Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-13 | Page 32 | Odd Patents Granted in 1915

I Odd Patents Granted in 1915 ORTY THOUSAND patents were F FORTY granted by bythe the hoe United Patent Office Office at Washington D. D C. C during 1915 an an average of a week These Those ranged from duplex voting machines to fish hooks with a heterogeneous variety of wonderfully and mysteriously mysteriously contrived d appliances in between A few of the 1915 patents paten s are illustrated illustrated illustrated illus illus- on this page with which the imaginative artist has taken liberties Linn Eugene Carpenter of East Orange N N J. J obtained ai at for a anew anew anew new sort of ot cheese It has its mass interspersed throughout by comminuted cherries Walter LIndemann of Detroit Detroit Mich patented a new new typo type of saving life float calculated to appeal to the sub sub- marine-haunted marine trans-Atlantic trans traveller trav tray eller of to Mr Lindemann's device device device de de- de- de vice is a combined mattress and raft and free lunch counter The mattress mattress mattress mat mat- tress fits into the sleeping ping berth and andis is quite comfortable to sleep on But nut Frank W. W patented illuminated umbrella for use on dark nights and in lonely localities suppose the ship should be torpedoed The passenger goes overboard a removable section of the mattress and finds himself safe for Ute tie time being at le least st st. The mattress is partially filled ith cork to make it buoyant I It h hoi a seat for the accommodation I of th the escaping passenger and is I equipped with a tank of fresh water I cans oi of food small electric batteries an aJl incandescent incandescent lamp for signalling at night t a teles telescopic rod or mast to hoist the lamp at night and a flag by day and anda a waterproof flexible water closure or or jacket that can can-be an be fastened- fastened by a drawn drain string around th the body of the shipwrecked mariner This keeps him high and dry Another advantage of this float type of saving life-saving device is that it is of sufficient buoyancy to support its main occupant and in ina a addition lend possible assistance to others overboard who wh are not so well provisioned for the emergency emergency Just look at the toe separator for I which Patent No was grant grant- ed to the Inventor Alexander Weil Well of I New Now York City The Tho idea of this contrivance contrivance con con- is of course to keep the tho toes toes' of tho the t foot t apart part i iThen Then theres there's the electric umbrella patented by Frank W. W of Frank Rea of San Fran Francisco isco has a anew anew anew new patent fly catcher which simply c catches the fly on the fly and blows him him- into a trap v Onton Ontonagon gon Mich At first glance glance it looks look like au an ordinary u umbrella brella and it Is used in the ordinary way But ft if the night be dark just press a butten but- but ten in the handle and the umbrella glows with tiny incandescent electric lights There are re lights at the tho butt the top and at the end of each of the ribs Among the other interesting patents issued during the last two months of of 1915 are re the following A cuff fastener invented by Ch Charles rles Holl of Strasburg Alsace Germany A talking doll dol by S Samuel muel H. H Ro- Ro Port Richmond N. N Y By pressing the stomach stOma h of the doll loll you cause soUI Sounds Sounds' ds to issue from the mouth A combination penholder and nd blot blot- ter Thomas J. J Cauthorn pi of i Nowata Newata Okla 1 A tobacco pipe filler Th The tobacco is contained in the cYl and d r and the large end of the filler filler is l inserted in inthe th the b bowl bwl of of the pipe A p plunger nger at atthe atthe atthe the top is then forced down thus pushing t the e tobacco into the pipe In- In Projecting points of hat pins will be rendered harmless by Amanda Beunt Beunt- ers er's patented point pin-point protector 5 ve vented ted by Arthur A. A o Hauerbach and Augh gh A. A Allan Stockton Cal Cat A process p for permanently waving i the hair by twisting the hair Into strands George Kremer New York City A pencil holder Invented by Michael Sexton Stuart St Ia la A bathing suit pocket composed of at rubber and a fabric casing Samuel Paull New York City A Veil eU for keeping off olf mosquitoes David C. C A. A Hullstrom Vancouver B. B C. C A 4 movable figure toy invented by byAl Al Alexander xander Sebestyen New York City The working blacksmiths alternately strike an anvil An under water operated musical apparatus A man is lowered into a awell awell awell well where he lie pl plays ys the horn Felix Gouget Elkhart Ind md A necktie former Charles Fearnaught Fearnaught Fearnaught Fear- Fear naught Indianapolis Ind md An Insect sect trap the invention of John James James' Noonan Obion Term Tenn The insect when passing between the motor on the left is blown into the trap on the right The former of or a bow necktie Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward ward T. T paU Palisades ades Col I I The stop op look and oed listen nto sign in inI invented in- in I vented and pate patented te by Louis Rich I of Rochester PaI Pa Pa- I I A toe brake to i- i be used by coasters I Herbert F. F Hammond Whitinsville Mass lass r t 1 A fly swatter Karl I D. D Calhoun T Te Tenn n n. n j A shoe to tobe be used for burial pur par poses Joseph G. G Bixby Decatur IlL IlLA IL ILA A nut bursting or or racking cracking machine ma chine Robert Lund and Thomas Frederick Hind Preston England An ornamental design for for a stop iop look and nd listen sign Lo Louis Loiis i Rich Rochester Pa A sanitary shaving br bIu brush h h having I sponge instead o of ot bristles bristles' and ba baing hay hav having ing the soap contained in the handle I Philip J. J De Do Leeuw A fly catching machine Frank Rea San Francisco CatAn Cal Cat An Insect trap Theodore O. O WillIams Williams Williams Will Will- iams Chicago Ill A device for r rendering harmless the points of hat odi pins Amanda I New Yr C ty A A. device for fas fastening en ng button shoes II Frederick C. C Freeburg Gualala Cal