Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-05-11
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FUNNY PATENTS,
Some of the applications made for patent

Some Of the applications made for patents
are very amusing, but, however funny the
idea, if it is only original with the applicant
the patent can he secured. The rights Of the
American inventor are sacred, and no Com
missioner of Patents dares infringe upon them
1t will be sad news to many housewife to
learn that every time she pricks hole in an
egg with pin she is violating the patent OF
an American inventor, but such is the case
Years ago an inventive genius devoted him.
self to discovering method to prevent eggs
from cracking during the process Of boiling.
He solved the problem by pricking pin hole
in one end of the egg, through which the all
in the shell was allowed to escape, and this
pin hole he duly patented according to law.
Precisely how he manages to collect his roy.
atty is a mystery, but the fact remains that he
has a legal claim for royalty on every pin hole
made in an egg before boiling.
An application has recently been made fol
the patent of machine to prevent young
orphan chickens from being lonely. This is
an invention which should, and probably will,
commend itself to Mr.. Bergh. The inventor
claims that hundreds Of chickens Matched out
in the artificial incubators become lonely be-
cause they miss the "Cluck cluck % OF the
regulated chickens Matched in the natural
way, tllu uduy thlc hL4Ou Ny th.o iou0AAAOoo'
Hehas arranged system of clock-work, which
produces noise somewhat similar to that OF
the hen, which he proposes to attach to the
incubator, and on this machine the patent is
asked. A patent has been issued on clog for
fowls, designed to prevent them from scratch
ing in gardens. It consists of a wire in the
shape of hair-pin, sharp at the points. This
is attached to the feet of the fowl in such a
way that, when it attempts to scratch, the
points enter the ground and prevent the claws
from reaching it.
Hens have ever been the subject Of much
patient thought on the part of inventors. A
nest designed to deceive them into laying
more that one egg daily, which every respec-
table bird contributes to the farmers larder,
has been devised and patented. 1t has false
bottom, through which the eggs drop as soon
as laid, and the patient hen, feeling that she
has failed in her duty, proceeds to lay another
until her treasury becomes exhausted or She
discovers the deception. A beehive has been
patented, the doors Of which are attached to
the hen roost in such a manner that when the
fowls 60 to roost they close the hive and thus
secure the inmates against the ravages OF the
bee moth, and at daylight, when the hens
leave the roost, the hive doors are opened and
the bees set at liberty. Even the faithful
horse has been made the subject of optical de-
lusion by the inventors. A patent has been
secured for what is known as horse fence
1t consists simply of wire frame placed over
the head of the horse, so that when he ap-
proaches fence with the laudable desire of
jumping it, he sees the wires above his head,
mistakes them for part of the fence, and con-
cludes that it is too high for him to leap.