Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-14
CONNECTICUT PATENTS.
New Inventions Designed by People
 of This State,

from Our Special Correspondent
 Washington. Jan 14.--Frederick k.
 towers of New Haven is the inventor and patentee of tire cover which. as q new article of manufacture. con-
 prlses a circular tubular case of three parts, two sides of identical ring form and third having the form of paral- ielogram, and a narrow strip having parallel edges uniting circumferentlat circular edges. The inner circular edges meeting in longitudinal seam, which is provided with lacing. buckle and strap fastening for the meeting of the case.
 frederick c. Cannon. another New Haven citizen. has been granted letters patent on two inventions. both tuhu. lar lanterns. He has assigned both to T. C.. Cowles &s Co Of the same city. One is described as having in combina- ton downwardly opening bell, formed in it's top with air inlet open~ iDgs. and ill its sides air outlet open- ings. X ring is located within the ball. formed in conjunction with an annular air chamber and having It's lower ana turned upwardly to form guard chamber and baffle fiangc. and baffie ring extending dOwnwardly in the air chamber which it divides into air inner and outer portion and extend ing into the guard chamber formed by the baff1e fiange. This forms narrow throat for the entrance Of air from the bottom of the bell into the lower end Of the outer portion of the air cham Der. In the second lantern the results are the same. but are reached in slightly different manner.
 Casper Mettlcr. also of New Haven. has been granted five patent on as many different styles of folding chairs. He has assigned One-half interest in each patent to Rollin $. Woodruff Of the same city.
 Joseph and Albert Mann of Bridge port have been granted a patent on a shuttle motion for looms. which they have assigned to the Salts Textile Man. ufacturing Co. The device consists of driving mechanism with picking mechanism during the normal opera ton of the loom and means to auto- matically cause the ball to remain at rest when the loom is reversed.
 George w. Sherman and William A. Wheeler, both of Bridgeport. have !u- vented and patented aD improved loose leaf binder. There is back in comy bination with a shaft rotatably mount cd therein. Rings are secured to this shaft and an operating device also s!idably mounted thereon. and adapted to turn tine same. Resilient means foI normally holding the shaft in its for. ward position and means for locking the same in such position as to hold ;he rings closed. There are also means for holding the operating device in q withdrawn position against the force of inc resilient means.
 Allie NJ. Minter. another Bridgeport inventor. has received @ patent ou- very novel improvement in sissors. The blades of these shears arc provid- ed with finger loops rigidly located m- icrnlc1iate of their length. One of tbc loops bsing parallel with the blade and the otber obliquely thereto. The pivot Is in tie rear of these loops and a stop is provided on the terminal of one of the blades and an extension Oh the other. This extension engages the stop and prevents the blades from passing each other while in use.