New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-04
WEEKLY REVIEW OF PATENTS.


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The business Of the Patent Ofice for the week
ending Sept 90 included cases Of unusual importance
The 70 original nvettoDs have an Appearance Of
more than ordinary utility, while in the re
fad the ten patents Of c. q. Mccormick, on the
mcdonnell Reaper" and Royal f. Hcuses patent
offourteeL claims, on the House Protng Telegraph
Railroad Sleeping Cas- a.e coon 10 become nscessi-
ties, on such Of our roads night trsns. Many
peeets ave already been granted for car furniture
90 constIuoted 10 answer the double purpose OF
ses.s by Gay and berth, by night, some OF which are
toleraby convenient. and comfortable, though none as
Xet fuleu ell the requirements of taste, convenience,
comfort snd health, the latter Of which can only BE-
ACQUIRED through device admitting Of perfec. veati
lntion.
Ell Wheeler of Elmira, ~ y, patents sn :" In
proysuCrt in Railroad. Car seats, tue ses;s aud
backs beng upholstered side for sest:, aod
the otter fer comfortable couches, into which they
may b. conveniently changed, while the car Is in
mo.icu TIE bed clothing Is contained in box ulder
the seal. which " exposed, and may be removed,
while making the change Skeleton partitions are 20
arranged o 10 be closed required, dividing the car
into state rooms of four beIths each. Some Of these
cars nave been used several months the New
York ard EIe Railroad.
Asa great proportion o. the motive power used for
driving machinery is lost in overcoming friction
po;ors e soft metals often used for the bearings
Of ourrss in csstircn boxes. To improve and iacili-
tste the application of suca npositons c. w. Grit.
fth Of boy ton o. patents Gsge and Box, for Css.
Ing journals in Soft Metals which consists Of loose,
removable gage, combined with hollow box, in such
anAnrer as to hold the shaft in is proper position,
ard at the same time prevent the melted metal that
forms s box around the shelf from running out.
An Improved Troliog-beit for Catching Fish,
by Riley Haskell Of gainesville, o., is patent tnat
will not fail to interest sp0rtsmen. II oonsi s In form
ing the BODY of artificial FISH in two detached parts,
the head and forward part being stationary, and
weighted on the under side to keep IT in natural po-
sition willie the tail end Ieyolvss in the water
Carpets are seldom taken up and cleansed a. fre-
ouently az lie desired owifg the dssgreeebe labor
of loosirg tue fssteDiugs aud again tacking down
when replaced. Several labOr-ssving deyices have
been psterted for fastening carpets, al Of which have
too ttt'e merit to bring them into use. Geo. G.
Moves OF Worcester, Mass, has an improved Carpet
fastener which consists Of smpe short BIZ or bar OF
ircn the bottom side being provided with sharp
spurs and the outer end VITA small hook. IL its
application, il is hooked into the edge OF tue carpet
wien it is placed the floor and slight pressure
enters the spurs holding il fast without pernateGt
attachment, ana cGn consequently
But few striking improvements have for long
time been made in Threehing- machines, owing to
the perfection with which they do their wotk; but
the immense quantity of dust and chsf they
put into MOTION renders their attendance particularly
disagreeabIe. To remedy tbis Joshua Ronan Of
Sinking Springs Pa, patents the application Of one
or more Independent fan blosets 80 attached to the
outside Of the machine 10 prevent the dust from
reaching the attendant
Tbs field for inventors in electrical science has
vast ares and past discoveries have been essly
applied 10 practical purposes il is surprising that 20
few sc4tifc inventors give it Ii cir attention. Flee
troity ay be made TO produce motive power either
through the medium of heat, or magnetic attraction
and a. Il may BE produced collected aud stored up
by tie expenditure OF power alone, there is certainly
q possibility through careful observation OF its laws
ard inventive genius, TO conceive and construct de-
vices by which it may be made selfgenera;ins, and
furnish a surplus Of power for other purposes. An
"Improved Electrical Heating -appara,us,' By Geo.
b. Simpson of Washington D. c., consists in tne m
sulaon of a metallic coil, or belicsl eecrode and
The successful generation Of heat by passing currents
OF electricity over al insulated coil of patina OF other
metallic wire.
Nathan Sargent of Charles;oWp, Mass, claims as
new article OF mat ufactuTe, "A Panoramic Table
TOP" which consists of table having suitable
mechanism attached, to exhibit long canvass, BY
passing it over its top, thus changing the appearance
Of the top table cover without changing tbs cloth
ITSELF