August I, 1912. 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



555 



A BILGE PUMP FOR POWER BOATS. 



It is estimated by people familiar ivith the subject that 

 there are two hundred thousand power boats ranging from 

 18 to 40 feet in length, used in Amer- 

 ican waters at the present time. 



The accompanying cut shows a 

 device which makes it very easy and 

 convenient to remove the bilge 

 Mil ({ \M ] }} "ater from those boats. It is a 

 louble-acting bilge pump. The 

 I ump is IS inches long under tlie 

 spout and is supplied with S feet of 

 rubber hose. Of course it can be 

 used in any other small craft — row 

 boats ana sail boars — but its particular utility is in the small 

 power boats. [A. B. Sands & Sons Co., 24 \'esey street, New 

 York.l 



ANOTHER SPRING TIRE. 



It is not the fault of our American inventive geniuses that the 

 pneumatic tire still continues in general use, for there are as 

 many bright and active minds at work trying to invent some- 

 thing to take the 

 place of the pneu- 

 matic tire, as there 

 are figuring on the 

 political chances of 

 the new Third 

 Party. 



Here is an illus- 

 tration of a spring 

 tire called the "Com- 

 fort," which does 

 away with the pneu- 

 matic feature. As 

 will be seen in the 

 cut, around the felloe 

 of the wheel there is 

 a series of springs, 

 some of them semi- 

 elliptical and some 

 ■>{ them extension coils. Outside of these springs there is a metal 

 rim. Metal side plates are fastened rigidly to this outside rim, 

 but plaj" back and forth over the inner felloe, thus keeping the 

 springs in place. The resiliency is produced by the springs in 

 place of the air enclosed in the usual inner-tube of the pneu- 

 matic tire. The outer rim has a solid rubber tread. 



A guarantee of 10.000 miles goes with this new tire. [Davies 

 Manufacturing Co., Cleveland, Ohio.] 



A aUICK VULCANIZING CEMENT. 



If the claims made for it by its manufacturers, the American 

 Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, are correct, the "Five-Min- 

 ute-Cure" cement produced by that company ought to become 

 very popular, for the company claims that it can be used equally 

 well in the making and repairing of casings, inner-tubes and 

 general repair stock, and, moreover, that this cement will cure 

 perfectly in five minutes. The company likewise maintains that 

 this cement, owing to certain heat resisting properties it pos- 

 sesses, cannot be over-cured. 



"Comfort" Tire. 



BOOTS OF RUBBER AND LEATHER. 



1 HE accompanying cut shows a boot made of a combination of 

 rubber and leather. The foot is a rubber shoe and to this is 

 attached a top of chrome-tanned waterproof leather. This makes 



a high warm boot, waterproof to 

 the very top. Being equipped with 

 laces, it can be fitted as snugly or 

 as loosely as the wearer may de- 

 sire. The "Beacon" boot, which is 

 here 

 heel ; 

 the 

 heel. 

 the 

 with 



illustrated, is made with a 

 there is another boot called 

 'Sherman," made without a 

 In other respects they are 

 same, both being finished 

 a rolled edge sole, and 

 having ribs over the vamp to 

 strengthen the shoe. They are 

 particularly good for snow-shoeing 

 and winter hunting. 

 They are made from 

 10 to 14 inclies in 

 height and in all 

 sizes for both men 

 and women. [The 

 The "Be.'^con" Boot. Beacon Falls Rubber 



Shoe Co.. Beacon Falls. Connecticut.] 



THE FASHIONABLE ELASTIC BELT. 



The use of elastic fabrics for ladies' belts is something that 

 has of late become a very general fashion. At first thought it 

 .would seem as if such fabrics would not give a very wide range 

 in variety of styles to suit individual tastes. Such, however, is 



Types of Elastic Belts. 



Consular report number 9162 states that a well-known firm in 

 a foreign country invites price lists and catalogues for solid 

 rubber tires for large 14-passenger automobiles. The American 

 consul who forwarded the request states that correspondence 

 should be in English, and price lists should be in English 

 currency. 



far from being the case. Rubber thread is today woven into a 

 great variety of fabrics of any color or shade, and ornamented 

 with fancy stitches, beads, jet and even jewels. Then, too, the 

 belts come in a great variety of widths and shapes and with 

 buckles in gun metal, gold and silver. The accompanying illustra- 

 tions show a few of the hundreds of styles of ladies' belts made 

 from elastic fabrics. 



