

THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



(August 1, 1915. 



New Rubber Goods in the Market. 



RUBBERIZED FEATHER FOR THE BATHING CAP. 



A LATE novelty in ba 

 ip i down in 

 illusti .Hi' 'ii 1 

 This i- known as a 

 .... . tp, .Hid ii is 

 ■ ■ d w nil a quill feather 

 impen ious to thi i 

 of water by rub 

 | Parker, Stearns & I o., 

 lyn. New York.] 



A NEW CLOSET SEAT BUMPER. 



The Si ii bar bumper is a new type of buffi ducing the 



impact of the closet seat on the bowl. It differs in several de- 

 tail* from similar article- of this nature hitherto marl 

 including that of quality of material employed, being made of a 



higher grade of rubber than has 

 generally been utilized in the 

 manufacture of closet seat bump- 

 ers. As indicated by the ac- 

 companying cut, this buffer is of 

 elongated formation. It is at- 

 tach, aider side ol thi seat so that it will lie across the 

 the nails or screw- securing it to the seat -for which 

 ial provision has been made in the depressions to be noted 

 at either end— extending beyond points of contact with the edges 

 of the howl. [Thi I l--ct-Se.it Bumper Co.. Cincinnati. Ohio.] 



THE BROWN SAFETY ROBE RAIL. 



A distinctive feature of the new Brown Safety Robe Rail is 



its rubber-faced grips. The cut herewith shows one jaw open 



i ive pari of the robe or garment. One or two turns of a 



,,,, all di signed kc\ closes this jaw firmly on the wrap so that 



ii cannot be removed without first unlocking the rail. Inese 

 laws are i,ui<l with pyramid rubber, which has been found to be 

 the only material suitable for this purpose, providing, as it does, 

 enacitj to make the device efficient by exerting sufficient 

 pressure to hold the garment without tearing it. [Minnesota 

 Motorobe I o., Duluth, Minnesota.] 



AN AUTOMOBILE RAIN SHIELD. 

 This illustration shows the new U-Can-C rain shield as at- 

 tached to the wind shield of an automobile. It is made of 



transparent Pyraline and 

 is attached to the glass by 

 means of five rubber 

 vacuum cups about an 

 inch in diameter and bav- 

 in.; small buttons at the 

 top by which they are 

 pressed firmly against the 

 glass. A strip of rubber 

 packing at the hack of the 

 shield makes it impossible 

 for rain to run down the 

 glass and obscure the 

 driver's view of the road. 

 [Frey Manufacturing Co., 

 1514 .Michigan Boulevard, 

 Chicago] 



TIRE MILEAGE RECORDING DEVICE. 



The return to a manufacturer of a worn pneumatic tire with 

 the claim that it has not lived up to the guaranteed mileage is 

 usually the basis for an argument. Often the manufacturer is 

 unable to prove that the tire has fulfilled the guarantee and 



rather than have his customer 

 dissatisfied he settles the 

 claim. 



The device shown in the 

 illustration is intended to pro- 

 tect the manufacturer by in- 

 dicating the extent of use to 

 which a tire has been sub- 

 jected. A metal tube A is 

 imbedded in the bead when 

 the tire is made, at a location 

 supposed to be known only to 

 the manufacturer. One end 

 is closed and the other 

 threaded to receive a plug B 

 of gutta percha or other ma- 

 terial of uniform density. 

 The head C has a boring bit 

 D and moves freely within 

 the metal tube, which is pre- 

 & ferably placed, with the plug, 



toward the front. When the wheel revolves the ball E is 

 lifted and then dropped by gravity, delivering a blow on the 

 head C at each revolution of the wheel and driving the bit D 

 into the plug B. The length of the plug is so calculated that 

 when a sufficient number of revolutions of the wheel has been 

 made the boring bit will have completely penetrated the plug. 

 Thus if the tire is guaranteed for 3,500 miles the plug will be 

 punctured only after approximately 3,500 miles' usage, and the 

 plug will be bored into for only a proportionate part of its 

 length if less than this distance has been traveled. [Fred B. 

 Carlisle, assignor to Revere Rubber Co. United States patent 

 No. 1,137.697.] 



TYPEWRITER SILENCER WITH RUBBER PADS. 



The Universal Silencer, a cut of which appears below, is 

 designed to decrease the noise of typewriter operation and to 



render the machine light- 

 — -| er and easier running. 



It consists of metal strips 

 connected in the center 

 and bent at the ends to 

 form springs. A hole in 

 the end of the spring 

 permits of its adjustment 

 over the rubber feet of 

 the typewriter. Thin cor- 

 rugated rubber pads 

 about an inch square are 

 attached to the bottom 

 of the springs, four pads 

 to each typewriter, to 

 prevent it from slipping 

 on the desk. [The Uni- 



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versal Appliance Co.. 374-6 Canal street, New York.] 



A full chemical fire lighting equipment, mounted on a standard 

 Ford chassis provided with oversize pneumatic tires, is a new 

 feature of tire apparatus. It carries 200 feet of jkj-inch four-ply 

 red rubber chemical hose, in sections of 50 feet each. 



