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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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VULCANIZING RUBBER BOOTS. 



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ME illustration relates to a recently invented apparatus for 

 use in vulcanizing rubber boots and shoes. The invention 

 covers the combination of a heating 

 box. having a mold in its upper por- 

 tion; a holder or frame composed of 

 sections, each of which is provided 

 with two forward projections, the 

 one connected to the other by means 

 of hinges, and the latter hinged to a 

 part of the heating box; the rear por- 

 tion of the frame or holder having 

 letaining projections, a clamping 

 over to engage said projections, and 

 having both sliding and pivotal 

 means ; and mechanism supported by 

 the box at an elevation above the 

 latter and provided 

 with means for insti- 

 tuting a downward 

 pressure on the last 

 of the boot or shoe to 

 be treated. The paten- 

 tee is Jonathan R. 

 Austin, of Misha- 

 waka, Indiana. 



A patent has been 

 granted in the United 

 States and it is un- 

 derstood that applications are pendin,:; in oilier countries. 



A GOLF BALL WINDING ROOM. 



W/llIiN the Haskell golf ball— the first of the wound rubber 

 "' core type — was first brought out, the winding had to be 

 done by hand. TTie utmost accomplishment of an expert 

 worker under such conditions was three balls per day. Tlie pros- 

 pect of a large demand for the new golf ball led to manufacturers 

 to experiment with machinery for winding the cores, with the 

 result that a machine was perfected capable of winding 700 feet 

 of stretched rubber cord for a Haskell core in three minutes. An 

 illustration on this page gives a view of the interior of the wind- 

 ing room in the golf ball department at the factory of The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co. (Akron, Ohio). At the time of the taking of this 

 view the capacity of this room was 18.000 golf balls in one day; 

 the capacity has since been nicreased. 



GOLF BALL WINDING MACHINE. 



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'T'lTF. accompanying illustration relates to a machine for winding 

 thread or tape of india-rubber for forming the cores of golf 

 balls, invented by Martin McDaid, of Edinburgh, Scotland. The 

 (k-\ice involves mechanism which imparts to the core motion In 

 three directions — (l) a ro- 

 tary motion about a longi- 

 tudinal axis, and also rotary 

 motion (2) about axis at an 

 angle to one another, and 

 (3) to said longitudinal 

 axis — as to wind the tape or 

 thread evenly all round the 

 core as it grows in size. 

 The whole comprises, in 

 combination with horizon- 

 tally arranged rotating 

 .shafts, means for rotating 

 tlie shafts, gripping rollers on the shafts for holding the core, and 

 means for actuating the gripping rollers so that they may revolve 

 the core in different directions while it is being rotated by the 

 shafts. Tliis invention is the subject of United State patent No. 



8.^8,202. 



Goi.K H.M.t- Machine. 



FOR CLEANING WASTE RUBBER. 



A XF.W apparatus for the removal of sand, metal, or other 

 foreign substances from waste rubber, preliminary to a 

 reclaiming process, is illustrated on this page. It comprises, in 

 the first place, a trough for containing water, together with re- 

 volving members carrying blades or flights, working in proximity 

 to the bottom of the trough, for the purpose of moving stock 

 through the trough. These members are so arranged, in relation 



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 to eacli other, as to leave spaces between them, at the bottom of 

 the trough, for the deposit of the sand, metal, etc., the blades of 

 one member moving in the opposite direction to the blades of the 

 other member adjacent to it. The stock is finally delivered from 

 the trough by means of an endless flight conveyor. The inventor, 

 to whom a United States patent has been granted, is Edward R. 

 Solliday. of Trenton, New Jersey. 



No Clothes Wringers in Greece. — The United States 

 consul at .^(hens, Mr. George Horton. reports that there 

 is only one first class steam laundry in Greece, and that 

 all other laundry work is done in very primitive fashion. 

 He thinks that .■\merican wringers could be introduced 

 there, if such a thing as a permanent exhibition of 

 American goods existed at .Athens. 



Mr. Herbert Wright, of the Ceylon Civil Service, 

 and wdiose s'udies of the "Far& rubber" tree have been 

 of distinct value to the planting interest, is spending a 

 year on leave in England, after which, it is understood, 

 he will join the agricultural department of India, at 

 Calcutta. 



l\>KKi.L Goi.F B.\i,i. Winding Koom. 



.'V new feature in the American footwear trade this 

 scasoi is the demand for overshoes made to order. 

 Many women are wearing shoes with rather long, 

 pointed toes, and to get an exact fit overshoes are or- 

 dered to measure. 



