The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-01
NEEDED INVENTIONS.
Things That Might Fill Various
Long-Felt Wants.

Long-Felt wants.
London Answers recently invited It's
readers to suggest various needed lnven-
tions" Here are few of the many sug-
gestions:
THE PENCIL OF THE FUTURE.
| The article which in my idea would be
the most satisfactory invention to the pup
stead of being filled with the ordinary
plumbago, should be filled with some com
position which would write as mdelloly as
us to write with the smoothness of a
pencil.
| This would do away with the scratching,
suffering, dirty, corroding. pen. Besides
| the time lost in dipping the pen IN Inc
| ink is considerable.
The invention of such a pencil Woul1
confer boon upon the public.
| NOISELESS WALKING STICKS.
| When CARRYING q walking stick / have
always dislilled the harsh. grating SCUM l
made by the ferrule when touching the
This could easily be remidied by hay
/ ing a piece Ct rubber "a place of the fer
rule, and 1 feel sure that the "noisela; S
walking stick would become bon TO
all who used it.
| AUTOMATIC OMNIBUS STARTERS
What invention would be more humane
and, should imagine, possible, than the
| following?
a SpIlIl5 CdpGDlS OL DGlIIS dPHiA~o -
onnibuses and similar vehicles that are
required to be stopped and started very
often, and so constructed that 1t would
act like an ordinary brake in stopping
the vehicle, but would, when releaseg,
again start the vehicle of its own ACCORD
It would effect an enormous saving o IN
cut in this unnecessary labor.
AN OvERCOAT LITTER.
The majority Of fellows find it a bother
to get their overcoats on. | think an in
vention for holding and lifting an over
coat would be a good thing.
hold the coat with two spring clips on
two arms to work by clock-work, and by
a series of gentle jerks to lift the coat
to the required height. It would have
spring at the bottom, which, being pressed
by ones heel, would instantly release the
coat.
The machine could be made both orna-
mental. simple and cheap, and could also
be used at a hat and umbrala stand.
WANTED-A SMOKERS FRIEND.
l think one of the most needed inven-
tons of today, especially in this chaneabe
climate of ours, is an apparatus rer light
ing matches in the open air on a wet or
windy day.
1t should be collapsible, small and COW
cred, and would indeed be boon to men.
l have often pitied poor fellows on 0
windy night, trying in vain to light their
pipes, and lodging behind every corner
ard protection. They would bless the in
at the same time a temporary shelter to
the pickering light.
UAfBRALLA-OPE MADE EASY.
Of late years we have seen a great va
riety of designs and colors in umbrallas,
but as yet nothing has been invented to
improve the opening and shutting of this
everyday article.
Now, would not a. great Improvement be
effected by fitting q wire spring from the
top of the handle down to the socket
where the ribs meet, so that if 1t were
pressed by the thumb it would draw up
and open the umbralla?
This would help one out of difficulty |
which one is often placed in when he or
she has got only one hand at liberty 10
open ones CAMP"
WHY HAS NO ONE THOUGHT OF IT?
What is particularly wanted at the pres
ent day, especially since we are threatened
with the woman cyclist, is bicycle so
constructed that its motive power is in
creased by the riders keeping In an ue-
right position, and retarded by the rider
keeping the Bico-Scorcherosa position now
in vogue.
Again. bicycle riders want a handy lamp
eXtinguisher, which might cons st of a
little wire at the bottom of the lamp, so
that the eXtinguisher would fall over the
wick. and when not in use a small spring
would hold it at the top of the lamp, keep
ing il from vibrating.