The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-11-11
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MIRACLES BY MACHINERY.
Latest Registry Devices at the Patent
0f1ce.

Match boxes are. now filled by ma
chinery.
Six new railroad car couplers have
been patented in the last two weeks.
A pinless clothes line has loops in
the wire into which the clothes are
forced.
A new typesetting machine photo
graphs the copy and reproduces it in
type.
A new electric chandelier can be
raised and lowered at will without
breaking the current.
Mr.. Livengood, Missouri man, has
patented a device for whipping horses,
to be attached to horse powers.
The latest burial casket has hinged
lid, the raising Of which pulls the bot
tom of the casket up in position for
placing the body on it.
A South Dakota man has been grant
ed patent on sleigh. 1t differs
from the ordinary ones only in being
made entirely of sheet metal.
A southern man has invented new
umbrella, the frame of which can be
separated from the stick. thus making
it useful as cane also.
The dead centre on sewing ma
chine is done away with by a new
treadle, which has two piston rods
mounted nearly at right angles with
each other.
A good pipe wrench has the ordina-
ry chain to fasten around the pipe, but
has in addition screw and a thumb
nut to take all possible slack in the
chain after it is wrapped around the
pipe.
Business men will appreciate new
card case. The cards are printed on
the leaves of book, part of the leaf
remaining in the book for use as a
memorandum when the card is detach-
ed.
An inventor in Tacoma, Wash. has
a device for preventing the wheels of
street car from slipping when the
brake is applied. His idea is to make
the wheels actas magnets and grip the
rail.
A new steering device for ships con-
trolls the rudder by pneumatic pressure
the air being forced into a cylinder on
either side of the rudder post by
means of the steering wheel in the pi-
lot house.
Advertisements are printed on pa
per used for doing up packages by the
act of unrolling paper from the reel.
the type being set in roller resting on
the paper roll, and linked by another
roller lying above the type roll.
A Massachusetts, man places num-
Der of horizontal bars overhead in an
elevator, hung on springs at each end,
which are intended to be grabbed by
the passengers if the car falls. the
springs breaking the force Of the fall.
The latest bicycle support consists
of an arm, one end of which clamps
onto the lower brace of the frame in
front of the cranks, the other end
resting on the ground. While not in
use it lies parallel with the lower
brace.
A bicycle crate which folds up has
recently been patented. 1t is made of
wood and steel, and occupies a space
not over FIVE inches high when folded.
1t is claimed that it can be set up aud
a wheel packed in it in five minutes.
To reduce the size of rings they are
placed inside steel tube, which is
small at one end, and gradually in
creases in size, and pressed toward a
small end by means of rod, thus
placing a pressure all around the out
side of the ring.
To stop leaks in vessels an Ohio
man has a device consisting of reel
placed at the side of the vessel on
which is wound heavy fabric, one
end Of which has hook for fastening
it to the keel of the vessel, the other
end being drawn tight by winding up
the reel.
A new elevator consists of an end
less chain having steps at short dis
tances from each other, running up
and down an inclined plane. A per-
son wishing to ascend or descend
grasps a rope at the side to steady him
self and steps upon the projecting step
as it passes him.
A late invention, enables the motor
man to turn switch by setting lever
on the car, whichu places hooked rod
in position to engage the end of a le-
yer attached to the switch, the for
ward motion Of the car pulling the
lever forward and down so as to re-
lease the hook at the proper place.
Invalids are now given a bath with
out the necessity of removing them
from the bed. The device consists of
canvas sheet fastened loosely to a
frame over the bed in which the pa
tient is placed. The centre, being
lower than the edges, it holds all the
water necessary for the bath.
Rain is prevented from entering a
buggy by means of a curtain fastened
to the front of the box, reaching up
to the wagon top, and around the sides
thus enclosing the entire front. A
number of glasses are placed in the
front and sides of the curtain and
holes for the reins to pass through.
A new medicine cabinet indicates
the time for giving each dose to the
patient, also the kind and quantity OF
medicine. The bottles are placed in
a rack with convenient drawers fol
pills and powders, and a bracket tc
hold spoons. A clock and extra dia.
with movable hands are also placed in
the cabinet.
Tanning is made easy by new in.
vention which consists of small pail
of bellows, intended to rest in the LAP
of the operator, with one side left
open to allow the air to escape,
Squeezing the handle forces the all
out, and the breeze can be directed in
the proper place by turning the open
ing in the direction desired.
A new bicycle tire has on its inter.
ior number of rubber rings fastened
to strip of metal running through
their centre, the whole being surround
ed by a flexible cover. Between the
two thicknesses on the running side
of the tire are placed short strips o1
metal held in place by textile STRIP