December i, 1901.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER \ArORLn 



79 



NEW GOODS AND SPECIALTIES IM RUBBER. 



THE "MASTER KEY" TILING. 



THE new rubber tiling here illustrated has received its 

 name because each piece is complete in itself and is in 

 a sense a master key to the locking and interlocking 

 with its fellows. The advantages claimed for this tiling 

 are: (i) It makes a stronger and safer lock than other tiles; (2) 

 only one shape of tile is needed to complete the covering of 

 any floor ; (3) a greater number of designs may be made than 

 with other tiles ; (4) borders and fields may be made with 

 either odd or even numbers of tile; (5) all figures in designs 

 balance, not appearing heavier at one end than at the other; 

 (6) any other design may be reproduced, and peculiar designs 

 may be furnished which may not be duplicated by the use of 

 any other tile; (7) tiles may be made in all colors; (8) it is 

 more artistic than other tiles; (9) tiles may be cut in half or 

 quarter, using difTerent colors, while still retaining the locking, 

 or lockfast, principle; (10) old tiles may be replaced with new 

 at any time. 



The " Master Key " tile is covered by a series of strong pat- 

 ents, on principle and design, granted in the United States and 



abroad, to the in- 



J Q_ ventor, Joseph K. 



S ie rer, of New 

 York. Mr. Sierer 

 has had great ex- 

 perience in the 

 business, having 

 been employed for 

 several years in 

 the setting and 

 laying of all the 

 tiling produced by 

 one of the largest 

 concerns in that 

 line. He has now 

 conceived the idea 

 of the " Master 

 Key " tiling, and, 

 believing it to be superior to anything of the sort hitherto 

 known, has withdrawn from his old position and has associated 

 himself with the new tiling department of the Alden Rubber 

 Co. The inventor dwells especially upon the almost unlimited 

 opportunity afforded to the designer through the simplicity 

 and completeness, each piece in itself, of the new tiling. A book 

 has been compiled, of colored diagrams displaying more than 

 100 complete designs, suitable within their range for any taste 

 and for any purpose, from the smallest elevator floor to the 

 largest halls. 



J. C. Pierrez (No. 91 Reade street and No. 107 Cham- 

 bers street. New York) is at present showing the new til- 

 ing to prospective purchasers at his place of business. 

 Mr. Pierrez is sales agent for the new People's Hard Rub- 

 ber Co., of Akron, Ohio, whose factory is nearing com- 

 pletion, but while waiting for his company to begin 

 active operations he has acquired an interest with the 

 inventor in the new tiling patents and will devote some 

 attention to the tiling trade. The Alden Rubber Co. 

 (Akron), proprietors of the Barberton Rubber Works, have the 

 exclusive control of the manufacture and sale of the " Master 

 Key " tiling. 



STROUD CUSHION PAD SHOE. 



This shoe is composed of a steel frame resembling a com- 

 mon horseshoe with wide web, the latter containing five aper- 

 tures, one at the toe and two on each side, and a rubber pad 



[These tiles are now 

 made 2H inches in each 

 dimension, exclusive of 

 the locking points. 



STEEL FRAME AND RUBBER PAD- SHOE COMPLETE. 



with five pendant calks to correspond. Each of the calks fits 

 into an opening in the frame, the pad going between the steel 

 frame and the horse's hoof, leaving the calks to pass through 

 and rest on the ground, bearing the weight of the horse and 

 placing him upon three-fourths of an inch of solid rubber. A 

 thin layer of webbing on the inner surface of the pad prevents 

 the rubber from coming in contact with the hoof. This rubber 

 pad and the rubber calks relieve the horse from jarring and 

 concussion while traveling and also prevent slipping on wet 

 asphalt or other pavements, enabling the animal to travel with 

 safety even on rough ice, for which purpose the rubber is bet- 

 ter than dull steel calks. The claim is made for this style of 

 horseshoe that it places the weight of the horse where it be- 

 longs, viz.: on the outside wall of the hoof, and not on the 

 sensitive bottom, or across the frog, as is true of some rubber 

 pads. Nor does this shoe cover the bottom of the foot, and 

 thus exclude the air from it. The Stroud horseshoe is sold 

 complete, at a price not greater than many smiths charge for 

 the best quality for shoe, and not as much as ordinary shoes 

 and rubber pads cost when bought separately. [The Stroud 

 Cushion Pad Shoe Co., No. 88 Front street, Worcester, Massa- 

 chusetts.] 



RUBBER TIRE FOR ROCKING CHAIRS. 

 And now comes an inventor with the idea that the same com- 

 fort which the rubber tire adds to travel on wheeled vehicles 



may as well be enjoyed in some degree to those whose exercise 

 goes no further than in the use of the rocking chair. The two 

 cuts herewith illustrate two styles of attaching the "Springfield 



