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[March i, 1904. 



he seems also to have invented]. William Prampolini, San Louis 

 Potosi, Mexico. 



20,962(1902). Pneumatic tire. W. Smith, London. 



21,100(1902). Pneumatic tire [protected from puncture by an alumi- 

 num tread strip]. E. A. Hilder, Kentish Town, London. 



21,129(1902). Golf ball [with core of wound rubber thread]. P. M. 

 Matthew and C. R. Crombie, Victoria India Rubber Mills, Edin- 

 burgh. 



♦21,200(1902). Exercising apparatus. G. S. Maxwell, Madison, and 

 G. White, Jersey City, New Jersey. 



GERMAN EMPIRE. 

 Patents Granted. 



149,149 (Class 30*). Vulcanizing oven. W. Reinhard, Berlin. March 22. 

 Design Patents Granted [Gebrauchsmuster]. 



213,805 (Class 3A). Textile fabrics underlaid with mass of natural rub- 

 ber to serve as waterproofing for cloths, being attached with a ho 

 iron instead of sewing. C. Thill, Cologne. Dec. 23. 



213,696 (CI. lib). Rubber cover for work table in leather working ma- 

 chine, with arrangement for padding in the middle. Vaughn Ma- 

 chine Co., G. m b. H., Frankfurt a/M. Dec. 23. 



213,567 (CI. 45')' Horseshoe of hard rubber with rubber cushions, 

 hollow on under side to prevent slipping. F. Lindner, Breslau. 

 Dec. 23. 



2 '3. 959 (CI 63.). Steel protective tire covered with rubber. Frieda 

 Winkler, Ofenerfeld, bei Oldenberg. Dec. 30. 



214,413 (CI. 47/). Linen lined rubber hose, with spiral metallic band, 

 for conveying gas to railroad cais. H. Schwieder, Dresden. Jan. 13. 



214,044 (CI. 12/). Automatic siphon of soft rubber with return valve. 

 A. Kahlert, Hamburg. Nov. 3. 



214.135 (CI. 301/). Warm compresses, consisting of hollow rubbe r 

 cushions of size and shape of the eye cavity, provided with mean s 

 of filling and fastening, single, and triangular in shape. Hill u. 

 Mllller, Mannheim. Nov. 26. 



214.136 (CI. iod). Warm compresses for diseased eyes, consisting of 

 hollow rubber cushions with means of filling and fastening, shaped 

 like spectacles to cover both eyes. Same. Nov. 26. 



214,062 (CI. y>g). Nipple for nursing bottle, consisting of solid mouth- 



piecepierced by numerous canals. Dr.W. Krohn, Dresden. Nov. 24. 

 Applications. 

 8,853 (Class 3^). Air cushion adapted to be heated. E. Titters, Kaisers- 



lauten. April 15. 

 8,375 (CI. 63^). Process for making endless self sealing air tubes for 



tires. C. Stoeckicht, Frankfurt a/M. Aug. 12. 

 14,713 (CI. 39a). Appliance for cold vulcanizing rubber goods. T. 



Pongs, Coln-Ehrenfeld. Dec. 23. 



35,546 (CI. 43a). Capsule for rubber rings. R. Bfirk, Schweinigen. 

 Jan. 6, 1904. 



THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. 



Patents Issued (With Date of Application). 



335. 87 (Sept. 8, 1903). Barnault and Binet — Protection for pneu- 

 matic tires. 



335,104 (Sept. 9, 1903). S. Butler — Improvements in automobile wheel 

 tire rims. 



335.159 (Sept. 11, 1903). R. Bobet — Improvements in the manufac- 

 ture of pneumatic tire covers. 



335.173 (Sept. 12, 1903). Societe Geoffroy et Delore — Process of pack- 

 ing and for preserving air tubes of pneumatic tires. 



335. 185 (Sept. 14, 1903). Cooper and Smith — Pneumatic tire, with 



special felly. 



335,211 (Aug. 14, 1903). Franchomme — Unpuncturable pneumatic. 



335.388 (Sept. 16, 1903). C. J. Pigeon — Tires for vehicle wheels. 



335.4 9 (Sept. 22, 1903). Thropp and de Laski — Tires with circular 



woven fabric. 



335.584 (Sept. 26, 1903). E. H. Fayolle — Process for the manufacture 

 of a substitute for Caoutchouc. 



335.940 (Sept. 18, 1903). Perrot — Pneumatic tires having several air 

 tubes. 



335.896 (Oct. 14. 1903). Voland and Garambois — Application of a 

 new fabric in the manufacture of air tubes and for pneumatic tiro 

 covers. 



335,826 (Oct. 8, 1903). Delorme— Pneumatic tire cover. 



336,071 (Oct. 7, 1903). A. Voland— New elastic tire for bicycles and 

 automobiles. 



[Note. — Printed copies of specifications of French patents may be ordered from 

 R. Bobct, Ingenieur-Consul, 16, avenue de Vilhers, Paris, at 50 cenls cash, post 

 paid.] 



AN OLD RUBBER MAN RETIRES. 



ONE of the oldest rubber workers in the country has lately 

 retired from the employment of theGoodyear's India Rub- 

 ber Glove Manufacturing Co., at Naugatuck — Mr. Cyrenius N. 

 Squires. Mr. Squires was born in Redding, Connecticut, Jan- 

 uary 25, 1832, and in 1850 secured employment in the rubber 

 factory of John Greacen, Jr., at Sandy Hook. In 1852, he re- 

 moved to Naugatuck and went to work as a cutter in the plant 

 of the Union India Rubber Co., which later was occupied by 

 the Goodyear's India Rubber Glove Manufacturing Co. In 

 1861 he enlisted in the army, but at the end of two years re- 

 turned to the factory at Naugatuck, where he remained as fore- 

 man of the clothing department until early in the present year. 



Mr. Squires, among other details supplied to The India 

 Rubber World, says: " I built and used the first dry steam 

 vulcanizer for curing rubber goods. Our old vulanizer was 

 built of brick, about 20 feet square, with coils of stove pipe on 

 the floor and ceiling, through which hot air, direct from the 

 furnace, was forced. The coats were cemented and hung in- 

 side the room to be cured, and often taken out worthless on 

 account of being over cured. I thought that the work could be 

 done better with steam pipes, and after much opposition was 

 finally allowed to experiment. The new plan proved a success 

 from the first." 



Mr. Squires states that about 28 years ago P. T. Barnum ex- 

 hibited a white elephant in this country. His competitor in 

 the circus business, not wishing to be outdone, asked the Glove 

 company to make him an elephant of white rubber. Mr. Squires 

 was their pattern maker, and the work was put into his hands. 

 The showman was so pleased with the first result that he or- 

 dered six. and advertised not one white elephant but a whole 

 herd. He mentions that the late George M. Allerton, B. M. 

 Hotchkiss, and others connected with the Glove company went 

 to New York to see the inflated rubber elephants exhibited. 



Mr. Squires had four sons, whom he introduced into the rub- 

 ber business as soon as they left school, and three of them are 

 still rubber men. Eugene D. holds his father's former position 

 as foreman of the clothing department ; Arthur C. is with The 

 B. F. Goodrich Co. at Akron; and George S. with the Conant 

 Rubber Co. in Boston. Mr. Squires will now make his home 

 at Bridgeport, with his daughter, who is the wife of Noyes E. 

 Ailing, president of the Ailing Rubber Co., operating several 

 retail stores in Connecticut. Never having had a day's illness, 

 Mr. Squires appears hale and hearty. He treasures among the 

 mementoes of his connection with the Glove company a gold 

 watch presented to him by the employes of his department 

 about 25 years ago. During his long residence in Naugatuck 

 he was one of the most respected citizens of the place. 



Rubbers and Leather Shoes. — There are good arguments 

 for the wearing of rubber shoes, even for those who do not be- 

 lieve it necessary to keep their feet dry in snowy weather. 

 The water made by melting snow has an especially injurious 

 effect on leather. It destroys the leather rapidly, and shoes 

 subject to such treatment will wear out in a very short time 

 unless they are protected by overshoes.— New York Sun. 



Rubber Tired Rickishas. — The Straits Times reports the 

 introduction on the streets of Singapore of fifty smart look- 

 ing rubber tired jinrickishas, to be hired at higherthan the usual 

 rates. They are owned by a syndicate, which expects to find 

 it necessary soon to increase the number. = = Rubber tired jin- 

 rickishas have been made for several years at Reading, Penn- 

 sylvania, for export to Yokohama. 



