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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[February i, 1908; 



A FABBIC AND RTTBBEB HUKI,, 



Mr. Charles C. Bekbe, of the B. & R. Rubber Co. (North 

 Brookfield, Massachusetts), is the patentee of a heel or sole that 

 certainly should wear. As shown in the illustration, there is 



THE RUBBER TIRE FIELD. 



Fabric for Rubber Heel. 



almost as much fabric as rubber, the mass being built up of pre- 

 viously frictioned sheets of fabric, died out and cured in molds 

 in the usual manner. 



"ADWEAS" DETACHABLE TREAD. 



To safeguard against skidding as well as punctures is the pur- 

 pose of the Adwear detachable tread, and when punctures are 

 mentioned blowouts and 

 rim cutting are included. 

 When applied to a new tire 

 the treads serve as a pre- 

 ventive of these dishearten- 

 ing happenings, and when 

 put on a worn tire its weak- 

 ness is strengthened and it 

 is sustained for further use. 

 This tread is made of thick, 

 pliable, chrome leather, 

 tanned by a special process, 

 vifhich prevents it from 

 being affected by water. Its 

 toughness, it is said, pre- 

 vents it from shrinking or hardening under weather conditions. 

 The Adwear steel rivets which stud these treads add to their 

 durability. They are secured to the tire by two rows of patent, 

 double clutch steel hooks which in turn are attached to an 

 endless wire hoop of the strongest iron, along the inside of the 

 tire. They are made in different sizes for all styles of tires. 

 [The Adwear Auto Tire Sleeve Co., North Attleboro, Massa- 

 chusetts.] 



THE DE LONG RUBBER CORSET. 



This is a new line of goods, covered by patents, the object of 

 which is to reduce the form by stimulating perspiration and 

 thereby reducing fatty tissue. It is pointed out that this induces 

 the free and normal circulation of the blood, leaving the firm, 

 healthy flesh in proper proportions to insure symmetry. [De Long 

 Rubber Corset Co., No. 22 West Twenty-third street. New York.] 



"Adwear" Detachable Tread. 



NEW METHOD IN WATER BOTTLE MAKING. 



ONE of the bright young men in the factory of The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co. (Akj-on, Ohio) has patented a new process 

 for seaming water bottles and 

 fountain syringe bags. It is 

 simply the dieing out of two 

 sheets of stock, the shape of the 

 bag, one a trifle smaller than 

 the other, putting the lesser upon 

 the greater, and folding and 

 cementing the margin of the 

 greater over the lesser. It looks 

 practical. The inventor is Mr. 

 I. F. Kepler, who has assigned 

 his patent to the Goodrich com- 

 pany. One patent has been 

 granted and others are pending. 



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New Method in Water 

 Bottle Making. 



NO SIDE FLAUGES. NO 'WIRES. 



A N exceedingly interesting tire is one that is soon to be put 

 upon the market by several of the large tire manufacturers 

 and is known as the American Cellular tire. No, it is not sponge 

 rubber, nor full of pneumatic pockets, nor inflatable rubber balls.. 

 It is a solid tire with a flat tread attached to a wheel rim upon 

 which there are no flanges. Instead of retaining flanges there 

 are two interior floating channels so arranged that the resilience 

 of the whole of the tire is taken advantage of. With no base 

 fabric, and no side flanges, the inventor claims that "with 60 per 

 cent, of the usual mass he will carry twice the load" of any tire 

 now in use. 



The tires have been tested for some 4,000 miles on commercial 

 vehicles, and on the rear wheels of a Royal Tourist automobile 

 were run from Chicago to New York, the speed at times reaching 

 45 miles an hour. Of course experts will be slow to believe 

 that anything but an air tire can satisfactorily do the work re- 

 quired by the pleasure vehicle. Leaving that type of vehicle 

 out of the question, therefore, and concentrating on commercial 

 sorts, it would seem as if a most valuable tire had been evolved. 

 The officers of the American Cellular Tire Co., by the way, are 

 men who have been long connected with the rubber trade. 



THE "H. F." JOINTLESS TUBE JOINER. 



The tube joints made with the use of the apparatus here 

 illustrated are referred to as being so perfect that in every way 



the "joins" are invisible 

 when finished. The process 

 employed is described as 

 being so thorough, and the 

 whole treatment of so 

 scientific a nature, that 

 successful tube joining 

 with this tool is assured. 

 Every "join" so treated 

 has the right proportion- 

 ate strength and elasticity. 

 Joints can be vulcanized 

 completely under this pro- 

 cess in IS minutes. The il- 

 lustration relates to a vul- 

 canizing mold with inter- 

 changeable liners. The 

 vulcanizer is marketed 

 by Harvey Frost & Co., 

 Limited, of London. 



SOLID RUBBER TIRES IN 

 ENGLAND. 



Mention has been made 

 already in these columns of the number of solid rubber tire 

 forms listed by David Moseley & Sons, Limited, of Manchester, 

 as compared with the few standard forms which are supplied in 

 the United States. It is understood that they manufacture 160 

 different forms. On account of rubber carriage tires in America 

 being molded, for the most part, so many different forms would 

 hardly be practicable, on account of the expense of equipment, 

 while at Manchester such tires are mostly machine made, which 

 of course involves little extra expense for a new pattern. 



PFLEUMATIC OR FLEWMATIC! 



It is known as "pfleumatic" and from the description is some- 

 thing of the glue and glycerine type that is pumped into the tire 

 under pressure, and is supposed to be as resilient as air and much 

 less likely to escape. When these tire fillers do escape, through 

 overheating, it is not exactly pleasant for the bystanders, who 

 are showered with the viscid mass, but perhaps "pfleumatic" has 

 never yet "flew." 



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