April i, 1908.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



229 



New Rubber Goods in the Market. 



HUNTS COMPOSITE KUBBER HEEL. 



THIS anti slip heel is made, as the cut will suggest, of rub- 

 ber, through which run strips of cotton duck parallel with 

 each other and penetrating the heel from one surface to 

 the other on a slant of 45 degrees. The composite heel is said 

 to excel in wearing qualities a heel of rubber alone, while it is 

 lighter and the cotton adds to the protection against slipping. 

 This heel has flat surfaces with no corrugated fanciful designs, 

 cavities or projections to fill up or wear off, and is made of the 



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Hunt's Rubber Heel. 



same substance and has the same wearing quality from bottom 

 to top, so that it gives the same service as to slipping after being 

 worn down to almost nothing. The slant of the cotton performs 

 the service .in the way of holding nails that is given by iron 

 rings, washers and so on in some other rubber heels. [Frank W. 

 Hunt, No. 393 Massachusetts avenue, Boston.] 



EDISON ELECTHIC MILK WARMER. 



This illustration failed through some mischance to appear in 

 connection with an article in this department last month headed 

 "The Baby Milk Warmer." An important use for it is in 

 keeping milk in a child's bottle at a 

 proper temperature by means of an elec- 

 tric current, which current is readily 

 obtainable in any household where elec- 

 tric lighting has been installed. [Edison 

 Electric Illuminating Co., No. 360 Pearl 

 street, Brooklyn, New York.] By heat- 

 ing the coil and putting it in a bowl of 

 water the baby's bath may be pre- 

 MiLK \V.\K.MhK. pared. 



"SAFESURE" GAS MAIN BAG. 



This recently patented article is a safe, efficient, and economical 

 bag for closing gas mains in case of a leak. As shown in the 

 cut, the rubber bag is affixed to a rigid central stock which 

 extends within the bag, the outer end of the stock being fitted 



handle may readily be unscrewed and removed. These bags 

 are designed to go through the regulation size hole and two bags 

 may be inserted through the same opening if desired. [Mineral- 

 ized Rubber Co., No. 18 Clifif street. New York.] 



THE "KRAETZER" BUCKLE. 



A NEW buckle for use on rubber footwear illustrated on this 

 page is the "Kraetzer" (pronounced Cratesir), which possesses 



several distinctive features. Not 

 the least important of these is 

 the absence of any raised part 

 when the buckle is closed, and 

 such as in some other makes of 

 buckles are liable to tear wo- 

 men's skirts, not to mention 

 wearing threadbare mien's trous- 

 ers. In other words, when this 

 buckle is "set" on a rubber 

 which is being worn it is ab- 

 solutely flat and smooth, instead 

 of having an extended tip. The 

 two cuts herewith show the new 

 buckle applied to specimens of 

 footwear for women and men, 

 respectively. The Hood Rubber 

 Co. (Boston) are supplying 

 footwear on which this buckle 

 is used, and the manufacturers 

 of the buckle are The Taunton 

 Rivet Co., No. 3 Fern street, 

 Taunton, Massachusetts. 



Women's Mens 



Empress. Gaiter. 



The "Kr.aetzer" Buckle. 



A RUBBER SPONGE INVIGORATOR. 



Rubber sponges, that is, good ones, are not easy to make. 

 Indeed, if the rubber trade of the world were put upon the 

 witness stand under oath, there would be many confessions of 

 costly experiments and failures. .Among those that did not fail 



"Safesure" G.\s Main Bag. 



with a rigid handle and inflating tube. When the bag is to be 

 used it may be wrapped around the central stock and readily 

 inserted through the small opening in the side of the gas mam. 

 When the bag is wholly within the main and ready to be in- 

 flated, it may be held in position with one hand by means of 

 the handle during inflation. When the bag is fully inflated the 



Rubber Sponge Invigorator. 



in the attempt to make good 

 sponges are the Faultless Rubber 

 Co. (.Ashland, Ohio), who almost 

 from the first made all types of 

 sponges of a quality that could not 

 be criticized. The result is that 

 they are doing a very large business 

 in this line to-day. They make, 

 for example, an oval sponge in 

 seven sizes, sponge brushes in 

 three sizes, and the Sponge Invigorator, an illustration 

 of which is shown herewith. The invigorator is a flexible 

 rubber strap with a loop handle at each end, and is made either 

 with a rubber sponge surface on one side, which is called the 

 "single" or both sides of the strap are faced with rubber sponge, 

 the "double" invigorator. 



