Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1898 — RECENT INVENTIONS. [ARTICLE]

RECENT INVENTIONS.

Pens can be quickly removed from a new penholder, a sliding piece being set Inside the barrel to clamp the pen In position for use, and a knob set in a slot in the barrel to force the sliding piece outward and release the pen. To prevent the extinction of the flame of bicycle lamps in high winds an additional guard is used to cover the top of the lamp which extends along the front and sides of the top and prevents sudden draughts reaching the light. To do away with the use of tacks in laying carpets a new fastener Ih formed of metal blocks which are inserted under the edge of the carpet and have grooved sections to support the raids of toothed rods which hold the carpet In place. A newly designed flour bln and sifter has a U-shaped wire screen at the bottom, in which rests a square block to be turned by a crank and force the flour out, the block being of such shape as to prevent flour coming from the sifter except when turned. Insects cannot crawl into a recently patented bed which has a frame with a canopy top and a shaft set in the center of the frame, on which are wound the cords which suspend the bed, a crank and chain gearing being used to adjust its height. To sound an alarm in case of Are a number of fusible cords are strung through the rooms of a building and extend through the walls to support torpedoes or cartridges which explode as boon as they are dropped to the ground by the severing of the cord. To tighten the tires of wagon wheels t newly designed felloe has two Vahaped ends lying close together, with a pair of wedges mounted in the opening, to be drawn together by a bolt until they Increase the circumference of the felloe far enough to grip the tire.