October i, 190T.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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NEW GOODS AND SPECIALTIES IN RUBBER. 



RUBBER FLOOR TILE. 



A PATENT has been granted to George H. Bennett, of 

 New York, for a novel construction in rubber floor 

 tiles. In brief, the new system consists of a series of 

 tiles, completely covering the floor, each tile having 

 portions cut away from the top, to form channels or recesses 

 having vertical walls. Locking pieces or tiles are provided to 



fit into these recesses and fill the spaces between their surface 

 portions and to engage such base tiles to secure them together 

 laterally. It is intended that the inlaid rubber sections shall 

 be of a diflerent color from the base tiles, in order that a mo- 

 saic effect may be produced. In the figures presented here- 

 with, selected from the drawings filed at the patent office, are 

 shown two designs — one in which the inlaid tiles are octagonal 

 in shape and one square. In each case there appears in the 

 open space in the center of such inlaid tile a view of one cor- 

 ner of each of four base tiles, illustrating the manner in which 

 the base tiles are locked together. In the sectional piece ap- 

 pearing between the other two cuts is indicated the depth to 

 which the base tiles are channeled for the reception of the in- 

 terlocking rings or squares. It may be added that this system 

 is capable of a great variety of designs, and is not confined to 

 the two which are illustrated on this page. The inlaid tiles 

 may be of any color which can be given to rubber, and it is 

 anticipated by the inventor that the system will find favor by 

 reason of the variety of ornamental designs possible to be ob 

 tained. Special border designs may be produced, forming a 

 contrast, either in color or figure, to the center of the floor 

 covering. Other advantages claimed are that this new tile is 

 impervious to water and that, in case of injnry to any section, 

 it may be removed readily for the substitution of new pieces. 

 It is undetstood that the inventor is open to consider proposi- 

 tions from manufacturers. 



INUIA-RUBBRR INSULATING GLOVES. 

 Toward the end of last year the Association of French 

 Manufacturers for Prevention of Accidents in Factories invited 

 an international competition for the best insulating gloves, to 

 be used by workmen in electrical works and stations. Such 

 gloves were not only to be an effective protection for the hands 

 and the lower part of the arms, but also to be so strong that they 

 would resist an electric current and prevent any accidental in- 



jury, as from a jagged copper wire, etc. In addition, they 

 should be easy to wear and allow full movement of the fingers 

 while working. A prize of 1000 francs was offered, and alter a 

 comparison of a number of samples, it was awarded to Franz 

 Clouth.RheinischeGummiwaarenfabrik.G. m. b. H., of Cologne, 

 Germany. The prize glove is seamless, with a perfectly 

 smooth surface, and no joint or projecting edge or border. 



They are lined with a solid double 

 texture, to allow of free perspira- 

 tion. The thick layer of rubber 

 used resists a current of 10,000 

 volts. The gloves are made with 

 and without separate fingers, and 

 with gauntlets of varying lengths, 

 or without gauntlets. The price 

 of Size No. 3, of best Para rub- 

 ber, Jersey lined, without gaunt- 

 lets, is quoted in England at 

 I2s. (>d (=$3) per pair. With 

 gauntlets 18 inches long, 21.?. 2,d., 

 and there are intermediate prices, 

 including lower rates for unlined 

 gloves. A special catalogue of 

 these gloves is issued by the 

 Cologne firm. 



GORRIEN'S PORTABLE SHOWER BATH. 

 Of the two accompanying illustrations, one shows the com- 

 plete article described in the above heading, and the other how 

 it is used. The idea of a rubber 

 ring shower bath attachment, 

 to be used in this manner is not 

 new; the novelty in this case. 



however, consists in the attachment of the spray ring to a 

 water bag, the nature of which combination is fully shown in 

 the engravings. In order that the device may be of the utmost 

 possible value in the household, the whole is so constructed 

 that the spray ring may be detached, and replaced with any of 

 the several pipes also shown in the larger picture. Or, all the 



