December 1. 1918.1 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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PROCESS PATENTS. 



THE UNITED STATES. 



I rubber. T. F. Barry, assignor to 

 roducts Co. — both of Newark, Ne 

 ition divided.) 

 ■naking process. C. C. Gates, assignor t 

 ubber Co. — both of Denver, Colorado. 



THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 



casings. W. M. 



THE UNITED KINGDOM. 



vulcanizing india rubber, etc. W. T. Mellersh-Tackson. 

 tharapton Buildings, London. (Morgan & Wright, Jef- 

 avenue, Detroit, Michigan, U. S. A.) 



SNOWS COMPENSATING DENTAL VULCANIZER. 



The fact that rubber shrinks in vulcanizing was brought to 

 the attention of the dental profession over forty years ago. It 

 is responsible for many of the mishaps that occur in the con- 

 struction of artificial dentures, and is the cause of certain defects 

 which render them unsanitary, and of 

 others which must be remedied by the 

 dentist before the denture is accept- 

 able to his patient. These defects 

 may be obviated by use of the com- 

 pensating vulcanizer here shown. 

 It has a flask-closing apparatus by 

 which the flasks can be closed after 

 they are placed in the vulcanizer, and 

 at any time during the vulcanizing 

 process, at the pleasure of the ope- 

 rator. This is done by the gradual 

 pressure of springs which exert a 

 constant force upon the rubber, fol- 

 lowing it up as it yields, preventing 

 it from drawing away from the teeth 

 or loosening its hold upon the tooth- 

 pins, or from drawing away from and 

 leaving an unsightly gap under the 

 shoulders under the bicuspids and 

 molars. As the amount of pressure 

 exerted is shown by the index, the 

 operator is enabled to use more or 

 less, according to the circumstances of the case. As the springs 

 are placed at the ends of the cross-head which actuates the flask- 

 closing mechanism, they are not exposed to steam or moisture, 

 and consequently will not deteriorate. (The Snow Dental Co., 

 448-.S0 Niagara street, Buffalo, New York). 



C0MPEN5.\TI.\C DeXT.\L 

 \'l-LC-\XIZER. 



TIRE FACTORY IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. 

 The Fort Wayne Tire & Rubber Co., Fort Wayne, Indiana, 

 has bought a building site in the north part of the city, where 

 it will erect a factory to cost approximately $30,000, for the man- 

 ufacture of the "Wayne" tire. The property covers seven city 

 lots and a plot of one and thirty-five-hundredths acres adjoining, 

 or a total of two and one-half acres. It is located immediately 

 west of the Lake Shore railroad tracks and the right of way of 

 tfie Fort Wa>'ne and Northwestern interurban line. This will b« 

 the first tire factory in Fort Wayne. The officers of the com- 

 pany are: L. R. Welker, L. E. Kraft and J. C. Brown, of 

 Fort Wayne, Indiana; N. F. Rhoton, Bluffton, Indiana; O. W. 

 Kuecken. Chicago, Illinois, and B. F. Henline, formerly with 

 banks at Gibbon and Kearney, Nebraska. Mr. Kraft was at 

 one time with the Hartford Tire Co., the United States Tire 

 Co. and the Cadillac Automobile Co. Mr. Brown was pre- 

 viously with the Genoa Rubber Co., and is senior member of Brown 

 & Kraft, makers and distributers of automobile tires and tubes. 



CANADIAN NOTES. 



IN accordance with its policy of welfare work for employes, 

 ■'■ the Dominion Rubber System has erected Dalhousie Hall 

 at Port Dalhousie, Ontario, as a home for women and girls em- 

 ployed in the Maple Leaf Rubber Factory. The construction is 

 of brick trimmed with carved stone, with oak doors, while the 

 woodwork throughout is of satin-finished hardwood. The ap- 

 pointments include an electric range, cold storage and refrigerat- 

 ing facilities, steam boiler heating system, electrically driven 

 pumps for supplying both hard and soft water, laundry, etc. The 



basement includes a large recreation room ; the ground floor has 

 a main hall with small reception and cloak rooms, the dining- 

 room and kitchen, and the ofiice of the social secretary. The 

 first and second floors are used for tastefully appointed sleeping 

 rooms. Lake Ontario is only a few hundred yards away, and 

 T. H. Rieder, president of the company, has given permission 

 for the erection of suitable bathing houses on his property along 

 the lake shore above the beach for the accommodation of resi- 

 dents of Dalhousie Hall. 



The Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., Limited, Montreal, 

 Quebec, has purchased a tract of land about 25}^ acres in area 

 in the neighborhood of the Delorimier race track, at approxi- 

 mately 33 cents a foot, where it expects to commence the erection 

 of a new plant in the early spring to meet the increasing demand 

 for its products. 



The recently acquired building adjoining the Toronto branch 

 of the Canadian Consolidated Rubber Co., Limited, comprises 

 over 60,000 square feet of floor space. Among the improve- 

 ments are show windows for the display of goods, lunch rooms 

 for employes, and rest rooms for women workers. 



Hugo Wellein, who was appointed acting treasurer of the 

 Dominion Rubber System, Montreal, Quebec, in October, was 

 elected treasurer at the November meeting of the directors. He 

 succeeds Mr. Binmore, who has removed to California. 



Canada oversubscribed her recent Victory Loan by about 

 $200,000,000 in excess of the $500,000,000 objective. 



Private W. C. Dies, formerly head of the shipping department 

 of The Dunlop Tire & Rubber Goods Co., Limited, Toronto, On- 

 tario, lost both eyes and his right hand in the battle of Vimy 

 Ridge and was awarded the Military Cross; but as soon as he 

 heard that the subscription list of the Dunlop company was open 

 for the Second Victory Loan he telephoned his personal sub- 

 scription of $200. 



The Dunlop Tire & Rubber Goods Co., Limited, Toronto, On- 

 tario, subscribed $1,000,000 to Canada's recent Victory Loan, be- 

 sides personal subscriptions made by officials and employes of 

 the company. The factory and office staflf also won an honor flag 

 for obtaining subscription percentages set by the Victory Loan 

 Committee. 



Replete with information for rubber manufacturers — Mr. Pear- 

 son's "Crude Rubber and Comijoiinding Ingredients." 



