LIST OF PATENTS, Issued from the United States Patent Office for the week ending November 17 of interest to firemen. Specially reported for THK FIREMAN’S JOURNAL by Geo. R. Byington, solicitor of patents, Washington, D. C. Z. E. Coffin, Boston, Mass., hydrant. F. W. Robertshaw, Pittsburgh, hose nozzle. J. Dowling and J. Lee, Jr., Plymouth, Pa., self-closing hydrant.