Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-28
lNVENTS AUTOMATIC
GAS BILL DELIVERY
Many California Inventors Granted
Exclusive Rights to Ideas by
United States Patent
Office

The following patents were issued
during the past week to residents of
California and were reported through
the office of James T. Barkelew, engi-
neer and patent attorney, 72S Central
building.
Stephen A. Holman, Santa Maria,
rail joint; James R. Orr, Fresno,
wheeled cultivator; Joseph P. Edwards,
Chico, vibrator for telephone transmit
tiers; Winfield L. Dinsmoor, Long
Beach, Ullage rod; Martin Elias, Los
Angeles, mouthpiece for telephones;
Prince c. Hopkins, Santa Barbara,
mechanical toy; Charles A. Taber, oak
land chemical mixing hopper; Gustave
w. Haas, Los Angeles, attachment for
chairs; Charles A. Harp, Sacramento,
motor car; Clarence G. Patterson
Berkeley, filter for metallurgical and
other purposes; William H. Arnold
Oakland, wheel bearing; Richard w.
Gallagher, San Francisco, bill delivery
mechanism for meters; Wiley P. Sugg,
Oakland, dredging sleeve; Thomas E.
Cruess, Salinas, car brake; Charles d.
Cromley, San Francisco, bagging ma
chine; Robert B. Love, Antioch, auto
mobile safety device; Camilla H. Mer-
Ger, Vinton, portable table; Winfield S.
Morrison, San Francisco, dentifrice;
Henry w. Lunceford, Los Angeles, hy-
drant; David ROdreick, San Diego,
vacuum and flushing apparatus; Lu-
Their c. Brown, Lemoore, means for
tire imitation, Albert Lawrence, Los
Angeles, rail joint
The vibrator invented by Joseph P.
Edwards is adapted to do away with
the necessity of shaking up" the tele-
phone when sounds are indistinctly
heard through it. In all transmitters
now used there is a small cup con-
tanning graduated carbon, and if these
granules become packed they fail to
perform their duty. A slight shaking
or knock suffices to release the gran
ules. The vibrator is SO arranged that
it knocks the transmitter in an eff
cient manner on a slight movement
by the finger
The mechanical toy invented by
Prince c. Hopkins is designed to rep
resent a knightly fitting tournament.
There are two knights. each loosely
mounted on horse and carrying lances
which may be manipulated so that
either knight may be endorsed when
the two are sent toward each other.
The whole device is arranged as an
interesting and realistic game,
Gustave w. Haas has invented a
useful attachment which may be easily
applied to an ordinary roking chair
to transform it into a wheel chair. a
concordance
is thus made into a means for locomo-
ton without removing the invalid from
his position. After moving, the wheels
may be readily detached and the occu-
pant can then enjoy his rocker.
Automatic Gas Bills
A novel money Saving device has
been invented by Richard w. Gala
CHER in the form of an automatic bill
delivery mechanism for gas and cleo
trio meters The mechanism is so ar
ranged that the bill for gas or cleo
tricity used is printed within the ma
chine and is passed out where it can
be removed. This invention does away
with the necessity for meter readers
and also obviates the mistakes attend
ant upon such readings The user is
always sure that the amount of the bill
is for exactly the amount registered by
the meter.
protective coating somewhat SINH
lar to the chain armor used in olden
days. or to the chain dish mops used
by housewives at the present time, is
used for a protective coating on the
inside of tubes for dredger work This
Invention the work of Wiley p. Sugg
Is intended to protect the flexible por-
lions Of the tube from the wear and
tear incident to the passage of abrasive
material through the tube. Some ma
teriaIs cut through an ordinary flexible
tube in a very short time, and the OBJ
ject of this invention is to do away
with the unnecessary expense by this
cutting.
Rail Joints have occupied the atten-
| ton of inventors for some time AL
bert Lawrence has invented a device
of this class which has several advan-
! tageous features. In it the rails are