Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-10-22


WoNpEEs or THE PATENT OFr4cr A cursory ex
animation Of the Patent Office Report for 1852,
yeals some surprising inventions
Examiners Report explains the principles of the
celebrated Hobbs lock- It's unpickabitity" de-
ponds 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
fred off until the burglar is tired of his fruitless
work. fears that the report of his explosions will
bring to view his experiments more witnesses than
he desires
Doors and shutters have also been patented that
cannot be broken through with either pick or sedge
hammer. The burglars " occupations gone"
harpoon is described which makes the whale
kill himself The he pulls the line the deeper
goes the harpoon.
An ice-making machine has been patented, which
goes by steam engine In an. experimental trial,
it foze 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 it will
make ton Office.
From DIR. Gales examiners Report we gather
some idea of the value of patents.
A man who had made a slight improvement in
straw-cutters, took model of his machine through
the Western States, and after tour of eight months
returned with $40, 900. Another had machine to
thresh and clean grain which in fifteen months he
sold for 100000. A third obtained patent for a
printers ink refused $50 900 for it. and finally sold
it for $780, 900. Theseeare ordinary cases; while
chine, and the India rubber patents are worth mil
lions each.
Examiner Lanes Report describes various new
electrical inventions Among these is an 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 an electric clock,
which wakes you up, tells you what time it is, and
lights lamp for yon at any hour you please.
There is "sound gatherer," a sort of huge ear
trumpet to be placed in front of locomotive, bring
ing to the engineers all the noises ahead per-
fectly distinct, notwithstanding the rattle of the
train.
There is an invention that picks up pins from a
confused heap turns them all round with their
heads up and sticks them in papers, in regular
rows Another goes through the whole process OF
cigar making, taking in tobacco leaves and turning
ont the perfect article
One machine cuts cheese; another scours knives
and forks another blacks boots; another rocks the
cradle; and seven or eight take in washing and
ironing.
There is parlor chair patented, that cannot be
tipped back two legs, and railway chair that
can be tipped back into any position, without any
legs at all
Another patent is for machine that counts the
passengers in omnibus and takes their fares.-
When very fat man gets in, it counts two, and
charges double.
There are a variety of guns patented that load
themselves; fsh-line that adjusts its own bait
and rat-trap that throws away the rat, and then
bats and sets ITSELF and Stands in the for
another.
The truths of the patent Office are stranger than
fiction.
There is machine also by which a man prints,
instead of writing, his thoughts. 1t is played on
like piano. And speaking of pianos, it is estima.
ted that nine thousand made every year in the
United States, giving constant employment to one
thousand nine hundred hands, and costing over two
millions of dollars.