Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-08-15
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would weave it. The army man there
upon invented weaving machine, wove
| trunkful Of belts and set sail for Eu-
| rope. There he sold the belt rights TO
each country separately and started back
home with half the money on the con-
tinent.
Arriving in Washington he was ap-
preached by departmental officials who
had heard, by way of Europe, OF the
merits of the woven belt Having his
back up, the officer thereupon made I'm
Gle Sam pay him a fancy price for the
| rights TO use the belt He gets a royalty
or OF every one that Is belted about
the zone of soldier. There were more
than million and a half Of them bought
IN single decade. General Mills built
a tall office building across the street
| from the war department with the pro-
ceeds of his sales to the government and
| rented this as an overflow office build
ing for that department. So does the
belt continue to extract indirectly coin
Of the realm from the government
AS indicative Of the fact that inven-
tlon knows no class, the success of
Francis II. BuZzicott a private in the
army, may be cited. Buzzicott was
entaile1 to the mess squad. The re-
sponsibrlity Of cooking three square
meals day for some 1900 men fell
to him and a few associates. More
over. the meals must be prepared in
the field. on the march, and with the
assistance Of only sucn utensils as
| might be easily transported. All this
| came when the army was endeavoring
to free itself of the necessity of eat
ing hardtack when on the hike. The
| great need was an oven adapted to the
purpose Of cooking bread in the field
Buzzicott invented one. 1t Is a
| sheetiron cube, four feet In every Ill
| mension. 1t weighs but 40 poun Is
and is collapsihle. 1t may be knocke
down and thrown into a wagon and
will occupy little space. 1t may be
set up In a moment and 1t will supply
| loo men. 1t filled long-felt need.
The government has bought 100000
worth of these ranges already. They
are manufa ,sured by a Arm that pays
handsome royalty to the former pri-
vate soldier. and that parsonage Is liv-
ing In affluence.
BOTTLE STOPPER PROFITS.
When anybody in the Unitei States
|
that phizes with intent to quench a
thirst he pays the fraction of cent
in royalties to William H. Painter. who
lrves In Baltimore. Painter Is the
man who invented the little metal cap
that fits on the mouth Of all the beer
and soda water bottles Of the nation.
and there is promise that consider
able number of these will be loosened
before the summer Is over.
This cap Is the simplest thing imagin-
able. yet there Is no stopper that COM
pares with IT. Painter, however. car
ried this patent about In his pocket TOT
six years before ne found a hacker to
manufacture the cap. Eventually
man was found who advanced small
Iamounts OF money. and received nan
interest in the patent in return. The
irst year the net returns were $T,Vo
and this gave the capital for larger
operations, and millions have resulted.
Painter was not. however, the first
man to make fortune in shoppers
There was man named De Quillefeldt
who lived in New Jersey. and who
some 20 years ago. struck a staggering
blow at the cork shoppers. His inven'
ton was a rubber stopper that wal
n ~
means Of piece of stiff metal that
was pulled down as a lever at the side
Of the bottle neck. All milk bottles
had this fastener In the days OF ou'
youth.
De Quillefeldt Is said to have made
slaW"o out Of this patent He mel
his Waterloo however, when a yet sim
pier Idea appeared. Some enterprts
, Ing individual so cut a piece Of paste
, board as to make II ft snugly into thu
mouth OF milk bottles and stick. 1t would
} be difficult TO imagine simpler patent
than this. Yet It entirely outdid the multi
millionaire of the stopper that preceded
, 1t. and put him out OF business.
CAPITALIZED SIMPLICITY.
The piece OF pasteboard used as a stop
per does not. however hold the record fol
fortunes made upon ideas so simple as Il
be ignored by the multitude. The hook
and eye that plays such an important par
In holding feminine garments together
lwas reasonably stumble thing In thu