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teeth so formed as to give the proper bevel to one 

 side of the heiid. A similar cutter on anolher sliaft 

 bevels the opposite side of the head, the hitter 

 beini^ properly secured on a revolving jilallbrm, 

 operating as a chuck. The drawing is very in- 

 dilltM'ently executed, alTording but a general idea 

 of (he machinery, and is, therefore, not such as 

 the law requires. The specification affords a good 

 general description, but no more; and the claim 

 is to '-the combination of the several parts of the 

 machine, and llie placing tliem in the position 

 ■which effects the objeci. of cutting and (orming 

 lieads for any casks of any dimensions." Such a 

 claim we do not think good, as it does not desig- 

 nate any particular combinations, as characteris- 

 tic oi" the machine, whilst several of the tlhngs 

 combined, liave been similarly arranged in other 

 machines, for the same, or other purposes. 



For an improvement in tlie Axles rf fVa:;oiis, 

 Carriages, Sj'c. ; Spencer Coleman, Mount Pleas- 

 ant, Spottsylvania county, Virginia, March 2. 



These axles are called rolhng axles, and from 

 the descri|)tion it appears that'tliey are so denom- 

 inated from the whole axle being allowed to re- 

 volve in boxes fixed on the bolster, or other suita- 

 ble part, of the frame of the carriage; whether 

 the wheels are also to revolve fi'eeiy on the axles 

 v.'e are not told, but suppose that they are, other- 

 wise there would be a dilKculty in turning the car- 

 riage. There is not any claim made, and the pa- 

 tentee is in error in supposing, as he must, that 

 the revolution ol whole axle is a novelty. 



For a Churn; Amos Hanson, Windham, 

 Cumberland county, Maine, March 2. 



The cream is to be put into a square box with a 

 curved bottom, and to be agitated by means of re- 

 volving ladle boards, or dashers, which are to be 

 moved by a cog wheel and pinion. The claim is 

 to "the gearing that is attached, and that operate 

 said machine" ! ! 



For an improvement in the Bar-share Plough; 

 William P. Cannon, Monroe county, Tennessee, 

 March 4. 



Claim. — " What 1 claim as my invention, and 

 not previously known, in the above described 

 plough, is the mortise, heel plate, and screw, on 

 the horizontal bar, allowing the plough to be reg- 

 ulated in the depth by turning on the heel screw, 

 instead of the eye or ratchet, which rendered the 

 plough stationary as to depth, unless' through the 

 alteration of the horses' hames. And in discov- 

 ering the property, and first making of the mor- 

 tice in the upright, or perpendicular bar, so as to 

 fix the plough at any depth desirable by the move- 

 able rivet." 



For C)tton Gin Grates ; Eiwin Keith, Bridge- 

 water, CO. of Plymouth, Massachusetts, March 4. 



This patent is taken for making the grates of 

 cotton gins of chilled cast-iron. The method gen- 

 erally prelerred, is 1o form the slots in the grates 

 by laying plates of iron in the flasks when casting, 

 which chills the parts where the saws operate ; 

 sometimes, however, the whole face of the grate 

 is to be chilled. The claim is to "the making of 

 grates for cotton gins of cast-iron, or other fusible 

 metal suitable for the purpose, in sheets of two, or 



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more, connected at the end ; and of chilling them 

 either in the whole or in part, as described." 



What "other fusible metal" is suitable for the 

 purpose, Ave do not know; these words, it is true, 

 will do no h'lrm, but they are unmeaninir, and in- 

 tended to guard against some airy nothing. 



For an improvement in the Plough; David 

 Prout}'', and John Mears, Eoston, Massachusetts, 

 March 4. 



The claims made consist, "First, in the inclining 

 the land-side, so as to form an acute angle with 

 the plane of the share. Second, the placing the 

 beam on a line parallel to the land side, within the 

 boily of the plough, and its centre nearly in the 

 perpendicular of the centre of resistance. Third, 

 the fbrmino: of the top ol" the standard for brace 

 and draught." These points, it is stated, are not 

 claimed separately, but in combination with each 

 other. This plough, v^^e are informed, has been 

 highly approved by those fiirmers who have used 

 h. 



For a Smut 3fachine ; Marcus P. Spafford, 

 Gainsville, Genesee counij^. New York, March 8. 



A conical body is to revolve within a conical 

 case, as in many other smut machines. Both 

 the exterior of the runner, and the interior of the 

 case are to be first covered with sheet-iron, and 

 then with sole leather, and through these cover- 

 ings iron teeth are to be driven, cut nails answer- 

 ing the purpose. A fan-wheel is employed to 

 blow through between the runner and the case, so 

 as to diive The separated smut, &c., entirely away, 

 A second fan-wheel below the machine is to effect 

 the final cleaning. The patentee says that he 

 " does not claim any part of the above construc- 

 tion other than the combination of the leather and 

 sheet-iron, to retain the teeth, and in separating 

 smut from grain, so as that they shall be immovea- 

 ble; and also the adaptation of the fan on the top 

 of the cone. to produce a current of air downwards 

 through the teeth." 



For Leaching Ashes, and makijjg sails for 

 Pearlash ; Elijah Williams, Erie, Erie county, 

 Pennsylvania, March 8. 



The instructions are to boil crude ashes in 

 weak lye, or water, over a brisk fire, for about 

 twenty minutes, the weak 13'e, or water, and the 

 ashes, being in about equal |)roportions ; this is to 

 be let into the leach during the effervescence. 

 The boiled ashes to be leached about eight inchea 

 in depth in the trough, boiling hot weak lye to be 

 first used, and then boiling hot water. The Jye 

 is then to be boiled down in the usual manner. 



The boiler should be made of sheet-iron, or 

 copper, with a flat bottom, about three feet wide, 

 and eight long, and twenty inches deep. The 

 leaches to be of wood, with a flat bottom, and 

 having a straw strainer, with a tube below for let- 

 ting off the lye. Lye obtained by this process, 

 and put through a lime strainer, will make good 

 salts for melting. The claim is to " the boiling 

 and leachino- ashes, as above, without the use of 

 lime, and making salts suitable for pearlash," 



The above is the whole substance of the specifi- 

 cation, if substance it have. To us, however, it is 

 altogether obscure and indefinite. 



For an improvement in the method of Making 



