JUNE 1, 1911.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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New Rubber Goods in the Market. 



A PRACTICAL REINFORCEMENT FOE TIRES. 



A TIRE re-inforcement that is claimed to be light, resilient, 

 inexpensive and capable of materially increasing the 

 longevity of a tire, is illustrated herewith. Made of 

 rubber, covered with a good quality of duck, it is endless in form 

 and exactly fits the inside of a standard si/xd casing. It is in- 



Thermoid Tire Reinforcement. 



tended for insertion between the outer casing and the inner 

 tube and it is claimed that its form and material will not in the 

 least impair the resiliency of the tire. The effect of this device 

 on the distribution of the strain proves equally effective in the 

 case of either new or old tires, and where a weak spot exists 

 it is very apt to prevent a disastrous blow out. A claim of at 

 least 40 per cent, increase in the life of a new is made for the re- 

 inforcement, which answers, at a 'small part of the cost, every 

 purpose of a spare tire, a fact that will appeal to every motorist. 

 [Thcrmoid Rubber Co., Trenton, New Jersey.] 



THE MURRAY TOP RAISER. 



Hopewell Brothers, whose rubber specialties in connection 

 with automobiles are well known, are out with another novelty, 

 a top raiser and lowerer. The device is very simple, enabling 

 one person to put up or lower the heaviest top without 

 assistance. Neither does it disturb the occupants of the car, nor 



WPe^tlL AAOTMCAS 



THE MURRAY TOP RAISER.:; 



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do the bows mar the car body anywhere. The device is simply 

 a steel rod with a bronze sliding arm and two prop nuts. The 

 last mentioned are substituted for the prop nuts regularly used. 

 To them the rod and sliding arm are attached. Then standing 

 on one side of the car one man can raise or lower the top with 

 the greatest ease. The device will fit any car. [Hopewell 

 Brothers, Newton, Massachusetts. 



A DRESSING FOR RUBBER. 



The shabby appearance of rubber tires, steps, mats, running 

 boards, tubing, etc., often detracts materially from the smart 

 appearance of a car and is an eyesore to the owner. To apply 

 some of the preparations sold for cleaning rubber, is to risk its 

 destruction and "Slikup" is offered as free from such objection^ 

 while answering every requirement. It is claimed that while it 

 beautifies the appearance of the rubber it protects it from the 

 effects of sunlight, fills up air holes, prevents sand blisters and 

 imparts a fresh, agreeable color to the rubber substance. While 

 successive coats, as they may become necessary are applied, there 

 is no accumulation on the surface, as in the case of paint ; rain 

 has no effect on it; it is elastic enough to stretch and bend 



with the rubber and is supplied in slate and cream colors. It 

 conies in tins, ready for use and is easily applied. [N. B. 

 Arnold, 98 Montague street, Brooklyn, N. Y.] 



INDIA STRIPE GARMENTS. 



A FEW years ago the leading light weight rubber garment 



was known as the "India Stripe.' 



Ai^coCape 



AP5LEY RUBBER C^ 



SHOWING VISOR TURNED IN 

 PATENTED 



It was not only exceedingly 

 pretty, but very light and 

 universally popular. For a 

 time the people's taste drifted 

 to heavier goods and to other 

 kinds of rain protection. It 

 is interesting to note tliat 

 popular fancy has again 

 turned toward these goods 

 and the demand is rapidly in- 

 creasing. In response to this 

 call the Apsley Rubber Co. 

 (Hudson, Massachusetts), 

 who were the originators and 

 patentees of the India Stripe 

 process, are again manufac- 

 turing them in large quanti- 

 ties. The garments are made 

 particularly in the sizes and 

 styles adapted for misses 

 and children. The accom- 

 panying illustration shows 

 one of many of these styles 

 called the "Arco" cape with 

 visor, which is covered by 

 the company's patent. 



A HEAVY-WEAR SOLE FOR RUBBER BOOTS. 



For irrigating work and general farm purposes, a substantial 

 sole is indispensable for a rubber boot. Such is the the Spear- 

 head Spading Sole illustrated herewith. A heavy shank, which 



Si'E.UiHE.Mi .Si'.\mNG Sole i-uk Kubisek Buot.s. 



this sole provides, means extra life to a rubber boot, its tend- 

 ency being to force the boot back into shape, after bending the 

 foot, thereby preventing wrinkles in any one place, which cause 

 blisters that ultimately break and destroy the usefulness of the 

 boot. [Hood Rubber Co., Boston, Mass.] 



THE "PUSSY FOOT" NON-SKID TIRE. 



Deriving its title from the fact that as the claws of a cat are 

 concealed in her foot until she needs them, the metal studs with 

 which it is equipped are submerged below the surface of the 

 rubber, and only appear above it when in action, the safety 

 non-skid tire is known as the Pussy-foot tread tire. Examination 

 of its working surface fails to reveal any of the protuberances 

 familiar in most types of non-skid tires, but when needed they 

 make their appearance and being of steel, hollow and cup-shaped, 

 present four cutting edges, which it is claimed, will prove an 

 efficient stop to skidding under all circumstances without affect- 

 ing the reseliency of the tire. [Safety Tire Co., New York.] 



