September 1, 1911.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



507 



News of the American Rubber Trade, 



WILL PROTECT VALUABLE PATENT RIGHTS. 



THE Buwt-rs Kubbcr Works (San PVancisco, Cal.) are giving 

 notice ot their intention to protect tlieir patent on one-piece 

 diagonal, cross-expansion piston packing and to do it vig- 

 orously. The packing in question is the invention of Henry Dods, 

 an engineer at one of the great mines on the Comstock Lode, and 

 possesses a special faculty of expanding under pressure. The 

 company has the exclusive right to manufacture it under the 

 inventors' patents. 



REPUBLIC RUBBER CO. INCREASES MANUFACTURING FACILITIES. 



To enable thcni to keep up with orders, the Republic Rubber 

 Company have contracted for the erection of a new building at 

 their Youngstown, Ohio, plant. It will be 75 x 200 feet, of brick 

 and re-inforced concrete, and of the "saw-tooth" type. It will be 

 used entirely for the calendering process in their tire-making 

 department. 



NO INFRINGEMENT BY HARTFORD RUBBER WORKS COMPANY. 



A SUIT by the Metallic Rubber Tire Company, of Jersey City, 

 New Jersey, against The Hartford Rubber Works Company, in 

 the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, 

 has been decided for the defendants. The cause of action was 

 the alleged infringement by the Midgley non-skid tread, of patent 

 No. 609,320, issued August 16, 1898, to Dr. Calvin Thayer Adams, 

 of New York, of which the plaintiffs are now owners. 



That patent had covered "a vehicle tire," and more specifically 

 a bicycle tire; a claim having been eliminated which had been 

 previously made m respect to a tire with wire interwoven in the 

 tread. In the suit now brought this claim was substantially re- • 

 newed. The present decision of the court is considered to in- 

 dicate that inventions relating to bicycles, which may since have 

 been brought to bear on the automobile industry, will not be 

 regarded with much weight in litigated cases. 



METALLIZED AEROPLANE FABRIC. 



A NEW European fatric for aeroplanes and balloons is being 

 imported by the Theo. H. Gary Company, of New York City. 

 After being thoroughly rubberized it has been covered with a 

 layer of light metal. As it reflects a large percentage of the light 

 this fabric prevents the expansion of gases by the sun's rays 

 besides minimizing wind friction. 



ADDITION TO FISK RUBBER CO.'S PLANT. 



Three of the buildings of the Fisk Rubber Company's plant 

 at Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, are being raised a story. This 

 will give them about 25,000 square feet additional floor space, 

 the greater part of which will be used for office purposes and 

 the remainder for the regular tire manufacturing departments. 



WEST INDIAN PROSPECTS FOR RUBBER GOODS. 



Home from a visit to the West Indies on behalf of the Good- 

 year Tire & Rubber Company, C. W. Martin, Jr.. general 

 Southern manager, and J. M. Chapman, foreign representative 

 of that company, report prospects good for the increased sale of 

 American goods. Cuba, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, Dominica, 

 San Lucia and Barbados were visited and the travellers report 

 the field ripe for a systematic invasion of American manufac- 

 tures. 



NEW YORK ROYAL RUBBER CO.— SETTLEMENT. 



The New York Royal Rubber Company (Weingarten & 

 Durst) effected a settlement with creditors on the basis of 35 

 cents on the dollar, payable 25 cents cash, and 10 cents by note. 

 The petition filed against them has been dismissed. 



VOORHEES TIHE LIFE PROLONGERS. 



The value of a tire being judged by its durability, the merits 

 of the standardized "Ideal" inner sleeve and casing, made by 

 the Voorhees Rubber Manufacturing Company, Jersey City, New 

 Jersey, are meeting with deserved recognition, as indicating the 

 general character of the company's line of automobile accessories. 



NEW NON-PUNCTURABLE TIRES. 



A SUCCESSFUL demonstration of the "Bridge" pneumatic tire, 

 invented and patented by Clarke F. Fisk, of Allentown, N. J., 

 was lately given at the United and Globe Rubber Company's 

 factory, Trenton, where the tire will probably be made. Its 

 principal feature is a specially constructed tread, for which the 

 inventor claims the merit of rendering the tire puncture-proof, 

 while giving three times the wear of an ordinary tire as well as 

 marked resiliency. 



"THERE IS NOTHING LIKE RUBBER." 



A New Jersey charter was recently granted the National 

 Hygienic Floor Company, a $1,000,000 corporation, of which Lin- 

 ton Sattherthwait, the Trenton lawyer, is registered agent, the 

 objects of the company being the construction of hygienic floors 

 in railway cars, offices, public buildings and private residences. 

 It will doubtless give its attention largely to the merit of rubber 

 for the purposes indicated, thus benefiting Trenton industry. 



IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THE DIAMOND PLANT. 



The Diamond Rubber Co., of Akron, is erecting, at a cost 

 of $26,000, a modern fireproof building, forming an addition to 

 the milling department. 



SYSTEMATIC RtTBBER ROBBERIES. 



Albert Obeski, aged 17, one of the hands at the Essex Rubber 

 Works, Trenton, was recently arrested while at work on a charge 

 of robbing the firm. It was alleged that he had been systematically 

 taking quantities of crude rubber. 



MINNESOTA TIRE LAW. 

 A law, passed on July 1, by the Legislature of Minnesota, re- 

 quires that all automobile tires shall be branded with the year 

 of their manufacture, sellers of such tires unbranded being 

 guilty of a misdemeanor. No effort seems to have been made 

 to prosecute dealers and branch houses, who held stocks of 

 unbranded tires when the law went into effect. 



DIAMOND TIRES IN MANILA. 



In connection with the increasing favor of automobiles in 

 the Middle and Far East, it is of interest to note that a set of 

 Diamond tires was recently shipped to the Hon. W. Cameron 

 Forbes, Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, for use 

 on his personal machine. A further proof of the efficiency of 

 these tires is offorded by the fact that at a recent meeting of 

 the Chiefs of Departments in the city of Manila, the purchasing 

 agent was instructed to buy Diamond tires for all department 

 automobiles. 



INNER SHOES FOR TIRES. 



Doubling the tire mileage in conjunction with immunity 

 from blowing out and puncture are among the advantages 

 claimed for the "Innershu," manufactured by the Inner Shoe 

 Tire Co., of Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is made of bullet- 

 proof Sea Island cotton fabric, and by exactly fitting a tire re- 

 lieves any strain from within, at the same time protecting the 

 tube. 



