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THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



Recent Novel Patents 



High Chair for Children 



An apparatus which can be attached to the back 

 of an ordinary dining-room chair and convert it into 

 a high chair suitable to children, is the subject of 

 a patent recently granted to an inventor of Ohio. 

 The device consists of a stout board fitted with sev- 

 eral straps which serve as braces and supports to 

 hold the child in place. These straps pass over the 

 back of the chair and are buckled behind. 



Hand Mirror for the Motorist 



A convex mirror, to be attached to the back of the 

 hand, and whose purpose is to show to the driver 

 of an automobile the condition of the traffic behind 

 him, has been brought out by a Chicagoan. The mir- 

 ror, which is quite small, is attached to the back of 

 the hand by means of three straps which converge 

 at a point in the centre of the palm. The advan- 

 tage of the mirror is that it does not interfere at 

 all with the freedom of the chauffeur's hands, and 

 is at the same time always convenient. 



An Improved Window Scraper 



A decided improvement upon the usual type of 

 window cleaner, or scraper, which consists of a rub- 

 ber lip held at the end of a long handle, has been 

 invented by a man in Georgia. It consists of a 

 long, shallow trough along one side of which is 

 fastened the customary rubber lip for scraping the 

 moisture from the surface of the window. In the 

 ordinary type of window cleaner the moisture drips 

 from the rubber, but in the new one the trough 

 catches the water. 



Pocket Pencil Holder 



Two light coils of spring wire, which stretch across 

 a vest pocket to hold pens and pencils in place, is 

 the subject of a patent recently granted to a man 

 in Massachusetts. The ends of the coils are fas- 

 tened to the inside of the pockets and the pens and 

 pencils are thrust down between them. Half way 

 between the ends of the coils a joint is made, its 

 purpose being to give more rigidity to the hold which 

 4ie coils have upon the pens and pencils. 



Combined Table and Settee 



A broad settee, which in the twinkle of an eye 

 can be converted into a broad, solid table, has been 

 patented by a New York inventor. Unlike its pro- 

 totype, the innocent looking centre table, which can 

 be changed by a hand twist into a poker table, or 

 vice versa, this invention is intended for purely 

 domestic purposes, where space is limited. The 

 table top, when not in use, slides and folds back 

 of the seat by means of an ingenious arrangement 

 of hinges. To convert the bench into a table, the 

 back board is swung up and over, fitting in grooves 

 cut in the arms. 



Chain-Engaging Machine 



A chain-engaging tool by means of which a tre- 

 mendous amount of leverage is gained in handling 

 large chains has been patented by a Detroit man.- 

 The tool is provided with a heavy hook at one end 

 and along its sides are riveted notched tracks. A 

 bar is inserted through a long slot in the centre of 

 the machine through which a bar passes, having a 

 pin and rachet by means of which the chain is 

 advanced. A hook is fashioned on the end of the 

 bar. 



Saves Time Tying Packages 



A package tying device, which will probably be of 

 interest to mail order houses and magazines, is the 

 subject of a recent patent. This device consists 

 merely of a stamped fibre piece containing a num- 

 ber of slots into which the cord passes. 



Sanitary Cuspidor 



A cuspidor, containing a self-disinfecting apparatus, 

 is the latest word in sanitation. Outwardly it resem- 

 bles the usual type of office cuspidor, but inwardly 

 there is sufficient difference to earn the inventor pat- 

 ent rights. At several points about the inside of the 

 cover small hooks are provided. Upon these hooks 

 hang tiny, non-spillable cups filled with a powerful 

 disinfectant. The disinfectant constantly evaporating, 

 completely stifles the usual offensive odor of the 

 cuspidor. 



