New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-25
WEEKLY REVIEW OF PATENTS.

Seventy patents were granted for the week ending
Novembers Among the new applications Of steam v
novel arrangement for ironing, rather smootbing
clothes, patented by Corintha Alden, of Cassadsss,
New-York The process consists in merely folding,
pressing and submitting the clothes to the action Of
steam while in the press. The inventor claims the ap
paratus as follows:
~ claim the arrangement of the box with the fol-
lower h. or its equivalent, in combination with the
tank ID, substantially as, aud for the purpose spe-
cited"
d. w. COmstock, of Chicago Illinois, patents pc
cuIiar automatic Device applied TO a railroad gate
Automatic gates If rightly constructed, may be useful
for farm and other purposes, when they are operated
by carriages propelled by animal power; but where
there Il no necessity for animals TO pass through gate,
as is gener ally the case railroads. the ordinary ditch
usually used for this purpose appears to be much moro
simple, SAFE and reliable than any automatic machine,
however carefully and substantially constructed.
An almost infinite series of percussions though in
duced with little power, often produce great wear
" and tear of machinery. Owingsto the little inc
qualities in the best constructed railroad tracks, con-
slant percussions received from and returned to tbs
whees which tend not only TO inare the wheels, but
dsarrnge the entire running gear below the springs Of
cars II, by the following invention, durable wheel
can be constructed, il viii tend to Lessen this difficulty,
rendering it an important Improvement:
Edward Crane OF Dorchester, Macs, for an I'm
proyement in Railroad Car Wheels, says Il claim
Wheel having its rim and tire secured together by In
dia-rubber yulcanized in place, as set forth"
The great variety Of combinations Of mold-board snd
subsoil plows heretofore patented, might well induce
the idea that little ground was loft for novelty, but J.
p Harris of Byhalia, Miss, patents now eonlbi-
nation, which s fully described by the claim, that
farmers can Judge for themselves TO its utility. Hs
says;
III claim the combination ofthe separately adjustable
and removable mold-board, with a subsoil share G..
situated behind and belowt the said snbso share be-
ing also separately removable, to allow the separate
use of said mold-board substantially a. specified
n. Z. Kinds Of Cooperstown, N. Y, for an improved
Horseshoe, says:
81 claim, frst, the wider and thicker enlargemens
of the toe or fore part Of the shoe. Second, claim
the troughike eoneaye form OF the undertake. OF the
shoe and the raised edges and g, that ensue, a.
consequence of the construction Of said forzs
"Third claim the construction Of calks made In Q
V, or double v FORM all Of which is constructed and
claimed substantially and for the purpose Get forth
and specified"
We copy this claim TO show the inefficient or careless
manner in which many solicitors do their business
Here are three separate and distinct claims horse
shoe, each of which for old device; thea tho
claimed as described in the claim but Substantially a.
described in the specification. There must be novelty
in the construction of this shoe, and Il woad certainly
have been better for the inventor 10 have claimed this
novelty without insnustDg that il wac substantially
the same AZ an old Device
James A. Whipple of Boston, Mass, assignor to
himself and George A. Stone Of Roxbary, Mas, for
an Improvement IN Method Of Driving Piles: claim
the method or process Of driving ples BY exploding
charges Of gunpowder or It's equivalent between ths
pile and fulcTnm or resistance that the force of
he explosion shall wholly partially act TO drive ths
pile in the direction Of IL length, or nearly co..
Ths 10 a remarkably simple and novel invention,
and appears 10 have been susceptible Of strong claim.
There 10 no doubt that piles may be rapidly driven IN
this way the powder Is jsdieiously applied, bat 4
cannot compete with steam in economy. In places
where steam power cannot be had, where the erd-
nary pile-drver esnno, be conveniently used 4 map
ansy ar a good purpose