Show U S still has enterprise heroes heres proof Wh ASHINGTON seven vr hundred undred human problems most of them inconsequential quent ial are solved every 1 week at the united states patent office inventions ranging from boxing gloves to REMOTE CONTROL ING it keeps smoke out of your eyes eye s but you 11 ll break your arm lighting a cigarette fluorescent theater aisles continue pouring in to prove how wrong was the patent director who resigned years ago because there anything left to invent it nothing else it proves theres no slump in enterprise these days the past year for example brought forth this collection at the university of california botanists discovered in the juice of milkweed an active substance that can tenderize meat A philadelphian solved the pr problem ob of that first cigarette in the package with a strip of transparent film that tears oft off the seal destroys the revenue stamps 0 opens ens the flaps and pulls out two cigarettes no double exposures an amateur photography fan perfected a device making it impossible tor for the camera enthusiast to take a second picture without winding the film thus preventing a double exposure peter J gaylor of elizabeth N J developed a synthetic rubber in valuable for elastic threads in cloth ing because it does not deteriorate rapidly many inventions here and abroad have made it easier and cheaper to lo wage war germany for example is treating mineral vegetable and animal oils with an electrical discharge process that increases their viscosity american chemists have discovered a less expensive but just as deadly way to make more poison gas and nylon the new rival to silk in manufacture of ladies hose is being used as a substitute tor for japanese silk in manufacture of british parachutes another invention needed some inventions are designed to soothe ruffled nerves theres a new spring cap for tooth paste tubes but nothing to make father squeeze it out from the bottom instead of the top A drip catching device has been invented for umbrellas and somebody perfected a helical coil of wire which as part of a cigarette holder keeps ashes from falling on the rug there are two important developments in photography one camera can expose standard film at a s speed p eed V ZIPPER HOT DOG this wienie has a perforated casing which operates on the zipper principle of 2500 frames per second enabling you to study the wing structure of houseflies or the action of a golf stick against a ball on the more massive side prof E newton harvey of princeton university has a camera which snaps pictures two miles under the ocean this gadget is a steel ball which resists terrific water pressure it has two windows one for the camera and the other for projecting a beam of light in front of the camera window is an artificial fish which lures unsuspecting denizens of the deep within lens range theres a new type hypodermic needle in which the medicine Is ejected i by a charge of compressed air 2 ir but it probably hurts just as much those first few moments X rays blown up closely akin is the giant new xray X ray projector which enlarges a standard chest plate up to the size of a regulation motion picture screen thus allowing several hundred people to consult over the medical problem at hand two important automobile patents have been granted the first to hnry henry ford for an easily removable liner for motor car cylinders it can be taken out with a screw daiv er contrasted with the powerful presses employed heretofore another patent covers in an antiskid anti ant skid device for autos running on icy pave ment A sharp edged wheel is pressed against the ground by a strong spring fixed downward from the under side of the running board engines crawl into wings the aviation industry boasts a new design in the future engines will disappear inside the wings to dispose of needless air resistance since high temperatures will thus be created within the wing stainless steel will probably be used for parts of the airplane around the engine installation stal lation aluminum alloy ordinarily used for the entire wing would not be practicable in such extreme heat making airplane propellers now from a composite material made of light wood hard wood water pressure if none of these inventions catches your fancy the patent office offers a s scalloped rim wrist watch for the A IA L n BOOT TAIL LIGHTS to protect the pedestrian during a london blackout blac kou t v blind a streamlined baseball bat with a hollow shell attachment a gasoline tank for the rear mudguard a solo bridge playing device or a device to put wavy corrugations in the rims of pie take your choicely |