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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



[No. 4 



an inverted V, and this forms one of the claims; a 

 claim is n)ade, also, to a board, which ia to gauge 

 the length of the straw, and, lastly, to a spring to 

 raise the sliding board; the angular knilb is not 

 new, and boards for gauging have been often used 

 in a, sintiilar way. 



For a Grist Mill; Philip Hauser, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. An alien, who has resided two years in the 

 Unitfed States; November?. 



The grinding part of this mil! consists of a com- 

 mon conical shell and nut, like those of the ordi- 

 nary cofl'ee-miil, without a single feature of no- 

 velty either in form or substance. The claim is 

 to "the general arrangement and combination, but 

 not to the parts, taken separatelJ^" It is one 

 among those gross pretensions at invention which 

 would e.xcite much surprise, were they little more 

 rare. 



For a Smut Machine; John Tuck, Columhus, 

 Pennsylvania, November 7. 



There is astationary cylinder of sheet-iron stand- 

 ing on a suitable frame, its axis being inclined at an 

 an;^le of about ten degrees with the horizon. 

 Within this cylinder there is a second, which is 

 made to revolve, the two being about three-fourths 

 of an inch apart. They are both punched, grater 

 fashion, their rough surfaces being towards each 

 other. Within the inner cylinder there is a re- 

 volving fan wheel, extending its whole length. 

 The grain is fed in at the upper end, between the 

 two cylinders; the revolving of the inner one rubs 

 the grain, whilst the wind from the fim. blowing 

 through the apertures, discharges it, together 

 with the cheat and cockle, the openings in the 

 outer cylinder being made large enough lor that 

 purpose. The claim is to the machine generally, 

 and "particularly to the shaft and spirally ar- 

 ranged wings for causing a current of air within 

 the revolving drum." 



For Preparing Extracts of Bark for Tanning; 

 Otis Batchelder, Bedford Hillsborough county, 

 North Carolina, November 7. 



The following is the recipe: "Put such quan- 

 tity of the extract of the bark into the vat as may 

 be required; then put upon the extract, vinegar, 

 or some other acid, in the proportion of about two 

 gallons of vinegar to the hundred weight of the 

 extract; after that, put on water, cold or warm, 

 in sufficient quantity to cover the extract; then pul- 

 verize and mix well, and then add such quantity 

 of water as may be necessary, and the liquor is fit 

 for use. What he claims as his improvement, is 

 the method of dissolving in cold or warm water, 

 with the addition of acid, instead of boilinir, as has 

 been heretofore done." 



For a Revolving Screen for Cleaning Grain; 

 Edward P. Fitzpatrick, Mount Morris, Livingston 

 county, New York. An alien, who has resided 

 two years in the United States; November 14. 



Instead of using woven wire, in meshes, as is 

 usually done, the screen is to have wires running 

 straight along it; of these there are to be several 

 sections in the length of the screen, each section 

 extending from one rim to another, which is fas- 

 tened upon tlie axle for that purpose. The screen 

 is to be inclined, and the grain fijd in at the upper 

 end, m the usual way; the wires in the fiist sec- 



tion are to be so close together as to allow only 

 dust to pass; the next is to allow cheat to escape; 

 the next small wheat, and the last large wheat. 

 Between the last it is proposed to form the cylin- 

 der of sheet metal, instead of wire, and to punch 

 it full ol' smooth round holes, large enough lor the 

 discharge of cockle. 



The claim is to the placing of rods, or wires, 

 lengthwise ol' the cylinder, li-om one groove circle to 

 the other, at suitable distances apart for cleaning 

 grain; instead of woven coverings, with numerous 

 openings. 



For an improvement in the Smut Machine; Ed- 

 ward B. Fitzpatrick, Mount Morris, Livingston 

 county. New York, November 14. 



This smut machine is to consist of an outer sta- 

 tionary cylinder, standing vertically, its periphery, 

 being formed of longitOdmal rods or wires, placed 

 so close together that grain will not pass between 

 them, whilst the dust from the smut will es- 

 cape readily. Within this there are to be re- 

 volving beaters formed by extending square 

 iron rods fl-om one set of cross arms on the lower 

 end of a revolving shaft, within the cylinder, to 

 other similar cross bars near the upper end of the 

 shaft, and close within the heads of the cylinder; 

 these rods are to be made ragged at their edges, 

 and placed near together on cross arms, extending 

 from the shaft, to the periphery of the cylinder. 

 They are not to run directly along with the cylin- 

 der, but spirally, just as they would stand suppo- 

 sing them to be put in straight at first, and one of 

 the sets of cross arms to be then turned half way 

 round, thus giving a spiral direction to the rods. 



The grain is to be fed in through the upper head 

 of the cylinder, and to escape through an opening 

 in the bottom head; but in passing down it is 

 driven forcibly about by encountering the spiral 

 beaters, the shaft of which revolves with great 

 rapidity, and by this means, it is said, the smut is 

 efitjctually removed. 



The claim is to the above described manner of 

 constructing a smut machine. 



For a Cheese Frees; William C. Greenleaf, 

 Andover, Oxford county, Maine November 23. 



A follower is to be forced down by a toggle joint, 

 the pressure being continued by hanging a weight 

 to a lever, or arm, attached to the joint. The pa- 

 tentee says, "1 do not claim the original invention 

 of the toggle joint, but I do not claim as my inven- 

 tion its application to the purpose of pressing 

 cheese." Independently of the toggle joint hav- 

 ing been previously used for the purpose, such a 

 claim we esteem as altogether worthless, for if a 

 claim to the "application" is valid, there may be 

 as many patents for one press as there are articles 

 to be pressed. The law grants patents for any 

 "new machine." 



For a Mortising Machine; John M'Bride Rich- 

 mond, Wayne county, Indiana, November 26. 



In this machine, the chisel is made to advance 

 upon the piece to be mortised, instead of causing 

 the piece to move under the chisel. The chisel 

 is to be acted upon by two compound levers, one 

 of which is to be moved up and down b3Mlie hand. 

 The fulcrum of the lever to which the chisel is 

 attached; is on a kind of slidCj which is caused to 



