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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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NEW GOODS AND SPECIALTIES IN RUBBER. 



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" AGNOTA " SEAMLESS RUBBER GLOVE. 



TH IS glove is a distinctively new article of manufacture, the 

 details of production being the subject of a patent [No. 

 732.360] granted to Clarence A. Lindsay. It is described 

 as a dipped rubber article of strata of dillerent degrees 

 of elasticity, said strata being inseparably adherent throughout. 



The inner layer or 

 stratum is of pure 

 gum, possessing a 

 high degree of elas- 

 ticity, and the outer 

 layer of rubber com- 

 pound possessing a 

 lower degree of elas- 

 uk"* 1 ticity, to give body or 



A "A thickness of stock 



* and also containing 



*\ any desired coloring 



matter. The reasons 

 given for this new 

 combination are as 

 follows : Gloves made 

 from pure rubber, 

 such as used for sur- 

 gical purposes, are 

 too costly and deli- 

 cate for use by nurses 

 ^P and for household 

 purposes. To over- 

 come this objection, 

 gloves have been made of a compound solution of rubber and 

 coloring matter, which has the effect of lessening the elasticity 

 and the durability of the glove, 

 while adding in an undesirable 

 degree to the thickness of the £ 



glove. The purpose of the m 

 present invention is to make a f 

 glove of approximately the 

 same weight as a pure rubber j 

 article, while giving it body 

 and color to suit, without sac- 

 rificing the elastic property or 

 the strength of the glove to 

 any appreciable degree. These 

 goods will be billed to the % 

 trade " on approval. "==The 

 same manufacturing processes 

 are applicable to other arti- 

 cles, such as ice bags, ice caps, nipples, bathing caps, balloons, 

 and the like— all of which are sold by the same company un- 

 der their trade mark " Agnota." The second of the accom- 

 panying illustrations relates to an ice bag so manufactured. It 

 may be mentioned that these gloves and ice bags have been 

 adopted for use during the current fiscal year by the United 

 States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service. The same 

 process is employed in making a miniature or toy "punching 

 bag," which is having a good sale. Applications for patents 

 have been applied for by Mr. Lindsay in several foreign coun- 

 tries. [The M. Lindsay Rubber Co., New York and Wash- 

 ington.] 



CORRUGATED RUBBER BOTTLE BRUSH. 

 I 1 is constantly recognized by bottlers of beverages of every 

 kind that the utmost care must be taken in keeping the recep- 

 tacles perfectly pure and 

 sweet. One great obstacle 

 in the past has been the old 

 fashioned bristle brush used 

 to wash out bottles. This 

 brush after being used for a 

 comparatively short time al- 

 ways began to leave its bristles 

 within the bottles, a source of 

 great annoyance both to the 

 bottler and consumer. The 

 Corrugated Rubber Brush 



I here illustrated represents the 



latest method of cleansing 

 bottles. This brush has the 

 advantage of reaching every 

 part of the bottle, yet with no 

 portion of itself capable of be- 

 coming loosened or being 

 dropped. Another feature is 

 that the brush itself can be 

 kept perfectly clean and that 

 it is exceedingly durable. This corrugated rubber brush is 

 operated on a machine which has a capacity of washing 14,- 

 000 bottles per day easily. These bottles are placed over re- 

 volving tubes to the ends of which the brushes are attached 

 and strong water pressure is applied while the brushes are re- 

 volving. It is specially to be noted that the use of this brush 

 — doing away with devices containing metal parts— never 

 breaks or chips bottles. [Yawman & Erbe Manufacturing Co., 

 Rochester, New York.] 



"KNICKERBOCKER" INDIA-RUBBER FOUNTAIN BRUSH. 

 The illustration herewith relates to a rubber bath brush, 

 formed of some 500 rubber ducts, through the tip of each of 

 which a tiny stream of water 

 flows when the brush is con- 

 nected to a combination hot 

 and cold water faucet by means 

 of a special India-rubber fau- 

 cet connection. The brush it- 

 self is so pliable that a slight 

 pressure of the hand will fit it 

 to any curve of the body. The 

 use of this brush carries. the 

 water with it wherever ap- 

 plied, giving a continual fresh 

 clean flow through its hun- 

 dreds of little tubes, thus 

 avoiding the use of the same 

 water over and over again — a 

 marked advantage over the 

 ordinary tub bath, which re- 

 tains throughout the bath all 

 soap used and all impurities washed from the body, leaving an 

 unclean deposit in the tub itself to be scrubbed out afterwards. 

 The outfit sold with this brush includes 66 inches of fine white 

 rubber tubing, two nickel plated tube couplings, and one rub- 



