March i, 1906.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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NEW GOODS AND SPECIALTIES IN RUBBER. 



THE CLEVELAND SOFT RUBBER RING. 



THR brilliant lighting of our .American cities is cue of 

 their characteristic features. In the larger cities 

 certain streets at night are a perfect blaze of light, 

 owing to the countless signs and decorations in 

 white and colored electric lights. These displays are made 

 of numerous electric bulbs, which are 



Onot verj' expensive in themselves, 

 but are often very hard to replace, 

 when the}' burn out. Being out in 

 all kinds of weather, water is apt to 

 leak in through the joint, causing 

 short circuits ; or it is liable to freeze 

 afterwards and injure the plaster in 

 the joint, or do other damage. The 

 Cleveland soft rubber ring is designed to protect electric in- 

 candescent bulbs which are thus exposed to the weather. 

 The.se rings are put over the bulb before it is screwed into 

 the holder, and absolutely prevent dampness or anything 

 from entering the joint, which it hermetically seals. They are 

 no trouble to put on, and add considerably to the life of 

 the bulb, besides preventing short circuits, which are such a 

 prolific source of fires. The rings come in seven different 

 sizes, to fit any style of lamp, and are made with a flat, 

 round, square, shouldered, or elliptical section. The same 

 company also make a good line of valve discs. [Cleveland 

 Rubber Works of the Mechanical Rubber Co., Cleveland, 

 Ohio.] 



BOWES HOSE RACK. 



Thkre is alwa3's a market for a convenient and practical 

 hose rack for factories, warehouses, stores, office buildings, 

 apartment houses, and other structures where an effort is 

 made to observe the ordinary precautions against fire losses. 

 ( )nc of the newest things in that line is the Bowes hose rack, 

 which is illustrated here in two styles of attachment. Be- 



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ATTACHED TO WALL. ATTACHED TO STAND PIPE. 



sides its undoubted utility this rack has the added merit of 

 being simple and comparatively inexpensive. Any hose 

 rack is good, but some are better than others. It is to this 



latter class that the Bowes properly belongs. It is a pin 

 rack, and by a clever arrangement the pins are so placed that 

 the pins are caught by a latch when the hose is payed out 

 instead of falling to the floor. The accompanying illus- 

 trations show the rack affixed to the wall of a building, and 

 also as attached to a standpipe. Enough pins are furnished 

 so that the hose may be hung in loops about 24 inches long. 

 It is important that when you reach the end of the hose to 

 see that the hose goes over the next to the last wire, under 

 the last wire and over the latch, which is then put in posi- 

 tion. The hose is then ready for use. In case of emergency 

 by seizing the nozzle and pulling on the hose the latch be- 

 comes detached and falls in a perpendicular position. The 

 hose immediately pays off the rings or wires, which wires 

 do not drop to the floor, but are caught bj- the latch. Pat- 

 ents have been applied for. [W. D. .'\llen Manufacturing 

 Co., New York and Chicago.] 



A NOVEL HOSE COUPl INC. 

 A iioSK coupling that is made upon novel lines, and which 

 has the merit of combining utility with economy, is the re- 

 sult of the inventive ge- 

 nius of Mr. B. Morgan, of 

 Newport, Rhode Island. 

 Its distinctive feature con- 

 sists of its being made in 

 one piece and is adjust- 

 able to several sizes of 

 hose, a point that will ap- 

 peal to dealers as it en- 

 ables them to materially 

 reduce their stock. The 

 Morgan hose coupling is 

 especially' adapted for mo- 

 tor boats and automobiles, 

 where the need of such an 

 appliance usually is mo.st urgent and where it is essential 

 that it be adjusted quickly as well as easily. The smaller 

 couplings are made with brass fittings and the larger ones 

 with steel. A patent has been applied for. 



HEALY LEATHER COVERED TIRE. 



This tire, invented by Mr. Raymond Healy, is really a 

 jacket and shoe of leather which may be adjusted to any 

 pneumatic tire of standard make. 

 The leather is made especiall}' for 

 the Healy tire and is tanned and 

 prepared by a process which is 

 also the invention of Mr. Healj-. 

 The peculiarity of the invention is I 

 that the leather is clinched under* 

 the rim, which makes it impos- 

 sible for the leather to " peel " at 

 the edges and prevents rim cutting. 

 By taking the strain of the addi- 

 tional cover from the rim the tire is substantially strength- 

 ened. A leather tread attached to the leather tire cover is 

 equipped with steel rivets which act as an effectual prevent- 

 ive of skidding and slipping, thus reducing to a verj- low 



