June i, 1903.] 



THE: INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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NEW GOODS AND SPECIALTIES IN RUBBER. 



MORRISON'S I II I BELT. 



T'HIS is a life preserver designed (or purposes of comfort 

 and safety in water, for swimmers or others, which may 

 be worn underneath or outside of the bathing suit and 

 can be inflated by the mouth in a few seconds. The 

 belt fits snugly and is adjustable by a single strap. Side straps 

 are used, however, when the belt is 

 worn outside the bathing suit or for 

 a side stroke swimmer. The belt 

 comprises two air tanks of rubber 

 coated cloth, tested for a good ail 

 pressure, long, narrow, and fiat, con- 

 nected over the shoulders by heavy 

 soft rubberair tubes and fastened on 

 the body, between the legs, by one 

 thin strap buckling in front. A 

 screw valve on the end of the infla- 

 tion tube (four inches long), having 

 a large opening to allow easy and 

 quick inflation, attached at the top 

 of the front tank, reaches to the 

 mouth and hangs down when not in 

 use. This article is convenient to the 

 fs£ traveler, as it weighs only 11 ounces, 

 i^_ and can be rolled up to carry in the 

 coat pocket if desired. It is especial- 

 ly recommended in teaching persons 

 to swim. [Morrison Life Belt Co., Missouri Trust building. 

 St. Louis, Missouri.] 



A NEW LIFE PRESERVER, 

 leu. ius VV. Maccolini, of Long Island, New York, has ob- 

 tained a United States patent [No. 721,813] for an invention, 



the object of which is to provide 

 an improved life preserver, sim- 

 ple in construction and opera- 

 tion, and which may be worn 

 underneath an ordinary body gar- 

 ment, or over such body gar- 

 ment, or without any body gar- 

 ment. A further object is to 

 provide a life preserver, consisting of two similar sleeve mem- 

 bers adapted to being inflated and connected by a transverse 

 neck member, having a neck opening whereby the separate 

 sleeve members are held in proper position when in use. The 

 illustration will give an idea of the form of the article covered 

 by the patent. 



A NEW TIRE FOR HEAVY VEHICLES. 

 The Milwaukee Rubber Works Co. (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 

 will manufacture the improved solid tire shown in the accom- 

 panying cut, which is patented. The tire is intended for heavy 

 coach work and as the principles involved are thoroughly prac- 

 tical, this tire is expected to be a great success. Mr. Charles 

 W. Harris, secretary of the company, who is the inventor, has 

 had a number of years experience in the rubber tire business. 

 In service it has been found that the ordinary retaining wires 

 have a tendency to wear or cut through the base of the tire and 

 the object of this invention is to provide means to overcome 

 this difficulty, and thereby lengthen the life of the tire to the 

 natural wear upon its tread. Cross wires to support the retain- 

 ing wires have been employed, but such devices subject the tire 



to a like wear by rust and abrasion and for this reason as well 

 as the expense and trouble of application are objectionable. 



These objections are avoided by the employment of frictional 

 fabric strips, that are flexible more in the nature of and adapted 

 to operate with the rubber and at the same time interpose a 

 substantial wearing surface between the retaining wires and the 

 bottom of the channel, thereby protecting the base of the tire, 

 and these fabric strips forming seats foi the wires and resting 

 in the channel form also a frictional bearing that materially 

 assists in preventing the creeping of the tire. 

 A NOVEL RUBBER DOLL. 

 The two illustrations herewith relate to a novelty in the way 

 of a rubber doll, the distinctive feature of which is an elastic 

 and e x t e n siblc 

 body permanently 

 filled with air, a 

 diaphragm divid- 

 ing said body into 

 two compartments 

 connected by 

 openings to per- 

 mit the transfer of 

 air from one to the 

 other, through 

 sound producing 

 valves. The doll 

 may have a hollow 

 head with means 

 for retaining the 

 same in an inflated 

 condition, and a 

 hollow body por- 

 t i o n connected 

 with the head and 

 also inflated, each 

 of the compait- 

 ments thereby formed serving to retain the other in an inflated 

 condition, while a device between the head and body is adapted 

 to yield a sound on the passage of air from one part to the 

 other. This is understood to be the invention of a Presbytetian 

 clergyman and is protected by United States patent No. 

 721,948, issued March 13, 1903. It has proved a popular selling 

 article. [Baumann Rubber Co.. New Haven, Connecticut.] 



