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Show A NLW IIIK MINU UKVtt K. lira Engine llera-a llarnraaril hf 0a Mote of tbe llund. K. V, Hmlth, a mtolitnlol anlnrrr realdli g at fi.J Filth ttrret, baa Invent-edauuhjued Invent-edauuhjued vloa lu tha way of an automatio flxtara for tha rapid bar-nesting bar-nesting of Ore-engine b ireea, aaya tba Han Kranolioj Cbrotilcle. it la lu tended tend-ed to do away with much of tha time and labor now neoettary In getting the buret ready to leave tba auglna-houia after an alarm of Ara baa bee a rung In. With the hitching apparatus now In main tba Dra department It lequlrea tba aarvlcea of three or four toeo to hllobuptwo b or sat. Thu oullar ol tha liortaa ara not telf-clnslTig, and baea to bo drawn down aud avapped he I-1 re tha breeching ran ba dropped Into plant. After this la uocie Iba driver niounta hit teat a id rejeatea the breeching by pullti g a tupv, Wbon the braechlng la dropped lue harness bauKr are ratted lo In a celling by means of cum heraoma welhta, which work up and down a I. a lit at either alda of the build-Inn. build-Inn. Mr. Hiilth't Invnutlon upp.)aod to do away with all thia. Ha baa dr-viaad dr-viaad a eellcluliig o lUr. Tna closing device eontltta of an aluminum oas:-Ing oas:-Ing fitted over tha cilr, provided with a powerful aprlug with an c centrlo reh ate, 1 aera It a small chain run alnc from the intld auaphnl ier through two ateel tulmt faMrm-d ou toe bamea to a onn30on with the arm that ibtowa the ocoeutrlo o it oi gear, ralaaiug tba tolar ai d oloalng It about Ilia hurte'a nok. The tnaule bri'ile snap ta fttud luu a patent hula er, and the one act of pulling this auap from Ha pi.ee releaaee tba oollar aud latteu It ou the horae. Tha hr echlug la relnasrd Bluuiltaueiiutly wltn the colar, and tbe huMta ara tuen hltohrd, with tba xoptlun of alipplug the outside anai imo the ring of tha till. Tna baroata banner la a simple contrivance. con-trivance. lt la a V abated frame, with a counter balatira uu tbe long arm to balance tha harnene. Tha buut-r ralter ouuiiaia ol a tirooa wheel with a gmove In ttia cvnter to aco tmm iiate a A Id Inch rope, A aplral apriug.wlih alining ower of lftd pjuuda la ntte J into the wheel. Thera la a douole automatic brake loumtrel thaapeed ol I tie wheel aa ll rai-ea tba hanger. There, la a rublwr cushion ulHiniwd ou tne lower end ol the pulley roe. At the banger la Jerkva upward alter the harnera la rel. aae l Ibla oiiahluii atrlkea the tme of an Iron arm laa.ened le the t'ollliig, thus throwing lha force oi the blow from tha rising hnoiruur from tba wheel tu tha celllu.'. Ihere la a bell-ehaped cam with Ita base rratlng on the long arm of the banger frame, and th other aud la fastened to loo lower and of tha rope of tha bangnr-ratiar, Thia la lo keep tha banger In a horlxtutal potltlon after the bariiaa It dropped, and to prevent Ita aruia from g jugiug tbe oeiltog aa It rites. Mr. rtmiiti baa been aided tn tbe perfecting of his InveuUoo by Jatuet Murphy, a hral ratchlntit Chief futlivan of tho flra dopart- mr-nl haa ordered one collar and three ha-igeratobe placd In e.,nlne.h' une 9 fur trial. Mr. HuMvan and many local mechanical engineer have aaia they I'. Ink Mr. Hmltb'i lnveatltn a highly valoatiie one, |