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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[OCTOUER I, igO/. 



New Rubber Goods in the Market. 



■RACINE" WASH STAND. 



OXE of the appointments of camp life that approaches lux- 

 ury is the "Racine" wash stand. Perhaps one of the most 

 perplexing of the minor problems that the camper has to 

 contend with is that of the bath appliances. In the folding rub- 

 ber wash stand this prob- 

 lem seems to have been 

 solved and solved satisfac- 

 torily. It is sanitary; it is 

 convenient. What more can 

 one ask for? When folded 

 it is two inches square and 

 three feet long, quite cap- 

 able of being stowed away 

 in some corner when not in 

 use, and of very little ad- 

 ditional weight or incon- 

 venience to carry in addi- 

 tion to the camping outfit. 

 The frame is of hard wood 

 and the bowl is heavy rub- 

 bered duck — an ideal com- 

 "R.^cine" Wash Stand. bination. [Gold Medal 



Camp Furniture Manufac- 

 turing Co., Racine Junction. Wisconsin]. 



AtJIOMOBrLE CLIMBER. 



This is a non-skidding device designed to work in sand, snow, 

 mud or ice, and to climb any hill if the machine has the power 

 to turn the wheels. It can be adjusted to any tension on the 

 wheel with the ratchet lever clutch, without inflating the tires. 

 Few autoists have es- 

 caped the experience of 

 being caught out in the 

 rain and finding the 

 roads in such condition 

 that the machine could 

 not be moved, or of hav- 

 ing to go miles out of 

 the course to follow the 

 way of least resistance, 

 and this because of 

 sandy roadbeds. The 

 Automobile Climber 

 when attached to the 

 rear wheels of the ma- 

 chine or truck prevents 

 slipping or sliding on any 

 kind of road. It can be attached in a few moments. Two chains 

 are used on each wheel and these chains are so connected with 

 the clip, that when attached they hold the chains clear from the 

 spokes and rim of the wheel, and they are formed to fit the tire 

 in such a manner that when the weight is put on the clip the 

 tire ii allowed to spread, thus making it run smoothly over 

 hard roads or pavement. The clips are made larger than the 

 tire so as not to rub the sides of the tires when they spread 

 from the weight of the machine, causing rough running. [J. C. 

 Brown Manufacturing and Garage Co., Butler, Indiana.] 



BELT CONVEYORS FOR STORES. 



The principle of the rubber belt conveyors now so generally 

 used in the handling of heavy commodities on a large scale, as 

 in mining, manufacturing, and the movement of freight, has 

 now been adapted successfully to the business of large depart- 

 ment stores. In such a store in New York four Robins' belt 



Automobile Climber. 



conveyors have been installed, especially designed for trans- 

 mitting packages from the various tloors and departments to the 

 wrapping and shipping department in the basements, whence tiiey 

 are transferred to the delivery wagons to be carried to the 

 homes of the purchasers. Three of the conveyors referred to 

 are "troughed," the belts being 30 inches in width and 71, 92, and 

 191 feet in length, respectively. The fourth has a fiat belt, 75 



Belt Conveyors in a Department Store. 



feet long and 36 inches wide. The belts are driven electrically. 

 The illustration shows the central discharging pomt of the three 

 conveyors which work in one system, and also one of the driv- 

 mg motors. The conveyors, of course, are installed in the base- 

 ment, and are reached from the upper floors through numerous 

 spiral chutes, or "helical gravity tubes," through which the goods 

 may be dropped safely. [Robins Conveying Belt Co., Park Row 

 building. New York.] 



THE POCKET ICE APRON. 



The various inconveniences that result from the delivery of ice 

 in households and in business places have led to the bringing 

 out of the invention here illustrated. The wet from the melting 

 ice is caught in the pocket of the apron, and 

 not in the iceman's clothing and shoes, or all 

 over the customer's floors in muddy pools. 

 The man who delivers ice, by the use of this 

 apron, may keep himself as dry as if he were 

 delivering groceries. The burden comes on 

 the man's back instead of on his stomach, 

 and is much more easily carried. The Pocket 

 Ice Apron is the invention of Edwin W. 

 Fletcher, of Worcester, Massachusetts, and 

 it has met a wide sale already in New Eng- 

 land, which is extending rapidly throughout 

 the country. It has been purchased by Albert 

 H. Bloss and Isaac Crocker, of the "Crocker 

 rubber stores," who have organized a new 

 corporation for exploiting it. [The Pocket Pocket Ice 

 Ice Apron Co., Providence, Rhode Island] Apron. 



••MIDNIGHT" OIL PROOF PACKING. 



This is a rubber packing, yet is used to pack oils. It is jet 

 b'.ack, with a highly polished surface, which renders it impervious 

 to oil and steam. It is specially made to pack joints in oil lines 

 and steam joints where some other packings would be decom- 

 posed by lubricating oils. It is made in sheets 36 inches wide, in 

 rolls weighing ico pounds. It is stated that oil and steam hose 

 may be lined with "Midnight" slock with good results. [Osgood 

 Sayen. 421 -\rcailc hiiildinij. Philadelphia.] 



