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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November i, 1902. 



BOWERS'S HOSE COUPLING RETAINER. 



It is well known that wherever steam hose is used under 

 heavy pressure, the ordinary expanded ring coupling is not 

 sufficient to keep it from blowing out. Of course it is perfectly 

 possible to secure the hose and the coupling together by a 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



variety of cumbersome devices, but a neat compact fastening 

 device has not, to the writer's knowledge, been produced prior 

 to the invention of the Bowers retainer. In the illustrations 

 shown in connection with this description. Fig. 2 gives a 

 detailed view of one section of the coupling, while Fig. 3 shows 

 a perspective view of the retaining thimble partly broken away. 

 In other words, the coupling is a combination of a grooved col- 

 lar with a tubular extension that tits into the end of the hose 

 and a tapering outside sectional thimble, screw threaded, which 

 surrounds the end of the hose, and is fitted over the tubular 

 extension of the coupling. The outer ends of the thimble sec- 

 tions are flanged inwardly so as to engage with the grooves of 

 the coupling collar with a tightening nut which screws on to 



the thimble. The inventor and 

 patentee of this coupling is W. F. 

 Bowers, president of the Bowers 

 Rubber Co., San Francisco, Cal- 

 ifornia. 



ANKLE JOINT CRUTCH TIPS. 

 One great trouble with the or- 

 dinary crutch tip has been that 

 the motion of the crutch twisted 

 the rubber, causing it to wear out 

 quickly, and further than this, 

 most of the bearing came on one 

 side of the base of the tip, rather 

 than on the whole of it. The 

 Ankle Joint Tip is designed to 

 overcome this, and does so most 

 effectively. Thisis accomplished 

 by the use of a ball and socket 

 joint placed just above the rub- 

 ber. The use of this joint makes 

 the walking on crutches much 

 easier and safer and the tip 

 has already had a large sale. It 

 is furnished in two styles, hol- 

 w and solid. These goods are 

 protected by a number of patents. 

 Elastic Tip Co., No. 370 Atlantic 

 avenue, Boston, Massachusetts.] 



T^HE B. F. Goodrich Co. (Akron Rubber Works, Akron, 

 *■ Ohio) issue a Catalogue of Goodrich Solid Tires and 

 Goodrich Side VVne Tires, describing the tires and the method 

 of applying them to vehicle wheels. It contains il- 

 lustrations of tire sections which are made in width 

 from }i inch to 4 inches, the solid tires being of the 

 two wire type for sizes of 3 inches and three wires for 

 larger sizes. The catalogue also illustrates in detail the 

 mechanical appliances lor putting on these two types 

 oi tires and also sectional views of the standard steel 

 channels described in The India Rubber World 

 for September i, 1892 (page 377). The catalogue also 

 includes prices. [5^4 " X &yi-" 40 pages.] 



Tver Rubber Co. (Andover, Massachusetts) issue 

 a new catalogue of " Tyrian Rubber Goods," including 

 druggists' sundries and stationers' and miscellaneous 

 goods, with prices. The catalogue is liberally illus- 

 trated with photographic views of the leading articles 

 listed, the pictures generally being colored to indicate 

 the actual appearance of the rubber. There are also 

 several half tone views of Tyer factory interiors. This 

 IS one of the largest druggists' sundries catalogues issued, and 

 a comparison of it with the first catalogue ever issued by the 

 Tyer company strikingly illustrates the development made by 

 this important establishment. [io"X7^". 112 pages.] 



The Huod Rubber Co. recently brought out an exceedingly 

 striking hanger, which was distributed to their customers 

 throughout the country, and has attracted much attention. It 

 is printed in ten colors and shows a huge ocean steamer in the 

 background, and the tender of a pilot boat in the foreground. 

 An inquiring soul aboard the steamer asks the lusty pilot 

 where he secured his rubber boots, and the latter, calling back 

 through a megaphone, gives the single word " HOOD." 



Fabric Fire Hose Co. (New York), issue a pamphlet with 

 the title "When Buying Fire Hose," which describes their 

 method of treating the cotton fabrics used with a mixture of 

 melted wax and gum, and also their patent process of " balance 

 weaving," after which are quotations from commendation let- 

 ters from fire chiefs in many cities, and a list of towns and 

 cities in which their fire hose has been in use from five to 

 twenty years. [7" X 6''. 32 pages.] 



Indiana Rubber and Insulated Wire Co. (Jonesboro, 

 Indiana), issue a new catalogue of insulated wires and cables, 

 manufactured under their " Paranite " and " Peerless " brands. 

 They make low tension and high tension wires, telegraph and 

 telephone wires and cables, submarine cables, etc. The cata- 

 logue ends with several pages of " Useful Tables." [4^"X7X"- 

 48 pages.] 



VOUGHT & Williams (Nos. 363-367 Ijreenwich street. New 

 York) who have been mentioned before in The India Rubber 

 World as extensive dealers in rubber horseshoe pads, present 

 in their Catalogue of Horse Shoers' and Blacksmiths' Sup- 

 plies no less than 44 illustrations of different styles and t\pes 

 of horseshoe pads. These do not cover their whole stock in 

 this line, however, and they advise The India Rubber 

 World that since the issue of their catalogue they have had 

 submitted to them some six or eight new styles of pads. An- 

 other line in connection with rubber which the firm have 

 taken on, in recent years, is solid rubber vehicle tires, of which 

 they keep in stock a number of sizes, together with tools for 

 applying rubber tires, and an assortment of steel channels for 

 such tires. [S/^'X^"- 381 pages.] 



