April i, 1906.] 



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RUBBER FACTORY APPLIANCES. 



CLOTH WINDER AND MEASURER. 



''T^IIE machine shown in the cut is designed for winding 

 ^ cotton, silk, or other goods on boards for the market. 

 It is claimed to be one of the most rapid and accurate wind- 

 ing and measuring machines built and is largely used by cot- 

 ton and gingham mills, bleacheries, prinleries, dyeing and 



finishing es- 

 t ablishnients, 

 etc., for al- 

 most all class- 

 es of goods. 

 It is provided 

 with tension 

 rods by which 

 a n y desired 

 amount of ten- 

 sion may be 

 obtained t o 

 wind t h e 

 goods hard or 

 soft, and there 

 are guide col- 

 lars to aid in 

 ^ guiding 1 b c 

 cloth in 

 straight a n d 

 even, so as to 

 make a neat 

 r o 1 1 ' w i t h 

 square ends. The machine is readily stopped and started by 

 the foot of the operator on the tread bar at the bottom, and 

 the boards on which the goods are wound are quickly 

 clamped and undamped in the sockets by a hand lever. The 

 hand lever is held in position by a weight, so that any 

 slight variation in the length of the boards may be taken up. 

 The machine may be made either with or without the meas- 

 uring attachment, as desired. The measuring roll is one 

 yard in circumfereilce, with nickel plated dial on the end to 

 register up to 60 yards. [Curtis & .Marble Machine Co., 

 Worcester, Massachusetts. J 



MAKING UP STAND FOR MOTOR TIRES. 

 TiiK illustration represents something new in the way of a 



making up stand for the use of manufacturers of automobile 



tires. The stand is about 

 36 inches high, fitted with 

 an iron base, with a pro- 

 jecting arm which is ad- 

 justable. This arm carries 

 a spider with four arms, 

 each arm being fitted with 

 an adjusting screw, so that 

 it will fit the making up 

 forms for anj- size tire, it 

 taking only a minute to 

 change from one size to 

 another. These stands are 

 being used by several tire 

 manufacturers with suc- 

 cess. [John E. Thropp's 



Sons Co., Trenton, New Jer.sey.] 



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TWO NEW GAGES FOR RUBBER WORK. 

 So great a proportion of the whole amount of rubber used 

 is run into sheet form before making up, that good measur- 

 ing gages are always in demand. Certain goods call for a 

 certain thickness of gum, and this is so expensive now that 

 care is necessary in order not to run sheets even a shade too 

 thick. The calender men w-ith the old wire gage arc not to 

 be trusted too far, and it is best to have a man with a good 

 one constantly testing the thickness of the sheet. The 

 Hoggson & Pettis Co. are well known as manufacturers of 

 rubber men's supplies, so that calender men who do not 

 already know it will be glad to learn that this company is 



making two very convenient kinds of gage, different in 

 capacity and cost. The unit of measure on each is the 

 "line," which is 4^,5 or .0025 of an inch. The lower priced 

 gage, which is triangular shaped, has a capacity of X inch, 

 being graduated to y^ of a line, or ,,!,,, of an inch. The 

 other gage which works by a ratchet and thumb pressure, 

 is graduated to '4 line, or rJ^ inch, and has a capacity of 

 {\ inch. The triangular form may also be graduated in 

 other ways, if desired. Both are nickel plated, and beauti- 

 fully made. [The Hoggson & Pettis Manufacturing Co., 

 New Haven, Connecticut, | 



CABLE LAYING IN THE PACIFIC. 



THE cable ste?imer Si/vrr/ou'/i arrived at Manila on March 

 22, having on board the cable manufactured by the In- 

 dia Rubber, Gutta-Percha, and Telegraph Works, Limited, for 

 the completion of the line of the Commercial Pacific Cable Co. 

 across the Pacific. This line is to connect Manila and Shang- 

 hai, and its completion is expected early in this month. The 

 company are laying another cable from Guam to Japan, 

 which will be completed a Irttle later. 



The systems which the Commercial Pacific connects in the 

 Far East are the United States government lines in the Phil- 

 ipi)ines, Japanese government lines, Chinese government 

 lines, German Dutch Cable Company, Eastern Extension 

 Telegraph Co., and the Great Northern Telegraph Co. 



Some Lost Rubber Shoes.— The statistics of the dead letter 

 office [at Washington] are interesting, but particularly so is the 

 fact that about 150 men are kept busy the year round taking, 

 care of parcels tor which owners cannot be found. A very siz- 

 able proportion of these packages have been found to contain 

 rubber footwear; probably about half of them being rubbers 

 which people have forgotten to carry home with them after pro- 

 tracted visits. If the addresses cannot be found, the govern- 

 ment returns these, where possible, to the sender, but quite a 

 large amount of the old rubbers are among the packages which 

 are sold at auction, and the proceeds are turned into the treas- 

 ury. — Boo/ and Shoe Recorder. 



