The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 105
Articles in this issue
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Prominent figures from the American Bicycle Company, tire manufacturers, and New York banking firms incorporated the Single Tube Automobile & Bicycle Tire Co. with $1,000,000 capital to acquire and operate the Tillinghast single tube tire patent.
- Colonel Dodge on the Deal
Colonel Dodge clarified that while the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company had acquired Colonel Pope's interest in the Tillinghast Tire Association, he remained the legal owner of the patent and intended to continue fighting the United States Rubber Company until it paid royalties.
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The Tillinghast tire license required manufacturers to pay a 25-cent royalty per pair of tires monthly, adhere to a set price scale, and crucially to acknowledge the validity of the patent and never contest it — provisions that bound nine manufacturers through to the court's decision.
- May Cheapen Carbide: Process of Continuous Production Discovered
Professor Freeman at the Armour Institute in Chicago discovered a new continuous process for manufacturing calcium carbide using a hollow electric arc lamp fed with lime and coke powder, promising to cut production costs significantly.