July i, 1902.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



323 



NEW GOODS AND SPECIALTIES IN RUBBER. 



MR. KEMPSHALL'S GOLF BALL PATENTS. 



LATE editions of the United States Patent Office Gazette 

 report the issue of 22 more patents, with 218 claims, for 

 golf and other balls — in addition to those mentioned in 

 the last issue of The India Rubber World— all as- 

 signed to the Kempshall Manufacturing Co. This makes, up to 



ber. It is supplied with either single or double faucet connec- 

 tion [Meilink Manufacturing Co., Toledo, Ohio]. 



"interlocking" rubber tire. 



This is a new style of solid vehicle tire, mentioned already 

 in The India Rubber World as having been patented by 



W. R. Giddeon. By reference to the 



illustration it will be seen that in the 

 tire there is a longitudinal depression 

 in the center, with a corresponding 

 ridge in the steel channel, to which it is 

 snugly fitted. This formation is re- 

 T ferred to as causing the rubber to hug 

 the steel ring so securely that, when 



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properly set, it cannot be removed without the aid of tools. For 



June I, the issue of 77 American patents, containing 874 claims, 

 with more to follow. The English patent office is also beginning 

 to publish applications for patents by the same inventors and 

 assigned to the same company. In addition to the ball patents, 

 Mr. Kempshall has invented a golf club with a celluloid and fa- 

 bric facing, an illustration of which is herewith shown, and for 

 which, if he is consistent, he and his associate, Mr. Richards, 

 will need to take out some 76 more patents with about 863 

 claims. Another patent which has been issued to Mr. Kemp- 

 shall, is for a spinning roll, comprising a core, a layer of soft 

 rubber thereon, covered with a shell of celluloid, having fabric 

 embedded in it, which is wrapped around the rubber compress- 

 ing it tightly, the celluloid shell being held in place by welding. 



melchers's shower yoke. 

 This has been referred to as a perfect portable shower bath ap- 

 pliance. It provides complete regulation of temperature (cold, 

 warm, or hot) and pressure ; it showers the whole body at once, 

 forcing a simultaneous reaction — a sanitary and exhilarating 



Othe same reason the tire will not creep. On account of thechan- 

 Q nel edges being about % inch lower than those supplied with 

 .yj' other tires, the " Interlocking "has a larger wearing surface, and 

 thus will wear longer before the bearing comes to the steel rim 

 and makes re-rubbering necessary. This tire is controlled by The 

 Southern Rubber Tire Co. (Knoxville, Tennessee), for whom 

 it is manufactured by The Combination Rubber and Belting 

 Co. (Bloomfield, New Jersey). 



AMERICAN MADE " SOLAR " AUTO-HORNS. 

 Auto-horns or " squawkers" have already been described 

 in this department, but they were of foreign manufacture. On 

 this page illustrations are presented of two styles of a horn 

 manufactured in the United States, in an effort to produce the 

 equal of any of the imported French horns. These horns are 

 constructed of a special quality of brass, and are handsome in 

 design and finish ; they give a penetrating and noisy note ; are 

 quick to act and respond ; and are provided with a clamp that 

 which will admit attaching wherever desired. A point of spec- 

 ial interest in this connection relates to the rubber attachment 



necessity after the tub bath. The yoke is made of fine brass, 

 nickle plated, and the connections are first quality Para rub- 



DIAMETER OF BELL D.AMETER OF BELL 



HORN 4 INCHES. HORN 6}i INCHES- 



of these horns, in relation to which manufacturers advise The 

 India Rubber World : " During the past year we have spent 

 considerable amounts of money trying to get American rubber 



