Monday, May. 18, 1959

New Ideas

Odorless Odor Killer. A deodorant that has no smell of its own, tout kills any other odor by smothering it through a chemical reaction, will be put on the market soon by the McGraw-Edison Co. Used in a water solution, the chemical is now being distributed for use in hospitals and morgues by National Cylinder Gas Division of Chemetron Corp. Price: 90-c- for a 7-oz. aerosol can.

Cold Seat. A portable car seat that keeps the motorist cool by forcing a draft of air under and behind him will be put on sale by Comfort Conditioning, Inc. of Norfolk. Built like a conventional summer car-seat pad, the cooler has a four-blade fan in a steel housing, draws its power from the dashboard cigarette-lighter outlet. Price: $19.95.

Motor Scooter. Harley-Davidson Motor Co. will introduce its first Topper motor scooter with a two-cycle engine that delivers 7 h.p. Scooter has a top speed of 50 m.p.h., features a fully automatic transmission and 1.7-gal.-capacity fuel tank that holds enough gas for 150 miles. Price: $430.

Artificial-Respiration Tube. An S-shaped plastic tube for mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration was put on sale by Johnson & Johnson. Designed to revive unconscious victims of near drowning, electric shock or similar accidents, the mouth-to-mouth-tube method of artificial respiration has been adopted by the U.S. Army. Price: $1.50.

Darkroom Short Cut. A one-step photo-developing solution that replaces the three separate solutions now commonly used (developer, stop-bath, hypo) is being sold by Manhattan's Cormac Chemical Corp. Called Cormac Unibath, it cuts development time to six minutes v. current 45 minutes. Price: $2.25 a pint, comparable to price of developer and hypo together.

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