5. For Coupling Two or More Ploughs; to be worked by one team; Joseph Card, Painsville, and Grandison Newell, Mentor, Geauga County, Ohio, November 9.

-The nature of our invention consists in attaching to the draught end of the plough beam, a coupling case of such length as is desired, according to the number of ploughs to be worked at once, and so constructed as that each plough shall run truly, steadily, and at any given distance from its fellow."

The claim is to "the mode of drawing one, and of coupling two or more ploughs together, by means of the case, stirrups, and bolts, as described."

6. For a Bee House, or Hive; John Schole, city of New York, November 9.

This Hive, or House, is very ingeniously contrived, so as to present the advantages sought for in a simple and economical manner. The outer case, or body of the hive, is an ordinary flour barrel, and within this there are placed a number of boxes, made of very thin pine boards, joined together in the rough, and in such form as to fill up the capacity of the barrel, and to be readily removed when full, and their places supplied by others. We shall not attempt a description of the manner of establishing the requisite communication between the respective parts, with the valves and other appendages, which are all arranged with a view to utility and economy. They have been long on sale in New York, and are now well known.

7. For a Road and Street Gauge; Randal Fish, city of New York, November 9.

This is an apparatus intended to grade and gauge the surface of the ground in streets and roads, made, however, with a particular view to preparing streets for the reception of wooden blocks. It consists mainly of four pedestals to be placed two on each side, or on the side or middle of the road, and which support longitudinal or string pieces of board, which are attached to the pedestals, so that they may be adjusted to the required level, or inclination; and of a cross piece, the ends of which rest on the string pieces, whilst a gauge board descends from it, which may have its lower edge concave, so as to give the crowning form, in any required degree. By moving this along the string pieces, the grading may be perfectly regulated.

"What I claim is the manner in which I have arranged the three parts, as set forth, so as to adapt them by such combination and arrangement to the attainment of the end for which it is constructed. That is to say, I claim the combining of the side pieces, and the mode adjustable as set forth; with the grading gauge, and with the provisions for adjusting the same. It will be manifest that this instrument may be varied in some particular points, and yet remain substantially the same in its general structure and use; its essential features being its general capability of adjustment, as pointed out, so that by drawing

along that part denominated the grading gauge, its lower edge shall show the precise height, or line, of the surface of the road.

8. For machinery for Manufacturing Long Cordage; William E. Meginnis, city of Philadelphia, November 9.

"The nature of my invention consists in a machine for manufacturing cordage by confining the strand, or rope, firmly in the end of the horizontal spindle that imparts the twist, and after twisting the rope, or a component part thereof, the length of the rope walk, the rope is loosened at the outer end of the spindle, and the operation of twisting is repeated. By this arrangement, ropes of great length, many times the length of the rope-walk, can be manufactured, and thus avoid splicing."

The claim is to "the making the head of the spindle in two parts, which can be separated for the purpose of putting in and taking out the rope, &c., or scarped out for the same purpose, as described."

9. For an improved manufacture of Cotton Twine, or Cord; Jacob Sloat, Strasburg, Rockland county, New York, November 9. (See specification.)

10. For an instrument for Measuring, for Cutting Garments; John P. Barnett, and Francis Story, Cattskill, Greene county, New York, November 12.

This instrument, like many others for the same purpose, consists of elastic strips of metal, duly graduated into inches, and parts, and furnished with sliding and fixed strips carrying measuring tapes, by the use of which it appears likely that all the measurements required by the cutter can be correctly taken. The claims refer by letters to the respective parts supposed to be new.

11. For an improvement in Cut Nails and Brads, and in the Machinery for Manufacturing the same; Walter Hunt, city of New York, November 12.

"The improvement in the form of said nails, brads, &c., consists in their being cut from hoops or plates of iron, with blunt, wedge shaped, points, and dove-tail, or wedgeshaped heads," as shown in the margin where a is a nail plate, and b, b, the nails. It will be seen that these nails do not require heading, they being cut with a projection on each side, forming what may be called a double brad head.

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The cutting is effected by cutters, which are segments of cylinders made to vibrate on their axis; and so far as we can judge from the model, and from the nails and brads cut by the machine, its operation

appears to be perfect, whilst its construction and arrangement are such as to promise durability.

The claim is to "the making the two sides of the head of one nail out of the metal left by cutting the wedge-shaped points of the nails on each side as herein above described; and this I claim whether effected by the above described machine, or any other. Also in the machine above described I claim the shifting of the bed cutters for the purpose and in the manner set forth.”

12. For a Cooking Stove; Ebenezer Ferren, Haverhill, Grafton county, New Hampshire, November 12.

This stove appears to be well arranged for governing and directing the draught by means of dampers, and other devices connected therewith, the particulars of which it is not deemed necessary to set forth, and they could not be clearly described without the drawings. In its general form and construction this stove resembles numerous others, in common use.

13. For a Straw Cutter; William A. Staples, Lynchburg, Campbell county, Virginia, November 16.

In this machine there are two knives, or cutters, placed upon the end of a horizontal shaft, which is made to revolve alongside the feeding trough containing the straw. These knives revolve between double rims or circular plates of metal which are sustained at a sufficient distance apart for that purpose. The claim is to "the employment of the double rims, between which the ends of the knife, or knives, are received and revolve, said rims being furnished with cross-bars, which operate as stationary, or bed, shears, sustaining the straw on each side as it is cut by the knife."

14. For Scales for Weighing; George White, Louisville, Jefferson county, Kentucky, November 16.

These scales are to be combined with a counter, above which the dishes, or platforms, for containing the weights, and the articles to be weighed, are to stand; the parts which operate as a beam being within the counter. The claim is to "the method of adjusting the vertical support for the scales by means of the arrangement of the screws, nuts, and loops, as set forth; and the method of raising or lowering the fulcrum and beam so as to bring the scales close to the counter, and out of the way of creating any obstruction by the use of the same." In this arrangement there is not any thing worthy of special description.

15. For a machine for Turning the Heads of Wooden Screws and Rivets; Henry Crum, Clarkstown, Rockland county, New York, November 16.

This machine is necessarily complex, requiring to have its respective parts fully exhibited by drawings, to make their action known. A principal feature of novelty in it is what is denominated the feed

wheel, which consists of a rim projecting out at right angles from a circular disk, or head. This rim is perforated to receive the shanks of the screws, which are fed in within the rim. The holes are countersunk to adapt them to the undersides of the screw heads, and these countersunks are formed in steel plates, and groved so as to constitute cutters. The shanks are received in a clamp chuck, on the end of a lathe spindle, or revolving mandrel, on the outside of the wheel; this spindle being forced back by a sway bar, causes the under side of the heads to be borne against the countersunk cutters; and at the same time a tool is brought up against the top of the screw head, and túrns it. All the parts of the machine are self acting, with the exception of the putting the screws to be turned into the feed holes in the wheel, by hand. There are a number of ingenious devices about this machine, some of which resemble, very closely, those employed in that for cutting wood screws, invented and patented by the same gentle

man.

16. For an improvement in Friction Matches; John H. Stevens, city of New York, November 16.

The claim under this patent is to the preserving of the matches from accidental ignition by covering them with a coating of varnish, as set forth. Various substances, it is said, may be used for this purpose, but what is used in general "is a little solution of gum mastic, made with spirits of turpentine; or of an alcoholic solution of gum copal or of gum mastic; but other glutinous gums, resins, tenaceous matter, or compounds may be used," &c.

17. For forming the ignitable matter of Friction Matches; John H. Stevens, city of New York, November 16.

The claim is to "the combination of litharge, and the red oxide of lead, or either of them separately, with carbonate of lead, phosphorus, and any glutinous or viscid material on which the preparations of lead will produce a drying effect, and thus render the said compound harder and more durable, retaining its specific character for a longer period than any other compound analogous thereto, and designed for the alike purposes of ignition, all as described."

"I also claim the combination of litharge and red lead, or either of them separately, with the black oxide of manganese, phosphorus, and a glutinous or viscid material on which the preparation of lead will produce a drying or hardening effect, substantially as described."

18. For improvements in Friction Matches; John H. Stevens, city of New York, November 16.

"The nature of my invention consists in dispensing with sulphur, which is employed in the ordinary wood matches or friction lights, to make them more ignitable; and using in lieu of it, nitre or salt petre, by which means the match is not only ignited, but the unpleasant smell of the sulphur is avoided, while at the same time the match being

saturated with the nitre, is converted into a slow match, and continues to burn until consumed. The said matches I call Stevens' fusee segar lights.”

The splints are to be soaked in a solution of salt petre, dried, and Ipped into the phosphoric composition. The claim is to the combination of the wood so saturated and dried, with any of the suitable phosphoric compounds.

We should offer some animadversions upon the foregoing patents, but believe that the question of the validity of some of the claims is now a subject of legal investigation, and therefore we, at present, leave them to the proper tribunal.

19. For a Steam Boiler; John C. F. Saloman, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky, November 16.

The patentee of the foregoing boiler obtained a patent on the 17th day of Oct., 1835, for an inverted arch steam boiler, which was, as we believe, constructed upon false principles, and in the improved form now given to his boiler, he has carried the same principles to a much greater extent. The plan would require only to be seen by any intelligent practical man to insure its unqualified condemnation. The claim will not lead to a knowledge of the arrangement of its respective parts, and it would waste too much time and paper were we to attempt a description of it. We wish for the sake of the inventor, who appeared to be a gentleman of much cleverness, that the patience and perseverance which he has displayed against numerous obstacles, had been directed to the attainment of some object of utility, and about which he knew something more of first principles. We will merely add, that he uses his inverted arch boiler, and to the junction of each of his arches he attaches a cylindrical boiler, extending from end to end of his main boiler. These are represented as nine in number, and we suppose are to operate as abutments to his arches; these form what the patentee calls a "nine sided plane cylinder!""

20. For improvements in Cooking Stoves with Elevated Ovens; John P. Williston and Willard A. Arnold, Northampton, Hampshire county, Massachusetts, November 16.

In this specification there is described a manner of dividing the flue which leads from the fire chamber to the stove pipe, immediately under the top plate of the stove, into three separate flues furnished with dampers, or valves, "for the purpose of directing the draught under either or both of the upper boilers," but this mode of dividing the dues and directing the draught is not claimed, the claim being confined to the manner in which they have combined an elevated oven with a stove, by carrying the heated air compartment entirely across the back end of the stove and allowing the flues from the elevated oven to open into this compartment; by which means the perfect action of the oven is secured although the draught may be directed under one of the upper boilers only.