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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[Octobes 



1918. 



THE "FITSAL" FAUCET CONNECTOR. 

 A faucet connecior which is provided interiorlj with llnie 

 grooves of varying diameter is known as the "Fitsal" becau.--c it 

 fits faucets of one-quarter, five-eighths, or three-quariers-incli 

 diameter (equivalent to three-eighths, one-half, or five-eighth.<- 

 inch thread), as well as three-eighths and one-half-inch diameter 

 standard tubing. This convenient connector is made of high- 

 grade para rubber and is easily adjusted, as it needs no stretch- 

 ing. It is especially suited to use with bath sprays and portable 

 showers. A chain is provided for looping over 

 the faucet to guard against the attachment 

 being blown off by water pressure. ( The 

 Bunker Hill Rubber Works, Bunker Hill, 

 ilioi^;.) 



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BULL'S EYE "RUB-R-SEALED" PATCH. 



.\ patented patch for mending inner tiibuf 

 is made of "Rub-R-Sealed" elastic fabric com- 

 posed of cotton elastic webbi:ig rubber-faced 

 on both sides, one being fine Para rubber and 

 the other, inner-tube stock. The unvulcanized 

 are cloth-wrapped on and around a metal core and the 

 muk\ ones are open-steam-vulcanized, producing a curved 

 (Bull's Eye Rubber Co., Inc., 131 

 avenue, Long Island City, New 



THE 'NO-THUMP" TUMBLER WASHER. 



A patented device in general use at suda fountains which pre- 

 vents the nicking and breaking ol suda glasses during the wash- 

 ing process and which at the same time provides for adequate 

 cleansing and sterilizing, is embodied in the "N'o-Trump" tumbler 

 washer shown herewith. The bottom part of milal is pmvided 

 with three pieces of rubber tubing which are replaceable and are 

 held in position by means of little projections from the frame- 

 work, so that no metal runs through the 

 rubber tubing to make it unyielding when 

 ihe glasses hit it. Other features of this 

 practical piece of soda-fountain equipment 

 provide for the washing of the inside and 

 (intside of the glass simultaneously with 

 either hot or cold 

 water or water to 

 which a sterilizer has 

 been added. The hand 

 of the person holding 

 the glass touches the 

 bottom only, the glass 



being bottoin ui 

 Massachusetts. ) 



THE "DREADNAUGHT" SAFETY SUIT. 

 The practice of conservation aftects 

 greatly differing lines of products, one of 

 the latest of which is the safety suit of 

 rubberized fabric. Our issue of Novem- 

 ber 1, 1915, described the Youngren life- 

 saving suit, later called the "Ever-Warm." 

 This included a large rubber-covered 

 metal framework at the top, which was 

 heavy and clumsy. The conservation of 

 metal by the Government, to cite only one 

 reason, led to the invention of an im- 

 proved life-saving suit along similar lines. 

 called the "Dreadnaught." The new suit 

 does away with the metal frame and mit- 

 tened hands. It is provided with an open- 

 ing at the neck, by which it is put on. 

 which closes by being folded over on it- 

 self watertightly and held in place with 

 buckled straps. The sleeves end in elastic- 

 fabric wrists which make them water-tight and leave the hands of 

 the wearer free to operate wireless or do anything else desired. 

 The feet are weighted to maintain the wearer in an upright posi- 

 tion and the suit obtains its buoyancy from the kapok with which 

 it is padded. An outside pocket holds food, etc. (Life-Preserver 

 Siiit Co., 1385 Broadway, New York City.) 



NEW ENGLISH SOLE, 



Owing to the scarcity of leather in Eng- 

 land, a great variety of rubber or fiber- 

 and-rubber soles have been produced. One 

 of the latest is composed of a canvas back- 

 ing having secured to it a rubber tip b and 

 undercut or groovfeftribs c, with a filling d 

 of rubber substitute secured in place by 

 vulcanization. The drawing shows how this 

 sole-protector, which it really is, looks. 

 It is said to be popular, as it does not 

 slip, and it is fairly cheap. This sole is patented in The 

 United Kingdom. (F. J. Wood, 3 Raws street, Bank Parade, 

 Burnley, Lancashire, England.) 



L. Rowc, 74 Portland street, Boston, 



SUBMARINE "R 2.- 



Among >he latest war toys is a submarine which can be made 

 I., run submerged or on the surface of the water, straight ahead, 

 (ir in circles. It will also dive, rise to the surface, and simul- 

 i.ineoiisly shoot a projectile. AW this is accomplished by adjust- 

 ment of the vanes and rudders. This submarine is fifteen inches 

 long. The hull is of wood, painted battleship-gray, and the oper- 

 ating parts are of brass, 



'.galvanized steel, and rub- . _ ^ . . M 



ber. (The Wilkins Toy M 

 Co., Keene, New Hamp- 

 shire.) 



FOWL-DISINFECTING AND EXERCISING APPARATUS. 



.\ novel use tor the rubber bulb has been found in an ingenious 

 device, not without its atnusing features, for automatically spray- 

 ing fowls with powdered or liquid disinfectant. When a fowl 

 leaps upon the perch of the apparatus to reach the cabbage sus- 

 pended by a cord over a pulley on the support above, the weight 

 of the fowl moves the inclined hollow lever downward, com- 

 pressing a large rubber bulb at the bottom with sufficient power 

 to blow air through the lever and force the disinfectant from 

 the resei^oir of the nozzle onto the fowl, as indicated. As the 

 lever moves downward, the food 

 is drawn out of reach, so that 

 each fowl gets only a single 

 mouthful at each flight. The 

 fowl soon leaves the perch, the 

 lever being returned to its nor- 

 mal position by means of a re- 



silient spring. Many fowls are thus induced to take exercise and 

 submit to disinfection in their attempts to get the food. (David 

 B. Bird, 7351 Coles avenue, Chicago, Illinois.) 



