1836.] 



FARIVIERS' REGISTER. 



803 



the revolving disks, and other necessary appenda- 

 ges. The claim is to the machine as described. 



For a MarJiine for Ctiittns^ Straw, and Thrash- 

 ing and IVinnowing Grain; Leonard IMarsh, 

 Harllbrd, AVindsorcountj^, Vermont, DccomberO. 



This is a combined machine intended, in (gener- 

 al, to cut the straw into lengihs, like an oidinary 

 straw cutter, and to thrash tlie grain from it, after 

 which the grain and straw are to be separated by 

 winnowing, in the usual way. When the grain 

 IS to be thrashed only, the cutting knives are to be 

 removed, the thrashing part remaining, to effect 

 that object. 



For an improvement in the Machine for Press- 

 ing and delivering Bricks; Ulysses Ward, Wash- 

 ington city, December 15. 



This patent is obtained for an improvement upon 

 the brick machine patented by Natiian Sawyer, on 

 the 8th April, 1S35, which it is proposed to simpli- 

 fy by dispensing with the combination of wheels 

 for conveying the power to the press, and by cer- 

 tain alterations in the apparatus by which the 

 pressed brick is delivered. These alterations, or iin- 

 provements, could not be clearly described without 

 the drawings; we are informed that the improve- 

 ments, are really such, as they have been carried 

 into operation, fiiirly tested and compared with the 

 original machine. 



For a 3fachine for Cutting or Splitting Laths; 

 Barnabus Langton, Troy, New York, Decem- 

 ber 15. 



A horizontal bench, or frame, is to be made, 

 which may be sixteen fi?et long and seven wide; 

 and at each end of this there is to be a head-block, 

 against which the laths are to be cut. The cut- 

 ting is to be made from the edges of boards, saw- 

 ed of a proper length, there being two cutting 

 knives at each end of the frame. These cutting 

 knives meet in the middle of the board, as the lath 

 is cut, their outer ends working on pins attached 

 to the head-block or frame, and their inner ends 

 on similar pins connected with a sliding bar ex- 

 tending along the middle, and from one end of 

 the frame to the other. The sliding bar is worked 

 backward and forward, horizontally, by a crank 

 motion, so that when the knives at one end are 

 cutting a lath, those at the other are being with- 

 drawn to allow the board to descend for a new cut. 

 The pieces of board are passed into a slot, edge- 

 wise, at either end of the frame, and descend by 

 their own gravity, or to a gauge which determines 

 the thickness of the lath. It is proposed sometimes 

 to use a single knife at each end, which knifij 

 must in that case, be the whole length of the lath. 



The claim made "in the above described ma- 

 chine, is the machine itself, and the manner of cut- 

 ting lath above specified and described." 



Such a claim, Ave apprehend, must be un- 

 derstood to include not only the combination, 

 but also, the several parts as described; in 

 which case it is much too broad, as the cut- 

 ting of laths from the edges of boards, fed to 

 the knife in a similar way, is not new. In some 

 instances the knives used have formed a very ob-- 

 tuse angle in the middle, so as to cut first at the 

 two ends, and this plan we think much preferable 

 to the jointed knife which is at every mstant alter- 

 ing its cutting angle. Still, should the machine be- 



fore us be preferred, we think that enough of nov- 

 elty might be pointed out upon which to found a 

 valid claim. 



For a Tobacco Press ; John VV. Weems, West 

 River, Anne Arundel county, Maryland, Decem- 

 ber 15. 



There is not the slightest novelty in this press, 

 although such a one may not have been used for 

 pressing tobacco. The piston, or driver, placed 

 horizontally, is a rack into which a pinion works, 

 this pinion being on the shaft of a cog wheel, 

 turned by a i)inion on the shaft of a drum, 

 or hand wheel. The hogshead into which the 

 tobacco is to be pressed is rolled on to the 

 fi'ame, or ground sills of the press, one end resting 

 against a head block, and the follower being 

 brought up against the tobacco contained in it. 



The claim is to " the before described press, for 

 pressing tobacco and other substances." 



For a Machine for Cleaning Buckwheat; Dan- 

 iel T. Laning, Bridgeton, Cumberland county New 

 Jersej', December 15. 



A stationary hollow cylinder is to be made and 

 fixed on a suitable tiame, its periphery being in 

 part formed of boards, and in part of woven wire. 

 An axis passing through the centre of this cylin- 

 der carries four wings made of plank, which are 

 caused to revolve by means of a whirl [)laced on 

 the end of the shaft, thereby agitating the buck- 

 wheat which is put into the cylinder, and throw- 

 ing it against the woven wire, through the mesh- 

 es of which the foreign matter escapes. The claim 

 is to "the said machine." 



For a Thrashing Machine; Moses Davenport, 

 Philips, Somerset count}'^, Maine, December 28. 



The general mode of thrashing by a cylinder 

 and concave, is employed in this machine, the con- 

 cave being placed above the cylinder. The claims 

 made are to a feeding roller with teeth, which takes 

 the unthrashed grain from a feeding apron, and 

 aids in conducting it to the cylinder, and to what 

 is called a separater, which allows the grain to 

 pass through to riddles and fans, whilst the straw 

 IS earned off. There is nothing in this machine 

 that requires particular notice. 



For a Brick Machine; Benjamin Hamblett, 

 Portland, Cumberland county, Maine Decem- 

 ber 28. 



The clay is to be mixed in a box by revolving 

 arms or knives, in the manner well known, and 

 from the lower end of this it is to pass out through 

 an opening to be moulded and struck. The ap- 

 paratus IS described at great length, and there are 

 several distinct claims; the machine so nearly re- 

 sembles some of its predecessors that any attempt 

 at description and comparison, would demand 

 much room, and consume more time than Ave have 

 to spare. The claims alone Avould not furnish a 

 correct idea of" the things claimed. 



For a Thrashing Machine; Amos Hanson, 

 Windham, Cumberland county, Maine Decem- 

 ber 30. 



This is a machine of the most common construc- 

 tion, and the claim made is to " the pulleys, bands, 

 and wooden wheels, and the manner of operating 

 the same thereby," a claim about as good as any 



