December i, 1903.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



91 



NEW GOODS AND SPECIALTIES IN RUBBER. 



P1LLEY S EXPANSION WEDGE PACKING. 



THE merits of the article herewith illustrated are that it 

 has both a perfect expansion and a practical wedge. 

 The parts are so placed as to afford the greatest amount 

 of wear with the least possible friction. The material 

 is finely woven cotton duck, with high quality rubber friction 

 between the plies. It contains no 

 loosely woven hemp or jute to rot 

 >ut and cause trouble in the valves, 

 and. not being loaded with unneces- 

 sary oil and tallow, it weighs much 

 less than other wedge packings, 

 resulting in less cost to the pur- 

 chaser. This packing is made in 

 all sizes, from % inch to 1J2 inches 

 (by sixteenths), and is furnished in 

 rings cut and molded 

 to fit rods, or in 5 

 pound boxes up to 

 and including Js inch 

 — larger sizes are 

 made in 12 foot 

 lengths — and careful- 

 ly wrapped in muslin 

 (or protection against 

 dust and grit. This 

 packing is adapted 

 for steam, water, ammonia, hydraulic, air, oil, and other pur- 

 poses, and is patented. [Pilley Packing and Flue Brush 

 Manufacturing Co., No. 606 South Third street, St. Louis.] 



HANOVER EXCELSIOR ATOMIZER. 

 The advantage claimed for an atomizer with a double rubber 

 bulb is that a continuous spray is obtained with slighter effort 

 than with a single bulb. Where long application is necessary, 



the hand may become tired by the constant pressure of the 

 bulb, and a device which prevents such fatigue is exceedingly 

 desirable. It is also pointed out that where the rubber used is 

 of the proper quality less hand pressure is required than in the 

 case of other rubber, on account of the bulb yielding more read- 



ily to pressure, and this merit is possessed by the atomizei 

 shown in the illustration. [Hanover Rubber Co., Limited — 

 George Borgfeldt & Co., American agents, New York.] 



A RUBBER BRAND THAT CAN BE SEEN. 



While it is to be expected that the wearer of a rubber boot 

 or shoe who has been well satisfied with it will feel confidence in 



buying another pair of the 

 same brand when another pair 

 becomes necessary, it is a 

 question how many persons 

 really know the brand on their 

 rubber footwear. All such 

 goods are branded on the sole, 

 in the same manner and in 

 the same position, in letters 

 and marks which remain dis- 

 tinguishable as long as the 

 boot or shoe lasts, and yet the 

 wearer may not often see the 

 brand. An accompanying il- 

 lustration has been made from 

 a photograph of a boot made 

 by the Woonsocket Rubber 

 Co., on which, instead of the 

 customary brand on the sole, 

 the device is repeated all over 

 the leg. So novel a feature 

 cannot fail to be observed by 

 the wearer 

 every time 

 he sees the 

 boot, and 

 thus become 

 firmly i m - 

 pressed up- 

 on his mind. The manufacturers, in thus seeking to connect 

 their name with their product, evidently go upon the assump- 

 tion that, a pair of their boots having been given a trial, the 

 wearer will want another pair of " Woonsockets " when the 

 time comes for replacement. And yet these boots are not re- 

 garded as needing to be replaced very often. 



A RUBBER HEEL HOLDER. 

 The device here illustrated involves the combination, with the 

 heel, of a metal plate secured to the bottom of the heel, said plate 

 having its side and rear 

 edges bent downward and 

 inward to form a retaining 

 flange, a downwardly pro- 

 jecting tongue formed in- 

 tegral with the forward 

 edge of the said plate, and 

 a rubber heel arranged be- 

 tween the said flange and tongue of the said plate. Philip A. 

 Jahn, Cleveland, Ohio, has obtained United States letters patent 

 [No. 740,760] on this device. 



A RUBBER AUTOMOBILE VEIL. 

 Among the novelties in draped veils for ladies' wear is one 

 of tan rubber. It is gathered around the top on a ribbon, 

 which is tied under the brim of the hat and is then thrown 



