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THE INDIA RUBBER V/ORLD 



[September i, 1901. 



NEW TRADE PUBLICATIONS. 



THE Boston Belting Co. have issued a new edition of 

 " Rubber Belting. Lacing and Splicing. Suggestions for 

 the Transmission of Power." The information which it con- 

 tains, with the help of numerous illustrations, makes it a valu- 

 able handbook for ready reference for all belt users. [^^{"XSU"- 

 44 pages. ]=^Another illustrated pamphlet, devoted to " Fire 

 Hose," is a catalogue of the company's products in this line, 

 including such fire hose appliances as couplings, nozzles, hose 

 racks, and the like, and also the underwriters' specifications 

 and Illustrated description of hose test pumps. [S}i"y<8^^''. 32 

 pages.] It may be interesting to note that the names are given 

 of 290 cities, in 36 states, to which the company have sold fire 

 hose.= = .'\ third new publication from the same company is 

 " Rubber Covered Rollers," relatingtoan important department 

 of their production, and covering equipment for a great variety 

 of industries. They have made rubber covered rollers for paper 

 making machines as large as 24 inches in diameter and 158 

 inches " face," or length, such a roller complete weighing 5 tons. 

 [5.^X8"^"". 16 pages.] 



New York Belting and Packing Co., Limited, issue an 

 illustrated pamphlet entitled " New York Vehicle Tire," in 

 which is fully described the features of construction of this new 

 type of tire, and its advantages under various conditions. The 

 pamphlet is attractively got up, and it answers seemingly every 

 possible question that can be asked about the tire, includ- 

 ing prices, and the prices of steel channels. This is a specimen 

 of the new series of catalogues now being issued by the New 

 York Belting and Packing Co., each devoted to a particular 

 line of their products. \4ys"X7"- 23 pages.] 



The Diamond Rubber Co. (Akron, Ohio) have published, 

 under the title " Diamond Carriage and Motor Tires," an ex- 

 ceedingly readable brochure on points to be observed by buy- 

 ers and users of pneumatic vehicle tires. The company have 

 been making pneumatic tires, for heavy and light vehicles, for 

 six years, and have now become fully committed to the merits 

 of such tires — if made of good material, and constructed to fit 

 the work to be done. This pamphlet is attractive outwardly, 

 and well illustrated within. [4>-s"X7j'+'. 32 pages.] 



Bowers Rubber Co. (San Francisco, California), the pioneer 

 rubber manufacturers on the Pacific coast, send us a new illus- 

 trated catalogue of Mechanical Rubber Goods, which embraces 

 not only the staple lines of such goods as are in use elsewhere, 

 but some specialties which are called for in the mining dis- 

 tricts. Of this class are their patented concentrator belts. They 

 make a specialty also of large sized suction hose. [3Ji"x6". 62 

 pages.] 



Robins Belt Conveying Co. (New York) have issued an 

 elaborate new pamphlet, "Coal Handling by Means of Robins 

 Belt Conveyors," for which system a grand prize was awarded 

 at the Paris Exposition of 1901. The system is fully described 

 herein, including some new features, with the aid of several 

 half tone illustrations on a large scale. |9"xi2." 24 pages.] 



The Rubber Specialty Co. (Akron, Ohio) issue a taste- 

 fully got up illustrated brochure, calling attention to their 

 products in the way of rubber bands, tubing, sponge rubber, 

 gloves, nipples, ice bags, face masks, and the like. We are cer- 

 tain that our readers would be pleased to see it. [Al4" /(>]/%". 

 8 leaves, in cover.] 



AsBEsr- und Gummiwerke Alfred Calmon, Akt.-Ges., 

 Hamburg have issued a new edition, for 1901, of their cata- 

 logue, printed in English for foreign use, of their asbestos and 

 mechanical rubber products. This is an exceptionally large 

 asbestos factory, to which has been added a rubber factory. 



omplete in itself, and on a large scale. The catalogue is illus- 

 trated, and quotes prices in English money. [6>^"X9^". 118 

 pages.] 



Pirelli & Co., the India-rubber and cable manufacturers of 

 Milan, Italy, have issued an illustrated pamphlet in French, de- 

 scribing their cables for very high pressures, and including cer- 

 tificates from experts at Paris and Milan on their 25,000 volt 

 cable exhibited at the Paris Exposition of 1901. It embraces 

 also references to the Pirelli cable exhibit, quoted from The 

 India Rubber World, and leading electrical journals. [7Ji"- 

 Xii;^'. 16 pages.] 



ALSO RECEIVED. 



Morgan & Wright, Chicago= Bicycle Enamels and Enamel Sun- 

 dries. 8 pp. 



United States Rubber Co. (F. D. Balderston, special selling agent) 

 Boston=Tennis, Yachting, and Gymnasium Shoes [price list], iqoi. 

 4 pp. 



Frankfurter Asbestwerke Aktiengesellschaft (vormals Louis Wert- 

 heim), Niederrad-Frankfurt o/M. = [Illustrated Catalogue]. 29 pp. 



The .Searls Manufacturing Co., Newark, New Jersey=Carriage and 

 Sleigh Goods [including several items of rubber articles.] 



J. \V. Buckley Rubber Co., No. 6g Warren street, New York= Rubber 

 Goods for Mechanical Purposes. 24 pp. Also : Net Price List of Bicycle 

 Tires, 1901. 4 pp. 



The Painesville Metallic Binding Co., Painesville, Ohio. = [Catalogue 

 of Stair Nosings, etc.] 8 pp. 



B. F. Sturtevant Co., Boston. =After Thirty Days. [Relates to 

 speedy recovery from damage by fire.] 8 pp. 



Rochester Wringer Co., Inc., Rochester, New York. = Illustrated 

 Catalogue of Self-adjusting Clothes Wringers. 24 pp. 



S. Sternau & Co., No. 204 Church street, New York.=The " Hold- 

 ast " Bath Spray. I2 pp. 



RECENT RUBBER PATENTS. 



UNITED STATES PATENT RECORD. 

 Issued Julv 2, igoi. 



NO. 677139S. Horseshoe pad. August Buer, Hanover, Germany. 

 677,415. Cushion tire. Webber G. Kendall, Providence, R. I. 

 677,480. Syringe. Mary K. Thomas, Akron, Ohio. 

 677,489. Water bag. Sarah A. Woods, Flushing, N, Y. 

 677.497. Hoof pad. John A. Buck, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 677,708. Automatic lire inflator. George B. Stacy, Boston, assignor 



to Alexander H. Spencer, New York city. 

 677,810. Pneumatic tite. Uzziel P. Smith, Chicago, assignor of one- 

 half to Thomas Kane, same place. 

 677,814. Rubber tire. Charles W. Stapleton, New York city. 



Issued July g, 1901. 

 677,867. Method of attaching rubber tire to rim. John W. Hawkins, 



Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. 

 677,983. Pneumatic tire for bicycles. Edwin Hemsted, Toronto, 



Canada. 

 678,055. Rubber vehicle tire. George W. Southwick, Franklin, Mass. 

 678,317. Cushion tire. Webber G. Kendall. Providence, R. I. 

 678,340. Cushion tire. Joseph Holland, Providence, R. I., assignor 



to Webber G. Kendall. 



Issued July 16, 1901. 

 678,504. Pneumatic tire. Joseph G. Mooney, Erie, Pa., assignor to 



Lake Shore Rubber Co., same place. 

 678,510. Pneumatic tire and inner tube therefor. Charles G. Page, 



Oakpark, 111. 

 678,653. Machine for setting rubber tires. Samuel A. Gaede and 



Henry J. Duckgeischel, Chicago. 

 678,850. Rubber hose. William J. Courtney, New Yoik city, assignor 



to Herman H. Westinghouse, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 Issued July 23, igoi. 

 678,922. Roofing compounds. Christopher W. Walker, Johnsonburg, 



Pa. 

 679,000. Vehicle wheel having resilient tire. Marie Holaubek, 



Vienna, Austria. 



