. India rubber world. l Tyre Limited, Long Acre, W. C,London.] NON-SKID TREAD AND INNER TUBE. .Mthii tne design of the tread projections on the lire illus-irated herewith is somewhat new in form, these fill the same of-fice as tlie styles on the usual l\pe nf non-skid tread. They are,however, builtso as to gripthe road at thepoint wheremost needed toguard againstside slip. Thetire is built upm the usualmanner, w i t lisix layers of1 a 1) r i c and abreaker stripupon which thetread is vulcan-ized. The non-skid elTect isprr)duced bv a Miuxwk Treah .\xi) 1n\kr Turk. double row of Xs molded o
. India rubber world. l Tyre Limited, Long Acre, W. C,London.] NON-SKID TREAD AND INNER TUBE. .Mthii tne design of the tread projections on the lire illus-irated herewith is somewhat new in form, these fill the same of-fice as tlie styles on the usual l\pe nf non-skid tread. They are,however, builtso as to gripthe road at thepoint wheremost needed toguard againstside slip. Thetire is built upm the usualmanner, w i t lisix layers of1 a 1) r i c and abreaker stripupon which thetread is vulcan-ized. The non-skid elTect isprr)duced bv a Miuxwk Treah .\xi) 1n\kr Turk. double row of Xs molded on the surface of the tread, therebyproducing two rows of diamond-shaped clips which grip thesurface of the road in all directions. The makers of this tireare also producing a new inner tube w-hich is provided with aring of reinforced fabric on the side that comes in contactwith the beads of the tire casing. This does away with theseparate tube protector and eliminates tube pinching. [Mo-liawk Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio.]. .\ book for everybody interested in tires—Rubber Tires and.\11 .\bout Them—this office. March 1, 1914.] THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 317 New Machines and Appliances. MACHINE FOR SLICING. WASHING AND SHEETING RUBBER. AMONC; till- recent liritisli patents is a machine designedfor slicing crude rubber into sheets, simultaneouslywashins the rubber and rolling the sheets. The ma-chine comprises a guillotine knife for cutting the rubber, twopairs of washing rollers and a pair of rollers l)el\veen whichthe sheets of rubljcr are run after washing, ihe drawings cutting stroke. Un the downward movement of the knitethe chain is slackened, the presser bar grips the rubber and thecycle of operations is repeated. During the cutting a stream ofwater plays over the rubber from the pipe -Y. As each sheet of rubber leaves the cutter it passes betweenihe pair of gro.)ved washing rollers O, where it is squeezed and to all.
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