February i, 1907.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



153 



New Goods and Specialties in Rubber. 



KLINGTITE QUICK HOSE COUPLEH. 



THIS device for quickly coupling hose requires no tools, 

 washers, clamps, bands, or wires, both male and female 

 ends being attached to the hose. To insure an easy and 

 positive connection one end may be quickly slid over the other. 

 Besides the ease with which it can be adjusted, a principal feature 

 in its favor is that leakage is impossible. This is accounted for 

 by the fact that all the joints become tighter as the pressure 



Patoiit iippllid for. 



Quick Ho.se Coupler. 



increases. In connection with compressed air and vacuum lines, 

 and also wherever it is necessary to make and break a line fre- 

 quently, this style of coupling is distinctly advantageous. In 

 addition to the distinguishing features of this coupling already 

 referred to, means is provided to prevent uncoupling of hose by 

 any external lateral strain greater than the internal pressure, and 

 means are also provided for attachment to^tandard hose bil)bs and 

 standard nozzles. (James Manufacturing Co., Denver, Colorado.] 



MIDGLEY'S NEW TIRE. 



A VEHICLE wheel tire of rubber, invented and patented by 

 Thomas Midgley, is illustrated here The wheel presents an in- 

 clined surface on its periphery. Tlie resilient tire has imbedded 

 in its base a plurality nf interlaced helical coils of wire and an 



incxtensible circum- 

 ferential wire. A 

 cut wedging ring is 

 disposed between the 

 inclined outer sur- 

 face of the periphery 

 of the wheel and the 

 base of the tire, and 

 means is provided 

 for forcing the 

 wedging ring home 

 to secure the tire in 

 position on the 



Midgley's P.\tent Tire. 



wheel. Or the wheel may be so made as to present two oppositely 

 inclined surfaces on the rim, and the tire with slightly divergent 

 surfaces, a pair of overlapping wedging rings being employed, 

 as shown in the cut. 



CUSHION HEEL SEAT. 



The Cushion Heel Scat differs materially from many of the 

 improvements that have made pedestrians doff their caps to clever 

 inventors who have made walking so much more a pleasure and 

 robbed the walker of that tired feeling that so often overtook him 

 at the end of a day, sometimes, even when distances covered were 

 not long. When one fertile brain projects a new method of mak- 

 ing locomotion (or anything else for that matter) easy, it is only 

 the beginning of the end for such a succession of improvements 

 follows the original that it makes one wonder what and which to 

 choose. It is certainly this way with cushion heels, many of 



which arc good. The particular one in question has a pocket 

 made for it during the process of shoe constructian, so as not to 

 destroy any of the measurements, as is apt to be the case when 

 cushions are placed inside the shoe. That the nails are clinched 

 in the cushion between the foot and the surface, thus making it 



Cushion Heel Se.\t. 



impossible for any nail or tack to work up and come in contact 

 with the foot, gives another reason for its popularity. This as- 

 sured smoothness adds a decided measure of comfort, and leaves 

 little ground for doubt as to the pleasure that such a heel cushion 

 must bring. This is especially true when it is considered that 

 the Future Shoe, to which these improvements belong, is built on 

 up to date lasts and from the best materials. [Bemis & Wright, 

 Lynn, Massachusetts.] 



THE "SPRINGFIELD" AUTOMOBILE LIFT. 



It is conceded by automobile owners and manufacturers that 

 in order to get the best results and the longest term of service 

 from tires they should be rested when not in use. The weight of 

 the car is thus removed and at the same time the cars are kept 

 from the oily 

 floors. Many 

 who appreciated 

 t h e advantage 

 to be derived 

 from the care 

 bestowed upon 

 their tires are 

 unable to do as 

 they would on 

 account of lim- 

 ited space. This 



difficulty has been overcome in the "Springfield" Lift, which can 

 be used under any car and can be arranged in an incredibly short 

 time. The lifting mechanism is that of a powerful four-pitch, 

 square thread screw, chased on %-inch cold drawn steel. These 

 stand in pairs, one at each side of the car, and the two screws 

 composing a pair are geared together by malleable iron skew 

 gears and crank shaft. While these, screws are joined together 

 in pairs, they are entirely independent of each other and one pair 

 of the other pair. That is to say. one wheel of the car can be 

 raised while the others remain on the floor, or the four wheels 

 can be made to rise at exactly the same time. When the screws 

 are run to their extreme height of 7 inches it gives sufficient 

 room for making repairs from under the cars. [The Shawver 

 Co., Springfield, Ohio.] 



Auto .mobile Lift. 



