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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[March 1. 1912. 



New Rubber Goods in the Market. 



PURE GUM TBANSPARENX NIPPLES. 



Here are three illustrations o£ the Wilkie Nipple. It is made 

 of pure gum and is quite transparent, the manufacturers claim- 

 ing that this is the only nipple made in this country that can 

 be so described. It is practically identical with the transparent 



The Wilkie Nipples. 



imported articles. These are made with the "Non Colic" ball 

 top. [The Wilkie Rubber Manufacturing Co., Lynn, Massa- 

 chusetts.] 



SECTIONAL TRUCK TIRES. 



The sectional truck tire seems to be growing in favor. It cer- 

 tainly has one very obvious merit — that the injury of one sec- 

 tion does not impair the whole tire, but is confined solely to that 



one section. The two cuts show the Victor sectional truck tire — 

 one as it appears on the wheel, the other as shown on a small 

 arc of the rim. These rubber sections have steel rods molded in 

 them projecting one-quarter of an inch at the ends. These pro- 

 jections fit into a steel locking bar which is clamped down to the 



rim and holds the sections tight. They are only five-eighths of 

 an inch apart, so that there is no observable vibration in the 

 operation of the truck. The chief advantages of the Victor sec- 

 tional tire are efficiency — as indicated by their guarantee — and 

 simplicity. If by any chance a section of the tire should be de- 



stroyed while on the road, in a few minutes' time and with no 

 tools required but a wrench the driver can put in a new section 

 and thus become his own repairer. The further claim is made 

 that sectional tires take a better hold on the ground and thus 

 require less power for propulsion. 



A NEW GARDEN SPRAY NOZZLE. 



The Allen Nozzle is the latest development in the evolution 

 in garden spray nozzles. It gives a strong, straight stream with 



a number of varieties of sprays, 

 ranging from one of a generous 



character to a very fine mist. 

 It is simple and easy to operate, 

 not likely to get out of order, 

 is sightly in appearance and 

 ought certainly to take with the 

 suburbanite, a large part of 



whose life is devoted to the beautifying of his lawn. [The W. 



D. Allen Manufacturing Co., Chicago, Illinois.] 





A GUN RECOIL PAD. 



A GOOD many men would enjoy gunning much more than they 

 do if it were not for the "kick." Here is a device for stopping 

 the gun from kicking — or at least from kicking too much. It is 

 a gun recoil pad, which goes on where the stock of the gun presses 

 against the shoulder and absorbs at least a large part of the 



The Akro 



jar. The pad proper is made of rubber that is not only resilient 

 in itself, but has a corrugated finish, each of these facts contribut- 

 ing to minimize the recoil. Over the pad goes a leather cover 

 which saves it from exposure and enables it to be attached snugly 

 to the gun. [The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio.] 



A PHOTOGRAPHIC RUBBER STAMP. 



A company, very recently incorporated in New York, intends 

 to put on the market a rubber stamp that will accurately repro- 

 duce anyone's photograph. It is in other words a half-tone cut 

 made of rubber. The stamp is contained in a little metal case 

 having an ink pad and three or four rubber rollers for spreading 

 the ink uniformly over the face of the stamp. Equipped with 

 one of these little pocket outfits a person fond of seeing his 

 features, can stamp his portrait on his letter-heads, bill-heads, 

 books, or in any other place he may desire. [Photo Type Rub- 

 ber Stamp Co., No. 277 Broadway, New York.] 



