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Show PAGE to THURS9, JAN. 3. 1875 Preston Student Helps Invent Pneumatic Grain Elevator System , Some students at Ricks College, working on their own as part of a engineering class, have; invented things that would be a boon to farmers and & anyone who drives an automobile. Dr Robert H. Todd, chair- -' man pf the Division of Industrial: and Social Sciences, who also teaches the class of 46 students, including two women, says "it's amazing what the students come up with jn the way of practical inventions." class is Most of the defining a problem to solve, brainstorming a solution, designing it, building it and then Resting it. STUDENTS WORK as teams. One team designed and builCa new pneumatic grain elevator which would replace the auger system in taking grain from a truck to the elevator and from storage places to trucks. The invention works on the vacuum principle a little like a vacuum cleaner, Dr. Todd said, with the grain pushed into the hose and then sent to its destination quickly and steadily. "This invention was one of the best we received this year," Dr. Todd said. "It is mobile, easy to operate and more than anything else, can get the job done better than the auger system." rJ. t Safety was a big factor in one invention. Students came up with some anti-ski- d pavement glass impregnated rubber material to be installed at critical highway points in the state. It is a in tolittle like astro-tur- f day's football world a surface glued to asphalt to eliminate skidding a big cause of highway deaths. One way to keep cars safe from prowlers is to invent a burglar alarm. full-pro- ONE TEAM has a new installation for automobiles jacks permanently installed on the bottom of the car with a button to press to lift up the wheel involved or the entire car if necessary. The project was called "Flat Hi This is what one team of students did. - ' Other students invented an lighter. There is the heating element involved and the scraper goes to work removing ice from the windshield. designed to allow the students to do some engineering "to see what the field is really like." He noted that "so many courses are oriented toward reading and hearing about things rather than giving the students a chance to actually work at a pro- ject." across." A portable desk was made by some students. It is a fold-u- p desk which could be stored when not in use. "The desks could be stored when not in use such as in the operation of a room when the space is needed for other school ac- The course. Introduction to Engineering, also has students doing some computer programming and some calculation work "to see the reasonableness of numbers and to see the world has a different numbering system, such as the metric system." tivities." The two women students Still another invention was were involved as much as a power-plan- e attachment for use in the home when the young men on the procarpentry work is to be done, jects. The students not only such as the trimming of a constructed a project but wrote an engineering report door. on it afte testing it for feasibility. They also reportA ROUTER motor is attached to the plane for a ed on what they want to do in the area of careers 10 years "faster and cleaner job." Dr. Todd said the course is from now. multi-purpo- FOR 14.50 the students designed the system for the car. If there is any type of forced entry, the horn begins to blow and it continues to blow until a hidden switch turns it off. "There is no way to stop it even by cutting the wire or Tire." electric hand for the car. The scraper is plugged into the cigarette The Salmon River in Idaho cable-ca- r operation in which the person pulls himself across the river. Some Ricks students invented a pedal-powe- r cable car in which feet are used to get the person across the river on the cable. "It is easier to peddle than to pull ,, jurself has a getting thefwire spliced again. It is all in the hidden switch and only the car owner knows its CHECKING A pneumatic grain elevator system designed by Ricks students are two of the team of students, Kerry Casperson of Preston (left) and Kelly Hawkes of Sugar City. Dr. Robert Todd, class instructor, looks it over. Caperson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen M. Casperson, Route 3, Preston. W7 o) 0) 1 1 i f S f Tsl 1 RE ACIXIDN WIvW 1 3 WORD AD I &f.PirENTrMIL CUSTOM- mi 1 0ny IN THE: PRESTON GRACE SMITHFIELD 425-369- 3 563-590- 0 852-015- 5 MONTPELIER TREMONTON 847-055- 2 257-551- 3 Announcements - 2 3 Honk. 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