l !. 1915.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



383 



THE WHIPPET GOLF BALL 



i- the newest thing in golf balls 



The "Wfiippel is the newest thing in golf balls, being so con 

 structed, according to the manufacturers, ;i- to combine distance 

 superiority and the inelasticity which the "1,1 "gutty" had for 

 putting !* i- claimed that the Whippet will outdrive other balls 

 from 10 to 25 yards. This kill is 

 coated with a specially prepared rub- 

 ber paint, which is said to act like 

 chalk on a billiard ball, preventing i; 

 from slipping off the club and giving 

 better control of the stroke. The ap- 

 plication of rubber paint l" the out- 

 side ol i joli ball i- something en- 

 tirely new, and its effect, with the 

 feature of inelasticity in putting, make 



the possibilities of this ball especially interesting to golfers. 

 One expert on golf ball manufacture, in speaking of the Whip- 

 pet, states that he considers it "the greatest advance in golf ball 

 construction since the introduction of the rubber cue." [The 

 B I Iricl Co., Akron, Ohio.] 



THE •TITALL" STOPPER. 



This is i set of five rubber stoppers or rings, one fitting ovei 

 the other and all forming one large stoppei : oi sections may be 

 be removed to 





11:1 



■nil i 



;! : 



I 





for luting up 

 205-11 Third 



to make 

 pei Si 



< ill ill 

 suggested b\ 

 reference t<j the 

 i 1 lu s t ra tion 

 With all five 

 sei nous in use 

 the si ippe 

 8 1 millimel i :■- 

 or a 1 iut 2 

 inches, in diam- 

 eter. Rings can 

 be purchasi 

 separat I 



his makes a very useful set, particularly 

 special laboratory apparatus. [Einier & Amend, 

 avenue, New \ ork | 



A SANITARY INVALID PAD. 



Mere is a rubber pail for invalids which, while only half the 

 size of the ordinary air bed, possesses certain advantages — one 

 • which is that, as a space is left on both sides, between it and 

 the edge of the bed, there i> less liability to puncture. This pad 

 is 48 inches li >ng, ' 



a length sufficient 

 to take in the an- 

 atomical e u r ves 

 of the body from 

 shoulder- to 

 and it can 

 be inflated to 

 conform to the 

 body with uni- 

 form pressure. It 



is 30 inches wide and from a thickness of 

 slopes toward the lower end until it is on 

 ular mattress. It weighs only 5 pounds, and when deflated can 

 lied inti a package 6 x 10 inches. It is supplied with a de- 

 tacha le covei that can be removed and washed. Such a pad is 

 said i pre ent bed sores and to be invaluable in cases oi back 

 ache, fracture, shocks, etc. The company makes a similar air 

 mattress in size 19 x 72 inches fur ambulances, to relieve jolting 

 and jarring [Metropolitan Air Goods Co., Reading, Massa 

 chus- 



1 irom tut 



[T. W Rowe, London, X. 



inch 

 evel 



:s at the head 

 with the reg- 



A RUBBER DRIP CUP FOR CANOE PADDLES. 

 The advantages of the double paddle for canoeing have hither- 

 to been somewhat offset by it- -in great disadvantage— that 

 when the paddle i- reversed the water runs down from the 

 blade up the canoeist's aim By means oi the small 

 rubber device shown in the cut herewith, however, 

 this disadvantage has been overcome. This is a 

 drip cup made of rubber, that can !■ adjusted on 

 the paddle to catch the water as it runs down from 

 the blade. These cups come in pairs, for adjust- 

 ment on, .it each end of the paddle where it spreads out into 

 the blade [Abercrombie X' Fitch Co., 53-7 West Thirty-sixth 



street. New ^ ork. | 



STOPPER FOR HOT WATER BOTTLES. 

 In the use of the ho1 water bottle the ordinarj socket is often 



loosened because oi repeated insertion and removal of the stop 

 per, resulting finally in a leak. 

 Howe's "Anchor" interlocking stop 



per fitting overcomes this difficulty. 

 g |p I , , The sockel oi tins stopper has an- 



nular grooves ami i~ made with a 

 number of projections which hold it 

 down securely in the neck of the 

 bottle. The bottle i- built up on the 

 Socket, so that when vulcanized it 

 i. impossible for the socket to turn. 

 I'".. England.] 



SCHRADER'S NEW SPECIALTIES. 

 The onh sure way of knowing whether a tire has the pre- 

 scribed air pressure is to test it. a process which involves con- 



siderable trouble and loss of time in remov- 

 ing and replacing the screw-threaded dust cap. 

 All the unnecessary expenditure of time and 

 patience involved in the screwing and un- 

 screwing of the dust cap. when the tire is re- 

 moved tor repairs or a new one put on, can 

 now be avoided. Schrader's new quick-acting 

 cap is slipped over the valve, and all that is 

 required to fasten it is a simple quarter turn 

 and it is firmly seated. To remove it. all that 

 has to be done is 1- give it a quarter turn in 

 the opposite direct i' >n 



Another new and interesting Schrader in- 

 novation is the valve repair tool. This is 

 really a tap. die and milling cutter, ingeniously 

 combined in a convenient pocket tool. Its 



uses arc va- 

 ried; for in- 

 s t an c e, in 

 case the 

 t b r e a d in 

 the val\ e cap 



becomes damaged, it can In- 

 accurately re-threaded by this 

 to, ,1. In case the top of the 

 valve seat becomes roughed up, it can be milled off with this tool. 

 making an air tight -eat for the dust cap or testing gage. It 

 also re-threads the inner valve and can be used in an emergency 

 to remove the inner part of the valve without injury. 



\„d still another Schrader valve specialty is the deflating cap, 

 which eliminates the loss of time oc- f^r% 1% 



casioned by trying to hold down the '~ >-W& ^ 



air valve while deflating the tire. The ~<S5?3 

 little cap slips easily over the valve stun and holds it down as the 

 air escape-. I V Schrader's Son. Inc., Brooklyn, New York.] 



Replete with information 'or rubber manufactu; ers. — Mr. 

 Pearson's "Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredient-" 



