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IHE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[December i, 1904. 



NEW GOODS AND SPECIALTIES IN RUBBER. 



THE " CLINGFAST THUMB STAIL. 



A THUMB cot or stall that is having 

 a very large run, among letter car- 

 riers, press feeders, bookbinders, 

 bank clerks, and many others, is that 

 shown in the accompanying illustration. It 

 is very similar to the " Clingfast " finger cot 

 in its make up; thai is, the part that stands 

 the greatest amount of wear is reinforced, 

 while the thin lower portion clings to the 

 thumb where the pressure is not felt. This 

 special reinforcementTTiy the way, is the in- 

 vention of the company who produce these 

 goods, and who are to-day the sole manu- 

 facturers. [The Huron Rubber Co., Cleve- 

 land, Ohio.] 



"agnota packages" of rubber bands. 

 Two illustrations herewith relate to a new method of putting 

 up rubber bands, in an unusually convenient shape for use in 



the office, at 

 home, in a 

 t ra veler's 

 bag, and so 

 on. The 

 smaller cut 



illustrates a package containing one gross of rubber bands. 

 The package comes completely sealed ar.d provided with a 



perforat- 

 ed end, 

 the re- 

 moval of 

 which is 

 easy and 

 gives ac- 

 cess to 

 the con- 

 tents. 

 The pack- 

 a;e is of 

 cellular 

 construc- 

 tion, with an 

 automatic clos- 

 ing inner pack- 

 age, so that while the 

 bands may be withdrawn 

 separately, the package will 

 remain intact until the last 

 band has been removed. Thus a 

 marked advantage is afforded over the use of bands packed 

 loosely in a box and liable to spill and get lost. The name 

 " Agnota package " has been adopted for this device, and a pat- 

 ent has been applied for. These packages are sold at the same 

 piice as rubber bands packed in the usual way. In the larger 

 cut is shown a cabinet made up of six " Agnota packages," of 

 assorted sizes of rubber bands, in a box — a most convenient 

 and compact arrangement for the desk of a business man or 

 clerk. These goods are on sale very generally in the stationery 

 trade, but may be obtained at wholesale or retail from the 



manufacturers. [The M. Lindsay Rubber Co., Washington, 

 D. C, and No. 298 Broadway, New York.] 



THE "calumet" rubber HORSESHOE. 

 This is essentially a drop forged steel socket, into which is 

 fixed a pair of replacable rubber heel calks which serve as cush- 

 ions and give the proper frog pressure. 

 Around the toe is set a strip of fiber rubber, 

 molded under enormous pressure, which acts 

 like sandpaper to prevent slipping. The 

 combination of removable rubber cushion 

 heel and fiber toe, together with light metal 

 frame in contact with the hoof, makes prac- 

 tically a perfect shoe. There is no slipping 

 in any kind of weather, on any kind of road ; 

 hence, a steady tread, better speed, no interfering, no wrench- 

 ing, no hoof diseases — in fact a comfortable minded and sound 

 horse. The construction of the shoe makes it light enough for 

 the carriage horse and sufficiently strong for the truck horse, 

 and It can be fitted cold by any blacksmith. [Calumet Tire 

 Rubber Co., Chicago, Illinois.] 



THE REVERSIBLE RUBBER HEEL. 

 This device consists of a light shell of metal fastened to the 

 heel seat of a shoe, by means of small screws or tacks, and a 

 removable and reversible tread por- 

 tion of rubber pressed in the shell, 

 in which it is firmly held by the elas- 

 ticity of the rubber, which will be 

 slightly compressed in the process 

 of insertion, and capable of being 

 raised as it wears away by washers 

 of any suitable material, interposed 

 between the shell and the upper 

 side of the tread portion of rubber. One advantage is that 

 the rubber poition can be reversed as soon as one side is 

 worn out. It can also be removed from one shoe to the other 

 so that it can wear evenly in every part. On being worn out 

 completely, it can be replaced by another rubber heel. [The 

 Reversible Rubber Heel Co., No. 2109 Notre Dame street, 

 Montreal, Canada.] 



"faultless" water bottles. 

 The hot water bottle illustrated herewith is not only made of 

 material of good quality — to prevent cracking, breaking.or open- 

 ing at the seams — but is rein- 

 forced by an outer covering which 

 not only protects it from injury 

 but gives it an attractive appear- 

 ance. This cover is held firmly 

 in place but it can be quickly 

 and easily detached, which, for 

 sanitary reasons, is a great ad- 

 vantage. These water bottles are 

 made in five sizes, with four dif- 

 ferent grades of covers — silk, 

 flannel, mercerized, and foulard 

 — but the interior bottle is the 

 same in all grades. They cost 

 more than other bottles, but it is with the idea that on account 

 of superior durability they will still prove less expensive than 

 any other. Patents have been applied for. [Faultless Rubber 

 Co., Akron, Ohio.] 



