“BRAIN WAVES”

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 51, 24 November 1926, Page 13

“BRAIN WAVES”

WOMEN’S INGENIOUS DEVICES.

Many of the ingenious devices which were shown at the second International Exhibition of Inventions in London were thought out by women, ideas range from a girl cyclist’s device 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 tne sitter on a hard-seated chair. It consists of a removable lining which can be put inside a coat and can be nflated to provide an air cushion for the wearer, a rubber ring which can be fastened round pails and basins, enabling them to be set. down noiselessly, was another exhibit. A girl from Canada exhibited a device which enables a kettle to oe boiled by the heat from an electric radiator. It can also be applied to an electric fan, and the power which drives the fan can be made to serve two purposes. An improved type of scissors, a new pastry and cako safe, ana an improved floor cleaner-and polisher are <.ther feminine “brain waves." One of the women inventors is Lady Strachie, wife of Lord Strachie, the agricultural expert. Shelias invented a new type <*f curtain hook which, unlike so many others, does not become unhooked at the wrong moment. Another distinguished woman intends to show a new type of net for wearing round a hat as a protection trom mosquitoes. The net may also be used by bee-keepers. i It is reported that the advent of stain* ' lees mirrors is near at hand, and that they will entirely supersede our presentday glass mirrors. The inventors claim remarkable reflecting powers for the new mirrors, which are made of Eteel and are the product of a large Sheffield firm. This follows shortly on the discovery of glass that will bend, so perhaps we are within sight of the end of the numerous superstitions connected with r he 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 be connected to the large pulley on a sewing-machine, so that the high speed i-ecessary for grinding sould be obtained. All that remained to be done was for rhe user to move the roller up and down his face.