April i, 1901.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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THE PICKETT VALVE IN TiRE REPAIRS. 



THE American Pneumatic Valve Co., the concern which 

 has been for some time past so energetically pushing the 

 Pickett All-Rubber Valve, have been making some very inter- 

 esting demonstrations in regard to the use of this valve for re- 

 pair work. Of course in repair work, as in the construction of 

 new tires, the two strong factors in recommending this valve 

 to the trade are its cheapness and its etiiciency. Used for re- 

 pair work, this valve is inserted just as a repair plug would be. 

 a small hole being first cut in the tire, through which the valve 

 can be inserted. 



The yearly saving that would result from the use of this 

 valve to tire manufacturers and to repair men can hardly be 

 over estimated. Every year, the large tire concerns have thou- 

 sands of new tires returned on account of defective valves. 

 These tires up to this time have been merely a dead loss. There 

 has been no use to which they could be put, excepting to be 

 ground up for mats, and the like. The use of this new all-rub- 

 ber valve allows every one of such tires to be saved. All that 

 is necessary is to cut ofT the old-fashioned metal valve, patch 

 up the hole (the patch, of course, being concealed by the rim 

 will not show) and then the tire is ready for the insertion of 

 the rubber valve, which, as before stated, is inserted just as 

 though it were a plug, and with the same facility. It is then, 

 of course, a new tire, and can be sold as such. It will be readily 

 seen what a very great saving will result in this way to the tire 

 manufacturer. 



So far as the repair trade goes, the same conditions apply 

 This new rubber valve can be inserted just as though it were a 

 plug, and with the same facility. This will enable repair men, 

 when tires are given them out of which the old-fashioned metal 

 valve has been torn, to replace this metal valve with a new rub- 

 ber valve at probably the same price paid to them for their 

 work, but at a very greatly reduced cost to the repair man him- 

 self for the materials used in this work. It would hardly seem 

 necessary any further to point out the great advantages of this 

 new contrivance. When the tire trade and repair men can ob- 

 tain at a greatly reduced cost, a valve which is a great improve- 

 ment over other valves, and by combining this cheapness and 

 greatly increased efficiency with their tires, get a result far 

 surpassing the results obtained from any other, it would seem 

 hardly necessary to say more to suggest the possibilities 

 within reach of the trade. 



TALC FROM A NEW SOURCE. 



THERE has been incorporated lately in North Carolina a 

 company for mining barytes and talc in that state, the 

 supply being understood to be both extensive and of a superior 

 grade. The new corporation is the Carolina Mineral Co., at 

 the head of which is Mr. George E. Brightson, long identified 

 in an important way with the drygoods trade in New York, and 

 having offices now at No. 140 Maiden lane, this city. It is the 

 purpose of the company to canvass the rubber trade for the 

 sale of their products, which work will be in charge of Mr. M. F. 

 Drudy. In preparing high grades of barytes and talc, naturally 

 there is an accumulation of material which cannot be offered 

 with the high grades and these, the company state, they are 

 prepared to offer at very advantageous figures. 



The Santa Filomena Co., Limited, has been registered in 

 London, with a capital of £12,000, to acquire India-rubber es- 

 tates in Bolivia and elsewhere and carry on the business of 

 collecting and dealing in crude rubber. 



EMPIRE AUTOMATIC TIME RECORDER. 



THE general recognition of the utility of automatic time 

 recorders in factories and wherever a large number of 

 workers are employed makes it unnecessary in these days to 

 present any argument in favor of the use of such devices. The 

 only question relates to the merits of any particular system or 

 method of working of the recorder. In the production of the 

 " Empire " recorder pains have been taken to make the ma- 

 chine simple and easy in operation, and not only accurate, but 

 capable of remaining so for a long period. The number of 



employes recording upon the " Empire " may be increased at 

 any time by simply adding number checks as required, and in 

 no way disturbing the existing system and at very little ex- 

 pense. The record made by the " Empire" is plainly printed 

 and easily tabulated. It is impossible for any employe to tam- 

 per with it. Already it is in successful use in many factories, 

 and rubber manufacturers are invited to write to the propri- 

 etors for details concerning its advantages. [The Empire Time 

 Recorder Co., Cleveland, Ohio.] 



SOME WANTS OF THE RUBBER TRADE. 



[160] T^ROM a rubber manufacturer : " We are on the look- 

 J^ out for a machine to cut fruitjar rings. Can you 

 supply the names of any manufacturers of such machines ? " 



[101] From an insulated wire factory : " Will you kindly 

 advise me the approximate quantity of barytes that is used in 

 the manufacture of rubber goods ? " 



[162] " Can you advise us who makes a rubber grip for use 

 on racing oars ? " 



[163] " We want to learn the name of some manufacturer 

 of waterproof sleeve protectors." 



[164] "Will you kindly advise us where we can secure a 

 woven wire spring, similar to those used in the manufacture of 

 pessaries ? " 



ANSWERS. 



[158] Theodore Hofeller & Co., Buffalo. New York, import 

 German rubber shoe and other scrap. 



