Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), Friday 5 September 1902, page 2


INVENTION AND PATENTS. ? 0 ?

[Compiled for the Chamber, of Manufactures and The Register by Messrs. Collison & Co., licensed patent ageDt8.]-^pplications for the week ended Auzust SO: — Improvements in combined strippers

and harvesters, Masscy Harris Company, Limited; No. 7890. An improved collapsible field gate, S. 8, Ooburn; No. 7891. An improved hydraulic duplex oil brake (provisional), G. \V. Blanks; No. 7892. Improved method of saving carbonic add gas in the manufacture of aerated waters and appliances for Bairc (provisional), E. P. Coulter; No. 7893. Improvement in mattress filling machines, K. Weocll; No. 7S94. An improved tap for canvas and other w»ter bags (provisional), R, MfMlfhcn; No. 7896. Extensible plough and cultivator share and means of advancing and adjusting the same, A. J. W. Morgan; No. 7896. Improvements in railway traffic control systems, W. Eowe; No. 7897. An improved rorthod of and apparatus for automatically operating telephone exchanges (provisional), L. E. De Mole; No. 7898. Improvements in roofing tilemaking machinery, A. Ford; No. 7890. An improved burner and mantle for incandescent gas lighting, A. C. Auchcr; No. 7900. ? Caller— 'Why did you discharge, your cashier?' Bank PresKlentr-'We caught him looking over a map.' The optimist expects the best and is disappointed, and the pessimist expects the worst and is disappointed.