1850. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
299 
This machine, in¬ 
vented by Mr. Na¬ 
than Chapin, of 
Syracuse, is arranged 
in one compact body 
upon a sett of com¬ 
mon wagon wheels, 
and is drawn from one 
orchard to another, by 
a pair of horses or 
oxen. It operates 
while standing upon 
its wheels, and it is 
said it will make from 
32 to 20 barrels of ci¬ 
der per day, with the 
help of two men and 
one horse. 
They are also made 
in small form, about 
the size of a Fanning 
Mill, and conveyed 
and operated by hand, 
in a barn or cellar, 
at pleasure. fSee 
advertisement of Mr. 
Chapin, of Syracuse, 
the patentee, in an¬ 
other part of this pa¬ 
per.] 
CHAPIN’S PORTABLE CIDER-MILL AND PRESS. 
Fig. 1 .—A view of the couplings when separated and the end of each part turned 
toward the spectator. 
BROWN’S COUPLING FOR PIPES AND HOSE. 
The annexed engraving represents two 
perspective views of an apparatus for 
' c coupling hose and pipes,” for conduct¬ 
ing fluids, recently invented by A. Heyer 
Brown of this city, for which he has re¬ 
ceived letters patent. The obvious ad¬ 
vantage of this mode of connecting pipes 
or hose, consists in the celerity withtlf 
which the operation may be performed 
by a single motion of the hands, instead 
of the method at present in use, which 
requires a number of turns to be given 
to the coupling boxes, corresponding 
with the number of threads or turns in 
the thread of the screw,* and in all ope¬ 
rations of the kind when the time requir¬ 
ed to form or sever a connection is of con¬ 
sequence, as in the case of fire engines, locomo¬ 
tive tenders, &c., it will readily be perceived 
that this mode possesses a decided advantage. 
The patentee has a number of specimens of the 
article of the size used by the Albany Fire De¬ 
partment, which he will be pleased to exhibit to 
such as may call on him for the purpose, at his 
room No. 17 Commercial Buildings, corner of 
Broadway and Hudson streets, Albany. 
The coupling A, consists of a hollow metal fe¬ 
rule, a, attached to the hose by the method now 
in use. This ferule is enlarged at its other end to 
form a cylindrical shaped eup or hollow box, b; 
the edge of which c, is of sufficient thickness to 
form a firm bearing against the flat, correspond¬ 
ing part of the coupling, B. 
The coupling B is a hollow metal ferule, g, attach¬ 
ed to the hose, and is of equal bore to the ferule, a. 
At its extremity it is enlarged to form a flange, h, 
equal in diameter to the coupling A. The edge of 
the face of this flange at s, towards A, is turned at 
right angles to its axis, so as to bear truly against 
the edge c, when the couplings are united. 
The 
Fig. 2 ,—A view of the same when connected, 
i in figure B and g in figure A represent, the 
position of a hexagonal rim, or surface, immediately 
behind the flanges b and h, designed for the appli¬ 
cation of wrenches, when necessary to connect the 
couplings firmly, or to disconnect the same. 
A drone should be as rare in society as in a hive 
of bees, and almost deserves to be treated the same. 
