The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-05
new CADGET PUTS
GLOSS FINISH ON
LOVELY SOAP BAR

h!CHMOND, Va, Jan. AP-r
method OF giving that glossy loos
to cakes Of soap, a machin. ~.
killing insects in flour, a sanduI W.
making machine, a proce,, W.
making a newly crinkled synsh..
ical fabric and method Of ms.
ing a hard wax directly from mss,
cane, are among the 444 paten,.
granted this week by the Unjt.s
States Patent Office.
Four patents were given n,
various inventions involving tsx
tiles, twelve patents were assipnss
to the General Electric corpor,.
ton this week, five to the Rad.
Corporation Of America, and Tow
to the telephone industry repre-,
sented by Bell Telephone labora,
tories, Inc, and Federal Telephon,
and Radio corporation.
The method and apparatu, IA,
treating soap products was pat.
ented by Thomas Penny, Of Brim.
stage, lexington, England, and a.
signed to Lever Brothers Com.
pany, Of Cambridge, Mass. Bar,
of soap are put into a steaminr
chamber, each bar separated from
contact with any other piece Of
soap. After the steanling, the soan
is sent into a drying chamber
where dry air finishes the glossify.
ing process.
Franklin S. Smith, Of BETHANY
Conn.,, patented the method and
apparatus for the treatment Of In
sects in flour. The patent is unas
signed. As the flour or other solid
product which can be poured
passes through casing-ike struc.
ture, it is rotated and then sent
through a sieve-like trap at the
bottom of the structure. All flour
particles fall through the openings
but the insects and other ex.
traneous particles which are larg.
er than the flolr bits are left be.
hind.
A furnigating method for treating
insect-infested grain stored in bins
was patented by Fred w. Fletcher
and Gene Kenaga, of Midland,
Mich, and assigned to the Dow
Chemical company, Of Midland. A
volatile fumigant composed Of
solution Of from two to 20 per cent
of ethylene bromide in carbon
tetrachloride is injected in the top
of the bin and onto the surface Of
the stored grain.
Two tables Of different height,
are utilized in the sandwich-mak.
ing machine patented by Bengt A.
Arvidson, Of Villa Park, H., and
assigned the Miller Wrapping and
Sealing Ma chine company, Of Chi.
cago. A conveyor on the higher
of the tables has pockets for bread
slices, and as the bread moves
along, every other slice is spread
with the filling for the sandwich.
Then the bread steps off to the
lower table, the coated slice fall.
ing first. The plain piece of bread
falls right on top, and there's the
sandwich butterless.
The three inventors Of a new
crinkled plastic fabric know that
some fabric stretches when it is
wet. This principle they have
utilized in their patent, assigned
to. the Celanese Corporation Of
Yarns of thermoplastic
material and those Of a non,ther.
moplastic material are associated
in the same direction in a fabric.
The material is moistened, stretch.
ed and dried while it's in pulled.
out condition. When the tension is
released the non-thermoplastic
yarns spring back farther than the
others, and the result is q sub.
stantially permanent crinkle effect
in the yarn. The inventors are
Cyril M. Croft, Walter H. Hinde,
and Robert w Pinault, of Cumber
and, Md.
The production Of sugar cane
wax, patented by Werner F. Goep
'ert, of Oradell, N. j., is accom-.
by heat and chemical
treatment of sugar cane muds.
A convertible attachment that
makes a bicycle a four-wheelet
vas patented by Clyde R. Kutil, p
Sioux City, Iowa, and is mas
signed. The spares are attached
o the rear wheel of the bicycle and
ire the same size as the Other