236 Class 5.—MACHINES FOB DIRECT USE, INCLUDING- CARRIAGES, [United

North Areas A. B. 10 to 34; C. D. E. 1 to 10, & 19 to 33 ; F. 1 to 32 ; G. H. 1 to 13, & 19 to 26.

Lambert and Son’s Patent Vulcanized India-rubber Water Taps.

480 Wight, James, 95 Nelson Street , Tradeston ,Glasgow —Inventor.

Water-wheel and small cistern for regulating the water.The latenary water-wheel is intended to give more effectthan can be obtained from the same quantity of waterapplied upon an overshot wheel of the best construction.The power is at once applied at the greatess extent ofthe leverage, without any increase in the diameter of thewheel.

482 Collinge & Co., 65 Bridge Road, Lambeth —Manufacturers.

Specimens of screw-lifting jacks.

484 England, G., Ilatoham Iron Works , New Cross —Inventor and Manufacturer.

Patent traversing screw-jack, for raising and movingheavy bodies, both vertically and laterally. It is par-ticularly applicable to railway purposes, as in case of anengine being off the line of rails, two men, with thissimple machine, can reinstate the engine upon the railsin less than half the time that 50 men could without it,although they may have all other known means at com-mand to assist them.

485 Bayjian, Henry, 35 Old Gravel Lane , Ratcliffe—Inventor and Manufacturer.

Double and single purchase improved screw liftingjacks. The principal feature in these jacks is, that oneman can raise twice as much as by the common jack,without fear of accident, as they will not run down whiletaking up or lowering a weight. The single purchase isequal to the ordinary double, and is lighter. Adapted forrailways, engineers, storing wool on board ships, &c.

486 Haley, —, Frome Street , Somerset —Producer.Specimens of lifting jacks.

488 Gladstone, John, jun., & Co., Liverpool —Manufacturers.

Railway screw jack of simple construction, easily car-ried about by one man, and capable of lifting heavyweights. A jack is necessary in case of accident, such ascollisions, carriages running off the rails, or in the eventof either wheels or axles giving way, and as an aid in theremoval of obstructions.

490 Thornton, J., & Sons, Birmingham—Manufacturers.

1. Patent coupling for railway waggons and carriages.Thornton and McConnell’s patent. The carriages aresecured together by means of hooks and links with crossbars, which are moved from the outsides of the carriages,and prevent the dangerous practice of going underneathand between the carriages for the purpose of couplingand uncoupling them. See figure annexed.

Thornton’s Patent Coupling for Railway Waggons.

2. Patent steam-engine piston. Exhibitors’ patentThe packing rings of this piston are adjusted by meansof two conical surfaces, acted on by a spring and elasticdiscs.

3. Improved carriage axles, exhibiting different con-structions, manufactured from the Patent Shaft and Axle-tree Company s iron, each axle being composed of at leastnine different bars of iron welded together, prepared forthis purpose, and insuring greater safety.

4. Hydraulic lifting jack for railway engines and car-riages. Its advantages are, the ease and steadiness withwhich a great weight can be raised by one person, thefacility with which the lowering of the weight can be re-gulated without labour, and its economy, since one manwith this jack may lift 15 to 20 tons.

Fig. 1 represents the hydraulic lifting jack, a is ahollow vessel forming the base of the jack, and also areservoir for the water; 6, the cylinder; c, the ram;d, the pump; e, the plunger ; /, the slide ; g, the pump-lever ; h, conical pointed pin ; i, a small air-tap.

5. Improved crown-head lifting screw jack; powerful,portable, and quick in its action. (See fig. 2.)