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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July 



1904. 



The device here 



The usual outfit complete includes white rubber curtain, stool, 

 aluminum lamp, and coil spring balance. There may be ob- 

 tained in addition a water fountain, including fine rubber hose, 

 buib, and syringe. The illustration herewith shows the fixtures 

 in readiness for a shower bath ; only a few moments are re- 

 quired for adjusting it for takinga vapor bath. [VaporShower 

 Bath Co., Cox building, Rochester, New York.] 

 THE "WURKEZE" BILGE PUMP. 



lustrated is intended for use on launches 

 .and small yachts. It 

 is made of brass, 

 with polished barrel, 

 with hardwood pis- 

 ton handle, and a 5 

 foot length of hose 

 attached. It is made 

 in two sizes. No. 1 

 is 16 inches high, 

 with a capacity of 6 

 gallons per minute ; 

 No. 2 with a height 

 of 17 inches, has a 

 capacity of 12 gal- 

 lons per minute. 

 At the bottom of 

 the barrel a sieve is 

 placed, to prevent 

 the suction of for- 

 eign articles into 

 the pump. [The Ma- 

 rine Hardware Co., Peabody, Massachusetts.] 



THE ALLEN FOUNTAIN BATH BRUSH. 

 The Allen fountain brushes, for use in hot or cold baths, are 

 made of bristles, having backs perforated for the flow of water, 



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NIAGARA. 



FOUNTAIN BRUSHES. 



conveyed through the 

 handles when connected 

 by rubber tubing with 

 the bathroom faucet. 

 The brushes are made 

 in various styles, one of those illustrated herewith, the "Su- 

 perb ", having back and handle of hard rubber. The other two 

 styles shown have backs of hard wood. These brushes are in 

 tended to be sold with "outfits", including tubing and other 

 accessories. A specialty is made of the portable outfit, for 

 use in traveling, or in general where 

 bathroom facilities are lacking. The 

 supply of water in such cases is de- 

 rived from an enamelled metal foun- 

 tain or reservoir, arranged to be sus- 

 pended from the wall; or, 3-quart rub- 

 ber water bags may be used. The port- 

 able outfit includes also a " safety floor 

 mat", made of water- _ 



proof material, 36"x36" 

 or 50" x 50", upon which 

 the bather stands while safety floor mat. 



taking a bath. These mats have upturned edges, or rim, the 

 larger size holding 6 gallons of water. There is a special 

 " shampoo " brush, and likewise brushes for horses and dogs. 

 One feature of the outfits supplied with these brushes is a 



water shut-off and regulator — a small device, including thumb- 

 screw, which is slipped over the rubber tubing to control the 

 flow of water. These brushes have been on the market for 

 some time, but the accessories have gradually been improved 

 and their number increased, the latest addition being the bath 

 mat, for which United States patent No. 745,553 was granted 

 recently to Willard E. Allen. [The Allen Manufacturing Co., 

 No. 436 Erie street, Toledo, Ohio.] 



AYVAD'S "WATER WINGS" — A NEW VALVE. 

 A small novelty which has met with a very wide sale in this 

 country and abroad is that shown in the illustrations — Ayvad's 

 Water 



Wings. J f^-^O-N, J 



They are 

 mention- 

 ed here 

 on ac- 

 count of their now 

 including an im 

 proved inflating 

 valve, for which 

 United States patent No. 760,- 

 948 has been granted to H. A. 

 Ayvad. The valve, which is 

 also illustrated herewith, con- 

 sists of a metallic mouthpiece, 

 exposed at the outer surface 

 of the inflatable swimming 

 bag, and a flexible, compressi- 

 ble valve tube of woven fabric THE NEW VALVE - 

 attached to the mouthpiece and extending therefrom to be- 

 tween the compressible walls of the bag, the ends of the bag 

 binding being stitched to the edges of the valve tube. [The 

 Ayvad Manufacturing Co., Hoboken, New Jersey.] 



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APPARATUS FOR LASTING SHOE UPPERS. 



THE cut herewith relates to a new apparatus for applying 

 the outer rubber layer to a shoe upper, designed to dis- 

 pense in a great measure with hand labor, and at the same 

 time to insure uniform results. Under the existing method of 

 construction of rubber uppers, the lining and the insole are 



first mounted on a last sup- 

 ported right side up, the blank 

 forming the outer upper layer 

 being deftly passed by hand 

 over the stockinet, beginning 

 at the middle of the upper, 

 then passing it forward and 

 along the sides, and then rear- 

 ward. But with the hands it 

 is not always possible to cause this layer to adhere uniformly 

 throughout its entire area, and in consequence air will find a 

 lodging place at points between the rubber layer and the 

 stockinet, to be expelled eventually by a roller passed over the 

 completed upper — an operation requiring considerable time. 

 This new apparatus introduces a method of applying the rub- 

 ber layer by pneumatic pressure, the rubber blank be caused to 

 progressively adhere to the stockinet under the action of an 

 inflatable bag or diaphragm (marked 12 in the cut), which in 

 the process of inflation gradually envelops the last and stocki- 

 net mounted on it, such gradual envelopment forcing the rub- 

 ber layer against the last and causing the same to adhere to the 

 stockinet. United States patent No. 761,356, issued May 31, 

 1904, to William H. Burritt, of St. Louis. 



