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FARINIERS' REGISTER, 



No. 9 



Mould Candles; Jeffers=on Doniap, Villa!2;e of 

 New flollanil, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, 

 Blarch 8. 



This is an apparatus for papsina; the wicks into 

 ihe moulds, givinir lliem the proper twist, and 

 drawing tiie candles simullaneonsly I'roni the 

 moulds. The machine appears to be well adapt- 

 ed to the purpose, but would require more than a 

 verbal description. Tlie whole arrangement is 

 claimed. 



For the Apollcatinn of latent heat to Cook'ina;, 

 fyc. ; Peter Wenn, an alien, who has declared his 

 intention to become a citizen of the United States. 

 Philadelphia, March 8. 



It is a little surprising that a patent should be 

 obtained for a contrivance so manilesily useless in 

 an economical point of" view, as it is scarcely to be 

 expected that any number of persons would pur- 

 chase what few would receive as a gift, on the 

 condition that they should use it. Passinii; over 

 the false philosophy of boiling;, &c. by latent heat, 

 we proceed to slate that the apparatus consists of 

 a tin case, into the lower part of which quick lime 

 is to be put, and upon this cold wafer is to be al- 

 lowed to run, when, by the slackino" of the lime, a 

 sufficient decree of heat is to be disenffao-ed to boil, 

 stew, &c. &c. The claim "is to boil wafer, to 

 bake, heat, cook, and to dry substances by means 

 of latent heat, evolved iu the before described ap- 

 paratus, without the aid of fire, flame, or radiant 

 heat; and the manner in which the apparatus is 

 to be used as aforesaid." 



As a mere arlicle of curiosity Ihe thinfr was 

 well enough, lhou£rh scarcely fit tor a " nine days' 

 wonder." The idea of laying in quick lime 

 enough for fuel, of discharo-ing and vending the 

 slacked lime, with all their concomitants, is one 

 which no person, possessing judgment upon the 

 subject, would entertain for a moment ; and we 

 dare aver that the patentee would not continue to 

 use his own apparatus in his family, were the lime 

 sent to him gratis. 



For a TVashrng Machine; Albion P. Arnold, 

 Readfield, Kennebec county, JMaine, March 12. 



A double headed beater is made to vibrate in a 

 trouirh in just the same way as m many other 

 washing machines ; and after giving the exact 

 measures of the individual parts, the patentee 

 claims " the fluted ends of the chest, the coverino:, 

 the iron shaft and boxes, the steel spring and the 

 lever on which it acts," to which might have been 

 added " the washerwoman," if not previously 

 claimed. 



For a Bed-bug Destroyer; Brittain Garrard, 

 Maysville, Blount county, Tennessee. 



Although three or four patents have been ob- 

 tained for scaldinir bufjs *o death by steam, and 

 although the kind of ihing used for the purpose 

 was well known prior to the obtaining of the first 

 patent, it seems that there are yet some which 

 have escaped destruction. The present patentee 

 makes some change in the arrangement of his 

 Bteam kettle, or boiler, rendering it somewhat 

 more complex, but we do not think more conve- 

 nient, than heretolbrc. We shall not describe, as 

 the patentee has not claimed, the alterations, or 

 improvements, made m '- the family safety scald- 

 ing- pot and steam engine." 



• For a Mantle and Fender for Fire Places; 

 Elijah Skinner, Sandwich, Stallbrd county, New 

 Hampshire. First patented A[)ril 19ih, 1S22. 

 Patent surrendered and re-issued INlarch 12. 



Neither the original, nor the renewed, specifi- 

 cation presents any claim, and the principal, we 

 lielieve the only, dilTereuce between them, is that 

 tlie description in the latter is less full and clear 

 than thai of the former. The mantle is to be of 

 sheet, or of cast-iron, and projects out like a shelf, 

 having a f.icing descendini; at right angles from 

 it. The fender is to be a thing of sheet-iron, bent 

 thus I ; one edge of it going against the back of 

 the chimney, and the other resting on the hearth, 

 so as to cover the fuel and Ibrm a close stove. 

 These affairs af)pear to be independent of each 

 other, ami oufjht, in this case, to have been the 

 subject of two patents ; we do not think, however, 

 that the point is worth disputing. 



For a Cooking Stove ; John Liddlc, Schoha- 

 rie, county of Schoharie, New York, JMarch 12. 



A furnace is to be surrounded by a rectangular 

 chamber furnished with doors, and intended either 

 tor bakinrr, or boilini;, having openings in its lower 

 side, over the fire, to receive boilers ; when used 

 for baking, these openings are to be closed by a 

 cast-iron slide. Each end of this chamber forms 

 a flat flue, communicating with flues surrounding 

 an oven which surmounts the chamber first 

 named. As we are lelt to discover the novelties 

 iu this contrivance, by the entire omission of a 

 claitu, we shall transliir the task to the reader. 



For a Cast-iron Fire Place ; Will in m Burgess, 

 Middlehoroufh, Ply moulh count}', Massachusetts, 

 March 12. 



An open cast-iron fire [ilace is to have two or 

 more ovens, at the back of it. The fire place 

 must project out into the room, as the openings 

 into the oven are at each end. There are also to be 

 openings between, and at the back of the ovens, 

 forming flues around which the healed air may 

 pass. The claim is to "the application of the 

 oven and cooking apparatus, to the common open 

 fire place, or frame, as above described." The 

 contrivance here reclaimed, resembles many 

 others, and is not distinguished from them by any 

 thing presented in the specification. 



For a Cotton Baling Press; James C. Mit- 

 chell, Madison count}-, Mississippi, March 12. 



In this press there arc two followers, which, in 

 pressing, are made to approach each other, by 

 two shafs, each havinir a right handed screw cut 

 on one end, and a left handed screw upon the 

 other. The screws stand vertically, their upper 

 ends revolving in collars in the cap of the press, 

 and having spur wheels upon them above the cap. 

 Their lower ends woric in steps in the side of the 

 press. The two followers have nuts let into them 

 aibipted to the screws. As this press is intended 

 for haling cotton, there is a portion of ea^h screw 

 shaft, in the middle, which is left square, for near- 

 ly the thickness of a bale. A large spur wheel, 

 on a vertical axis, turned by horse, or other pow- 

 er, mashes into the wheels on the upper ends of 

 the screw shafts, the right and left handed screws 

 then cause the followers to approach, or recede, 

 according to the direction in which they are turn- 

 ed. 



