July i, 1901.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



299 



NEW GOODS AND SPECIALTIES IN RUBBER. 



A NEW HOSE ATTACHMENT. 



THE illustration herewith relates to a new hose attach- 

 ment for connecting ],i and }i inch hose to smooth 

 faucets. It consists of a brass piece with a rubber 

 washer. The attachment has only to be pushed on the 

 faucet. The greater the pressure of 

 water, the tighter it will hold. It 

 cannot leak or be forced ofT. This 

 useful little article is made by the 

 Roberts Manufacturing Co., of Phil- 

 adelphia, [mentioned in The India 

 Rubber World, May i— page 246], 

 who are getting ready to make a 

 line of specialties in hose goods. 

 The list price of the hose attachment is §6 per dozen ; extra 

 rubber washers, Si. 30 per dozen. The entire output of the 

 Roberts Manufacturing Co. is handled by Latta & Mulconroy 

 Co., Nos. 1213-1215 Market street, Philadelphia. 



THE "holdfast" BATH SPRAY. 



There have been described already 

 in The India Rubber World [July 

 I, 1899 — page 276] several "adjuncts to 

 the modern bathroom," including 

 sprays of special construction, with 

 rubber tubing, manufactured by S. 

 Sternau & Co., now of No. 204 Church 

 street, New York. This firm have now 

 introduced a new bath spray, which 

 they call the " Holdfast," on account 

 of a special " grip," guaranteed to stay 

 on the faucet under all pressures. The 

 accompanying picture is intended to 

 illustrate the feature of construction 

 of this grip which keeps it in place. A 

 patent has been applied for. 



THE FORSYTH GOLF BALL. 

 The line of golf balls manufactured by the Boston Belting 

 Co. has been mentioned already in The India Rubber World, 

 but is referred to again for the purpose of introducing illus- 

 trations of two patterns which have not appeared in these 

 pages before. These are described respectively as " Pattern 



PATTERN B. PATTERN C. 



B" and " Pattern C," and are marked as shown in the accom- 

 panying cuts. The same quality of material is used in all 

 the patterns made by the company — a pure high grade Gutta- 

 percha. They are well molded, well seasoned, and properly 

 painted, and are packed 1 dozen or yi dozen to the box. 



THE NEW "PULLMAN" LAWN SPRINKLER. 



One distinctive feature of this device is that the nozzle is 

 screwed upon the sprinkler proper, which is so constructed 

 that the size of the spray can be regulated by merely turning 



"PULLMAN" SPRINKLER. 



the nozzle, screwing it up or down, and thus changing, prac- 

 tically, the size of the orifice. If desired, the stand can be re- 

 moved, and the sprinkler 

 mounted on a pin, for water- 

 ing terraces or uneven 

 ground where the stand can- 

 not be set level. Or, the 

 nozzle can be disconnected nozzle. 

 from the stand and attached directly to 

 the hose. The " Pullman " sprinkler has 

 no ball, spring, or other movable parts to 

 wear or get out of order ; there is not any 

 back pressure; it sprinkles at all press- 

 ures, covering 2500 square feet at ordinary 

 pressure. The spray covers the ground 

 evenly, being umbrella shaped with cen- 

 tral jet. The nozzle and other parts are 

 made of solid brass, nickel plated, the 

 sprinkler stand being made of cold steel. 

 [Pullman Sash Balance Co., Rochester, 

 New York.] 



SPRINKLER MOUNTED 

 ON PIN. 



THE LATEST WATER BOTTLE. 



The illustration represents a lately patented water bottle, 

 with a device for containing hot or cold drinks, for the sick 

 room or for various household purposes. It comprises, in the 

 first place, a rubber bag, with an opening in the 

 top through which cracked ice or hot water 

 may be introduced. In one side of the bag a 

 slit is cut, and a pocket is formed beneath this 

 slit, extending to the bottom of the bag, in 

 which a bottle may be inserted, allowing the 

 lieating or cooling material in the bag to entirely 

 surround the bottle and act on the contents of 

 the latter. When it is desired to heat milk for 

 an infant, the nursing bottle is inserted in the 

 pocket and hot water is poured into the neck 

 of the bag, warming the milk to the proper temperature in a 

 few moments. When used for cooling champagne or other 

 drinks the cracked ice is placed in the bag, and by the time it 

 has melted the liquid will be found agreeably cool. The patent 



