November i, 1901.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



53 



NEW GOODS AND SPECIALTIES IN RUBBER. 



BAILEY S NEW HEEL CUSHION. 



THE true inventor is a man who wrestles with a problem 

 until it is solved, and that to the satisfaction of all 

 concerned. Bailey's first heel cushion, which was a 

 good one, had the rubber set on a neat piece of leather. 

 This was found objectionable later, as the leather, absorbing 

 perspiration, drying, and curling, drew out the two tiny tacks 



that hold the cushion in 

 place. Celluloid, there- 

 fore, replaced the leather 

 but this proved to be so 

 springy that the tacks 

 often jumped out. Mr. 

 Bailey then put on his 

 thinking cap and soon evolved the present heel cushion, which 

 appears perfect. The rubber is attached to a thick piece of 

 felt. The tacks are buried out of sight, the felt next to the 

 wearer's foot is most comfortable and is in itself an elastic 

 cushion, while underneath is the rubber molded in the shape 

 shown in the illustration, forming a light indestructible cushion 

 for the heel. [C. J. Bailey & Co., No. 22 Boylston street, Boston.] 

 JOHNSON'S ACCIDENT CASE. 

 The liability of everyone to accidents of some kind, whether 

 when traveling or at home, has suggested the desirability of 

 having in readiness an outfit of appliances and materials 

 adapted for immediate use for wounds and bruises. If every 

 man cannot cirry such an outfit around with him, it is de- 



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 MANUAL 



sirable at least to know that they are coming to be kept on 

 sale generally, and while the contents of such a case as is illus- 

 trated herewith embrace but little rubber, the case properly be- 

 longs in every stock of druggists' sundries. Besides, rubber 

 men are no less liable than the generality of mankind to acci- 

 dental injuries, and may be supposed to be as much interested 

 as anybody else in the provision made for first aid. The case 

 here illustrated is 15X6X8J inches in size, strongly made, and 

 waterproof, with hinged cover. Inside are packed — each arti- 

 cle in its proper place — an assortment of bandages, ligatures, 

 lint, adhesive plaster, surgeon's soap, absorbent cotton, anti- 



septic tablets, and the like, together with a copy of Johnson's 

 " First Aid Manual," containing advice for treating various 

 forms of injury, and instructions for using the various materi- 

 als above referred to.==This case contains three of Johnson's 

 " First Aid Packets," with a small outfit of bandages and anti- 

 septic materials. It is mentioned that in the recent Cuban 

 campaign the United States government supplied 370,000 of 

 these packets to the army and navy. The articles, together 

 with a variety of rubber plasters, are manufactured by John- 

 son & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey. 

 AUTOMOBILE MAT. 



The wide extent to which automobiles have come into use 

 has lead to a demand for shapes and patterns of rubber mats 

 specially adapted for such vehicles and different from anything 

 hitherto on the market. 

 In very many cases mats 

 of irregular shape are 

 required, and such must 

 be made to order. The 

 demand in this line is 

 for mats made of good 

 stock, and such mats 

 should outlast the vehi- 

 cle to which they are 

 fitted. Several of the 

 rubbercompanies exhib- 

 itingtires at the carriage 

 shows last month gave a prominent space in their displays to 

 rubber mats, including The Victor Rubber Co. (Springfield, 

 Ohio), one of whose designs is reproduced in the accompany- 

 ing illustration. 



BROOKE "AIRLESS PNEUMATIC" TIRE. 



The internal construction of this tire, as indicated by the il- 

 lustration herewith, is a core of India rubber, constructed with 

 a view to aflfording resiliency, without the tire being liable to 

 injury from puncture. In the words of the inventor, M. E. 

 Brooke, it " produces riding qualities similar to a pneumatic 

 tire." The tire is man- 

 ufactured in lengths, 

 which can be cut to fit 

 wheels of any diameter. 

 It is attached to the 

 wheel by wires, and may 

 also be reinforced by bolts through the felloe. Of course no 

 pump is required. It is stated that a I'/z inch of this type will 

 work satisfactorily when used on i}i inch solid tire crescent 

 rims.==This tire is controlled by the Brooke Airless Pneu- 

 matic Tire Co. (Denver, Colorado), incorporated under Colo- 

 rado laws in January last, and of which the Mr. Brooke men- 

 tioned above is general manager. 



MORRIS SPRING BOTTOM DUCK BASKETS. 



These baskets, made on a design for which patents are pend- 

 ing, are offered to the trade as possessing the qualities that 

 make a desirable mill basket, especially strength, lightness, 

 durability, ease of handling, and in addition an elasticity that 

 reduces to a minimum the breakage of articles thrown into 

 them. They are constructed of spring steel frames and spe- 

 cially woven heavy cotton duck, on designs which have been 

 tested with great care. The joints are all smooth, without 

 burrs, lumps, or ridges to wearorcut the duck covering. The 



