Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-15
SCIENTIC SCHEMES.

To prevent the splitting CT ink on
office or school desks a new device
consists of bracket which screws onto
the desk on the under side of a shelf
to hold glass ink-Well.
| Safety razors are now being made
| in which the handle of an ordinary
razor serves for the safety, the back
of the handle being cut away and one
side made thin so the blade projects
through far enough for USE
Roller bearings for use in railroad
car wheels are coming into use, a small
double-fanged wheel being rigidly at
tached to the car axle to carry the car
wheel, the space between the two
wheels being fitted with rollers.
Photograph envelopes just out have
a strong cardboard back, with four
loose flaps, which are drawn together
after the picture is in place and can
be sealed or fastened by rubber loop
over button.
A newly designed cigarette box has
a separate compartment for matches,
an extra section of pasteboard being
cut out with the rest of the box and
gummed so as to form a partition
after the box is put together.
A new ash-sifter which will prevent
all dust in use has an oscillating sieve
il the top of a box fitted with a tight
cover, only small handle projecting
| through by which to shake the sieve.
| A power meat chopper recently pat
ented has a revolving tank Win a
series of knives fastened on eccentrics
on the shaft above to rise and fall as
the tank is turned, thus reaching
every portion of the tank.
Rocking bath tubs are being made
which have a curved bottom with
! fanges at the sides and ends of the
top to prevent the water splashing
the tub being changed into a station
airy bath by means OF two arms at the
sides.
! In recently designed pipe wrench
| jaw is hinged to the end of a long
bar with a chain attached to the loose
end of the jaw, to be drawn tight and
attached to the bar after the jaw
grips the pipe, the turning of the bar
serving to increase the grip of the
wrench.
A German has invented a process to
iage alcoholic liquors, which consists
in impregnating the liquid with oxy-
| gen and then subjecting it to a low
| temperature and running an alternat-
! ing electric current through it.
| To lift pan or kettle from the stove
without danger Of burning the hands
a new device is made of wire with
| clamp to engage the flange on the pan,
! the handle extending out at one side
to be out of reach of escaping steam.
To make it easy to light a bicycl.
! lamp when the wind is blowing a fric-
ton surface is attached inside the
lamp either to the wick tube or the
side of the lamp, SO that the match can
| light the wick without exposing it to
| the wind.
A new bottle STOPPER which will
hold perfectly tight and yet can be
easily loosened when desired has a
cellar surrounding q rubber cork
hinged at one side to metal clamp
on the neck of the bottle, the opposite
side having link to engage hooked
lever, which is drawn downward to
seal the bottle.
To make Roentgen ray pictures for
use in stereoscope the light is at
tached to sliding framework above
the article to be photographed, which
rests on q sensitized plate, the light
being turned on at the center first and
then little at each side to remove
all shadows from the plate.
For use on sewing machines in large
factories when it is necessary to wax
the thread rapidly a new device con-
sists of tank to hold the wax with an
outlet pipe, opening into a tube
through which the thread runs, the
wax being thin enough to run into the
thread tube and keep it full.