New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-25
WEEKLY REVIEW OF PATENTS.

Among the ninety five patents granted for the week
ending Oct H. We notice four improvements IN Sew
ing Machines, which is unusual number for one
week, though Q weekly list seldom appears without
containing one or more Of these inventions. Though
the subjects of patents Of unusually misceIa-
neous character no more than an ordinary amount Of
novelty s displayed. As some Of the most important
agricultural labor saving mschiuery approaches per.
fiction necessity follows forswbat formerly un-
important, CT, if important supposed too difficult
possible, to effect. Potato-diggiDg has always been
laborious and dsagreesble task TO the farmer, and
mary attempts have from time TO time been made TO
invent machine for this purpose, and though sev.
era have been patented few If any have proved sue
cessful in practice. A. Cspron and ID. y Davis oil
Grass Lake, Mich, patent an Improvement in Pc
tato D,ggers which they sege to be 90 constructsd
a, TO overcome some Of the difficulties heretofore
countered.
MANY inventions have been made for registering
the number of passengers getting in snd out OF -
omnibus during single trip, thus preventing mistakes
in or false returns from the drivers; but a. these
devices are usually operated by the driver himself
though urder the scrutiny Of the pssseDge they are
not as accurate as are desired, and some have been
superseded by devices for receiving the change direct
ly from passengers and depoeiting It in drawer %
cessibe only to the agent at the end OF the route
These devices are also unreliable for the reason thst
the driver is partially relieved from responsoi1y ana
passengers will sometimes forget to make the depon
so that on the whole though considerable ingenuity
has been displayed in there devices, their utility
doubtful that bot few have been applied.
W. NJ. Kesqae Of Brooklyn, N. Y, patents -
Improved Omnibus Re gster, consisting Of sprngs,
levers &C. cted With the steps 70 regist1
the fares or half fares, depending on the weight
the person he enters the coach. II this is carefully
and judciousy constructed With the steps SHIELDED
TO prevent access without opening the door and %
arranged as to make It difficult entering wiihon
stepping on the platform, TO cay the least. psssss
gers must undergo considerable inconvenience 81
to register their own fareL
We are not entirely indebted to the ingenuity 80
enterprise Of manufacturers Of inds.rubber goods TOT
the infinite variety of It's applications; other msns'
facturers and artisans constantly Supplying TO
useful purposes connected with their Legitimate pur
ri.s. Thomas j. Msyall Of Roxbury, Nsss., for On
"Imp-oyement in tie Method Of Combining Ensgy
with Csoutchouc' claims "a new pr ,cess of making
emery sharpening and polishing tool, by combining
emery with india rubber, gutts psrchs, other sab
stances and then submitting them while der gress
pressure to high degree Of srtica. heat substao.
italy as set forth, whereby, with given quantity
uboer, emery may be combined in much gressS
usLtities than it could heretofore be done"
Among the many improvements on the Morse 400
IIouse Telegraph machines but few have been cs'
sidered worthy Of application. Bradley OF Fosom,
CAL, alleges an improvement on the Morse macniD'
whereby gres.er number Of messages may be trsn''
mtt<d by one wire.
1t consi,ts Of rev combination Of mechanism ."
feeding through, and closipg the circuit BY "cs'"