Show PATENTS rich received by intfen loua inventors aj of and convenience bare made large for aie men who them oat the value ot ideal there is says an eminent authority scarcely an article of human con vengence veni ence or necessity in the market to day that has not been the subject of a patent in whole or in part the sale ol 01 every such article yields its inventor a profit it wo purchase a box of paper collars a portion of the price goes to the inventor if we buy a sewing machine the probability is that we pay a royalty to as many as a dozen or fifteen inventors at once lord brougham often said that he would gladly have exchanged his honors and emoluments for the profits and renown of the inventor of the perambulator or sewing machine we are not wishful says the chicago herald to lead our readers to covet what are termed large fortunes as really conducive to happiness or usefulness fortune is itself a heathen and not a christian word but invention is another thing and the remunerative results are a fitting element for consideration in these days howe the originator of the sewing machine derived a year from it and from their mechanical improvements tho celebrated wheeler wilson are reputed to have divided for many years an income of while the author ot the singer sewing machine left at his decease nearly the tele ahonor the machine and the rubber patents realized many millions while the simple idea of heating the blast in iron increased the wealth of the country by hundreds ol 01 millions the patent of making the lower ends of candles taper instead ol 01 parallel so as to more easily fit the socket made the present enormous enor mou business of a well known firm of london chandless chandlers chand lers tho drive well was an idea of colonel green whose troops during the war wore in want of water ho conceived the notion of driving a two inch tube into the ground until water was reached and then attaching a pump thi simple contrive acco auco was patented and the tens of thousands of farmers who have adopted it have been obliged to pay him a royalty estimated at A largo profit was realized by the inventor who patented the idea of making umbrellas out of alpaca instead of gingham and the patentee of the improved paragon samuel fox lately left by will out of the profits of his invention tho weaving dyeing laco and ribbon making trades originated and depend for their existence upon ingenious machinery the result of an infinity of inventive efforts the discovery of the perforated substance used for bottoming chairs and for other purposes has made its inventor a millionaire george yeaton tho inventor in question was a poor yankee cane in vermont he first distinguished himself by inventing invent inc a machine for weaving cane but ho mad no money out of it as sonic one stole his idea and had the process patented after of years experimenting at last hit upon this invention consists of a number of thin layers of boards of different degrees of hardness glued together to civo pliability he formed a company and today he has a plant valued at and is in the receipt of a princely annual derived this invention carpet beating from being an untold nuisance has become a lucrative trade through inventive genius and mechanical ch contrivance even natural cur dosity has been turned to account in tho dumber of automatic boxes dortho sala of goods of all kinds and dividends bavo been paid vy abc oom panic owning the patents tho most profitable inventions davd been too improvements prove ments in dimple devices things of flay ulc that everybody wants among the of patents for isaiall thina luay ho mentioned abe stylo seraphic pen and 3 pen for shading in different colors producing per annum A largo profit has boon reaped by a miner who a metal navot or eyelet at each end 0 the mouth of coat and trousers pocket to resist the train caused by the carriage of pieces of ore and heavy tools in a recent legal action it transpired in evidence that tho inventor of metal plates to protect soles and of boots from wear sold upward of 12 plates in akif an n fri 1887 the number reached coo producing realized profits of i a quarter of a million of money another useful invention is the darning weaver a device for repairing imps etc acho sale of which is very laruffo and As la rge a sum aaa aa obtained for any invention was emoy edly abo in yf iho bell to aeto profit prof ct from bla enea ciasca reely less lathat wa that far simply cne ry tm freu aply finlo tin lo are wanted before an invention 13 appreciated but seen that patience is well rewarded for the inventor of the roller made over notwithstanding the fact that his patent bad nearly expired before its value was ascertained the gimlet pointed screw has produced moro wealth than most silver mines and tho american who first thought of putting copper tips to childrens shoes is as well off as if his father had lott him in united states bonds upward of a year was maio by the inventor of the com mon needle to the foregoing bo added thousands of trifling but useful articles from which hand some incomes are derived s r |