1837.] 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



647 



ral parts of the stove, producing the one before 

 described," constitute the whole claim, which is 

 about tantamount to not claiiiiiiitr any thinir- The 

 resemblance between this and the stove palenied 

 by i\it. AtUvater, at p. 54, vol. xvii. is not very 

 remote; and this latter, as is there described, we 

 view as but a inodificalion of Sjjoor's stove. 



For a machine for Working off the, end'=i of 

 Casks, and smoothing them; Sumner Kinir, Sul- 

 fiekl, Hartford county, Connecticut, March 23. 



A vertical, revo!vin<!; shaft is to carry a s'rapple, 

 or a kind of sprinix chuck, which is to receive and 

 hold the cask that is to be worked off by a level- 

 ler, a stock howell, a croes, and a plane. The 

 claim is to "the revolving grapple tub, that se- 

 cures the cask;" 



For a Washing Machine ; Ezekiel Y. Watson, 

 Albany, New York, March 23. 



An oblonij box, furnished, in its bottom, with a 

 curved row of rollers, upon which the clothes are 

 to be rubbed bj^ a frame of Toilers passing over 

 them, constitute the machine; and "the before 

 described machine for washing clothes," forms 

 the claim. 



For a machine for Mortising and Tenoning j 

 Erastus IVl. Shaw, Wilbraham, Hampden county, 

 Massachusetts, March 23. 



This machine differs in its general construction 

 from most of the mortising machines which we 

 have previously noticed, and by more labor than 

 we can bestow upon it, we think that we might 

 find out the manner of constructing it; but the 

 drawing is very indifferently executed, and to de- 

 cypher it is a task we shall not undertake. The 

 claim is to "the arrangement and adaptation of 

 the several parts of the machine, producing the 

 one here described lor mortising and tenoning 

 timber; particularly the manner of operating the 

 machine, in causing the carriage to move to the 

 right and left, whilst the slide, with the cutter, 

 moves horizontally backward and forward, ai; 

 right angles to the carriage." 



For a Strata Cutter; James Hyde, Darien, 

 Genesee county, New York, March 23. 



There not beinc; any claim made to any part of 

 this apparatus, we know not what the patentee 

 considers as new about it, and therefore pass it by. 



For a Thrashing Machine ; Hugh and Israel 

 W. Edgar, Wayne county, Ohio, March 23. 



This is a cylinder and concave machine, set 

 with spikes, much in the usual way; the paten- 

 tees claim the form in which they construct the 

 frame, and the manner in which they fasten the 

 spikes by screw nuts, rendering the whole strong 

 and durable. 



For an improvement in Bee Hives; Stursress 

 M. Judd, Dan bury, Fairfield county, Connecticut, 

 March 30. 



The hive said to be improved, is that patented 

 bv Ijevi H. Parish, on the 5ih of August, 1834. 

 The claim made "in the suspension of said boxes, 

 and in their movement in grooves, by which the 

 bees are prevented from escaping during the re- 

 moval of the boxes, as combined in the manner 

 specified ; and also the knives for separating the 



combs between the boxes and the slats." The pe- 

 culiarities of these parts we leave to be examined 

 by those interested in them. 



For a Horse Mill for Grinding Grain and 

 Scouring Seeds; .John Hairman, Jr., Brnvvns- 

 burir, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, March 30. 



The irrinding machine consists of two grooved, 

 iron, cylinders, of different sizes, and running witli 

 difiie'rent velocities : one of them having a narrow, 

 fluted, iron concave to aid in the grinding. A horse 

 power, by which the mill is to be driven, is also de- 

 scribed, but there is not any representation of it in 

 the drawing ; both machines, however, are claim- 

 ed ; the claim being to " the combination and ar- 

 rangement of the several parts of the horse power 

 in connexion with the grinding machine, as set 

 Ibrih." 



However good the inventions might be, the 

 foreiroing claims would invalidate them. The 

 whole erinding macfiine is claimed, yet if pos- 

 sesses but little novelty ; the horse power is claim- 

 ed, yet there is no representation of it, as required 

 by law. And what would of itself be fiital, two 

 distinct machines are included in one patent. 



For a Tide Water IVheel ; Carey S. Mercer, • 

 Franklin, Baltimore county. Maryland, March 30. 



A horizontal wheei is to be placed in a case, or 

 drum, having flooms at opposite sides thereofj to 

 direct the water upon the buckets, either on the 

 ebb or flow of the tide ; guide pieces, or wing;s, 

 are fixed within the dooms to direct the water 

 upon the buckets ; and the claim made is to " the 

 curved guider as described." The contrivance is 

 not worth many words, and we could not talk it 

 into utility. 



For an improvement in the Cotton Planter; 

 Michael Beam, Bufialo, Lincoln county, North 

 Carolina, March 30. 



This patent is obtained for an improvement on 

 a machine patented by the same person, Feb. 

 13th, 1835. The present contrivance consists, in 

 part, of a barrel shaped reservoir, in whicli the 

 seeds to be planted are put, and which revolves, 

 as the frame upon which it is supported is drawn 

 forward ; it has adjustable openings, for letting out 

 the seed, an apparatus for opening the furrow, 

 and a harrow for harrowing the seed in. The 

 points intended to be claimed consist of the pecu- 

 liarities of form, structure, and arrangement, 

 which are not very clearly described, and could 

 not be understood without drawings. 



For an improved Franklin, or Open Stove; 

 John H. B. Swanscy, Lynn, Etsex county, Mas- 

 sachusetts, March 30. , 



" The improvement made by me is the addition 

 of two more ffues, or drafts, besides the com- 

 mon ones in the Franklin stove. One of said ad- 

 ditional flues is to be made a little above the mid- 

 die of the fire back, and to extend horizontally 

 the whole length of the back, and is to be provi- 

 ded with a common damper, to open and close it. 

 The other additional flue is to be placed along the 

 fi-ont plate of the stove." 



The drawing does not exhibit the thing very 

 clearly ; it does not, however, so far as we can 

 judge, appear to be an affair of much importance. 



