Jln-e 1, 1914.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



497 



New Rubber Goods in the Market. 



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HODGMAN BaL- 

 MACAAN. 



A BALMACAAN BAINCOAT. 



HV. Ijaliiuicaaii .stylo of cnat, in all materials, is without 

 doubt the most popular fad in wearing apparel at the 

 present moment, and the manufacturers of rainproof 



iients have not been slow to take advantage of the op- 

 portunity this fad affords of bringing out 

 a new style in waterproof coats. The 

 coat shown in the illustration herewith 

 is a balmacaan model, loose fitting, with 

 extra deep arm-scye. convertible collar 

 and slit pockets. It is made both in 

 cravenette and mackintosh materials. 

 [Ilodgman Rubber Co., 806-808 Broad- 

 way. New York. | 



COMBINATION ICE BAG, WATER BOTTLE AND 

 FOUNTAIN SYRINGE. 



Economy of space is one of the de- 

 sirable results attained in the design of 

 a recently patented invention by which 

 an ordinary wide-mouth rubber container 

 with an internal-threaded collar secure<l 

 to its edge may be utilized for any of 

 the three purposes above mentioned. 

 This variety of uses is efifected by a com- 

 bination plug comprising a body having 

 a pair of flat faces from each of which 

 extends a threaded shank. One of these shanks has a central 

 bore which extends through the body and also through a 

 nipple on the side of the body opposite the shank, this nipple 

 being intended for the connection of an ordinary form of 

 rubber hose — thus converting the bag into a fountain syringe. 

 When not desired for this use, the plug may be unscrewed 

 and the shank on the other side of it screwed into the same 

 opening and the rubber hose removed. [Patent No. 1.079.203. 

 November 18, 1913. i 



LABORATORY WASH BOTTLE, 



panying sketch shows an inexpensive way in 

 nuous flow laboratory wash bottle may be con- 

 structed, and by the use of which the 

 old practice of placing a tube in the 

 mouth in order to operate the wash bot- 

 tle may be done away with. This ap- 

 paratus calls for the use of a three-hole 

 rubber stopper, a slit rubber tube and a 

 rubber bulb, as well as a glass rod and 

 glass tubing, in the arrangement sug- 

 gested by the drawing. Simultaneous 

 pressure of the bulb and of the finger 

 on the relief tube creates a pressure 

 within the bottle which will cause the 

 liquid to flow through the spout. When 

 the finger is removed from the relief tube 

 the flow of liquid is instantly shut oflf. 



A MOTORCYCLE PANNIER AND CARRYALL. 



A new device which calls for the use of waterproofed canvas 

 is now- being offered the tourist and others. It consists of a pair 

 of pannier bags, 16 x 14 x 4 inches in size, designed for attach- 

 ment, by an arrangement of straps, to the luggage carrier of a 

 motorcycle. The weight of the panniers is only 1)4 pounds, and 

 their usefulness is not confined to the tourist, being equally suit- 

 able for salesmen, messengers or postmen on rural routes. [New 

 York Sporting Goods Co., 15-17 Warren street, New- York.] 



THE ■SANIMASSEUR." 



The "Sani-.Masseur,'' a photograph of which is reproduced 

 below, in addition to performing the usual offices of the 

 ordinarv massage device, at the s:.me ti : e applies a 

 soothing cream and vacuum cleans the skin. .-\s indicated 

 by the illustration, the device consists of a rubber brush, 

 each bristle of which is made in the form of a hollow tube. 



There are 240 of these rubber bristles, of various sizes, and 

 descriptive circulars sent out by the manufacturers state that 

 "Its 240 vacuum 'fingers' will 'vacuum' away your wrinkles, 

 pimples, blackheads and enlarged pores." Each "Masseur" 

 is supplied with an attached tube of face cream, a slight pres- 

 sure on the end of the tube being suflicient to squeeze enough 

 cream through a hole near the center of the brush for one 

 application, and after use it may be cleansed with hot water. 

 fFleur-de-Lis Specialty Co., 32 South Wabash avenue, 

 Chicago.] 



THE DUNLOP ' V GOLF BALL. 



.A new golf ball, made under a patent vacuum process which 

 extracts all air from the ball during the operation of molding, 

 which is said to render it more homogeneous — the shell and the 

 core becoming practically one mass and making splitting and 

 loosening of the shell impossible — has just been placed on the 

 market. The manufacturers claim for 

 it that it is the most perfectly spherical 

 ball yet made, and that it will posi- 

 tively retain its shape, their contention 

 being that by using a thin and highly 

 resilient cover with a tightly wound 

 core both the hard hitter and his less 

 muscular rival get full value for their 

 shots, whereas in the case of the or- 

 dinary ball — wound very tight and 

 covered with a more or less hard shell, so that it will not 

 "squab" or flatten on the face of the club — it is only the man of 

 superior strength who can hit hard enough to compel the cover 

 to give sufficiently to obtain the benefit of the elasticity of the 

 rubber core. [The Dunlop Rubber Company, Ltd., Birmingham, 

 England.] 



RUNNING BOAKD WITH RUBBER STRIP. 



The Upton Safety Step, as here illustrated, is now being of- 

 fered to the motoring public and will probably contribute largely 

 to individual safety and comfort, being designed to prevent the 



foot from slipping on the run 

 ning board of the automobile. 

 The device consists of a circular 

 strip of red rubber set into a 

 groove formed in the edge of an 

 aluminum or other metal step. 

 Aside from its practical value as 

 a preventive against accidents, the red rubber strip — which may 

 be renewed when it becomes worn — adds an attractive finish 

 to the step. 



