The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-15
INVENTIONS WANTED,
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l
 large Middle West corporatior | who have made a great deal of mon. | ey from patented articles want tc spend $1O,OO0.00 for four much need ed devices in which they can see a fortune for the manufacturer. The | following paragraphs tell what is wanted:
 $5.0O0 fc-' en Ink We'll
 that can be retailed for $1.00. Made | of glass and vulcanized rubber or similar materials Air tight, non~ l sp1llable, parts so made as not to be- | come imperative from sediment or corrosion, ink must feed free and without squirting and not require pressure on pe-at ef pen. Must be easily opened for filling.
 $1, 800 for an Office Pencil Sharpencr that can be retailed for $500. Any device that looks worth the money and will sharpen soft or hard wood or lead without breakage or waste. Adjustable so long or short point can be made. Must hold pencil with either round or hexagon shape and as short as inches.
 $t ,0OO for a Pocket Pencil Sharpener to retail at 25 cents, pocket size. Must be self sharpening or include attach ed device for sharpening. No pro- iecting sharp points or blades. Cranking Device to start an automobile engine from the chauffeur's seat. It seems very simple compared to many of the problems in automobile building. It is hard to say how much such an in- vention would sell for. There are so many manufacturers looking for it that the inventor could pretty near name his own price. The device us- ed on some high priced cars for the II When the engine is new it works fair ly good but it is too apt to get out of order too expensive to build and maintain 'Cranking'i is the surest and simplest way but it should be done by some device operated from the chauffeur's seat. In two years from now the present crank will be a thing of the past and the inventor who does it can make fortune. More difficult things are being accomplish ed every day. That cranking mo- ton can surely be effected by a force some such contrivance.
 Anti-Joy-Riding Attachment.
 Many automobile accidents are the result of the chauffeur using the ma chine without the owners knowledge or consent. The chauffeur can cas- fly disconnect the speedometer so it won't tell on him. Some device by which the owner can know for sure how much mileage has been run af- ter the chauffeur is dismissed to go to the garage or somo way so the machine can be used for a limited number of minutes, or perhaps 8 time-lock device could be utilized. Something for this purpose must be invented as it is becoming almost a necessity. Like other things so much needed, it will be invented. If it was offered to-day, it would sell for a fortune.
 $2,5OO for a Wood Rim Article.
 This offer is from a large Indiana manufacturer making chairs and wood novelties. Their plant is three stories high and contains several acres floor space. They 'do things" on a large scale. They have special ly good facilities for making chairs or other articles in which sawed out or bent wood rims are used.
 We quote their exact words: We are looking for something to manu- fracture. We prefer to have this something made so that wood rim could be incorporated into it to ad- vantage. We are willing to pay s2,- 500.00 to the inventor of such an ar ticle if it meets with our approval. Now remember, we say we prefer to have a wood rim in it's construction, however, that is not absolutely nec- essary.'
 This offer covers a wide field of useful possibilities, for instance, a folding or adjustable chair, a rock ing or reading chair, "baby walk err chair or high chair, or hundreds of other things in which bent or saw ed out rims or wood shapes are us- ed.
 A Removable Broom.
 It is probably no false prediction to state that the inventor who will improve the broom used by the hun dc in, fho ir,o office buildings will become a mill lionaire. The handle and the bind ing wire of a broom as at present constructed are thrown away as soon as the broom straws wear down to certain distance. The handle and wire are, however, just as good the day the broom handle is discarded as the day the broom was originally made. Why should these two ser viceable clements be thrown away?
 A Garbage IncineratOr.
 The handling of garbage in large cities is serious problem. What is needed is a simple stove or furnace attachment, by means of which gar bage can be expeditiously and eco nomically dried. This dried gar bage forms a splendid fertilizer or the same may be used as a fuel. The that the same can be attached to the smoke pipe or form part of the furnace A stove factory is looking for such an invention.
 Railroad Tie.
 The railroads are looking for a con crete or composition substitute for the wood tie. The ties in their road beds are fast rOtting. The cost of wood ties has doubled in recent years and they foresee in the near future the necessity of a substitute. A California war veteran is reputed to have sold his invention of a con- crete tie for $17,000,000 to a syndi cate of railroads, but this is a big country and the steam and electric railroads offer an unlimited field for ties. This syndicate will doubtless confine the use of their patent tie to their own roads and that will stirn- ulate the demand for a similar tie on other roads. The wood tie will soon be thing of the past and the neces- sity of a substitute will be the moth CT of many inventions and the means of many inventors realizing their hopes
 yIOTHER,S SAEEGJJARD