New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-10

PATENTS OF ALL KINDS on ENHiBllloN'
THE SHOW OPENED N THE GRAND CENTRAL
PALACE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF HE
COMMERCIAL EXHIBITION COMPANY.


COMMERCIAL EXHIBITION CoNPANY
The first exhibition OF patents and Inventions ever
held in The United States opened al the 'rahd IN
ira, Palace last night. The object OF those p'o"o'
ing tho scheme Is to give inventors VINO nave 'N-
,onded all ,he,, means In securing patent ana
have no money lief, with winch to advertise the'r
devices a cnance 10 make known to the worm '"o
virtues of :her patents. There are several Hu''e'
exhibitors and everything from A patent dus'pah 10
srencnded trollev-car is included In the catalogues
Of novelties \ good bandfurnishes music refresh
,euts re served IN the restaurant flower and candy
stands are abundant and hundreds OF electric sh'9
gov forth The exhibition 10 gwen uhde' Tue IMAM
asemen. or the CONNER ;ial Exhibition NoN'p"'A'
RI eFcars ~ ,his company are: President. John '
Pohl: members OF the Advisory boafu-NoSePh
Va,z;er Carl Mayer. Henry D. McCord Lee Wof
and n Hubbard. jr secretary. julius A kusei-
man: treasurer W. H. Loeb. directors III
schlesinger and Adam Wiener
Some of the exhibits very interesting one
~ the most important exhibits. that OF an electric
car running suspended from an overhead TRACK
has not been placed in working order. but vii! be
in shape bv next week In this invention the
original idea OF electricity as II motive power i
adhered to- but instead o. the Trucks be'hs De
meath the car they are overhead. ana the wneeiS
run over a suspended rail
or INTEREST TO YACHrSMEN.
An e&bib,t 0, interest TO yachtsnen is a portable
fl may be briefly described as follows: from mo
fin OF the tiller 70 the screw Il is ~ !eet .'hs
Abou, eighteen inches OF this length. consisting
% the motor controlling lever and NIer' are
inboard OF the s;ernpost that part running ou'ooa'u
being simply nickel plated two-inch sha't-'uDe'
lie weight Is thirty-hye pounds. and tho battery
needed to run !, weighs from % 20 20 pohnds
The two-blade screw Is ten inches IN diameter
and lust forward OF this on The sha't-tnne the'e
is n steering-hn Thus. both motor and steering
gear are combined in the same machine. WIN TINS
VIC rrom one-third to oYe-hat an electric horse
mower can be developed with four i-cell batteries.
giving twenty-sx volts. From three TO five miles
on hour II is said can be developed according 20
load and resista nce. In running full speed there
"a almost no vibration. scarcely any noise. and there
&, M dirt Another argument in favor OF such an
o,,rt ,s that the batteries will run an incandescent
lamp for night sailing. fishing or hunhhs' ana al
the same time propel tho boat
4, Interesting exhibit IL a safety window frame
r,,,, frame has 10 a wonderful extent simplihed
Notwithstanding and the trouDiesofhe Suo'e'' o'
ventilation The weather strips are ha'e NOV
hI ard tho window can be turned around on an
axis ,a.. O.. oro ~, TIA
,,.., ~, -, IN. same time useful inventions shown
The fastener ia in the shape Of spring ana ieVer'
working automatically ana ho'H'hs '"e '~'e "''''
when closed. . ~. $4,000.
hay particularlv
ha. frame os light steel or Wool across ""'oh IS
..~.aa basket netting of rawhide or rope IL
e .,tsched TO tho running gear of the car hs'eao VI
,o mo body and thereby all the usual JoSk""k "
bonr,nr up-and down movement ~ opNa'e" "
fender when In position ut either ehn OF inc o"' "
,ached to side bars and drec''y ""''
ateorro Is lust the length of the car IL Is mace
- 40 90 r,n ont ongtudinally with the car h"'
~. .h., two inches above the grounh ana no'h-
inp can get under the wheels IL worms a"''''''
calIy and the grpnan need never ''"" ~ y,
A light steel frame, which the inventor 'i'' '
operating rod projects beyond the front o. ~" "'
and when this strikes an object "th 'e'S''"h
FORCE OF five mounds or even less the fender runs GA"
and the rod slips back and up over H. OUT u '''
way The fender is also arranged 80 INA. :" ma
worked by the grlpman or motor'h''' ;" =,
object rs seen the track the i"hut' HAY =" "
stantly projected by e. simple tonch o. i''' i
The fender is underneath me platform anv one
10 the grounI that by no poSsDilE .V'' ,tcht of
be dragged under the wheels. The entMe a!h,D
The invention, including rs accoin''""'
ism. Is less tnan 100 pounds. ,. g., i,q way il
door fastener that Is novel; ~ ~ fastened al
the END a rod When damned down NV "'''
VA cxbih.i1n o. s,ee &c castings o. six different
shapes from which with suf'icien' hni1i fonnG
many admirers These blocks are 10 ,idc ii,,%n o,
beams. cabes and strand \ NM 'n;t1it "'
FreGueni rf. reports from the dnie,S manner "r
where exhibitions o; the bullet-proo' Tio.n ,ob IS
one ana nne.ousrtnr inchcs hi thickness ~,
celibrc r.fc e Ia hs test II saie1 ,, s1oos
the trials last night an. rs inventor ma iiLG,r'
all competitor The cloth IL adjustable 'or sh''"'"
knapsacks an article OF "lo;hint
PROTECTION Fol: VESSELS.
\ protection FOR vessels IN case o. COLLISION - a.
odd con;rYa3cc and Il vessc equppei VII" "f
invention would look like boat with 'eh''
built around 1t. The inventor says thar mad me
Elbe been protected In this manner she would nave
safely passed through her collision instead OF s'ih-
Ing. The invention consists OF number o. IonS
or shafts capped with india rubber rollers pro
jected from the sides OF vessel and W0fHllB
against heavy springs. In OF a collision the
rollers tend to change the course o: the t%o FcS-
seis ana III" heavy Springs deadcn the Shock
~hile the shafts prevent direct contact.
A patent car-bumper. to he used In rounding
curves and preventing, joting. 10 declared TO be
another comfort for the travelling public. while
attached 20 the same car. which ia vest.bued Is