GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Mar. 2, 1959

GOODS & SERVICES

Fireproof Tile. Armstrong Cork Co. put on sale a new acoustical ceiling tile that it hopes will cut costs in public buildings. Fire codes require heavy insulation of beams before applying ceiling tile; Armstrong’s Fire-Guard tile eliminates the need by interlocking to form its own insulation. Price: 75¢ to $1.10 for a foot-square tile.

Battery Booster. For motorists whose batteries run down in winter from too much low-speed, nighttime driving with heater and defroster, Consolidated General Products of Houston announced a generator overdrive to help charge the battery. At low driving speeds the overdrive speeds up the generator, cuts back at regular car speed. Price: $59.95.

Perfect Patcher. A rubber paste that sets in a few hours to long-lasting pliant rubber was put on the market by Devcon Corp. Uses: to calk or waterproof boats, insulate wires, or patch holes in shoe soles. Price: 98¢ for a 4-oz. tube.

Better Limelights. Colored floodlights (in red, blue, green, yellow, blue-white, pink) have been developed by General Electric, are weatherproof, give off more light, operate on less power (100 watts v. 150 in older lamps). Price: $2.95.