The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-21
SOME LATE NEW THINGS.

a new spring Seat-pOSt LOT bicycles
has an air chamber inside the tubing
into which the saddle-post projects.
Skates that are locked on the feet by
pressing the heel of the shoe into the
heel-plate of the skate has just been
patented.
One of the latest designs in incan-
descent lamps is formed by placing the
wire between two sheets of glass set in
a fiat frame.
A handy heater for curling-irons can
be attached to a gas-burner and has an
opening surrounded by jet orifices
into which the iron is thrust.
Detachable hardened steel points for
picks recently patented, will not wear
out as quickly as the usual points and
can be removed for sharpening.
! A newly patented car brake consists
of steel shoe fastened TO the car
above the wheel so that the weight OF
the car helps to apply the brake to the
wheel.
A handy device for lifting a burning
stick of wood or coal is a shovel with a
projecting prong over the blade to be
pressed down by the hand and hold the
coal in place.
To protect the trousers from wearing
by contact with the shoes a cloth-cov-
cred metal guard is attached to the
shoe inside the upper and projects down
around the outside Of the shoe.
A removable tire for bicycles to be
used on the ice, recently patented, has
metal teeth or corrugations on its run
ming surface and clamps to faSten il
around the tire and rim of the wheel.
To prevent the trousers from becom-
ing caught in the pedals or chain of a
bicycle a wire loop is attached to the
pedal and extends ~ high enough to
hold the pants away from the ma
chine.
For use in stretching gloves a new
device consists of a skeleton spring
frame formed of loops on which the
glove is fastened, there being a loop to
go inside of each finger and the
thumb.
A pneumatic bell mechanism for BIZ
cycles has the pump in the rubber
over it, the air being forced into the
small motor into which the bell is at
tached.
A handy bottle for dropping liquids
has a crescent-shaped glass web at
tached to one side of it's fiaring mouth,
with a small opening next to the bottle
rim. through which the liquid runs
slowly.
A machine has just been invented
for the production of duplicate statu-
airy, the mechanism consisting of a
system of revolving cutters attached to
frames operated by a tracer running
over the pattern.
The combination of a cane and
stool is accomplished by means of a
hollow handle in which are placed a
number of steel rods fastened to a
center-poSt to spread out fiat like the
ribs of an umbrella.
A wick tube for lamp burners that /
can be opened for cleaning is hinged at /
one side and has a spring clasp on /
the other, the wick raiser being fas /
tened in one side, and the tube can be (
opened to insert a new wick
To do away with the necessity of .
taking out railroad tickets to show the
conductor, glass ticket-holder is
fastened to the back of the car seat,
which holds the ticket always in
sight.
For checking or unchecking a horse
recently patented device has a strap
attached to the rein, running through
L ring in the check-hook to pull the
check back and fasten it or release it
when fastened.
The latest novelty in the bicycle line
consists in gearing the steering bar to
he seat post, which is turned
rom side to side by the motion of the
BODY, both the hands and feet being
lsed to propel the wheel.
The latest device for the extraction of
lust from cushions, car seats, ETC.,
consists of a metal bell to slide over
he cushions, a pipe being attached to
he upper end and connected with an
lir pump to draw the dust out.
A recently patented lamp that will
lot tip over and always remains in an
Upright position is composed of a hOl
ow glass ball weighted at the bottom ,
md having a light globe on top, the
weight always righting the lamp when
t is tipped.
For use in cleaning a comb a new ]
evice is formed of rubber and has
lots into which the teeth of the comb
It, the cleaner having clasps to fit over
he ends of the comb so that 1t can be j
arried when travelling to prevent the
eeth from breaking. s
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