Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-12-15
Wonders Of The Patent Office.


yeals some surprising inventions.
The Examiner Report explain
the principles of the celebrated
Hobbs lock. Its 'unpickabiity'
depends upon a secondary or falls,
set OF tumblers, which prevent tn,
instruments used in picking from
reaching the true ones. Moreover, the
lock is ppwder-proof, and may be
loaded T trough the key-hOle and
fired off until the burglar is tired Of
his lruitleSs work, or fears that the
report of his explosions will bring to
view his experiments more witnesses
than he desires.
Doors and shutters have also been
patd 4ted, that caunot be broken
thro ugh with other pick OF sledge
hamI her The burglars rIoccupa-
ton gons. !"
/ A h ice making maehine has been
.pate4 4ted, Vhif II goes by a S tcam-en-
gne. In an experimental trial. it
froze sever nl bottles sherry and'pro-
.duce@ blocks Of ice Of the size Of a
cubic foots when the thermometer
was 5 andlllgeat so deg 1t is calcu-
lated that Tor every ton Of coal put
into he furnace it will make a ton Of
ice.
FIR Pm Dir Gales report we gather
some idea of the : value of patents.
+ A man who has made Slight i'm
prove cment in straw-c cutters, took
model Of bis machine through the
West tm States, and after tour Of
eight months returnedwfth $4,000. /
Anot Fer Ind a machine TO thiesh
and lean grain, which ir fifteen
mont ls I'D sold for 100000 A
third obtained a patent for printers
ink, efusel $50,0o0 for it, and f.
nally sold it for 100000. These
are or linaryf cases, willie such inven-
tions rs the telegraph, the planning
machine, and the India Rubber pat /
ents are won Ith millions each /
EXhmner Lanche report dos
cribes various new electrical inve n-
tions- Am ong these is an elect tic
whaling aPpdratus, hy which the
whales literally ''shod dkedt TO DEATH n
Another is i'm electro lhag4ctic farm,
which rings bells and displays sie-
mails in case of fire, or burglars. a b.
other is an elec4 rlc clock wi Aich wakes !
you up, tells Sou what time ii is, an ID ,
lights a lamp for ycu-at any hodr
you please i
There is a "sound Sathcrer,N a
sort Of huge ear trumpet, to beplacfd
in front Of al locomotive, bringing 10
the engineers eal all The noises ahedd d
perfd dctly distinct, ndtwithstandil G
the lattle of the train.
There is IN inventor that piciI
up pins From a confuse ID heap, tur4s
them all aronnd with their heads UP,
and stick 5 hem in papers, in reg4
lar rows, Another gods through q Ec
process Of cigar making, taking IN
tobacco leaves and tuI ming out tile /.
perfect article.
One NJ achine cuts cheese, anothf fr {
5cours knives and forks, anothfr {
rocks Tho cradle, and seven or eight
.ake in Washing and Tpniug.
There is i parlpr chair patentep, !
That cannot be tipped back on two
egs, and Il RI nilway chair that can Re
ippedba atk into al y position, witho4
my legs 1T all !
Another Patenl is for a machinE be |
hat counts the passengers in an DRIP {
nibus and takes heir fares. Whdnl {
| very fat man gets in, it counts tw b,
md charges double.
There are a variety of guns paF-
snted that load tn emseIves; a fishing |
inf That adjusts its own bait; ana a q
at trap that thrc ws away the ratE, q
md then bats a bd sets itself mid {
stands in the corher for another y
The truths of The patent ofliceIate I
stranger than fiction. C