On 2018-08-01, Leon Fisk wrote:
On Wed, 1 Aug 2018 08:47:03 -0400
"Jim Wilkins" wrote:

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I've never created anything patentable because I ultimately reduce
problems to very simple solutions, like using a sink spray as a
water-saving shower head.

Poking around, studying old patents is very enlightening and humbling.
In the mechanical area there's not a lot someone hasn't already come up
with.

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Look for a four-volume book set of _Ingenious Mechanisms_ to see
lots of ways to do things. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

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