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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[April i, 1902. 



India Rubber World intimates that similar success may be 

 attained in the matter of rubber shoes, in certain parts of 

 China. 



THE WALES-GOODYEAR "OSHKOSH." 



A NEW type of shoe that is made for the northwest trade, in 



the lumber camps, 

 and which is prov- 

 ing very popular, 

 is the " Oshkosh." 

 It is very similar 

 Sjs to a shoe made by 

 the same com- 

 pany, known as the "Utah," except that the roll follows the 

 shank and is extra heavy. Another minor difTerence is that 

 the " Oshkosh " is fitted with a felt inner sole. [United States 

 Rubber Co.] 



SOFT RUBBER HEELS WITH HARD RUBBER FINISH. 

 This description relates to a newly patented article, which is 

 just being introduced to the trade. It is made of soft rubber, 

 surrounded by a casing of hard rubber. The rubber used for 

 the interior and bottom of the heel is treated in the manufacture 

 with a view to the prevention of jarring and slipping in walk- 

 ing. The hard rubber exterior prevents the soft rubber from 

 spreading and losing its shape, or wearing out on the edges, 

 and thus becoming shabby in appearance. The hard rubber is 

 also capable of taking on a rich and permanent finish, to cor- 

 respond with the polish on the leather shoe. A further claim 

 made for this heel is that it is not entirely noiseless, and there- 

 fore does not give the wearer any sensation of sneaking. The 

 manufacturers state that, in the production of this heel, they 

 have been more successful than any one else in the combination 

 and vulcanization together of soft and hard rubber. The in- 

 ventor is Charles M. Berry. [The Berry & Hardman Co., 

 Belleville, New Jersey.] 



RUBBER NOVELTIES FROM GERMAN\ . 

 Some exceedingly attractive toys have lately been put on the 

 market by George Borgfeldt & Co. (New York), the toys being 

 of German manufacture. There are, for example, one set of 

 three grotesque figures that are known as the boxer, the negro, 

 and the devil. They are made of colored rubber ; the negro, 

 for example, wearing a white collar, and having the faculty 

 when squeezed of projecting from thiee orifices in his head a 

 tongue and two gigantic horns. Another novelty is a bottle 

 stopper with a rubber top, in the form of a grotesque rubber 

 head in red, ornamented with a black tongue and black ears. 

 The goods are evidently having a large sale. 



A GOOD THING TO LET ALONE. 



WHETHER or not to pay $300,000 for a concession of rub- 

 ber lands in one of the South American republics is a 

 problem in regard to which a reader of The India Rubber 

 World asks for advice. It is a good thing to let alone. The 

 governments of those countries don't sell rubber concessions ; 

 they practically give them away, to encourage settlement and 

 development. The concession in point probably cost its pres- 

 ent holder nothing, and he is seeking to profit largely by its 

 sale. Our correspondent could get another concession, doubt- 

 less quite as good, without paying anything. A man going into 

 the rubber business in the tropics will have enough to do to 

 earn dividends on his investment of working and trading capi- 

 tal, without having also to earn interest on $300,000 paid as a 

 gratuity to a concessionaire who has done nothing to earn it. 



RUBBER GOODS FOR TURKEY. 



THE imports of rubber goloshes into Turkey — mainly from 

 Russia, England, and Germany, and latterly from the 

 United States—are estimated in value by the Cummi-Zeituttg, 

 at 1,150,000 marks [=$273,700] a year. Mackintoshesand other 

 waterproof wearing apparel are in little demand. More de- 

 mand exists for rubber sheets in dimensions of 3 meters long, 

 I meter wide, and % to 3 centimeters [^V to i inch] in thick- 

 ness. The quality preferred is of a whitish color, and costs 

 about 3 5 francs per kilogram [about 31 cents a pound]. A 

 cheaper quality is black, and sold about one third lower. A 

 quality sellmg at 8 to 12 francs per kilogram [ = 70 cents to 

 $1.05 per pound] is in small demand. The demand for rubber 

 tubing is fair, particularly for medium quality, greyish, suitable 

 for gas tubing ; also the same quality, with a reddish insertion, 

 or with wire insertion. The prices are 3.50 to 4 francs per 

 kilogram. Sales are made c. i. f., Constantinople, inclusive of 

 packing. Payments are made in from 6 to 9 months from date 

 of bill of lading, or at a discount of 5 per cent, for cash. 



RECENT RUBBER PATENTS. 



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THE UNITED STATES PATENT RECORD. 



IssuEn. February 4, 1902. 



O. 692,305. Hoof pad. William J. Kent, Brooklyn, New York, 

 assignor to Revere Rubber Co. 



692,311. Rubber tire. Alvaron S. Krotz, Springfield, Ohio, assignor 

 to Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. 



692,325. Rubber tire. Charles A. Maynard, Springfield, Massachu- 

 setts. 



692,341. Wheel and tire for vehicles. George W. Pitt and Edward 

 Martin, London, England. 



662,368. Pneumatic tire. Frederick J. Seddon, Manchester, England. 



692,446. Pneumatic tube protector. Naaman D. Hopkinson, Spo- 

 kane, Washington. 



692,527. Apparatus for bringing the ends of rubber tires together. 

 Frank W. Kinney and Raymond B. Price, Chicago, Illinois, as- 

 signor to Calumet Tire Rubber Co. 



692,628. Resilient tire for vehicles. Franz Cloutb, Cologne-Nippes, 

 Germany. 



692,703-692,704. Rubber glove. Jacob Pfeiffer, Jr., Akron, Ohio. 



Design Patent. 



35,654. Air cushion. Christian William Meinecke, Jersey City, New 

 Jersey, asss'gnor to Meinecke & Co., New York. 



Trade Marks. 



37,716. Rubber hose, belting and packing. Bowers Rubber Co., San 

 Francisco, California, Essential feature — the word "Carabao." 



Issued February ii, 1902. 

 692,980. Rubber tire. Clarence IL Bryan, Chicago, Illinois, assignor 



of one- hall to James Webster, Chicago. 

 693,151. Process of reclaiming rubber from vulcanized rubber waste. 



Raymond B. Price, Chicago, Illinois. 



Trade Marks. 

 37,781. Waterproof fabric for roofing and belting. The Lincoln Wa- 

 terproof Cloth Co., Boundbrook, New Jersey. Essential feature — 

 a diamond shaped figure. 



Issued February 18, 1902. 



693,573- Elastic tread horseshoe. Martin J. Sinnott, Brooklyn, New 

 York. 



693,661. Vehicle tire. John F. Lober, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 



693.795- Respiratory apparatus. Erich Giersberg, Berlin, Germany, 

 assignor to Sauerstoff Fabrik Berlin, G. m. b. H. 



693,818. Pneumatic tire. William F. Stearns, Cambridge, and Wil- 

 liam L. Haines, Boston, Massachusetts, assignors by mesne as- 

 signments to Punctnot Tire Co., Philadelphia. 

 Trade Marks. 



37,834. Vehicle tires. New York Belting and Packing Co., Limited, 

 New York. Essential feature — the words " Long Distance." 



