OcroBER I, 1906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



15 



NEW GOODS AND SPECIALTIES IN RUBBER. 



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STORES HEAT 



READY 



TOSnURNEOOH 

 ANY TIME 





KVeK-RH.ADY Hh.AT-^TORlNG BAG. 

 ^lllv illustration relates to a new device, called the 

 Ever-Readj- Ileat-Storing Bag, which is claimed as 

 an improvement over the hot water bottle. It is 

 made of the best ParS rubber permanently filled with 

 harmless salts which possess heat-absorbing qualities which 



do not soon become ex- 

 hausted or impaired. 

 When the bag is placed 

 in boiling water the salts 

 become liquefied and re- 

 main liquid until heat is 

 desired at any time after- 

 wards, when by a simple 

 device recrystallization is 

 started and dry heat of 

 about 132 degrees F~. is 

 developed which lasts for 

 hours longer than hot 

 water. The bag may be 

 boiled again when con- 

 venient to store heat for 

 use weeks or days after- 

 wards. The heat lasts 

 from an hour and a half to ten hours and with ordinar3' care 

 the bag will last a long time as the salts preserve rubber. It 

 has the further advantage of always being ready, day or 

 night. An even temperature is maintained for hours and 

 there is no moisture ; the price that so many have to pay 

 for the luxurj' afTorded by the hot water bottle is severe 

 burns caused by bursting seams and leaky stoppers, but with 

 dry heat this is not to be feared. [Bernard Manufacturing 

 Co., 69 Murray street, New York.] 



THK I. & M TIRE ADJUSTER. 

 The reason that so much time is expended in putting on 

 tires is due to the fact that the contraction of the tire at one 



point, caused bj- pressing the 

 ring into place, forces it out at 

 'other points. This expenditure 

 is not alone one of time, as much 

 energy is hopelessly lost. Any- 

 thing that tends to lessen this 

 outgo is something to be con- 

 sidered and adjusters are being 

 introduced into man}' kits. The 

 L. & M. Tire Adjusters are easj- 

 to manipulate and many "swear 

 by them, " but not in a profane 

 sense ; their use seems to do 

 awaj' with that feature of tire 

 adjustment. Five minutes' 

 time, with no assistance, is the 

 space alotted to perform the 

 task. The illustration serves to 

 show the position in which the adjuster is placed. "A " 

 should be over the tire ^i of an inch clear of the ring space, 

 and ••C" underneath the rim; turn "B" to the right. 



This process has to be repeated with the six tools forming 

 the set placed at equal intervals, until the space is made 

 sufiBcient to allow the ring to slip into place. These may 

 also be used in taking ofi" the tire [Long & Mann, Rochester, 

 New York.] 



INFLATED CATCHER'S BODY PROTECTOR. 



The 1906 improved patent of the Reach Inflated Catcher's 

 Body Protector has been a boon to the men on the diamond, 

 times without number. So many 

 catchers are injured by being 

 struck on the shoulder or collar 

 bone by foul tips, that it be- 

 hooves every player in that ca- 

 pacity to protect himself with 

 any armor that would protect 

 and at the same time not inter- 

 fere with the activities incident 

 to the play. The Reach protec- 

 tors are light and pliable, made 

 of the very best rubber and in- 

 flated with air. When not in 

 use the air may be let out and 

 the protector rolled into a very small compass. This makes it 

 an especially attractive proposition as it is necessary often- 

 times for players to have the paraphernalia of the game 

 reduced to its lowest possible amount. That there is a pro- 

 tector of this sort, with all the recommendations of this one 

 is matter for which umpires as well as catchers have reason 

 to be grateful. [.\. J. Reach Co., Philadelphia.] 



THE P. D TIRE REPAIR PLUG. 



A SPEEDY and effectual means of tire repair has been found 

 in the P. D. Q. Tire Repair Plug. No cement is needed, the 

 whole procedure being to lo- 

 cate the puncture and insert 

 a small plug. The chief fac- 

 tor of recommendation about 

 this plug is that it is made 

 entirely of rubber, no metal 

 being employed in its con- 

 struction. In inserting it 

 the inner tube has to be 

 removed at the place of 

 puncture only and the tip 

 inserted. However, if the 

 tip is wet with cement the 

 plug will go into place with 

 greater ease. When this 

 simple operation is com- 

 pleted the repair is made 

 and nothing further remains 

 to be done — the tire has 

 taken a new lease of life. 

 The flange is jammed between the inner tube and the shoe, 

 while the point projects through the inner tube, and is 

 forced against the same by the pressure in the inner tube. 

 The pressure in the inner tube against the point and the 

 pressure of the inner tube against the shoe hold the flange 



