April i, 1903.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



231 



NEW GOODS AND SPECIALTIES IN RUBBER. 



THE FISK DETACHABLE VEHICI E TIRE. 



T^HE method of attaching this tire to the rim is m 

 It depends in no way upon the air pressure in the tire, 

 and yet the adherence to the rim is such that the tire 

 cannot come ofl or creep until the clamping bolts h 

 been removed. The tire is attached to a perfectly II. n 

 rim, which greatly simplifies matters for the wheel manufac- 

 turer and for the maker 

 of complete automi 

 as well. The design of 

 the tire is such that the 

 base or the beads are held 

 in such position that the 

 inner tube cannot be 

 pinched and there is no 

 chance, even in the hands 

 of the most inexperienced, 

 of any mistake being made 

 or of the inner tube blow- 

 ing out when the rings 

 and bolts are once in place. These rings, which hold the tire in 

 place, have an inside angle surface, and the tire is so designed 

 that the beads play the part of an inside coned wedge serving 

 two purposes : first, of clamping the beads together, and second, 

 of locking the base of the tire firmly to the rim, thereby making 

 creeping impossible. The necessity for heavy prying tools is 

 thus avoided, and any one who can use an ordinary S wrench 

 can attach or detach a tire of any size with slight exertion and 

 in a very few minutes, besides which there is the further advan- 

 tage that all parts of the tire are visible during the operation. 

 Owing to the method of its manufacture, the tire cover when 

 off the wheel assumes the same shape as when attached, which 

 enables the operator to insert the inner tube without fear of its 

 becoming misplaced, pinched, or wrinkled while the tire is be- 

 ing attached. The clamping bolls are provided with a thread- 

 ed washer and check nut to prevent all liability of their work- 

 ing loose. The entire air space in this tire is above not only the 

 rim, but also the entire clamping device, thereby securing max- 

 imum action on the tire, since no portion of the air chamber 

 is in any way confined. The material used is identical with 

 that in the Fisk single tube tire, including the special Fisk fab- 

 ric, which has proved so successful. The distinctive feature; 

 of the tire are covered by patents in the United Slates and 

 abroad. [Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts.] 



BAILEY'S DUPLEX MASSAGE ROLLER. 



The single rubber massage roller, with its many little rubber 

 suction cups, has already been illustrated and described in The 



India Rubber World 

 but the double roller 

 shown herewith, while 

 equally efficacious and 

 novel, has some points 

 of difference. To begin, 

 it does twice the work, 

 and the spring from 

 handle to roller gives a 

 secondary massage mo- 

 tion very much like that 

 supplied by the trained 



hands of the masseuse. The duplex roller is made of the very 

 of materials, and is having a phenomenal sale. fC. J. 

 Bailey & Co., Boston. Massachusetts.] 



"MOBILENE" PACKING FOR AUTOMOB1I I >. 

 A special packing for gas and gasoline engines, such as are 

 used on automobiles, was bound to be required and supplied. 

 Such a packing is the Mobilene, which is supplied either in 

 sheets 40 inches square, or rolls 40 inches wide, the sheets 

 being ,? t of an inch thick and the weight 4>4 pounds per 

 square yard. [A. J. Wilkinson & Co., Boston, Massachusetts.] 



AUTOMOBILE AND FISHING 

 COAT. 



A rubber garment that has 

 become instantly popular 

 among automobilists and 

 which has also been taken up 

 with enthusiasm by the sport- 

 ing goods houses for fisher- 

 men and huntsmen, is the coat 

 shown in the accompanying 

 illustration. It is really fc 

 poncho with sleeves, and will 

 protect the wearer from rain 

 whether seated in an auto- 

 mobile, in a boat, on horse- 

 back, or while walking. It 

 is slipped over the head and 

 tied around the neck, while 

 the wristbands are fitted 

 with elastic cord which keeps 

 moisture from getting up the 

 sleeves. It is 50 inches in 

 length, very full in the skirt, 

 and is made in two colors: 

 The tan, which is of pure gum 

 run on light sheeting, weigh- 

 ing 2 V pounds; the black, 

 which is run on a trifle lighter 

 sheeting, weighing 2 V 

 pounds. [Goodyear's India 

 Rubber Glove Manufacturing 

 Co., New York.] 



A NEW FRENCH AUTOMOBILE HORN. 

 The trade in automobile horns continues to develop novel- 

 ties, which are useful as well, and one of the most recent is a 

 French production 

 which is illustrated 

 in the accompanying 

 cut. It is a foot oper- 

 ated horn, pressure 

 on a bellows causing 

 a stentorian sound to 

 be emitted, thus leav- 

 ing the hands free to 

 manipulate the steer- 

 ing of the automo- 

 bile. These horns are furnished in either brass or nickel finish. 

 [A. H. Funke, No. 325 Broadway, New York ] 



