INVENTIONS WANTED.

Shannon News, 15 December 1925, Page 3

INVENTIONS WANTED.

Recognition of the value of the "White Line" in the. middle of a street as a means of averting- road accidenthas led the Roads Department of the British Ministry of Transport to as* (he Institute of Patentees to insert m its book of wanted inventions ,a process for the manufacture of permanent white pigment for the marlun 3 o r -black road surfaces." A London 'Dally Wail* reporter who was shown the institute's suggestion book found in it many interesting remits for new inventions, often ai»o««* the signature of famous scientists. Here arc som e of the requests:— Glass that will bend. Unshrinkable flannel. i A noiseless aeroplane. | .An easily cleaned pipe _ I \ temperance drink that will keep am l yet not pall on th 0 palate. Greatly simplified clothing, not strange, in appearance. A new game of skill. An improved fog signal. ■V dandelion extractor. <( A. Arc grate giving the "open (ire effect without wasting the major part of the fuel. Two requests, by a member of a great American firm illustrate tV«. variety of the requests:— 1 Th o discovery of the mechanism which enables us to remember almost instantly in our brains without going through the mechanism of the eaia index' and equivalent systems. + •> An electric toaster that will cut off the current just before the toast begins to burn, or that will giv 0 some, audible indication in time to avoid spoiling the toast.