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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[January i, 1909. 



the reservoir when the apparatus is to be used. The price of 

 the whole outfit is $12. [The Portable Shower Bath Co., No. 203 

 South Canal street, Chicago.] 



INLAID ART MATTING. 



The illustration accompanying this is not intended to advertise 

 any particular make of typewriter. It is just to draw attention 

 to a complicated design in perforated mats in colors, and con- 



Inlaid Art Mattinu. 



taining from 2500 to 3000 different pieces of rubber, a bit of 

 inlaying that any factory ought to be proud of. The work was 

 done by the Voorhees Rubber Manufacturing Co., Jersey City, 

 New Jersey. 



ELECTRIC SUCTION SWEEPER. 



The electric suction sweeper illustrated here is a combined 

 sweeper and vacuum cleaner. The device contains electrically 

 operated brushes which dislodge the dirt clinging to carpets, 

 rugs, etc., while a fan sucks ^ 



the dirt and dust and de- ^'^ 



posits it in the receptacle 

 shown attached to the 

 handle. A single vertical 

 motor is employed to the 



Electric Suction Sweeper. 



shaft of which the fan is attached. The brush revolves at a 

 high rate of speed in the small housing provided for it in 

 front of the fan receptacle and it is driven from tlife motor 

 shaft through a belt. For removing dust from furniture, walls, 

 and pictures, proper devices are fastened to a hose leading to a 

 suction pan placed under the front of the sweeper when such 

 articles are being cleaned. A blower connection is provided 

 for giving air under pressure in renovating mattresses, pillows, 

 etc. The blower connection is attached to the rear of the 

 sweeper, the dirt receptacle being removed for that purpose. 

 The motor is supplied with electricity through a flexible cord 

 attached to any lamp socket. [Electric Suction Sweeper Co., 

 New Berlin, Connecticut.] ; 



AN ODD USE FOR RUBBER BELTING. 



It may not be known to everybody, but in the great packing 

 establishments, that is, meat packing, where thousands of slaugh- 

 tered animals are handled every hour, there are special machines 



for special work. For ex- 

 ample, in the handling of 

 hogs there is what is known 

 as a dehairing and polish- 

 ing machine. Its office is 

 to quickly and effectively 

 remove the bristles from 

 the epidermis of a defunct 

 hog and it does it wonder- 

 fully as compared with the 

 ordinary scraping by hand 

 or by steel knives. The 

 new idea is the utilization 

 of loops of rubber belting 

 attached to revolving shafts. 

 The carcass of the hog is 

 run through the machine 

 that fairly bristles with these loops which beat and scrape every 

 part, thoroughly cleaning it, and with less time and effort than 

 has heretofore ever been expended for this process. Another 

 triumph for rubber ! The machine in connection with which the 

 loop beater is used is made by The AUbright-Nell Co., Chicago. 



NEAL TIRE REPAIR KIT. 



The accompanying cut represents a plugging kit for motor- 

 cycle tire cases. It is claimed that this will economize time 

 and labor in the plugging of punctures and small deep cuts 



"Loop Be.^tek.' 



Ne.\l Tire Rep.mr Kit. 



in casings, thereby preventing grit from working in, causing 

 blow-outs and blisters, which would necessarily entail vulcan- 

 izing. [F. M. Neal Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut.] 



swinehart motor buggy tire. 

 A NEW motor buggy tire illustrated'on this page is designed, by 

 reason of its wide tread to afford greater traction through mud 

 and sand, and overcome a serious objection to high wheeled auto- 

 mobiles. It follows the general de- 

 sign of the regular automobile cush- 

 ion tire manufactured by the same 

 company, which has been used to 

 compete with pneumatic tires during 

 the last five years. Advantage is 

 claimed for the motor buggy tire on 

 account of its clincher rim, which, it 

 is claimed, prevents water and sand 

 from entering the base of the tire. 



The large size of the tire also tends to decrease vibration. [The 

 Swinehart Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio.] 



Motor Buggy Tire. 



