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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1. 1911. 



"19.947 (1909). Tread plate and method of securing same on the tire. 

 K. Russell, Kansas City, Kansas. 



19,964- ( 1909). Elastic tire and method of securing same to rim. A. W. 

 Torkington, London. 



20.039 (1909). Non skid studs adapted for rubber tread bands of pneu- 

 matic tires. Ci. Webb. Monmouth. 



20.12-' (1909). Elastic tire. V. Pcradolto and C. Demonte, Turin, Italy. 



20.146 (1909). Pneumatic tire with air chamber consisting of connected 

 segments. F. G. McKim, London. 



20,205 (1909). Device for aut-jmatically inflating tires. E. Petrini, Up- 

 sala. Sweden. 



(.\BSTRACTED IX THE iLLfSTRATED OFFICIAL JOURNAL, DECEMBER 30, 1910.1 



20,221 (1909). Bottle stopper with a rubber ring. D. ilurst and H. K. 



Bridger, London. 

 20,3S2 (1909). Tire inflating pump. A. Reecc, Birmingham. 

 20.316 (1909). Pottle stopper with a rubber washer. Cambridge Scientific 



Instrument Co., Csmbridge. 

 20.341 (1909). Spring wheel with an clastic tire. F. F. Ganly, Man- 

 chester. 

 20,382 (1909). Elastic tire and means for securing same. T. Gilbert- 

 Russell. Slough, Buckingham. 

 20,388 (1909). Elastic tire consisting of a sectional steel bed, a rounded 



solid rubber body shaped to fit the bed, and transverse studded leather 



tread strips. R. Peretti, Rome. 

 •20,396 (1909). Spring wheel with pneumatic cushions. A. C. Gillam, 



Hicksviile, Ohio. 

 20,403 (1909). Elastic tire witli non slipping studs. O. Schaffncr, Halle- 



on-Saale, Germany. 

 20,424 (1909). Lever for facilitating the manipulation of the security bolts 



and valves of pneumatic tires. W. Lemon, Bristol. 

 20,453 (1909). Means for securing detachable wheels. R. W. Maudslay 



and Standard Mctor Co., Coventry. 

 20,508 (1909). Insoles. H. Mortimer and two others, Northampton. 

 20,517 (1909). Golf ball. P. A. Martin, Birmingham, and J. Stanley, 



Sparkhill. 

 20,722 (1909). Spring wheel in which the clastic band by which the inner 



wheel is susjiended fron) the outer rigid hollow chamber is shaped and 



secured so that a compressible air chamber is formed. J. Spyker, 



Wespcrzyde, .-\msterdam. 

 20,728 (1909). The silk finish of a fabric preserved by treating it with a 



solution containing caoutchouc or gutta-percha. F. A. Bernhardt. 



Zittau. Germany. 

 20,806 (1909). Rubber presses. R. Bridge, Castlcton, Mancliester. 

 [Abstracted ix the Illustrated Off!ci.\l JOfRSAi,, December 31, 1910.1 

 20,879 (1909). Detachable tire carrying rim. W. T. Smith, Bolton, Lan- 

 cashire. 

 20.883 (1909). Slipping preventing attachment for vehicle wheels. \V. II. 



Ellain and II. McMillan, Anerley, Suriey. 

 20,927 (1909). Non slipping device for elastic tires. T. Sloper, Devizes, 



Wiltshire. 

 20,951 (1909). Spray producing nozzle. G. OIney, Ilobart, Tasmania. 

 21,111 (1909). Non slipping device for pneumatic tires. A. Horch et Cie. 



Motorwagenwerke .\.-G. and F. Weller, Zwickau, tjermany. 

 21,221 (1909). Pneumatic tire. J. Spyker, Wesperzyde, Amsterdam. 

 21,246 (1909). Composing and distributing type apparatus with rubber 



covered rolls. W. Chipperfield, Romford, Essex. 

 21,250 (1909). Pneumatic tire with segmental tread. W. C. Ellis, Bowdor, 



Cheshire. 

 •21,278 (1909). Elastic tire built of alternate sections of rubber and a 



fabric such as cotton duck, molded and vulcanized together. L. M. 



Nelson, Douglas, Wyoming. 



THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. 



PATENTS ISSUED (with Dates of Application). 

 416,6-14 CAi)iil 32. 1910.) Algemeene Uitrinding Exploitatre Maatschappij. 



Process of manufacturing, with the aid of animal matter, an elastic 



material similar to caoutchouc. 

 416,665 (June 1). Kmpire Cream Separator Co. Process and apparatus 



for the manufacture of caoutchouc or similar substance. 

 416,743 (June 2). P. Grill. Armored covering for wheel tires. 

 416,817 (June 6). K. Petz. Demountable anti skidding protector for 



pneiuiiatic tires. 

 416,851 (June ";. G. Fossi. New type of pneumatic tires. 

 416,873 (April II). PutruUe and Masquelier. Pneumatic suspension for 



baby carriages and other small vehicles. 

 416,998 (May 31). K. Janck. Elastic tire for vehicle wheels. 

 417,102 (June 13). P. Roussilon. Process of manufacturins cabled tires. 

 417,154 (June 15). C. F. C. Morris. Improvements applied to the tires 



of vehicle wheels. 

 417,170 (June 15). Badische Anilin and Soda Fabric. Production of sub- 

 stance having the properties of caoutchouc. 

 417,186 (August 23, 1909). A. Wolber. Process and apparatus for coating 



fabrics and textile materials with caoutchouc or any other plastic 



product. 

 417,199 (June 16, 1910). M. Siramy. Pneumatic tire cover. 

 417,312 (June 21). Doherty & Robbins. Improvements on coverings for 



pneumatic tires. 

 417,368 (June 32). W. B. Hartridge. Improvements applied to elastic tires 



for the wheels of road vehicles. 

 417,396 (June 23). W. E. Carmont. .\nti skidding device for tires and 



tire envelopes of rubber. 

 417,418 (June 23). Societe des Automobile "ITnic." System of tires 



strengthened by means of checks, triplicated, and so on. 

 417,470 (June 25). T. Cann. Improvements relative to the repair and 



reinforcement of pneumatic tires. 



ARTIFICIAL RUBBER IN THE COURTS. 



ONE Albert R. Ellison, of Boston, has been sued by Joseph S. 

 Stearns, of Waltham, Massachusetts, in the sum of $50,000. 

 The plaintiff alleges a contract between the two, back in 1905, 

 for the manufacture of artificial rubber by a secret process. The 

 terms of the contract, Stearns alleges, were that he was to put up 

 the money, and after it was paid back, they were to share the 

 profits jointly. He now claims that he never got any money 

 back, and that he learns that Ellison has disposed of the secret 

 to the North American Rubber Co. for a substantial amount. 



Th.ere have been a good many North American Rubber com- 

 panies, but the only one which has claimed to be alive of late is 

 that incorporated in Maine, in the summer of 1909, capitalized 

 at $5,000,000, and based upon "a process for the manufacture and 

 production of crude rubber by means of chemicals." They claimed 

 from the outset to have orders for all that they could produce 

 at $1 a pound. [See I. R. W., October 1, 1909. page 25.] The 

 promoters in a circular of February 24, 1910, stated "the com- 

 pany is already amply financed" ; "a large factory is now being 

 fitted up and has already begun to deliver goods" ; and a single 

 order was mentioned which would yield "about $20,000 daily 

 proiit" indefinitely. 



The promoters of this same North American Rubber Co., in a 

 circular of May 23, 1910, stated many "facts in brief" : Factory 

 at Hyde Park "already making $200 daily profit" ; "profits next 

 week about $400 a day" ; "eight thousand shares have been sold 

 in London at $7.50 per share, but for a few days stock can be had 

 here at $5 a share.'' A circular of Wheeler & Shaw, Inc., of 

 Boston, issued in October, 1909, described the capital stock as 

 "divided into 50,000 shares of a par value of $100, fully paid and 

 non-assessable." C. O. Norcross, signer of the circulars before 

 mentioned, wrote to members of the trade August 2, 1910 : "Quite 

 a little of the stock has been sold at $7.50 per share, and some at 

 the par value of $10, but I took an option on quite a block at 

 $5, which has not yet expired, and can furnish you with it at that 

 price." He claimed also that the Hyde Park factory was "already 

 making three or four tons a week at a profit of about $1,200 a 

 ton," and "a new factory of 20 tons daily capacity has already 

 been bought." 



While the trade awaited an opportunity to see the new product 

 The India Rubber World was presented with a doormat said 

 to be made of "artificial rubber," but without any supporting 

 affidavit. A stranger visiting the office of this paper proceeded to 

 talk at length on the merits of the new rubber; he was a sub- 

 scriber and thought that the paper ought to know the facts. 



"What is it — refined Pontianak gum?" he was asked. 



"I don't really know what is in it," he said ; "my only interest 

 in the matter is that of a shareholder in the company." .-Viul he 

 withdrew. 



The Boston Commercial of January 7. 1911, reported: "North 

 American Rubber shares, which were floated at $5, have recently 

 sold at $1 a share." indicating that doormats were being made 

 of the shares. Just before, the newspapers had mentioned ar- 

 rangements had been consummated "whereby Wlieeler & Shaw, 

 Inc., w-ho have financed and controlled the North .American Rub- 

 ber Co. from the beginning, will retire." Tlie New York Journal 

 of Commerce about that time heard tliat "with the completion of 

 present arrangements approximately 400,000 shares [$10 at par] 

 will be outstanding." 



Meanwhile no one has been heard to attribute the recent de- 

 cline in crude rubber prices to any great output by the North 

 American Rubber Co. 



The India-Rubber Journal says: "A large proportion of the 

 rubber footwear sold in this country [Great Britain] is still 

 made abroad, and there is little sign of any such movement as 

 has taken place of late years in the leather boot and shoe trade." 



