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���An easily operated machine for putting "crowns" on bottles

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��A Bottle-Sealing Machine for the Home SEATTLE inventor has patented a light, inexpensive bottUng- machine, operated by hand, which may be folded into a compact form. It has a hand-lever with a metal device shaped like an inverted cup mounted near the fulcrum on the under side, so that a pressure of approximately three hun- dred and fifty pounds is exerted upon the metal caps used to seal the bottles. The lever may be hinged at four dif- ferent heights to accommodate four dif- ferent sizes of bottles, so that the bottle- sealer is very convenient for bottling fruit juices, cider or spring waters at home. The metal caps are obtainable at a very low price and are already crimped around the edge, but left flar- ing to fit over the rim of the neck.

The cup-shaped device on the under side of the lever presses the caps down and squeezes the flaring, crimped sides together, thus sealing the bottle air-

��tight, since the caps are lined with a cork pad. The machine is constructed of wood and measures about fourteen inches in height and the same in length when set up. It can be packed flat, since the base and upright bar fold together, and the lever is removable.

An Electric Fan Suspended by Its Own Wire

AN ingenious electric fan which may be used in any ordinary electric light socket is shown in the accompany- ing illustration. As the weight of the fan complete with its socket and guard is but slightly over two pounds, it may be suspended from any light-cord with- out injuring the connections.

The five-inch fan is operated by a one hundred and ten-volt motor, suitable for either alternating or direct current. The blades run at high speed and throw an air current over a large area. It is said that this tiny fan has met with instant favor, as it saves the space and operat- ing expense of the usual eight and ten- inch fans.

���A fan which hangs in an ordinary lamp socket and cools a whole room

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