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Popular Science Monthly 



An easily operated machine for putting "crowns" 

 on bottles 



A 



A Bottle-Sealing Machine for 

 the Home 

 SEATTLE inventor has patented 

 a light, inexpensive bottUng- 

 machine, operated by hand, which may 

 be folded into a compact form. It has 

 a hand-lever with a metal device shaped 

 like an inverted cup mounted near the 

 fulcrum on the under side, so that a 

 pressure of approximately three hun- 

 dred and fifty pounds is exerted upon 

 the metal caps used to seal the bottles. 

 The lever may be hinged at four dif- 

 ferent heights to accommodate four dif- 

 ferent sizes of bottles, so that the bottle- 

 sealer is very convenient for bottling 

 fruit juices, cider or spring waters at 

 home. The metal caps are obtainable 

 at a very low price and are already 

 crimped around the edge, but left flar- 

 ing to fit over the rim of the neck. 



The cup-shaped device on the under 

 side of the lever presses the caps down 

 and squeezes the flaring, crimped sides 

 together, thus sealing the bottle air- 



tight, since the caps are lined with a cork 

 pad. The machine is constructed of 

 wood and measures about fourteen 

 inches in height and the same in length 

 when set up. It can be packed flat, since 

 the base and upright bar fold together, 

 and the lever is removable. 



An Electric Fan Suspended by 

 Its Own Wire 



AN ingenious electric fan which may 

 be used in any ordinary electric 

 light socket is shown in the accompany- 

 ing illustration. As the weight of the 

 fan complete with its socket and guard 

 is but slightly over two pounds, it may 

 be suspended from any light-cord with- 

 out injuring the connections. 



The five-inch fan is operated by a one 

 hundred and ten-volt motor, suitable for 

 either alternating or direct current. The 

 blades run at high speed and throw an 

 air current over a large area. It is said 

 that this tiny fan has met with instant 

 favor, as it saves the space and operat- 

 ing expense of the usual eight and ten- 

 inch fans. 



A fan which hangs in an ordinary lamp 

 socket and cools a whole room 



