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T h e A u t o m a t ic A ge
P A T E N T R EVIEW
B y M . P. Laughlin, P atent A ttorn ey , 47 W est 42nd St., N ew Y o rk
A u tom atic E g g M achine
This is indeed the age o f m achin
ery and w e find an in ven tor w ho
hails from Canada and has a v ery
tteat little m achine fo r open in g eggs.
Evidently one needs protection in
handling hen fru it up there.
V en din g M achine M echanism
L. D. R ob erts has been granted
Patent N o. 1,590,700 fo r a m echanism
Released b y check o r coin and em
p loyin g gears and the like to w ork
an ejector.
P erfu m e V en dor O p era tors’
P rotection
P atent N o. 1,590,668 was granted
fo r a gas mask w hich w ould seem
high ly u sefu l to the operators ch a rg
in g the latest fo rm o f perfum e ven
dors. F rom the looks o f the fe llo w
in the mask, he has a profitable route.
V erticle V en d or M echanism
1,590,926, fo r a dispensing m achine
o f sim ple character and evidently es
p ecially adapted to discharge paper
cups from the glass m agazine type
o f vendor.
O il D ispenser
The m odern oil station has a few
vending problem s. T he device show n
in patent N o. 1,590,578, to C. W .
H arris and J. M. R enolds, is evident
ly intended to overcom e one o f these.
I f w e are g o in g to have th at com
pletely autom atic oil station w e in
ven tors w ill have to get busy.
A n oth er P rotector
It appears that our friend from
Canada (m entioned a b ove) is n ot the
on ly one w ho is a little bit leary o f
the fractu red egg. W e find another
m an, a citizen o f the U nited States
this tim e, w ho has an e g g p rotector
m ade o f coiled w ire and p rotectin g
the
individual
egg
(presum ably
against ex p losion ).
A m achine provided w ith an in
clined m agazine
body,
a
spring
pressed m agazine back, and tw o
perm anent h oldin g stops at the fron t
o f the m agazine, is show n in patent
N o. 1,590,925, to D. K. Cam pbell. A n
ingenious and sim ple lever operated
m echanism m oves the article in the
m agazine to one side to clear the
first stop, and then to the opposite
side to clear the second stop, thus
releasing it through a slot. T he de
vice is evidently especially adapted
fo r handling book s or other flat arti
cles w hich can be stacked edgewise.
E igh t states received 75 per cent
o f the im m igrants arriving in the
U nited States in the nine-m onth pe
riod ending M arch 31.
The states
in the order o f the num ber received
w ere: N ew Y ork , M ichigan, M assa
chusetts, Texas, Illinois, C alifornia,
Pennsylvania, and N ew Jersey.
A m erican Paper G oods D ispenser
G overnm ent buildings at F ort Sim-
coe on the Y akim a Indian R eserva
tion are to be converted into a tuber
culosis sanitarium fo r Indians.
The A m erican P aper G oods C om
pany has been assigned patent N o.
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M ore than $158,000,000 w as ex
pended fo r the support o f state uni
versities and colleg es in the U nited
States during the fiscal year o f 1925.
Salaries o f p rofessors and em ployees
took m ore than on e-h a lf o f this sum.
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