A Small Library may be Shipped Handily in This Bookcase
Mechanics, engineers, and other persons are sometimes engaged in work which keeps them at the same locality only a few months. Those who desire to carry with them a small library will find the trunk bookcase, as shown, convenient. It may be shipped as a trunk, and used as a bookcase in one’s hotel or dwelling. Other articles than books may be packed in it. The outside dimensions when closed are 31 by 18 by 18 in., providing for three shelves. It may be made of ³⁄₄-in. pine or whitewood, and stained, or covered with impregnated canvas. The outer corners are reinforced with metal corner plates, and suitable hardware is provided.—Lloyd C. Eddy, Jr., Buffalo, N. Y.
Bottle Carrier Made of Pipe Straps
Two metal pipe straps, fitted around the neck of a bottle and bolted together, form a convenient method of attaching a carrying handle to a large bottle. The handle proper is made by fixing a grip in a bail of wire similar to that on a bucket.
A Developing or Etching-Tray Rocker
An appliance that saves time for the worker in a photographic dark room is a tray rocker, made as follows: Fasten a bracket of strap iron, into which are riveted the pointed ends of two spikes, to the under side of a board, as shown in the detail sketch. Support this further with a double angle fastened at the end of the board. Fix a small can, weighted with lead, on the end of an iron rod, adjusted to a suitable curve, and fasten the rod to the bracket. The weighted end should extend under the edge of the table, as shown, and be balanced so that it will rock the board and tray without tipping the latter toward the bracket. The nails pivot on metal pieces, to protect the table top.—L. L. Llewellyn, Piedmont, Calif.
Combination Laundry Tub and Dishwashing Sink
A saving of space and time was effected in a home kitchen by the use of a sink developed in a large kitchen. Two ordinary laundry tubs were installed with the faucets raised above the tubs, as shown. A sink of sheet zinc was fitted in the upper part of one tub; it has handles, and a strainer set in the bottom. The strainer is closed by a rubber stopper, and the sink becomes a dishpan. The sink is easily lifted out for cleaning, or for washing clothes. Another use for the sink, between meals, is for washing and preparing vegetables and fruits. The second tub has a wire dish-draining rack, in which the china is rinsed and sterilized by hot water from the faucet.—Mrs. Avis Gordon Vestal, Chicago, Ill.