June 1, 1920.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



589 



New Goods and Specialties. 



Pocket As 



A SAFETY AXE FOR THE SUMMER CAMPER. 



Nuw is the time when plans are going forward for 

 camping trips, and no outfit is complete without a reliable 

 a.xe or strong hatchet with which to blaze trails, cut trees, 

 boughs, and firewood, 

 and do the iiumberless 

 odd jobs that fall to the 

 lot of the camper. That 

 dealer who can suppl\ 

 his customers with an 

 axe provided with a 

 guard so that it can with 

 safety be put into the 



coat pocket or packed with other articles without danger of 

 injuring them, should benefit by increased sales. The safety 

 pocket axe shown here has a nickel-plated spring hinged guard 

 lined with lead, that folds into the handle. The blade is made 

 of caref-ully tempered tool steel, while the metal handles are 

 drop forged, with side-plates of rubber. The length is 11 inches 

 and the weight 20 ounces. (Marble .'\rms and Manufacturing 

 Company, Gladstone, Michigan.) 



Designed for the use 

 of the typist who re- 

 quires a soft eraser to 

 remove pencil marks 

 and carbon impressions 

 as well as inked or 

 typed copy, the "399 

 Tri-Ply" eraser has 

 found a welcome in 

 the business world. The 

 two outer layers of 

 rubber are soft and 

 velvety, while the cen- 

 ter layer is of harder 

 stock. When the center 

 edge is brought to bear 

 upon manuscript writ- 

 ten with pen or type- 

 writer, erasing becomes easy. The side edges are used for remov- 

 ing pencil marks. (Weldon Roberts Rubber Co., Newark, N. J.) 



A NEW OVERSHOE TIRE. 



The tire illustrated claims a new patented feature in a tread 

 which is removable and 

 interchangeable and can 

 be used on all makes of 

 tires as well as on thi^ 

 specially constructed one. 

 The overshoe is made in 

 a separate piece and its 

 inner face opposite thi 

 casing is provided w 

 longitudinal and trans 

 verse projections and re- 

 cesses -o correspond to 

 those in the tire. This 

 feature insures against 

 creeping, either longitu- 

 dinally or transversely. There are also a number of suction cups 

 in the inner face of the overshoe, in the thickened side portions, 



Ply" Red Eraser. 



whicli hold the sides firmly in position un the casing. The tread 

 portion is made of durable rubber and the overshoe is not 

 vulcanized to the casing. The casing, protected by the overshoe, 

 does not come in contact with the ground 

 and is not exposed, therefore wearing in- 

 definitely long. (Brooks J. Mullikin, Box 

 23, .Station N. New York City.) 



A NEW ARTIFICIAL BAIT. 



The angler who enjoys game fishing 

 will welcome this new "Crawdad Natural 

 Crab" bait, with its body so true to life 

 in color and shape, its beady black eyes, 

 and its moving rubber legs. The hooks 

 are bronze. (The Creek Chub Bait Co., 

 Garrett, Indiana.) 



THREE NEW WESTERN TIRES. 



Three good-looking tires will be pro- "The Crawdad 



duced by a new Western rubber company, ' *'^^'"'- "*"■ 



as well as an inner tube. The center one of the three tires below 

 is the invention of Grant Lambright, the company's general super- 

 intendent. It is intended chiefly for light trucking and has been 

 successfully tried out and tested. It combines the advantages o£ 



a pneumatic with those of a solid tire. The non-skid tread is 

 designed to distribute road friction evenly, while the ribbed 

 tire has extra thick side walls. (The Latex Tire & Rubber 

 Co., Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.) 



AN IMPROVED STEP-MAT. 



The particular feature of the step-mat pictured here is 

 which turns up from the running-board and prevents the si 

 ing of the car by overstepping. 

 The pattern is of the self-drain- 

 ing type, so that any water col- 

 lected is thrown away by the 

 forward motion of the car. The 

 rubber used is of good quality 

 and serviceable. A running- 

 board mat of this kind is an 

 admirable preventive of slipping 

 when entering a car. (Essex 

 Rubber Company, Trenton, New 

 Jersey.) "Essex 



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