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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November I, 1919. 



THE "LINE-A-TIME" HELPS THE COPYIST. 



A new device for holding note-boolcs, copy, etc.. for the con- 

 venience of the typist, has been developed as illustrated below. 

 From the side supporting arm held in place by a single screw 



inserted beside tlie 



n the table 



Time" Copv Holder. 



desk, rise side rods 

 ■which support the 

 plate on which the 

 copy rests. A station- 

 ary bar bears against 

 the note-book below 

 the lint of copy 

 while another cross- 

 bar on which are 

 rubber rollers 

 further assists in 

 holding the copy in 

 place. A coiled 

 spring which 

 stretches across at 

 the top holds back 

 the pages used. At the bottom, within easy reach of the right 

 band, is a screw for adjusting the line spacing to the require- 

 ments of the particular copy being used. The copy or note- 

 book is then raised a line at a time as required, the line of copy 

 being practically on a level with the eyes of the operator. The 

 accessory has rubber feet and rubber to decrease noise and 

 otherwise facilitate operation. (The Line-a-Time Manufactur- 

 ing Co., Rochester. New York.) 



GORED STORM RUBBER. 



Among the standard lines of overshoes for men and women. 

 a most popular 

 one is the 

 "storm" pattern, 

 with a high 

 back, a com- 

 paratively low 

 quarter, and a 

 vamp coming 

 up high over 



the instep, the whole following closely the lines of a "Romeo" 

 slipper. A style of rubber which combines this shape with 

 that of a sandal is, to all intents and purposes, a "storm" 

 with the side space filled in with a thinner gore acting like the 

 elastic web of a "Congress" shoe. The style shown here 

 has the extension heel which, besides strengthening the most 

 vulnerable point of a rubber overshoe, also serves as a "self- 

 acting" heel 

 when removing 

 the rubber. 

 (Canadian Con- 

 solidated Rub- 

 ber Co., Lim- 

 ited, Montreal. 

 Quebec, Can- 

 ada.) 



TO MINIMIZE 

 PUNCTURES. 



An inner tire 

 which will tend 

 to decrease the 

 number of 

 punctures and 

 give additional 

 mileage to tires 

 is represented 



by the "Air Container shown in cross-section above. This is 

 built of cord and rubber and, it is claimed, will not deflate when 

 punctured. (The Air Container Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts.) 



GoREi) Storm Rubber. 



The ".\ir-Coxt.\iner.' 



heels are transft 



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NEW HEEL WITH PNEUMATIC INSERTS. 



By means of a newly invented electrical machine, leather 

 heels are transformed into non-slip pneumatic ones by in- 

 serting pieces of rubber which project slightly 

 below the surface and prevent the leather 

 from coming into contact with hard pave- 

 ments. Any ordinarj- leather heel may be so 

 treated. It is the intention of the inventor to 

 place these machines in shoe stores, so that 

 heels may be equipped with these pneumatic 

 inserts at the time of purchase, if the buyer 



Pneumatic Heel. ^^ jesires. (Pneumatic Shoe Heel Machinery 



Co., Inc., 1133 Broadway, New York City.) 



THE "COLONEl," GOLF BALL DIMPLED. 



Tile popular "Colonel" golf ball, formerly made in meshed 

 marking only, is now to be had in dimple marking, also, in 

 various weights. The "Colonel 30" is the name of an entirely 

 new weight in the dimpled marking. (The St, Mungo Manu- 

 facturing Co. of America, 121 Sylvan avenue, Newark, New 

 Jersey.) 



.4 TIRE OF CLASSIC DESIGN. 



Among the new tires appear some treads with adaptations of 

 conventional classic designs. The "Tro- 

 jan," shown here, is of this type. It is 

 made in the 30 by 35/2-inch size. (Sterl- 

 ing Tire Corp., Rutherford, New Jersey.) 



STEAMSHIP MAIL BY FLYING BOAT. 



To demonstrate the possibility of deliv- 

 ering belated mail to vessels at sea, the 

 "Popular Science Monthly," New York 

 City, arranged recently for dropping a 

 rubberized mail bag like that described in 

 The India Rubber World, August 1, 1919, 

 from a flying boat to the Adriatic, two 

 hours out of New York, in the Ambrose 

 channel. The mail pouch, in an outer 

 container, was attached to a steel air- 

 plane cable 200 feet long, having rubber 

 shock absorbers inserted near the junc- 

 ture point. Two-pound bags of shot were 

 attached to each of seven divisions at 

 the other end. These wrapped themselves 

 around the stay from the foremast to the fore mainmast, jerkmg 

 the mail bag from its chute into the water, from which it was 

 pulled to the bridge by its own cable. 



RUBBER MAT FOR RUNNING BOARDS. 



A new mat for the running board of automobiles is made of a 

 special rubber 

 composition rein- 

 forced with im- 

 pregnated fabric 

 at the outside 

 edges. This 

 causes it to lie 

 flat. Copper- 

 plated washers 

 are embedded in 

 the rubber to 

 support fastening 

 bolts or screws. 

 A patent is 

 pending on this 



"Hipco" inat. (Hipco Manufacturing Co., 34 Columbus avenue, 

 Boston, Massachusetts.) 



"Trojan" Tire. 



'Hipco" Running Board Mat. 



