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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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AUTOMOBILE PEDAL PADS. 



■ I 'HE metallic control pedals of automobiles, however deeply 

 •^ grooved, corrugated or otherwise roughened, very rapidly 

 wear smooth and slippery, because the necessity of providing a 

 pedal that will not cause too great fatigue to the foot prevents 

 the use of extra hard steel in these attachments. 



These control pedals should always be ready for instant action. 

 The slipping of the driver's foot from a pedal would mean 

 momentary loss of control which might result in a serious acci- 



Peii.il P.vds for Various Automobiles — 

 M.\TTS0N Rubber Co. 



dent, and automobilists long ago recognized the desirability of 

 equipping their control pedals with some slip-proof device. Wood 

 was tried and* found of little value; some use insulating tape. 

 But live, resilient, vulcanized rubber remains the only ideal, posi- 

 tive safeguard against foot slipping on automobile control pedals, 

 and many, different designs of rubber pedal pads have been 

 placed upon the market. 



The element of safety 

 which these rubber pedal 

 pads insure is not their 

 only advantage. They re- 

 lieve the muscle tension 

 caused by constant pressure 

 of the driver's feet, espe- 

 cially harmful in heavy 

 city traffic ; they save shoe 

 leather from excessive 

 wear ; and they also act as insulators, protecting 

 the driver's feet from the heat that constantly 

 radiates from the motor to the control pedals 

 and other metallic parts of the car. 



The rubber pad, of course, must be detachable, ui order 

 it may be really renewed. In some models, an adhesive lip 

 attaches the pad underneath the pedal, but this method does not 

 always prove satisfactory, especially with hard usage, and im- 

 provements are constantly being devised in the way of spacial 



Ped.\l Pad — Me- 



CHANic.\L Rubber 



Co. 



Never-Slip 

 Adjustable 

 Auto Pedal 



— Geo. H. 



Rives Co. 



that 



Steel Framed Rubber Pads — .Auto Pedal Pad Co., Inc. 



clamps and steel frames which join the rubber pad to the metal 

 pedal so firmly that it cannot slip oft' nor shift in the slightest 

 degree. .\ group of the various types of pedal pads manufac- 



tured by the Mattson Rubber Co., Lodi, New Jersey, for differ- 

 ent makes of cars, is shown herewith; also, the prdal pa<l of the 



-Mechanical Rubber Co., 



Cleveland, Ohio, which 



has an indented rubber 



surface and metal strips 



for attachment to the 



Iiedal ; the adjustable 



"Never-slip .Auto-Pedal" 



designed for all makes 



of cars by the George 



H. Rives Manufacturing 



Co., New York City ; 



four models of the steel- 

 framed, corrugated rub- 

 ber pedal pads of the 

 .Auto Pedal Pad Co., Inc., New York City; and two views of the 

 pedal mat of the Emil Grossman Manufacturing Co., Inc., Brook- 

 lyn, New Y'ork, showing the rubber grip surface and a view of 

 the back, showing the method of fastening. 





Pedal Mat — 

 Emil Gross- 

 man Mfg. Co; 



Back Y i e vv of 

 Grossman Pedal. 



CORRUGATED FINGER PAD. 



Fingertips of rubber are used by cashiers, bank tellers and 

 others who are obliged to handle paper money, and by those who 

 are required to count sheets of paper, or for similar manipula- 

 tion. .A tip or pad with perforations to allow 

 ventilation, and which also has ribs or corruga- 

 tions forming a non-slip feature which facili- 

 tates lifting one and only one sheet or bill at a 

 time, is called the "Marsh" hygienic linger pad. 

 which is claimed to be the only patented device of its kind 

 [Davol Rubber Co., Providence. 'Rhode Island.] 



AD'/ANCE IN TENNIS SHOES. 



.As was reported in The Lxdi.\ Rubber World last month, the 

 United States Rubber Co. sent out a new price list of tennis 

 footwear lines on September 1. This price list, as usual, was 

 "subject to change without notice." This was certainly not a 

 meaningless phrase, for the last of September the customers of 

 the company were notified of an advance, amounting to from 

 3 to 5 cents per pair on \'im Bals and O.xfords. The changes 

 were as follows : 



Bals. Cxfouds. 



, ^-- — , , > > 



bept. 1 Sept. 26 Sept. 1 Sept. 26 



Men's \'iiTi 53 cents 57 cents 43 cents 47 cents 



Uovs' Vim -50 " 55 " 40 " 45 " 



Youths' Vim 49 •■ 53 " 39 " 39 " 



Women's Vim 50 " 54 " 40 " 40 " 



Mis?es' \'im 4S " 52 " 38 " 42 " 



Children's Vim 45 ■' 48 " 35 " 38 " 



Prices are the same in individual cartons or in bulk; 24 pairs 

 to the case. 



No changes were indicated in the other tennis lines, or "Keds,'' 

 as thev are now designated. 



The Year Book of the National Fire Protection .Association 

 is at hand. It gives the articles of association, the officers and 

 committees, and a full list of associate members. The latter list 

 contains about 3,000 names, of which perhaps 10 per cent are 

 Canadian firms and individuals. .Among these, the rubber trade 

 is fairly well lepresented. In addition to this are a number of 

 members in various countries of Europe, .Australasia, .Africa and 

 Eastern Asia. 



The exhibit of the Mishawaka Woolen Manufacturing Co., 

 Mishawaka, Indiana, at the recent Inter-State Fair held at 

 Springbrook Park in South Bend, Indiana, was unanimously 

 voted the best at the fair, as the company had a man at work all 

 the time making boots. 



