March i, 1904.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



207 



NEW GOODS AND SPECIALTIES IN RUBBER. 



RUBBER SPONGE BATH MIT AND BATH BELT. 



THE latest additions to the novelties made from rubber 

 sponge material are a Bath Mit and a Bath Belt, 

 which are represented in the two illustrations here- 

 with. These goods involve in their construction an 

 entirely new idea. In the case of each strong duck is used, 

 with one side covered with a thick 

 layer of rubber sponge, the shape of 

 the article being sufficiently indicated 

 in the engraving. Many applications 

 of these articles for the toilet will 

 bath mit. readily suggest themselves, but it 



may be mentioned that they have been heartily commended by 



RUBBER BATH BELT. 



physicians for massage. These goods are protected by patents. 

 [Hanover Rubber Co., Limited — George Borgfeldt & Co., 

 American agents, New York.] 



MILWAUKEE PATENT PUNCTURE PROOF TIRE. 

 The Continental Rubber Works (Erie, Pennsylvania) have ac- 

 quired the business and goodwill of the Milwaukee Patent Punc- 



ture Proof Tire 

 Co., including 

 their patents and 

 the exclusive right 

 to manufacture 

 the Milwaukee 

 Patent Puncture 

 Proof Tire. The 

 Milwaukee com- 

 pany was incorpo- 

 rated in August, 

 1898, to exploit 

 this tire, and from 

 the beginning the 

 tires sold by them 

 have been manu- 

 factured by the 

 parties now in control of the Continental Rubber Works. 

 The latter company believe that a growing demand exists 

 for pneumatic tires that will give a better service than some 

 that have been placed on the market, and that can be depended 

 upon at. all times. They believe that a good market exists 

 in which the question of service outweighs the question of 

 price. The Milwaukee puncture proof tire is a single tube 

 tire, in the manufacture of which a new feature has been intro- 

 duced with a view to lessening the tendency to puncture. The 

 puncture proof material used is referred to as being applied to 

 the fabric in the tread of the tire in such a way as not to detract 

 from the resiliency of the tire — any possible stiffness thus con- 

 tributed to the tread being offset by the elasticity of the side 

 walls. In forming the tire, the tread is built up of five layers of 

 fabric, between which are interposed three thin layers of carbo- 

 rundum, while the side walls are made only of the usual thick- 



ness of fabric and the inner and outer walls of rubber. The 

 weight of the tire does not exceed that of ordinary tires. 



PROTECTION AGAINST DROWNING. 

 The illustration herewith relates to a mask or appliance 

 adapted to be applied to the face of the wearer, provided with 

 openings, said openings having ap- 



plied thereto internally short tubes 

 provided with automatically closing 

 valves, and the openings being cov- 

 ered with wire netting or gauze. The 

 mask is also provided with elastic 

 strips adapted for the automatic re- 

 tention in place of the mask. This 

 device is the subject of United States 

 patent No. 747,793 (December 22, 

 1903), issued tojohann A. Steenken, 

 and Albert Schutz, of Germany. 



" KLEANWELL TINGLE SPONGE." 



This is a new article in the shape of a rubber sponge for bath 

 use, which was recently invented by a Russian workman, and 

 for which a patent is now 

 pending in the United 

 States. It is simply a layer 

 of the sponge, say half an j^ 

 inch thick, made of conven- 

 ient size to cover the palm 

 of the hand and bearing 

 across it a heavy rubber 

 strap to go over the back 

 of the hand. The patent- 

 able portion of the device 

 consist of the embedding 

 through the center of the 

 sponge of a layer of thicker 

 or more substantial mate- 

 rial which, while not en- 

 tirely solid, is still of suf- '• H| 

 ficient stability to keep the 



sponge in shape. The ac- ^fc 



companying illustration shows the character of the appliance. 

 The sponge will be placed upon the market under the copy- 

 righted name " Kleanwell Tingle Sponge." Each will be packed 

 separately in a box. The owner of the American rights is A. 

 H. Smith, No. 84 Chambers street, New York. 



"NIAGRITE," FOR PROTECTING CABLES. 

 A new material for the protection of electric cables against 

 damage by fire is an asbestos felt, sold under the name " Nia- 

 grite," which is made in strips 3 inches wide, 36 inches long, 

 and >s inch thick. When it is to be used the " Niagrite " is 

 first dipped into a fireproof glue, and immediately placed upon 

 the cable and wound spirally upon the same, the strips being 

 continued one after the other until the entire cable is covered. 

 After the whole has become well dried, a coating of the fireproof 

 glue solution is applied over the surface, to seal the joints of 

 the spiral winding and also to prevent the material from frost- 

 ing, as sometimes happens when there is an excess of dampness. 

 " Niagrite," by this construction and treatment, does not act as 

 a non conductor, which might keep the heat generated by the 

 wires in the cable and affect the internal insulation, but on the 



