Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-11-30

exander. Blitz, and those men?
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WONDERS OF THE PATENT Of
FIcE.
A cursory examination of the Patent
Office Report for 1852 reveals some sur
prising inventions:
Examiners Report explains the prin-
ciples of the celebrated Hobbs lock. Its
unpickability" depends upon a seeonda-
ry or false set of tumblers which prevent
the instrument used in picking from
reaching the real ones. Moreover the
lock is powder-proof, and may be loaded
through the key-hol and fired of until
or fears that the report OF his explosions
will bring TO view his experiments more
Witnesses than he desires. W
Doors and shutters have also been pa
tented that cannot be broken through with
either pick or sledge hammer. The bur-
glars occupations gone
A harpoon is described which makes
the whale kill himself. The more he
pulls the line the deeper goes the har.
poon.
An ice-making machine has been pa
tented. which goes by steam engine
In an experimental trial. it froze several
bottles OF sherry, and produced blocks of
ice the size of a cubic foot, when the ther-
mometer was standing at 80 degrees. It
is calculated that for every ton Of coal
put into the furnace, it will make ton
Of ice.
From DR.. Gales Examiners Report.
we gather some idea OF the value of pa
tents.
A man who had made slight improve.
ment in straw cutters, took a 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 Rf teen
months he sold for 100000, A third
obtained patent for printers ink. refu-
sed $50. 900 for it, and finally sold il for
| $4,000. These are ordinary cases -
while such inventions as the telegraph,
the planning machine, and the India
Rubber patents are worth millions of dol
lars each.
Examiner Lanes report describes va
rious new electrical inventions. Among
these is an electric whaling apparatus,
by which the whale is ''lilerally shock-
ed TO DEATH" Another is an electro mag
netic alarm which rings bells and dis
plays signals in case OF ire or burglars.
Another is an electric clock, which wakes
You up, tells you what time il Is, and
lights lamp for you at any hour you
please.
There is Sound gathersr," sort Of
huge ear-trumpet, TO be placed in front
Of locomotive. bringing 10 the Engi.
neeI's ear all the noises ahead. perfectly
distinct, Notwithstanding the rattle of the
train.
There is an invention which picks up
pins from confused heap. turns them all
around. with their heads mp, and sticks
them in paper 10 regular rows. Another
goes through The whole process Of 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 Sc
ven or eight take in washing and iron
ing.
There is parlor chair patented. that
cannot bo tipped back on two legs. and
railway chair that can be tipped back
into any position without any legs az all.
Another patent is for n machine that
SSNhNS SAV pnooChbeIb ia hu OuiulDut
and takes their fares. When very fat
man gets in. it counts two and charges
double.
There are variery Of guns patented
that load themselves a fish line that ad-
justs its bait; and rat trap that throws
away the rat. and then bats and sets
itself. and stands in the corner for ano-
ther.
The truths OF the Patent Office are
stranger than fiction.
There is machine also by which
man prints instead Of writing his thoughts.
Il is played on like piano. And speak
ing Of pianos. il is estimated that nine
thousand are made every year in the Uni
ted States. giving constant employment
TO one thousand nine hundred bands,
and costing over two millions Of dol
lars.