Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1853-10-26

animation Of the Patent Office Report for 1852 re-
veals some surprising. inventions :: ~. 3
Examiners Report explains the principles of the
celebrated Hobbs lock- It's /" unpickabitty" de-
pends on secondary false set of tumblers which
prevent the instruments used in picking from reach
ing the real ones. Moreover, the lock is powder
proof, and may be loaded through the keyhole and
fired off until the burglar is tired of his fuitess
work, fears that the report of his explosions win
bring to view his experiments more witnesses than
he desires s-esaae ssz
Doors and shutters have also been patented, that
cannot be broken through with either pick or sledge
hammer. The burglars " occupations gone"
A harpoon is described which makes the whale
kill himself The more he pulls the line the deeper
goes the harpoon.
An ice-makng machine has been patented, which
goes by steam engine In an experimental trial,
it oze several bottles of sherry and produced blocks
of ice of the size of cubic foot when the thermom
eter was standing at 80 degrees 1t is calculated
that for every ton of coal put into the furnace will
make ton ofice
From DIR. Gales examiners Report we gather
some idea of the value ofpatents.
A man who had made slight improvement in
straw-cutters, took model of his machine through
the Western States and after tour of eight months
returned with $4,000. Another had machine to
thresh and clean grain, which in fifteen months he
sold for $4,000 A third obtained patent for a
printers ink refused $50 600 for it. and finally sold
| it for $60,OO0. These ordinary cases; while
such inventions the telegraph the planning ma
chine, and the India rubber patents worth mil
| lions each
Examiner Lanes Report describes various new
electrical inventions. Among these is electric
whaling apparatus, by which the whale is literally
shocked to DEATH" Another isan electromagnetic
alarm, which rings bells and displays signals in case
of fire or burglars. Another is electric clock,
| which wakes you up, tells you what time it is, and
lights lamp for yoI, at any hour you please.
There is a "sound gatherer," sort of huge ear
trumpet to be placed in front of locomotive, bring
ing to the engineers all the noises ahead per-
fettly distinct, Notwithstanding the rattle of the
train.
There is an invention that picks up pins from q
confused heap, turns them all round with theiI
heads up, and sticks them in papers, in regular
rows Another goes through the whole process o.
cigar making, taking in tobacco leaves and turning
out the perfect article
One machine cuts cheese; another scours knives
and forks another blacks boots; another rocks the
cradle; and seven eight take in washing ant
ironing.
There is parlor chair patented, that cannot b,
tipped back on two legs, and railway chair tha
can be tipped back into any position, without any
legs at all.
Another patent is for a machine that counts tn,
passengers in an omnibus and takes their fares
When very fat man gets in, it counts two, ant
charges double.
There are variety of guns patented that loa,
themselves; fsh-line that adjusts its own bait
and rat-trap that throws away the rat, and thel
bats and sets itself, and shands in the corner 70
another
The truths of the patent Office are stranger thai
fiction
There is machine also by which man prints
instead of writing, his thoughts. 1t is played O.
like piano. And speaking of pianos, it is estima
ted that nine thousand made every year in tn
United States, giving constant employment to Oh
thousand nine hundred hands, and costing over tw
millions of dollars.