| Show I NEW AND CURIOUS INYNTIoS SelfActing1 Gas CutOff Even after all that has been said and written about people blowing out tho gM accidents of this class are recorded re-corded from time to come and there se ms to be room for a gas outoff notwithstanding not-withstanding tho fact that several are already on the market The appliance In the for this purpose which we show welladapted to Ml the cut BCCms wont both from tho standpoint of cheapness and simplicity There are two ixcd arms extending upward from the vertical bumor tube tjie ono on tho left carrying one end of a horizOntal horizOn-tal wIre suspended over tho Jet openIng open-Ing while the other arm supports a pivoted rod which connects with tho wire by an adjustable screw haying also a spring below tho pivot which tends to pull the lower end of the rod toward the burner The gas key is provided with a hollow collar Inside which is Jocatcd a coiled spring bavins a tendency to throw the key Into a closed position The principle used is that of expansion from heat and when the Jet Is ignited It Is necessary to hold the key open until the wire expands sufficiently to let the vertical rod engage en-gage the ratchet teeth on the key I Prevents Accidental Leakage wlien the latter Is locked In an open position If the flame Is extinguished I from any cause the contraction of the I wire Immediately pulls the rod free I from the collar and the key files back to Its closed position Harry Shoemaker I Shoe-maker of Philadelphia Pa Is the Inventor In-ventor Automatic Billiard Cue Chalker While billiards and pool are not considered con-sidered a lazy mans games the players will not object to using simple contrivances con-trivances which will lessen the labor attached to the sport and John E Stoneman of Albany N Y thinks they will find his automatic billiardcue chalker a bandy article for attachment to the tables The illustration shows two views of the chalking machine the lower one being attached to tho table with a cue inserted In the opening open-ing The upper view shows the details de-tails and manner of operation Directly Direct-ly l above the cue in the upper cut will j be seen a metallic spring tongue and the action of inserting the cue in the t New Attachment for Billiard Table opening presses this tongue against a contact plate to close an electric circuit cir-cuit which may be obtained either from batteries or an electric light circuit cir-cuit The closing of this circuit starts a little motor located in the casing wfijch rotates the upper shaft and incidentally in-cidentally rapidly revolving a piece of chalk held secruely in the spring clips at the outer end of the shaft It takes but an instant to Insert the cue and coat the tip with the chalk and furthermore fur-thermore the chalk Is always in Its place ready for use when wanted A Womans Invention A woman should certainly know I what utensils are needed in the kitchen and when one Of that sex takes it Into her head to invent a dishwashing machine ma-chine it wll1 be admitted that she msut have an Idea of what is wanted In this line The principal advantage of this machine which has just been patented by Jennie Parrottce of Marquette Mar-quette Mich seems to be that it drains the dishes Immediately after they are washed and permits them to be lifted from the washer without j fl Li M ri1w 111 f M L t 4 1I1II Iin tL 4hI 1J1qh I rJ Idl 41i LI iinuii I IllAM JIJII II IliflI I wfIiJ iHI Llflfl I ilii hijill J 4 Dish Washer and Drainer wotting tho hands It will be noticed that there are two receptacles the In ner one containing racks for the dishes and the outer one holding water for cleansing them The dishholder Is perforated to allow the free How of tho water and slides vertically In the slotted guides In operation the dlsn holder is lifted high enough to allow ho ends of the horizontal bar to be nserted In notches to ft S support It In Its I levated position After the water has teen M poured In the dishes are Sued iI1 the racks when the Inner tub be lowered may Into the water and rapidly revolved by means OC the clank and tearIng AJ3 SOOn ns the dlshe arc cleaned the racks arc again elevated and the dishes given a spin In this po r Ellion i to throw 011 the < row of water remaining them after which work of wlplns them is tile 1Jy done short and eas Improved Baggage Car The illustration shows a section of a baggage car with the adjustable Plat lorm arrangement recently patented bv 1 George iIL Wall ° C Cadillac Mich This I device is intended for raising and low ering heavy baggage to a level with the car floor and station platform and greatly aids the trainmen in boththe speed and case with which the trunks can bo handled Tho power used to elevate the platform Is compressed air the supply being obtained from the airbrake air-brake system A pressure cylinder Is located on either side of tho car door with plstono connecting with the platform plat-form to lift the latter to the level of Pneumatically Controlled Platform the car floor as soon as the air Is allowed al-lowed to enter the cylinders from the storage tank The labor of lifting the heavy trunks Into the cardoor Is eliminated elim-inated the platform being raised and lowered as often as may be necessary by operating the controlling valves at the side of the door As the bottom of this platform is provided with a small wheel to rest on the track the baggage I may be placed in position and the platform plat-form dropped down as the > train enters I the station thus beingalready to unload un-load at once and likewise the train may be started the Instant the last piece of baggage Is set on the platform Saw Attachment Frans O Helsten of Laurlum Mich has obtained a patent on the saw oiling oil-ing device shown in tho illustration It 7 I Oil Device for Saw Blades IS well known that In sawing heavy I sticks of timber the saw Is apt to bind In the crcse and the jiurpose of this Invention is to keep the blade oiled in order that it may pass freely through the cut The tip of the nozzle extonds down through the handle on either side of the blade and there Is a spring controlled piston Inside the reservoir which forces the oil through the openings open-ings as often as the piston Is pressed by the finger The length of the piston stroke Is regulated by raising or lowering low-ering the screw cap at the top of the piston Provision can be made for automatic feed from the oil dhamber making it unnecessary to use the piston pis-ton regularly the size of the orifice in this case being regulated by partially closing the hole with tho tip of tho piston Lights for the Train The problem of lighting railway trains is one that has been given much tfiought of late years largely on account ac-count of the liability of setting fire to the cars in case of a wreck when tho old lighting systems were In use The electric current has already been applied to this use the motor beng attached at-tached to the axle but It has remained re-mained for James TV Gulllott of Chicago Chi-cago Ill to use a fan motor to run the dynamo for generating the current Preferably individual motpr is supplied sup-plied for each car in order that the necessity for coupling the wires may be eliminated The picture shows a L = = ± ± 1 = i I Electric Lighting ystem for Railway section of the car roof cut away to expose ex-pose the motor to view the shaft being extended through tho end of the oar to carry the fan outside and the gen erator Inside The alvo of the motor Is materially decreased by the provision provi-sion made for laying up thc current through he day in a Borage battery thc wires from the motor leading to the battery and storing up the energy as lo ngas the train Is in motion AS there Is no flame from these lights tho danger of a conflagration following a wreck Is reduced to a minimum Ra Soldering Iron The invention Illustrated below IB an Improved soldering Iron recently pa l tented by Harry C Arnaman and Hen ry L Lorlng of Kunsau City Mo the tooI being designed for cloning tho vein opening in the ends of tin cans which IB made for the cIi e discharge or tho gUt plus steam In all heated canned fruits The Iron can also be utilised 1 In all I ordinary soldering on flat iuirric fi and Is ahtaya 1I ady for ih l si tin I use I I without the necessity of getting thu I I solder and resin ready JSllljer sol derng shot or wire may be uscd pio vision being made for slorng the for mer In a reservoir and for extending the latter through the slot 111tbphan die to the clipping Jaws In tho top of tho Iron below Thy Ironmay bo de tached for heating Inilcrfenlcriily bf tho leftirvoir and handles In operation a twist of tbo knob at Qjo top drops J it i 3 shot or section of the wire Into thc lube which Is larger at the top than at the lower end thc shot lodging to ward the Up where tho heat of tho cfrOilielIt and causes It toflow out on the surface to be soldered For every turn of the knob a shot is jIz I F I S p cI 11 4 I I Tool for Closing Tin Cans dropped and as the size of the shot can be varied there is no waste from overmelting as is sometimes the case when a large bar of solder Is used |
