| Show I I > NEW AND PRACTICAL INVENTIONS 0 p q Adjustable BlindHinge iWith the hinge ordinarily prQvlded for outside blinds Itla a case ot open arrangement being made or shut no for adjusting the blinds to let in a little lit-tle light without admitttis the full I glare of the sun 1C it b i then shining on that side oC tha house Then too tho dcvlco for fastening the blind In an open position generally compels reaching far out of the window or the fastening oC the shutter from the outside out-side We show In tho picture an Improved Im-proved hinge jvhlch Is not only easily rj l i1 jt I llIIl I I J 41 ii i qjl 4rfl I L1 I 1tf1kt IIIITJJIJ I 1 Improved Shutter Fastener 0 operated from the Interior oC the room but is also capable of adjustment In several positions The section of the hinge which is secured to the window casing Is provided with a curved plate jit the bottom which is notched ut Intervals to recelvQ the head of the Sam lever pivoted on the edge of the hhutter The slots In the plate are cut o the right depth to lock the head of the I cam lever when It Is tilted into a orlzontal position thus holding the blind in cither of the several positions simply by the weight of the lever and as soon as the latter Is brought to a vertical position the blind is entirely free LiquifiedAir Fan Motor I I I The novel motor for driving a ventilating venti-lating an shown below has recently been designed by Oscar Patric Oster grena Swede residing in Brooklyn N Y The Inventor states that the objects of the Invention are the utilization utili-zation of liquified air as a motive fluid for operating a rotary fan and the distribution dis-tribution of the vaporized liquid about the room for cooling purposes by means of the fan blades The globe at the top of tho apparatus Is used as a storage reservoir for the liquid and may be filled through a lllling plug or in cases where a number of fans are used In one building the supply may be obtained from a central reservoir To I II I I I I H I I j I I i 1M Discharges Blasts of Cold Air set the fan In motion the valve underneath under-neath thc reservoir Is opened when the liquid will pass downward through the pipes vaporizing by absorbing heat from the atmosphere The products of the vaporization will rise through the return coil to tho top of the reservoir where the pressure Is utilized to force the liquid continuously into the discharge dis-charge pipe In addition to driving the fan This I latter result Is accomplished by allowing the compressed vapor to co pass downward through the central V tube to a small turbine Just above the fan blades where its force Is expended against the wings As the vapor is of a very low temperature It Is desira ble to utilize it after It leaves thc tur bine for cooling the loom and this Is accomplished by extending the outlet pipes into the arms carrying the fan blades where the air Is discharged in advance of the blades Jielng driven about by the fan and mixed with the warmerair the room I Heater for BathTubs i The need of a convcnlont heater for warming the water for the bath Is ap parent In houses where the tub is not piped with hot water and even where the connsctIons are made it is some times convenient to use an auxiliary heater in case tho water is not of the proper temperature Wo show here with tho heating apparatus designed by Gilbert D Ttobertson or Boston f Mass for which ho claims economy In the amount of gas consumed and ra pidity in bringing the water to the re quired temperature The heater is of I I i + J I I fO J If Pi t f j3t1fr1j11 hA jjij iiiii b 0 1I tI Warms tho Water for a Bather Bath-er small size and can be suspended irony the faucet Tho interior con struction comprises a flatbottomed tank into which the water flows with a perforated pipe underneath to supply tIu flame by connection wfih the gas jet 1 here a SUpply of gas i3 not at hand for this purpose the inventor pro vIde a naphtha vapor heatr which accomplishes the earnr results By ig ml SJ ajg a gfcort tbnae pr Y2uP to 1 taking the bath and regulating the 110w of the water to allow if I to remain a moment or two In the heater before it passes to the tub the temperature can lH I raised to the proper degree the heater continuing Its work Just an long as the water and gas are allowed to flow Attachment for Ink Bottles Both from a cash arid space point of view Ills not always convenient or desirable to supply a penrack and penwiper to accompany the pen and Ink on a desk but the usefulness of these auxiliaries has Induced Louis Schoon of New York city to introduce a combination arrangement which serves the purpose at Hnmll cost A metallic base Is provided with a spring collar of convenient shape to lit over the neck of an ordinary ink bottle fs1S I frj L Convenient Pea Rack and Wiper clasping it firmly to afford a support for the rack and wiper These are arranged ar-ranged as shown In the illustration I the wiper being foraied of a series of Interchangeable wool Strips held in place by clamps at either end The pen rack Is provided with one or more recesses to receive the pen It will be seen that the cork Is securely held In a hinged plate so that It Is always randy for corking up the bottle when the writing Is finished An additional use of this hinged plate is to grasp the point of a pen when It is desired to withdraw it from the hpjder J f Holder for Typewriter Copy I The machine here Illustrated has been patented In this country by Josef Jcrabck of Vienna AustriaHungary J r I 1 I Automatic Lino Indicator for holding typewriter copy in a convenient con-venient position and automatically Indicating In-dicating the line on which the operator Is reading It comprises a frame for attachment to the desk on either side or the typewriter supporting the copy roll and line Indicator directly above and slightly at the rear of the machine carriage The roller has a roughened surface to enable it to grip the sheet of paper and at one end Is a toothed wheel whlcll serves as a ratchet for rotating the Ioller At the right side of the machine In front of the support is an adjustable key which is Intended to be placedat the right of and In line with the typewriter keyboard Beneath Be-neath the I key Is a screw which can be raised and lowered In Its post to adjust the fall of the lever to correspond I corre-spond with the distance between the lines of the copy the rotation of the roller depending uponthc length of the stroke of the Iqvcr Carpe Beating Machine That there is a field for a carpet cleaning machine which will whip the carpets without tearing them or rip r I tjfJlUI ti c5 III Wit LLJj I Carpets Cleaned Without Tearing ping the scams is apparent from the condition In which many carpets are returned from the cleaners and this has Induced George F BJckcr of Cam bridge Mass to design the machine shown In tho cut By Its use tho carpets car-pets can bo whipped almost as carefully care-fully as by hand and with jjreat rapid ity The shaft carrying the drum is rotated rapidly to drive the beating straps against the surface of the carpet car-pet the latter being1 drawn under the beaters either hand or mechanically with means for regulating the feed In the latter case The base on which the carpet rests while being cleaned is I composed of a series of spring slats which are sdcurod only at one ond thus aiding to drive the dust through to the under side An exhaust blower Is used to draw the dust out of the Land L-and prevent it from settling on the carpet again Th Illustration shows the small machine used for cleaning single breadths of carpet but by ex tending the drum and section chamber whole carpets maYbe cleaned with the same case and rapidity FishCleaning Machine In large markets and fishpacking houses the labor and time spent In removing re-moving the slime ocales and other ex traneous substances from the exterior and Interior of tho fish Is the most ox tenslve part of the Industry and to lessen this cost Gustav Merkle of San Francisco Cal ban devised the ap aratus hero pictured Speaking in a general tho machine way comprises a sliming brush scalln scaling brushes car nor chain for conv yliy the uBn a chute or trough for holding IQ fish In proper position a sllttle knife to open the fish and a cleaning brush for re moving the entrails Tho feeding ar rangement Is practically automatic and as the machine IB run by a motor 01 belt power the speed Is almost un limited As soon as the fish leaves the machine It Is passed l to a workman lo have the head talj and fins detached aad IB them prepared bo cut jjp and1 I I placed In cans for tho cooking process I I and sealing The Inventor states that the apparatus Is designed especially for ualmon packerles and It should be = 7 Trv > r Apparatus for Dressing Fish tfie means of reducing the cost sum ciently to affect the retail selling price of the fish |
