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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February 1, 1920. 



REINFORCED PEDAL RUBBER. 



A iKu riilibcr lor application to motorcycle pedals has been 

 patented by the inventor under date of October 28, 1919. It 

 consists of a pedal cover of high-grade red or gray rubber, with 

 knurled surface, reinforced by a coil of tempered steel wire 

 running its length. The usual 

 round hole is provided, but this 

 pedal rubber can be had with a 

 s(iuare hole if preferred. (Conti- 

 nental Rubber Works, Erie, Penn- 

 sylvania.) 



"KWIKFIX" RUBBER CEMENT. 



The United States Patent Office has granted registration >■'. 

 the trade mark "Kwiklix" to designate a rubber compound usol 

 as cement. The application was Serial No. 117.016, noted m 

 our issue of July 1, 1919, and the patent is No. 127,446, granted 

 November 11, 1919. (.Mick Merriman, 26 South street, Freehold, 

 New Jersey.) 



TWO MORE CORD TIRES. 



Two new cord tires, one of which is a super-oversize, are 

 pictured herewith. The Martin super-oversize 

 tire, it is claimed, has unusual resistance to 

 road shocks, bruises, overloading, etc. 



The "Mono" cord tire is a pneumatic and is 

 guaranteed free from imperfections in mate- 

 rial and workmanship if used under reason- 

 able conditions, with proper 

 rims and pressure. (The Mar- 

 tin Tire Corp., 51st ttreet and 

 Sixth avenue, New York City.) 



STANWOOD HEEL PLATE. 



In our issue of January 1, 

 1919, we described an accelera- 

 tor foot-rest and in our issue 

 of September 1, 1915, a step- 

 plate, both produced by tin 

 same manufacturer. The step- 

 companion in a heel-plate in- 

 tended for use back of the accelerator foot-rest. 

 This heel-plate is smaller than the step plate, but, 

 like that, comprises a perforated metal plate en- 

 tirely covered with rubber and provided with a 

 series of longitudinal ribs firmly molded to the cord 



metal plate. It is four inches wide and eleven 

 and one-half inches long. This plate, which is intended to fur- 

 nish a stable position for the heel when operating the pedal, may 

 also be used as a toe and heel guard by setting it in a vertical 

 position on the running-board shield. (Stanwood Equipment 

 Co., 307 Plymouth Court, Chicago, Illinois.) 



A RUBBER SNAKE. 



Rubber is a favorite material for use in making objects to 

 deceive the eye into believing them to be the real thing, and it 

 is utilized in the manufacture of the figure toy shown here. The 

 body is elon- 

 gated and hol- 

 low, and the 

 head has the 

 mouth wide 

 open. A flexi- 

 ble diaphragm 

 operates the 

 tongue, con- 

 nected with a 



SvPER Cord. 

 plat(x now has 



rubber band c 

 squeezing the body air 



light spring within the body, 

 forced against the diaphragm 



and the tongue projected, producing a very life-like representa- 

 tion of a snake. (John W. Clements. Dalton, Georgia.) 



A NEW CASING PATCH. 



I'or the repair of cord or fabric ruptures a practical adhesive 

 casing patch has been devised, consisting of four plies of high- 

 grade inner-tube stock and one of rubberized stockinet. Between 

 the third and fourth plies is set a piece of flexible wire mesh 

 cut on the bias. The illustration shows the patch before it is 

 molded and vulcanized, after which one 

 side is coated with cement, protected by a 

 gauze liner. The armored casing patch is 

 stuck smoothly over the rupture so tiiat 

 both ends of it overlap the bead of the 

 tire. It can be used as a blow-out patch. 

 r Squires Tire & Rubber Co., Inc., Long 

 Island City, New York.) 



"FIRO" SUPERHEAT PACKING. 



A packing for which it is claimed that 

 it will not burn or char in a joint or 

 squeeze out when the bolts are drawn up 

 Cord Tire P.^tch. j^ ^^^^^^ "Firo." It is made of long, 

 strong fibers of asbestos, with a suitable binder, and is formed 

 into sheets under immense hydraulic pressure. It is supplied in 

 sheets 1/32-inch, 1/16-inch, and 1/8-inch thick, weighing 3;4 

 pounds, 6j/j pounds, and 13 pounds, respectively. 



"TRIPLE DIAMOND" RUBBER BELTING. 

 A new kind of rubber belting is made of heavy, specially woven 

 belt duck of considerable tensile strength. It has the plies united 

 by rubber friction which the manufacturer claims will not sep- 

 arate in service. The surface is high-grade friction. This brand 

 takes its name from the trade-mark, three overlapping diamonds, 

 with lettering, stamped on the material. 



Both the "Firo" superheat packing and the "Triple Diamond" 

 rubber belting are made by the same concern. (New York Belt- 

 ing and Packing Co., 91 Chambers street. New York City.) 



DETACHABLE HEEL. 



.\ detachable and interchangtable rubbi 

 cross-section in the ac- 

 companying drawing. It 

 is intended to enable a 

 person to attach his own 

 heels without the neces- 

 sity for visiting a shoe- 

 maker whenever it is de- 

 sired to substitute another 

 heel for the one on the shoe. The lower section of the heel is of 

 rubber, having molded sockets for the accommodation of metal 

 studs which extend from the metal plate that attaches to the 

 heel of the shoe. (George Schrade, 311 Stratford avenue. Bridge- 

 port, Connecticut.) 



.\ new style of safety 

 step-plate is so planned 

 that a red rubber in- 

 sert can be made in the 

 center, having the 

 name of any popular 

 make of car molded 

 therein. The ribs run 

 out from the center '^^"^''- ^ ■"TvmoV Step Plate. 



like the sun's rays, and the mat provides a sure footing on the 

 running board of the car, in addition to keeping clean the inside. 

 (Tyler Manufacturing Co., 64 Pearl street, Boston, Mass.) 



