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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[July i, 1908. 



THE ANDERSON FIRE HOSE COUPLER. 



A NEW device which has been adopted by very many fire de- 

 partments is the Anderson patent coupling. This is made stand- 

 ard, but can be supplied to fit any equipment now in use, and 

 the system is referred to as being in use in more than 1000 towns 

 and cities. The cut shows the coupler attached to the hose and 



Anderson Coupler. 



the manner of connecting 

 and disconnecting. No span- 

 ner, wrench or key is re- 

 quired in the use cf this 

 device. Only one complete 

 turn is required ( i ) to re- 

 move the hydrant cap, (2) 

 attach the hose to the hy- 

 drant, (3) break the line of 

 hose, and (4) put on the 

 nozzle ready for water. But 

 with the average screw coupling and screw hydrant as many as 

 20 complete turns are required. In addition to the ease of work- 

 ing the Andersen coupler and the saving of time through its use. 

 the connection is sure, and the greater the pressure the tighter 

 the joint. The Western trade is supplied by the Anderson 

 Coupling and Supply Co., Kansas City, Kansas. [The Eastern 

 Coupling Co., Camden, Maine.] 



"VELVETEER- EAR AND ULCER SYRINGE. 



The "Wlveteer" ear and ulcer syringe represents in its con- 

 struction a departure from the usual American practice. It fol- 

 lows out the shape of the imported types, but has been im- 

 proved by the addition of the pure gum tip. The object of this 



The "N'elveteer" Syringe. 



tip is to make the syringe soft and flexible at this point, so that 

 it will readily follow the channel of the ear without irritation 

 or undue pressure, and yet have sufficient body to retain its 

 shape. It is understood to have met the warm commendation of 

 a number of physicians. [The B. F. Goodrich Co.. Akron. Ohio.] 



THE "ADinRAL" RUBBEB SHOE. 



This is a lightweight, self acting overshoe of the "invisible" 

 type, the advantages of which are that it "holds tight" to the 

 leather shoe. It is not only exceedingly light, but can readily be 

 put upon the foot without stocping. This shoe, or sandal, differs 

 from others in the market in that instead of having "an endless 

 non-stretchable cord extending cntirclv around the overshoe" 



(and thus extending around the heel), it has a flexible but in- 

 elastic strip embedded in the vamp above the sole and extending 

 upward at the ends above the shank, forward of the heel. This 



"Can't Slip" Pompadour. 



The "Admiral" Ovtrshoe. 



shoe is protected by United States patent No. 875,144, granted 

 to Augustus O. Bourn. [The Bourn Rubber Co., Providence, 

 Rhode Island.] 



RUBBER GRIPS INSTEAD OF COMBS. 



The annoyance which ladies experience from the slipping of 

 combs may be avoided, in certain circumstances at least, by the 



use of the Can't Slip Pom- 

 padour. Reference to an ac- 

 companying cut will show 

 that the inside of the braid- 

 ed wire roll is provided with 

 three series of projections 

 or points. These are rubber 

 grips, the gentle pressure of 

 which is referred to as hold- 

 ing the roll securely in place. 

 The roll does not slip or 

 slide — as combs so often do 

 — ^but stays where it is put. 

 Besides, these rolls are light 

 in weight and in every way. 

 comfortable, and are reported to be having a very large sale. 

 [The Thomas P. Taylor Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut.] 



A NEW TIHE FILLER. 

 The "Tire Life" system for tires is the combination of a 

 resilient compound and a small pneumatic tube. It is designed 

 to possess the desirable features of 

 both the solid and the pneumatic tire, 

 without the drawbacks of either. 

 "Tire Life" is described as a com- 

 pound which, when injected in the 

 inner tube of a tire in a warm liquid 

 state, sets in a few hours, forming a 

 firm but very elastic fit in the shce. 

 The pneumatic tube may be inflated 

 or deflated as desired, being provided 

 with an air valve which passes 

 through the filling tube. The tube is 

 placed in the t-re at the greatest dis- 

 tance possible from the ground, and 

 is therefore fully protected. [Tire- 

 Life Co., No. 66 West Forty-third 

 street. New York.] 



George F. Kehew, for many years 

 connected with the Pope Manufac- 

 turing Co. and earlier with the cycle 

 trade, has gone with the Na- 

 tional Sales Corporation (No. 296 Broadway, New York), 

 dealers in automobile accessories and American representa- 

 tives of Pirelli & Co., the rubber manufacturers of Milan, 

 Italy. Mr. Kehew will maintain headquarters at Detroit, 

 Michigan. 



