The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-03-10
PROTECTION FOR RANKs
70 MORE PERPETUAL MOTION
PATENTS.

va IN. 6ew~ramsnt stepped Taking
IT., Pee. of Certain Fsrsens Ne
r1.r,y Allows Cranks 10 Waste Thess
srsry.
tie United States Patent Oace - q
= ~ i .,itution. and viii grant pstetits
scr almost any thing or idea tat can %
c-,~r.ived Of, If the applicant can show
os....aali:y Of invention; but 1t WI 10
L.r,--rr crant patents on claims or speean-
ems for perpetual motion naohInes-
The Patent Office until recently has
:..1e.d yearly grist Of patents Tor per
,at,Ial motion machines. 1t has f'Aiiy
.,rne To the conclusion TINT there Il some
ling more in this than taking ;se rnoney
az cranks-in fact, that crt-!uious per
p rs were being SYSTEMS 1caiiy ROBBED oy
,.laged inventors OF perpetual MOTION.
-i.o got out their fetent- ":ily To deceive
Innocent PERSONS. Until three ye1rs ago
:. - Customary % take first fees (sloi
,xon ahe perpetual motion craHks As well
rs from all other would BIS inventors
Then in course of time letsr was s'n!
to the perpetual motion applicn'.s telling
him that is claim was based uloi an IT.
rational principle and that he nitist fur
nisa a working model. OF course tina:
WIS the end of the application. The
model never came, and the fee remained
IL the treasury.
About t-r.e years ago Ti-f,-i:.ai E1-
AMIR y iiiiam l.. Augin'nr Ia vent TO
t.r e.-.~.,i.s;oner and ..s," q. tza.- as
!. or Ct The perpetual nr.t-t,i claim
vas iue,i:ahie, it would b. I.s.t.r b re-
tls1, the q. Il fees Of the c1iia'a.ss ard
- send them circular imnr- i.a.,-ly . IN
tho Liir; Of Their Applications t =;
tern that no consi',.I. .:ps r-osL! b.
r.:,r their rapers unt.l u m'"!inG mode!
w.s filed. This course bias b,<-a rnfsn.d
ever since. But repeatedly is~' the dis
coyerer .: perpetual n&a on bc<si lis :
n.nt at tbs rejection OF his te.,sred fe.
Ono way that has been adopted Ivy ths
cr.ni:s to x,t around tx, raj. intended
for their blsaeft is to dIor the claim OF
perpetual motion and p.::i in the drawi: ~
for a motor" Not~ it!.statr!in:, tn"
policy of the Patent Office to save tim"
and money for reokIc, at least two or
three claims of this character are put In
every meath.
Not long ago Kansas mnn cini'icd 70
have set up tho perpetual inotr II i'i-
chino, and to ha.. i! in o,~rati,1I at h.
home. He wrote to the Ts:c,it O.a-ce 70
know if The affidavit OF S'.":tor ii,-...b
would be accepted .nst.'sds,I :.,o "a orking
model as the ba,ss fur Il yxstrat The ex-
aminer felt Obliged 10 r..,A-e.
sometimes the perpetual n,stion -
ventor appears wiz. PEI .eHul OF bear
ings and connect DDS which Le asks the
examiner b acc t as evidence t!lat he
has solved the p4.de1n but the cxani-
ner insists thut he must see the perpetual
motion before he giants the patent.
Last sulnmer New York hwye1
named Todd came al the way to Wash
ington with parts Of machine and had
quite controversy with the Office be-
cause the patent was refused. lie IN
sisted that he had seen the machine in
operation; that it was running day after
day, and keeping cider press going to
boot. There was ne deviating from the
rule.
The lawyer went back to New York,
eaying that he would prodacc tie ma
chine. He was not seen again until the
patent centennial celebration, when ht
reminded the exal aer on tho case, ans
told how ho had zen fooled. At II
time Of making ri .Aicat,on the hwye
recly believed that his client had r-all:
dis .rered the long sought pr:asip.
But wien he got b, k t., New York all,
told 'i.as the ateE lad Iccn refused Il.
ci'enJ confessed. The perpetual motiy.:
was no motion at all. Iu,.er was con
cealed in the cider .ess. Il ran the pre-
a'2G Ike press mac the perpetual motto
az h.Lc 20, too. i =. inventor hal b g
cs.-.r:,ing IL cents aAnlis :,n to see ,,cruet
ua! motion. lie lad fcoIed the ,.1bIi,
sud his lawyer, and he hoped to slil.
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