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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



February 1, 1921 



New Goods and Specialties 



RUBBER FAUCET ACCESSORY 



AVERY ISEKUL and quick-selling household specialty with a 

 strong appeal to the housewife is 

 the "Perfection" anti-splasher and 

 dish protector. 



It is made of two pieces of rubber. One 

 is a gray rubber gasket which fits directly 

 oil the w.iter faucet. The other is of extra 

 quality white rubber, large enough to go 

 over the gray ring and having a shoulder 

 extension at the bottom forming a bumper 

 which prevents breakage when glass or 

 china is accidentally knocked against it. Two 

 pieces of fine-meshed wire fabric are in- 

 serted over the opening between the two 

 pieces of nibber and not only prevent water 

 from splashing as it flows from the faucet, but serve to filter and 

 purify it as it flows through them,— M. J. Geraty, 180 North 

 Dearborn street. Chicago, Illinois. 



"I'EBi ection" Ami 



SPLASHER AND DiSH 



Protector 



American Bottle 

 Stopper 



A HOLLOW EXPANSIBLE BOTTLE STOPPER 



A distinctly American rubber product which 

 has been well received in foreign countries 

 also, is the American bottle stopper, which 

 effects an instantaneous seal in bottles having 

 various sizes and shapes, a function not shared 

 by any other stopper. A push pin of nickel 

 is located centrally in the red rubber stopper 

 so that when the stopper is inserted in the 

 neck of the bottle the pressure on the pin 

 elongates the rubber. When this pressure is 

 released the rubber expands, closing the bot- 

 tle tightly. Pressing down on the pin reverses 

 the action and permits the stopper to be 

 withdrawn without effort. When in use the 

 stopper hermetically seals the bottle and it is 

 therefore especially adapted for containers of 

 charged liquids and remedies composed of 

 evaporative ingredients. — G. A. Kimber, 2041- 

 2043 North Cicero avenue, Chicago. Illinois. 



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RUBBER IN THE MAILING MACHINE 



Mailing machines are considered a necessity in many large 

 offices and their practicability is universally recognized. The 

 "Standard" envelope sealer has many new features not found on 

 other machines. Among the rublier parts is the indestructible 



moistening roller which 

 is partly submerged in 

 water as long as the au- 

 tomatic filler-bottle con- 

 tains water. This filler- 

 bottle has a rubber valve 

 to regulate the amount 

 of water supplied to the 

 roller. The letters are 

 fed singly from the feed 

 hopper by means of a 

 ruliber stripper onto the 

 rubber belt which carries 

 them imder the moistening roller, and thence to the sealing hop- 

 per. This rubber feed belt deserves special mention, as it is made 

 from the best rubber and its wide feeding surface insures long 

 life and positive action. It is instantly removable without dis- 



"STAMiuiUk" E»\T5topp Sealed. Model TI 



Uirbing a single screw. The "Standard" envelope sealer is made 

 in different models with both hand and motor drive. — Standard 

 Envelope Sealer Manufacturing Co., Everett, Massachusetts. 



KNIFE SHARPENER PROTECTED BY RUBBER 



.-V novel protective use of rubber is made in the "Kantbreak" 

 knife sharpener, a household utensil made of a special mixture of 

 t'uruiidum and alundum. It is reinforced by a steel rod running 

 through the entire length, with a rubber tip at both ends and 

 nilpher mounting around the handle where it might come in 



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"Kantbreak" Knife Sharpener 



contact with a hard surface if accidentally dropped. The "Kant- 

 break" knife sharpener puts a butcher's edge on a kitchen knife 

 in a few strokes. — Pike Manufacturing Co., Pike, New Hamp- 

 shire. 



A SIX-SIDED RUBBER PENCIL TIP 



Owing to the easy adjustibility of the rubber tip 

 upon the pencil, it has become an article of general 

 popularity within recent times. A six-sided soft 

 rubber eraser called the "Ruby" pencil tip has re- 

 cently been put upon the market by a well-known 

 manufacturer of drawing pencils, etc. It is made 

 of the finest quality compound and manufactured 

 to last, so that hardening with age has been reduced 

 to a minimum. The sharp sides enable the user to 

 erase thin lines without marring the rest of the 

 text, and the flat sides erase large areas without smudging, thus 

 lending a double practicability to the article. — Eberhard Faber 

 Co., 37 Greenpoint avenue, Brooklyn, New York. 



A SHOWER BATH WITHOUT WETTING THE HAIR 



.\ shower-bathing apparatus now being sold permits a satis- 

 factory shower bath to be taken without wetting the hair. It is 

 called the "Simplex" and is portable and designed as an attach- 

 ment to the double faucet of 

 the ordinary bath tub. A 

 shield of red rubber formed to 

 fit around the neck and over 

 the shoulders of the bather 

 has perforated rubber tubing 

 around the entire outer edge. 

 This tubing below the shield 

 in front is unperforated and 

 the two ends pass through a 

 perforated slide of sponge 

 rubber by which the device is 

 adjusted on the person. Be- 

 low this slide the two ends 

 of the tubing join in one and 

 at the juncture point is 

 placed a rubber valve which 

 can be manipulated by the 

 wearer to regulate the flow of water without bending down to 

 the faucet, .^t the end of the single tube, which is about five 

 feet long, is a "Fitsal" connector for the bath-tub double faucet. 

 This connector was illustrated in our issue of October 1, 1918, 

 and has a chain attachment to prevent it from being forced off 

 the faucet by water pressure. 



"SiMpLE.x" Showeh-Bath Sprav 



