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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July 1, 1920. 



MOLDED RUBBER FISH LURES. 



A line of cleverly simulated insects has been tlcvelopcd in 

 )lded rubber for the purpose of deceiving the vifily tish into 

 biting at the hooks these ingenious lures conceal. 

 The entire line comprises ten numbers, including 

 representations of the crawfish, two sizes of hel- 

 gramite with bucktail, a medium and a small-sized 

 helgramitc. four sizes of 

 cricket ranging from the ex- 

 ira small to the large, three 

 sizes of grass- 

 hopper, and a 

 a r ge crawfish 

 and helgramite. 

 The articles are 

 extremely 

 ifelike. The il- 

 lustration shows 

 three numbers of the line, all of which are artfully molded in soft 

 rubber. (\\. J. Grube, Delaware, Ohio.) 



FOUR-HOLE BAGPIPE BALLOONS. 



Toy manufacturers are busy these days and the time for fairs, 

 summer fetes, and other occasions when Young America delights 

 in anything that will produce a noise, oflFer opportunity. Two 

 ingenious balloons of the squawker type, modified to produce 

 notes which sound like a bagpipe, are shown here. The mouth- 



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pieces are shellaced and the lower one is so constructed that, 

 when released from the mouth, all air that has passed into the 

 bag will pass out through the tone pipe. The bags are of high-grade 

 red rubber and of sufficient weight to permit excess inflation and 

 moderately rough usage. (The Eagle Rubber Co.. Ashland, Ohio.) 



INNER TUBE THAT MINIMIZES BLOW-OUTS. 



A new pneumatic inner tube is so molded under compression 



that several hundred small depressions or pockets are geometri- 

 cally distributed over the portion which comes next to the casing. 

 If the tube is punctured, the excess rubber in these compressed 

 portions immediately expands to prevent the escape of the air 

 within. (The Climax Rubber Co., Columbus, Ohio.) 



"SAFETY FIRST PULL-OVER" GLOVE. 



A glove that is made to meet the demand for toughness with- 

 out bulk, service without clumsiness, and wear-resistance where 

 the wear comes hardest, is embodied in the one shown in the 



accoinpanymg illustration. It is made of light-weight "stay soft" 

 horschide that is tough but entirely flexible and will, it is claimed, 

 remain soft and pliable in spite of wetting. It has a sewed out- 

 .scam and because of its construction and size can be easily pulled 

 over any rubber glove. This is an especially desirable feature, 



as many gloves cannot be so used. (O. C. 



Hansen Manufacturing Co., Milwaukee, 



Wisconsin.) 



RUBBER RETAINER FOR BATTERIES. 



lu .service, the positive plates of a bat- 

 tery tend to shed their active material, and 

 .IS far as this takes place the battery wears 

 nut. One battery manufacturer has devised 

 a slotted re- 

 tainer made of 

 hard rubber in 

 a tough, thin 

 sheet which is 

 placed against 

 the active mate- 

 rial on each 

 side of each 



positive plate. 



„, , , "I'HjLcn" Slotted Battery 



The slots are Ret.mxer 



sufficiently nu- 

 merous to permit the free passage of acid and current but so 

 narrow as to make the retainer practically a solid wall to hold 

 the active material firmly in place. A special machine is employed 

 to manufacture the "Philco" slotted retainer, because hard rub- 

 ber is not easily cut and any tool used for the purpose tends to 



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Glove. 



five years to perfect this 

 crude model to the effi- 



dull or break very quickly. It took 

 machine, developing it from the firs 

 cient device of to- 

 day. (Philadel- 

 phia Storage Bat- 

 tery Co., Ontario 

 and C streets, Phil- 

 adelphia, Pennsyl- 

 vania.) 



ACHILLES TIRES. 



This is the "day" 

 of the tire manu- 

 facturer and each 

 new company, 

 however like or 

 unlike other tires 

 its product may be 

 in actual construc- 

 tion, must identify 

 its product to the 

 public by an indi- 

 vidual distinctive 

 tread design. The 

 design on the left, 

 called the "Butter- 

 fly," is that of an oversized, high-grade pneumatic tire, made 

 with an extra ply of fabric. The one on the right is the "Rein- 

 deer," a lower-grade pneumatic tire, made under special brands 

 for large distributors. (The Achilles Rubber and Tire Co, 

 Inc., Binghamton. Xew York.) 



A PRACTICAL MAT FOR THE RUNNING BOARD. 



A mat of attractive pattern, imitating diamond-shaped tiling 

 blocks, is the "Motomat," intended for automobile running boards. 

 It is made of the same kind of stock used in the rubber mats 

 put on the steps of Pullman cars and is easily cleaned with a 



