ORAIN WAVES

Evening Star, Issue 19454, 12 January 1927, Page 5

ORAIN WAVES

WOMEN'S INGENIOUS DEVICES. Many of the ingenious devices which wer* shown at the second International Exhibition of Inventions in London wer thought out by women. Ideas range from a girl cyclist’s devioo which makes cycling uphill less strenuous, to a safety roundabout for children, the invention of a Brighton family. An amusing device which its feminine inventor is already manufacturing secures comfort for the sitter on a hard-seated chair. It, consists of a removable lining, which can bo put inside a coat and oan l;o inflated to provide an air cushion for the wearer. A rubber ring which can be fastened round pails and basins, enabling them to bo set down noiselessly, was another exhibit. A girl from Canada exhibited a. device which enables a kettle to bo boiled by the heal from an electric radiator. It can also be applied to an electric, fan, and tho power which drive* the fan can be made to serve two purposes. An improved typo of scissors, a new pastry and cake safe, and an improved floor cleaner and polisher are other feminine “brain waves.” One of (be women inventors is Lady Strachie, wife of Lord Strachie, the agricultural expert. She has Invented a new typo of curtain hook which, unlike so many others, does not become unhooked at the wrong moment. Another distinguished woman intends to show a new typo of neA for wearing round a. hat as a protection from mosquitoes. The not may also h** user! by beekeepers. It is reported that the advent of stainless mirrors is near at hand, and that, they will entirely supersede our present-day glass mirrors. The inventors claim remarkable reflecting powers for the new mirrors, which are made of f.ieel and are the product of ft largo Sheffield firm. This follows shortly on the discovery of glass (hat will bend. «o perhaps we are within sight of the end of the numerous superstitions connected with the, breaking of mirrors. A more remarkable invention, for which a patent was granted, but which is not, known to have been placed on the market, was a device to supersede the razor method of removing hair from the face. The idea was that the hair should be removed by grinding with an abrasive roller. It was intended that the roller should Ire connected to the large pulley on a sewing machine, so that th/ nigh speed necessary for grinding could W obiained. All than remained to be dow was for the user to move tho roller and down hie face. - ■ -tr- -rant. 1 ~ *-