically maintaining the liquid supplying the jet, com-
prising a reservoir having separate chambers therein, on-
having the jet supply conduit and an overflow connection
and the other a suction-operated liquid-supply conduit, and
a check-valve for cutting off communication between said
chambers during the suction. (4.) The unjacketed head in
which the explosion-chamber is formed, and which is main-
tained at a relatively high temperature during the introduc-
tion and compression of the explosive charge. (5.) The
arrangement of the igniter out of the direct path of the in-
coming explosive mixture. (6.) The arrangement of a
plurality of reservoirs for different liquids around the air-
induction conduit, with discharge-jets from said reservoirs
into said conduit controlled by individual valves.

(Specification, 10s.; drawing, 3s.)

No. 25763.—31st March, 1909.—JAMES BENJAMIN SEAGER,
of Chestnut Street, Lansing, Michigan, United States of
America, Mechanical Engineer. Improvements in car-
buretters.

Claims.—(1.) A carburetter of the suction type, and means
for automatically maintaining the level of the liquid supply-
ing the jet in the carburetter operated solely by the suction
for the carburetter. (2.) The construction as above, having
a reservoir and an overflow connection therefor for maintain-
ing a constant level of liquid therein, and for discharging
the surplus liquid. (3.) The construction as above, having
check-valves controlling the supply and overflow. (4.) The
construction as above, provided with a tank at a lower level
from which the liquid is elevated and to which the overflow
returns. (5.) The means for producing a differential suction
effect in the reservoir and at the liquid-discharge nozzle in
the carburetter, whereby liquid is simultaneously supplied
to and discharged from the reservoir.

(Specification, 4s. 3d.; drawing, 1s.)

No. 25781.—31st March, 1909.—NIELS SCHIERN FRIDERICH-
SEN, of Vesterfaelledvej No. 44, Copenhagen, Denmark,
Mechanical Engineer. Machine for casting lead seals and the
like.

Claims.—(1.) Machine for casting lead seals and the like,
characterized by a rotatable disc placed between two sta-
tionary discs and containing moulds with cores, which disc
receives during its rotation the molten lead coming from a
gas-heated furnace, cuts off the supply of the same, and carries
the seals to a knock-out device ejecting the seals from the
moulds. (2.) Constructional form of the machine in accord-
ance with claim 1, characterized thereby, that in the stationary
disc 7 placed below or above the rotatable disc 8 an eccentric
or partially eccentric channel 13 is cut, whereby the rotatable
disc is provided with a series of moulds 22, each having a
core 14 placed in an adjacent bearing, each core engaging with
a pin 15 in the channel 13, so that the core will be brought
into the mould and out again, when the supply of lead is cut
off, thus permitting the finished seal after being cooled down
to be ejected by teeth or prongs 21 on a wheel 20 driven from
the main shaft of the machine. (3.) Modified constructional
form of the knock-out device in accordance with claim 2,
consisting of a rod displaceable upwards and downwards and
driven by the main shaft.

(Specification, 4s.; drawing, 3s.)

No. 25782.—31st March, 1909.—GEORGE ROBERTSON HIS-
LOP, of Greenhill House, Paisley, Scotland, Gas Engineer.
Improvements in domestic fires, ranges, and the like.

Claims.—(1.) In a room-fire, grate, kitchen-range, and
the like, the combination with the fire-chamber of a curved
hollow partition in said chamber, a reverberating-chamber
beyond the partition, and a casing located above said rever-
berating-chamber. (2.) In a room-fire, grate, kitchen-range,