Evening star., 1925-08-09
Discarded Old Models to Be Sold to Public by Patent Off

! Hemmings of New Haven devised one
! on which a man would take his seat
within giant traction wheel with a
! combination Of guide pulleys and traV-
, erse wheels within.
A pioneer in the art of velocipeding
! on a body of Water-which still sur
wives in the famous swan boats =
was Lewis d. Bum of Morristown.
y. j., who submitted his model of a
swan-drawn floating velocipede in
1863. This was propelled by foot ped
aling and steered by hand with rudder
attachment.
To guard against the age-old calam-
| ity of persons swallowing poison from
bottles picked up by mistake in the
dark, Joseph Harrison of Philadelphia
! in 1871 invented a spiked band for bot
| ties TO contain poison, one band of
sharp points surrounding the cork, so
| that it could not be removed without
| the attention of the person being
"alled to the fact that he or she had a
poison bottle in hand
Another design for a poison bottle
was patented by William NJ. Caterson
of Philadelphia in 1873. This shows a
vessel with a skull in bold relief, so
that as the hand closed about the bot
| tie one would know at once that il
| contained poison
Another model is for apparatus to
| prevent person while asleep from
| turning on his back This MAS sub
mitted by Richard T. Sullivan Of
| Needham, Mass, and patented October
/ -. 1872.
/ \ life-p preserving mattress. to serve
! as Il boat in case of shipwreCk was
! patented by Hannah 3. Mountain Of
! New York in 1873
IONE hundred and fifty years ago,
~ when men followed the plow and
/ guided it by hand much more than
/ they DO today, since the tractor has
| come into use, men sought shelter
! from the tOrrid rays OF the sun 10
! conserve their ability to toll for more
than a 12-hour day. one of the little
( efforts to succor these dirt farmers
was made by jefferson 3. Darby Of
! Fort Motto. $. c.. who secured "A pat
ent on a shade attachment for plow
| in 1874.
Men got "cold feet in the old davs
as well as noW-and mostly more SO.
| To relieve this suffering William Tell
! Steiger of Howard County. Nd Sc
| cured patent on a contraption which
| ran pipes down a mans trOuSer legs
to inner SOleS at the feet. and with a
mouthpiece into which the wearer or
any other person might breathe. send
! ing the surplus hot air to comfort
| the cold feet. In his specifications he
| explains: In very cold nights il is
often found difficult to keep the feet
comfortable in bed, especially in the
/ case of invalids or persons Of cold
temperament. and as consequence
! they spend sleepless nights"
| The beauty culturiSts of today who
! find competition in practically every
| city block, with the increasing de-
mands of milady in all walks of life
| for physical improvement in form and
! feature, had a prototype in Fanny c.
| Batcheller of Boston. Mass. who piled
! this trade before the present opera
/ tors were born. Those who today
| operate the electric needle and other
ultra modern devices of beauty tor
! ture will laugh at the crude imple-
ments on which Miss Batcheller got
| her patents in 1881 for a finger com
press and on IA device for restoring
! facial symmetry.
| The self-tipping hat or saluting de
vice is of modern origin. patented in
! 1896 by James G. Boyle of Spokane,
| Wash, who assigned one-half of his
| rights to John Neil of the same place.
This consists of an intricate arrange
ment of machinery in an oldfash-
| ioned derby" hat
/ Many and varied have been the
! hunting decoyS that the Patent Office
! has been called upon to protect. John
! SieVerS, jr., of AmeS, Nebr.. devised
one of the most elaborate. which re-
| Sembled a COW, and within which
several hunters would conceal them
/ selves The head could be let down
so that the COW would appear TO be
grazing while the hunters fired at
birds in the air or through portfolios
in the sides.
In the DAYS of the tram cars Mat
thew c. Campbell of Philadelphia in
vented one resembling a whale, with
/ spouting or blowing devices, which
was expected to be very popular with
children as concession at an amuse-
| ment park.
Attempts to curb snoring seem to
/ have been numerous. and ingenious.
! Svante Anderson of Chicago got a pat
ent on mouthpiece, something like
horses bit. He explained that
snoring is caused by breathing with
! the mouth open, thus allowing a large
and unbroken volume of air to enter
| the glotis." He claimed his invention
breaks up the volume of air and regu-
lates the way in which the lips come
| together.
Another anti-snoring device re
sembled an ear trumpet, extending
from the mouth of the sleeper TO his
own ear, so that the noise of his own
snoring is carried forcefully TO his
own hearing apparatus and wakes
him up.
A third snore-curber consists of
chin strap which holds the mouth
from opening and forces the sleeper
to breathe through the nostrils.
ANDREW Jackson, jr., of Muncle,
Tenn, took pity on poor biddy, and
got a patent on an eye-protector for
chickens to shield them against
other fowls that might attempt to
peck them-one that may easily be
removed so as to prevent blindness,
and one that can be adjusted to any
chicken.
Another peculiar contraption is
one-wheeled vehicle invented by
John Otto Lose of Paterson, n. ].
1t is unicycle, without spokes, de-
signed to carry one or more persons,
operated from within, carrying its
! own awning, and with only one wheel
! touching the ground.
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! AN accordiou~style railway gate,
"A attached to the front of a loco
motive, to be shot ahead of the train
as approach is made to a railroad
crossing to prevent slaughter of
live stock, with a steam whistle at
tachment. was patented in 1885 by
| William Bell of Verona, Miss.
| In the days when men bartered "a
kingdom for a horse" and the auto
mobile was undreamed of, Mitchell r.
Heatherly of Mundell, Ark, got a
patent on a single wheeled vehicle
which consisted. Of a metal arm, at
tached to the saddle on a horse, ex-
tensible to about yard behind the
horse, and with a wheel resting on
the ground, supplied with footrests.
on which a man or woman could
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