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THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



Recent Novel Patents 



Convenient Cigarette Box , 



Probably the latest luxury for the growing army 

 of American cigarette smokers is a compact box 

 from which the cigarettes are withdrawn by means 

 of paper tabs. The tabs extend to the bottom of 

 the box, under the cigarettes, and up to the opposite 

 side, where they are pasted. 



Novel Drafting Instrument 



An instrument which is claimed to be able to per- 

 form a variety of drafting gymnastics has recently 

 been invented by a Los Angeles man. It consists of 

 a rigid support attached to the drafting board and a 

 collapsible frame resembling in operation the collapsible 

 doors at the ends of Pullman trains. This frame ex- 

 tends outwards to a considerable distance over the 

 drafting board surface and, because of its peculiar 

 construction, always remains parallel to the point 

 at which it is originally fixed. A ruling device is 

 attached to the end of the collapsible support. 



Ingenious Brush Holder 



A Philadelphian has invented a brush clamping de- 

 vice which is ingenious in many respects. The brush 

 holder comprises a pair of duplicate clamps which 

 are pivoted together and forced into close contact 

 with the bristles by means of a machine screw. A 

 socket is provided which projects from one clamp 

 and into which the brush handle is inserted; a screw 

 hole is provided for fastening the handle to the 

 socket. The jaws of this clamp are curved, to ac- 

 commodate various brushes. 



New Food Bag for Horses 



The old idea in feeding bags for horses, no matter 

 what were its humanitarian intentions, was more 

 or less of a de-appetizer for the animal. A new bag 

 for feeding grain to horses has been brought out by 

 an inventor in Newark and has advantages mani- 

 festly superior to the old type. It consists of a pan 

 having folding sides and ends and a metallic hopper 

 which allows the grain to run automatically into the 

 pan as the horse eats. 



Cigarette and Match Holder 



Anything to do with cigarettes is interesting to the 

 American public, because the American public, ac- 

 cording to very conservative estimates, smokes up- 

 wards of one hundred million cigarettes a day, and 

 that estimate is increasing very rapidly. A really 

 useful and ingenious cigarette appliance will bring 

 more royalties to an inventor than an automobile 

 invention. One of the latest "cigarette patents" is- 

 sued was based on a combination cigarette and match 

 holder. The matches are contained under the flap 

 of the cigarette box. A scratching surface is provided^ 



Holder for Pocket Lights 



No other field of electrical development has seen 

 such a rapid increase in the number and diversity 

 of applications as that taken by the seemingly com- 

 monplace electric pocket flashlight. Within the past 

 few years it has improved from a toy and an uncer- 

 tain speculation to a thoroughly reliable and highly 

 efficient tool. One of the most recent improve- 

 ments for the benefit of the user is an adjustable 

 holder into which the pocket lamp may be placed and 

 held in any position while work in the darkness is 

 going on. 



A Copying Device 



From a small settlement in the Canadian North- 

 west comes a clever idea in a hand writing device 

 which the patent authorities at Washington consider 

 ingenious enough to warrant the granting of a United 

 States patent. The writing to be copied is placed on 

 a ruler-like support above the pen. A curved tracing 

 point follows the curves and angles of the writing. 



A Needle-Threader 



A needle-threading device which, from the stand- 

 point of simplicity of construction and operation, 

 is a vast improvement over the countless needle- 

 threading machines brought put since the needle was 

 first thought of. is the subject of a patent recently 

 granted to a New York inventor. A thin wire loop 

 is attached at one end to a small handle. The opposite 

 end of the loop terminated in a sharp angle. 





