August i, 1901.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER W^ORLD 



331 



PATENTED MAR. 26 

 AND MAY 7, 1901. 



gum, enabling it to stretch seven times its length. The con- 

 trol of this article has been secured by the extensive sporting 

 goods firm of P. Goldsmith's Sons, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



"women's delight" hot wathr bag. 



The shape of this new hot water bag has been designed es- 

 pecially with a view to mailing it fit the abdomen, in which 



respect the inventor feels 

 that success has been at- 

 tained. This 

 shape has met 

 with much favor 

 from physicians 

 and nurses, as well 

 as from women 

 who have used it. 

 Each bag is pro- 

 vided with a flan- 

 nel cover, which 

 can readily be re- 

 moved when 

 soiled, and re- 

 placed after being laundered. The rings on the sides 

 of the bag are useful when it is desired to secure the 

 bag to the body with a tape or bandage. An addi- 

 tional advantage is that the stopper on this bag can- 

 not get lost, being connected to the handle of the 

 bag by a neat nickel plated chain. Besides, the top of the 

 bag can be folded so as to keep the stopper from being in 

 the way, when applying the bag. The bag may be applied 

 with equal facility to any part of the body, being adapted 

 especially for use as a hand or footwarmer. It will also serve 

 to hold poultices in place and keep them warm, while a nurs- 

 ing bottle can be kept at any desired temperature by filling 

 the bag with water at the proper heat and slipping the bottle 

 inside the flannel cover. Two patents on this water bag, issued 

 recently to Meinecke & Co., Nos. 48-50 Park place. New York, 

 have been protected by the Patent Title and Guarantee Co. 

 (New York) to prevent infringements. The sole manufacturers 

 are the Davol Rubber Co., Providence, Rhode Island. 



Bennett's patent hose patch. 

 This device is referred to as being capable of being applied 

 very quickly, so that a leak in the hose may be stopped eflfect- 



MACHINE FOR MACKINTOSH SEWING. 



ually and at once. It is applicable for garden hose, and, in larger 

 sizes, for fire hose, brewers' hose, and air-brake hose. It is 

 also made as a " pipe patch," for instant use in the case of a 



bursted steam or 

 water pipe. Besides 

 being adapted to 

 speedy use, it is sim- 

 ple in construction 

 and requires no spe- 

 cial skill in putting it 

 in place. It will be 

 necessary, in order- 

 ing, to specify the size required, and whether for hose or pipe. 

 For 25 cents a single clamp for a garden hose will be sent 

 prepaid. [Bennett & Co., No. 127 Duane street, New York,] 



THE sewing of rubber-coated fabrics, single or double tex- 

 ture, is a problem that has vexed the soul of many a 

 factory superintendent. If the goods have been cured either 

 by solarization or by heat, the work is easier, but even then the 

 machine must be built especislly for that work. For sewing 

 green or unvulcamized coatings many makes of machines — in- 



deed, nearly all — are totally unfitted. The rubber follows the 

 needle, works into the shuttle, and so effectively gums things 

 up that in a very short time it is impossible to work. To ob- 

 viate this a sectional shutter race, which is here illustrated, has 

 been designed. Briefly described, A is the race, with two sim- 

 ple locking bars that can be operated without trouble or loss of 



time. B is the locking ring, and C the shuttle and bobbin case 

 having a hinged flap on its handle. To remove the shuttle the 

 locking bars are pressed down and locking ring, shuttle, and 

 bobbin case with bobbin are taken out with one motion. The 

 replacement is just as simple and as quick. The machine to 

 which this attachment belongs is known as No. 31-16 and is 

 manufactured by the Singer Manufacturing Co., New York. A 

 cut of this machine complete is shown in the company's adver- 

 tisement elsewhere in this paper. 



In an article on "The Philippine Carriage Market "in The 

 Hub (New York) for April, the writer says: "Solid tires are 

 also in request here, and it may surprise some to have it an- 

 nounced that a number of the carriage people on'_Panay island 

 have located Gutta-percha trees and are securing gum rubber 

 from these for the making of tires, which they place on wheels." 

 From the remainder of this article, it would seem to be from 

 the same pen as a paper on " Rubber Making in the Philip- 

 pines," mentioned in The India Rubber World for January 

 last [page loi]. 



