Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-10
LITTLE THINGS
TO Be INVENTED
FORTUNES IN IDEAS IF ABLE
TO EVOLVE THEM
Millions to Lucky Persons Who Dis
cover Solutions to These Prob
Iems-AlI important, but
None Require Outlay
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 9.-There are
still lots of chances for inventors. 1t is
an old saying that the simplest devices
are the ones which prove most profit
able to their originators. The field is
not yet exhausted.
For instance, it Is asserted that the
genius who conceives a process for
loading coal on ocean going steamers
which will effect saving of one-half
cent ton over the present methods
employed can get a check for $1,000,-
900 for his idea the minute he is ready
to demonstrate the practicability of his
plan.
But, valuable as would be such an
idea, it is a question whether 1t would
bring larger price than a method of
treating straw hats to prevent them
from changing color with the weather
There is also demand in the Ameri-
can household as well as in large can
ming establishments for an effective
and rapidly working device for sealing
cans. Fully fifty patents have been
granted for contrivances aimed to meet
this want, but the ideal has not yet
been reached.
A typewriter that will do it's work
ing and clacking would bring good re-
turn to the inventor and would be as
great boon to humanity as speech
less barber.
Airship Field
In the airship field there is ample
opportunity for fortune making, and
the submarine boat can still be inn
proved upon profitably. A flying ma
chine that will go up and down and
submarine that will go down and
come up at the pleasure of the operator
are nightly to be desired and would
be of vast financial value.
The genius who contrives a motor
actuated solely by the rays of the
sun or the waves of the sea, and OF
practical use, is assured of fortune
and a niche in the hall of fame.
Shoe manufacturers have long sought
neat and durable substitute for
leather, and they are willing to pay
handsomely the man who solves this
riddle for them.
| Millions of dollars await the man
who invents a substitute for coal. One
of the biggest bills of the world OF
civilization is its fuel bill. Cut this
down trifle a year by any new means
and a fortune surprising Rockefeller
will be the reward.
A device that will entirely oblterate
the grating mechanical sounds of the
talking machine will find a dozen bid
ders with certified checks waiting to
purchase it.
The man who devises a method oi
cleaning a ships bottom without dock
| ing 1t will never have to work another
day in his life, and can take trip in
his own private yacht If he desires tc
dc so.
1t is estimated that milliens of dol.
| lars are locked up in waste of various
kinds from factories. Any scheme thai
will effectually utilize this waste ant
save the millions will fill the Golfers o.
the inventor with coin.
Probably 500 patents have been Sc
cured on non-reusable boxes and fiv'
times as many on non-refillable bottles
but no one of these meets all the re
uuirements. The inventor of the per
feet thing in either of these classes
will live on the fat of the land for tn,
rest of his days.
Automatic chicken pickers and oyste
shuckers are in demand.
One of the ideas upon which the in
ventor may exercise his ability witt
profitable results if he is successful /
an automatic gas cock that will shu
off the flow as soon as the gas is ex
tinguiShed.
There is a self-sharpening paper cut
ter which keeps it's blade on edg
through the very process of cuttin
paper There is a tidy 100000 waitin
for the man who can apply the sam
principle to scissors and shears.
A pen that will not corrode, a pi
that will not dull, gasoline for auto
mobiles that will not smell, an in
!, that will not evaporate. colorlng mat
ter for light dress goods that will nc
!! fade, a self-lubricating sewing machine
, an automatically puncture closin
pneumatic tire for bicycles and auto
mobiles, a perfect smoke consumer
device for accurately timing Gamer
exposures. a typewriter key that wi
not clog, and hundreds of other scheme
; that will add to the comfort an
!, economy of living, are all waiting I
be brought to that stage of perfectio
that will make them serviceable.