Thomas J. Conway

ANENT THE CONWAY PATENT.

Great Results Are Claimed for Glass Press

Recently Patented by Former

Ohio Valley Boy.

Last week this paper mentions the fact that Thomas J. Conway, the well known glass worker, who is employed at the Hemingray factory, Muncie, Ind., was granted patent No. 849,461 on a glass pressing machine. Conway claims his invention will revolutionize the methods of pressing insulators, on which line he was working at Hemingray's.

For two years Conway, assisted by Deputy State Factory Inspector, H. Richards, has been working on the invention, which, according to the inventors, is a success and will prove so when it is offered to the market.

The only drawback to the invention having been completed by someone years ago, was the arrangement of machinery so as to operated the peculiarly shaped screws on the molds. Unless these screws are operated correctly they shatter the threads on insulators and other glassware. In his invention, Conway claims that he has overcome this obstacle. It is said he has received a number of flattering offers for his invention, but has not yet decided to accept any of them. Conway formerly resided at Martins Ferry, O., and is well known throughout the Ohio Valley glass district.