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Seed Of Many Famous Inventions
Spawned From Other Men's Ideas
By HARRY FERGUSON
WASHINGTON (UP1) Most
famous inventors merely took an
other man's idea and improved
on ii. you do not have to come
up with something entirely new
to get a patent.
The Wright Brothers invented
the airplane after reading about
the work of Otto Lilienthal. a
German who manufactured glid
ers. Galileo did not invent the
telescope because of a sudden in
spiration but because he had
heard about experiments with
lenses performed by a Belgian
named Hans Lippershey.
- Even the most simple thing can
be improved upon and patented.
The other day patent No. 3,085,
272 was granted to Laverne M.
Cowan of Covington, Ga., for a
tooth brush. His iripa was In kpi
the bristles into the handle in the
torm ot an X.
To apply for a patent you make
a drawing of your invention,
write a letter describing it and
mail them, along with $30, to the
U.S. Patent Office. Your applica
tion will go to one of the patent
onfice's 1,000 examiners who will
determine whether you have come
up with a novel idea. If the ap
plication is granted, you have ex
clusive rights to your invention
for 17 years, but only in the
United States and its territories.
Aftr that the invention goes into
tne public domaui. Unless you
get a patent in every country in
the world, anybody in a foreign
nation can take your idea and
go into business without paying
you anything.
Patience Pays Off
Patience is a virtue which ev
ery inventor must cultivate. It
frequently takes 20 or 30 years
to develop his idea to the point
where it becomes commercially
teasible and profitable. The zip
per, for instance, is in such wide
spread use today that most per
sons assume it was an instantan
eous success. Actually the basic
idea was patented in 1891 by
Whiteomb L. Judson who called
his idea "a clasp locker and un
locker for shoes."
It was made of hooks and eyes
with a sliding clasp and Judson
soon extended the idea to wom
en's dresses and sold his product
tor 35 cents. Complaints began
rolling in immediately. There was
no way to lock the first zipper
and when women sat down, their
dresses popped open. Judson cpuld
not devise a solution to the prob
lem and died without cashing in
on his invention.
A momentary discomfort or ir
ritation frequently results in an
invention. Patent No. 6,469 was;
issued to Abraham Lincoln be
cause on a trip down the Miss
on a dam. He devised a set of
bellows placed just below the
water line ot the hull, and the
idea was that when the bellows
were pumped up the boat would
float free. There is no record that
his invention ever was put into
production, and a few years la
ter he became preoccupied with
larger matters. .
Invents New Scrapbook
Mark Twain ran out of glue
one day when he was pasting
items into his scrapbook and im
mediately put aside literary mat
ters to concentrate on the prob
lem. The result was that he got
patent No. 121,992 for what was
described as a "self pasting
scrapbook." It was simply a se
ries of blank pages coated with
paste, and he sold 25,000 of
them.
Few persons have heard of Al
fred E. Ischinger of Mount Penn,
Pa., but he is a famous man in
the U.S. Patent Office. In 1937 hej
set a record for the largest doc
umentation of an invention 170
sheets of drawings and 146 pages
of specifications. His m idline was
for "the uninterrupted knitting of
shaped fabrics."
Next: Strange ideas that flow
into the patent office.
issippi River his boat got stuckStates.
The Soviet Union is nearly three
limes the size of the United
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Baccalaureate Service Set
MOUNT SHASTA - Baccalaure
ate services at the Slount Shasta
High School will bo held June 2
at 8 p.m. in the high school
auditorium. Mrs. William Strick
land will play the prelude and
processional as well as the re
cessional. The invocation will be given by
Rev. Harold Engdahl, Communi
ty Methodist Church, and the
Scripture and prayer by Hev.
Emory W. Leader, Evangelical
Methodist Church. The sermon
will be given by Hev. Harold Cas
per of the Assembly of God
Church, and the benediction by
Rev. John C. Shannon of (he First
Baptist Church.
A sextet composed of Jo Ann
Jantzer, Marie Barry, Sylvia
Manley, Patty Freeman. Carol
Buchanan, and Kathy iBaltar w ill
sing "Break fraith, O Beauteous
Heavenly Light" by Bach and
Hear My Supplication" by Ark-
hangelsky.
June 6 at 8 p.m. is the date set
for commencement exercises in
the Mount Shasta High School aud
itorium. Patli Hunter will give the
welcome; Edwin Smutz. class his
tory; Laura Melo and Larry Fra
zier. speech; and the farewell
will be given by John Herzog.
Rev. .Michael Myles of St. An
thony's Catholic Church will give
the invocation and benediction.
George Thebolt has been selected
to present the diplomas to the
graduating seniors.
The graduates include Hoy An
derson, Virginia Birimisa, Bcver-
lee iiudwmc, Tomtlcc Calloway,
Lawrence Cardoza, William Car
ter, Barbara Christie, David
Clark, Ernest Costanzo, James
Cross, Karen Cumings, Ruth
Doke, Larry Frazier, Roland Gas
parri, Carol Glidden, William Hci
le, Jolin Hennessy, John Herzog,
Patricia Hunter.
John Kennedy, Robin K i e m,
Steve Kuhncrt, Gordon Lensing,
Jeanne Lovelle, Richard Malin,
Laura Melo, Richard Melo, Rob
ert Menini, Randall Messenger,
Thomas Molir, John .Moisan. Ron
ald Mongini, Sharon McKinney,
Richard Newman, Donald Norred,
William Norred, Gary Regnani,
Sharon Regnani, Henry Ruth.
John Schmid, Edwin Smutz and
Lloyd Whitaker.
Membership in the Electoral Col
lege is determined by each state
choosing as many electors as the
total number of its senators and
representatives.
Wednes., May 29, 1963 Page 5
Herald A News Klamath Falls
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CHIMP HAS HANDS FULL This chimp who will be ar
riving with the James Brothers Circus Thursday will be
doing his juggling act at two big performances at the
Klamath Auditorium 4:30 and 8:30 p.m. The show is
being' sponsored by the Klamath County Sheriff's Posse
and half the proceeds will be donated to the hospital
fund. (
Sheriff's Posse Circus
Slated Here Thursday
The circus is coming (o town.
With cotton candy machines spin
ning their pink webs. With bare,
back riders and "death defying"
wire acts. With the flying trapeze
and clowns and chimps, and with
Klamath Falls youngsters stand
ing in line waiting to bring a
bucket of water to the sometimes
too big, somctimess a little scar
ry pachyderms.
The James Brothers Circus will
be at the Klamath Falls Auditori
um for two big performances at
4:30 and 8:30 p.m. Thursday. It
is sponsored by the Klamath Coun
ty Sheriff's Posse and half the
proceeds will be donated to the
Presbyterian Intercommunity Hos
pital Fund.
When the James Brothers group
arrives in its modern vans ana
trailers there is an immediate
flurry of excitement as the troop
ers go right to work setting up
for their acts.
One of the first out is the Fly
ing iHartzclls trapeze troupe with
John and John Jr. right to work
setting up wires, ropes and swings
and testing and retcsting each
knot to insure the safety of the
performers' lives.
Duight Moore, master of the
Dog Pound Jleview, tests t h c
props to be used in the act, trap
eze girls sew on loose spangles,
clowns apply makeup, jugglers
take their clubs and hoops and
balls from the velvet lined cases
and popcorn machines begin to
create their small white moun
tains. The circus is indeed coming to
town.
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Square Dance
Jamboree Set
DUN'SMUIR Square dancers
will gather for a Callers' Jam
boree as a special feature of
Railroad Days, June 22 - 23.
The Pepper Steppers, a local
square dance group, will host the
jamboree at the Dunsmuir HighlR,
School on Saturday night, June if;
22. Two local callers and 13 guest
callers have been invited to participate.
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