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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November i, 1905. 



have not suffered the slightest interruption, we regret to state 

 that it has been necessary to completely suspend the making 

 of shoes and tires. 



"The direct damage suffered by the fire, which will amount 

 to approximately 2,000,000 marks [=$476,000], is covered by 

 insurance. The current book year, however, will be unfavor- 

 ably affected by the interruption of operations. Our stock of 

 shoes has been partially saved, and we will be in a position to 

 satisfy the present demand for rubber shoes in the German 

 market. 



" We have already taken the necessary steps for installing a 

 provisional plant, and hope to be enabled thereby, with the 

 assistance of our Wimpassing works, to meet the requirements 

 of our customers as well as circumstances will admit. The tire 

 manufacturing season has ended, and we hope to have this 

 line in full operation by the time the next season opens. We 

 have, however, likewise planned a small provisional plant for 

 these goods, and will therefore be in a position to fill all incom- 

 ing orders, for which purpose we shall likewise utilize our 

 Linden works. 



" Our endeavor will be to build our new plants as rapidly as 

 possible, and we shall, of course, equip them with the latest 

 and most efficient designs of machinery, so as to find ourselves 

 once more capable of manufacturing in the most perfect manner 

 our well tried and satisfaction giving products, and to consid- 

 erable increase our capacity." 



ITALY. 

 According to the Frankfurter Zeitung, of Germany, there 

 has been formed at Milan, Italy, a joint stock company under 

 the style of Societa Italiana per I'industria della Gomma, with a 

 capital of 1,250,000 lire [=$241,250], for the manufacture and 

 sale of India-rubber and Gutta-percha goods, and especially 

 pneumatic tires for vehicles. From other sources it is learned 

 that the object of the company referred to is the exploitation 

 of an entirely new tire. The manufacturing will be done at 

 the important rubber works of Pirelli & Co. 



THE "NEW ERA" STEAM TRAP. 



NO one but the rubber manufacturer knows how much 

 need there is of a good trap, many types developing 

 the bad faculty of cutting valves, or blocking them up from 

 sediment. The " New Era " defeats this by providing a sedi- 

 ment chamber in which everything that could by possibility 

 injure a valve or a pipe settles. This chamber is fitted with a 



CROSS SECTION OF STEAM TRAP. 



blow-off, so that once in every few months it can be effectually 

 cleaned by the simple opening of a valve. The trap is so sim- 

 ple that it really needs no explanation whatever, the cross 



section cut showing enough of the details to make it perfectly 

 plain. In brief, it consists of a heavy iron casting with two dis- 

 tinct chambers, one for the sediment and one for the float. In 

 the latter, the float operates a discharge valve of the Corliss 

 type. The only joint is made with a wide surface so that once 

 packed it remains tight almost indefinitely. At the top of the 

 float chamber is an air cock, through which imprisoned air is 

 allowed to escape. The trap is self supporting upon feet inde- 

 pendent of the piping. The operation of the trap is as follows : 

 Steam mixed with water of condensation and sediment en- 

 ters through the inlet pipe and strikes against a batlle plate. 

 The sediment then falls to the bottom of its chamber, the con- 

 densation passing upward into the top of the sediment cham- 

 ber, whence it passes into the float chamber. As the water 

 rises in this chamber it raises the float, opens the discharge 

 valve and runs out. The falling of the water then closes the 

 valve. [Manufactured by Charles F. Hopewell, Cambridge, 

 Massachusetts.] 



AUTOMATIC WRAI^PING MACHINES. 



THE accompanying illustration represents an automatic 

 wrapping machine especially adapted for the wrapping 

 of hose, tubing, or tires, although it may be used to wrap any 

 sheet material. This machine is constructed in any desired 

 length between frames, the size in general request being 42 

 inches in the clear. The frame is made of cast iron, being sup- 

 ported at either end by substantial A shaped legs connected by 

 rods. The rolls are of seamless steel tubing and made in 



AUTOMATIC WRAPPING MACHINE. 



lengths consistent with the size of the machine, which runs but 

 one speed. The approximate weight of the device is 6co 

 pounds, though this varies in accordance with the length of 

 rolls carried. One of the merits claimed for this machine is 

 that its process of operation allows the operator the unre- 

 stricted use of both hands. It is claimed to be thoroughly 

 practical in design and operation, and it has been extensively 

 sold. The manufacturer is A. Adamson, Akron, Ohio. 



Nicaragua.- The details were given in the last number of 

 this paper of a contract under which the republic of Nicaragua 

 conceded to certain persons a monopoly of gathering rubber on 

 the public domain in the department of Zelaya, and the dis 

 tricts of Prinzapolka and Rio Grande, from September i, 1905. 

 The American (Bluefields) contains a notice signed by Otto L. 

 Lehman, as lessee of the rubber trees, warning the public to 

 respect the terms of the contract, from which it would appear 

 that the contract has been transferred by the original parties. 



