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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1, 1914. 



New Rubber Goods in the Market. 



LEATHER BOOTS LINED WITH RUBBER. 



HI''RR is something new — at least new to niost American read- 

 ers — in the shape of rublier-lined leather footwear. A great 

 many people like to adhere to leather footwear because of 

 its appearance but at the same time, very naturally, want footwear 

 that in bad walking and in driving rains will still enable them to 

 keep dry shod. An English manufacturer seems to have met the 

 situation. Here are three styles of leather footwear, rubberized 

 to the extent of rendering it waterproof. I'ig. Xo. 1 shows a boot 

 intended for fishing or sliooting. It is made of strong leatlier, 



Pig. 1 



Fig. 3 



with a lining, and then is coated with a stout layer of rubber, 

 making it possible for the wearer to walk through wet fields all 

 day without any danger of wet feet. 



The other two represent a shoe and a boot which are made 

 of leather, lined with leather, but have a thin interlining of 

 rubber, which keeps the wearer dry shod under ail conditions. 

 (J. C. Cording & Co., 19 Piccadilly, W., London. ) 



THE DUO NOZZLE. 



A combination hose nozzle and lawn sprinkler of small cost 

 has been placed on the market, under the name of the "Duo" 

 Nozzle. A glance at the illustration will clearly indicate its 

 construction, and 

 how it may be used 

 in either capacity. 

 This device pro- 

 duces a spray after 

 the water has issued 

 from the nozzle, so 

 that the volume of 

 water is not in any 

 way diminished. It 

 also throws both a 

 straight stream and 

 spray without the 

 necessity of a shut- 

 oflf. The nozzle por- 

 tion is made of 



wrought brass, finished inside and out. [The H. B. 

 Manufacturing Company, Battle Creek. Michigan.] 



Sherman 



THE HAUDMADE CHAMPIONSHIP TENNIS BALL FOR 1914. 



While the Hand-Made Championship Tennis Ball made by 

 the Pennsylvania Rubber Co.. of Jeannette. Pennsylvania, and first 

 placed on the market some four years ago. has not only been 

 well received, but grown in favor with the trade, investigations 

 of the subject of manufacture with a view to tournament re- 

 quirements have resulted in evolving a tennis ball for 1914 that 

 is said to possess material advancement in both playing quality 

 and serviceabilitv and that \v\\\ nn doulit further increase the 



Non-Detachable Stopper. 



pui>ularity of this company's prixUict. This new 1914 tennis 

 ball is made on a mould slightly larger than the regulation size, 

 with walls of purest Ceylon rubber, with high-grade rubber 

 veneer interior and is sewn with paraffin-treated thread, en- 

 tirely overcoming the too frequent tendency of tennis balls to 

 have tlieir seams loosen upon exposure to dampness. 



YOU CAN'T LOSE THIS STOPPER. 



A great deal of troulile and annoyance is often caused by mis- 

 laid stoppers, especially where the stopper is for the hot water 

 bottle, which is usually wanted in a hurry. In the accompanying 

 drawing is shown a hot water bottle lilteil with a stopper which 

 cannot become detached from tlie liotllc. Inside the neck of the 

 bottle .•/ is vulcan- 

 ized a t li r e a d e d 

 socket H. into which 

 the stopper C fits. 

 These two parts are 

 double threaded so 

 (hat it requires only 

 half the usual time 

 for screwing the 

 stopper down 

 against its seat. An- 

 otlier feature lies in 

 the fact that the 

 stopper seats against 

 the top of the socket 

 instead of against a 

 projecting flange at 

 the lower end. This 



allows a maximum opening for filling the bottle and also forms 

 a funnel-like flare at the top. The stopper is provided with a 

 gasket D. which seats against the flange of the socket. The most 

 important feature, however, lies in the fact that the stopper is 

 provided with a retainer E attached in a ring at its lower end 

 by means of the chain F. This retainer is merely a piece of 

 sheet brass made wider tliati the diameter of the socket B so 

 that the stopper cannot be detached after being unscrewed. The 

 brass retainer is bent in order to allow it to pass into the bottle, 

 after which it is flattened out with a special tool. | Robert J. 

 Wilkie, 18 Tremont street, Boston, Massachusetts.] 



A RUBBER CRUCIBLE HOLDER 



The illustration herewith shows Bailey's 

 new crucible holder, which is made of 

 rubljer, accommodating a 25 cc. porcelain 

 Gooch crucible. It is made to fit an or- 

 dinary 2-inch glass funnel, the upper edge 

 projecting over the edge of the funnel 

 and thus making a tight joint. The lower 

 edge of the holder is beveled and rests 

 against the sides of the funnel, thus in- 

 creasing the tightness of the joint when 

 suction is used on the funnel. It is said 

 that the holder has met with the approval 

 of practical chemists, as its use obviates 

 tlie inconvenience incident to the use of 

 the older style of rubber covered glass 

 holders. [Sold by Eimer & Amend, New 

 York City.] 



Bailey's Rubber 

 Crucible Holder. 



Should be on every rubber man's desk — Crude Rubl)er and 

 Compounding Ingredients ; Rubber Country of the Amazon ; 

 Rubber Trade Directory of the World. 



