October i, 1904.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



17 



NEW GOODS AND SPECIALTIES IN RUBBER. 



THI-; SAMSON LEATHER TIRE. 



THIS is a rubber lire, of the "Clincher " type, provided 

 with a tread band of chrome leather, protecting the 

 whole of the exposed part of the pneumatic tire, to 

 which it is vulcanized. The leather band is fastened 

 to the cover of the rubber tire by rivets, in two, three, or four 



rows, according to the width 

 of tread required. The rivet 

 heads, which are round, pro- 

 ject about ,',, inch above the 

 surface of the leather. The 

 object of this leather tread is 

 to prevent punctures, while it 

 also tends to prevent slipping, 

 in which function the rivet 

 heads also aid. The Samson 

 tire of late has attained no 

 small degree of popularity in 

 the United States and in most 

 European countries, and has been employed with entire suc- 

 cess on automobiles figuring in some recent notable races- 

 The American house is at No. 12 West Thirty- third street. 

 New York, the manager of which, A. E. Gallien, has leased 

 premises in Brooklyn (New York) for the manufacture of these 

 tires. It is not understood that the rubber parts are to be 

 made at the premises referred to. 



sauiREs's "quick" golf ball. 

 The construction of this ball involves the use of a rubber 



core in two sections, joined together by screw threads; within 



which is placed a small ball 

 of aluminum, the inside of 

 the rubber core being so 

 formed as to provide a 

 number of air cells. The 

 whole is placed within a 

 Gutta-percha cover. The 

 illustration herewith shows 

 the method of joining the 

 two sections of the rubber 

 core, which is pointed out 

 as having advantages over 

 rubber wound into a core 



in the form of thread. The cover may also be formed of 



semi-hard rubber, with which aluminum has been compounded. 



Patents have been applied for. [The Akron Dental Rubber 



Co., Incorporated, Akron, Ohio.l 



MORE KROTZ TIRE PATENTS. 

 The newly formed Krotz Manufacturing Co. (Springfield, 

 Ohio) have for their object the exploitation of rubber vehicle 



tires under pat- 

 ents issued to Al- 

 varo S. Krotz. In 

 the last India 

 Rubber World 

 [page 421] was il- 

 lustrated the es- 

 sential feature 

 covered by the first Krotz patent. Under date of September 

 6 another United States patent [No. 769.172] was issued to Mr. 



Krotz, the same being for the combination with a metallic 

 rim channel, with parallel removable sides, of a rubber tire, the 

 tread of which is divided into short sections by narrow slits, 

 while the base forms a continuous band, said rubber tire being 

 held in the channel by means of longitudinal retaining wires 

 or bands running through the base. It is understood that a 

 third patent is pending. The company report that they have 

 carried out careful tests and will soon be ready to market. 

 " BOTTLEHOT. " 

 The accompanying illustration so clearly indicates the na- 

 ture of a new device now being ofTered in the druggists' sun- 

 dries line as to ren- 

 der any extended de- 

 scription of the same 

 unnecessary. Pri- 

 marily its use is to 

 keep the contents of 

 nursing bottles warm 

 for a considerable 

 length of time, which 

 often will prove a 

 great convenience, 

 especially at night. 

 It is also a desirable 

 contrivance for use 

 while on a journey. 

 But its uses are 

 many. It may be 

 used to keep poul- 

 tices, liquid m e d i- 

 cines, and the like, 

 warm, either at night 

 or at other times; it 

 may be used also as 

 a hot water bottle. 



" Bottlehot " has a duplex heating side, which is referred to 

 as almost doubling the duration of the heat. [Bottlehot Bag 

 Co., No. I Madison avenue, New York.] 



buck's NEW DIAL DATING STAMP. 

 This new stamp, for which patents are pending, is ofltered as 

 possessing a number of advantages over the ordinary dating 

 For one 





stamps, 



thing, a distinctive 

 advantage exists in 

 that fewer changes 

 are to be made — one 

 change per month, by 

 simply taking out the 

 month logotype and 

 replacing it with the 

 new month, and 

 changing the year 



date but once a year ; the dial and knob do 

 the rest. In the band dating stamps a read 

 justment has to be made every day, in- 

 volving the liability of the bands to break, 

 and the annoyance of soiling the fingers 

 with ink in changing the dates. In the 

 Buck stamp, the day of the month is shown by simply turning 

 the knob so that the arrow on the revolving center of the stamp 



