Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-10-16
INVENTIONS GET
WIERD PATENTS
SOME UTTERLY mPRACTICABLI
IN THEIR FIiEAkISHNESS.
OTHERS ARE NOT VALID
Device For Teaching Milking, Prcscr,
htion Of Body aud Glnss Clocks
Are Among Others.

The United states Patent office ha,
| now granted nearly one million pat.
onN. large per contngc of these
| are undoubtedly valid under the law
Not nearly so many however are
commercially valuable Some few.
which may or may not be- valid In law
appear so Imp0cticable that they may
De termed freaks
In 1854 a patent was granted for a
iapoWprm trap, consisting Of an OBJ
long box, thrcc-luurths of uu inch long
ant Ono-lourth 0t an inch In diameter
and having rounded ends aud AN open
ing iis Side Inside the box is a
sprlugprcssod part having gernitcd
edge A bait that is, food for the
worm ls pnccd In the trap, A string
ls attached 10 the trap After fasting
long enough a. mike tnc worm hungry
the patent swallows the trap The
worm puts IT'S head into the trap
through the side opening and attacks
the bait movement of which releases
the spring-prcsspd part of the box SO
that the worm is thus caught rhc
patient then pulls the trap and the
worm out of his great within the
writer however has found no authen-
ticatcd record ot q successful removal
by means OF this trap Tha trlo IS ~
lustrAtod
Claim ! Of a patent granted to a
Mr.. Converse reads as follows. AS
an urticlc 'of manufacture dry.
semicuokcd, pitted prune, substant-
tally rs described" II that Is valid.
housewives must not let the fire go
out under the pot Of stewing prunes.
nor let a single pruno while in semi
cooked condition, lose It's pit and juice
else they win be liable for damages
for infringement ot his patent
The attention of housewives should
also be called to patent taken out
by one Carr No more can they make
the turnover" or little Iiie. our
grlndmothor3 used 10 make for u.s. for
MI Carr has claim for forming
dough into disks or blanks Impress
ing the same with transverse grooves,
and then folding the Impressed blanks
aloug the lines of the grooves
While II was In force the farmers
Of the country utilized any ctray corn
cob as u curryComb or for other pol
ishng purposes were patent infrug-
ers, for the reason that In 1891 A. r.
Good received a patent for a polishing
conc consisting of a oorncoh, as Illus
Uptod
II took two men aud a hen to re
duc' To practice an invention the OBJ
Jeci oi which is To provide a regis
toling counter for recording the total
number of eggs laid by u hen or other
fowl, the device to be attached direct
ly TO the fowl and to be- worn indefin-
itely' Claim is as follows:
In am indicating device the COM
hiuation of register, Naid means
adopted to be set In operation by an
egg issuing from the fowl operating
means for said register, and means for
attaching the device TO the body of a
fowl
\ man named Sparks has patented
a device for preventing hens from
setting comprising a hood or binder
to keep the hen from seeing to the
right or left or upward The inventor
states that a hen will never fly where
II cannot first look The device thus
keeps the hen from flying into the
nest for setting purposes, Shanahan|
has patented un electric ogg-holdng
device designed 10 break up or re-
duce to "A minimum the practice of
egg picking SO prevalent among domes
tic fowls"
Among other patents of interest to
FARMERS may ne mentioned lndt OF
T. j DeNrcs for tclching milking
His invention comprises a receptaclol
shaped like the uddcr and teats of a
COW The pendant teats are soft and
comprcssable so MS to INITIATE the
Welding nature of a natural teat
IL Is feared that this ingenious in
,cntion may build up false hopes in
the heart Of the city maiden who as
pires to become "a proficient country
milk maid When she first tackles
the real thing and the COW puts one
foot In the milk pail and the other
one in her lap and its tail in her face, T,
the would-be milk-maid viii, it isl
thought, be firmly convinced that tho
United states patent system Is far iu-
.erior to that of Germany
Joseph Karwowsk seeks TO outdo |
he ancient Egyptians. and proposes
10 preserve the dead 10y first sur
'ouuding the corpse with a. coating of
sodium silicate twatcr glass; and
hen surrounding the same with an !
outer coating of molten glass" You
,n preserve lthe entire figure Of |
our departed friend or enemy, or his
,cad only. The rull-length preserve" |
'ould bc utilized as a lawn statute, |
while the hodilesS head could he plac- |
d ON the mantle In the stead of "A |
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