Makcm 1, 1914.1 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



.TO7 



New Rubber Goods in the Market. 



The "Eoi-itor" Riding Coat. 



A WATERPROOF COAT FOR THE HORSEMAN. 



AN English manufacturer of high grade rubber garments has de- 

 signed a waterproof coat which is described by one keen horsc- 

 man as "the only 

 waterproof I know of 

 which will really keep 

 a man dry in the sad- 

 d I e throughout a 

 heavy and continuous 

 d o w n p o u r." This 

 coat, which on ordi- 

 nary occasions has 

 the appearance of a 

 raincoat of customary 

 design, i s provided 

 with an apron b u t - 

 toning on one side, 

 as shown in the illus- 

 tration, which will 

 completely protect a 

 rider from waist to 

 mid-calf. When not 

 in use this apron is 

 fastened out of sight 

 on the inside of the 

 coat. [J. C. Cording 

 & Co., 19 Piccadilly. 

 London, \V., England.] 



SOFT RUBBER WEEDLESS BAIT. 



Every fisherman appreciates the advantages of a hook that can 

 be artfully and temptingly cast into and drawn through weeds 

 and snaggy places where the "big 

 ones" conceal themselves. The in- 

 adequacy of the ordinary fishhook 

 in this respect, and its tendency to 

 collect weeds, etc., is ascribed as the 

 reason why the average catch contains 

 so large a proportion of the small 

 fry. This excuse, however, will no 

 longer be accepted, for it is now 

 possible to secure a "Weedless Fish 

 Nipple;'' as illustrated herewith — 

 made of soft rubber, which protects 

 tlie hooks in the direction in which 

 the line is being drawn and yet when 

 struck will collapse and allow them 

 to penetrate so that the fish cannot 

 free itself. This bait is made in cor- 

 rect casting weight, is steered by the 

 lialanced weight and can be let down 

 to any desired depth — regulated by 

 reeling or trolling — for deep water 

 fishing. It is made in white and in red. [The Moonlight Bait 

 Co., Paw Paw, Michigan.] 



RUBBER FASTENERS FOR AVIATORS. 



.'\viation is decidedly a hazardous callir.^ It not only has its 

 ups and downs but its multitudinous jars and jolts. To mini- 

 mize the latter as far as possible, somebody has invented a belt 

 to fasten the airman to the seat. It has a wide piece of leather 

 in front and fastenings at the side, from which strong, elastic 

 rubber cords extend to the back of the seat. If the craft strikes 

 the earth with too much of a shock, the airman, instead of being 

 thrown from his seat, is thrown forward and then pulled back 

 again by the rubber cords. 



A NEW TIKE REPAIR PATCH. 



.\n invention which will save motorists a great deal of 

 time and annoyance has just been placed on the market. The 

 device is shown in an accompanying illustration and consists of 

 a new form of cementless tube 

 patch. Formerly many patches weri 

 often ruined in the effort to n 

 move the muslin protector with 

 which the patches are lined. There 

 was no way by which the fabric 

 could be gripped and taken ofT. The 

 fabric protector of this new patch, 

 however, is provided with a prt 

 jection which extends beyond tb' 

 circumference of the rubber. With 

 a simple pull the muslin can be re- 

 moved and the patch is ready for use. .>[Thc Firestone Tire & 

 Rubber Co.. Akron, Ohio.] 



A RUBBER SPOUT FOR THE TEA OR COFFEE POT. 



A method has been devised — and in every well-regulated house- 

 hold the means should soon be at hand — for relieving the distress 

 of the domestic genius who sees the spout of her favorite tea or 

 coffee pot either broken off or hopelessly chipped. A rubber 

 nozzle, as shown in the accompanying illustrations, has appeared 



All Rubber Spout. Rubber and Porcelain. 



on the market for the relief of such situations. It is made of a 

 high quality of rubber, which imparts neither flavor nor odor to 

 the tea; and it may be had in two sizes — the smaller being of 

 rubber alone, for use on a chipped-lip spout; the larger, con- 

 sisting of a rubber tube with porcelain lip, for the repair of a 

 broken spout. The trade name of this nozzle, ''Mandarin," has 

 been duly registered. 



PROTECTING THE DISHES FROM THE FAUCET. 



A Philadelphia housewife with an eye to preserving her 

 dishes from destruction has devised a simple bumper to put 

 about the faucet so that dishes coming in contact with it in the 

 sink will be uninjured. She took a heel from an old rubber 

 boot, cut a hole of the proper size in it with a chisel and a 

 hammer, and pushed it up around the end of the faucet ; and 

 now the hired girl can throw the china against it with perfect 

 impunity. If there didn't happen to be a pair of old rubber 

 boots in the house the same purpose could be fairly well effected 

 by taking an old rubber shoe or any other piece of rubber, cut- 

 ting out a strip of sufficient length and winding. that around the 

 end of the faucet. 



RUBBER ICE BAG WITH TEXTILE LINING. 



A new form of ice bag has an internal texthle lining which 

 is imbedded in the sheet of rubber, without the use of adhesive 

 substances, in such a manner that the meshes of the tissue are 

 filled with rubber, while the design appears on the outside. In 

 this way a perfectly homogeneous material results from the union 

 of the rubber and the fabric, so that the advantages of a rubber 

 ice bag are combined with those of one composed of fabric. 

 [Gummiwarenfabrik, M. Steinberg. Koln-Lindenthal, Germany.] 



