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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November i, 1906. 



number of segmental pieces of leather sewn together in pairs 

 and then sewn end to end] . h. Cox. Birmingham. 

 10,166 (1905). Fishing bait. I,. A. Crossle, London. 

 [Abstractbd in thb Illustrated Official Journal. Sf.i'tembkr 12. 1906.] 



10,244(1905). Overshoe for golfers. G. C. de Rinzy, Georgetown, 

 Demerara, British Guiana. 



10,393 (I905)- Means for securing clastic tires to rims. S. Simp- 

 son, Kxeter. 



10,401 (1905). Bottle stopper. [Relates to a bottle for holding 

 liquid required to be witlulrawn drop bj- drop, the liquid being 

 remos-ed through a flexible rubber appliance .ittached to a rod 

 fixed in the cork.] K Zum Tobel, Ravensburg, Germany. 



10.499 (1905). Pneumatic tire [secured to the rim by forcing the 

 edges apart by the action of a wedging strip, which is tight- 

 ened by a screw passing through the rim]. W. T. Smith. 

 Bolton, Lancashire. 



10.500 (1905). Means for securing metal treads to rubber tires by 

 studs. Same. 



10,613 (1905). Elastic tire. W. B. Hartridge, London. 



10,662 (1905). Pads for curing headache by applying pressure to 

 the temples. S. A. Bhisey, Islington, London. 



•10,673 ('905)- Fountain pen. J. Blair, New York city. 



♦10,678 (lyos). Resilient protector for elastic tires. [Con.sists of 

 separated circumferential metal rings, and an outer circum- 

 ferential metal tread ring, the whole sprung into position 

 and retained without additional securing means.] E. Krebs, 

 Albany, New York. 

 [Aestractf.d in the Illustrated Official Journal, Septkmber 19. 1906.] 



* 10.754 (1905). Vacuum cleaning apparatus. A. E. Moorhead, 

 Oakland, Calif. 



*io,778 (1905). Pneumatic tire [consisting of a series of resilient 

 annular tubes arranged inside a tubular cover]. G. S. Squires, 

 Boston, Massachusetts. 



10,823 (1905). Tool for removing and replacing pneumatic tires. 

 L. Mellor, Tideswell, via Buxton, Derbyshire. 



10,836 (19051. Fountain pen. G. W. Hughes, Birminghrm. 



10,859(1905). Golf ball. [In order to diminish the spin given to 

 a ball when it is sliced in driving, and to assist putting by caus- 

 ing a ball to come to rest quickh- when it begins to slowdown, 

 the ball is formed with a central cavity partly filled with mer- 

 cury. The ball consists of an elastic steel globe, enclosed in a 

 casing of Gutta-percha.] R. P. Wilson, Westminster. 



11,236(1905). Elastic tire. [Segmental rubber tires fitted be- 

 tween transverse partitions on the rim.] A. F. Stevenson, 

 Warrington, Lancashire. 



PROCESS FOR SOLING CANVAS SHOES. 



THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. 



Patents 

 363,029 ( Feb. 6, I 

 363.182 (Jan 27) 

 363,113 (Feb. 9). 

 363,121 (Feb. 9). 

 363,154 (Feb. 12), 



363.178 (Jan- 24)- 

 363,188 (Jan. 30). 

 363,225 (Feb. 12) 

 363,338 (Feb. 16), 

 363,144 (Feb 



goods. 

 363,291 (Feb 

 363-339 ( Feb 

 363,341 (Feb 

 363 386 ( Feb 

 363,402 (Feb 



12 



14). 

 16). 

 16). 

 17). 

 19)- 



363,576 (Feb. 23) 



Issued (With Dates of Application.) 



906). Rousseau & Hancoun. Vulcanized fiber 



C. H. Scott. Oilcloth machine. 

 E. Lapisse. Pneumatic tire. 

 DeClosel. Spring wheel. 

 . C. Burnett. Elastic tire. 



Baron de Bourgoing. Spring wheel. 



G. Lepoutre. Spring wheel 



Subra. Pneumatic tire. 



Ripley & Sautler. -\utoinatic antiskid. 



H. Penther. Method of repairing waterproof 



F. C. Hood. Rubber washing machine. 

 B. Gratz Rubber purifying process. 

 Same Preparing rubber for vulcanization. 

 Hartridge Leather tire. 

 J. Edmondson. Pneumatic tire. 

 Freeborn. Dentists' plate vulcanizer. 



[Note.— Printed copies of specifications of French patents may be obtained 

 from R. Bobet, Ingenieur-Counseil, 16 avenue de Villiers, Paris, iat 50 cents each, 

 postpaid.] 



A CRiTicAt review of the genus Sap!///)!, and particularlj- 

 of the rubber yielding species included in it, contributed bj- 

 Dr. Jacques Huber, of the ParA Museum to the D/cllet/n de 

 I'Herbier Boissier (Geneva), and a monograph of interest 

 and value, has been reprinted separately in a brochure of 50 

 octavo pages. 



A IS'EW invention by Thomas Miller, Auburn, Rhode 

 -^^*- Island, relates to means for vulcanizing rubber soles 

 to shoes, its object being to provide a simple apparatus 

 whereby rubber soles, heels, and foxing may be molded on 

 to canvas or other shoes, and secured permanently thereon 

 by vulcanization of the rubber while under a great pressure. 

 The practice in making these canvas shoes has been to form 

 the rubber sole separate, cement it on to the rubber, and 

 then place the shoe and sole in an oven and vulcanize them 

 without the use of pressure. Not only are shoes thus con- 

 structed apt to pull apart, but they do not present the same 

 finished appearance as when molded into exactly the re- 

 quired form under pressure. 



The illustrations are as follows: Fig. 1 — Side elevation 



On rfTl 



( ) ( ^ 



showing clamping press with two shoes in position to have 

 soles vulcanized thereon ; Fig. 2 — Side elevation partlj* in 

 section showing clamping device, steam chamber, and shoe 

 in position in the mold. 



Claim 7 of the patent specification reads : " In a device of 

 the character described, a mold made iti one piece adapted 

 to form heel, sole, and fo-xing portion only of a shoe, a last 

 over which a shoe may be formed, flexible means for apply- 

 ing pressure to said last, said last adapted to fit the mold 

 and assist in the formation of the heel, sole and foxing por- 

 tion therein, said mold being so formed as to closely fit the 

 upper on the last at the foxing line thereof to cause a resist- 

 ance when under pressure and insure the plastic material 

 being forced into the pores of the upper and adhere to the 

 same and means for applying heat to the material." 



This item of history in connection with the trade occurs 

 in an article on book collectors and book sales, in the Lon- 

 don Daily Neivs : "The late Mr. Edwin Truman was per- 

 haps the oldest book collector in London when he died in 

 April, 1905. As some will remember, he was dentist to the 

 ro3-al household for over half a century, and it was he who 

 discovered that Gutta-percha can be purified in any quantity 

 by mechanical means without injury to the material. Mr. 

 Truman never paid large sums for books or prints, yet for a 

 volume of seventeenth century plays which cost him 25., 

 ;^88 was realized on February 15." We have not found 

 elsewhere a record of Mr. Truman's connection with the 

 trade as stated. 



