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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1913. 



New Rubber Goods in the Market. 



E1TBBER FLOWERS FOR BATHERS, 



ORIGINALLY, of course, the province of the bathing suit 

 was to he worn while bathing, and the plainer the bet- 

 ter. But with the increasing popularity of the sea- 

 side resort the bathing suit has come to be an outfit for 

 general display on the beach, and consequently it has grown 

 more ornate with each succeeding year. However, as it has 

 not yet come to be quite good form to put on a bathing 

 suit and not bathe at all, it is still customary before return- 

 ing to the dressing room to take at least a momentary dip, 

 which necessitates a suit that will stand water. Hitherto 

 bathers in search for adornment have been barred from the 

 use of feathers and flowers, because these would be ruined in 

 even a momentary dip ; 

 but the coming summer, 

 so the fashion experts 

 say, ■w'ill see line floral 



decorations on many a ~~^ ^ 



bathing suit at the "~"* 



smarter beaches — roses, 

 violets and everything 

 else known to decorative 

 botany. Nor will they 



be injured, no matter how delicately hue<l. e\en tlio the bather 

 remains in the water indefinitely, and they can be worn day after 

 day through the season, for they will be made of rubber. 



GOOD FORM WHILE BATHING. 



A keen summer correspondent at New Bedford writes to 

 one of the Boston dailies of a great discovery that he has 

 made, viz., that the women bathers at that resort are em- 

 ploying rubber corsets, made, as he describes them, of two 

 sheets of rubber with pieces of whalebone between. He 

 says that the whalebones are taken direct from the local 

 whaling wharves, and he appears to think that this is entirely 

 a local industry; but in this he is in error, because these 

 rubber corsets for particular ladies came on the market a 

 year ago and are to be had at nearly all the large city stores 

 as well as at the seaside emporiums. The sale of this par- 

 ticular article has not yet assumed vast proportions, but it 

 is growing. 



STEEL PLATES TO PREVENT PTJNCTTTRES. 



A puncture proof tire is something that every motorist wants^ 

 Of that tliere can be no doubt. There are many tires so named, 

 but unfortunately a good many of them, notwithstanding this, 

 designation, will puncture. Here is an illustration of a tire of 

 English construction, in which, in a very thick layer of rubber 

 and cotton — or rather a series of such layers — coming im- 

 mediately under the tread, small steel plates are inserted in 

 such a way that, while they do not touch, they overlap, making 

 it impossible for a nail or tack to get through them. The manu- 



A Puncture Proof Tire. 



fucturers claim that on a trial of 54 of these tires on vans which, 

 with their load, weighed nearly three tons, the average distance 

 covered by the tires, without a puncture or road stop of any 

 kind, was a little over 6,000 miles. (Non-Puncture Inner Case 

 .Syndicate, Ltd., Kensington, England.) 



A LIGHT, INEXPENSIVE VULCANIZER. 



To repair a tire so that it will stay repaired it has been found 

 necessary in most cases to use a vulcanizer ; and the light and 

 inexpensive vulcanizer which can be quickly and easily used has 

 come to be in great demand. Here are two illustrations of the 

 "B. Co. Gasoline Vulcanizer." It weighs only 3 pounds and can 

 be tucked away in the tool-box. It 

 is quite simple, consisting only of the 

 body, the cover, measuring cup and 

 two clamping fixtures. Cut No. 1 

 shows this vulcanizer at work on the 

 outer shoe, where it is used perpen- 

 dicularly, being clamped around the 

 tire and rim with a chain. In this 

 position it is necessary to pour the 

 gasoline into the little cup before it 

 is ignited. In cut No. 2 the vul- 

 canizer is shown in a horizontal po- 

 sition as it is used on an inner tube. 

 In that case the cover is put under 

 the tube so as to press the place to 

 be repaired up against the body of 

 the vulcanizer. When used in this 

 way the gasoline is simply poured 

 It will be noticed that in the body 

 of the vulcanizer there are a number of upright iron rods, which 

 serve to absorb and distribute the heat and carry it down to 

 the rubber. [The Brown Co., Syracuse, New York.] 



1 HE B. Lo. G.\SliI,liNE 



Vulcanizer. 

 into the body and ignited. 



Should be on every rubber man's desk — Crude Rubber and 

 Compounding Ingredients; Rubber Country of the .Amazon; 

 Rubber Trade Directory of the World. 



A WAX FOR INSULATING WIRE. 



.•\n English firm is introducing a new wa.x for insulating and 

 impregnating cables and wires. It apparently has no rubber in 

 it, but it is described as being a "rubber-like product," resistant 

 to weather and to water, and also to acids, and with a high 

 electrical resistance. This compound can be vulcanized and 

 can be melted at 75 deg. C, but is not sticky in hot weather 

 nor brittle in cold. 



