The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-15
GREENE's PISTON PACKING.

GREENE's PISTON PACKING.
transverse holes, each alternate one OF
which opens into groove in one edge of
the ring. the other opening into n cor
responding groove in the other edge.
Aperrures through the piston admit
steam TO one OF these concentric grooves,
and similar apertures Ia the follower
admit steam from the other side of the
piston to the opposite groove. Each al
teraate peripheral groove in the chuck
ring communicates with one set OF the
tranverse holes back OF IL. as Indicated
in the section AT the right, SO that, IN
whichever direction the piston is travel
ing, steam at cylinder pressure is admit
ted to one set Of the lubrcating grooves,
thus at all times keeping the entire peri
phery Of the piston thoroughly lubri-
Gated.
At the Worlds Fair.
Rhode Island Tool company of this city
Is represented In the northeast corner
OF Section =. manufacturers and liberal
: arts building The exhibit consists OF
the various articles of the company's
manufacture wired upon boards. In
this collection are cold-punched nuts.
tase-hardened hexagon nuts, rough IN l.
chine bolts, milled and finished machine
bolts, cap screws. turn buckles eye bolts,
machinists' wrenches, some finished
piecs of special work and quite variety
of drop forgings. The boards are fast
ened TO frame work and cover a space
of about by feet.
A New windiass.
notable feature OF new windlass is
that it has an elastic steam cushion,
without which the hawser would be con-
tinually straining and frequently break
ing. A MANILA hawser is very bulky,
aud IL also becomes very expensive on
account of it's ordinary wear and tear.
nnd as steel wire hawser will last a
long time without stranding or even
straining. it follows that the steel haw-
ser pays in the end.
America Still Ahead.
Some of the textile papers have re-
Gently had word or two to say in regard
90 the fact that foreign country has in
troduced an automatic shearing machine
ana Is therefore ahead of America i'm
that respect. But America is ahead now
as regards handling the fleece after IL is
of the sheep. because an American has
Just invented device for automatically
sorting wool. 1t consists of set OF
steel knives in plate. "A shaft and
elbow arrangement, atteched to the
Drank OF a revolving shaft. Is nxed To
the top OF the plate, work
means of large wheel. the elbow ar
rangement causes the plate to slowly de-
scend upon the fleece, and whea it
reaches it, the soft wool is cut into by
the blades and the respective parts sep
arated according Co grade. The gain OF
having these automatic wool sorting
machines will be the amount in wages,
as the machines can separate the differ
cnt grades OF wool in "A single fleece is
about two minutes, whereas IL would re-
Quire two or three hours time for wool
sorter TO do it thoroughly.
Prospects of Mouidors' Strike.
The Iron Are, dn discussing the pros
pect OF a moulders' strike. says "The
stove manufacturers appear TO be quite
unconcerned over the prospect of a
strike. In fact, the opinion is freely ex-
pressed among them that the stove trade
this year would be benefited and not in
jured II all the foundres were to be shut
down for sixty days or more. Some of
the manufacturers may not have as
much stock made up as they would like
TO see in their warehouses at this time OF
the year, but arrangements could doubt
less be made by which regular trade
would be provided for. Tne moulders
are deplorably deceiving themselves If
they think that the manufacturers will
weaken merely because this is usually
the time OF the year when they pusn
work in the stove foundries to their ut
most capacity"
General Notes.
II. Seaman from Rockland Is frame
spinner at Harris cotton mill in Woon-
socket, in place or l.. Il. Gleason.
Il. A. Chase g. Co have bought the ID.
4. Dudley a. Son Shuttle works at Will
kinson.
w. j. Thornley, OF Forestdale, is now
boss OF the cloth room a. Clinton mill,
Woousocket, In place OF Luke Cox.
The Warren Manufacturing company,
Warren, has placed another repet tt orr
der with G. T. Riley d Co, OF Boston,
for mules. 20 be built by Asa Lees 81 Co.
It has also placed with the same
firm a repeat order for specders. TO be
built by Howard & BulIough.
Mr.. T.. A. I.oomis, OF Belcher e. Loomis.
is a member OF the Ma sachuseLts Hard,
ward Dealers association. 4. Eugene
Barber Of Pawtucket Is also member.
Warren Webster a. Co. Of 49i North
Third street. Philadelphia. manufac-
turers of the Webster vacuum feed
water Leater, have book ed orders during
The month OF March with New Englnnd
Electroiytic Copper company, Central
Falls.
Thomas Tranor has been appointed
cloth inspector with Fred Ia Sayles d
20. Of Pascoag.
O. B. Parker, superintendent OF the
Central Falls mills. Is of on a visit
A patent on q lock brake was recently
issued to Mr.. Volney w. Mason Of this
city.
Last week patent was issued to Mr..
A. Anderson OF this city for a bicycle
wrench. type requiring lightness.
strength. small bulk aud wide range OF
opsuing capacity.