"BRAIN-WAVES”

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 March 1930, Page 8

"BRAIN-WAVES”

40,000 INVENTIONS YEARLY. A building in Victoria Street, London, S.W., is becoming overburdened with the products of “brain-waves.” Every year, now, 40,000 inventions, some of which will make fortunes for their ingenious producers, pour into the Institute of Patentees. In the “Brain-Wave Room” shelves mounting from floor to ceiling can be seen packed with the inspiration of today. With complicated mechanical apparatus and devices intended to revolutionise motor-cars, are saucepan.; and dirt-defying cuffs. Among the latest arrivals is a clergyman’s invention; an egg-whisk from a stick, a piece of string and a few inches of wire, the total cost of production being about a penny. Other hopeful deposits are: —

A “Robot” signalman to be attached to motor-cars, by which drivers can touch a button and an arm will shoot, out with a notice saying “Pass me,” “Reverse,” or “Slow.” Hat pins which need never be taken out of the hat. Non-drip shaving brush. Geyser kettle. A woman has a device for clipping a purse in a cuff or glove and thus making it thief-proof. “Little things often bring big profits,” said the secretary. The man who invented the movable top to colla rstuds drew royalties of £5OOO a year for a long time.