Show bining PATENTS ISSUED the following follow ing list of united states patents relating to mining machinery was issued by the united states patent office for the week ending december 19 1899 no mining machine william T toss moss of walsall pennsylvania in a mining machine the combination of a pair of horizontal supports vertical standards two of which are adjustably secured to each of said supports near appo opposite zite ends thereof a transverse supporting member carried bv each end pair of said standards a gang drill press adjustably mounted upon one of said traverse supports and a drill rod guide adjustably mounted upon the other transverse support and means for effecting an an angular aular adjustment of said press and guide no railway ore houston mann of piute diute california an ore crushing apparatus consisting of a single circular trough formed of short sea segmental segments abutting and forming tight points joints at their mee meeting ends said sections having upwardly diverting sides and flanges at the top rails secured upon said flanges and a crushing apparatus consisting of a motor with wheels trave traveling linc upon said rails a car drawn by said motor having a roller with spiked surface loosely connected with the front by links a second crushing 11 roller following lowing 7 and similarly connected with the rear of the car and a plurality of weighted drags following the second roller X aa X ill 13 N NO 0 6 3 no apparatus for leveling coal in coke ovens G Hilgen stock of dahlhausen germany assignor to the unit united pd coke and gas company of philadelphia pennsylvania in a apparatus for the leveling of the coal in a coke oven the combination with a carrier rod adapted to be thrust into the oven of shovels supported upon said rod and adapted to be moved along the same and means for giving said shovels a reciprocating movement in the oven and along alone the rod no hot air furnace W 11 II hillyer freeport ohio L Y C C NO in a hot air furnace the combination oban outer inclosing casing of suitable construction and provided with hot air pipes a normally closed drum contained therein and forming an air chamber therewith a flue for conducting air to said chamber an ash pit and a fire box arranged within the drum a smoke flue leading from the fire box a dome closing the fire box and a damper in said dome for controlling the passage of the heat an and products of combustion from the fire box to the drum no ore separator F A pratt of butte montana assignor of two thirds to C brathen and A H of same place A machine for separating ores comprising a funnel shaped screen and a rot rotating atil bucket or distributor centrally disposed within said screen said bucket or distributor having an opening in its side wall and an extensible delivery p pipe ipe through 11 which the material is thrown against the screen no hot air furnace james timms of columbus ohio in a hot air furnace the combination with a structure comprising r an upright portion having a fire chamber therein and a hollow elongated extension pro ejecting upwardly and outwards outwardly dl y from said upright portion of a partition in the upright portion forming formino an air chamber over the fire chamber a partition in the hollow extension dividing the same into two inclined flues flueso parallel throughout ghou t their e entire lengths the upper inclined flue in direct communication I 1 at one end with said air chamber and vided aided at its other end with a hot air outlet and the lower inclined flue communicating at one end with the fire chamber and provided at its other end with a smoke outlet no nozzle for feadin feeding pint finc fuel to furnaces C A robinson of hempstead N Y assignor to the ideal fuel feeder ceder company of same place in a nozzle for feeding fine fuel to furnaces the combination with the hollow main body of a series of independent vertically adjustable i deflector reflectors deflect ors extending tr transversely ansec esely of the main body each adapted to be moved into the path odthe current of air and fuel no furnace john B archer of oakland california the combination with ith a furnace having a fire box of a hollow box or tube arranged to surround said fire box obliquely arranged awyers projecting horizontally from said box or tube and provided with central bores communicating munica muni cating with the latter and an air pipe communicating with said box or tube substantially ly as set forth no rock drill brill G S iila I 1 ila lla th thorne orne and H R P vacher of london england A rock drill comprising a working aylin c under closed on both ends by suitable covers and having inlet exhaust ports located approximately pr equidistantly from each other a chest inclosing the inlet ports a piston fitted in the working cylinder and provided with a con bore and two annular recesses in positions approximately corresponding to the relative position of the ink t and exhaust ports of the cylinder a plug sc bet t in the bore of the piston between the two annular recesses passages connecting the bore of bf the piston with the annular recesses in the body of the piston and with the interior of the cylinder one with that thai in front and the other with that in the rear of the piston and a piston rod journ aled in one cover of the working cyl cylinder inder no raymond A perry of oakland california assignor of one half to the Z P 0 CD oo 00 kt atlantic antie rulf gulf pacific company of west N virginia arg inia in a dredging in apparatus a scow a shaft extending 1 transverse IN across its front a sleeve t the shaft a barrel mounted cited thereon and extending upwardly at right angles with wim the shaft a ladder carrying the cutters and outer portion of the suction pipe piat the inner end of said laadt r being supported by and movable with the barrel N attachment for rock drills pat patrick rie k H ilea reardon adon of san Wran francisco cisco cali fort forc ta ia I 1 id a rock dri dm t I 1 attachment a shell achell provided provid d wi vi 1 h a pocket of cof two diameters in combination vv v ith a column clamp having a lug adapted to irrer i said pocket aco kt af after ter the damp clamp is secured upon opa 1 the column and alli a device opposable to th lug chereb it is is secured in in said pocket sio no daniel whitburn of auckland mew zealand k blasting implement consisting of the knaf r handle A havin having the transverse hole I 1 and the pivoted blade B formed at one end with an extension E providing a punch ano supplemental handle portion said blade be ing further provided with a ab sharp arp cutting ed construe constructed ted with a notch D having its dge idge i serrated substantially as described no electromagnetic apparatus for separating sepa ares res emil kreuer of mech c erme ani h germany n electromagnetic e botic ore se separator parater pa a pair of ev 0 lind rieal electromagnets elci magnets tro having at least ehret ev e v poles of larger diameter than the intermediate parts on which the fig 10 A 0 pr 1 19 0 L NO wire e cals 0 Is are wound the two end nd poles being of th ahr same polarity while the intermediate pole is of opposite polarity and one of the sets se ts of poles being made of large larger r diameter that than the other so that much larger poles of oni one magnet are in contact with those of the other while the polar distance between betwee ii the smaller poles constitutes the mag magnetic netie field 1 for the separation of the ores I 1 tso no ore separator and amal amalgamator 1 a isaac A palmer of seattle washington in an ore separator and amalgamator amalgamates a suspended box provided with a grizzly perforated at intervals throughout hout its length a collector pan fixed to the box below the grizzle and pro ived with perforated raffles riffles rif fles fies a series of aprons within the box below the af pf d sevi sections ions of the th grizzly v and each fiu h having a perforated nellt in staggered rela 1 1 11 ti R h to 14 co 0 1 0 6 Z a n t pa tion to the riffles fiffles on the collector pan a primary screen at the head h a d of the grizzly a tailings receptacle at the delivery end of the box and provided with an inclined apron and a riffle and a discharge screen extending from the grizzly over the tailings ree receptacle epta cle no apparatus for charging 11 materials into open hearth steel melting furnaces james powell Pov vell david colville jr john jardine and T brown mackenzie of motherwell scotland apparatus for charging materials into open hearth steel melting furnaces having b in combination and englesi traveling in band passing around drums carried in a frame an inclined guide atone at one end of the frame and adjust adjustable alile guides at the other a motor for driving darivin 11 the band and a truck or carri carriage aye in for carrying the app apparatus |