Show Horseshoe Tires Patent Office Harvest Tops Em JEm All By Dy Frederick C. C Othman V WASHINGTON As As Paul H. H Long observed during the blizzards blizzards blizzards bliz bliz- pounding Ravenna Neb his home town about the only thing that didn't skid in m the snow was a horse Why The horse wore horseshoes That's why Automobiles Long fixed that and thereby became became became be be- came an inventor He produced an automobile tire with a tread consisting of a double row of rubber horseshoes with nail holes included After that he never slid his sedan into a a a. telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone pole It was surefooted as a horse The tire with the in built-in horseshoes he has patented and we can presume that it soon will be available to end the terror terror terror ter ter- of the icy road That isn't all all Ive I've just come back from my my spring pilgrimage to the U. U S. S patent office and Im I'm full of news New E Egg Peeler John Bruce Richards of In Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis In- In Ind wearied of ot burning his fingers finger shucking hard-boiled hard eggs for picnics So he invented patent No 2500 what the inspectors describe describe describe de de- de- de scribe as a device for peeling eggs by fluid pressure Drop the egg in the hopper a pin punctures its small end and whoosh Hydraulics wash the shell away Walter Valter F. F Wilsdorf of St. St Louis who seems to have the same opinion of modern automobiles automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles that I do invented what I long have considered a motoring motoring motoring motor motor- ing necessity a hand throttle attached to the steering wheel post Odd thing is that all automobiles automobiles automo automo- bil biles s in my youth carried hand throttles These were handy for use while resting your foot getting the engine started and for fiddling while adjusting the carburetor T The They h e y disappeared about 20 years ago and so it was that Wilsdorf was able to patent a device that used to be standard equipment Cap That Lights Up Carlos C C. C Goetz of New York invented a flexible collar button button button but but- ton while Aaron Rothschild of ot the same town thought up a n. cap that lights by electricity when you tip it to a lady This is for children Aaron said Should startle the ladies ladics too Albert G G. G St. St Pierre and TV T. T W. W Breton of Hartford Conn produced the electric candle lighter It is just that Plugs in the wall and has a heating unit that lights candles Why they invented this I do not know unless maybe they officiate at lots of birthday cake I want to pay tribute finally to Saul Brodsky of Croton N. N Y who has developed a brush for tired house painters like me He keeps his paint under pressure in a can from which it flows via a long rubber tube to the brush No dipping no stooping No stepping in the paint bucket Copyright 1950 by United Feature Syndicate |