Popular Science Monthly 



595 



Adjusting a Shower Spray's Angle 



A SHOWER- 

 BATH at- 

 tachment intend- 

 ed to control the 

 angleof discharge 

 is made by attach- 

 ing two upright 

 pipes to the dis- 

 charge-taps of the 

 supply-pipes. At 

 the desired height elbows are affixed to 

 the pipes to join them in the center. At 

 this point a swiveled T-pipe is connected 

 to both ends of the pipes, so that the 

 angle of the upright portion of the T may 

 be changed at will. To the upper end of 

 the T-section are added the adjustable 

 shower attachment and a handle. 



Both Direct and Indirect Lighting 



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REFLEC- 

 TOR for an 

 electric light is 

 made so that the 

 fixture may be 

 used for either di- 

 rect or indirect 

 lighting. The re- 

 flector is shaped 

 like a canopy, and 

 is held in either position by wire or chain 

 crows' feet leading from the main sup- 

 port. The lamp-receiving socket is en- 

 closed in a standard, which may be 

 coupled directly to the support when the 

 fixture is used for direct lighting. When 

 indirect lighting is desired, the lamp 

 socket is covered by a metal cap. 



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A Coffee Percolator In Your Cup 



SMALL per- 

 colator with 

 which a guest at a 

 restaurant may 

 make a cup of 

 coffee to suit his 

 own taste holds 

 an ordinary cup- 

 ful of liquid. In 

 the container, 

 which is clamped upon the cup, is placed 

 ground coffee and hot water and clear 

 coffee drips through the strainer into the 

 cup. When all the water has dripped 

 out, the container is set aside. 



Blow Up Your Shoes with Air 



IN order to keep 

 expensive and 

 delicate shoes in 

 proper condition 

 when they are not 

 being worn, the 

 pneumatic shoe- 

 tree exerts an ev- 

 en pressure on all 

 parts of the fab- 

 ric. A metal form 

 partially surrounds a flexible sack which, 

 when filled with air, takes the place of 

 the old fashioned wooden tree. The sack 

 naturally follows the lines of the shoe, 

 so the leather is not forced out of shape. 



A Vacuum Cleaner Dust-pan 



ADUST-PAX 

 is made with 

 a false bottom 

 and with a cham- 

 ber in the large 

 end . In this 

 chamber is a bel- 

 lows, actuated by 

 a plunger in the 

 handle. The pas- 

 sageway leading 

 from the bellows through the false bot- 

 tom ends in a lip just below the normal 

 edge of the dust-pan. To remove the 

 last dirt from the floor, the slot is placed 

 over it, and by means of the bellows the 

 dust is quickly sucked in. 



A Spring Cover 

 kN attachment 



for Milk Bottles 



JLA. made of 

 spring steel which 

 consists of a stout 

 handle and a lip 

 and cover for 

 pouring out the 

 contents of a milk 

 bottle is held 

 firmly to the bot- 

 tle by the tension of the spring steel. 

 This exerts an upward pressure on two 

 grips at the base of the bottle, and a 

 downward pressure on the ring which 

 forms the flouring lip at the top. A 

 co\er is hinged to the ring at the top, 

 so that it opens by a pressure of the 

 thumb. 



