Little Inventions to Make Life Easy 



Why Weren't They Thought of Before? 



Small Electric Heater 



THE electric 

 heater 

 shown in the 

 illustration is very 

 serviceable for 

 quickly heating 

 small quantities 

 of water or other 

 liquid in a suit- 

 able vessel. The 

 large heating surface insures very quick 

 action. An easily detached connector 

 adds to the convenience. 



T 



Packing the Things You Never Can 

 Cram into Your Suitcase 



'HE attach- 

 ment fits the 

 side of a suitcase 

 and is meant to 

 increase the 

 capacity of the 

 interior. The 

 central rectangle 

 is made of stiff 

 material, while 

 the side-pieces 

 fold in on it, completely covering what- 

 ever is placed inside. The neat, flat 

 bundle thus made may then be fastened 

 to the side of the suitcase with tie straps 

 provided for the purpose. 



The Fruit Picker's Sleeve -Chute 



ATTACHED 

 to the wrist 

 of the operator 

 is a sleeve. Fruit 

 grasped by the 

 hand slides down 

 the cloth tube 

 and into the bag. 

 The fruit-picker's 

 other hand is thus 

 left free to grasp a ladder, tree-branch, 

 or other support. Much time is thus 

 saved over the older method of holding 

 a pail or basket with one hand and 

 dropping picked fruit into it with the 

 other. 



A 



Safety-First for Window -Cleaners 

 SMALL 



platform 

 is clamped to a 

 window-ledge to 

 serve as an exten- 

 sion to the outer 

 sill. This gives a 

 wider foothold 

 outside the 

 window and ma- 

 terially increases the safety with which 

 window-washing operations may be 

 undertaken on high buildings. A railing 

 around the top of the platform lessens 

 the danger of a chance miss-step. 



A Mitten -Duster 



AM I T T E N- 

 duster which 

 can be slipped on 

 the hand enables 

 the housewife to 

 dust furniture as 

 with the ordinary 

 dust cloth and at 

 the same time keep 

 her hand perfectly L, 

 clean. The mitten consists of a hand- 

 shaped piece of soft felt; a bunch of 

 cotton yarn is attached to the lower 

 edge and serves to gather the dust. 



Muffler for Bowling-Pins 



THE noise 

 made by 

 falling bowling 

 pins is a nuisance, 

 especially when 

 the alleys are in 

 the vicinity of a 

 hotel or other 

 place where quiet 

 is desirable. This difficulty is overcome 

 in large part by cutting a groove in the 

 belly of the pin and in the top, and then 

 putting in place a rubber band to deaden 

 the sound made by the falling pins. 

 This acts effectively as a muffler and 

 reduces insomnia in nearby places to a 

 minimum. 



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