June i, 1908,] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



301 



New Rubber Goods in the Market. 



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Arru Hat iRrxK. 



AUTOMOBILE TRUNKS. 



HE pleasures of autonio- 

 biling, especially for long 

 distances, have been 

 enhanced by the number of ac- 

 cessories, many of them very 

 ingenious, which have been 

 devised for carrying with a 

 car comforts and conveniences 

 not always to be found 01 

 r (I n t c. The question of 

 icunumy of space has been 

 studied in providing these ac- 

 cessories, and also of having 

 them not unattractive in ap- 

 pearance. A prominent maker 



of trunks and such like 

 goods has brought out 

 a line of automobile 

 trunks, several of which 

 are illustrated on this 

 page. The first is a 

 trunk for hats. This is 

 designed to fit inside 

 the extra tire shoes 

 carried usually on the 

 running board of the 

 car. It is made full 

 size of inside space, and 



Limousine Trvnk. 



.'KuTO Lunch Trunk. 



so arranged as to carry ladies' or 

 men's hats. Or it may be made plain 

 for carrying inner tubes. This trunk 

 comes in various grades, from $12 up. 

 The next article illustrated is a trunk 

 made to go on top of limousine bodies 

 of automobiles, and is so constructed 

 as to hold two shoes, with a space in 

 the centre for extra tubes and the like. 

 Trunks of this style are made of vari- 

 ous materials, the most popular being 

 of black enamel waterproof dashboard leather, hand sewed; also, 

 of black enamel waterproof material, as used in buggy tops. The 

 tire lunch trunk is shown in the last, and smallest, illustration. 

 The waste space inside the tires usually carried on the running 

 board has been utilized by making two trunks, each one-half the 

 diameter, one above the other, arranged for carrying all the arti- 

 cles necessary for a substantial lunch by the roadside. These 

 trunks can be used plain, without any fittings for lunches if 

 desired. [W. W. Winship, No. 71 Summer street, Boston.] 



THE ••PEN-O-FIL," 



A RECENT patent relates to a device which is referred to as 

 making "any pen a fountain pen in a second."' The illustration 

 shows an ordinary steel pen 

 over w-hich has been slipped a 

 small piece of rubber, cut in a 

 special shape, thus forming a 

 reservoir for ink. The object 

 of its use is to enable the user to write a number of lines — say 

 any ordinary letter — with one dip of ink. thus lessening greatly 

 the number of times one must go to the ink w'ell. Another 

 advantage is that it prevents ink sediment or hairs clotting the 

 pen, and the blotting of papers from frequent dipping. [The 

 Pen-O-Fil Co., No. 265 Broadway, New York.] 



The "Pex-O-Fil." 



"L'Ixcass.^blb" Action. 



THE "UNBREAKABLE DEVIL." 



A new form of outdoor sport which from every indication will 

 become extremely popular in the United States this summer has 

 had different names applied to it by the various manufacturers 

 of the devices em- 

 ployed in it. One 

 name, for instance, 

 is "Diabolo,'' but 

 the illustrations on 

 this page relate to 

 an outfit called by 

 the manufacturer 

 .''L'Incassable," or 

 "T h e unbreakable 

 devil,"' the French 

 word employed 

 meaning unbreak- 

 able. L'Incassable 

 consists of two half 

 spools, connected by 

 a brass shaft 2 

 indies long, auto- 

 matically timed and 

 so devised that with 

 the end screws it 

 forms one draft all 

 the way through the 

 spool, w-ith the cen- 

 ter groove absolute- 

 ly in the center, the spool thus being exactly balanced as well as 

 being unbreakable. The sectional cut herewith indicates how 

 the rubber tires used fit the spool. When the space is dropped 



the rubber protects both the 

 spool and the object on which 

 it falls, besides which the game 

 is rendered practically noise- 

 less. If preferred. L'Incassable 

 spools, instead of having tires 

 as shown here, may be had 

 with rubber capped ends. 

 There are also required for 

 the game a pair of bamboo 

 sticks joined by a cord. The 

 player first gets the spool in 

 motion — "'spinning'' — on the 

 cord, while holding the sticks 

 at a convenient height, until 

 the proper speed has been attained, when it is thrown into the 

 air. An illustration here shows the player catching the spool 

 as it comes down. If she catches it, and it is spinning rapidly, 

 it may be thrown into the air and caught again, time after time. 

 When players have become experts they may play with partners. 

 [French- American Toy and Novelty Co., No. 464 West Broad- 

 way, New York.] 



STEEL ARMORED AIR BRAKE HOSE. 



There has been illustrated already in these pages a view or 

 steel armor for rubber hose, constructed under a comparatively 

 new process. The smaller of the two cuts herewith is given 

 with a view to repeating this description without the use of 

 many words. The purpose in referring to this style of armored 

 hose again is to call attention to the application of this prin- 

 ciple in making hose for air brake and signal line purposes on 

 railways. A section of air brake hose so constructed is illus- 



"L'Incass.\ble." 

 [Sectional cut of spool, the blacker 

 portions showing the rubber tires.] 



