American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-03-29

Issued from the United States Patent Office, for
the ueek ending March l8, 1851.
To L. A. Andrews, of New Britain, Conn, for
improvement in Trunk Handles.
| claim casting the article in two parts, in
such form that they may be put together,
without any alteration of the parts, and 50 that
they cannot get out of place when the handle
is attached to trunk or other article, when the
whole is constructed substantially as described
To L. b. Bigelow, of Clinton, Mass, for i'm
provement in delivering parti-colored warps in
weaving.
l claim the method, substantially rs herein
specified of producing, figures that will match
on tapestry carpets, or other fabrics woven with
printed warps by the employment of clamp
or clamps, to be clamped on to the warps, MS
specified, in combination with belts or their
equivalents, having positive delivery motion,
and to which the said clamp or clamps can be
attached at given distances, as specified
To E. B. Bigelow of Clinton, Mass, for i'm
provement in jacquard Looms for weaving cut
pile fabrics.
| claim combining with the power-loom for
weaving cut-pile fabrics double, substantially as
described jacquard machine, for producing
the figures on such fabrics, as described.
| also claim, in the weaving of cut-pile fab
rics double with the figures produced by the
jacquard dividing the figuring warps, SO that
one-half Tor nearly so) of the figuring warps
shall be in connexion with each Of the cloths,
or fabrics, substantially in the manner and for
the purpose specified.
| also claim for the weaving of cut-pile fab
RIGS double, as described, the double and re-
versed arrangement of the jacquard, substan-
tally, as described
also claim in the weaving of fabrics Of the
l. nd fba ln,,hl Ia ia n
ric between two vibrating bars, having curved
faces to determine the length of pile between
the two cloths, in combination with the two
rollers, or their equivalents, over and under
which the fabrics pass, after they have been
separated, substantially as described, and this
also claim, in combination with vibrating
knife or knives, for cutting the pile, to separ-
ate the two fabrics, as described.
To i. s. Clapp, of Montague, Mass, for i'm
provement in fastening of Scythes to the Snath
| claim setting the edge Of the blade up or
down, or more or less obliquely, by means Of
the adjusting screw in combination with the
edge of the aperture, which forms the bearings
of the two sides of the shank of the blade, sub
stantally as set forth
To J. NJ. Gardner, of Troy, N. Y, for i'm
proyements in the method Of casting the backs
upon the teeth of curry-combs.
with the cope Of n two-part flask for casting the
back on to the plates Of curry-combs, the said
bar being notched to receive and hold the said
plates, during the process, all substantially rs
described.
To s. II. Gilman, of Cincinnati, o., for Ad-
Unstable Cut-Of.
claim lst, the tappet vibrated by the i'm
pact of projections upon the slide-yalvc rod
and lifting thereby a poppet valve, which adj
mits steam to the slide-valve chamber, during
periods varying with the height to which the
tappct is placed, by the elevation or depression
of the sliding rod or other object to which it is
piyoted, said rod being raised or depressed by
motion derived from the governor, or communi-
Gated to it in such other manner as may be
deemed expedient.
2ndly, | claim the mechanism, substantially
as described, for prolongation of the admission
Of steam beyond the period at which it would
be cut off by the tappet, to wit, the sliding
plate and the intervening bar, the former with
pair of receding inclined planes or edges, and
the latter with an equal and parallel pair of
salient planes, which, by sliding upon the
former, hold up the poppet valves, after the
tappet has ceased to act for period likewise
depending upon the movement of the rod, which
latter may be actuaed as set forth in the former
claim.
To L. NJ. Hastings & John Shepherdson, Of
jamestown, n. Y, for Improvement in Cylin-
ders for Figuring Looms
We claim the mode Of connecting the movable
cams and slide pieces, with the drum, substan-
tally as set forth and for the purpose stated.
To +. G. Lamson, Of Shelburne, Mass, for
improvement in Scythe Fastenings.
claim the method, substantially as herein
specified, of securing or fastening the scythe