September 1. 1913. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



639 



New Rubber Goods in the Market. 



A COMBINATION DOUBLE TUBE TEMPEEATURE REOULATOB. 



THl'- Florence Combination Doublc-Tubc Temperature Reg- 

 ulator, adapted for the regulation of heating and cooling 

 mills, calenders and mangles, is made by Frank L. Trc- 

 fcthcn, whose factory is at 199 Broad street. Lynn, Massachu- 



"Florenxe" Temperature Regulator. 



setts. It is claimed that this device insures even temperature of 

 the entire length of a roll, maintains position under steam or 

 water pressure and can exhaust direct to atmosphere. 



to hold .tce bags on the head. 



It is a well known fact that fever patients or cliildren are apt 

 to throw off the ic^' Ins;? placed on their heads which have 



to be replaced. The neces- 

 sity of constant watchful- 

 ness is avoided by the use 

 of the new ice-bag holder, 

 which is inade of rubber 

 material and shaped like 

 a cap. The ice bag (not too 

 full) is inserted through 

 an opening in the cap. .\ 

 bandage holder is made, 

 likewise of rubber mate- 

 rial, on the same principle. 

 fSachsische Gummiwaren 

 Industrie. Johannes Stein- 

 briick, Dresden.] 



a gun that shoots a rubber ball. 

 Probably a ball was the first article ever made of rubber. 

 The South American Indians have been ainusing themselves 

 rubber balls for centuries — Columbus saw them playing 

 with them when he was over here. Here is an 

 air gun that shoots a rubber ball. The advantage 

 of using a rubber ball is that the youngster can 

 use the gun in the house, practicing at any target 

 he chooses without doing very much damage. 

 This rifle is called the "3-in-one," because, in ad- 

 dition to its ability to use a rubber ball as ammunition, it can 

 be used with a cork on the end of a string — chiefly for the 

 amount of explosive sound that can be extracted from it in 



with 



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The Ki.xg 3-in-One. 



this way — and also for regular shot, where the range is out 

 of doors and the target a suitable one. (The Markham Air 

 Rifle Co.. Plymouth. Michigan.) 



A TEMPORARY LEAK STOPPER. 



The accoiTipanying illustration shows a device, called "The 

 .Aqua Sto()per." for repairing temporarily leakages in lead or iron 



pipes used for water, gas or 

 steam. It consists of a screw 

 clamp with an iron shield and 

 a rubber washer. The rubber 

 washer is loose, so that it can 

 be put at any point under the 

 shield where its services are re- 

 quired. The screw presses the 

 shield against the washer and 

 closes up, for temporary pur- 

 poses, the leakage in the pipe. 



This, of course, is not in- 

 tended as a permanent repair, 

 but it will serve well enough 

 until the plumber can find it 

 convenient to get around. It is 

 simple and inexpensive and can 

 be used an indefinite number of times. 



A Te.mi'orarv 1. 



A NEW ANTI-SKID TIRE, 



To be sure there is nothing particularly new about an 

 anti-skid tire — anti-skid tires of many types have been 

 on the market for some time — but here is a 

 new type. It is the Lee .A.nti-skid, and, as 

 the accompanying illustration shows, it has 

 a zig-zag tread, with various lugs or knobs 

 interspersed with the zig-zag band, and with 

 fairly deep channels running between the de- 

 signs, so that the edges of these various lugs 

 — not to mention the continuous zig-zag lines 

 — have a good opportunity to get a tenacious 

 liold on the surface of the road. 



The same manufacturers have previously 

 made a zig-zag treau. 'lut this new tread 

 difi'ers a little in design from the old, and 

 also has a greater thickness of rubber. (Lee 

 Tire and Rubber Co., Conshohocken, Penn- 

 sylvania.) 



A COMBINATION OF STEEL AND AIR AND RUBBER. 



Here is a shock absorber that combines a trinity of resiliency. 

 In the first place it has a steel coil within a cylinder; that 



absorbs quite a little of 

 the shock. Connected 

 with this steel coil is a 

 piston that plays up and 

 down in an air chamber, 

 adding the elasticity of 

 air to that of steel, to 

 deaden the jolt. And 

 then beneath the air 

 chamber — as will be no- 

 ticed in the accompany- 

 ing illustration — there is 

 a block of rubber, which 

 lends its valuable aid to 

 the good work. Co- 

 operation is the great 

 law of life — and this ab- 

 sorber is certainly built 

 on the co-operative plan. 

 (C. G. Policy & Co.. 

 Cambridge, Massachu- 

 setts.) 



Pollev's Shock .\bsorber. 



