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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[May i, 1903. 



will be made in three sizes, the largest being for boots, and the 

 mid die size for heavy overs, and the smallest for light goods. In 

 the experimental work as showing the range of the machine both 

 light and heavy goods were made on the smaller of the three 

 machines. Part of the completed equipment for the battery of 

 these machines, would be high pressuie boilers giving dry 

 steam, air compressors for the air pressure, and some minor de- 

 vices and mechanisms for which patents have already been 

 taken out. 



VICTOR TIRE MACHINE AND 



BRAZING OUTFIT. 



, A vf.rv simple and speedy 



\" device for applying solid rubber 



tires to carriage wheels is shown 



in the accompanying illustration. 



To begin, the device is made 



B^^^v wholly of metal, is light and sub- 



*^flB^H^^^£^^« a,, d yet, as may easily 



JB , v '*Sr' * be seen, occupies very little room. 



v< s _^y It is operated wholly by hand 



and requires but little effort to 



work it. In addition to this, the 



work is quickly and perfectly per- 



1 formed. Another valuable feature 



about the machine is that the 

 whole of it is in one mechanism 

 and does not require the transfer- 

 ence of the wheel from one part 

 to another in applying the tire. 

 For the brazing apparat us a hydro- 

 carbon torch is used, together 

 with brass lined sleeves. All of 

 the machine parts are numbered 

 so that any missing part can be 

 easily duplicated. The machine 

 has been most thoroughly tested 

 and is built by those who not only 

 manufacture the tires but whose 

 every interest lies in the line of 

 careful fitting which is always an 

 assistance to long life and dura- 

 bility. [Victor Rubber Tire Co., 

 Springfield, Ohio.] 



THE STAR ELECTRIC CLOTH CUTTER. 

 The India Rubber World has already given considerable 

 space to various mechanisms used chiefly in rubber clothing 

 factories for the cutting of 

 cloth. Some of these were 

 electric and some were 

 power cutters. A new 

 type which is here illus- 

 trated is known as the "Star 

 Electric Cutter." It is 14 

 inches in luight and weighs 

 35 pounds. It is capable of 

 cutting any thickness of 

 cloth up to 3X inches arid 

 any width or length. A 

 valuable feature of the cut- 

 ter is the fact that it is per- 

 fectly portable, so that 

 goods on any of the cutting 

 room tables can be cut with it. This is a valuable feature, as it 

 obviates the folding of the goodsand the carrying tothe machine. 



The construction of the machine is simple and practical. The 

 motor is mounted high, so as not to interfere with the goods 

 while in use. The machine is also fitted throughout with ball 

 bearings, in itself a most valuable feature. Asa rule the machine 

 is used on a maple table, but any ordinary table with a smooth 

 top will do. The motor is wound lor 1 loto 220 volts (straight cur- 

 rent) and consumes about 10 cents worth of current a day. Each 

 machine is fitted with its own incandescent lamp. In order to 

 keep a perfect cutting edge, grinders are attached and can be 

 brought into contact with the knife in an instant. [Wolf Elec- 

 1 1 1 Promoting Co., No. 810 Main street. Cincinnati, Ohio.] 



A USEFUL "RUBBER CODE." 



PHE new " Rubber Code," reference to which has been 

 *■ made already in these pages, is now being distributed, 

 and it appears to us to fulfill all thepromises made in advance 

 by its publishers. The advantage of the use of codes in send- 

 ing cablegrams is so marked that it is estimated that 90 per 

 cent, of all oversea despatches transmitted to-day are in code 

 words, and that without the use of codes the 213,000 miles of 

 cables now in existence would be sadly inadequate to the com- 

 mercial needs of the world. The need of codes first appealed to 

 business men in respect to cablegrams, on account of the high 

 cost of the service, but as the aggregate of messages by land 

 lines must represent a much larger annual expenditure.theuseof 

 codes for commercial telegrams is rapidly growing in apprecia- 

 tion. The advantage of this new book is that over 22,000 words 

 have been selected, each representing the name of an article in 

 the rubber trade, and in addition some detail of dimension or 

 other description, so that a single code word may be used in 

 place of half a dozen or more ordinary words. To take a single 

 instance, eight of the large pages of the code are devoted to Rub- 

 ber Tubing, with the result that 156 different descriptions of tu- 

 bing are listed, any one of which, of any desired internal diame- 

 ter, may be indicated by a single word. Not only are descriptions 

 of goods thus coded, but very many trade names and brands, 

 so that it would scarcely be possible for a dealer or consumer 

 to desire an article of rubber goods for which a designation can- 

 not be found in this compilation. In addition, a single word 

 may be used for shipping directions, for inquiries for prices, and 

 for various other purposes which will readily suggest them- 

 selves to those who have been accustomed to use the telegraph, 

 either in ordering goods or in responding to orders. This 

 book, while issued as " Supplement A " to the " Western Union 

 Telegraphic Code " — a work in wide use — " for Phrases Con- 

 cerning Belting, Hose, India-rubber and Gutta-percha Me- 

 chanical Goods, Boots and Shoes, Asbestos, and Other Steam 

 Packings, &c," is not confined in its usefulness to owners of the 

 Western Union Code, but is adapted for use in connection with 

 other standard codes. It is also designed (or all English speak- 

 ing countries, and embraces descriptions of rubber goods pecu- 

 liar to Great Britain, as well as those the use of which is con- 

 fined to the United States. It embraces, among other things, 

 the registered telegraphic addresses of rubber manufacturers 

 and merchants in the United States and Canada, Great Britain, 

 and the leading continental countries. The new Code has al- 

 ready been widely commended by rubber men. [International 

 Cable Directory Co., No. 17 State street, New York, and Salis- 

 bury House, London wall, London, E. C] 



The inspector of mines of Canada reports a marked devel- 

 opment in asbestos mining in the region of which Thetford, near 

 Sherbrooke, is the center. The output last year amounted to 

 over $1,000,000. 



